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Post by dm2081 on Sept 21, 2014 22:22:55 GMT -5
I'll have to disagree that this song is superior than most of the songs in the top 10, or even good. I think it's awful, and the vocals are horrendously bad. Even so, I'm not going to be surprised if the label muscles this to the top, since practically every song by a big name gets a trophy, err I mean a #1. Yeah I agree. The only song in the top 10 that I think this is better than is "Ready Set Roll". I even like "Small Town Throwdown" over this song, and I'm not even a fan of that one. This song just didn't have lasting power for me, after a few listens it just seemed to be really short and empty in content for me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2014 22:24:13 GMT -5
This song is already 17 weeks old. It's about to wrap up its 18th week on the chart, but it's technically only 15 weeks old, as it wasn't sent to radio until June 9th. It charted for 3 weeks from unsolicited airplay prior to even being sent to radio. I know this song is by the format's two top females, but that doesn't mean it's entitled to go to the top. I'd just as soon this stalls out & goes away asap. I don't think any song is entitled to go to the top no matter who is singing it, but statistically speaking, this has done a lot better than several of its competitors in terms of sales, streaming, video views, etc. Both the Callout America and Radiofeedback reports show slightly polarizing results for "Somethin' Bad", but its overall ranking is still solidly within the top 20 songs, as the strong positive scores easily trump the slightly higher than normal negatives. I suppose this could be about done but I just don't see it. It might move back a notch or two on tomorrow's Billboard chart, but it holds at #10 on Mediabase for the week, so the label could probably care less about Billboard. If this starts to get more conversions this coming week, it'll stay right in there with Sam and Blake. Both of the labels (RCA and Arista) are promoting this, so that's a plus, too.
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Post by mylifeback on Sept 21, 2014 22:30:18 GMT -5
^^^What kind of an impact, if any, do you think Carrie's new single will have on this?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 0:14:38 GMT -5
^^^What kind of an impact, if any, do you think Carrie's new single will have on this? Not sure, but it could definitely slow this one down. I'm still not really sure that I see Sony pulling the plug on "Somethin' Bad" anytime soon (CEO Gary Overton seems to really be behind the song), but the sales have started to taper quite a bit over the last 1-2 weeks now, and it's still just not really getting anywhere on the charts. Lady A will drop below them on Mediabase soon, which would get SB up to #9, but it already trails Sam Hunt and Blake Shelton in MB audience; Sam has jumped ahead on Billboard and Blake and possibly Frankie Ballard are threatening to pass SB too. This one's 7-day spin gain is still near +300, but the audience gains have been very, very minimal. It's still 400+ spins ahead of Blake on MB and 350+ spins ahead of Sam, but those two songs are getting 'better' spins (bigger stations, bigger audience per spin...likely getting more spins at better times of the day). There's obviously some resistance here, and maybe Carrie's rumored new single will torpedo SB's chances of getting into the top 5. I guess it wouldn't be a terrible shocker, given how "Feel Like A Rock Star" stalled out a couple years back. I don't think this will hurt Miranda's momentum at all, nor do I think it will affect Carrie's, but I'll definitely be disappointed if this one only manages a #9 peak on Billboard Country Airplay (that's its current high-water mark). Anyway, I think the strong early sales (it'll still go Platinum), the high video views, and the awards nominations would suggest that the fans and other facets of the music industry are 'big' on the song even if radio is showing some resistance. I think the big issue here is that country radio's audience/target audience has swung so far over to the bro-country side of the spectrum that a song like "Somethin' Bad" is going to turn up results that are somewhat polarizing. I guess we just have to wait and see how it all shakes out. Sony won't want to release a new Miranda single at the same time they release Carrie's upcoming single, so they may push SB for a couple of weeks yet even after Carrie's single hits radio. They could get it as high as they can and potentially release Miranda's 3rd single from Platinum in late October or sometime in November. And of course there is still time for "Somethin' Bad" to make a move and pick up some steam, but I admit that I'm finally starting to lose faith at last. I'll need to see some increased airplay gains before the end of the month to make me again believe that this song has a shot at going top 5 or #1. After that I fear it'll be too late..
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Post by sapphire on Sept 24, 2014 0:49:38 GMT -5
Good points above. November is also a good time because of the CMA, as Miranda can sing her new single there. As much as I want it to still move up, I agree that this is struggling and just not moving. I'm looking forward to know what would be the 3rd single for Platinum.
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Post by echocountry on Sept 24, 2014 11:14:48 GMT -5
Miranda Lambert is better than this...Hope they release a new single soon..I vote for "Platinum" or "Girls", they are good songs!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 19:56:12 GMT -5
Ugh, I knew I should've waited at least one more day before making my last post. SB had a pretty big rally today, with a strong gain of 86 spins and over 400k in audience. Of course Sam Hunt and Blake Shelton had even bigger audience gains today, but "Somethin' Bad" is definitely not done yet.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 23:21:43 GMT -5
Today showed a good update for "Somethin' Bad," but I'm currently sticking to the prediction that the single won't climb much higher. It's already gone 10-11-9-11 on Billboard. This week, say "Bartender" goes off and "Neon Light" passes "Somethin' Bad," extending the chart run to 10-11-9-11-11, and one week later assuming nothing passes "Bad" and "American Kids" goes recurrent, we're back up to #10, still a spot below the #9 peak position. Either "Bad" has to have a big conversion week and hold its own against Sam Hunt and Blake Shelton tunes or I don't see it climbing much higher.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2014 23:58:47 GMT -5
It's really hard to guess what will happen here now, because Carrie is likely dropping a new single on Monday. That's a wild card that could definitely affect "Somethin' Bad".
Maybe, even without a new Carrie single, this song is about done anyway. Maybe its peak will be #9. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Even if Carrie's song causes SB to stall out further, there's probably no way we'll ever know if "Somethin' Bad" would have gotten higher or not if Carrie hadn't released her own single.
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Post by 14887fan on Sept 25, 2014 3:03:06 GMT -5
Even aside from this song not being lyrically-stellar (it's not like most of the songs on Country radio today are, really), the fact that a song by the format's two biggest female artists (and arguably the format's two biggest artists, both male and female) couldn't go #1 over some of the other male-sung drivel on radio today is embarrassing for the genre and a slam against the two ladies.
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Post by @DiegoMarcondes_ on Sept 25, 2014 9:16:14 GMT -5
I'm excited for the next single, I want "Girls", "Little Red Wagon" or "Holding On To You".
So, I've checked the Mediabase and I saw "Another Sunday in the South" getting few spins, it's #80 now. I don't like this song at all
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Post by dm2081 on Sept 25, 2014 10:14:20 GMT -5
Little Red Wagon would be my choice for next single, I think that could be a huge hit for her.
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Post by 14887fan on Sept 25, 2014 10:20:22 GMT -5
"Little Red Wagon", "Girls", "Priscilla", "Smokin' and Drinkin'", "Holding On to You", "Another Sunday in the South"... Any of those are single selections that I will undoubtedly support.
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 25, 2014 10:25:13 GMT -5
It's really hard to guess what will happen here now, because Carrie is likely dropping a new single on Monday. That's a wild card that could definitely affect "Somethin' Bad". Maybe, even without a new Carrie single, this song is about done anyway. Maybe its peak will be #9. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Even if Carrie's song causes SB to stall out further, there's probably no way we'll ever know if "Somethin' Bad" would have gotten higher or not if Carrie hadn't released her own single. Miranda Lambert's Automatic was about to climb in the top five when Somethin' Bad debuted and ended up peaking at #3. I really think there could be some upward movement for the duet.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 15:55:23 GMT -5
That being said, I think it would serve as a learning point if this one peaked below Automatic. When Somethin' Bad was released, Automatic was at #6 and still climbing. Pretty dumb considering how authentic and meaningful Automatic was. I understand the business of it with the awards show, but if there is any shred of country soul left in country radio I do hope it peaks below Automatic's peak of #3. This isn't exactly true, though. "Somethin' Bad" was released to iTunes on May 19, but it wasn't sent to radio until June 9. It charted on Billboard for a couple of weeks (while "Automatic" was still climbing) because radio stations (like fans) could download the song on their own, but RCA wasn't promoting SB yet. They continued to promote "Automatic" as Miranda's current single, and they promoted it through Sunday the 8th of June, which is the day it went #1 on Mediabase. Its Billboard peak was of course #3 (as you mentioned) as Luke's "Play It Again" held on for a 4th week at #1 and Brett Eldredge took the #2 spot. Maybe if "Somethin' Bad" had been held for one more week for an official release of June 16, "Automatic" could have gone #1 on Billboard in addition to Mediabase (if the label had pushed "Automatic" for one more week), but I guess we'll never know for sure. Anyway...another solid audience gain for "Somethin' Bad" on Mediabase today, +444k. That's more than twice what Sam Hunt gained, although he continued to close the spins gap. SB is also closing back in on Brantley Gilbert. Chase Rice is the wrench in this whole situation for me. I never expected him to still be climbing or to potentially out-peak "Somethin' Bad", but right now he's quite a ways higher up, so he'll be hard to re-pass and he could indeed score a higher chart peak. And given the high burn-rate and low sales of "Small Town Throwdown", I also figured Miranda & Carrie would have no trouble staying ahead of that one. If SB had been able to remain ahead of both of those songs, its outlook would definitely be looking much brighter than it currently does.
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Post by sbp17 on Sept 25, 2014 16:51:53 GMT -5
This song wasn't wasn't the best to start with but it hasn't aged well at all for me. I even skip it now when it comes on while I'm running.
It's unfortunate to see a duet from the format's top two females not do well but I can't be too upset because of the song.
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 25, 2014 17:27:12 GMT -5
Is that mean? Maybe. :kii:
Hard to tell with the emoticon right next to it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 18:44:29 GMT -5
I hope y'all don't think I'm too critical of these artists. I just like joking around. I'm more critical of the songs than anything. I like the drums in this song and I don't think it's as bad as some say it is, but I do think Automatic was better. All Kinds of Kinds was and is still one of my favorite country songs. I suppose I'm just frustrated with the current state of things.
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Post by someguy on Sept 25, 2014 18:54:44 GMT -5
I'm more than ready for a new single, but I also wish that this had done a lot better. I'm not saying that it's peaked or anything, but I would've thought it would be higher on the charts right now.
The song grew on me a lot, and while it's still not a favourite of mine from either artist, I do quite like it. I also think that the idea that a collaboration between the two biggest female artists the format has may peak at #9 is a scary one, regardless of any shortcomings people feel the song may have. When we look at a lot of the material that male artists breeze to the top of the charts with, it is concerning.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 20:59:15 GMT -5
The reason I'm so interested in the "Somethin' Bad" chart run is because I wonder if some country radio programmers aren't satisfied with the large number of award nominations Miranda Lambert always gets, so they feel the need to balance things out by not giving her singles quite the amount of airplay the numbers would usually warrant. For example, a programmer may have to choose between powering up "Small Town Throwdown" and "Somethin' Bad," but they see that the former didn't get nominated for any awards, so they decide to give more airplay to the one that didn't get recognized by the award shows and let "Bad"'s reward be the nominations and possible wins it gets at the CMAs and ACMs. I highly doubt that any program directors are choosing other songs over "Bad" due to the sex of the singers, though, especially when the two artists in question are among the format's top stars.
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Post by desertfloods on Sept 26, 2014 0:28:41 GMT -5
I find Somethin' Bad and Automatic to be two of the weakest tracks on Miranda's album. The idea behind Automatic is great, but the song itself was forgettable for me - just nowhere near the quality of THTBM.
In an ideal world where great songs top the chart and the bad ones flop, I don't think either song deserves to get to #1, imo. BUT.... considering the current quality of most country hits, I agree with those who said they would like to have seen both songs top the chart.
Somethin' Bad has a VERY high burnout rate for me though. It wasn't an impressive song to begin with. Honestly, had it not been for the video, I'd probably not have listened to the song at all since it was released.
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Post by surfy on Sept 26, 2014 16:53:33 GMT -5
I find Somethin' Bad and Automatic to be two of the weakest tracks on Miranda's album. The idea behind Automatic is great, but the song itself was forgettable for me - just nowhere near the quality of THTBM. Agreed 100% I really liked this song also, but it burned fast.
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Post by Marv on Oct 1, 2014 9:52:15 GMT -5
It should finish this week at #7 or #8 at Mediabase, passing the plunging tunes by Kenny & Dustin, depending on whether or not it can stay ahead of Blake Shelton, which doesn't appear likely.
And don't look now, but Sam Hunt is also gaining on them; if he manages to pass them, they'll remain at #9 once again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 21:24:33 GMT -5
From Country Aircheck Today:
RCA's Miranda Lambert will launch the Certified Platinum Tour in January 2015 (exact date TBA) with Valory's Justin Moore opening. Additionally, Valory's RaeLynn, Thirty Tigers' Sunny Sweeney, Warner Bros.' Ashley Monroe and Republic Nashville/Big Machine's Danielle Bradbery will open various shows during the tour.
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Post by dajire4 on Oct 4, 2014 6:07:16 GMT -5
From Country Aircheck Today: RCA's Miranda Lambert will launch the Certified Platinum Tour in January 2015 (exact date TBA) with Valory's Justin Moore opening. Additionally, Valory's RaeLynn, Thirty Tigers' Sunny Sweeney, Warner Bros.' Ashley Monroe and Republic Nashville/Big Machine's Danielle Bradbery will open various shows during the tour. I would love to see all of them (Justin the least)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 5, 2014 16:31:30 GMT -5
She's coming to Wichita. I really would love to catch her on this tour. The last time I saw her was in late 2010, so it'd definitely be nice to go to another one of her concerts, especially now that she has two new albums of music to perform. And the opening acts sound great -- would love to see any of those ladies and I like Justin Moore well enough.
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 5, 2014 17:09:53 GMT -5
I'll have to disagree that this song is superior than most of the songs in the top 10, or even good. I think it's awful, and the vocals are horrendously bad. I can understand the song not being your thing, but what is horrendous about the vocals?
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Post by mylifeback on Oct 7, 2014 15:52:51 GMT -5
I'll have to disagree that this song is superior than most of the songs in the top 10, or even good. I think it's awful, and the vocals are horrendously bad. I can understand the song not being your thing, but what is horrendous about the vocals? The sing-speaking part is like nails on a chalkboard for me. I really, really loathe those parts.
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 7, 2014 18:27:29 GMT -5
I can understand the song not being your thing, but what is horrendous about the vocals? The sing-speaking part is like nails on a chalkboard for me. I really, really loathe those parts. Oh, I can see that not being your taste, but for me "horrendous" implies vocals that are off key or really thin/nasal or something.
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Post by kml567 on Oct 15, 2014 7:06:21 GMT -5
Negative bullet. Is this done?
Looks like Maddie & Tae will kick out Carrie & Miranda for the top 10 spot.
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