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Post by carrieidol1 on Jan 19, 2015 13:12:53 GMT -5
And thus all the discussion about 'slights' and the label 'messing up' are moot. Unless, of course, the dedicated fans Carrie has deem this song a failure for not getting a Billboard #1 (if that doesn't happen). I'm happy it is hitting #1 on one of these charts. It's a strong single from Carrie and a world with her on the radio is better than a world without her on it. Not really. This last-week push doesn't suddenly erase the history of what happened with Brad and Kenny being seemingly pushed ahead of Carrie. I agree with your second point, nevertheless.
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Post by rsmatto on Jan 19, 2015 13:36:17 GMT -5
And thus all the discussion about 'slights' and the label 'messing up' are moot. Unless, of course, the dedicated fans Carrie has deem this song a failure for not getting a Billboard #1 (if that doesn't happen). I'm happy it is hitting #1 on one of these charts. It's a strong single from Carrie and a world with her on the radio is better than a world without her on it. Not really. This last-week push doesn't suddenly erase the history of what happened with Brad and Kenny being seemingly pushed ahead of Carrie. I agree with your second point, nevertheless. Why does it matter if they were 'pushed' ahead of her? I just don't see how the label 'messed up' by not promoting her first. Brad's song was released 5 weeks before "SITW" while Kenny's was released the week before it. They were older and thus I can see EXACTLY why those two songs were pushed ahead. People can continue to have a narrative that her song 'deserves' to be pushed first based on outside of radio factors but radio doesn't usually pay attention to those factors as much as people think they do.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jan 19, 2015 13:48:34 GMT -5
I'm not as sold on the idea of this morning's update being indicative of a Mediabase push this week as some of you, but it's certainly possible. To compare, here are the Sunday updates for "Perfect Storm" and "'Til It's Gone" on 5 January and 12 January, respectively:
"Perfect Storm" (+170 spins, +1.182 million AIs) "'Til It's Gone" (+187 spins, +0.931 million AIs)
A +100 spins, +0.371 million AIs update seems downright tame by comparison. Of course, a significant part of the difference could be that it was an acoustic version of "Something in the Water" that played as the extra spin for the song on Country Countdown USA. I believe Mediabase would not count that as a spin for the song, but Billboard might.
A common Sony Nashville tactic is to release an acoustic version of a single to radio for the final push week (they did it for Miranda's "Automatic," for example), so if we see the acoustic version of "Something in the Water" released to radio in the coming week, then it will be a sure sign that the push is on.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 14:26:19 GMT -5
And thus all the discussion about 'slights' and the label 'messing up' are moot. Unless, of course, the dedicated fans Carrie has deem this song a failure for not getting a Billboard #1 (if that doesn't happen). I'm happy it is hitting #1 on one of these charts. It's a strong single from Carrie and a world with her on the radio is better than a world without her on it. I think you're getting ahead of yourself here. There's no guarantee that this song will top Mediabase let alone Billboard. Still a long way to go in the week yet. Also, while I understand Sony wanting to push Brad and Kenny, it seems that, if radio were left alone (in other words, if no labels swayed them to play certain songs), the natural order of things would have had SITW going up first. Mediabase-only #1's have always held little to no value for me anyway, and Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart is even worse. Unfortunately, by creating the new HCS chart, Billboard severely diminished the importance of their airplay-only chart in the eyes of radio programmers and record labels, or at least that's what I believe anyway.
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Post by rsmatto on Jan 19, 2015 14:40:06 GMT -5
And thus all the discussion about 'slights' and the label 'messing up' are moot. Unless, of course, the dedicated fans Carrie has deem this song a failure for not getting a Billboard #1 (if that doesn't happen). I'm happy it is hitting #1 on one of these charts. It's a strong single from Carrie and a world with her on the radio is better than a world without her on it. I think you're getting ahead of yourself here. There's no guarantee that this song will top Mediabase let alone Billboard. Still a long way to go in the week yet. Also, while I understand Sony wanting to push Brad and Kenny, it seems that, if radio were left alone (in other words, if no labels swayed them to play certain songs), the natural order of things would have had SITW going up first. Mediabase-only #1's have always held little to no value for me anyway, and Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart is even worse. Unfortunately, by creating the new HCS chart, Billboard severely diminished the importance of their airplay-only chart in the eyes of radio programmers and record labels, or at least that's what I believe anyway. You're right about getting ahead of it if it a bit. That being said, I do think its funny that we'd consider Mediabase #1s of little to no value when we talk about chart that alot in these parts AND that artists/labels/reps all deem them equal to Billboard. I know it's prbably because of the Whitburn book and Billboard's longer history but I've always found it odd that mediabase charts aren't listed on Wikipedia along side the Billboard charts. Then again, I also find it curious that Airplay charts aren't used there for "pop/Top 40" for people and the Hot 100 is used instead.
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Post by dm2081 on Jan 19, 2015 15:14:55 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind seeing this get a week at Mediabase only #1, so it would allow Talladega to most likely get two weeks at Billboard's #1. But as far as Sony and their tactics go, I think they made the right call about moving Brad & Kenny up above Carrie. Carrie has a huge fan base to begin with, and this has been a huge song for her, with already weeks of topping Hot Country Songs and having stellar sales. Kenny on the other hand would have had nothing memorable about Til It's Gone, so a #1 peak there might be the only redeeming quality remembered about that song 10 years from now, whereas Carrie's song will still be remembered as a classic. And as long as Carrie's drought has been at achieving a #1, Brad's has been even longer, so he needs more help at the moment to keep some momentum in his career than Carrie does. I certainly won't argue that the peaks on Airplay charts will accurately describe the popularity of these respective songs, but for the above mentioned reasons, I think the label made the right decisions.
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Post by Zazie on Jan 19, 2015 15:49:11 GMT -5
I'm not as sold on the idea of this morning's update being indicative of a Mediabase push this week as some of you, but it's certainly possible. To compare, here are the Sunday updates for "Perfect Storm" and "'Til It's Gone" on 5 January and 12 January, respectively: "Perfect Storm" (+170 spins, +1.182 million AIs) "'Til It's Gone" (+187 spins, +0.931 million AIs) A +100 spins, +0.371 million AIs update seems downright tame by comparison. Of course, a significant part of the difference could be that it was an acoustic version of "Something in the Water" that played as the extra spin for the song on Country Countdown USA. I believe Mediabase would not count that as a spin for the song, but Billboard might. A common Sony Nashville tactic is to release an acoustic version of a single to radio for the final push week (they did it for Miranda's "Automatic," for example), so if we see the acoustic version of "Something in the Water" released to radio in the coming week, then it will be a sure sign that the push is on. I wouldn't think this acoustic spin would count on BB, unless of course it had the single's digital fingerprint on it. I believe the labels agree not to distribute that fingerprint on other versions of the song, but I might be wrong there. I'm going to stop analyzing and just watch developments. My comments haven't added much, and I'm tired of my own opinions. Let's see if this song can get past Church -- I would think Church would be in more of a hurry because of the chart debut (at #53 BB) of his new (duet) song, but a split between MB and BB would solve that neatly.
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Post by countrygirl918 on Jan 19, 2015 20:18:23 GMT -5
I won't pretend to know or understand all the intricacies of the charts and label tactics. Tbh, I haven't been paying attention to country radio much at all for a few years now, as I don't like most of the music played on it.
I do know, though, that things seem to be even more dire for female artists on country radio these days, and I'm beyond ready for a solo female artist to hit #1 on Billboard Country Airplay, for the first time since Carrie's own "Blown Away" did more than two years ago. It's way past time.
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Post by Zazie on Jan 20, 2015 12:50:08 GMT -5
Hard to figure out what's going on. Talladega's #1 on the BB Real Time Tracker. That's not entirely surprising but shouldn't CU be there? And Luke Bryan's overnight MB gain is almost 900k with more than 100 spins, to CU's 40 spins and 400k.
I still think she has a legitimate shot at #1, and I have thought that all along. But the light at the end of the tunnel is growing fainter.
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Post by jptexas on Jan 20, 2015 16:24:27 GMT -5
Hard to figure out what's going on. Talladega's #1 on the BB Real Time Tracker. That's not entirely surprising but shouldn't CU be there? And Luke Bryan's overnight MB gain is almost 900k with more than 100 spins, to CU's 40 spins and 400k. I still think she has a legitimate shot at #1, and I have thought that all along. But the light at the end of the tunnel is growing fainter. That light at the end of the tunnel growing dimmer has been my point as well as other Carrie fans. That light growing dimmer should have been SITW as it was leaving the top spot, not struggling to get there. The sales, the streams, the whole passion from fans as it was released said number 1, no problem. But because of what I and lots of others perceive to be manipulation by labels, etc, Carrie is waiting her turn. She still might get there, but for heaven's sake, if a song is climbing the charts and has everything going for it, spin it and give it its due. If it's not selling, if it's not streaming, if the song basically sucks, I'll be the first to say it. I just can't say it about this song. I just can't.
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Post by rsmatto on Jan 20, 2015 16:40:16 GMT -5
This DID get an acoustic version serviced to radio this afternoon! They ARE making that push!
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Post by 14887fan on Jan 20, 2015 16:44:11 GMT -5
IDK where this acoustic version is but I'm going to need it as of yesterday.
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Post by jonathanalan on Jan 20, 2015 17:05:43 GMT -5
She's performed it acoustic on a couple of recorded performances. It's probably one of those.
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Post by countrygirl918 on Jan 20, 2015 19:31:16 GMT -5
I know sending acoustic versions of songs to radio during the #1 push week is a strategy of Sony's that they employ frequently. For those of you who follow the charts more closely - is it a strategy that has much of an effect?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 19:59:21 GMT -5
I know sending acoustic versions of songs to radio during the #1 push week is a strategy of Sony's that they employ frequently. For those of you who follow the charts more closely - is it a strategy that has much of an effect? It's hard to say, but I'm pretty sure that it's helped a couple of Sony songs to get to #1 on Mediabase. I don't have any specifics or numbers to back that up, though. Carrie's in a bit of a bind here. If this is indeed the final "push" week, it's not off to the best start. I (perhaps incorrectly) thought that yesterday's big spin gain may have been a signal that SITW would get a bit of a boost from the label in hopes of getting the song to #1 on Mediabase this Sunday, and that was because yesterday's update reflected Sunday airplay--in other words, it marked the first day/update in the new Mediabase week. But today--day 2 for MB and day 1 for BB--Carrie was easily out-gained (and re-passed) by Luke Bryan. Eric Church had a peculiar loss of 34 spins in this morning's update, but he still managed to gain over 500k in audience, and that should keep him in line for a week at #1 on both charts before either Luke or Carrie takes over. The problem is that SITW is continuing to lose ground to Luke, and if he beats Carrie to #1, there's no guarantee that she'll be able to wait him out.
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Post by kw9461 on Jan 20, 2015 21:30:24 GMT -5
It's great to have Underwood back on the radio, if only for the paranoia that always comes about whether her song will reach #1. Carrie's carried her share of clunkers to the top spot (Undo It anyone), so I won't exactly be shedding a bucket of tears if this fails to make the penthouse, even if this theoretically "deserves" to go to #1. It's pretty clear from some of the ways labels act that they don't quite understand the charts/radio as well as some of the experts here (sort of like how football coaches struggle to manage the clock), so I wouldn't be at all surprised if Sony didn't simply misplay its hand. Underwood's long been one of radios favorites, so I don't really buy the notion that gender bias or anything else nefarious blocked this from #1 (there's no question country has a gender bias problem, but Underwood & Lambert have largely been immune to that).
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Post by sbp17 on Jan 20, 2015 22:31:20 GMT -5
Underwood's long been one of radios favorites, so I don't really buy the notion that gender bias or anything else nefarious blocked this from #1 (there's no question country has a gender bias problem, but Underwood & Lambert have largely been immune to that). I have no way of knowing whether gender bias played a factor in this song's chart performance but just because Carrie and Miranda have had radio success does not mean the extent of their success was not impacted by gender bias. Women may be able to obtain senior management positions in the workforce like their male counterparts but if they get paid less than males for the same jobs, then obtaining those positions alone is not enough to suggest that they are immune to gender bias.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 22:52:38 GMT -5
Big full-page ad for this in tonight's Billboard Country Update: This does seem to suggest that they'll be trying for the Billboard #1 (since the ad is included only in the Billboard update and not in the Aircheck/Mediabase update; also, the ad references Hot Country Songs), and since Billboard-only #1's are so rare, I'm inclined to think that, if SITW does manage to get to #1 on BB, it will be #1 on Mediabase too. I don't see any "max spins" or "going for #1" ads for either Eric or Luke tonight, even though Eric seems like Kenny's natural successor for the #1 spot. Obviously this is not a guarantee, though, and in fact I just don't see how they can get it done this week without some sort of colossal push. Luke finished a full 2 million ahead of SITW on Billboard tonight, and Eric is even farther ahead (Eric's at 48.1 million, Luke's at 46.5 million, and Carrie's at 44.5 million). But it looks like Arista is gonna try. The Mediabase #1 is gonna be much easier for them to get, but even that will still be difficult.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jan 20, 2015 23:31:39 GMT -5
I wouldn't think this acoustic spin would count on BB, unless of course it had the single's digital fingerprint on it. I believe the labels agree not to distribute that fingerprint on other versions of the song, but I might be wrong there. That was me actually mixing up which of the two detection services has human verification in addition to digital detection -- I mistakenly thought it was Billboard, but it is Mediabase that also employs the human element (I was under the impression, though, that the human element was a back-up to digital detection). I would be interested to know how the digital fingerprint would be maintained (if it was maintained) in the acoustic version that I'm pretty sure I heard on CCUSA, which is this one for Carrie's Yahoo! Ram Country (this version addresses some of my concerns about the studio version, which is nice). The vocal is definitely different from the studio version, so this isn't simply an acoustic mix of the studio version (which, I would think, would have more of a chance of retaining the same digital footprint as the studio version). If Arista Nashville really did sent out an acoustic version of the song and it's the same one that played on CCUSA, then that says to me that the label isn't even going to bother trying for a Billboard #1, because the acoustic version would presumably have no chance of registering on Billboard (I'm still not wholly convinced it registered on Mediabase, either, but if it didn't, then there would be no point to sending out an acoustic version). That would appear, though, to be contradicted by the placement of the ad in Billboard Country Update, as jhomes87 noted. The ad placement could be explained by the fact it might not make sense to advertise a Billboard Hot Country Songs chart accomplishment in Country Aircheck, but on the other hand, Arista Nashville could have crafted an Aircheck-specific ad citing sales, streams, sales rankings, and streaming rankings, without reference to the HCS chart. From the standpoint of the extra countdown spin last Sunday, Eric's "Talladega" had one last week as the "hot song" (I don't know if that was a pickup from the previous week), and will retain the "hot song" spot this week when he co-hosts. It doesn't seem likely that "Talladega" will get three spins in a single countdown broadcast (as the hot song, as the co-host's bonus play, and in its countdown spot), but I don't know. "Talladega" did jump "Something in the Water" on the Indicator chart this week, which may mean "Something in the Water" will not get to #1 there at all, but it did make it there on the Aircheck Activator chart last week (ahead of Kenny Chesney, which as I've said has been the difference maker during this run). In any event, "Something in the Water" was 1,075 points behind "Talladega" to start the Mediabase week, and just sixteen points behind "I See You." A push would be enough to pass Luke, but there's work to do to pass "Talladega." Sony Nashville has pulled off some crazy late-week surges to take a Mediabase-only #1 (for "Southern Comfort Zone" and "Automatic," for example) so I suppose the Friday update will be the tell here. Billboard #1 has looked unlikely for a while thanks to Sony Nashville's chart (mis)management & habits, and it really does look out of reach this week. But my only prediction about the chart outcome is that I will be rolling my eyes. Whether that's because "Something in the Water" misses #1 on one or both charts (and peaks at #3 on Billboard Country Airplay), or because of the monstrosity of a push needed to get it to #1 anywhere (when a push shouldn't even have been necessary) remains to be seen.
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Post by Zazie on Jan 21, 2015 0:40:50 GMT -5
^ Most of the events during SITW's chart run make little sense, and the ones that do make sense don't hold up for long. Your good point about the Indicator rankings, for example, bit the dust today (maybe), as you pointed out above. In a similar vein, the apparent goal of going after the MB #1, oops I mean the BB #1, obviously that was a typo and I meant MB #1, how careless can I get? I meant Billboard -- it's just weird. And meanwhile the label has plenty of bragging rights because of SITW's performance on the Songs chart (which I'm allergic to, but most of the world accepts it) and therefore can afford to fail at any of its confusing attempts.
Nothing about the last couple of days hurts the argument that this song has been mismanaged all along. Let's just hope they don't create something truly ugly as they try to pull the chestnuts out of the fire at the last possible minute. I don't particularly want to see a +250 spins day (or two or three) coming my way. At this point, a #2 peak is still possible without committing any crimes, and I suppose #1 isn't out of the question. Of course a felonious #1 is always in the discussion, and it would in this case offer a sort of rough justice....
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Post by 14887fan on Jan 21, 2015 1:29:04 GMT -5
I'd be a hypocrite to be happy about a forced #1 the way we've seen in the past, so I'm hoping that they can do a typical push that'll at least get it to #2 at this point. Any result that'll get it to #1 by such a manipulated set of hands would be too dicey for me to be genuinely happy and content with. Nonetheless, I'd obviously still have a smile on my face if it were to happen.
At this point, I'm just looking ahead to her Spring: birth of her baby, TBC miniseries details (hopefully), Grammy noms, Calia launch, "Little Toy Guns" as a followup single (hopefully -- all signs point to it), potential ACM noms, and, hopefully, a "return" (if you'd even call it that, lol) to the awards show circuit at the CMTs and CMA Fest in the first week or two of June before we get word of a new lead single for her fifth studio album coming later this year.
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Post by bluepaisley on Jan 21, 2015 2:37:54 GMT -5
I'd rather remember "Something In The Water" as a fantastic song that fell short of a #1 finish due to a mismanaged chart run by Arista Nashville, than a song that only reached the summit of the airplay charts due to a massive and ugly last-ditch push by the label. I just hope this song will find 'justice' by winning a GRAMMY next month or getting Song of the Year/Single of the Year nominations at the ACMs and CMAs.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Jan 21, 2015 7:56:21 GMT -5
This was in YESTERDAY'S Country Aircheck Today (Jan 20) Image:
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Post by jptexas on Jan 21, 2015 9:32:41 GMT -5
This was in YESTERDAY'S Country Aircheck Today (Jan 20) Image: I guess this add is an indication of a spin increase request for the artist or they wouldn't have bothered paying for it. So, according to the label, there is a link between sales, streaming, weeks as the number 1 hot country digital song and spins on media base. In other words, "hey country radio, we don't know if you noticed, but here is our songs resume for your consideration".
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 14:00:50 GMT -5
It now looks like Carrie's got a pretty good chance at going #1 on Mediabase, but probably less than a 5% chance at topping Billboard (in fact, she might only peak at #3 there, but more on that in a minute).
Carrie's update today still wasn't huge, but she easily out-gained both Eric and Luke in spins.
Eric: +10 spins, +18k audience Carrie: +70 spins, +312k audience Luke: -14 spins, +292k audience
It's always better to look at multiple days' worth of updates rather than to risk looking at just a single-day update (since single-day updates can be misleading), but if you go back to the Monday morning update, Carrie has had the biggest spin gain (out of these 3 songs) on 2 of the 3 days now. Luke had a monstrous spin gain yesterday; however, today's update especially seems to indicate that both he and Eric might play nice and not interfere with Arista's bid for the Mediabase #1.
Why only MB and not BB too? Well, that's because Sony's mismanagement of SITW has left them staring at yet another situation where a Mediabase-only #1 is probably their best-case scenario. SITW is a full 2 million behind Luke on the current Billboard chart, and more than 3.6 million behind Eric. The gaps aren't nearly as big on MB though--Carrie trails Luke by only 800k on MB, and Eric is only about 2 million ahead. The good news for Carrie is that she is only 72 spins behind Eric on MB and she's actually 330 spins ahead of Luke.
Thus, it doesn't seem like it will be that difficult for Arista and SITW to overtake Eric in total spins, and that will give them a pretty good chance at taking the points lead and coming out with a Mediabase #1. The bad news is that Carrie hasn't really gained much audience on either Eric or Luke, and if both of them stay ahead of her on Billboard (which seems quite likely, given Carrie's aforementioned inability to gain ground audience-wise), then SITW would likely wind up with a #3 Billboard/#1 Mediabase peak a la Miranda's "Automatic". We also saw #3 BB/#1 MB peaks with Kip Moore's "Beer Money", George Strait's "Love's Gonna Make It Alright", both Tyler Farr's "Redneck Crazy" and "Whiskey In My Water", both Taylor Swift's "Back To December" and "Begin Again", and Rascal Flatts' "Rewind".
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Post by 14887fan on Jan 21, 2015 17:18:37 GMT -5
Lol. One of the most well-received singles of her career that's sold well, streamed well, crossed over (to Christian/Gospel), nearly became a Top 20 hit on the Hot 100, peaked at #2 on iTunes all-genre, sat at #1 on Hot Country Songs for 6 weeks, and had an extremely impressive chart run on radio (up until Sony started toying around) is about to be the single that breaks her top 2 Airplay streak. I'm well aware that a Top 3 streak is still absolutely nothing to scoff at, so don't come at me with any "ugh Carrie fans are so melodramatic their fave has never missed the top 2 so what ugh shut up ugh!!!!," but that's one of the more frustrating things to happen to Carrie's career at radio (right alongside the Billboard rule changes the week before "Blown Away" was about to park itself at #1 for a multi-week stay).
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Post by jptexas on Jan 21, 2015 17:31:04 GMT -5
Lol. One of the most well-received singles of her career that's sold well, streamed well, crossed over (to Christian/Gospel), nearly became a Top 20 hit on the Hot 100, peaked at #2 on iTunes all-genre, sat at #1 on Hot Country Songs for 6 weeks, and had an extremely impressive chart run on radio (up until Sony started toying around) is about to be the single that breaks her top 2 Airplay streak. I'm well aware that a Top 3 streak is still absolutely nothing to scoff at, so don't come at me with any "ugh Carrie fans are so melodramatic their fave has never missed the top 2 so what ugh shut up ugh!!!!," but that's one of the more frustrating things to happen to Carrie's career at radio (right alongside the Billboard rule changes the week before "Blown Away" was about to park itself at #1 for a multi-week stay). At this point, I don't care if Sony dishes out more money or whatever the bribe is these days to get SITW to the top. Luke obviously has been getting spins like Garth did a few years back, so if you have to compete against the boys, do whatever it takes. I would prefer they leave the songs alone and let them rise because of their quality, sales, streaming and position on hot country song charts. But that ain't happening, so let it ride.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2015 18:19:05 GMT -5
Lol. One of the most well-received singles of her career that's sold well, streamed well, crossed over (to Christian/Gospel), nearly became a Top 20 hit on the Hot 100, peaked at #2 on iTunes all-genre, sat at #1 on Hot Country Songs for 6 weeks, and had an extremely impressive chart run on radio (up until Sony started toying around) is about to be the single that breaks her top 2 Airplay streak. I'm well aware that a Top 3 streak is still absolutely nothing to scoff at, so don't come at me with any "ugh Carrie fans are so melodramatic their fave has never missed the top 2 so what ugh shut up ugh!!!!," but that's one of the more frustrating things to happen to Carrie's career at radio (right alongside the Billboard rule changes the week before "Blown Away" was about to park itself at #1 for a multi-week stay). Well, if you want to get *really* technical, she'll still have a top 2 streak on Mediabase. But, if SITW cannot get past #3 on BB's Airplay chart, then yes, her Billboard streak would be a top 3 streak.
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Post by jptexas on Jan 22, 2015 9:10:45 GMT -5
SITW got another week on the hot country chart, that makes 7 weeks. And jumps to number 2 on mediabase. It looks like, if trends hold, it should reach the top by this weekend. After 7 weeks at the top of the HCS, selling Over 750k, which is 200k more than the closest competitor that has recently reached the top, I mean 2 + 2 = 4 But, I'm not holding my breath, she is female after all.
By the way, SITW, Blown Away, and Taylor's WANGBT are the only songs by solo females to reach the top of the HCS chart.
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Post by bornfearless2000 on Jan 22, 2015 9:58:21 GMT -5
SITW got another week on the hot country chart, that makes 7 weeks. And jumps to number 2 on mediabase. It looks like, if trends hold, it should reach the top by this weekend. After 7 weeks at the top of the HCS, selling Over 750k, which is 200k more than the closest competitor that has recently reached the top, I mean 2 + 2 = 4 But, I'm not holding my breath, she is female after all. By the way, SITW, Blown Away, and Taylor's WANGBT are the only songs by solo females to reach the top of the HCS chart. Blown Away single, which have been certified 2 times platinum and a top 20 Billboard 100, didn't reach the top of HCS chart. It did top the billboard country airplay tho.
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