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Post by dm2081 on Feb 26, 2015 16:09:48 GMT -5
The Highway started playing "Tonight Looks Good On You" so it looks to be heading for terrestrial radio about one month from now with an add date in early to mid April by my best guess. Personally, the song puts me to sleep. The song itself is okay (considering the past two singles), but Jason's vocal performance is not good. Something about his material lately - its like he's less enthusiastic about singing. It's not quite as uninteresting as the way he sang on "The Only Way I Know" but I'm still not convinced what he's singing about when he's singing "Tonight Looks Good On You". I'm not really sure how you think Jason should have sang Tonight Looks Good On You. It's supposed to be a slower, midtempo song with an obvious R&B influence. In fact, I think he sounds quite strong in the chorus, especially the way he sings "It's something about the way you're smiling". I can understand thinking he sounds uninterested on Just Gettin' Started and Burnin' It Down, but I just don't see it with TLGOY.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 26, 2015 16:22:01 GMT -5
The Highway started playing "Tonight Looks Good On You" so it looks to be heading for terrestrial radio about one month from now with an add date in early to mid April by my best guess. Personally, the song puts me to sleep. The song itself is okay (considering the past two singles), but Jason's vocal performance is not good. Something about his material lately - its like he's less enthusiastic about singing. It's not quite as uninteresting as the way he sang on "The Only Way I Know" but I'm still not convinced what he's singing about when he's singing "Tonight Looks Good On You". I'm not really sure how you think Jason should have sang Tonight Looks Good On You. It's supposed to be a slower, midtempo song with an obvious R&B influence. In fact, I think he sounds quite strong in the chorus, especially the way he sings "It's something about the way you're smiling". I can understand thinking he sounds uninterested on Just Gettin' Started and Burnin' It Down, but I just don't see it with TLGOY. IMO, his vocal's just aren't very good on most of his material - but that's just me. When he sings this song, to me, he just doesn't convict emotion within the lyrics. The tone in his voice doesn't really change throughout the song and the melody isn't anything special and I think that's what trips me up. It may be just me not being a particular fan of his vocals to begin with. I understand it's a slower song, and yes I know this song is supposed to be "mid-tempo", but that doesn't mean I should not feel next to nothing when I hear him sing this. The line you pointed out doesn't sound great to me at all to be perfectly honest. Again, I'm just one opinion. Jason clearly doesn't need my support, lol. I just think he's been consistently one of the weaker male vocalists over the past few years in the genre. But that's just my own assessment.
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Post by dm2081 on Feb 26, 2015 16:32:22 GMT -5
I'm not really sure how you think Jason should have sang Tonight Looks Good On You. It's supposed to be a slower, midtempo song with an obvious R&B influence. In fact, I think he sounds quite strong in the chorus, especially the way he sings "It's something about the way you're smiling". I can understand thinking he sounds uninterested on Just Gettin' Started and Burnin' It Down, but I just don't see it with TLGOY. IMO, his vocal's just aren't very good on most of his material - but that's just me. When he sings this song, to me, he just doesn't convict emotion within the lyrics. The tone in his voice doesn't really change throughout the song and the melody isn't anything special and I think that's what trips me up. It may be just me not being a particular fan of his vocals to begin with. I understand it's a slower song, and yes I know this song is supposed to be "mid-tempo", but that doesn't mean I should not feel next to nothing when I hear him sing this. The line you pointed out doesn't sound great to me at all to be perfectly honest. Again, I'm just one opinion. Jason clearly doesn't need my support, lol. I just think he's been consistently one of the weaker male vocalists over the past few years in the genre. But that's just my own assessment. That's fair enough. Not everyone is going to like the same vocals. On a different note though, jhomes87 brought up an interesting scenario in another thread that could happen if Like A Cowboy does indeed get a week at #1 on MB this week. In that scenario, Blake would be left to get 2 weeks on Billboard. If "Mean To Me" could continue to contend with Just Gettin' Started, and possibly get back in front, I wonder if Jason and his team would settle for a #2 peak, so they can move on to Tonight Looks Good On You. If The Highway started playing it, then there's a possibility other stations could jump on early too and start playing it. But I'm not sure if both Mean To Me and Just Gettin' Started could wait out for #1, curious as to what others think.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 26, 2015 16:44:55 GMT -5
Randy wasn't too far off of Blake in terms of points this past Sunday when the final point totals came in (about 1200 behind). Blake has been beating Randy on the MB updates until today when Randy increased 90 spins and 430k in audience while Blake lost 16 spins and gained 345k in audience. My guess is that Stoney Creek will try and get the point totals as close as possible with the spins so that Randy can put in as big an effort for Saturday/Sunday as possible. This race is going to be close though I do think Blake can afford to wait Randy out this week.
After that, I think Blake will get at least one week on MB and Billboard (two total). Then I still believe Broken Bow will try and outdo Warner again with "Just Gettin' Started". I don't feel The Highway spinning "Tonight Looks Good On You" will change the label's mind to gun for a week at #1. Jason actually gained the most points in today's update for the MB top 5 (+88 spins, +541k audience). Brett and Jason are very, very close to one another in points so perhaps we might see another split when both of those get past Blake/Randy. Label's just want a #1 somewhere and this upcoming 2-3 weeks could yield those results. Though Stoney Creek/Broken Bow still have plenty of work to do with Randy and Jason's singles if they wish to get them both at #1, especially Randy's.
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Post by myeverything on Mar 1, 2015 15:15:18 GMT -5
While I love this song, I agree with the previous post about it being sent to radio for the summertime. SLS or a more upbeat single for summer would have made more sense followed by a ballad release after that. But then again that's more of the usual thing to do..another point that Jason likes to take a bit of a more risky road sometimes!
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Post by countryboy79 on Mar 4, 2015 8:16:13 GMT -5
Big sales with this album, but the best songs will not be released as singles; were chosen tracks too commercial and truly mild. A real shame.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 8, 2015 7:09:57 GMT -5
This will probably be Jason's next #1.
4 1 JASON ALDEAN Just Gettin' Started 7717 7386 331 60.234
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 8, 2015 13:47:18 GMT -5
This will probably be Jason's next #1. 4 1 JASON ALDEAN Just Gettin' Started 7717 7386 331 60.234 Considering it's his current single, I would say you're right!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 14:44:10 GMT -5
Blake Shelton's "Lonely Tonight" is still tracking at #1 on the Billboard #1 airplay/#1 most added ticker, even though Jason's ahead of Blake by 400k in audience on Mediabase, but at the rate Blake is losing he'll probably be at least a million below Jason in audience by tomorrow, so I'd be surprised to see Jason miss out on the Billboard #1. Things wouldn't have been a close horse-race this week, though, if Broken Bow had allowed this to rise naturally instead of stalling it in the top 10 to manufacture a #3 peak for "Like a Cowboy."
Broken Bow will definitely push for another week, but after they spent so many weeks killing off Jason's momentum it's quite a bit to ask for this to stay at #1 a second week and neither Thomas Rhett nor Blake Shelton could get the second week, so this probably can't either. "Mean to Me" should take over #1 next week.
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Post by trebor on Mar 9, 2015 9:49:25 GMT -5
It's now confirmed; congrats to #1 at Mediabase
Plays / Plays LW / +/- Plays / Total Points / Total Points LW / +/- Points / Weeks On 4 1 JASON ALDEAN Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 7718 7386 332 26766 25312 1454 17
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Post by myeverything on Mar 9, 2015 11:27:29 GMT -5
Awesome news! Good for him!
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 9, 2015 11:50:15 GMT -5
Yes, Jason Aldean and his 15 combined MB and Billboard #1 singles, overcame all odds and finally reached that #1 position with "Just Gettin' Started"...
Sorry, couldn't resist. :)
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Post by rbundy1987 on Mar 9, 2015 18:00:47 GMT -5
Country Airplay highlights are not yet released but this reveals Jason is #1 on both charts this week!!!! Add will flash to Jason being #1 after about 12 seconds!!!! Country Aircheck Today: 3/9
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 20:53:28 GMT -5
It's now confirmed; congrats to #1 at Mediabase Plays / Plays LW / +/- Plays / Total Points / Total Points LW / +/- Points / Weeks On 4 1 JASON ALDEAN Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 7718 7386 332 26766 25312 1454 17 I don't expect the 2 songs ("Just Gettin' Started" and "Lonely Tonight") to be very close on tonight's Billboard chart, but it sure was close on Mediabase. Blake almost held on for a 2nd week at the top, but Jason won the race by a mere 15 points.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 9, 2015 21:44:29 GMT -5
It's now confirmed; congrats to #1 at Mediabase Plays / Plays LW / +/- Plays / Total Points / Total Points LW / +/- Points / Weeks On 4 1 JASON ALDEAN Just Gettin' Started (Broken Bow) 7718 7386 332 26766 25312 1454 17 I don't expect the 2 songs ("Just Gettin' Started" and "Lonely Tonight") to be very close on tonight's Billboard chart, but it sure was close on Mediabase. Blake almost held on for a 2nd week at the top, but Jason won the race by a mere 15 points. There was a photo finish...a photo finish between Jason and Brett. "Just Gettin' Started" edged "Mean To Me" by 29k in audience for #1. Jason edged Blake by 523k in audience.
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Post by trebor on Mar 10, 2015 8:10:59 GMT -5
^^ Did not realize that they were so close together! Jason: 26766 points and Blake 26751! The difference in plays was just 43 spins. Thanks for bringing this to my and the forum's general attention :)
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 12, 2015 12:59:54 GMT -5
Top two songs at over 60 million audience impressions at MediaBase:
2 1 JASON ALDEAN Just Gettin' Started 7827 7589 238 60.62 3 2 BRETT ELDREDGE Mean To Me 7646 7303 343 60.428
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 20:20:48 GMT -5
Surely Broken Bow must realize they were lucky just to get one week at #1 for this song after how hard they fought for weeks to kill its momentum. This push for a second week at #1 just seems silly. Brett Eldredge's song has been #1 on the Billboard #1 ticker and the Medibase building chart all week. This isn't even going to be a remotely close race. "Mean to Me" is definitely going to be #1 on both charts this week. I sort of chuckled last night when Shawn Parr on Nash Nights Live said that Jason Aldean and Brett Eldredge are in a "battle" for #1. I'd hardly refer to this as any sort of serious battle.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2015 16:32:02 GMT -5
Go figure. Just when I was thinking it might be a close race (the first 3 days of the week added together resulted in only a narrow victory for Brett), suddenly Brett busts out for an 820k gain, while Jason loses 550k. Brett looks likely to get 2 weeks on top of both charts now, and then label-mate Cole Swindell will probably follow him (unless Chris Young gets there first).
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Post by dm2081 on Mar 13, 2015 18:25:55 GMT -5
Go figure. Just when I was thinking it might be a close race (the first 3 days of the week added together resulted in only a narrow victory for Brett), suddenly Brett busts out for an 820k gain, while Jason loses 550k. Brett looks likely to get 2 weeks on top of both charts now, and then label-mate Cole Swindell will probably follow him (unless Chris Young gets there first). Ugh, I think "Mean To Me" is a decent song, but it certainly isn't worthy of a multi-week #1 if songs like Talladega, Sun Daze, Lonely Tonight, or Something In The Water couldn't. I know a lot just depends on the timing of things, but 5 years from now when I look back at the charts, I'm going to drop my jaw when I read "Mean To Me" was #1 for 2 weeks. I'll be rooting for "Ain't Worth The Whiskey" to get there next week, and hope "Mean To Me" just plummets starting on Monday. Cole's song is definitely the bigger hit IMO.
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Post by kml567 on Mar 13, 2015 18:32:15 GMT -5
ZBB is gaining nearly +1000 spins this week and will be #1 by early April. If Brett gets 2 weeks #1, then Cole or Chris will get blocked by ZBB. The only way Cole and Chris can both get #1s on both charts is if Brett gives up after 1 week at #1. If I were Warner/Swindell, I wouldn't play games and let Brett get away with 2 weeks.
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Post by myeverything on Mar 13, 2015 22:54:21 GMT -5
I'm personally glad for Brett, and that's coming from a big Aldean fan. Jason got a week, now Brett's turn. I also really like both Cole's and Chris's too so maybe everyone will get a turn, lol!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2015 23:06:46 GMT -5
I'll be very surprised if "Mean to Me" gets two weeks at #1. Blake Shelton's "Lonely Tonight" lost over 2 million audience last week even though it was still being pushed by the label. I doubt Warner plans to push "Mean to Me" for a second week, so it could easily lose 4-5 million audience and end up around the 40 million mark. Cole Swindell was almost at 38 million on Monday's Billboard chart, so that gives him two weeks to easily close the gap. I can see next week's chart being split by "Lonely Eyes" on Mediabase and "Ain't Worth the Whiskey" on Billboard.
This seems like an uneventful #1 for Jason Aldean. As of this past Monday, it's sold 860,000 copies according to Billboard/Nielsen, which is a pretty reasonable number for a Jason Aldean hit and Jason's still selling lots of albums, but this just doesn't come across to me as anything unique enough to continue getting high recurrent rotation a few months from now. The thing is, I'm still not sure "Tonight Looks Good on You" will have much longevity either. It just seems Jason is falling into a rut lyrically, which isn't something I have been quick to say about other bro-country artists such as Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, and Chase Rice. I agree with the sentiments expressed earlier in this thread about the lyrics not making much sense and just seeming sort of lazy/poorly thought out.
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Post by dm2081 on Mar 13, 2015 23:30:55 GMT -5
I'll be very surprised if "Mean to Me" gets two weeks at #1. Blake Shelton's "Lonely Tonight" lost over 2 million audience last week even though it was still being pushed by the label. I doubt Warner plans to push "Mean to Me" for a second week, so it could easily lose 4-5 million audience and end up around the 40 million mark. Cole Swindell was almost at 38 million on Monday's Billboard chart, so that gives him two weeks to easily close the gap. I can see next week's chart being split by "Lonely Eyes" on Mediabase and "Ain't Worth the Whiskey" on Billboard. This seems like an uneventful #1 for Jason Aldean. As of this past Monday, it's sold 860,000 copies according to Billboard/Nielsen, which is a pretty reasonable number for a Jason Aldean hit and Jason's still selling lots of albums, but this just doesn't come across to me as anything unique enough to continue getting high recurrent rotation a few months from now. The thing is, I'm still not sure "Tonight Looks Good on You" will have much longevity either. It just seems Jason is falling into a rut lyrically, which isn't something I have been quick to say about other bro-country artists such as Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, and Chase Rice. I agree with the sentiments expressed earlier in this thread about the lyrics not making much sense and just seeming sort of lazy/poorly thought out. First, I agree with you about Brett most likely not getting two weeks on Billboard: the song is just too old at this point, and I'm expecting a serious drop after it peaks at #1 this week due to it's long chart run. Second, I'm not sure what sales you were referencing for the 860,000 copies sold, but that would be the amount of albums sold of Old Boots, New Dirt. The singles sales for Just Gettin' Started are 362,000 right now, per this source: roughstock.com/news/2015/03/33493-country-musics-top-30-digital-singles-week-march-11-2015/. "Burnin' It Down" has nearly 4-5x the amount of sales as this single so far. But I expect "Tonight Looks Good On You" to offer a slight rebound for Jason. I don't think it will be as big as BID obviously, but I could see it matching the success of "Night Train", or coming fairly close.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 29, 2015 15:59:35 GMT -5
Ugh, you've got to be kidding me MB. The official afternoon update came in and "Just Gettin' Started" has not been sent recurrent. When Jason fell from #1 to #2, he did not have a bullet and lost nearly 1.0 million in audience. He did however gain 9 spins, which theoretically (I stress that word) should have actually kept his bullet. But MB took the bullet away, which led me to believe Jason lost just too much in the way of points to retain a bullet. But there he is in plain sight at #13. That means no "Games" at #40 (now #41), not that I care, lol - I'd actually prefer a song off his spring break EP to not reach the top 40 on either chart. This is infuriating. If MB determines "Just Gettin' Started" stays for 9 measly spins, that would utterly suck, for lack of a better word. *prays the evening update changes this*.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Mar 29, 2015 16:00:14 GMT -5
Does not go recurrent tonight, due to still having a bullet back on 3/15 (+9) even though it had a points loss of over 400 pts (-445) back on the chart 2 weeks ago and was at #2. Goes bye bye next Sunday on April 5th. Only recurrent this week is really not a recurrent and that is Swon Brothers which actually fell out of the top 50 before getting sent packing.
Remember to be sent recurrent, you have to have 3 weeks down in plays and thus back on the 3/16 MB weekly chart shows he had a small bullet of 9 so last week was his first strike, this weekend is his second, then next weekend will be so long to this song. Brett Eldredge will also leave next Sunday since he is also on strike 2 this weekend, so 2 songs will be leaving one week from today.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 29, 2015 16:15:52 GMT -5
Does not go recurrent tonight, due to still having a bullet back on 3/15 (+9) even though it had a points loss of over 400 pts (-445) back on the chart 2 weeks ago and was at #2. Goes bye bye next Sunday on April 5th. Only recurrent this week is really not a recurrent and that is Swon Brothers which actually fell out of the top 50 before getting sent packing. Remember to be sent recurrent, you have to have 3 weeks down in plays and thus back on the 3/16 MB weekly chart shows he had a small bullet of 9 so last week was his first strike, this weekend is his second, then next weekend will be so long to this song. I actually made a note of this last week. I saw the 9 spins and even though MB took the bullet away, I still wrote down to be weary in case the unfortunate happens. Then I had a really hectic week with some personal stuff going on and it completely slipped my mind. I should have known this would happen after the "Shotgun Rider" debacle, which still baffles my mind. The single that probably suffers the most is Mo Pitney's "Country", which despite gaining over 300k in audience and 40 spins, drops four spots to #47.
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