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Post by sabre14 on Jul 11, 2015 13:05:17 GMT -5
"Young & Crazy" will officially enter the MB top 10 by tomorrow afternoon as Frankie currently sits at #9 on the MB rolling chart today. This song hit a rough patch in the teens with less than favorable updates but Warner is getting top 10 conversions this week (with some top 10 house cleaning) as "Young & Crazy" is up 485 spins and 2.5 million in audience.
This song is 27 weeks old, so I think at least a top 5 peak can be accomplished here. The sales have been mediocre for pretty much all of Frankie's chart run, but of course that hasn't hindered Frankie's good graces with country radio as he seemingly can do no wrong, lol.
The Highway and WYRK have really played the heck out of this one and nobody will be happier than me when this song eventually fades away.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2015 20:07:35 GMT -5
"Young & Crazy" will officially enter the MB top 10 by tomorrow afternoon as Frankie currently sits at #9 on the MB rolling chart today. This song hit a rough patch in the teens with less than favorable updates but Warner is getting top 10 conversions this week (with some top 10 house cleaning) as "Young & Crazy" is up 485 spins and 2.5 million in audience. This song is 27 weeks old, so I think at least a top 5 peak can be accomplished here. The sales have been mediocre for pretty much all of Frankie's chart run, but of course that hasn't hindered Frankie's good graces with country radio as he seemingly can do no wrong, lol. The Highway and WYRK have really played the heck out of this one and nobody will be happier than me when this song eventually fades away. Oh you don't know since I'm from Michigan they can never get enough of this. I think Frankie can hit #1. Obviously Luke and Zac are gonna get their first but I mean who below Frankie does he have to compete with. Brad? Ha! Dustin should be running out of energy soon. I guess Sam Hunt but I think it's smart for Warner Bros to let Sam pass. I know this is way down the road but I think Frankie is still in the hunt.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 15, 2015 1:02:24 GMT -5
I know it's probably only temporary, but it really irked me to see Frankie pass Zac Brown Band on BB this week. "Loving You Easy" is selling considerably better than "Young & Crazy", the album sales comparison is flat out embarrassing, Zac Brown Band is an A-list act vs. a C-list act, and "Loving You Easy" is even top 20 in streaming right now. To me, it shouldn't even be a question about which one should get put into power rotation first. Also, I can't quite figure out why Frankie is having so much success with this single while some of his peers are struggling with similar sales and buzz. I'll be the first to admit that I see a lot of potential in Frankie, but that potential doesn't really exist here in this song. Him and Eric Paslay really seem to have a lot of support at radio.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 15, 2015 9:06:52 GMT -5
I know it's probably only temporary, but it really irked me to see Frankie pass Zac Brown Band on BB this week. "Loving You Easy" is selling considerably better than "Young & Crazy", the album sales comparison is flat out embarrassing, Zac Brown Band is an A-list act vs. a C-list act, and "Loving You Easy" is even top 20 in streaming right now. To me, it shouldn't even be a question about which one should get put into power rotation first. Also, I can't quite figure out why Frankie is having so much success with this single while some of his peers are struggling with similar sales and buzz. I'll be the first to admit that I see a lot of potential in Frankie, but that potential doesn't really exist here in this song. Him and Eric Paslay really seem to have a lot of support at radio. Radio doesn't always care about what sells or doesn't sell. This one's a moderate seller. ZBB certainly are selling well with their song but maybe that one's more polarizing with radio?
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 15, 2015 12:37:15 GMT -5
"Young & Crazy's" success (while unwarranted to me) is unsurprising. First of all, this song is the definition of "radio-friendly" in terms of tempo, production and length. But Frankie is extremely well liked by radio as well. He was one of the artists selected for the CRS "New Faces Show" earlier this year and the WAR promotion team is really good at what they do, and that's promoting singles to radio (they promoted the horrible selling "Trouble" from Gloriana, including Dan + Shay); plus Frankie's coming off two #1 singles. You put all of that together and another top 10 peak with a top 5 peak coming shortly is what you get. Yeah this song isn't selling terribly well but the sales aren't awful and country radio has proven before that they can look past that if they like the artist and song enough.
ZBB's song will still end up going #1 to me as they have climbed the chart pretty fast and is selling great, so I wouldn't worry too much about Frankie being ahead right now.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 22, 2015 12:50:39 GMT -5
It looks as if "Young & Crazy" is headed for a top 2 peak, with perhaps a MB #1 on the horizon. Frankie's audience has increased on MB by over 7.5 million the past 18 days and is up to #6 on the MB rolling chart as this song gets converted into top 5 rotation. Jason, Brantley, LBT and Michael Ray will all be out of the way by the time this peaks and I can definitely see Luke or ZBB blocking Frankie from a Billboard #1. The sales though have just not been that good the entire way up the chart, and Frankie's label team, along with radio being infatuated with him is a major reason why this one has done so well. This song also is extremely radio-friendly and is the sort of song that programmers eat up this time of year.
I'm not surprised at all by "Young & Crazy's" success but I really wish this song (and others who sell like this with little buzz) would not come close to a top 5 finish.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 22, 2015 13:28:33 GMT -5
It looks as if "Young & Crazy" is headed for a top 2 peak, with perhaps a MB #1 on the horizon. Frankie's audience has increased on MB by over 7.5 million the past 18 days and is up to #6 on the MB rolling chart as this song gets converted into top 5 rotation. Jason, Brantley, LBT and Michael Ray will all be out of the way by the time this peaks and I can definitely see Luke or ZBB blocking Frankie from a Billboard #1. The sales though have just not been that good the entire way up the chart, and Frankie's label team, along with radio being infatuated with him is a major reason why this one has done so well. This song also is extremely radio-friendly and is the sort of song that programmers eat up this time of year. I'm not surprised at all by "Young & Crazy's" success but I really wish this song (and others who sell like this with little buzz) would not come close to a top 5 finish. It's just proof that Radio doesn't always care what sells as long as it fits what they need it to do on their charts and playlists. If they only allowed Songs that sold gangbusters (and this one is moderately successful after two Gold singles). That being said, I do wonder if this will be the final single from the album and they'll move onto something else or if they'll release something else from Sunshine & Whiskey, an album which has sold roughly only 93k to date).
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 22, 2015 13:37:36 GMT -5
It looks as if "Young & Crazy" is headed for a top 2 peak, with perhaps a MB #1 on the horizon. Frankie's audience has increased on MB by over 7.5 million the past 18 days and is up to #6 on the MB rolling chart as this song gets converted into top 5 rotation. Jason, Brantley, LBT and Michael Ray will all be out of the way by the time this peaks and I can definitely see Luke or ZBB blocking Frankie from a Billboard #1. The sales though have just not been that good the entire way up the chart, and Frankie's label team, along with radio being infatuated with him is a major reason why this one has done so well. This song also is extremely radio-friendly and is the sort of song that programmers eat up this time of year. I'm not surprised at all by "Young & Crazy's" success but I really wish this song (and others who sell like this with little buzz) would not come close to a top 5 finish. It's just proof that Radio doesn't always care what sells as long as it fits what they need it to do on their charts and playlists. If they only allowed Songs that sold gangbusters (and this one is moderately successful after two Gold singles). That being said, I do wonder if this will be the final single from the album and they'll move onto something else or if they'll release something else from Sunshine & Whiskey, an album which has sold roughly only 93k to date). The planets just seemed to align this go around for Frankie. He had a very long radio tour prior to "Helluva Life" and radio clearly took notice. Then Warner decided to send safe and friendly tracks to radio off Sunshine & Whiskey after "Helluva Life" peaked, and it paid off. There's a reason why he was one of the selections for the CRS New Faces show. The WAR promotion team is strong as well and radio is enjoying Frankie right now. That being said, I would actually end the era myself if I had to choose, but admittedly I don't know where they stand on new music. We're going on two full years since Frankie finished the Sunshine & Whiskey album, so the timing is conducive to make the next single a lead single but perhaps they try one more at radio off the current record since radio's shown no signs of relinquishing their love for Frankie just yet.
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Post by rsmatto on Jul 22, 2015 13:42:48 GMT -5
Would they revisit "Tell Me You Get Lonely" as a final single to see if radio might turn that song into a Top 10? I do think they could release "Drinky Drink," "I'm Thinking Country" or "Tip Jar" though. Honestly, I agree it's probably time to release something else. I'm sure they're at least an EP's worth of songs into the next project.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 22, 2015 13:49:39 GMT -5
"Tell Me You Get Lonely" getting re-released would be fantastic. It didn't even get to the top 30 and that was five years ago now -- the majority of country radio listeners don't even know that was a single at one point. It's definitely the best remaining song off the album IMO. Unfortunately I doubt that Warner would as there's a risk in doing that kind of move, and this era has been anything but risky. One can hope though, lol.
I do think they'll end the album era with "Young & Crazy" though.
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Post by dm2081 on Jul 22, 2015 23:49:37 GMT -5
I'd be really surprised if they went with a 4th single. As stated above, the album isn't selling at all right now, and neither was this single, so I don't see any reason to promote something else off the album. It would be best for Frankie to take a little time off and come back with something fresh around October/November time, so he can aim for a late Spring or early Summer album release.
For what it's worth, I would vote "Tip Jar" for the 4th single if that's the way they decide to go.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 23, 2015 1:37:34 GMT -5
Ugh, I wish this would've peaked somewhere in the teens and went away. I like Frankie Ballard well enough, but it's annoying how much radio seems to love him and this single is just basic as hell. His last two at least sold decently well and we're genuinely catchy imo (even if they were both safe, radio fodder themselves). But this one is just total blah. I really like the hook of the song, and feel like it's an interesting idea (being wild and crazy in your youth so when you're old you have stories to tell), but the song built around it is just so lame and boring by comparison -- lyrically, vocally, production-wise.
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Post by davidj on Jul 27, 2015 14:47:21 GMT -5
I like his stuff, but it's time for Album #2.
That's the thing with being a country fan: because of its radio culture, songs take ages to impact. I could hear a single in October and like it and find it's still out there the following June.
In the pop chart - and, here in Britain, the 'Top 40' is the only chart we have - a song can come out in Monday and be number 1 by the following Sunday. There's a really fast turnaround because it's based on sales and not airplay. Paradoxically, if the song does not get sufficient airplay, people won't know it's out there so won't buy it, therefore the radio is essential. Having said that, country radio is WAY better than any other, so I'm not dissing it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 12:43:39 GMT -5
I feel like Frankie might get blocked from the top. With this week looking to be Luke vs Michael. Then next week Luke and I'd imagine Luke would aim for a third week. I think the Zac Brown Band will either hold off (my suggestion since Loving You Easy has plenty of life in it.) The thing is Frankie is right below 2 big hits (KTDU and LYE) and I think Frankie can't wait out how many weeks Luke an the ZBB how many weeks they spend in the top. Frankie has his work cut out for him.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 10, 2015 20:03:31 GMT -5
Pushing for the #1 dated Mon, August 24 according to Country Aircheck
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Post by rbundy1987 on Aug 10, 2015 20:55:03 GMT -5
Pushing for the #1 dated Mon, August 24 according to Country Aircheck Yep, the push for #1 from Warner Music for Frankie starts this Sunday the 16th and goes til the 23rd and hopes to be #1 on both Billboard and Mediabase for Monday the 24th. Only threat I see is Sam Hunt who could block Frankie but then again I think Warner will push and push hard that week with Sam Hunt taking #1 3 weeks from now. I don't think Dustin Lynch is going to make it to #1 but he will hit top 3 as peak for "Hell Of A Night", he could still hit #1 but I would think with the age of his song and how Thomas Rhett is coming up, I don't see how Dustin can stay ahead of Thomas.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 21:23:51 GMT -5
If the Zac Brown Band are pushing this week as well Frankie is screwed. I just don't see how he could pass the Zac Brown Band if there also pushing this week. If there not than Frankie's fine as I doubt Sam Hunt is a factor since he should be taking it easy.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 10, 2015 21:24:43 GMT -5
If the Zac Brown Band are pushing this week as well Frankie is screwed. I just don't see how he could pass the Zac Brown Band if there also pushing this week. If there not than Frankie's fine as I doubt Sam Hunt is a factor since he should be taking it easy. Frankie is pushing for the #1 next week
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 21:28:50 GMT -5
^Oh ok. Then next week could get sticky. I can see ZBB wanting to stay at the top for a second week since there song is still pretty young (Not like KTDU but still pretty young) If Sam Hunt kicks in those Top 5 conversions and sneaks pass Frankie next week could go bad for Frankie.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 19, 2015 6:11:06 GMT -5
MB 3 1 FRANKIE BALLARD Young & Crazy 8346 7775 571 54.703
BB Country No.1 Frankie Ballard Young & Crazy +9431 The Band Perry Live Forever
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 19, 2015 9:12:32 GMT -5
Possibly the most uneventful #1 of the year. Is this a song that really needed 8,000+ spins in a week? Charts are becoming more of a joke everyday now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 9:54:43 GMT -5
Possibly the most uneventful #1 of the year. Is this a song that really needed 8,000+ spins in a week? Charts are becoming more of a joke everyday now. I agree. Aside from those of us who actually enjoy watching the charts, they mean virtually nothing. My girlfriend and I were listening to the most recent CT40 over the weekend. She is someone who listens to a country station every day. We got to the number 6 song and I asked her to predict who the top 5 were...her picks: "Girl Crush" "Love Me Like You Mean It" "We Went" "Kick the Dust Up" "Tonight Looks Good on You" and as we know, that really wasn't close to correct lol. Just shows how little it really means, especially coming from someone who listens frequently.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 19, 2015 15:28:17 GMT -5
Just like Eric Paslay, this song and artist having major success on country radio is because radio is infatuated with Frankie; that and the WAR promo team is really doing great right now. I said a few weeks back that perhaps Frankie could get blocked from a Billboard #1 but that prediction went up in smoke as "Young & Crazy" will easily get the Billboard and MB #1 this week. It's embarrassing that this song is the worst selling single in the top 19. You have to go down to #20 ("I'm To Blame") on the MB rolling chart to find a song with worse sales than Frankie's. This is just one more song that was predetermined to hit #1 by country radio weeks ago.
This song's steady sailing to the #1 position only reinforces labels thinking of releasing radio-friendly fluff as singles. This song is just so blah. I mean, the hook is clever but that's about it. I actually find Frankie's voice to be very good and very unique and I'm a little puzzled why he hasn't gotten more attention from fans like some of his peers, but perhaps his pedestrian music might be a factor.
At least with this song hitting #1, I won't have to hear it as much soon; which is great because I was sick of this song, oh I don't know, in April...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 15:33:35 GMT -5
I just wow. I know timing is everything but I am disgusted Girl Crush misses the top and this does. I mean what'll be more remembered Girl Crush or Young & Crazy. Ah well time to bring album #3.
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 24, 2015 20:01:09 GMT -5
Frankie confirms that his next single will be something new he's recorded for his next album and will be out later this Fall, as seen in this weeks Thank You ad in Billboard update. Seems pretty predictable and a solid move to use his momentum on something new and fresh. I'm mildly optimistic about his new music despite this mediocre tune.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 1:13:04 GMT -5
I heard Frankie say on The Highway the other day that he hopes to not only have a new single out this fall, but to also release his next album before the end of the year. There's no way that's going to happen though, unless they expect the lead single to peak in 12 weeks.
I have no doubt that the single will be out soon (I'd bet before the end of September), but it won't climb fast enough for them to release the album in November or early December. Frankie just isn't that big of a name. I'd bet on a February or March release at the earliest.
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Post by rjz on Aug 27, 2015 6:26:34 GMT -5
I know I'm in the minority (many consider this mediocre) but this tune is catchy, its lyrics are no more cliche than many country songs and it hasn't worn on me. And my radio station still plays it constantly
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 27, 2015 11:10:22 GMT -5
And my radio station still plays it constantly No surprise, since it just went #1... :)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 11:48:41 GMT -5
This one got to #1 with a tad over 180k in sales? Is that number right? I can't imagine many people were calling in to request this one. I liked it well enough, though.
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Post by onebuffalo on Aug 27, 2015 11:57:47 GMT -5
This one got to #1 with a tad over 180k in sales? Is that number right? I can't imagine many people were calling in to request this one. I liked it well enough, though. Yeppers. It's the #29 selling single this week with 9000 sold. 187,000 sold thus far. And my radio station still plays it constantly No surprise, since it just went #1... :) I hear the #10 song is getting spins, too!
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