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Post by sabre14 on Aug 20, 2016 15:48:05 GMT -5
Yesterday "Vinyl" had 36 new spins. I hope its the next single. Those 36 spins were over a 7 day period and it came from KCYY in San Antonio; which I covered up the thread. :)
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 21, 2016 16:46:03 GMT -5
"I Met A Girl" gained over 400 spins and landed at #11 on Mediabase this week. I still think this song is destined for a top 10 peak and nothing more but it does have a similar climb to "I Got The Boy" (another Warner Music promoted single). Jana's song was at #12 at the 42 mark on Billboard and Morgan's song will be in the top 15 on Billboard at the 46 week mark. The Billboard top 15 is very weak right now though. Morgan's song will likely get up to 21-22 million in total Billboard audience tomorrow, while Jana's song had nearly 30 million at the point she climbed up to #12. I could see some massive push to get "I Met A Girl" into the MB top 5 by the time Vinyl drops (similar to what happened to "I Got The Boy") but this song just wasted too much time in the 40's and 30's to be considered a candidate to reach the top. I have been amazed at how rapidly this song took off though once it reached the top 30 -- it started a new chart run as nearly 30 monitored MB stations added it since mid-May. The conversions happened after the album was announced and once a set incentive was in place. We'll see how this one does once it reached the top 10 within the next 1-2 weeks (at least on Mediabase). Either way, I'm very happy how successful this one has been the past few months and thankfully we'll be getting a full-length debut album.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 19:32:01 GMT -5
For sabre14 or anyone else willing: what is the "top 30 age" of this song and others around it? Like you said, it spent a lot of time in the 40s and 30s but has taken off since then. I think age is obviously a factor, but does anyone care if a song has 2 million audience for 3 months before taking off? Does that even "count"?
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 21, 2016 19:46:37 GMT -5
For sabre14 or anyone else willing: what is the "top 30 age" of this song and others around it? Like you said, it spent a lot of time in the 40s and 30s but has taken off since then. I think age is obviously a factor, but does anyone care if a song has 2 million audience for 3 months before taking off? Does that even "count"? "I Met A Girl" broke the Mediabase top 30 in early May, so it's been in the top 30 for roughly +3 months now. I see your argument and logical question posed...but the problem is 40-50 stations were spinning this one since September-October of 2015; the song is still burning on many listeners and programmers alike. Every now and then you see a song like "I Met A Girl", "Love Like Crazy", "Outta My Head" take off in the top 30 due that perfect aligning of stars were the song is reaching it's max potential on the early stations and gets gradually added to new station to off-set the age factor...basically, the song's age while being a factor for some station, isn't at all a factor for others. We saw with "Love Like Crazy" and certainly "Outta My Head" that they simply ran out of gas at the end; once a song reached +50 weeks, I don't care what new stations you have, something has to give since the song has been in medium to heavy rotation on dozens of stations for so damn long (either peak now or drop it --- that's what programmers think). The album drop is in sight and so is the top 10. Again, I could see a situation where they try a massive peak to get it as high as possible (like Warner did with "I Got The Boy" in early 2016) but I'm sure programmers and the label know what they're attempting to accomplish and at least now they have a basic understanding of what the plan is...it's a lot easier to give conversions that way. It's interesting to watch for sure and I'm hoping this one can get as high as possible.
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Post by robenglund on Aug 21, 2016 19:48:10 GMT -5
For sabre14 or anyone else willing: what is the "top 30 age" of this song and others around it? Like you said, it spent a lot of time in the 40s and 30s but has taken off since then. I think age is obviously a factor, but does anyone care if a song has 2 million audience for 3 months before taking off? Does that even "count"? Its looks like "I Met A Girl" entered the Top 30 (Mediabase) on May 7th. That was 107 days ago. It was charting for 177 days on May 7th. It's pretty remarkable how this took off. Edit post: I see you beat me sabre14 but mine has some really specific numbers haha.
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Post by g8erboi on Aug 23, 2016 23:07:33 GMT -5
Can definitely see this reaching the top 5 if they continue to push through the album release. Didn't expect this to reach the top 10 so soon... Really happy for Morgan.
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Post by CoJoFan on Aug 26, 2016 7:47:21 GMT -5
His album Vinyl is available for preorder on iTunes with new song called "Missing" available. Pure country music is what this man is about after listening to it.
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Post by minha2cp on Aug 26, 2016 8:13:52 GMT -5
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Post by CoJoFan on Aug 26, 2016 12:59:41 GMT -5
raylatch98 Is there a chance this hits top 10 this week?
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Aug 26, 2016 13:24:33 GMT -5
raylatch98 Is there a chance this hits top 10 this week? I'm obviously not raylatch, but it is currently #9 on Mediabase and will almost definitely stay within the top 10 through Sunday. With "Head Over Boots" "HOLY" and "Fix" all on the way down, WMM should make the top 10 on Billboard this week as long as it can pass Fix in audience, which I think is likely, and stay ahead of Billy Currington who is also moving up quickly now, which I also think is likely. WMM should be #9 or #10 (if Kenny passes him) on Mediabase, and #10 on Billboard this week. However, some that watch the daily points and audience conversions between MB and BB may have a slightly different opinion. I'd like to think mine is fairly accurate though ;)
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 26, 2016 14:09:22 GMT -5
"Missing" is pure gold. It sounds like a huge #1 George Strait smash circa 2005 lol
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Post by kw9461 on Aug 26, 2016 16:38:47 GMT -5
"Missing" is pure gold. It sounds like a huge #1 George Strait smash circa 2005 lol Took the words right out of my mouth, pure gold indeed. I still think Vinyl is the logical follow up (and best choice), but Missing would make a very intriguing single #3. Cannot wait for this album.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 26, 2016 16:52:10 GMT -5
"Missing" is pure gold. It sounds like a huge #1 George Strait smash circa 2005 lol Took the words right out of my mouth, pure gold indeed. I still think Vinyl is the logical follow up (and best choice), but Missing would make a very intriguing single #3. Cannot wait for this album. I posted my thoughts on the song in the "Upcoming Albums" thread but I'll reiterate it here. "Missing" is amazing and maybe overtakes "Lonesomeville" as my favorite song by William Michael Morgan I've heard so far. The production is flawless. The instrumentation is so well done and the steel guitar and fiddle is comfort Country music at its best these days. Vocals are great and the clever lyrical idea for the song's subject make it a home-run track. It's so good, I would seriously consider releasing it over "Vinyl" next. It sounds exactly like George Strait from the late 90's to mid 2000's. I want this artist to break out at Country radio, desperately. Pop laced music isn't going anywhere on Country radio for a while but this kind of artist having success at radio would be so gratifying.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 28, 2016 10:59:04 GMT -5
It took a year after impacting Country radio but "I Met A Girl" finally reaches the top 10 on Mediabase this week (#9). :)
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Post by hosssulpizio on Aug 29, 2016 20:13:49 GMT -5
So glad this song is connecting very well with audiences. It doesn't matter how long a song is on the charts, goes to show you that any song could be a hit; preferably it sounds good.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 30, 2016 11:21:59 GMT -5
"I Met A Girl" has gained over 100 spins and over 1.0 million in audience the past two days. It looks like Warner has caught lightning in a bottle and have convinced programmers to be all in on sticking with this until the week of the album release date...that would mean this song has a decent chance to make the top 5 on both charts, certainly Mediabase if only one. 4 more stations added IMAG this week and that leaves all but two stations not reporting spins for this one. I still don't think this can hold on long enough for a #1 peak.
A perfect wave of events for William Michael Morgan. I'm a taken back a bit by how many conversions this has gotten the past few weeks but I'll take it, lol.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Aug 30, 2016 15:18:57 GMT -5
"I Met A Girl" has gained over 100 spins and over 1.0 million in audience the past two days. It looks like Warner has caught lightning in a bottle and have convinced programmers to be all in on sticking with this until the week of the album release date...that would mean this song has a decent chance to make the top 5 on both charts, certainly Mediabase if only one. 4 more stations added IMAG this week and that leaves all but two stations not reporting spins for this one. I still don't think this can hold on long enough for a #1 peak.
A perfect wave of events for William Michael Morgan. I'm a taken back a bit by how many conversions this has gotten the past few weeks but I'll take it, lol. So glad William Michael Morgan is now in the top 10!! This makes me have more faith for many other Traditional artists to hit it big on the charts.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 9:11:13 GMT -5
With still about a month until the album release, I almost wonder if they are pushing for #1 with this. It gained 1 million in audience yesterday. It's almost like radio is rallying behind this old traditional-sounding songs now...which is exactly the opposite of their behavior over the past 3 or so years.
How awesome.
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Post by robenglund on Aug 31, 2016 9:57:18 GMT -5
With still about a month until the album release, I almost wonder if they are pushing for #1 with this. It gained 1 million in audience yesterday. It's almost like radio is rallying behind this old traditional-sounding songs now...which is exactly the opposite of their behavior over the past 3 or so years. How awesome. Of course I'm glad to see radio is getting behind WMM and his traditional leaning music. This raises the question why doesn't radio get behind/rally for Stapleton's traditional leaning music? It's been talked about several times but for those who haven't seen it, radio is butt-hurt that they weren't the ones to breakout Stapleton. Meanwhile, radio is the reason why WMM is (hopefully) breaking out. But like we've said Stapleton doesn't need radio. He just needed a little bit of a boost because from what I remember his album was selling fairly good before the 2015 CMAs. Then he absolutely killed it at the CMAs obviously and he became an overnight sensation and star. The traditional resurgence at radio almost seems to be lead by the rising stardom of Chris Stapleton which is ironic because radio has shown resistance to him. "I Met A Girl" has already matched the AirPlay peak of "Nobody To Blame" and will obviously continue to rise. Is of the music coming out of Nashville isn't all of a sudden going to be traditional in a few years? Do you really think Chris Lane's crap music is going to be traditional in a few years? No way to both of those questions. I think what seems to be happening is we're going to get a mix of old and new sounds. Mostly new probably but the older sounds will be mixed into radio playlists to break up the monotonous and formulaic pop country music coming out of Nashville making its way onto the airwaves. The fact that country is so diverse is frustrating but at the same time I love it because I love the different sounds and "types" of country music we have. I am not a hardcore traditionalist whatsoever. If I could make my own album and have complete creative control, I would make an album that has a variety of sounds. I'd want some traditional stuff, some rock/bro stuff, and throw in a curveball with some R&B stuff. Country music is getting farther from its roots but at the same time, it's going back to its roots. It's all truly fascinating.
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Post by Kentucky25 on Aug 31, 2016 11:23:05 GMT -5
With still about a month until the album release, I almost wonder if they are pushing for #1 with this. It gained 1 million in audience yesterday. It's almost like radio is rallying behind this old traditional-sounding songs now...which is exactly the opposite of their behavior over the past 3 or so years. How awesome. Of course I'm glad to see radio is getting behind WMM and his traditional leaning music. This raises the question why doesn't radio get behind/rally for Stapleton's traditional leaning music? It's been talked about several times but for those who haven't seen it, radio is butt-hurt that they weren't the ones to breakout Stapleton. One possible explanation...Stapleton's voice is somewhat divisive, while I don't hold this opinion, I have plenty of friends and family members who like Country music and have mentioned they can't stand his voice (not sure why, but that's the nature of opinions) whereas, WMM is more of a middle-of-the-road Country voice (not that it's bad, just it's more approachable). Again, not that I like or agree with it, besides radio maybe having an aversion to Stapleton, they could have this listener feedback coming in (course, one could argue that for any distinct voices, FGL, Dierks, Josh Turner). Just food for thought.
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 31, 2016 11:33:56 GMT -5
I would be very happy with country radio as long as there's a fair and equal mix of songs. For every "Beautiful Drug", play a "Parachute" right after. For every "Vacation", play "I Met A Girl" next. The issue comes when one of those sounds (now the Pop leaning stuff) way outnumbers the traditional leaning stuff. I think a fair balance of those 2 along with just simple contemporary country would be ideal (so a 33% split).
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Post by robenglund on Aug 31, 2016 12:42:22 GMT -5
Of course I'm glad to see radio is getting behind WMM and his traditional leaning music. This raises the question why doesn't radio get behind/rally for Stapleton's traditional leaning music? It's been talked about several times but for those who haven't seen it, radio is butt-hurt that they weren't the ones to breakout Stapleton. One possible explanation...Stapleton's voice is somewhat divisive, while I don't hold this opinion, I have plenty of friends and family members who like Country music and have mentioned they can't stand his voice (not sure why, but that's the nature of opinions) whereas, WMM is more of a middle-of-the-road Country voice (not that it's bad, just it's more approachable). Again, not that I like or agree with it, besides radio maybe having an aversion to Stapleton, they could have this listener feedback coming in (course, one could argue that for any distinct voices, FGL, Dierks, Josh Turner). Just food for thought. I get why people don't like his voice. It's very gritty and rough and he sings super high. So to some it sounds like he's screaming. But he's not at all. Stapleton has perfect pitch. He does insane things with his voice and makes it look easy. I can barely sing along to Stapleton on the radio. I can for most other artists. The way he hits those high notes with power is amazing. I love his voice. It's right up my alley since I was into classic rock and bluesy stuff before I caught the country bug. Stapleton's voice reminds me of an artist my dad listened to, and thus I listened to it too, when I was growing up. Stevie Ray Vaughn. Chris' pipes blow Stevie out of the water but they both can hit the high notes and sing with a lot of grit and soul. Stevie is probably more known for his guitar playing though. And Chris is more known for his voice but Chris plays the guitar pretty damn well.
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Post by Kentucky25 on Aug 31, 2016 17:19:07 GMT -5
I would be very happy with country radio as long as there's a fair and equal mix of songs. For every "Beautiful Drug", play a "Parachute" right after. For every "Vacation", play "I Met A Girl" next. The issue comes when one of those sounds (now the Pop leaning stuff) way outnumbers the traditional leaning stuff. I think a fair balance of those 2 along with just simple contemporary country would be ideal (so a 33% split). This, there's nothing horrific about Pop, R&B, or even Bro Country, when they are balanced out with substantive songs in between. No one wants all party or all sad songs, balance is key
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 2, 2016 12:58:37 GMT -5
I was wrong. I didn't see this one lasting for a top 10 peak two months ago. Then I didn't see it lasting for a top 5 peak one month ago. Now this happened. Morgan's song has a bullet of 643, which is unheard of for a song that's 48 weeks old that just broke the top 10 this past week. I don't want to say it but...if this song where to go #1...it lines up perfectly with Vinyl's drop date... The gap between #6 and #5 on Mediabase is pretty substantial right now (1400 spins and 9.0 million in total audience), so #1 is still a far cry from happening but this is now guaranteed a top 5 finish and I could see at least a top 3 peak for "I Met A Girl". This certainly isn't a final push (and ad from Warner Music Nashville would get published before that would happen, anyway). Stations have bought in hook, line and sinker though, that's for sure.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 13:05:40 GMT -5
It just brought such a big smile to my face to see this pass Blake Shelton (I really Blake will get #1 especially when the negativity rating is 27 percent on the MB callout which is on a scale of songs like "Real Life" were.
Anyways I am happy for him and I do hope this song can hang around, however I do have a suspicion that William Michael Morgan will see album sales similar to Canaan Smith or Michael Ray and not new acts like Jon Pardi, since the sales for this somg before the discount on iTunes were rather underwhelming.
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Post by sabre14 on Sept 2, 2016 13:13:42 GMT -5
It just brought such a big smile to my face to see this pass Blake Shelton (I really Blake will get #1 especially when the negativity rating is 27 percent on the MB callout which is on a scale of songs like "Real Life" were. Anyways I am happy for him and I do hope this song can hang around, however I do have a suspicion that William Michael Morgan will see album sales similar to Canaan Smith or Michael Ray and not new acts like Jon Pardi, since the sales for this somg before the discount on iTunes were rather underwhelming. "She's Got A Way With Words" actually has a dislike of 28% on Mediabase's callout (updated Friday mornings). That's twice the amount of "I Met A Girl's" dislike (13.4%) and Morgan's song only has a fatigue rate of 5.4%, which even though the sample size of the national research platforms are too low, is amazing, considering this song went for adds in August of 2015.
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Post by Marv on Sept 2, 2016 14:00:00 GMT -5
This remains among the very best country singles of the year and an extraordinary debut single to put it mildly.
And sabre14 in spot-on as usual; that airplay spike is indeed a jaw-dropper of an enormous magnitude.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 14:19:13 GMT -5
Absolutely wonderful. They are gunning for number 1, clearly. And they just might get it.
I think "Head Over Boots" did something to radio. It showed that they can balance their playlists and their listeners will respond favorably.
I think for the programmers looking for that "traditional" replacement to "Head Over Boots", they are turning to this equally wonderful tune.
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Post by vann on Sept 2, 2016 19:48:14 GMT -5
This songs keeps surprising me in how good is doing! Good for him ;) .
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 9:57:12 GMT -5
In the past two weeks alone, this song has gained nearly NINE million in audience...which is remarkable for a traditional song this old...not to mention they aren't even asking for max spins yet.
Another case of WTF from radio...only this time I can agree with it.
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