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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jan 27, 2016 10:35:42 GMT -5
It's not even among the top 10 country songs at iTunes. "Heartbeat" is right in the vicinity of the top 10 iTunes country songs (and has been inside it at times; I believe it was #10 on the Billboard Digital Country Songs chart the week before last) -- the discounted Chris Young/Cassadee Pope duet will drop below soon enough and then the current #10 slot will be between "Heartbeat" and "Beautiful Drug," which have been going back and forth on iTunes so far this week. "Heartbeat" is, in fact, rising perfectly well with airplay and hovering around the #50 all-genre spot at iTunes. Also of note, "Heartbeat" has risen to 80-90K streams per day at Spotify over the past fortnight (maybe over 90K on some days), which is well above what "Smoke Break" ever pulled. Its current Hot Country Songs ranking is ahead of its Country Airplay ranking. So with rising indicators on all fronts (and, based on this morning's announcement, some kind of Grammy Awards show exposure coming), any talk of rushing the song along for another single is moot. I'm among those not especially excited by "Heartbeat," especially in light of the other options on Storyteller. But there is a lot of space between a "Girl Crush"-level smash and a Chesney-style #1 airplay hit that does nothing on the digital and retail charts. "Heartbeat" is in that space of performing completely on par with its exposure in the current market. So while I completely understand the desire for a stronger needle-mover and more of a standout single release, I'm not sure that the impatience with "Heartbeat"'s commercial performance is warranted.
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Post by jenglisbe on Jan 27, 2016 13:19:51 GMT -5
It's not even among the top 10 country songs at iTunes. "Heartbeat" is right in the vicinity of the top 10 iTunes country songs (and has been inside it at times; I believe it was #10 on the Billboard Digital Country Songs chart the week before last) -- the discounted Chris Young/Cassadee Pope duet will drop below soon enough and then the current #10 slot will be between "Heartbeat" and "Beautiful Drug," which have been going back and forth on iTunes so far this week. "Heartbeat" is, in fact, rising perfectly well with airplay and hovering around the #50 all-genre spot at iTunes. Also of note, "Heartbeat" has risen to 80-90K streams per day at Spotify over the past fortnight (maybe over 90K on some days), which is well above what "Smoke Break" ever pulled. Its current Hot Country Songs ranking is ahead of its Country Airplay ranking. So with rising indicators on all fronts (and, based on this morning's announcement, some kind of Grammy Awards show exposure coming), any talk of rushing the song along for another single is moot. I'm among those not especially excited by "Heartbeat," especially in light of the other options on Storyteller. But there is a lot of space between a "Girl Crush"-level smash and a Chesney-style #1 airplay hit that does nothing on the digital and retail charts. "Heartbeat" is in that space of performing completely on par with its exposure in the current market. So while I completely understand the desire for a stronger needle-mover and more of a standout single release, I'm not sure that the impatience with "Heartbeat"'s commercial performance is warranted. Until this era Carrie has been a leader among country artists for both album sales and digital singles sales. "SB" underperformed commercially, Storyteller isn't yet showing the legs of previous albums (it's quickly fallen out of the top half of the albums chart faster than any of her other albums), and now "Heartbeat" is performing "on par." That's fine and all, but my point is it isn't doing what we're used to Carrie songs doing. I blame that on the singles choices. That isn't a diss to either "SM" or "Hearbeat" as songs as I actually like both, it's more to say that the singles choices seem off to me.
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Post by Elusive Chanteuse on Jan 27, 2016 15:15:23 GMT -5
Looks like there's a possibility that Carrie is going to sing Heartbeat with Sam Hunt at the Grammys. It was just announced that they were going to sing a duet together.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 27, 2016 15:45:52 GMT -5
Looks like there's a possibility that Carrie is going to sing Heartbeat with Sam Hunt at the Grammys. It was just announced that they were going to sing a duet together. Since he already sings harmony vocal on this track, so they'll definitely be doing this one. Hopefully he'll just be prominently displayed on a stool behind Carrie (like Chris Stapleton when he joined Luke for "Drink a Beer" on one of the award shows a year or two ago) or something and they won't try to raise his presence beyond what it should be on the track (a full-blown duet of this still wouldn't make sense). I think having Sam out on the stage though will be a nice move beyond what her performing this on the Grammys already was going to be for this song.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jan 27, 2016 23:52:02 GMT -5
"Heartbeat" is right in the vicinity of the top 10 iTunes country songs (and has been inside it at times; I believe it was #10 on the Billboard Digital Country Songs chart the week before last) -- the discounted Chris Young/Cassadee Pope duet will drop below soon enough and then the current #10 slot will be between "Heartbeat" and "Beautiful Drug," which have been going back and forth on iTunes so far this week. "Heartbeat" is, in fact, rising perfectly well with airplay and hovering around the #50 all-genre spot at iTunes. Also of note, "Heartbeat" has risen to 80-90K streams per day at Spotify over the past fortnight (maybe over 90K on some days), which is well above what "Smoke Break" ever pulled. Its current Hot Country Songs ranking is ahead of its Country Airplay ranking. So with rising indicators on all fronts (and, based on this morning's announcement, some kind of Grammy Awards show exposure coming), any talk of rushing the song along for another single is moot. I'm among those not especially excited by "Heartbeat," especially in light of the other options on Storyteller. But there is a lot of space between a "Girl Crush"-level smash and a Chesney-style #1 airplay hit that does nothing on the digital and retail charts. "Heartbeat" is in that space of performing completely on par with its exposure in the current market. So while I completely understand the desire for a stronger needle-mover and more of a standout single release, I'm not sure that the impatience with "Heartbeat"'s commercial performance is warranted. Until this era Carrie has been a leader among country artists for both album sales and digital singles sales. "SB" underperformed commercially, Storyteller isn't yet showing the legs of previous albums (it's quickly fallen out of the top half of the albums chart faster than any of her other albums), and now "Heartbeat" is performing "on par." That's fine and all, but my point is it isn't doing what we're used to Carrie songs doing. I blame that on the singles choices. That isn't a diss to either "SM" or "Hearbeat" as songs as I actually like both, it's more to say that the singles choices seem off to me. Carrie still is a leader in album sales -- so say Storyteller's total sales to date. As for album sales in the past few weeks, I guess I'm not all that concerned or surprised -- it seemed to me that Arista Nashville was pretty aggressive in using "Heartbeat" to push album sales during the holiday season, and it worked -- for example, without sale pricing, Carrie's AMA performance of the song drove a strong increase in the album's sales. I expected that holiday season use of "Heartbeat" to mean a bit more of a dip relative to the market during the January lull before sales pick back up in February for Valentine's Day and the Grammys (we'll see how much they do, obviously). But yes, we haven't seen the kind of blockbuster single from Storyteller yet that one may have come to expect from Carrie. I agree that this comes back to the single choices themselves and the way Carrie and her team are navigating a changing environment where country's momentum artists are being churned through faster and faster, where everyone spent the past year being reminded that Carrie has been a hitmaker for ten years (and thus that she is the very definition of established), where some of the stylistic tendencies that Carrie is known for might be a harder sell at radio these days and to which she responded by changing things up a bit (without going full-on pop as many have). So after two at-worst respectable performers for singles, Carrie and her team will have some work to do to find that sweet spot of a single zeitgeisty enough to go big in the current market while being distinctive and true to who she is as an artist. I've no idea if it will happen, though I think that Storyteller has candidates that could meet the moment if the moment were right. Regardless, between the Storyteller tour (which may have the chance to help stabilize album sales a bit more than previous tours, if only because there may be a few more people in the crowds that don't already own Storyteller), televised events and upcoming holidays/occasions, I think that the album and its singles will have ample opportunity to grow beyond the solid successes that they already are.
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Post by desertfloods on Jan 28, 2016 18:37:17 GMT -5
All the reasonings about change of pace vs not driving enough album sales all makes sense to me.... but above all for me, the main reason I wish to 'move on' to the 3rd single is because I'm actually.... bored with this era so far. Yeah, just my selfish personal reason.
p.s. I love the 3-part harmony in the cover posted on previous page. So cute that they changed the 'red wine' lyrics since they can't drink yet lol.
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Post by Marv on Jan 30, 2016 3:19:47 GMT -5
Well hang in there because single #3 won't hit radio until sometime in April.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 30, 2016 10:34:02 GMT -5
Well hang in there because single #3 won't hit radio until sometime in April. I agree: In terms of Sony artists, Brad Paisley is the one below Carrie Underwood and Country Nation is no threat to Heartbeat. Old Dominion is way far below Underwood, so I see no threat there. Unless Sony decides to push the hell out of OD (not likely). I see this one peaking before the A.C.M.s, so at that time, a third single will be released.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2016 10:14:24 GMT -5
I don't see how "Heartbeat" possibly misses the top on BB or MB. "Heartbeat" has the second highest bullet on the chart as of today only behind Maren Morris. Also Carrie Underwood should pass Randy Houser on BB tomorrow, so if Arista Nashville plays their cards right Carrie could get a 2-week BB chart topper. Carrie Underwood should hit the top when Granger, Kelsea Ballerini, and Keith Urban all clear out at the top. So yeah I don't know how Carrie misses the top on BB.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2016 15:18:01 GMT -5
I don't see how "Heartbeat" possibly misses the top on BB or MB. "Heartbeat" has the second highest bullet on the chart as of today only behind Maren Morris. Also Carrie Underwood should pass Randy Houser on BB tomorrow, so if Arista Nashville plays their cards right Carrie could get a 2-week BB chart topper. Carrie Underwood should hit the top when Granger, Kelsea Ballerini, and Keith Urban all clear out at the top. So yeah I don't know how Carrie misses the top on BB. Normally I'd agree, but in cases involving Carrie Underwood, I have to wait until her "max spins" week given that her label has repeatedly goofed up at the very end of her chart climbs, which has resulted in several surefire #1 hits peaking at #2 instead (or #3, in the case of SITW). "Heartbeat" has all the signs of a #1 hit (possibly for 2-3 weeks), but we have to wait and see how Arista Nashville manages things as the song closes in on the top spot. If they pick the wrong week for a "max spins" push, then all bets are off. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Carrie passes Keith at some point. I fully expect "Break On Me" to be a #1 hit, but I'm thinking it might see a slower climb through the top 10 simply because Keith's album isn't ready yet. I doubt Capitol Nashville is in any sort of hurry to get BOM to #1. I'm not saying that they'll try to stall it completely (that never works), but if they think they can delay its peak week by a couple weeks and remain confident that it'll hit #1, then I think that that's what they'll do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2016 15:27:18 GMT -5
I don't see how "Heartbeat" possibly misses the top on BB or MB. "Heartbeat" has the second highest bullet on the chart as of today only behind Maren Morris. Also Carrie Underwood should pass Randy Houser on BB tomorrow, so if Arista Nashville plays their cards right Carrie could get a 2-week BB chart topper. Carrie Underwood should hit the top when Granger, Kelsea Ballerini, and Keith Urban all clear out at the top. So yeah I don't know how Carrie misses the top on BB. Normally I'd agree, but in cases involving Carrie Underwood, I have to wait until her "max spins" week given that her label has repeatedly goofed up at the very end of her chart climbs, which has resulted in several surefire #1 hits peaking at #2 instead (or #3, in the case of SITW). "Heartbeat" has all the signs of a #1 hit (possibly for 2-3 weeks), but we have to wait and see how Arista Nashville manages things as the song closes in on the top spot. If they pick the wrong week for a "max spins" push, then all bets are off. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Carrie passes Keith at some point. I fully expect "Break On Me" to be a #1 hit, but I'm thinking it might see a slower climb through the top 10 simply because Keith's album isn't ready yet. I doubt Capitol Nashville is in any sort of hurry to get BOM to #1. I'm not saying that they'll try to stall it completely (that never works), but if they think they can delay its peak week by a couple weeks and remain confident that it'll hit #1, then I think that that's what they'll do. If Carrie Underwood passes Keith Urban wouldn't that increase her odds of hitting the top. I seriously doubt though they can screw it up unless it's within the next few weeks. If anything I'm starting to get a "Save It For A Rainy Day" vibe and that Carrie might be able to block two songs from the top (Randy Houser and possibly Keith Urban). Unless they pull the trigger too soon I doubt they screw it up.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2016 15:41:09 GMT -5
If Carrie Underwood passes Keith Urban wouldn't that increase her odds of hitting the top? You'd think so, but not necessarily. Again, it'll all depend on which week her label selects for their "max spins" week. If Carrie is too far behind 1-2 songs when Arista goes for "max spins", she could get up to #2 and then collapse the next week. This could happen if both Keith Urban and Randy Houser put up some resistance. It doesn't seem likely that Carrie will have any trouble ascending to the top spot (relative to others, she's in an excellent spot on the charts), but then again, I was sure that each of her last 5 singles (6 if you count "Somethin' Bad") would hit #1, and we all know how that went... I do think "Heartbeat" will finally get her back to #1 on Billboard; all I'm saying is "don't count your chickens before they hatch".
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2016 15:55:02 GMT -5
If Carrie Underwood passes Keith Urban wouldn't that increase her odds of hitting the top? You'd think so, but not necessarily. Again, it'll all depend on which week her label selects for their "max spins" week. If Carrie is too far behind 1-2 songs when Arista goes for "max spins", she could get up to #2 and then collapse the next week. This could happen if both Keith Urban and Randy Houser put up some resistance. It doesn't seem likely that Carrie will have any trouble ascending to the top spot (relative to others, she's in an excellent spot on the charts), but then again, I was sure that each of her last 5 singles (6 if you count "Somethin' Bad") would hit #1, and we all know how that went... I do think "Heartbeat" will finally get her back to #1 on Billboard; all I'm saying is "don't count your chickens before they hatch". I think she will stay ahead of Randy Houser and Keith Urban is within striking distance. I do think the CCUSA co-hosting schedule might give a better indication. Sam Hunt is co-hosting this weekend Luke Bryan is next. Then comes what I deem intriguing, Granger Smith probably won't co-host yet as this is his first go to the Top 10, and Kelsea Ballerini, that's iffy if she will co-host as she only has one #1 to her name. That leaves Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, and Randy Houser in any which order and if Carrie co-hosts too soon I could see a problem. I think Sony though can time it very well. Whichever order those 3 go in I could see dictating what happens between "Break On Me", "Heartbeat", "We Went",
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Post by Marv on Feb 1, 2016 0:27:41 GMT -5
She should rise to #8 by week's end passing LoCash and the Brothers Osborne in the process, and might pass Randy Houser as well;
Randy does have 550+ more spins than she does even though they're essentially even in AIs @ Mediabase, which tells me that his superb tune appears to be getting lots of overnight spins as opposed to the 5AM-7PM 'prime time' spins which are a must-have for format smashes.
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Post by krud489 on Feb 3, 2016 13:10:49 GMT -5
Well it looks like the dreaded Top 10 slowdown by SN didn't happen this time thank goodness. She's had awesome gains for the last week or so. Maybe just maybe SN is actually focusing on Carrie since she's their highest artist on the chart right now. I know I'm not alone saying that slowing her down is risky. Its probably cost her the BB #1 with the last 5 singles. Hopefully they let this go up naturally and only intervene when they need to near its peak. But I'm just a Carrie fan thinking positive. You guys are chart experts lol.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 13:23:47 GMT -5
Well it looks like the dreaded Top 10 slowdown by SN didn't happen this time thank goodness. She's had awesome gains for the last week or so. Maybe just maybe SN is actually focusing on Carrie since she's their highest artist on the chart right now. I know I'm not alone saying that slowing her down is risky. Its probably cost her the BB #1 with the last 5 singles. Hopefully they let this go up naturally and only intervene when they need to near its peak. But I'm just a Carrie fan thinking positive. You guys are chart experts lol. What's helping Carrie is the fact that not many Sony artists have songs out. The only one on Arista Nashville is Brad Paisley and I think they recognize that Carrie song is more of a seller than "Smoke Break". The next lowest is Old Dominion and their just now entering the Top 20. Along with Maren Morris after that Tyler Farr samd given "Heartbeat" level of airplay I think they're taking a more natural approach.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Feb 4, 2016 11:23:05 GMT -5
Anyone have any explanations as to why this is continually receiving massive gains and literally sailing through the top 10? I'm just weary because it seems too good to be true. I read above it could be due to the lack of label mates near her on the charts? Still, her gains are downright massive; pretty much 1 millions AIs daily... I know these gains are typical for Carrie at the beginning of her chart runs, but usually by now they slow down. So, what's the catch? Is there a catch? And what are our chart expert's latest predictions?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 11:36:16 GMT -5
Anyone have any explanations as to why this is continually receiving massive gains and literally sailing through the top 10? I'm just weary because it seems too good to be true. I read above it could be due to the lack of label mates near her on the charts? Still, her gains are downright massive; pretty much 1 millions AIs daily... I know these gains are typical for Carrie at the beginning of her chart runs, but usually by now they slow down. So, what's the catch? Is there a catch? And what are our chart expert's latest predictions? I think it's getting the Top 10 conversions. Also keep in mind the sales are also really great so there's more of an incentive to have the chart run faster. I am officially calling a 2 to 3 week BB #1 Carrie Underwood is rapidly closing in on Keith Urban on BB and if Sony manages it right they could pull off what Save It For A Rainy Day did and spend 3 weeks at the top. sabre14 how likely is that Carrie Underwood gets a #1 on BB all things considered.
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 4, 2016 11:42:52 GMT -5
Anyone have any explanations as to why this is continually receiving massive gains and literally sailing through the top 10? I'm just weary because it seems too good to be true. I read above it could be due to the lack of label mates near her on the charts? Still, her gains are downright massive; pretty much 1 millions AIs daily... I know these gains are typical for Carrie at the beginning of her chart runs, but usually by now they slow down. So, what's the catch? Is there a catch? And what are our chart expert's latest predictions? I think it's getting the Top 10 conversions. Also keep in mind the sales are also really great so there's more of an incentive to have the chart run faster. I am officially calling a 2 to 3 week BB #1 Carrie Underwood is rapidly closing in on Keith Urban on BB and if Sony manages it right they could pull off what Save It For A Rainy Day did and spend 3 weeks at the top. I hope you're right about your last sentence. It would be Carrie Underwood's turn at the top and would be her first multi week #1 since her last Blown Away in 2012 (2 weeks at #1).
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Post by carrieidol1 on Feb 4, 2016 12:47:57 GMT -5
I think it's getting the Top 10 conversions. Also keep in mind the sales are also really great so there's more of an incentive to have the chart run faster. I am officially calling a 2 to 3 week BB #1 Carrie Underwood is rapidly closing in on Keith Urban on BB and if Sony manages it right they could pull off what Save It For A Rainy Day did and spend 3 weeks at the top. I hope you're right about your last sentence. It would be Carrie Underwood's turn at the top and would be her first multi week #1 since her last Blown Away in 2012 (2 weeks at #1). It'd be her first #1 at all since "Blown Away" on the Billboard Airplay chart, right? Either way, I just want the #1... Multiple weeks would just be icing on the cake.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 4, 2016 13:39:35 GMT -5
Anyone have any explanations as to why this is continually receiving massive gains and literally sailing through the top 10? I'm just weary because it seems too good to be true. I read above it could be due to the lack of label mates near her on the charts? Still, her gains are downright massive; pretty much 1 millions AIs daily... I know these gains are typical for Carrie at the beginning of her chart runs, but usually by now they slow down. So, what's the catch? Is there a catch? And what are our chart expert's latest predictions? sabre14 how likely is that Carrie Underwood gets a #1 on BB all things considered. Well, I could give you a percentage...but the problem is that Sony/Arista Nashville will select a week they push for "max spins" and I still don't know where "Heartbeat" will stand with other singles when that time comes. This song is having pretty large gains but that's definitely due to conversions for heavy rotation -- the song is certainly looking a single that will top both Billboard and Mediabase...but we shouldn't just assume that will happen -- sometimes big hits get shut out of #1 peaks, and you could find examples of that going back 10-15-20 years ago. I say "Heartbeat's" chances are very good but no guarantees are coming from me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 13:52:53 GMT -5
So I decided to look at CCUSA to see the co-hosting schedule, Carrie Underwood isn't even on the list yet as it goes Luke Bryan, Charles Kelley, Kelsea Ballerini then Keith Urban. If Sony plans this just right they might be able to block Keith Urban if they pass him on BB and who knows Heartbeat could block Randy Houser as well. While there is a lot more to factor but I'd be befuddled if this didn't hit the top Sony is doing so far so good.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 16:05:56 GMT -5
Anyone have any explanations as to why this is continually receiving massive gains and literally sailing through the top 10? I'm just weary because it seems too good to be true. I read above it could be due to the lack of label mates near her on the charts? Still, her gains are downright massive; pretty much 1 millions AIs daily... I know these gains are typical for Carrie at the beginning of her chart runs, but usually by now they slow down. So, what's the catch? Is there a catch? And what are our chart expert's latest predictions? These big gains aren't all that uncommon. I realize several of Carrie's recent singles have slowed up a bit right on the cusp of the top 10, but a lot of times it's the opposite for songs when they reach this spot on the chart. If the song is an obvious hit (and "Heartbeat" is), it starts getting a lot of top 10/heavy rotation conversions across the board. That's really all it is. This past week, Carrie has seen some heavy conversions at WUSN in Chicago, KWEN in Tulsa, KILT in Houston, and KMLE in Phoenix, among others. "Heartbeat" is up to 60-70 spins a week at each of these stations. I think she'll probably pass Keith Urban on Billboard this week; Brothers Osborne will also drop below, and LoCash will go recurrent, so that would mean "Heartbeat" will probably come in at #6 on Monday's Billboard chart.
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Post by McCreerian on Feb 4, 2016 20:23:52 GMT -5
A little off topic to this thread, but Carrie has been covering "I Will Always Love You" on her new tour. I saw the show in Greensboro last night! Incredible all around, but this I just had to share.
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Post by someguy on Feb 8, 2016 22:47:41 GMT -5
Anyone have any explanations as to why this is continually receiving massive gains and literally sailing through the top 10? I'm just weary because it seems too good to be true. I read above it could be due to the lack of label mates near her on the charts? Still, her gains are downright massive; pretty much 1 millions AIs daily... I know these gains are typical for Carrie at the beginning of her chart runs, but usually by now they slow down. So, what's the catch? Is there a catch? And what are our chart expert's latest predictions? These big gains aren't all that uncommon. I realize several of Carrie's recent singles have slowed up a bit right on the cusp of the top 10, but a lot of times it's the opposite for songs when they reach this spot on the chart. If the song is an obvious hit (and "Heartbeat" is), it starts getting a lot of top 10/heavy rotation conversions across the board. That's really all it is. This past week, Carrie has seen some heavy conversions at WUSN in Chicago, KWEN in Tulsa, KILT in Houston, and KMLE in Phoenix, among others. "Heartbeat" is up to 60-70 spins a week at each of these stations. I think she'll probably pass Keith Urban on Billboard this week; Brothers Osborne will also drop below, and LoCash will go recurrent, so that would mean "Heartbeat" will probably come in at #6 on Monday's Billboard chart. Good call. Carrie is indeed #6 this week, gaining over 4 million in AI.
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Post by kml567 on Feb 12, 2016 18:51:38 GMT -5
Sam Hunt confirmed the Grammy duet with Carrie will be a medley of several songs. Carrie will sing "Heartbeat", Sam's song is TBD, and possibly another song that's being kept a secret. Perhaps an old-school country cover? I notice both Sam and Carrie sing "Fishin' In The Dark" as cover songs on their concert tours. Coincidence?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 18:56:23 GMT -5
Carrie Underwood has passed both Keith Urban and Randy Houser. With no immediate CCUSA co-hosting Carrie Underwood might spend a few weeks on top on both MB and BB.
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Post by Marv on Feb 12, 2016 21:52:27 GMT -5
Hard to believe that tomorrow (2-13-06) marks the TEN year anniversary of 'Jesus, Take The Wheel' earning a sixth week atop the Billboard Country Singles Chart, matching the 6-week run atop the chart which 'Breathe' first accomplished starting on December 17, 1999.
Ten years later she's knocking on the door to reaching #1 again!!!
Never gets old does it?
Looking forward very much to potentially hearing her second single, 'Don't Forget To Remember Me', on CT40 sometime next month.
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Post by krud489 on Feb 13, 2016 14:30:34 GMT -5
Wow, this is smashing big time. For once, it seems like Carrie hasn't had anything really deter her climb. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but things seem to be going great this time. This is usually the time us Carrie fans start getting nervous. Would Randy or Keith try and beat her to the top? Or is she finally set to have a multi- week #1 smash hit?
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Post by kml567 on Feb 13, 2016 15:20:14 GMT -5
Keith Urban makes me very nervous. He's co-hosting Country Countdown USA on 2/27-2/28 and will get an extra spin. That's the week I thought Carrie would finally get BB #1, and it looks like Keith's extra spin might block Carrie and she'd unfortunately have to settle for #2 again. :( Keith's album isn't out anytime soon, so Capitol will likely push for a 3-week #1 minimum. That means no margin of error for Carrie if she gets passed by Keith.
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