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Post by straitouttanashville on Jul 14, 2016 9:21:45 GMT -5
Eric Church is by far my favorite country artist of the last 10 years, I have seen him so many times live. I hope "Record Year" can be a multiple week number 1. "RY" is such a clever well written song, I just hope it gets the recognition it deserves. Hopefully a song of the year nomination too.
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Post by phil1996 on Jul 14, 2016 10:55:58 GMT -5
Eric Church is by far my favorite country artist of the last 10 years, I have seen him so many times live. I hope "Record Year" can be a multiple week number 1. "RY" is such a clever well written song, I just hope it gets the recognition it deserves. Hopefully a song of the year nomination too. Couldn't agree more. Dude is as real as it gets. A living legend. Every single song he's recorded, he's had a hand in writing. Stuff like Those I've Loved/Lightning/Mr Misunderstood/Man Who Was Gonna Die Young/Record Year/Springsteen/etc etc just put him on a different level than anyone else. I feel like he's the Merle Haggard of our era, because he has a song for literally every emotion you can feel. Not the greatest voice out there but you can feel the passion in his voice in every song. Everything is straight from the heart, and I'm so happy to see him become a star.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 14, 2016 11:33:50 GMT -5
I hope "Record Year" can be a multiple week number 1. I would love for that to happen but I see "Record Year" only getting one week at #1 if it gets there. The song's been on the chart for quite sometime (especially from an established artist like Eric) and there's a mega hit in front right now ("H.O.L.Y."). Most songs these days that reach #1, only get one week on top and I think Eric's will be no different.
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Post by straitouttanashville on Jul 15, 2016 17:22:05 GMT -5
Eric Church is by far my favorite country artist of the last 10 years, I have seen him so many times live. I hope "Record Year" can be a multiple week number 1. "RY" is such a clever well written song, I just hope it gets the recognition it deserves. Hopefully a song of the year nomination too. Couldn't agree more. Dude is as real as it gets. A living legend. Every single song he's recorded, he's had a hand in writing. Stuff like Those I've Loved/Lightning/Mr Misunderstood/Man Who Was Gonna Die Young/Record Year/Springsteen/etc etc just put him on a different level than anyone else. I feel like he's the Merle Haggard of our era, because he has a song for literally every emotion you can feel. Not the greatest voice out there but you can feel the passion in his voice in every song. Everything is straight from the heart, and I'm so happy to see him become a star. "Lightning" is one of my all time favorite songs in any genre by any artist, amazing song!!
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Post by phil1996 on Jul 15, 2016 17:25:59 GMT -5
Couldn't agree more. Dude is as real as it gets. A living legend. Every single song he's recorded, he's had a hand in writing. Stuff like Those I've Loved/Lightning/Mr Misunderstood/Man Who Was Gonna Die Young/Record Year/Springsteen/etc etc just put him on a different level than anyone else. I feel like he's the Merle Haggard of our era, because he has a song for literally every emotion you can feel. Not the greatest voice out there but you can feel the passion in his voice in every song. Everything is straight from the heart, and I'm so happy to see him become a star. "Lightning" is one of my all time favorite songs in any genre by any artist, amazing song!! Wrote that song by himself. One freaking person came up with that song. Seriously incredible.
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Post by gardyfan on Jul 16, 2016 17:23:44 GMT -5
If i understood what he was trying to say when i saw him last year, Lightning was the fist song he wrote or the song that got him his deal, as he said this is the one that started it all. I liked that he ended the show with it.
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Post by robenglund on Jul 20, 2016 0:10:54 GMT -5
"Kill A Word" needs to be the next single after "Record Year". The discussion last week got me in the mood of listening to the album a lot lately, especially "Kill A Word". My gosh "Kill A Word" is a smash waiting to happen.
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Post by jdbowman on Jul 20, 2016 11:48:37 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong but Eric didn't do his own tour this year right? Which is odd because normally he would tour to support the Mr. Misunderstood album right? Seems like he's just done a bunch of one-offs and the festival circuit.
Basically I want him to announce a fall tour or a brand new big tour so I can see him sooner rather than later.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jul 20, 2016 11:55:58 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong but Eric didn't do his own tour this year right? Which is odd because normally he would tour to support the Mr. Misunderstood album right? Seems like he's just done a bunch of one-offs and the festival circuit. Basically I want him to announce a fall tour or a brand new big tour so I can see him sooner rather than later. You're not wrong. According to this Noisey/Vice interview that posted on 1 April 2016, Eric isn't planning on touring Mr. Misunderstood until early next year:
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Jul 20, 2016 12:26:10 GMT -5
I swear if the mess that is "Fix" blocks this masterpiece from #1...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 12:43:42 GMT -5
I swear if the mess that is "Fix" blocks this masterpiece from #1... It's not "Fix" you have to worry about. It's "H.O.L.Y" that might block this song. "H.O.L.Y" has been arguably FGL's second biggest hit, only behind "Cruise". I also think that Big Machine is gonna try and go for multiple weeks. The reason why I say this is that right now the CCUSA schedule is out and here's how the lineup is working. 21/22 Hillary Scott of Lady A 28/29 Eric Church 6/7 ?? 13/14 Dan + Shay Right now that space right there is blank, and I imagine the co-host will be either Chris Lane, Jon Pardi, or Florida Georgia Line. I doubt it would be Chris Lane as he's only on his debut single. Jon Pardi might be, but "Head Over Boots" is moving so slow and Jon Pardi has only really had one hit ("Up All Night" can count to a point but I dont know how often it's still being played all that much by radio), then there's FGL who will have a new all soon, has multiple #1s and would probably use the Countdown as a good way to promote their album. I think the next 3 weeks FGL be at the top on BB, while the second week Eric Church will score a MB #1, and then Chris Lane will at least have to wait it out to make his move. So I do believe that Eric Church can hit #1 but I believe it'll be a MB only #1.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 20, 2016 18:15:05 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to having Eric Church's Record Year be #1 at Billboard. If it tops that chart, I'll be able to move him from #98 to #82 on the list of those artists with the most #1s.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 23:35:00 GMT -5
It's not "Fix" you have to worry about. It's "H.O.L.Y" that might block this song. "H.O.L.Y" has been arguably FGL's second biggest hit, only behind "Cruise". I also think that Big Machine is gonna try and go for multiple weeks. The reason why I say this is that right now the CCUSA schedule is out and here's how the lineup is working. 21/22 Hillary Scott of Lady A 28/29 Eric Church 6/7 ?? 13/14 Dan + Shay Right now that space right there is blank, and I imagine the co-host will be either Chris Lane, Jon Pardi, or Florida Georgia Line. I doubt it would be Chris Lane as he's only on his debut single. Jon Pardi might be, but "Head Over Boots" is moving so slow and Jon Pardi has only really had one hit ("Up All Night" can count to a point but I dont know how often it's still being played all that much by radio), then there's FGL who will have a new all soon, has multiple #1s and would probably use the Countdown as a good way to promote their album. I think the next 3 weeks FGL be at the top on BB, while the second week Eric Church will score a MB #1, and then Chris Lane will at least have to wait it out to make his move. All of this is certainly plausible, but I think Eric can get to #1 on both charts. I do think, however, that "Fix" will provide some strong competition, especially since it's the debut single for both Chris Lane and Big Loud Records (meaning, I expect them to try as hard as possible to get to #1). But I agree that "H.O.L.Y." is Eric's biggest competition. I also agree that BMLG/Republic Nashville might try to keep "H.O.L.Y." at #1 for more than 1 week, but I think 3 weeks is a stretch. Again, it's not that it's impossible or that the song isn't worthy of a 3-week stay at #1...I'm just not sure I see the label going for it, especially since they can already claim double digit weeks at #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. My theory is that Jon Pardi will co-host the countdown on August 6/7. Capitol Nashville put an ad out on AllAccess saying that they will be starting their #1 push for "Head Over Boots" on August 7, so I think there's a good chance that Jon will co-host then. FGL is certainly possible as well, but I'm betting that they'll co-host later in August (closer to the release of their album). So I think it's more likely that we'll see FGL at #1 the next 2 weeks (the 25th and the 1st), followed by Eric on August 8 and then Jon on August 15. I know, I know, that leaves Chris Lane out, and that's probably because I'm hoping he'll get blocked. But realistically, Lane will probably find a way to the top as well. Perhaps he'll be the one to get the Mediabase-only #1? Otherwise, maybe each of them will only get a single week at #1, with the order being FGL, Eric, Chris, and then Jon, or perhaps FGL, Chris, Eric, and then Jon. "H.O.L.Y." is certainly worthy of a multi-week stay at the top, but they won't be able to hold it up there through the album release (its level of audience is already quite lofty) so it might be in their best interest to move on to "May We All" sooner rather than later, that way MWA will be on the chart and climbing swiftly at the time of the album release (I imagine it'll at least be in the 20's by then). And again, BMLG and FGL already can claim a long stay at #1 on Billboard's other country chart. Thus, I think the label might be okay with moving on after only a week or two at the top of the airplay charts, especially if they're planning on moving to "May We All" fairly quickly. It is possible that Eric will be the one to miss out on a Billboard airplay #1, but I hope that won't be the case, and I'm not too worried. UMG knows the importance of getting Eric's hit singles to #1 (especially since not all of his singles go #1 or even top 10), and so I definitely think they'll get "Record Year" to #1 as well. Not that it'll need a lot of help or anything like that, as this song has definitely been a solid hit that's plenty capable of getting to #1 on its own, but I do think the label will do the typical "max spins" week for "Record Year" and I think there's a good chance they'll pull it off.
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Post by trebor on Jul 26, 2016 11:13:38 GMT -5
Congrats to "Record Year" for grabbing the #1 in Canada (both Billboard & Mediabase) :)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 23:42:05 GMT -5
Thought this was pretty cool.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 31, 2016 11:22:53 GMT -5
As expected, "Record Year" is #1 on Mediabase this week. It should take Billboard too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2016 11:31:27 GMT -5
I wonder if they try for another week. Eric's audience and spin totals are low enough for some room to grow. It'd be certainly be feasable as Jon Pardi and Chris Lane are both far enough behind Eric can easily get a second week at the top.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 31, 2016 11:50:53 GMT -5
I wonder if they try for another week. Eric's audience and spin totals are low enough for some room to grow. It'd be certainly be feasable as Jon Pardi and Chris Lane are both far enough behind Eric can easily get a second week at the top. I'm fully expecting Big Loud Records to put "power up for #1" ads tomorrow in Country Aircheck, ahead of the album dropping on Friday. EMI is pushing for next week with "Head Over Boots". The timing is too perfect unfortunately. Consequently, Eric's song has been out since late January and I'm sure the one week will suffice.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2016 12:01:25 GMT -5
I wonder if they try for another week. Eric's audience and spin totals are low enough for some room to grow. It'd be certainly be feasable as Jon Pardi and Chris Lane are both far enough behind Eric can easily get a second week at the top. I'm fully expecting Big Loud Records to put "power up for #1" ads tomorrow in Country Aircheck, ahead of the album dropping on Friday. EMI is pushing for next week with "Head Over Boots". The timing is too perfect unfortunately. Consequently, Eric's song has been out since late January and I'm sure the one week will suffice. Wait aren't EMI pushing Jon Pardi the week after Chris Lane would power up. So Theoretically, if Eric Church tries to hold on for a second week that wouldn't hurt Jon Pardi's chart run, would it? Eric just has a lot of room to grow I mean he has like 4 million in MB audience to grow. Yeah Eric Church's song has been out for a while now, but Eric has room to grow. I just feel like EMI has a prime opportunity, the gap between Eric Church and Chris Lane is just wide enough for Eric to last another week.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 31, 2016 12:07:56 GMT -5
I'm fully expecting Big Loud Records to put "power up for #1" ads tomorrow in Country Aircheck, ahead of the album dropping on Friday. EMI is pushing for next week with "Head Over Boots". The timing is too perfect unfortunately. Consequently, Eric's song has been out since late January and I'm sure the one week will suffice. Wait aren't EMI pushing Jon Pardi the week after Chris Lane would power up. So Theoretically, if Eric Church tries to hold on for a second week that wouldn't hurt Jon Pardi's chart run, would it? Eric just has a lot of room to grow I mean he has like 4 million in MB audience to grow. Yeah Eric Church's song has been out for a while now, but Eric has room to grow. I just feel like EMI has a prime opportunity, the gap between Eric Church and Chris Lane is just wide enough for Eric to last another week. You missed my point. I think EMI will be fine with the single week for Eric and make way for "Fix."
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Post by phil1996 on Jul 31, 2016 16:14:25 GMT -5
A well deserved number one and hopefully a future song of the year winner.
Wonder what is next? I would guess he's going with 2 more singles from this album, and I'd say it'll be 2 of Kill a Word/Knives of N.O./Round Here Buzz. The only album tracks he plays regularly live are Chattanooga Lucy and Knives of N.O. Could definitely see the latter getting released, though Kill a Word/Round Here Buzz are definitely hits.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2016 23:59:37 GMT -5
Big Loud Records will almost certainly go for #1 this week with "Fix". Maybe EMI will try to hold "Record Year" up there as well, but in the end I expect Chris Lane to win out, simply because it'd be a "first #1" for him and for Big Loud Records, and radio likes those types of 'stories'.
"Fix" has been such a non-event...low sales, low streams. It's disappointing that Big Loud has been able to muscle it up the airplay charts. "Record Year" has been a very solid hit, but "Fix" doesn't even seem deserving of a top 10 peak.
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Post by Mr. Thonk Eyes on Aug 1, 2016 0:20:39 GMT -5
Big Loud Records will almost certainly go for #1 this week with "Fix". Maybe EMI will try to hold "Record Year" up there as well, but in the end I expect Chris Lane to win out, simply because it'd be a "first #1" for him and for Big Loud Records, and radio likes those types of 'stories'. "Fix" has been such a non-event...low sales, low streams. It's disappointing that Big Loud has been able to muscle it up the airplay charts. "Record Year" has been a very solid hit, but "Fix" doesn't even seem deserving of a top 10 peak. That song looked like it was stalling out at around #21 months ago.... yet here we are, ugh. As for "Record Year", I think EMI will probably end up pulling promotion after thus week. Eric definently still has more room to grow, but the label will probably like to focus on getting Jon Pardi in better position to reach #1 once his push week comes on August 7-14, as I think Dan + Shay will be a huge threat to Jon if he doesn't have a big week this week.
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 1, 2016 12:31:12 GMT -5
Do the right thing Eric, get your "Round Here Buzz" on to celebrate
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 1, 2016 20:57:25 GMT -5
EMI put up a "Max Spins for #1 and still Climbing" ad in Billboard tonight.
They'll got for two weeks.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 1, 2016 21:10:41 GMT -5
It would just be awesome to see this block Chris Lane's song. Glad to see them at least trying, even if it may be in vain if "Fix" gets there anyway.
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Post by Mr. Thonk Eyes on Aug 1, 2016 21:39:36 GMT -5
Up 145 spins and 655k in audience today. In comparison, "Fix" only gained 72 spins but actually had a bigger audience gain with a 675k gain. Looks like both labels will be pushing hard this week, and I'm definitely rooting for Eric to get the 2nd week.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 1, 2016 23:17:33 GMT -5
Here's the ad from Billboard. After looking back at the numbers on both Mediabase and Billboard...Lane is not guaranteed #1, if stations buy into Eric maintaining. Since this is a milestone accomplishment for a new label like Big Loud, I just have a feeling they'll push it to #1 on at least one chart (probably MB). I can't erase the fact that Chris Lane's label is headed by the former VP of Programming at iHeartMedia (Clay Hunnicutt), who left iHeartMedia just over a year ago...it looks dirty to just think that kind of connection can have an adverse affect on what happens here but "Fix" is a non-even single (which jhomes87 said earlier) and that's always been in the back of my mind as we've witnessed "Fix" climb and climb and climb. "Fix" is back 630 spins on Mediabase...that's a lot to make up in six days, no sugar-coating that. "Record Year" does have some room to grow too. Even if Lane can get all the way up to 28500-29000 points on Mediabase, there would still be a battle for #1 with Eric. The gap's less than 2.0 million on Billboard, so you could argue that's slightly easier to make up but again, Eric can grow some. This might be a fun watch over the next 6-7 days.
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Post by straitouttanashville on Aug 2, 2016 0:41:49 GMT -5
The EMI ad in the update looks like Eric and the label could be pushing for a multiple week number 1. I hope so, if any song deserves a multi week it's "Record Year"
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