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Post by recordyear on Jan 14, 2020 11:12:39 GMT -5
To be fair To a T has much better sales than the other three songs. I am surprised at it moving at a very slow pace though.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 14, 2020 11:55:53 GMT -5
To be fair To a T has much better sales than the other three songs. I am surprised at it moving at a very slow pace though. Recently "To a T" has been selling right at the same level as "After a Few." I know Ryan's was a bit higher than the Travis Denning song for awhile, but hovering in the 200s on iTunes is still pretty mediocre. Hopefully both will go away soon as they've been out for basically an entire year now as well.
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Post by raylatch98 on Jan 19, 2020 17:09:58 GMT -5
Well this song is now officially Top 20 on Mediabase (up two to #19 with a bullet of 75) so hopefully with this song now officially Top 20 the label gives up promo in the next few weeks, since I don't think Top 15 is very likely especially with faster singles from Morgan Wallen, Gabby Barrett, and Thomas Rhett/Jon Pardi, closing in.
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Post by baltized on Jan 20, 2020 0:23:38 GMT -5
Its absurd that this song and "To A T" by Ryan Hurd continue to chart while making no buzz whatsoever despite their continued radio play. I even like this song for what it is, but good lord, its time to dump these songs that aren't moving the needle. Stunts like this have completely ruined the country charts and have limited the amount of singles we can get from certain artists because the chart is so freaking clogged. Yeah between those 2, "One Big Country Song" by LoCash, and "In Between" by Scotty McCreery all 4 of those songs have spent forever on the chart and have had no buzz and all four should hopefully be gone within the next month or so. Just for that last comment, I hope they all hit top 10.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Jan 20, 2020 0:49:41 GMT -5
Yeah between those 2, "One Big Country Song" by LoCash, and "In Between" by Scotty McCreery all 4 of those songs have spent forever on the chart and have had no buzz and all four should hopefully be gone within the next month or so. Just for that last comment, I hope they all hit top 10. But why? It’s silly to hope for four 40+ week-old songs to take another 10 or more weeks to reach the top 10 just because someone made a passing comment (which you seem to be interpreting as an insult) about them that was not hostile in the slightest.
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Post by Naos on Feb 3, 2020 21:22:01 GMT -5
Bubbling Under Hot 100: #11 (+14)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 16, 2020 16:53:29 GMT -5
It irks me that they've propped this one up for a full year and gotten it into the top 20 only to seemingly have no intentions of releasing his debut album. He could wind up being the next Chase Bryant or James Wesley and not get one if he doesn't connect in a bigger way with whatever single follows this, since it seems they're probably holding off because "After a Few" was a low impact single. Seems rather pointless to keep this one going for as long as they did to not put an album out on the back of it though, especially since he doesn't seem to have much momentum that makes me think holding off will be in any way beneficial.
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Post by raylatch98 on Mar 1, 2020 16:40:36 GMT -5
After hitting the Top 15 on Mediabase last week at #15, Travis Denning should fall back to #17 on Mediabase tonight with a bullet of 47 which sans "We Back" is the lowest bullet in the Top 20 of all the songs being promoted right now. With Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani and Luke Combs/Eric Church near passing "After A Few" any day now and Travis Denning being at best 9th in line for the Top 10 (every song in the 11-20 range sans "Homecoming Queen" being ahead), I don't see this lasting much longer.
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Post by austin on Mar 1, 2020 16:43:51 GMT -5
I heard a song of his on Sirius called “ABBY” that was really great and would work as a single. I thought his debut single was awesome and still am surprised it wasn’t a huge hit and yet this run of the mill song has done decently. Hopefully his more unique singles can do better from here - I think as a songwriter he brings something fresh.
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Post by raylatch98 on Mar 9, 2020 13:34:18 GMT -5
Travis Denning has an EP coming out May 15th so I wonder/dread if the label is gonna keep this promoted til then? sabre14 do you know if the label is gonna push "After A Few" to the EP release date?
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Post by cousingerard on Mar 15, 2020 19:45:17 GMT -5
At 53 weeks old now...I've gotta think it has a chance at Jimmie Allen's newly-established 59 week chart run record?
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Post by raylatch98 on Mar 15, 2020 19:51:44 GMT -5
At 53 weeks old now...I've gotta think it has a chance at Jimmie Allen's newly-established 59 week chart run record? Oh definitely especially with the EP not even going for release for another 9 weeks. I imagine UMG will want to keep this afloat til the EP is released.
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Post by recordyear on Apr 7, 2020 9:07:39 GMT -5
Hot 100: #78 (new)
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Post by raylatch98 on Apr 12, 2020 15:58:31 GMT -5
Enters the Top 10 on Mediabase at #9 with a bullet of 185 becoming Travis Denning's first Top 10 at country radio. With this song about to be on Week 57 tomorrow on Billboard I have to imagine this song is starting to near the end of the road given the age of the song and the fact that the other song that has the highest record of weeks on the chart ("Make Me Want To") spent 58 weeks being promoted on the chart (59 weeks in total). I do think the label could hold onto this song for a couple more weeks but I imagine this song will be let go of soon.
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Post by Naos on Apr 21, 2020 2:51:26 GMT -5
Hot 100: #55 (+14)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 24, 2020 13:41:26 GMT -5
The gains this has been pulling in over the past couple months are really impressive for a song that sat on the charts for so long doing hardly anything.
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Post by baltized on Apr 27, 2020 18:11:44 GMT -5
I’m thinking they are going to push this to number one. It’s definitely making top 5.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 28, 2020 12:01:02 GMT -5
The gains this has been pulling in over the past couple months are really impressive for a song that sat on the charts for so long doing hardly anything. This song looks to be assured a top 5 peak -- we'll see about #1. I have a feeling UMG Nashville knows they're on borrowed time with this single, hence a "power up" ad in Aircheck this week. Yes, it's 2020 chart days and we're accustomed to 50+ week chart runs, but 60 weeks? That's got to be causing programmers to be trigger-happy with dropping it. This song is testing pretty well (burn rate is pretty high on MB callout) and now selling admirably. It's more of an indictment on radio than anyone or anything else, this song's chart run and turning the jets on the past two months, which "After a Few" has. How can you have a song in overnight rotation so long and not know it has serious potential? Same goes for not adding it until way into it's chart run. I have a problem with a broken model -- where a song could be a hit but radio fails to realize it until it's 35 weeks into its run or it never gets going at all. That's not right and I don't want a song in my log if it's 60 weeks old, especially if you're an early believer and added it a year ago lol. Corporate radio clamors for playing songs that research well and will keep a person on their stations, but forcing a song that has potential into a 60-week chart run kind of defeats the purpose.
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Post by baltized on May 3, 2020 11:52:48 GMT -5
Made it to the top 5! Will it hit number one?
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Post by bigfan101 on May 3, 2020 12:12:37 GMT -5
The bullet on this one is nearing 1000, was this it's push week?
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Post by raylatch98 on May 3, 2020 12:21:40 GMT -5
The bullet on this one is nearing 1000, was this it's push week? Country Aircheck said Power Up Ads as far as this song is concerned. So maybe next week is the push week? sabre14 do you have any inside knowledge?
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Post by Marv on May 3, 2020 16:30:09 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised under any circumstances to see a 'Thank You Country Radio' ad tomorrow evening in CAW and perhaps an announcement of his new single as well as a 'going for adds' date; such a strategy has existed at every label up & down Music Row for over a decade. His label undoubtedly realized several weeks ago that the duets with Blake & Gwen, Luke & Eriic as well as Thomas & Jon would all effortlessly sail up the charts and that his tune could conceivably make the top ten and not much further. Consequently, going into a 'we'll take what we can get' mode several weeks ago as it relates to what would be a satisfactory chart peak made plenty of sense for his promotion team, so reaching #5 this week should be good enough for them given the age of the song.
Having now spent 39 weeks on CT40 as of this weekend, that 'Max Spins Now' ad which appeared in CAW last Monday made plenty of sense timing-wise, so I wouldn't be surprised if this song loses 3,500+ spins this week after his label runs that thank you ad.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 3, 2020 16:40:55 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised under any circumstances to see a 'Thank You Country Radio' ad tomorrow evening in CAW and perhaps an announcement of his new single as well as a 'going for adds' date; such a strategy has existed at every label up & down Music Row for over a decade. His label undoubtedly realized several weeks ago that the duets with Blake & Gwen, Luke & Eriic as well as Thomas & Jon would all effortlessly sail up the charts and that his tune could conceivably make the top ten and not much further. Consequently, going into a 'we'll take what we can get' mode several weeks ago as it relates to what would be a satisfactory chart peak made plenty of sense for his promotion team, so reaching #5 this week should be good enough for them given the age of the song.
Having now spent 39 weeks on CT40 as of this weekend, that 'Max Spins Now' ad which appeared in CAW last Monday made plenty of sense timing-wise, so I wouldn't be surprised if this song loses 3,500+ spins this week after his label runs that thank you ad. But it wasn't a max spins now ad. I literally have the link and it says Power Up www.countryaircheck.com/pdfs/current042720.pdfUnless I am not seeing clearly it says Power Up for this song. For all we know they could easily hold onto this song another week, it has finally started to sell pretty well, and since hitting the Top 20 this song has really hit it's stride.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on May 3, 2020 16:44:33 GMT -5
I like this song a lot but it has been on the chart for so long! He is talented and hopefully whatever comes next connects quicker (not that it could take any longer).
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Post by Naos on May 5, 2020 3:02:36 GMT -5
Hot 100: #44 (+12)
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Post by raylatch98 on May 17, 2020 17:11:37 GMT -5
Okay with the EP released and this song now at week 62 as of tomorrow on Billboard and the fact this went for adds 68 weeks ago, I have to imagine country radio is just itching to drop this song especially with this song having the lowest bullet of all the songs being promoted in the Top 15 despite the solid callout. The last couple of weeks I just assume this is the songs final week, but it never seems to come for whatever reason.
Then again with the distance between this and singles from Kenny Chesney and Scotty McCreery, the label may just opt to have this song go to #1 within a few weeks from now since there is not much competition.
But I will say if country radio is going to start having songs climb the charts for 60 to 70 weeks, than I hope and pray that this also applies to newer female artists, like I can only hope that the labels/radio promo can keep the latest singles from Maddie & Tae, Lauren Alaina, Lindsay Ell, and Tenille Arts as long as UMG Nashville has kept this song alive.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 18, 2020 11:34:49 GMT -5
Okay with the EP released and this song now at week 62 as of tomorrow on Billboard and the fact this went for adds 68 weeks ago, I have to imagine country radio is just itching to drop this song especially with this song having the lowest bullet of all the songs being promoted in the Top 15 despite the solid callout. The last couple of weeks I just assume this is the songs final week, but it never seems to come for whatever reason. Then again with the distance between this and singles from Kenny Chesney and Scotty McCreery, the label may just opt to have this song go to #1 within a few weeks from now since there is not much competition. But I will say if country radio is going to start having songs climb the charts for 60 to 70 weeks, than I hope and pray that this also applies to newer female artists, like I can only hope that the labels/radio promo can keep the latest singles from Maddie & Tae, Lauren Alaina, Lindsay Ell, and Tenille Arts as long as UMG Nashville has kept this song alive. Based on its updates since entering the top 15 or so, it's suddenly been acting like a song radio really believes in, and with it currently closing in on the top 2, I think it's #1-bound on at least MB. Despite its age, radio as a collective whole hasn't seemed to be in any hurry to let it go, probably because it spent about half of its chart run barely doing anything. It fits the mold for their inoffensive radio fodder and had even started selling well too as it started to get bigger conversions, something that doesn't always happen. Once they push it for a #1 finish, it'll probably fall fairly hard though due to its age though. As I've said before, this one pales in comparison to the uniqueness of his debut single for me, but I've warmed up on this one a lot as its gotten a bigger presence on country radio. It's still definitely nothing special imo, but it does have a pretty catchy melody that sticks with you after repeated listens, and he has a solid voice, so I'm happy for him that this one caught on where "David Ashley" failed (even though I would've preferred that one be a hit instead).
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Post by sabre14 on May 18, 2020 14:18:11 GMT -5
This one's testing very well, that's why the label has been able to keep it alive and convince stations to convert it for top-5 airplay. Second in overall testing at Mediabase Callout. My problem is how in the world do corporate programmers not realize this would be a song worth converting until it was 35-40 weeks old? That's what's wrong with the system -- it should not take 9 months to realize you have a single worth converting to high rotation. Then again, the testing numbers are strong, even at +60 weeks charting, which shows how much the average listener tunes in to a station. Songs in the 50's, 40's and even 30's are stuck in overnight airplay, especially for a newer artist like Travis. People like us at Pulse might pay close attention and hear these songs nonstop, but that doesn't mean a large percentage of radio listeners do. I don't blame "After a Few" or the label for a 60-week chart run, I blame the corporate radio system that relegates these songs to overnight airplay for literal months.
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Post by Naos on May 19, 2020 11:56:59 GMT -5
Hot 100: #38 (+10)
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Post by raylatch98 on May 26, 2020 13:17:55 GMT -5
I am curious if the label is about to pull the plug on this one as this has lost 40 spins and 593k in audience the past two days as it does feel like this song has kind of hit the glass ceiling for where it is going to peak
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