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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 20, 2019 12:39:03 GMT -5
Debuted at #20 on Billboard! Love seeing that #20 debut. Great for George Strait. Let us visit I Saw God Today when it debuted at #19 in 2008. It became Strait's 43rd #1 hit in May. It was the second biggest hit of the year behind Just Got Started Lovin' You by James Otto. Ready? BILLBOARD TOP TWENTY FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 23, 2008: 1. Letter To Me-Brad Paisley-Arista 2. Winner At A Losing Game-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 3. Cleaning This Gun Come On In Boy-Rodney Atkins-Curb 4. Watching Airplanes-Gary Allan-MCA 5. Ready, Set, Don't Go-Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus-Walt Disney 6. Shiftwork-Kenny Chesney and George Strait-BNA 7. Small Town Southern Man-Alan Jackson-Arista 8. All-American Girl-Carrie Underwood-Arista 9. Stealing Cinderella-Chuck Wicks-RCA 10. International Harvester-Craig Morgan-Broken Bow 11. What Kinda Gone-Chris Cagle-Capitol 12. Get My Drink On-Toby Keith-Show Dog 13. God Must Be Busy-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 14. Laughed Until We Cried-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow 15. You're Gonna Miss This-Trace Adkins-Capitol 16. Suspicions-Tim McGraw-Curb 17. It's Good To Be Us-Bucky Covington-Lyric Street 18. Love Is A Beautiful Thing-Phil Vassar-Universal South 19. I SAW GOD TODAY-GEORGE STRAIT-MCA 20. Just Got Started Lovin' You-James Otto-Warner Bros. |
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 20, 2019 13:01:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 19:37:57 GMT -5
Man these last 2 days sure are depressing seeing this song plummet.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Feb 20, 2019 22:05:02 GMT -5
Man these last 2 days sure are depressing seeing this song plummet. That'll end in tomorrow morning's update, fortunately :) |
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Post by fearlessarrow on Feb 24, 2019 1:50:54 GMT -5
It’s so crazy how well this song has been doing so far. Granted the first week was buoyed by iHeartMedia deal but it’s been posting great gains since then as well. I wonder why the reception to this song has been great so far, I thought radio had shut George Strait out after “I Got a Car” but I guess not? Either way, great to see and hopefully this can take him back to #1.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 24, 2019 10:44:26 GMT -5
"Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" should stay in the top 30 on Mediabase this week (dropping from #27 last week to #30 this week). George has gained well over 300 spins on Mediabase the past three days, so the song is chugging along like it did before its 8th/9th day update and after its initial debut. The fact iHeart debuted this hourly so early in the week and Townsquare Media (who takes a while to warm up to new stuff) has added this to their corporate playlist for daytime and overnight spins is a great sign. By Monday this one will have well over 100 stations on board. This certainly isn't looking like one-off debut week.
This song got a Monday debut with hourly spins that afternoon and all day Tuesday...I was discussing this with someone else a few days ago and they're like "why would corporate radio give this the most prestigious debut offer if it was only a one-off kinda thing?" I think radio, given its lofty debut, would like to see where this can go and therefore, is looking like "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" has a real shot to get George back to the top 10.
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Post by CoJoFan on Feb 24, 2019 13:09:16 GMT -5
I think it’ll be in the 25-30 range on Billboard still. This may end up doing better than I thought it would but then again I also thought “Neon Church” would’ve been a bigger hit too.
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Post by tim on Feb 25, 2019 4:41:59 GMT -5
When i first heard this I will admit that I immediately thought it was a hit (and I’m obviously a biased fan...). I have no doubt that this’ll be a hit going into the year and will end up being a #1 hit for the summer for 2019.
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Post by dajross6 on Feb 25, 2019 11:34:04 GMT -5
Yeah the every day gains are indicative of a song that is a future top ten or #1. It has similar numbers as if it were a lead single from big-time artists like a Thomas Rhett or Luke Bryan honestly. Keeping that up is the more difficult part of course, but there are zero indicators that this song is slowing down.
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Post by collinkottke on Feb 26, 2019 11:37:28 GMT -5
"Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" only dropped to #24 this week after debuting at #20 last week on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart. I'd say that's a great sign for the future of the latest from the King.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 16:40:51 GMT -5
Kworb didn’t update today.....Any idea what’s going on?
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 27, 2019 17:12:26 GMT -5
Kworb didn’t update today.....Any idea what’s going on? Sometimes Kworb doesn’t update or takes a long time to update. All Access did though, “Every Little Honkytonk Tonk Bar” gained 104 spins and 400k in total audience in today’s Mediabase update. |
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Post by Marv on Feb 27, 2019 17:22:33 GMT -5
^^^^^^I agree with collinkottke's post to a point; given the resurgence of traditional country at the format in recent years with groups such as Midland and Old Dominion leading the way not to mention future superstar Brett Young who'll be making chart history very soon, I think that a lot of MDs and PDs are waking up to the fact that their listeners want much better songs on the radio, and with having the very best collection of songwriters in existence continuing their unmatched proficiency of producing exceptional music combined with the best and deepest libraries of any format out there, not utilizing that treasure trove of superb music would be moronic and then some.
It remains to be seen if King George's latest fine single will rise at a rate to perhaps provide some evidence that the bro-country death grip on the charts is showing scant signs of relaxing, or if this wonderful song will emulate the slow-as-molasses rise of 'I Got A Car'.
Time will tell, I guess.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Feb 27, 2019 18:11:51 GMT -5
It remains to be seen if King George's latest fine single will rise at a rate to perhaps provide some evidence that the bro-country death grip on the charts is showing scant signs of relaxing, or if this wonderful song will emulate the slow-as-molasses rise of 'I Got A Car'. I believe "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" will far outpace "I Got a Car". That one took 38 weeks to get to #17, while this one is #24 in its second week. And the daily gains for this have been very strong, only dipping a tiny bit from what it was doing in its debut week. I remain very optimistic about George's chances of scoring yet another top 10 and hopefully he can go all the way to the top. Side note: Wouldn't it be cool if his follow-up single charted well in 2020? It would be George's 5th decade of charting. |
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 27, 2019 18:45:26 GMT -5
It remains to be seen if King George's latest fine single will rise at a rate to perhaps provide some evidence that the bro-country death grip on the charts is showing scant signs of relaxing, or if this wonderful song will emulate the slow-as-molasses rise of 'I Got A Car'. I believe "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" will far outpace "I Got a Car". That one took 38 weeks to get to #17, while this one is #24 in its second week. And the daily gains for this have been very strong, only dipping a tiny bit from what it was doing in its debut week. I remain very optimistic about George's chances of scoring yet another top 10 and hopefully he can go all the way to the top. Side note: Wouldn't it be cool if his follow-up single charted well in 2020? It would be George's 5th decade of charting. Yeppers. George Strait will match that accomplishment with two of his contemporaries: Reba McEntire and Alabama. Both acts charted during the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 27, 2019 21:21:29 GMT -5
I'm glad this one is doing well and looking like a hit, but it's so random that country radio decided to collectively re-embrace him with open arms again like this.  |
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Post by recordyear on Feb 28, 2019 21:24:37 GMT -5
Album title track (Honky Tonk Time Machine) will be released on Friday.
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Post by McCreerian on Mar 1, 2019 0:11:41 GMT -5
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Post by fearlessarrow on Mar 1, 2019 1:12:50 GMT -5
I prefer "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" over "Honky Tonk Time Machine" but the latter is still solid. Judging by how these two songs are, the new album is going to be really good.
This is continuing to grow on me as it continues to climb on radio. I liked this one from the get go, but with repeated listens it becomes more infectious! I still don't know how to feel about the spelling out part in the chorus (L-I-V-N and D-R-A-G-N) but besides that, this is a really great song.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Mar 1, 2019 1:49:47 GMT -5
I love this song! George never disappoints and I’m so glad this is doing well so far. I hope this can be a big hit for him.
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Post by George Strait Junkie on Mar 1, 2019 10:16:08 GMT -5
holy damn give me this freakin album now. that song just come on and blew off all the doors on my house lol. the 29th cant get here quick enough. hope my neighbors get ready. its gonna be hell for them. this album will be on repeat for a long time.
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Post by collinkottke on Mar 1, 2019 12:05:06 GMT -5
Not to count the chickens before they hatch, but I hope this seemingly re-embrace of George Strait at radio isn't just for one song. Because "Honky Tonk Time Machine" sounds like a smash, too. I'm giddy. This album is going to be bonkers.
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Post by razorback9926 on Mar 4, 2019 9:28:41 GMT -5
It looks like Kworb no longer lists genre charts, I only see "ITunes," "Spotify," etc. but nothing for "Country." Does anyone know of another way to see daily updates? I'm curious to see if George's song is really climbing the charts, or was it just a one-time blip on the radar when he released the single? Either way, it's encouraging, since his last album didn't generate anything remotely close to a Top 20.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 4, 2019 10:33:35 GMT -5
It looks like Kworb no longer lists genre charts, I only see "ITunes," "Spotify," etc. but nothing for "Country." Does anyone know of another way to see daily updates? I'm curious to see if George's song is really climbing the charts, or was it just a one-time blip on the radar when he released the single? Either way, it's encouraging, since his last album didn't generate anything remotely close to a Top 20. Mediabase requested kworb to stop posting Mediabase updates. You can view the chart here. All Access is another tool to check the chart. "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" gained 566 spins this past week and gained another 53 spins and 200k in audience in today's update. This is most certainly looking like the real deal and not a fluke debut week. |
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 6, 2019 14:32:50 GMT -5
Debuts at #44 in Canada.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Mar 10, 2019 22:27:44 GMT -5
It’s funny how this started gaining well again after a so-so week when Thomas Rhett had his 8th day effect. I got worried for a while lol, but things are shaping up well for George to get another top 10. This is solidly planted in the all-genre iTunes top 200 and I can’t see it being polarizing enough to have bad callout.
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Post by recordyear on Mar 14, 2019 11:27:15 GMT -5
The Weight of the Badge will be released tomorrow.
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Post by phil1996 on Mar 15, 2019 6:04:59 GMT -5
Wow, what a song. The world needs to hear this song |
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Post by recordyear on Mar 15, 2019 21:00:09 GMT -5
#36 on all-genre iTunes right now. Easily the best performed pre-order single. Update: #13 on iTunes and #1 country. |
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