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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 3, 2020 17:13:42 GMT -5
Since this set a new peak of #29 tonight on Billboard. It is time for another game of compare the chart run once again using the best/most comparable singles, Dierks Bentley "Living", Eric Church "Monsters" and Florida Georgia Line "Blessings" (late single albums from recognizable names) 13 weeks in for each.
"Living" #33 "Drinking Alone" #29 "Monsters" #32 "Blessings" #31
Like I am so confused on why so many people are saying this is moving too slowly, since this is pretty standard for a late album single. This past week was arguably one of the most rough for it, but given the fact this song is probably in it for 30 to 40 weeks this song is moving just fine.
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Post by taylor on Feb 3, 2020 18:26:03 GMT -5
Since this set a new peak of #29 tonight on Billboard. It is time for another game of compare the chart run once again using the best/most comparable singles, Dierks Bentley "Living", Eric Church "Monsters" and Florida Georgia Line "Blessings" (late single albums from recognizable names) 13 weeks in for each. "Living" #33 "Drinking Alone" #29 "Monsters" #32 "Blessings" #31 Like I am so confused on why so many people are saying this is moving too slowly, since this is pretty standard for a late album single. This past week was arguably one of the most rough for it, but given the fact this song is probably in it for 30 to 40 weeks this song is moving just fine. This! I mean, I wish it was moving a bit faster, but this is more than likely the last single before a new album anyways and UMG is probably riding this out at radio for as long as possible while Carrie works on said new album. (whether it be studio album 7 or a full Christmas album) For this to be at #29 on Billboard 13 weeks in after debuting at #50 is actually pretty stellar, especially in comparison to the other three.
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Post by fireflies on Feb 4, 2020 13:44:16 GMT -5
#29 on BB - yay for making the 20's!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 4, 2020 19:01:50 GMT -5
Since this set a new peak of #29 tonight on Billboard. It is time for another game of compare the chart run once again using the best/most comparable singles, Dierks Bentley "Living", Eric Church "Monsters" and Florida Georgia Line "Blessings" (late single albums from recognizable names) 13 weeks in for each. "Living" #33 "Drinking Alone" #29 "Monsters" #32 "Blessings" #31 Like I am so confused on why so many people are saying this is moving too slowly, since this is pretty standard for a late album single. This past week was arguably one of the most rough for it, but given the fact this song is probably in it for 30 to 40 weeks this song is moving just fine. Probably because Carrie Underwood used to climb the charts really quickly and Dierks Bentley and Eric Church have never been known to do that, and Florida Georgia Line didn't start to have slow chart climbs either until their last single. I get why you're comparing these songs, because it's obvious Carrie is dealing with the slowness of the charts in ways she used to be immune to in previous eras, but I also understand why people are saying this is moving slowly. It made the top 40 pretty quickly but then slowed to a crawl as it moved through the 30s and that's not the typical speed that Carrie Underwood fans have been accustomed to. She's definitely been knocked down a peg or two at country radio this era and everyone's just going to have to start getting used to that, but she'd been on a higher level than those three artists you're comparing to her for a long time. I'd be curious to see where all of her fourth singles were at after 13 weeks, if you wouldn't mind looking that up.
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 4, 2020 19:49:40 GMT -5
Since this set a new peak of #29 tonight on Billboard. It is time for another game of compare the chart run once again using the best/most comparable singles, Dierks Bentley "Living", Eric Church "Monsters" and Florida Georgia Line "Blessings" (late single albums from recognizable names) 13 weeks in for each. "Living" #33 "Drinking Alone" #29 "Monsters" #32 "Blessings" #31 Like I am so confused on why so many people are saying this is moving too slowly, since this is pretty standard for a late album single. This past week was arguably one of the most rough for it, but given the fact this song is probably in it for 30 to 40 weeks this song is moving just fine. Probably because Carrie Underwood used to climb the charts really quickly and Dierks Bentley and Eric Church have never been known to do that, and Florida Georgia Line didn't start to have slow chart climbs either until their last single. I get why you're comparing these songs, because it's obvious Carrie is dealing with the slowness of the charts in ways she used to be immune to in previous eras, but I also understand why people are saying this is moving slowly. It made the top 40 pretty quickly but then slowed to a crawl as it moved through the 30s and that's not the typical speed that Carrie Underwood fans have been accustomed to. She's definitely been knocked down a peg or two at country radio this era and everyone's just going to have to start getting used to that, but she'd been on a higher level than those three artists you're comparing to her for a long time. I'd be curious to see where all of her fourth singles were at after 13 weeks, if you wouldn't mind looking that up. Well it took a while (PDFs only go to 2018 and the Billboard site has a paywall) but I did get the last three album eras last singles. "Dirty Laundry" #10 "See You Again" #11 "Mama's Song" #11
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Post by gardyfan on Feb 4, 2020 20:01:23 GMT -5
I think it comes down to the fact that a majority of songs now have longer climbs up the charts. I don't think this is Carrie being phased out slowly at all.
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 4, 2020 20:07:04 GMT -5
Probably because Carrie Underwood used to climb the charts really quickly and Dierks Bentley and Eric Church have never been known to do that, and Florida Georgia Line didn't start to have slow chart climbs either until their last single. I get why you're comparing these songs, because it's obvious Carrie is dealing with the slowness of the charts in ways she used to be immune to in previous eras, but I also understand why people are saying this is moving slowly. It made the top 40 pretty quickly but then slowed to a crawl as it moved through the 30s and that's not the typical speed that Carrie Underwood fans have been accustomed to. She's definitely been knocked down a peg or two at country radio this era and everyone's just going to have to start getting used to that, but she'd been on a higher level than those three artists you're comparing to her for a long time. I'd be curious to see where all of her fourth singles were at after 13 weeks, if you wouldn't mind looking that up. Well it took a while (PDFs only go to 2018 and the Billboard site has a paywall) but I did get the last three album eras last singles. "Dirty Laundry" #10 "See You Again" #11 "Mama's Song" #11 Here are the other two: Wasted-2007-#10 Just A Dream-2008-#4 Hope that helps!
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Post by jab820 on Feb 4, 2020 20:32:48 GMT -5
Probably because Carrie Underwood used to climb the charts really quickly and Dierks Bentley and Eric Church have never been known to do that, and Florida Georgia Line didn't start to have slow chart climbs either until their last single. I get why you're comparing these songs, because it's obvious Carrie is dealing with the slowness of the charts in ways she used to be immune to in previous eras, but I also understand why people are saying this is moving slowly. It made the top 40 pretty quickly but then slowed to a crawl as it moved through the 30s and that's not the typical speed that Carrie Underwood fans have been accustomed to. She's definitely been knocked down a peg or two at country radio this era and everyone's just going to have to start getting used to that, but she'd been on a higher level than those three artists you're comparing to her for a long time. I'd be curious to see where all of her fourth singles were at after 13 weeks, if you wouldn't mind looking that up. Well it took a while (PDFs only go to 2018 and the Billboard site has a paywall) but I did get the last three album eras last singles. "Dirty Laundry" #10 "See You Again" #11 "Mama's Song" #11 Okay, wow. Yes, I get that this song is moving up the charts fine, but compared to these previous singles that is insane. Especially "Dirty Laundry" which wasn't that big of a hit, was only one album era ago, and was released in a fairly similar radio climate as today. Goes to show how much this album era changed Carrie's trajectory at radio.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Feb 4, 2020 20:42:07 GMT -5
Ugh, it’s scary that in 2020 there is no female artist that country radio will give proper A-list treatment to. Carrie and Miranda used to always blast through the bottom parts of the chart earlier this decade, but for some reason they’re still hesitant about converting Maren and Kelsea in the same manner. Case in point: The massive hit “The Bones” only started taking off after it hit the top 30.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 4, 2020 20:59:46 GMT -5
Yep. Just as I suspected. Even "Dirty Laundry" as a fourth single went screaming up the charts last era, and she's always been inside or knocking on the door of top 10 by now, compared to just cracking top 30. This is definitely new territory for Carrie Underwood in terms of chart movement, so yeah, this one is moving slow.
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 4, 2020 21:24:52 GMT -5
I will say given the circumstances for this album era (the first two songs underperforming, no EOTY win, "Drinking Alone" itself standing out on country radio beyond just Carrie being a female) it is not shocking it has taken 13 weeks to hit the Top 30. For Carrie Underwood this is moving slow, but overall it should not come as a surprise given how underwhelming this era has been on a radio standpoint.
I don't really remember the Cry Pretty album really well, but I have to imagine there were better single choices than what we got, I get the appeal in this song but this has already kind of burned out on me, and I don't hear what makes "Drinking Alone" so great as a radio single.
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 4, 2020 21:30:42 GMT -5
Yeah this era hasn't been stellar so a slower climb should have been expected, plus it was released right as the holiday season started so that was going to make the chart more stagnant anyway. Let's give it another week or two and see where things stand.
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Post by taylor on Feb 5, 2020 6:50:19 GMT -5
Honestly, I assume this will be like "The Bones"--it'll only start taking off now that it's hit Top 30 on Billboard.
Frustrating and sad that country radio refuses to let Maren and Kelsea be the Carrie and Miranda of the 2020s in terms of chart climbs, let alone give any woman A-list treatment. My God @ the sexism. It has to end.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2020 19:30:40 GMT -5
Wow! This finally cracked the Top 30 on Mediabase. To what do we owe the pleasure?
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Post by taylor on Feb 13, 2020 20:14:09 GMT -5
Wow! This finally cracked the Top 30 on Mediabase. To what do we owe the pleasure? If I'm not mistaken, there were a few recurrent songs that had dropped out, allowing Carrie to finally get to Top 30. raylatch98 or someone higher up likely knows what really caused it tho; I don't get to pay as much attention to the charts as some other people here do, so they have the better insights One thing I do know is that this is likely going to be the norm for Carrie going forward. Regardless of gender, there are tons of songs that are lucky to hit #1 after 8 months or so. Jimmie Allen has been charting with the same song for nearly or over a year. It's just how the country charts are now. Not to mention (and this has been brought up to the point that the horse is dead but still) we're talking about a song by a woman pushing 40 who is 15 years into her career now. The sexism seems to have gotten slightly better if you look at the charts...but where's Reba? Shania? The ageism is still stagnant, and while that's not to say Carrie is going to be slowly phased out any time soon, it is something we're likely gonna have to brace ourselves for down the road.
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 13, 2020 20:20:58 GMT -5
Wow! This finally cracked the Top 30 on Mediabase. To what do we owe the pleasure? If I'm not mistaken, there were a few recurrent songs that had dropped out, allowing Carrie to finally get to Top 30. raylatch98 likely knows what really caused it tho; I don't pay as much attention to the charts as he does, so he has the better insights Not exactly. On Mediabase today one of the song's ahead of Carrie Underwood up until this point (Gone West "What Could've Been) borderline collapsed today (losing 50 spins today) so Carrie Underwood and "Drinking Alone" moved up a spot today on Mediabase. Songs on Mediabase don't go recurrent til Sunday evening/night (this week "10,000 Hours goes recurrent on Sunday night).
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 16, 2020 17:02:55 GMT -5
"Drinking Alone" officially enters the Mediabase Top 30 at #29 with a bullet of 130.
Solid week for Carrie Underwood and besides Blake Shelton and Luke Combs, "Drinking Alone" has the highest bullet of the songs in the 20s. When a lot of the older songs ahead of Carrie Underwood give up within the next few weeks I imagine (Garth Brooks and Jimmie Allen after they max, Ryan Hurd, Travis Denning, LoCash, Scotty McCreery, and Caylee Hammack) I do think "Drinking Alone" will take full advantage of it.
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 25, 2020 17:24:50 GMT -5
Yeah, it should move into the mid-20s very soon as there are at least 3-4 songs ahead of it that are due to go recurrent.
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 27, 2020 12:38:41 GMT -5
Yeah, it should move into the mid-20s very soon as there are at least 3-4 songs ahead of it that are due to go recurrent. Isn't this song already in the mid 20s since it was at #26 on Billboard and #27 on Mediabase this past week and that is outside of being at #25 pretty close to mid 20s as you can get on the chart.
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Post by Sugar Rush on Mar 6, 2020 1:29:18 GMT -5
The way how all excitement for this song just dropped. Carrie should just call a spade, a spade - let this be her first flop and come back strong for her next album.
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Post by bigd79 on Mar 6, 2020 1:53:19 GMT -5
The way how all excitement for this song just dropped. Carrie should just call a spade, a spade - let this be her first flop and come back strong for her next album. What are you talking about? These last couple weeks have seen some of her best bullets of this song's run so far. It seems to be FINALLY picking up some steam!
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Post by Khia on Mar 6, 2020 2:05:09 GMT -5
I honestly didn't care much for the first three singles, but this is great. I'd love to see it go all the way to the top.
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Post by taylor on Mar 6, 2020 19:55:23 GMT -5
The way how all excitement for this song just dropped. Carrie should just call a spade, a spade - let this be her first flop and come back strong for her next album. Her bullet the past couple weeks has been some of the best of this single's run. It's finally picking up steam and it might take a while but I think it has the slightest chance of making it to #1. Carrie Underwood + "flop" = ??
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Post by Exclusive on Mar 14, 2020 23:54:54 GMT -5
It's been a month since she's cracked top thirty and she's currently at #23. From what I've observed from other posters, songs on the country chart take a while to climb, but I thought it would have been in the top twenty at least. The positive thing is that it's still gaining.
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Post by raylatch98 on Mar 15, 2020 16:50:12 GMT -5
It's been a month since she's cracked top thirty and she's currently at #23. From what I've observed from other posters, songs on the country chart take a while to climb, but I thought it would have been in the top twenty at least. The positive thing is that it's still gaining. Eh, 7 spots gained in a month is a pretty solid pace for a 4th single from an album with shaky radio success, it also helps that out of all the songs in the 21 to 30 range "Drinking Alone" has the second highest bullet only behind Maddie & Tae.
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Post by NeRD on Mar 25, 2020 9:23:19 GMT -5
Up to #21 on mediabase building with a decent bullet.
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Post by PerPlexied on Mar 25, 2020 9:41:38 GMT -5
Up to #21 on mediabase building with a decent bullet. A Coronavirus anthem.
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Post by recordyear on Mar 25, 2020 10:03:41 GMT -5
It literally says drinking alone TOGETHER, but okay.
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Post by raylatch98 on Mar 25, 2020 10:38:21 GMT -5
A little bit of good news, bad news, just a general read on this song and it's future prospects.
Bad News: 20 weeks into the chart run, "Drinking Alone" is at #21 on Billboard where as 20 weeks in for "Love Wins" it was at #15.
Good news: There are a lot of songs ahead of Carrie Underwood on Mediabase and Billboard that are in free-fall ("Kinfolks", "The Bones", "We Back", "I Wish Grandpas Never Died", "Homemade", and "Homesick") and this upcoming week Carrie Underwood should be Top 20 on both charts, and besides Keith Urban and eventually Sam Hunt I don't see any songs below Carrie Underwood posing an immediate threat (FGL might with their new song that is scheduled to come out Friday but that's hard to say) in passing her.
I did look and "Love Wins" spent 32 weeks on the Billboard chart so I imagine "Drinking Alone" has at least 12 weeks left in it if not a couple extra weeks because it is the fourth single from the album.
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Post by Envoirment on Mar 25, 2020 20:34:34 GMT -5
Glad to see this still climbing, it's such a great track. Hopefully it'll continue its slow and steady pace and manage a top 10 peak!
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