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Post by dcowboy77 on Jul 29, 2010 11:31:38 GMT -5
Eh....any song that hits #1 & spends 10 weeks (which it should do) in the top 10 & being a 3rd single i cant be disappointed in no matter who its by.
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Post by joey2002 on Jul 29, 2010 12:30:56 GMT -5
So is this a setback? A triumph? A sign that she can't go at the same pace forever? Or a sign that she can.... Since releasing "Last Name", the only song in which Carrie has spent more than 1 week at #1 is "Just A Dream". "Undo It" could have surged more, but its chart performance near the top was at least better than many songs that we have seen as of late. (yes, Jason Aldean, we're looking at you) I originally predicted 2 weeks at #1, so I wasn't expecting this to be the type of song that would be a 6-weeker or anything...
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jul 29, 2010 13:44:59 GMT -5
So is this a setback? A triumph? A sign that she can't go at the same pace forever? Or a sign that she can.... That's an interesting question. I don't really think "Undo It" on its own is a bellwether song -- for my part, I thought it was too much in the shadow of "Before He Cheats" to register more than a week at the top. Multiple weeks at the top only became possible because of the weakness of the chart at the time. I'll go as far as to opine that a stronger chart might have resulted in the song being blocked from the top altogether. Moreover, Carrie usually supports her songs with a circuit of radio interviews when they have the opportunity to reach the top. She wasn't available for the circuit this time. If she had been, "Undo It" would likely have been able to distance itself from the pack a bit and probably would have picked up an extra week or two at the top. The fact that Carrie hasn't had a multi-week #1 since "Just a Dream" is more relevant, I think, to your question. In my view, "Cowboy Casanova" would have been a multi-week #1 if not for Arista Nashville's fight to get "Welcome to the Future" a week at the top before "Cowboy Casanova" stepped in. Incidentally, this week's New Yorker has a little discussion of how hard Brad and the label worked to get "Welcome to the Future" to the top, although the article characterizes the song as the one that halted his ten-song #1 streak (I suspect Kelefa Sanneh's use of the Billboard country charts in this case was motivated more by his desire to tell a certain story about country radio/country music fans than a real preference for Billboard, but that's just a guess on my part). In any case, I think Carrie is in that comfortable but somewhat dangerous position of being considered a reliable hitmaker to the point of it not being exciting any more when she releases a song that sounds like a hit. Put another way, it is going to take more than a song that sounds like a hit for Carrie to attract the kind of buzz that could spur a multi-week #1 at country radio. It seems to me that country radio is waiting to be blown away (not by volume, hopefully, but by beauty and/or emotion) again by what Carrie can do.
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Post by Stephen on Jul 29, 2010 14:27:04 GMT -5
In any case, I think Carrie is in that comfortable but somewhat dangerous position of being considered a reliable hitmaker to the point of it not being exciting any more when she releases a song that sounds like a hit. Put another way, it is going to take more than a song that sounds like a hit for Carrie to attract the kind of buzz that could spur a multi-week #1 at country radio. It seems to me that country radio is waiting to be blown away (not by volume, hopefully, but by beauty and/or emotion) again by what Carrie can do. I agree with everything in your post, specifically this. I feel like Carrie has been coasting this album with single choices since 'Cowboy Casanova.' I think that was unfortunately slighted for WTTF because I think that may have had about three weeks at the top had Brad not been such a priority. Then, TH, as nice as a track as it is, was one of her slowest risers and seemed to be a bit to heavy for radio to fully embrace. Finally, this song has a very similar theme that Carrie loves singing about and, at this point, I think she has to change it up. Someone mentioned that she never releases straight up love songs. I think Carrie has only four shots left at multi-week #1s on her album, and sadly I think that two will go ignored: "Unapologize," "Quitter," (the ignored two) "What Can I Say," and "Someday When I Stop Loving You." Here's hoping Carrie's next few decisions are a bit more surprising, or hell, even a little less predictable. (Sorry about the tangent at the end Dudley.)
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 29, 2010 14:32:19 GMT -5
The two reasons why Temporary Home was a #1 were: 1. During its chart run, her truck driver was killed in that accident. That night, Carrie Underwood gave a very teary performance of that song. 2. Underwood was named A.C.M. Entertainer of the Year.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Jul 29, 2010 15:21:19 GMT -5
The two reasons why Temporary Home was a #1 were: 1. During its chart run, her truck driver was killed in that accident. That night, Carrie Underwood gave a very teary performance of that song. 2. Underwood was named A.C.M. Entertainer of the Year. Do you have any evidence for this claim?
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 29, 2010 17:08:39 GMT -5
The two reasons why Temporary Home was a #1 were: 1. During its chart run, her truck driver was killed in that accident. That night, Carrie Underwood gave a very teary performance of that song. 2. Underwood was named A.C.M. Entertainer of the Year. Do you have any evidence for this claim? Here we go! As stated in my previous post, when Carrie Underwood gave her first public performance after the accident, she barely got through Temporary Home, which as anyone can imagine gave a whole new meaning of the song. I had seen footage of that particular performance on YouTube and was very moved myself. Another way this song was taken to a new level is that Underwood herself did public service announcements about helping the people of Haiti. What song was used for those announcements? T.H.! I believe those were aired during the A.C.M. Awards. Second, the timing of Temporary Home hitting #1 (on the April 10th chart) was actually a week before the A.C.M.s (which were broadcast on April 18th (I just looked that up so I can defend my position). That being the case, she should have enjoyed a second week at being #1 while being renamed Entertainer of the Year. Third, why she did not reach #1 with I Told You So around the time she was named Entertainer of the Year (for the first time) was actually detailed by Jon Solo. He had stated that a San Diego radio station refused to play I.T.Y.S. and opted for the other two Underwood songs that were charting at the same time: The More Boys I Meet and Home Sweet Home. Last, the ONLY reason I responded the in the manner I did is that rowdawg21 is the ONLY poster here who has publically feuded with me on this particular website. Since he has been here longer than me, you would think he would better. In the meantime, I have been as civil as possible.
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Post by joey2002 on Jul 29, 2010 17:22:30 GMT -5
^ Well then, the reason "Undo It" went #1 must have been from Carrie's wedding... her truck driver was killed in that accident. That night, Carrie Underwood gave a very teary performance of that song. On a serious note though, that accident actually happened before Carrie's concert right here in Connecticut, and the performance was indeed very emotional / extremely powerful for many in the audience that night...
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 29, 2010 17:50:53 GMT -5
^ Well then, the reason "Undo It" went #1 must have been from Carrie's wedding... her truck driver was killed in that accident. That night, Carrie Underwood gave a very teary performance of that song. On a serious note though, that accident actually happened before Carrie's concert right here in Connecticut, and the performance was indeed very emotional / extremely powerful for many in the audience that night... It certainly was. :( What an unfortunate happening... Anyway, "Undo It" had a mediocre chart run in my opinion, and only reached to the top on it's own because of the weakness of the chart - as Dudley said. However, had Carrie's team pushed it would have easily widened the gap between the following songs to make at least another week at the top. I think Carrie's team is beginning to believe that Carrie's power alone will continue to yeild her hits. This is very dangerous, had UI not been as strong of a single, it could have easily flopped (in Carrie terms, not #1.) Her team needs to wake up and realize that they need to push Carrie's songs no matter the case, whether it be BHC or UI, every song should be pushed as to ensure it's highest peak. Once again, a Carrie Underwood song did not reach it's full potential. UI, was undoubtedly deserving of multiple weeks at #1. Another example is "All-American Girl", in it's second week at #1, it was still climbing and 4 weeks was looking like a reasonable prediciton. All the sudden, the label shifted it's attention to "Last Name" resulting in only 2 weeks for A-AG when 4 weeks was, at the time seemed very easy to achieve. Carrie's team has no trouble not worrying about Carrie's songs at radio, with little effort they seem to glide right to #1. That won't last forever, and sooner or later that trend will change. That is unless Carrie's team can wake up and start pushing all of her songs to their full potential.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jul 29, 2010 17:53:30 GMT -5
Do you have any evidence for this claim? I do not need evidence, that is my opinion! Actually, you do need evidence to support an opinion. That's spelled out in our Country Forum rules. If you are really interested in participating in good faith, then you will provide reasons and logical support for your opinion. I hope the evidence to support your opinion that "Temporary Home"'s ascent to #1 was aided by the ACM Entertainer of the Year trophy Carrie won three weeks after TH had already peaked includes a nice description of the time machine that radio programmers no doubt used to see that the win was coming her way. Unless, of course, you are talking about her 2009 ACM Entertainer of the Year win. In that case, I look forward to your explanation of why that helped "Temporary Home" make it to #1 a year later while failing to help "I Told You So" reach #1 on Billboard a mere four or five weeks after it happened. I think Carrie's team is beginning to believe that Carrie's power alone will continue to yeild her hits. This is very dangerous, had UI not been as strong of a single, it could have easily flopped (in Carrie terms, not #1.) Her team needs to wake up and realize that they need to push Carrie's songs no matter the case, whether it be BHC or UI, every song should be pushed as to ensure it's highest peak. In the case of "Undo It," why should Arista Nashville care when the song reached #1 anyway? I would argue that the smarter move is to save the pulled strings and called-in favors for when a Carrie single really needs it to get to #1. Looking at album and download sales (as well as callout), "Undo It" has already peaked in terms of sales effect. Another week at #1 wasn't going to yield much sales benefit, so an added push didn't make sense from the standpoint of return on investment.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 29, 2010 18:06:43 GMT -5
Never thought of it like that Dudley, I was just thinking from the standpoint on getting the most weeks at #1 possible. As you said, another week at #1 yields little to no benefits so it probably wasn't worth the time or money. I still think however, Arista Nashville could be better about chosing who/what to push at radio and who/what to leave alone. Some could say that the "Lover, Lover" push seen over the past 2 weeks could have, or should have went to "Undo It" being a song from one of their elite artists. Opposed to being a debut single from a debut artist. There was no evident push for "Undo It", and I think more could have been done about that. With that said, I agree with saving the push for when it's actually needed. So, for me there are pros and cons to everything surrounding the push of a a single. If that makes any sense?
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 29, 2010 18:32:58 GMT -5
Do you have any evidence for this claim? Here we go! As stated in my previous post, when Carrie Underwood gave her first public performance after the accident, she barely got through Temporary Home, which as anyone can imagine gave a whole new meaning of the song. I had seen footage of that particular performance on YouTube and was very moved myself. Another way this song was taken to a new level is that Underwood herself did public service announcements about helping the people of Haiti. What song was used for those announcements? T.H.! I believe those were aired during the A.C.M. Awards. Second, the timing of Temporary Home hitting #1 (on the April 10th chart) was actually a week before the A.C.M.s (which were broadcast on April 18th (I just looked that up so I can defend my position). That being the case, she should have enjoyed a second week at being #1 while being renamed Entertainer of the Year. Third, why she did not reach #1 with I Told You So around the time she was named Entertainer of the Year (for the first time) was actually detailed by Jon Solo. He had stated that a San Diego radio station refused to play I.T.Y.S. and opted for the other two Underwood songs that were charting at the same time: The More Boys I Meet and Home Sweet Home. Last, the ONLY reason I responded the in the manner I did is that rowdawg21 is the ONLY poster here who has publically feuded with me on this particular website. Since he has been here longer than me, you would think he would better. In the meantime, I have been as civil as possible. I have answered this, but got mixed up with a previous post.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 29, 2010 18:52:06 GMT -5
I don't know if "Temporary Home" was necessarily a #1 hit on the strength of her emotional performance, but its an interesting note. Kellie Pickler gave a tearful performance of "I Wonder" on the CMAs, and while it only reached #14, it (along w/ the emotional music video) managed to help her win it big at the CMT Awards. So I would say that an emotional performance could have a lot of power behind it.
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Jul 29, 2010 18:52:32 GMT -5
Second, the timing of Temporary Home hitting #1 (on the April 10th chart) was actually a week before the A.C.M.s (which were broadcast on April 18th (I just looked that up so I can defend my position). The 10 April chart reflected airplay for the week ending 27 March 2010, so the actual gap was indeed three weeks. But even if the gap were one week as you thought, your argument wouldn't hold. That being the case, she should have enjoyed a second week at being #1 while being renamed Entertainer of the Year. So what you're saying is that you were wrong about the effect of Carrie's ACM Entertainer of the Year win. Last, the ONLY reason I responded the in the manner I did is that rowdawg21 is the ONLY poster here who has publically feuded with me on this particular website. That doesn't excuse your response months later. We may have agreed at the time that his manner of handling the situation was not ideal, but we also went through the behavior on your part that sparked his outburst and what you needed to do to alleviate the situation.
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Post by countrygirl918 on Jul 29, 2010 20:56:42 GMT -5
I would argue that the smarter move is to save the pulled strings and called-in favors for when a Carrie single really needs it to get to #1. I was all ready to come in here an lament the fact that UI's chart run was handled poorly by the label, but then I read this. It actually makes a lot of sense, and I hadn't thought of it this way before. It's true that the label really didn't need to do anything to get UI to #1 - it made it there on it's own (and partly because of a weak chart). And while multiple weeks at the top would have looked great in press releases, etc, what real benefit would it have had for either Carrie or the label? Like someone upthread said, the label will eventually have to realize that they can't rely solely on Carrie's superstar hit-maker status to get all of her songs to #1. Perhaps, however, they've already realized this, and are in fact saving the string-pulling and favor-call-ins for a future single, where the song might actually need some help. Or, perhaps, when the song has the potential to be such a career-definer (e.g. SWISLY) that the label feels it should be pushed to its full potential since it is so deserving. I think, even those of us who really enjoy UI, can agree that it is certainly not a career-defining song or single for Carrie.
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Post by jptexas on Jul 29, 2010 21:48:50 GMT -5
If Undo It reached the top without any real push from Carrie or the label, that's actually enough. IMO, this song was just a happy, toe tapping, summer hit. It's not going to win any awards. So, the streak is still alive and IMO, the label might use the "big favor" later.
Man, I'm hoping for SWISLY to be the next single. If radio wants a real, different(for Carrie), emotional, well written, country song, this would be it. jmo
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Post by Rodze on Jul 29, 2010 22:19:31 GMT -5
The points from this song put Carrie in the top 150 on the Joel Whitburn list that Jon_Solo updates on this board periodically. It's amazing to me that she's been able to sustain her fantastic chart performance and get so high in what amounts to half a decade's worth of career. Unbelievable, in fact. So I have to tip my hat to her. As those of you who've been here for awhile know, I don't care for any of the music she has released so far, but I do have to accept that she's having an amazing career. www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-beat-thursday-katy-perry-carrie-underwood-1004106775.storyUNDERWOOD OVERWHELMS: As reported yesterday in Chart Beat, Carrie Underwood scores her 10th No. 1 on Country Songs, as "Undo It" rises 2-1. With 10 No. 1s, Underwood ties Reba McEntire for most chart leaders among women since the survey adopted Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay data as of Jan. 20, 1990. Underwood additionally becomes just the ninth female soloist to total at least 10 No. 1 titles since Country Songs premiered in the Jan. 8, 1944, Billboard issue. Here is a look at the women to reach double-digit No. 1s in the chart's 66-year history. (The list excludes female duo the Judds, who tallied 14 No. 1s between 1984 and 1989): 25, Dolly Parton 23, Reba McEntire 20, Tammy Wynette 18, Crystal Gayle 16, Loretta Lynn 11, Rosanne Cash 10, Anne Murray 10, Tanya Tucker 10, Carrie Underwood Underwood is the first artist to join the exclusive club since Cash collected her 10th Country Songs No. 1, "Runaway Train," Nov. 12, 1988. Tucker had tallied her 10th topper three weeks earlier, when "Strong Enough to Bend" crowned the Oct. 22, 1988, chart. With Underwood having first appeared on Country Songs the week of June 11, 2005, her five-year, two-month sprint to totaling 10 No. 1s makes her the second-fastest female to reach the milestone from the beginning of a chart career. Wynette notched her 10th leader, "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right," Aug. 28, 1971, four years, eight months and two weeks after first appearing on the chart with "Apartment #9" in December 1966.
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Post by I Wish on Jul 30, 2010 2:21:22 GMT -5
I hate how everyone acts like "Undo It" is such a terrible song. If it were that horrible, she wouldn't still be in the top 30 on iTunes, album sales wouldn't have been so stable after her AI performance & she wouldn't have reached #1 on radio.
If "Mama's Song" had been released as a single, it would not currently be in the top 30 on iTunes, would probably have sold half of what "Undo It" has sold thus far & her album might be lower on the charts.
It's so grating to read some of these comments. lol
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Post by countrygirl918 on Jul 30, 2010 2:32:17 GMT -5
I hate how everyone acts like "Undo It" is such a terrible song. If it were that horrible, she wouldn't still be in the top 30 on iTunes, album sales wouldn't have been so stable after her AI performance & she wouldn't have reached #1 on radio. If "Mama's Song" had been released as a single, it would not currently be in the top 30 on iTunes, would probably have sold half of what "Undo It" has sold thus far & her album might be lower on the charts. It's so grating to read some of these comments. lol I don't think Undo It is a terrible song. I actually love it. But I certainly don't think it's Carrie's best song ever, or a career defining one in any way. For me, it's just a very fun song to hear on the radio, and to sing along to.
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Post by I Wish on Jul 30, 2010 2:52:26 GMT -5
I don't think it's her best song ever either or career defining, but it's just irritating to see people that weren't happy with the choice constantly demeaning the song.
Yeah it was co-written by Kara & she's universely hated, but that doesn't mean it's as bad a song as people make it out to be. IDK that's just how I see it.
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Post by _adriano. on Jul 30, 2010 8:08:34 GMT -5
I hate how everyone acts like "Undo It" is such a terrible song. If it were that horrible, she wouldn't still be in the top 30 on iTunes, album sales wouldn't have been so stable after her AI performance & she wouldn't have reached #1 on radio. Download sales and radio success don't necessarily mean that a song is good. In fact, some people would argue it's exactly the opposite, considering the quality of the songs that have been achieving both lately.
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Post by BurnItUp (with Kerosene) on Jul 30, 2010 9:41:39 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this is more on-topic for this thread or the Play On thread, but I have a question about the 3rd single choices.
All her 3rd singles have been kind of similar, musically and/or in tone. With LN it could have been a coincidence, but with UI it almost seems like a calculated trend (admittedly, they could have released SLT and that would have fit the bill too), but someone said something to me the other day that got me thinking about it and...
Could it be a bad move on the label's part to release such similar 3rd singles (either in the long-term for her career, or short-term for 3rd single performance)?
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Post by _adriano. on Jul 30, 2010 10:15:37 GMT -5
In my opinion, they wanted to release an uptempo song after "Temporary Home". However, the only viable choices would be "Undo It" and "Songs Like This", which both fall, arguably, in the same category that her previous 3rd singles did. So, I think "Play On" lacked versatility on its uptempo tunes.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 30, 2010 12:28:27 GMT -5
I don't compare "Undo It" w/ her previous 3rd single releases. I think of "Cowboy Casanova" fitting in w/ "Last Name" and "Before He Cheats" more than I do "Undo It" ... I don't think its intentional, but just because they needed to release an uptempo and as far as what would work best on radio, "Undo It" is a solid choice.
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Post by joey2002 on Jul 30, 2010 12:45:17 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this is more on-topic for this thread or the Play On thread, but I have a question about the 3rd single choices. All her 3rd singles have been kind of similar, musically and/or in tone. With LN it could have been a coincidence, but with UI it almost seems like a calculated trend (admittedly, they could have released SLT and that would have fit the bill too), but someone said something to me the other day that got me thinking about it and... Could it be a bad move on the label's part to release such similar 3rd singles (either in the long-term for her career, or short-term for 3rd single performance)? That's a good point actually... I think it's not bad for now, but it could start to hurt if they keep doing in on future albums...
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Post by I Wish on Jul 31, 2010 2:31:14 GMT -5
I hate how everyone acts like "Undo It" is such a terrible song. If it were that horrible, she wouldn't still be in the top 30 on iTunes, album sales wouldn't have been so stable after her AI performance & she wouldn't have reached #1 on radio. Download sales and radio success don't necessarily mean that a song is good. In fact, some people would argue it's exactly the opposite, considering the quality of the songs that have been achieving both lately. The fact of the matter is, it was a solid choice that helped in every format. It's just ridiculous to continue harping on it when the single has long since been released & they're already moving on to the next one.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Aug 3, 2010 9:14:52 GMT -5
Carrie seems t be dropping very fast this week from #1.Is this dropping so fast because Mamas Song was recently announced as the next single and radio stations want to move on to a new song?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2010 9:50:14 GMT -5
Carrie seems t be dropping very fast this week from #1.Is this dropping so fast because Mamas Song was recently announced as the next single and radio stations want to move on to a new song? I don't think it's a surprise that this song is falling fast. A lot of times you will see that the bigger-name artists will lose audience quickly once they peak--in other words, their songs have a higher burn rate. Two recent examples are Brad's "Water" and Jason's "Crazy Town"...both songs had a week or two where they lost 4-5 million in audience, as the top began to clear out, and they went recurrent quickly. "Mama's Song" doesn't have a set adds date yet, so I don't know that that would be contributing to the slide for "Undo It", but perhaps it is a little bit. Another reason is that stations are pushing other good songs up in rotation, as they haven't peaked yet (and there are a lot of good songs out there right now!). ZBB, Keith, Blake, Billy, Lady A are all definitely big-name #1 contenders within the top 10, so they're probably gobbling up Carrie's lost airtime.
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Post by Marv on Aug 3, 2010 13:12:43 GMT -5
Actually, there were three radio stations which failed to play 'Temporary Home' when it wasn't immediately released after 'Just A Dream' went recurrent.
You can thank her label's prepostrous decision to really push 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' even harder through another holiday season instead even though they'd wrung just about everything they could out of it during the previous Christmas season, where it wound up as the second most-played Christmas song of the 2007 Christmas season.
Those three stations (San Diego's KUSS & heritage country station KSON) as well as a Midwest country powerhouse (either KEEY or WUSN) started playing 'TMBIM' simply because they needed a new single from the format's hottest artist but didn't get one, so they all started playing 'TMBIM' instead.
Consequently, when Whitney Allen announced 'I Told You So' as her next single, those three stations were still playing 'TMBIM', and although two of them eventually started playing 'ITYS', her label almost cost her another #1 single (and a rare bulletless one at that) at Country Aircheck/Mediabase.
Not surprisingly, the bottom dropped out of the song following its rare bulletless week at #1, and it proceeded to lose 1,100+ spins as well as a staggering and almost certainly unprecedented 7,854,000+ AIs the following week.
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Post by Zazie on Aug 3, 2010 13:25:01 GMT -5
Carrie seems t be dropping very fast this week from #1.Is this dropping so fast because Mamas Song was recently announced as the next single and radio stations want to move on to a new song? I don't think it's a surprise that this song is falling fast. A lot of times you will see that the bigger-name artists will lose audience quickly once they peak--in other words, their songs have a higher burn rate. Two recent examples are Brad's "Water" and Jason's "Crazy Town"...both songs had a week or two where they lost 4-5 million in audience, as the top began to clear out, and they went recurrent quickly. "Mama's Song" doesn't have a set adds date yet, so I don't know that that would be contributing to the slide for "Undo It", but perhaps it is a little bit. Another reason is that stations are pushing other good songs up in rotation, as they haven't peaked yet (and there are a lot of good songs out there right now!). ZBB, Keith, Blake, Billy, Lady A are all definitely big-name #1 contenders within the top 10, so they're probably gobbling up Carrie's lost airtime. Here's a slightly different take on this. With about 120 stations on the Billboard panel, and about 5000 spins for the songs at the top, you're talking about a song getting an average of 40+ spins a week, or 6 a day. And some of the stations are spinning the top songs even more than that. After a song peaks, and especially after a song that's been promoted really hard (to the very limits of its popularity) peaks, stations will be dropping it like a hot potato. Not to zero spins, of course, but you see spins dropping by more than 1,000 in a week for songs like Crazy Town that have outstayed their welcome. It's not a function of the song being by a big star, although by definition big stars get a disproportionate number of the big hits. it's a function of stations knowing their audience has had it with songs that have been pushed really hard. Billy Currington dropped 1-6-8-off (Country Boys Roll) and he's not the biggest star out there. Easton Corbin's first #1 dropped 1-3-3-7-off, which is pretty similar to what big stars do, and Luke Bryan's first #1 is only going to get 2 weeks after leaving #1. It's only the biggest songs that drop more slowly, and that happens because radio knows its listeners, even though they've been bombarded, are still not sick of these songs. Need You Now, after 5 weeks at the top, fell 2-2-2-5-6. Miranda Lambert's big one fell 3-6-6 but was unlucky to be pulled that fast -- her spin number was high enough to keep her on most week, but that particular week there were 10 bigger songs so she left early. Carrie's song went up very fast, but you could see it slow down as it hit the top 3. Looked like a 3-week #1 song, and then suddenly even the promotion campaign had trouble moving it. So I would say that radio stations thought, pretty early, that some of their listeners were getting tired of it. This is the kind of song that generates strong positives but also strong negatives -- but it's not falling especially fast right now. It isn't losing at a faster rate than former #1 songs typically do. For example, it only dropped 300k today, and I would have thought 600 or 800 would have been more typical. I think Carrie will start to drop faster, but maybe this will make up for its brief stay at the top with a better-than-average drop performance.
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