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Post by hewitt81 on Feb 12, 2013 2:09:26 GMT -5
I think "Begin Again" peaks at #4.
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Feb 12, 2013 11:13:30 GMT -5
Certainly looks like a good bet for #3 if Brad takes a giant drop. "Tornado" has come to a standstill. Honestly, if the next single is HDC, I don't understand why they don't just get Tim a week followed by Taylor for a week. Seems very possible for Big Machine. In the past they've seemed pleased with Taylor getting Mediabase #1's, so they could also have gotten Tim 2 weeks on Billboard (to call that a multi-week #1), but split the 2nd week on Mediabase to call Taylor's song a #1. I know it's max spins for BA this week, and Tim likely won't even be getting his first week at #1 this week, but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense not to just wait it out. The next single won't be coming out any faster by rushing this off. It would drop pretty quickly by itself anyway.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 12, 2013 15:50:30 GMT -5
I think the problem with getting Taylor to No. 1 this time is that they've really had to work just to get this one as far as it has gone, whereas a lot of her other pushes to the penthouse were a lot easier because she was close enough already from a smooth ride to the Top 3. Plus, I believe jhomes mentioned this, but an aggressive push may harm her already precarious status with country radio this era. I'd love for this to be No. 1, but I don't want to see it come at the expense of her future airplay at the format.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2013 9:04:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I think this one has had a lot of label support for a few weeks now. I can't prove it but based on the way things were going, my guess is that this one would've peaked on its own a couple weeks back. It's been on the chart about as long as her longest-lasting singles. But the label has stepped in and kept it going. I think it will probably fall very quickly after it hits its peak, so...probably a sharp drop next week, if my hunch is correct that this is indeed the final 'push' week for the song.
She's up 800k in today's update and moves up to #5 on Mediabase. She'll probably hit #4 tomorrow by passing Jason, and since Brad is down 2 million in today's update, I think she'll catch him by the end of the week too. And, voila, that's how you get a #3 peak. She's way too far behind labelmates Tim & TBP, though, to wait them out for #1. I think it would take too long, and you've got some other strong songs in the bottom of the top 10 (LBT, Carrie, Blake) that are gonna start coming up fast, and they seem like more likely future #1 contenders.
I suspect a #3 peak will more than please Big Machine though, and then they can focus on getting Tim to #1 next week and also rolling out "Highway Don't Care". It remains uncertain if Taylor will have a solo single from Red released as well to be out at the same time as HDC.
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Post by Living Legend on Feb 13, 2013 12:37:17 GMT -5
jhomes87 I noticed that on the latest Billboard Country Update that The Band Perry had the "Max Spins Now" and before they had the "Power It Up". This week Big Machine put "Power It Up" for "Begin Again". Is it possible that for next week that they could "Max" for Taylor and her & Tim could get a duel #1, Tim being #1 on Billboard and Taylor being #1 on Mediabase?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2013 13:05:21 GMT -5
jhomes87 I noticed that on the latest Billboard Country Update that The Band Perry had the "Max Spins Now" and before they had the "Power It Up". This week Big Machine put "Power It Up" for "Begin Again". Is it possible that for next week that they could "Max" for Taylor and her & Tim could get a duel #1, Tim being #1 on Billboard and Taylor being #1 on Mediabase? I suppose it's possible but I think it's really doubtful. I think, in The Band Perry's case, that it was clear they were gonna be #1 on Billboard and the label just decided to be nice and let Brad jump ahead briefly to get the Mediabase #1. Because in reality, TBP could've easily stayed ahead of Brad all of last week if they wanted to. Even at the end of this week, Taylor will be very far behind Tim. I guess it's not entirely out of the question (that she could get to #1 on Mediabase) but again, I think it's highly unlikely. Tim is well ahead of her and should easily be #1 on both charts in a week and a half.
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Post by tailgate on Feb 14, 2013 3:52:08 GMT -5
Hi All and greeting from Finland in northern Europe :)
Country music is not really a thing around here, so you guys have been and still are a really valuable source of information for me. Following the discussions here, I've learned a lot about country music in general, but also about specicfic artists, the charts and the industry.
Anyway, I still have lots to learn. There's one thing I often find myself wondering. It is often said that record labels can give a song a push or keep promoting it to radio or drop support & move to another single. Especially in Taylor's case the push to the top of the charts has been mentioned many times. Taylor is my favorite artist, so I dont mind it at all (haha), but I'd be curious to know how the labels actually push a song. Or "keep at it", like Big Machine seems to have done with Begin Again, or "drop it".
Thanks in advance!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2013 4:49:51 GMT -5
^Welcome to Pulse! :)
Label promotion is indeed very interesting and I don't think anyone here fully understands it, as none of us (not that I know of, anyway) is that 'deep' in the industry. But in general, promoting songs to radio involves the strength of a label, their money/resources, their relationships with radio programmers. They usually have several promotional people per label 'imprint' (and in Big Machine's case, there's Big Machine, Valory, & Republic), and these people will often go around and visit regional stations or call them. They work closely with the artists and both the promo people and the artists themselves will work to develop good relationships with the radio station folks. Newer artists will go on big radio tours as well, to showcase their talents and music. And for the more established artists, it really helps if they visit stations every now and then, or invite radio people to concerts if the artist happens to be playing nearby.
The labels will use monetary resources as well to promote their artists/songs. And when it comes to 'dropping' songs, it mostly just comes down to the label letting radio know that they've promoted it as long as they were going to and now are gearing up to move on, so once radio gets that cue, they'll start to decrease airplay correspondingly. Sometimes radio drops songs earlier than the labels want them to, and that can be because certain stations are busy playing other music or maybe some songs don't 'test' well with listeners and so the radio programmers are therefore unable to meet the label's request to continually keep increasing a song's airplay.
Not sure what else to say. A general rule of thumb, though, is just thinking about label size in general and how much money their artists are bringing in for them. In Taylor's case, things were a lot different when she started out and Big Machine was a tiny indie label. But when Taylor's music connected with fans and she broke out on the scene with some big radio hits, well, the rest is all history. She started making a lot of money and now Big Machine has a big star-studded roster in addition to her. They've signed format veterans like Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, Reba, and Tim McGraw. They've managed big breakthroughs with guys like Brantley Gilbert and Justin Moore, and groups like The Band Perry and the Eli Young Band.
So technically Big Machine is still an independent label but they're a very big and powerful one, because they've been able to break through several artists and have a lot of success with them, both with radio and with sales. If you look at another smaller 'indie' label, such as Bigger Picture Group, for example...well, their biggest stars are Chris Cagle and Craig Campbell. They don't have a big hitmaker like Big Machine does (and again, Big Machine has several). Other labels like Broken Bow have Jason Aldean, Thompson Square, and a few other up-and-comers. Toby Keith started his own indie label and has built up a small 'stable' of stars. Former major label artists that saw their momentum decline, such as Montgomery Gentry, Craig Morgan, and Kellie Pickler, have all signed with small, independent labels.
Then you have big corporate labels like Universal, Sony, and Warner. UMG is in control of a ton of stars, including George Strait, Sugarland, Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Eric Church, and Alan Jackson. Sony has Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Jake Owen, and Sara Evans. Sometimes it can almost be a curse to be on a bigger label though...you might have a better shot to breakthrough will all of the resources such a label has, but if there winds up being too many artists on a label (because let's face it...every single artist on a given label can't be having success at the same time), some of the lesser-established stars can go unnoticed or simply won't be lucky enough to break through.
Hopefully I was able to shed some light on what you asked. Unfortunately, I don't think I can provide any really specific answers when it comes to radio promotion. Radio has their own policies too and when it comes to the agenda for different stations, it can depend on what company the station is owned by, along with a bunch of other variables. But again, I hope I offered some insight.
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Post by tailgate on Feb 14, 2013 9:25:27 GMT -5
Thanks jhomes87, I understand the situation better now. It seems that record labels can to certain degree dictate what songs get airplay. But on the other hand, if that was true, then there wouldn't be any flop singles ever. So radio must have a say in the matter as well - independent of the labels' efforts. I guess I'd just like to hold on to the hope that a song can become an airplay hit on its own merits instead of record labels orchestrating the whole thing and calling all the shots.
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Post by Rhythm Nation on Feb 14, 2013 9:55:50 GMT -5
Thanks jhomes87, I understand the situation better now. It seems that record labels can to certain degree dictate what songs get airplay. But on the other hand, if that was true, then there wouldn't be any flop singles ever. So radio must have a say in the matter as well - independent of the labels' efforts. I guess I'd just like to hold on to the hope that a song can become an airplay hit on its own merits instead of record labels orchestrating the whole thing and calling all the shots. Me too! But I think I'm losing hope. Especially looking at someone like Carrie Underwood's chart history. Her album sales have gone 7m > 3m > 2m > 1m - yet her singles' peaks at radio haven't changed. It's clear some charts can be controlled by the labels and some can't... But everyone does it, so that makes it ok?
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Post by desertfloods on Feb 14, 2013 10:04:27 GMT -5
I feel so "tired" watching this song climb up so slowly. Kinda ready for this to peak ASAP and move on to the next country single.
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Post by peterca on Feb 14, 2013 10:43:57 GMT -5
Thanks jhomes87, I understand the situation better now. It seems that record labels can to certain degree dictate what songs get airplay. But on the other hand, if that was true, then there wouldn't be any flop singles ever. So radio must have a say in the matter as well - independent of the labels' efforts. I guess I'd just like to hold on to the hope that a song can become an airplay hit on its own merits instead of record labels orchestrating the whole thing and calling all the shots. Me too! But I think I'm losing hope. Especially looking at someone like Carrie Underwood's chart history. Her album sales have gone 7m > 3m > 2m > 1m - yet her singles' peaks at radio haven't changed. It's clear some charts can be controlled by the labels and some can't... But everyone does it, so that makes it ok? I understand that this is a Taylor thread but I do want to respond to your point about Carrie. Yes, her album sales have declined album-to-album, like many artists, although her current one will probably outsell her previous one. But please note her track sales have increased from album-to-album as a whole. Her current album has two tracks that are on pace to go 2x platinum, which is better than the tracks from Play On and the 5 platinum singles from Carnival Ride. Chart #1's does not translate to track sales. Many many country #1's have not reached platinum, or even gold. Examples include Brad Paisley and George Strait.
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Post by justlurkingaround on Feb 14, 2013 10:44:54 GMT -5
Thanks jhomes87, I understand the situation better now. It seems that record labels can to certain degree dictate what songs get airplay. But on the other hand, if that was true, then there wouldn't be any flop singles ever. So radio must have a say in the matter as well - independent of the labels' efforts. I guess I'd just like to hold on to the hope that a song can become an airplay hit on its own merits instead of record labels orchestrating the whole thing and calling all the shots. Me too! But I think I'm losing hope. Especially looking at someone like Carrie Underwood's chart history. Her album sales have gone 7m > 3m > 2m > 1m - yet her singles' peaks at radio haven't changed. It's clear some charts can be controlled by the labels and some can't... But everyone does it, so that makes it ok? Are you serious?
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Feb 14, 2013 10:49:00 GMT -5
Me too! But I think I'm losing hope. Especially looking at someone like Carrie Underwood's chart history. Her album sales have gone 7m > 3m > 2m > 1m - yet her singles' peaks at radio haven't changed. It's clear some charts can be controlled by the labels and some can't... But everyone does it, so that makes it ok? Carrie is a bizarre example for you to choose, because she has consistently outperformed the country market as an album and single seller and her country airplay to sales ratio is at the high end of the pack in the genre. Moreover, historically, Arista Nashville hasn't needed to push her singles that hard to achieve #1 or #2 peaks, and it certainly hasn't needed to take out trade ads screaming for stations to power up before her singles have hit top-10 or top-5. Her chart history is more of an illustration of country radio's artist-driven (as opposed to song-driven) nature than an illustration of label control. If you're looking for examples of comparatively weak airplay to sales translation to build a case for excessive label influence over the charts, the likes of Jake Owen, David Nail, Dierks Bentley, and Eli Young Band strike me as far better examples. Even Blake Shelton has historically performed poorly in that regard, and was rescued by his high TV profile. I'm leaving out artists like Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley who appear to be in the "mature" phase of their careers when it comes to sales. With respect to "Begin Again," it has clearly been kept alive past its natural peak. Despite resonating with the format's most conservative listeners (as captured on Callout America), the song's weekly downloads have flagged since the beginning of 2013 and it peaked a couple of weeks back on the Indicator chart. I think the Big Machine push is once again about reinforcing Taylor's business ties to the format, especially in a time when the impact tracks on her current album are the pop songs.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2013 16:30:01 GMT -5
^What Dudley said. Thanks jhomes87, I understand the situation better now. It seems that record labels can to certain degree dictate what songs get airplay. But on the other hand, if that was true, then there wouldn't be any flop singles ever. So radio must have a say in the matter as well - independent of the labels' efforts. I guess I'd just like to hold on to the hope that a song can become an airplay hit on its own merits instead of record labels orchestrating the whole thing and calling all the shots. The labels certainly do have a lot of influence but, at the same time, radio programmers do have their own say, definitely. If you look at a label like UMG, well, they have 40 artists under their umbrella. Sony has about 20. Those 2 labels alone would fill up the entire chart if all their artists were on the chart at the same time. And it's not like the labels decide to say "we're only going to push a few of our artists" because then why would they sign any other artists? It wouldn't make sense from a financial standpoint. They try to 'break' all their artists but naturally, a lot of them never make it. With Big Machine, they've had only mixed results with Edens Edge, Sunny Sweeney, & Steel Magnolia, with the latter 2 of those eventually being let go by the label. The 'launch' of Thomas Rhett's career has only been a mixed bag so far as well. Reba and Martina...well, they're victims of the turn-over at radio. I'm not saying neither won't ever score another hit, but they're clearly in the twilight of their careers...lots of other new artists have come up the ranks and again, radio just can't play everyone.
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Post by Zazie on Feb 14, 2013 17:03:52 GMT -5
^ ^^ Y'all shock me with your airplay analysis. You mean to say that a song that moves 10-10-10-10, gaining 2.2 million impressions, and then climbs to #8 gaining 1.2 million but then remains at #8 for two more weeks, gaining a total of 1.1 more million -- you mean to say that a song that had spent 7 weeks in the bottom portion of the top 10, hardly gaining enough to stay bulleted, shouldn't be posting days with 600k and 800k gains? You find something unnatural about that?
I am deeply shocked by the last two posts. And very disappointed. Where is your sense of creativity and spontaneity?
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Post by peterca on Feb 15, 2013 16:09:31 GMT -5
This week's AIs-to-spin gain ratio has been so out-of-whack for this tune. It seems that Big Machine has an in on what stations to get spins in order to maximum the AI gain. Here are the daily changes in spins and AIs for this week on the Mediabase country chart.
Feb 11: +8 spins, +134k AIs Feb 12: +40 spins, +568k AIs Feb 13: +52 spins, +812k AIs Feb 14: +25 spins, +323k AIs Feb 15: -3 spins, +277k AIs
The AI gain-to-spin gain is twice or more than many other songs. I find this is a bit odd and even suspicious. I really hope this song peaks this weekend.
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Post by Taylor. on Feb 18, 2013 3:58:32 GMT -5
Well, this got the #3 peak on Mediabase. Good enough for me.
I need a new single announcement already.
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Post by jughead on Feb 18, 2013 7:47:47 GMT -5
I don't know 'bout you guys, but even as a Taylor fan, I never really saw her as one of the stronger forces on country radios. Yes, she does manage to have number 1s, but it's not like everything she releases will hit the top. She is strong enough for top 10, maybe even top 5. The fact is, there are still a lot of artists that she can't be compared to as far as country radios are concerned. The only reason why she is considered "important" is because of her selling ability. Given her chart performances, if her albums don't sell well, she would just be regarded as an "ordinary" country artist who manages to have hits. There's nothing spectacular about her chart history, other than a bunch of number 1s. Heck, even Dierks Bentley's recent chart runs are more impressive than hers. So, I guess a huge part of her reputation as an "A-lister" is because of her album sales and not for her stature in country radios.
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Post by neverduplicated on Feb 18, 2013 11:27:19 GMT -5
I don't know 'bout you guys, but even as a Taylor fan, I never really saw her as one of the stronger forces on country radios. Yes, she does manage to have number 1s, but it's not like everything she releases will hit the top. She is strong enough for top 10, maybe even top 5. The fact is, there are still a lot of artists that she can't be compared to as far as country radios are concerned. The only reason why she is considered "important" is because of her selling ability. Given her chart performances, if her albums don't sell well, she would just be regarded as an "ordinary" country artist who manages to have hits. There's nothing spectacular about her chart history, other than a bunch of number 1s. Heck, even Dierks Bentley's recent chart runs are more impressive than hers. So, I guess a huge part of her reputation as an "A-lister" is because of her album sales and not for her stature in country radios. I don't know if anyone knows any details or statistics on this, but I think Taylor has brought many fans to the country genre, and she may still be doing so. I literally never bought or wanted to listen to any country music until I became a fan of Taylor's. Now I own loads of country albums and will sometimes listen to country music stations. I imagine a lot of people like myself have been introduced to the country genre via Taylor's music. That would certainly be a reason to keep spinning her. But I can also see that she might have a very polarizing affect on country listeners, especially with some of her poppier songs.
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Post by tailgate on Feb 18, 2013 12:16:56 GMT -5
^ Same here. Taylor is the reason I got into country music big time. Sure I knew the big names and could sing along to their hits and had some of their albums even before I'd heard of Taylor Swift, but it was her debut album that pushed me over the edge so to speak.
Her sound has changed, that cannot be denied. And why should anyone try to deny it? I'm a fan of several pop music acts so I don't mind that Taylor is doing the pop thing as long as she does it as well as I Knew You Were Trouble. But for me, her best work is her "countrier" catalogue. For instance, Begin Again holds its own while not being my absolute favorite Taylor song.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Feb 18, 2013 12:34:45 GMT -5
Looks like this is starting it's major final weekly push, up 150 spins and over 1 million in audience today from MB alone. I hate these stupid ridiculous pushes that Big Machine seems to always do with Taylor when she is near the top of the charts, it gets old.
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Post by carriekins on Feb 18, 2013 12:37:14 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, she co-hosted one of the countdown shows this weekend (I think). That would have given her an "extra" spin which could account for the higher than normal tallies this morning. Unless, of course, I have my weeks wrong, which is entirely possible.
Personally, I don't expect this to continue gaining (and especially not at that rate) through the week. I imagine this will be unbulleted come next weeks' charts.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Feb 18, 2013 13:02:22 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, she co-hosted one of the countdown shows this weekend (I think). That would have given her an "extra" spin which could account for the higher than normal tallies this morning. Unless, of course, I have my weeks wrong, which is entirely possible. Personally, I don't expect this to continue gaining (and especially not at that rate) through the week. I imagine this will be unbulleted come next weeks' charts. Just checked and yes carriekins, Taylor did co-host the Lon Helton Country Countdown yesterday. So yes she got that extra spin.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 18, 2013 14:01:12 GMT -5
I don't know 'bout you guys, but even as a Taylor fan, I never really saw her as one of the stronger forces on country radios. Yes, she does manage to have number 1s, but it's not like everything she releases will hit the top. She is strong enough for top 10, maybe even top 5. The fact is, there are still a lot of artists that she can't be compared to as far as country radios are concerned. The only reason why she is considered "important" is because of her selling ability. Given her chart performances, if her albums don't sell well, she would just be regarded as an "ordinary" country artist who manages to have hits. There's nothing spectacular about her chart history, other than a bunch of number 1s. Heck, even Dierks Bentley's recent chart runs are more impressive than hers. So, I guess a huge part of her reputation as an "A-lister" is because of her album sales and not for her stature in country radios. I fail to see what your point is here. She's one of only three female artists at country radio who even gets consistent radio hits. And I don't understand the notion that there's nothing "spectacular" about her chart history besides a bunch of #1s. What exactly is so ordinary about that? Only Carrie has a better track record at country for females. Taylor is an A-lister at country radio for much more than album sales, and suggesting otherwise is just silly.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2013 15:04:06 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, she co-hosted one of the countdown shows this weekend (I think). That would have given her an "extra" spin which could account for the higher than normal tallies this morning. Unless, of course, I have my weeks wrong, which is entirely possible. Personally, I don't expect this to continue gaining (and especially not at that rate) through the week. I imagine this will be unbulleted come next weeks' charts. Just checked and yes carriekins, Taylor did co-host the Lon Helton Country Countdown yesterday. So yes she got that extra spin. Little Big Town started coming up fast and could've kept Taylor from the #3 spot on Billboard but with Taylor's +150 spins and 1.2 million AI gain today, she'll have that on lock. It's absolutely ridiculous that this song has gotten this high. Most of the other songs around it have just not needed big pushes and for once, most of the other songs in the top 10 are selling a lot better than a Taylor song. I really feel like this song's natural peak was somewhere in the 9-13 range but Big Machine has kept with it. Hopefully now that they've gotten to #3, they'll just give it up already. I hate waking up and seeing such ridiculous, unnatural numbers. Hopefully this starts falling hard, beginning with tomorrow's update.
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Post by Marv on Feb 18, 2013 20:04:18 GMT -5
I can see where jartank96 is coming from as it relates to Taylor & country radio; she sells CDs like nobody else in the format, but she remains a very polarizing figure for PDs & MDs given the sky-high burn rate of her singles due to the rather vanilla nature of her voice as well as her narrow range of themes for her songs (singles & CD tracks alike).
The problem as numerous MDs, PDs & consultants have related to Lon Helton and Sean Ross (nice to have him back as a BB columnist) in their respective newsletters is the challenging job they have in trying to please and superserve the 12-24 & 18-24 demos, which is only half of the 'two-headed monster' of the country audience
Those demos are very passionate about her and the other 20-somethings who've brought millions of new country radio listeners to the format in the 7 years since 'Jesus, Take The Wheel' exploded.
The other half of that 'two-headed monster' comes simultaneously in trying to superserve the 25-54 women and 25-54 adult demos, as well as the format's most important demo for almost 17 years (women 35-44) with artists such as King George, Alan, Toby, Tim, Brad, Kenny & everybody else is what makes her a major pain-in-the-neck for PDs & MDs who are constantly looking for the 'sweet spot' and trying to 'thread the needle' by trying to please such diverse listening clusters at the same time, and without alienating either age bracket.
Country remains the #1 format choice for 12-24 year old males according to Arbitron, and remains the most-listened to radio format period, a position it's maintained consistently since 'Achy Breaky Heart' blew up in 1992.
She has definitely brought a new generation to country radio not to mention legions of new fans even though Carrie still rules airplay-wise, and doesn't have either the 'burn' issues with her singles or the polarizing effects which Taylor has.
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Post by layne on Feb 19, 2013 0:04:22 GMT -5
I guess I'm in the minority here but I think this song is great and worthy of #1.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2013 0:18:18 GMT -5
I guess I'm in the minority here but I think this song is great and worthy of #1. Maybe so, but that's not really what I'm getting at here. If one of my favorite songs spent 4 weeks at #10, then 3 weeks at #8, and suddenly got a huge lurch up to #3, well, I'd cry manipulation for that one too. That's the point I'm making...this song hasn't acted at all like a #1, and has only gotten this far because the label has pushed it hard. I suppose they can, because her album sales are making them a ton of money, but as Dudley said in another thread, it really disrupts the natural 'flow' of the chart. This song's natural peak was several weeks ago...it had slowed to a near standstill but suddenly the label comes in to rescue it and pushes it all the way up to #3. But everybody is playing that game nowadays...we saw that with Brad's SCZ as well, and that certainly wasn't the first time. When BA begins its descent (and I have a hunch it will be this week), I expect it to plunge very fast down the chart.
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Post by layne on Feb 19, 2013 0:27:36 GMT -5
Oh I totally agree. My comments are based soley on the idea that this is happening with lots of songs. Every single song by an A-list Artist going to #1 is just ridiculous. Jason's last single, and Brad's really had no business getting to #1. I also think it's crazy that Dierks song is still gaining.
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