Adam Lambert - "Ghost Town"

[keepitreal]

May 9, 2015 9:06:40 GMT -5 jimmyt said:

Current iTunes: single #197, album #428. Things not looking that great after a good start. Needs TV promo.

I was looking at the WWFM thread and just for some perspective.

Z100 added WWFM Nov 18, 2009

Official Adds date Nov 24, 2009

WWFM got:
21 top40
10 HAC
7 Canada-HAC

Nov 29th

POP:
92 66 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 237 50 187 3.587
+67 Spins
+112 Bullet
+0.122 AI

HAC:
91 65 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 80 29 51 1.170
+4 Spins
+2 Bullet
+0.027 AI

Dec 7th (3 weeks)

POP:
62 50 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 524 265 259 5.769
+39 Spins
+11 Bullet
+0.415 AI

HAC:
63 51 ADAM LAMBERT Whataya Want From Me 158 84 74 1.301
+22 Spins
+18 Bullet
+0.033 AI

WWFM: #182 on iTunes

Ghost Town is already starting better at radio then any of Adam's previous singles.

As someone said above WWFM debut with 11K. It's iTune position was #182. At this point album iTune position is also irrelevant until radio plays the song more. WWFM went on to sell double platinum. Top #10BB and earn him a Grammy nomination. I think it's way too soon to keep coming here being a doom flapper.

Can we please leave other Idols out of Adam's discussions.

ETA: Adam has been doing radio promo all this week and next. Today he was at Wang Tango giving interviews. They are concentrating on radio right now.

[jjose712]

Radio promo is what failed in the first era. He was hot after Idol, and they expected that radio jumped on his songs, something that it didn't happen.

The second era promo was a disaster, so he is doing now what it he needed to do 5 years ago. In the long term, if radio plays his songs, he will get a lot more chances of a long career

[jjose712]

Probably, tomorrow's update won't be good either. After that this should start to climb agains

[graffeodl]

PUBLISHED CHARTS

SONG CHARTS : 7-DAY REPORT
Mediabase
Top 40
Published (U.S.) -- Published Chart -- Currents Only
lw: Apr 26 - May 2 TW: May 3 - May 9
lw TW Artist Title TW lw Move Aud
51 42 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 1057 655 402 5.36

[jjose712]

As expected it wasn not a good update. Tomorrow thing should start to change and going positive again

[brb]

May 11, 2015 12:24:41 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

As expected it wasn not a good update. Tomorrow thing should start to change and going positive again

Apparently Ryan played enough of the song last week during AT40 for those spins to be counted and so this weekend, it lost all those 100+ AT40 spins and thus these updates.

[jjose712]

May 11, 2015 13:10:43 GMT -5 brb said:

May 11, 2015 12:24:41 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

As expected it wasn not a good update. Tomorrow thing should start to change and going positive again

Apparently Ryan played enough of the song last week during AT40 for those spins to be counted and so this weekend, it lost all those 100+ AT40 spins and thus these updates.

I supposed that. The song gave a big jump last weekend.

[secretchef]

11 HAC adds, that's better than I expected.

[graffeodl]

Mediabase 5/11/15

CHR/Top 40:

48 42 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 1045 815 230 4.837
+1 pos
-12 spins
-172 bullet
-0.523 AI

HAC:

39 33 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 584 425 159 3.55
+1 pos
+8 spins
-41 bullet
+0.097 AI

[Az Paynter]

POP:
47 42 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 1069 890 179 5.073

+24 Spins
-51 Bullet
+0.236 Audience

HOT AC:
39 33 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 606 472 134 3.589

+22 Spins
-25 Bullet
+0.039 Audience

[jjose712]

That's better, hopefully it will get even better from now on

[suttonplace]

It got through the AT40 situation better than expected...Z100 has been playing this about 4 times a week during the 9pm countdown or the 10 pm hour. Had it as a hot pick on all access. Hopefully it adds it to the play list at some point. Supposedly he is coming east next week for radio promo. Sounds great on radio

[Lolly]

ADDS THIS WEEK

11 Hot AC
10 CHR

[Az Paynter]

POP:
46 41 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 1096 961 135 5.345

+27 Spins
-44 Bullet
+0.272 Audience

HOT AC:
36 32 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 631 509 122 3.592

+25 Spins
-12 Bullet
+0.003 Audience

[Rumors]

I have to say that I'm surprised with the lack of radio play at this time. There is certainly time to turn this into a hit but I thought the new label would have guns blazing when it hit radio. At least initially, I guess I was wrong.

[fluffyb]

GT is breaking through the top 40. That's a major achievement for him and should mean that it will get more radio play.

[graffeodl]

GT is moving faster at radio than any song Adam has ever released so I'm not sure why people are thinking it isn't moving.

[jimmyt]

It achieved +135 spins last week, which is solid and only has Major Laser closing it down from lower down at the mo. Next week will be interesting.

The main issue for me will be what sales it achieves, because I think this will mainly get spun after 8pm given the deep house vibe. Was still a strange choice for 1st single I reckon.

[Az Paynter]

POP:
46 41 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 1124 1000 124 5.600

+28 Spins
-11 Bullet
+0.255 Audience

HOT AC:
35 32 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 660 535 125 3.646

+29 Spins
+3 Bullet
+0.054 Audience

[brb]

May 14, 2015 2:21:09 GMT -5 jimmyt said:

Was still a strange choice for 1st single I reckon.

I think there are likely stronger songs on the album but Ghost Town was likely chosen for being the safest lyrics wise. During IIHY run, I remember some stations in the more conservative areas of the US actually admitted they had to drop or reduce the song's rotation due to listeners calling in complaining about him singing that to a guy.. and I guess WBR didn't want to repeat that. Anyways, I hope his song with Tove Lo is picked for single no. 2 after Ghost Town.

Top 40 hopefully tomorrow

[Kishi KCM]

I like this song on first listen, so glad to have him back!

[suttonplace]

May 13, 2015 17:07:58 GMT -5 Rumors said:

I have to say that I'm surprised with the lack of radio play at this time. There is certainly time to turn this into a hit but I thought the new label would have guns blazing when it hit radio. At least initially, I guess I was wrong.

This song is off to a better start at radio than any of his prior singles...and big stations in big markets that didn't touch his stuff last era like z100, kiis, the san fran pop stations, are playing it....he has basically been gone from radio for more than 5 years...he wasn't going to get an hourly deal, and doesn't qualify for on the verge...so the song wasn't going to blast into the top 30 right off the bat...compared with his past singles it appears that his new label is doing a pretty great job at radio for him

[suttonplace]

May 14, 2015 7:46:52 GMT -5 brb said:

May 14, 2015 2:21:09 GMT -5 jimmyt said:

Was still a strange choice for 1st single I reckon.

I think there are likely stronger songs on the album but Ghost Town was likely chosen for being the safest lyrics wise. During IIHY run, I remember some stations in the more conservative areas of the US actually admitted they had to drop or reduce the song's rotation due to listeners calling in complaining about him singing that to a guy.. and I guess WBR didn't want to repeat that. Anyways, I hope his song with Tove Lo is picked for single no. 2 after Ghost Town.

Top 40 hopefully tomorrow

I can't imagine that this still would be an issue 5 years later, especially after Sam Smith has had a few big hits in which he was clearly singing about and to a guy

[divasummer]

Adam feels like a bigger star than what his radio presence has shown due to his Image and the media.
That's why I think some posters are surprised when his songs don't fly up the charts.

[Rumors]

I heard this song twice today on my HotAC station. I think it sounds great on the radio. I'm still thinking this will be a hit. Maybe they are just holding back on radio a tad until closer to album release time. Mid-June, right?

[Az Paynter]

POP:
44 40 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 1148 1058 90 5.654

+24 Spins
-34 Bullet
+0.054 Audience

HOT AC:
34 31 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 692 551 141 3.691

+32 Spins
+16 Bullet
+0.045 Audience

[slamina]

Bullet of 90? Okay...what are your expections, guys? I hope they are realistic. This will be lucky to break the top 20 at this point.

[jjose712]

May 16, 2015 4:49:18 GMT -5 slamina said:

Bullet of 90? Okay...what are your expections, guys? I hope they are realistic. This will be lucky to break the top 20 at this point.

Sorry but most of you are reading this all wrong. The bullet would be important if this was a Rihanna or a Britney song, Adam didn't have a hit on radio for five years so it's not like any of his songs are going to explode out of the gate, this could go either way, it could explode at some point and being a big hit or it could die before going even top 30, it's impossible to know.
He didn't make much promo, so it's impossible to know how sales are going to be affected when he'll do.
If last week updates tell us something, he should start to get better updates today, tomorrow and monday, and the bullet should be back to a better number.

And frankly, i think it's a good thing the song is climbing slowly on radio (as long as it don't stall or receive negative updates), we have several examples of songs (Stuck on a feeling, Goodbye, Nobody love) that label push them on radio but by the time sales went up the song was over on the radio.

That's the reason i'm not worried for this (or for King) right now

[chloris]

Rooting for this, come on song !

[Az Paynter]

POP:
44 41 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 1188 1058 130 5.378

+40 Spins
+40 Bullet
-0.276 Audience

HOT AC:
34 30 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 724 563 161 3.486

+32 Spins
+20 Bullet
-0.205 Audience