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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 13, 2016 20:57:16 GMT -5
Even if "My Favorite Things" wasn't originally intended as a Christmas song..... like half of the song is lyrics about s**t like mittens and snowflakes and sleigh bells and packages tied up with string. It's really not a tough sell as a Christmas song at all so I never understand why some express such vitriol that some artists have recorded/released it under the pretense of it being a holiday song. Whether it has direct ties to "Christmas" or not, there's obvious winter imagery throughout, which is all that's really necessary, honestly. That's like saying "Let It Go" is a Christmas song just because Frozen takes place in winter, IMO. "My Favorite Things" has nothing to do with Christmas within the context of The Sound of Music. Also, why the hell is it that the AC charts get so inundated with Christmas songs that they actually get to #1 there every season? That is truly ridiculous. Not really, because "Let It Go" doesn't sound like a Christmas song. "My Favorite Things" sounds like it could pass for a Christmas song to me, from the feel of it -- it's old timey and crooner like -- to the lyrics being largely about a bunch of winter imagery, and apparently I'm far from alone in that opinion. No one is going to try and pass "Let It Go" off as a Christmas song. Because the main audience that listens to AC radio is the same audience that also loves Christmas music the most. And most Xmas songs sound like the kind of stuff that gets played on AC anyway, more so than the standard country music or pop music or rock music or any other genre.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 13, 2016 23:06:35 GMT -5
I have a bigger problem with "Baby, It's Cold Outside" being considered a Christmas song. I also feel the same about Dolly's 'Hard Candy Christmas'. Great song from a musical that appears on many festive compilations, but is it really a Yuletide song ? Lmao it literally has Christmas in the title!!! Heck, "Deck The Halls" is less of a Christmas song than that one!
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Dec 14, 2016 16:51:00 GMT -5
"Hard Candy Christmas" only uses Christmas in the title, and in the context, it's being used as a simile for hardships.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Dec 15, 2016 9:40:34 GMT -5
No one is going to try and pass "Let It Go" off as a Christmas song. It did appear on Pentatonix's Christmas album "That's Christmas To Me", so it does appear that some view it to at least fit in with Christmas music ;) Also, different song, same movie, Mickey Guyton released "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" as a Christmas single last year, which also is not a Christmas song (although it makes more sense than "Let It Go" as one).
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Post by trebor on Dec 16, 2016 13:13:30 GMT -5
TAG Country / Canada Madeline Merlo: "White Christmas" (2017)Madeline Merlo / Open Road Recordings / (12/16/16) iTunes
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2016 17:25:12 GMT -5
We could soon have our first charting Christmas song of the year - Brett Eldredge & Meghan Trainor are New & Active this week with "Baby, It's Cold Outside". Debuts at #52 on this week's Billboard Country Airplay chart. It's also the current #1 on Mediabase's AC tracking (though it hasn't officially ended the week there - yet). Chris Young has also charted on Billboard, debuting at #58 with "The Christmas Song". Next week's chart runs Monday-Sunday, with Sunday being Christmas Day. That is the best possible chart for a Christmas song, as they have the potential to be played significantly every day that week. Often, Christmas Day will be mid-week, which cuts off a holiday song's chances of gaining significant airplay later on in the week. Because of this, I wouldn't be surprised to see a number of Christmas songs chart next week, and I would think that Brett/Meghan have a very decent chance of making the top 40.
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Post by someguy on Dec 30, 2016 1:10:14 GMT -5
So, the final count for 2016 is 7 charting Christmas songs:
#36: "Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Brett Eldredge & Meghan Trainor
#39: "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" - Brett Eldredge
#45: "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow" - Brett Eldredge
#49: "Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
#51: "The Christmas Song" - Chris Young
#52: "Ugly Christmas Sweater" - Garth Brooks
#60: "Santa Baby" - Trisha Yearwood
Much more than in recent years, but not quite as many as I thought might chart, given the number of Christmas albums released, and how the chart week aligned with Christmas day. The following were country songs that charted on AC radio:
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Brett Eldredge & Meghan Trainor "Little Drummer Boy" - Jennifer Nettles & Idina Menzel "Let It Snow" - Rascal Flatts "Santa Baby" - Trisha Yearwood "Do You Hear What I Hear" - Jennifer Nettles "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Rascal Flatts
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 30, 2016 3:08:44 GMT -5
It's such a shame that nothing from Kacey's Christmas album charted anywhere. :(
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 7, 2017 11:22:38 GMT -5
Rebranding this thread for 2017. :) Curb Records has their Country recording artists singing Christmas songs. All of them on All Access. Serviced to radio.
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Post by bboat11 on Nov 7, 2017 11:49:14 GMT -5
Rebranding this thread for 2017. Curb Records has their Country recording artists singing Christmas songs. All of them on All Access. Serviced to radio. Surely they could have thrown on a few Tim McGraw songs to make this a full-length album...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 11:54:57 GMT -5
Wait. Seriously. This thread is back? Why do Christmas songs and basically everything come so early? We just started November and Pulse is already talking about Christmas? Seriously?
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Post by bboat11 on Nov 7, 2017 12:01:00 GMT -5
Wait. Seriously. This thread is back? Why do Christmas songs and basically everything come so early? We just started November and Pulse is already talking about Christmas? Seriously? It's the most wonderful time of the year!
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 7, 2017 12:56:37 GMT -5
Rebranding this thread for 2017. Curb Records has their Country recording artists singing Christmas songs. All of them on All Access. Serviced to radio. Surely they could have thrown on a few Tim McGraw songs to make this a full-length album... Throw in some Jo Dee Messina, LeAnn Rimes, and Sawyer Brown as well.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 7, 2017 12:58:32 GMT -5
Wait. Seriously. This thread is back? Why do Christmas songs and basically everything come so early? We just started November and Pulse is already talking about Christmas? Seriously? My store is fully decorated for Christmas. Besides, adult contemporary stations have already started playing Christmas music.
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Post by tim on Nov 7, 2017 15:01:11 GMT -5
Wait. Seriously. This thread is back? Why do Christmas songs and basically everything come so early? We just started November and Pulse is already talking about Christmas? Seriously? It's the most wonderful time of the year! And we’ve already begun the Christmas rankdown, so now seems like the perfect time to get this one going for 2017.
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Post by someguy on Nov 11, 2017 15:15:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 15:18:24 GMT -5
Wait. Seriously. This thread is back? Why do Christmas songs and basically everything come so early? We just started November and Pulse is already talking about Christmas? Seriously? It's the most wonderful time of the year! I believe that anything Christmas shouldn't start until at least the day after Thanksgiving.
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Post by someguy on Nov 11, 2017 15:20:59 GMT -5
It's the most wonderful time of the year! I believe that anything Christmas shouldn't start until at least the day after Thanksgiving. I agree - though my Thanksgiving was October 9th!
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Post by bboat11 on Nov 11, 2017 15:21:27 GMT -5
It's the most wonderful time of the year! I believe that anything Christmas shouldn't start until at least the day after Thanksgiving. I guess you can't start complaining about Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving then! :kii:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 15:39:05 GMT -5
I believe that anything Christmas shouldn't start until at least the day after Thanksgiving. I guess you can't start complaining about Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving then! :kii: No, I can! Thanksgiving feels like a forgotten Holiday, there is no reason why Christmas songs should be played on the radio right now or stores putting Christmas stuff up when we still have a few weeks before Thanksgiving.
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Post by jenglisbe on Nov 11, 2017 15:42:08 GMT -5
It's the most wonderful time of the year! I believe that anything Christmas shouldn't start until at least the day after Thanksgiving. That's fine for you, but as has been pointed out, plenty of stores and radio stations are on Christmas, not to mention new holiday music is out, so there is no reason it can't be discusses here. Just ignore the thread for another couple of weeks.
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Post by tryexp on Nov 11, 2017 16:15:04 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 11, 2017 18:36:50 GMT -5
Kind of a random pairing, but I'm here for it, lol. It'd be nice if this got some airplay this holiday season on country radio, though her team is a mess so who knows.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 11, 2017 23:33:56 GMT -5
Labels always release Christmas songs to radio this early. Some do it in late October. The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas day only lasts a month and they want to expose the songs to as many people as possible and they don't really promote them, so why not? There's still interest for them and the few weeks release before Thanksgiving doesn't bother me.
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Post by recordyear on Nov 11, 2017 23:38:58 GMT -5
I am surprised no one has posted this yet.
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Post by slowmo on Nov 12, 2017 21:17:37 GMT -5
I don't think I want to hear that Shania/Jonas song again, once was enough.
I'm actually impressed with Luke's O Holy Night. I didn't think he had that in him.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 12, 2017 21:22:01 GMT -5
Mallary Hope has a new Christmas/Holiday song out at radio called, "Just A Baby (Mary's Song)". Listen on All Access.
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Post by Markus Meyer on Nov 13, 2017 15:24:10 GMT -5
Ooo I've always liked Mallary Hope so I'm really excited about that track!
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Post by BackwoodsBarbie on Nov 21, 2017 3:34:43 GMT -5
In today country Billboard update 3 Christmas songs appeared on country streaming songs chart... Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee #13 A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives #19 Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms #24
It's comforting to see that there is a lot of people who started to listen Christmas music in November like I did.
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Post by phil1996 on Nov 21, 2017 12:18:55 GMT -5
Chris Youngs rendition of O Holy Night has always been one of my favorites. That voice used to be so damn good.
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