Pulse Country Top 50 -Weekly voting due each SAT 12AM EST
Jun 30, 2024 18:02:10 GMT -5
Post by castleoblivion26 on Jun 30, 2024 18:02:10 GMT -5
LABEL RULES:
Points will be given as 18, 10, 8, 6, and 3 for label points.
Labels will be allowed to sign 3 artist to a long term contract. With a long-term contract an artist is signed to that label for as many albums as the label head wants.
The labels can sign 2 additional artist to short-term contracts. These artist will only get 1 album and then will be retired.
Labels can sign any combination of 2 Female Artist, 2 Male Artist, and 2 Groups/Duos, with a max of 5 artist signed. If a label wants to sign 2 female artist and 1 male artist to a long-term contract then they can.
Going forward feel free to vote on what the next single for each artist should be right in thread.
Polls are still available on the website and you can also send me a PM to vote as well.
Please note if you want to change your Long-Term Artist or Short-Term Artist.
*CONTRACTS AND UNSIGNED*
FEMALE ARTIST | MALE ARTIST | GROUPS/DUOS | |
castleoblivion26 | **Jo Dee Messina (1)** **Patty Loveless (2)** | Chuck Wicks (2) Collin Raye (4) | **The Wilkinsons (2)** |
bboat11 | **Martina McBride (2)** **Reba McEntire (2)** | George Strait (2)** | Maddie & Tae (6) |
austin | **Shania Twain (2)** Taylor Swift (3)** | Thomas Rhett (3) | **SHeDAISY (2)** |
.indulgecountry | **Sara Evans (3)** **Miranda Lambert (2)** | Brett Young (6) | **Joey + Rory (5)** Runaway June (1) |
SHOOTER | Carrie Underwood (4) **Kacey Musgraves (2)** | **Dierks Bentley (5)** | **Brothers Osborne (4)** |
Kanenrá:ke | Kellie Coffey (3) **Terri Clark (2)** | **Alan Jackson (2)** Marcel (1) | **The Chicks (3)** |
🌺CountryLineDancer | **Carly Pearce (2)** Cassadee Pope (5) Madeline Merlo (5) | **Keith Urban (1)** | Emerson Drive (1) |
smissy13 | **Jamie O'Neal (6)** **Deana Carter (4)** | **Kip Moore (1)** | Brooks & Dunn (1) Montgomery Gentry (2) |
kluen | Lauren Alaina (4) **Lee Ann Womack (3)** | **Parker McCollum (1)** | The Band Perry (2) **The Judds (1)** |
UNSIGNED | Alecia Elliott (4) Ashley McBryde (2) Faith Hill (3) Kelsea Ballerini (1) Rebecca Lynn Howard (1) | Brad Paisley (2) Randy Houser (2) Walker Hayes (1) | Gloriana (1) Rascal Flatts (2) Restless Heart (2) |
** = Long Term Contract
**LONG-TERM ARTIST NEXT ALBUMS**
**The negative votes are there to ensure that the chart is constantly changing and new songs are being introduced all the time**
LABEL HEAD | ARTIST | NEXT ALBUM | SINGLES | Current Album Single # |
castleoblivion26 | Jo Dee Messina | Jo Dee Messina | "Heads Carolina, Tails California" "Let It Go" "You're Not In Kansas Anymore" | 1 |
Patty Loveless | The Trouble With The Truth | "She Drew A Broken Heart" "Lonely Too Long" "You Can Feel Bad" | 2 | |
The Wilkinsons | Highway | "L.A." "Little Girl" "Human" | 2 | |
bboat11 | Martina McBride | NONE | NONE | 1 |
Reba McEntire | NONE | NONE | 2 | |
George Strait | NONE | NONE | 2 | |
austin | Shania Twain | NONE | NONE | 2 |
Taylor Swift | Speak Now | "Sparks Fly" | 4 | |
SHeDAISY | NONE | NONE | 1 | |
.indulgecountry | Sara Evans | NONE | NONE | 1 |
Miranda Lambert | NONE | NONE | 2 | |
Joey + Rory | NONE | NONE | 2 | |
SHOOTER | Kacey Musgraves | NONE | NONE | 2 |
Dierks Bentley | NONE | NONE | 5 | |
Brothers Osborne | NONE | NONE | 4 | |
Kanenrá:ke | Terri Clark | NONE | NONE | 2 |
The Chicks | NONE | NONE | 2 | |
Alan Jackson | NONE | NONE | 2 | |
🌺CountryLineDancer | Carly Pearce | NONE | NONE | 2 |
Keith Urban | NONE | NONE | 1 | |
smissy13 | Deana Carter | NONE | NONE | 4 |
Jamie O'Neal | Sometimes | "Closer To Closure" | 5 | |
Kip Moore | NONE | NONE | 6* | |
kluen | Lee Ann Womack | NONE | NONE | 3 |
Parker McCollum | NONE | NONE | 2 | |
The Judds | NONE | NONE | 1 |
Negative Points Earned | NEGATIVE POINTS RULES (Negative Points are Permanant) | |
Hit #1 | -1, -2, etc | first week at #1 will earn 1 negative points, 2nd week at #1 it will gain -2 points, 3rd week will gain -3 points, etc |
Former #1 | -6 | Once a song vacates the #1 spot it'll gain 6 negative points until it is retired |
Top 10 | -1 | Each song that makes the top 10 receives -1 each week until retired |
Received No Votes | -1 | A song gains -1 point whenever it doesn't receive any votes |
Week 13+ | -1, -2, etc | Once a song hits 13 weeks old it'll gain -1 point, week 14 it'll gain -2 points, week 15 will gain -3 points, etc |
Stays Still | -1 | If a song stays still at all it'll gain -1 point |
Moves Down | -1, -2, etc | moves down 1 spot gains -2, moves down 2 spots gains -3, etc |
Falling Outside the Top 5 | -6 | If a song falls below the Top 5 it'll gain 5 negative points each week it does not return to the top 5 |
Falling Outside the Top 10 | -5 | If a song falls below the Top 10 it'll gain 4 negative points each week it does not return to the top 10 |
Falling Outside the Top 20 | -4 | If a song falls below the top 20 it'll gain 3 negative points each week it does not return to the top 20 |
Falling Outside The Top 30 | -3 | If a song falls out of the Top 30 it'll gain 2 negative points each week it does not return to the top 30 |
Falling Outside the Top 40 | -2 | If a song falls out of the top 40 it gains 1 negative point each week it does not return to the top 40 |
Falling Outside the Top 50 | -1 | If a song falls out of the Top 50 it gains 1 negative point each week it does not return to the top 50 |
Non-Charted 3-Weeks | -1 | Once a song that hasn't charted hits 3 weeks old it'll begin to earn 1 negative point each week |
RETIREMENT RULES | ||
#1 Songs Retired | -20 | A #1 song will retire once it has received 20 negative points |
-30 Threshold | -30 | Once a song has earned -30 points it is retired that week regardless of placement, other than #1 |
2 Weeks No Votes | Once a song has gone 2 weeks with no votes at all they will be retired that 2nd week | |
Stays Still 3 Weeks Straight | if a song stalls in one position for 3 weeks, on its 3rd week it is retired then and there. regardless of how old or young the song is | |
Falls for 3 Weeks Straight | Anytime a song drops at least 1 spot for 3 weeks in a row will be retired immediately | |
Falls Out of the Top 40 | Songs that fall out of the Top 40 need to return the following week or they are retired | |
Falls out of the Top 50 | Songs that fall out of the Top 50 and are younger than 5 weeks old will have 1 grace week to return. Songs that are older than 5 weeks will be retired immediately | |
Weeks Scaling | A song that has not reached the Top 40 by week 10 will be retired that week if it doesn't move +2, Guaranteed retired if still not Top 40 after week 11. A song that has not reached the Top 30 by week 15 will be retired that week if it doesn't move #2, Guaranteed retired if still not Top 30 after week 16. | |
Unable To Chart | If a song fails to enter the top 50 by week 5 it'll be retired |
**The negative votes are there to ensure that the chart is constantly changing and new songs are being introduced all the time**