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Post by austin on Apr 13, 2020 8:10:02 GMT -5
What are we thinking for next single? I’d vote for Somebody Else’s Problem. I honestly think "In My Veins" would be the best follow-up to this song because of the uptempo and very catchy melody. Also because I don't hear anything special about "Somebody Else's Problem" but given the fact that it got the live performance on Vevo and it at least as of right now has the most views sans "The Other Side" (love that song but it should not go to country radio) on YouTube I think you are right it will be the next single. That being said I don't see UMG letting go of this song til the bitter end and seeing this song at least lasting til June if not probably July The Other Side is absolutely beautiful and I actually wish it had been released instead of this song. I wouldn't be mad if it was the single, but Somebody Else's Problem is my favorite on the EP and I would love to root for it on the charts.
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Post by jab820 on Apr 13, 2020 11:37:22 GMT -5
I agree that there is no chance UMG lets go of this song... It mustered quite the initial showing (#6 overall iTunes, biggest add date ever, good streaming) and like previously mentioned is obviously connecting with people once they listen to it. A Top 30 song alongside "One Beer" (which is looking to go top 10 at least) is still a win as far as I'm concerned. Not to mention it would be idiotic of Dustin Lynch and Chris Young to not release the duets at some point; they've connected better than both of their respective current singles.
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Post by raylatch98 on Apr 26, 2020 21:15:56 GMT -5
Sets a new peak of #36 on Mediabase tonight moving up 3 spots from last week. Still unsure how much higher this can get (only has gained 12 spins and 217k in audience the past two weeks) but I am gonna continue to remain optimistic that somehow this song can hang on and at least peak in the Top 30.
One of my local stations played this morning when I was waking up and it sounded so good to hear not to mention actually hearing it not overnight or at best 10:30 at night.
Also decided to do on Mediabase a comparison 29 weeks after add date how this and "Doin Fine" were doing
"Doin Fine" Position #43 Spins: 854 Audience: 3.162 "Getting Good" Position #36 Spins: 984 Audience: 2.926
So this song is at least mostly outpacing that song so hopefully with some luck Lauren Alaina can at least get another Top 30 with this one.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 26, 2020 22:23:37 GMT -5
The audience total remains really low for this one compared to all the songs around it, which I think could be good because there's a lot of growth potential since it means the majority of its spins are still buried overnight. So even though this one is moving suuuuuper slow, it's burning through a lot of weeks with few people hearing it, and could still have a shot at taking off later like a lot of songs we're seeing lately that barely do anything until reaching the top 30.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 16, 2020 13:37:00 GMT -5
Despite the fact this song is not exactly close to it's #36 peak on Mediabase (tomorrow night Lauren Alaina should be at #38) this song has begun to gain some momentum the last few weeks as the last 20 days on Mediabase this song has gained 152 spins and 615k in audience.
With no immediate threats behind Lauren Alaina (maybe Brett Eldredge) and a decent chunk of songs I see in probable freefall within the next few weeks (singles from Eric Church, Michael Ray, Chase Rice, Jon Langston, and Gone West are all looking weak overall not to mention on Mediabase already freefalling singles from Thomas Rhett and Blake Shelton). I do think maybe by the end of June this could be knocking on the Top 30 on Mediabase and this song is the female song that is benefiting a decent amount from singles from Gabby Barrett and Ingrid Andress being done as it seems to have finally found some footing in the Top 40.
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Post by Juanca on May 16, 2020 13:53:10 GMT -5
That’d be great. About time this moves forward. Geez. How about billboard? And isn’t she featured in a song under rotation? Or not yet?
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Post by raylatch98 on May 16, 2020 15:19:47 GMT -5
That’d be great. About time this moves forward. Geez. How about billboard? And isn’t she featured in a song under rotation? Or not yet? She is featured on HARDY and his single "One Beer" but that is actually ahead of "Getting Good" In regards to Billboard, she managed to re-peak at #42 on the chart last week. However I imagine she is probably going to stay put at #42 as no one ahead of her looks to go recurrent, maybe Michael Ray goes recurrent and she can pass Chris Lane who is really doing nothing this week.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on May 22, 2020 18:33:17 GMT -5
Looks like Lauren's list of features isn't just limited to being the female voice on a country duet. She's got a Jesus Jam with one of my new favorite artists, Riley Clemmons!
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Post by recordyear on May 22, 2020 19:35:21 GMT -5
Looks like Lauren's list of features isn't just limited to being the female voice on a country duet. She's got a Jesus Jam with one of my new favorite artists, Riley Clemmons! Also
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 22, 2020 20:04:56 GMT -5
Her management definitely works harder than her label it seems.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 22, 2020 20:44:29 GMT -5
Out of every new female artist to try and breakthrough in the last 5 years or so it is beyond infuriating that Lauren Alaina hasn't at least gotten Carly Pearce treatment. She connects decently well (this song despite barely being Top 40, the music video has 3.4 million views on YouTube which is really impressive) given her lack of airplay. The amount of artists that want to collaborate with her or have her on a song is nothing like I have seen before and gives the hint that a lot of artists in the country music industry really want her to succeed so it is beyond frustrating that country radio just seems to not let her see much success since "Road Less Traveled". At least with a female artist like say Brooke Eden or Danielle Bradbery I am not as enraged since they are not as sought out by other artists like Lauren Alaina is. More than almost any other artist it seems like Lauren Alaina has all the ingredients to succeed but country radio never seems willing to flip the switch and let her succeed.
On the bright side all these collaborations probably will help keep Lauren Alaina on her label for a while longer, since despite lacking radio success she is still a decently enough established name in the genre with all the collaborations.
Also she did a live cover of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" with King Calaway and she sounds amazing.
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Post by jab820 on May 22, 2020 22:21:53 GMT -5
To add to Lauren's recent features... I've never heard of this artist, and by the looks of Spotify monthly listeners (1.4M) he must be a new pop (?) artist. Her voice sounds amazing on a straight-up pop song, which I don't think we've ever heard before.
I mentioned this in the "Artists we thought would be bigger" thread in the Non-singles section, but it is amazing how Lauren seems simultaneously old and new. She has been a decently sized-ish name in the genre for almost a decade and yet she feels brand new. I will forever hold on to hope that she will break out. Granted, it would be her THIRD time breaking out (Idol, Road Less Traveled) but I'm talking about legitimately breaking out. I am just glad she is around and fairly consistently putting out content.
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Post by Elusive Chanteuse on May 23, 2020 3:22:23 GMT -5
I‘ve wanted success for Lauren so long and it is frustrating to see her start again at square one after Road Less Travelled hit #1. I honestly kind of blame Doin’ Fine. I think it was a grave mistake that led her straight back to the start imo. It was too safe and not memorable enough. Lauren should’ve went with something stronger like Three. I remember many radio DJs/stations talking about how much they loved the song and I do think that was a missed opportunity. Going forward, Lauren and her team need to stick to making wise single choices, avoiding any potential blunders.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 23, 2020 7:59:22 GMT -5
I‘ve wanted success for Lauren so long and it is frustrating to see her start again at square one after Road Less Travelled hit #1. I honestly kind of blame Doin’ Fine. I think it was a grave mistake that led her straight back to the start imo. It was too safe and not memorable enough. Lauren should’ve went with something stronger like Three. I remember many radio DJs/stations talking about how much they loved the song and I do think that was a missed opportunity. Going forward, Lauren and her team need to stick to making wise single choices, avoiding any potential blunders. Weird thing is I remember the label sending out "Doin Fine", "Three", "Queen of Hearts", and I think "My Kinda People" on a Rate The Music survey to gouge out what song would be the best follow up to "Road Less Traveled". However that being said I have always thought "Three" was the single choice to make as it was a very high risk but very high reward if so as it did seem to connect pretty well (the performance video for it has over a million views on YouTube despite pretty much no airplay).
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Post by austin on May 23, 2020 8:56:54 GMT -5
Doin’ Fine is horrible after the great opening line. It was a huge mistake to release that second as the chorus wasn’t catchy. I think Three was a way better song but Queen of Hearts was more radio ready.
I have no idea why Ladies in the 90s stalled where it did but this one struggling is no surprise. An OK song sure but even The Other Side would work better as a single.
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Post by darko on May 23, 2020 10:48:59 GMT -5
I‘ve wanted success for Lauren so long and it is frustrating to see her start again at square one after Road Less Travelled hit #1. I honestly kind of blame Doin’ Fine. I think it was a grave mistake that led her straight back to the start imo. It was too safe and not memorable enough. Lauren should’ve went with something stronger like Three. I remember many radio DJs/stations talking about how much they loved the song and I do think that was a missed opportunity. Going forward, Lauren and her team need to stick to making wise single choices, avoiding any potential blunders. Weird thing is I remember the label sending out "Doin Fine", "Three", "Queen of Hearts", and I think "My Kinda People" on a Rate The Music survey to gouge out what song would be the best follow up to "Road Less Traveled". However that being said I have always thought "Three" was the single choice to make as it was a very high risk but very high reward if so as it did seem to connect pretty well (the performance video for it has over a million views on YouTube despite pretty much no airplay).
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Post by darko on May 23, 2020 11:04:03 GMT -5
It has seemed to me Lauren or her label has tried to carve out an spot in radio with song that have some deeper meaning then the more run of the mill broken heart revenge songs. To my mind she or they have missed with so many radio friendly songs like Queen of Hearts. I do not think radio would have ever played Three just like they will never play Mickeys What are you going to tell her. What they say at CRS is not what they do when they get home. I hope after getting good they go with something like In my Veins or one that hasn’t been releases yet but is so radio friendly If I was my best friend. All that said I think despite her lack of radio success she is actually as successful or even more so then Carly in terms of where she now sits in placement at festivals. she in general is placed higher then Carly. Her collaborations keep her own radio play down after one beer it’s possible Dustin Lynch will release their song and maybe even Chris Young. Her manager is tenacious I think at some point she’ll find a way to get Lauren to reach that next level.
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Post by lipe on May 23, 2020 11:26:24 GMT -5
I think now that Doin' Fine struggled it's easy to say it wasn't the right choice. Not saying you guys didn't feel that way since the beginning, but I know most people didn't. It was the choice that most fans were expecting. I don't think it wouldn't be a hit because it's 'too safe' and I don't think it was the time for a risky choice at all. I don't know the reasons why it didn't work out, just like I don't know why LIT90s, Next Boyfriend and others struggled that hard... country radio sucks? lol. But I just don't know if Three, Queen of Hearts, or other options would become hits at that point, because like I said, most people saw Doin' Fine as the right pick.
But while I did see other good options on Road Less Traveled, with this EP I'm just not sure... While I love Somebody Else's Problem & In My Veins, I don't think they stand out for country radio. The Other Side is one of her best but again, I just don't think it belongs to country radio, and I wouldn't have picked it instead of Getting Good. So I'd want her to release a new song whenever this is done. -
Talking about the collaborations, I'm so here for them! She has released like 10 collaborations on the last 3 years and I like most. And now she's getting some non-country collaborations too, like the christian song with Riley Clemmons and whatever that Breland song is (it's labeled as 'country' but definitely not). But I actually like it.
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Post by austin on May 24, 2020 11:14:00 GMT -5
I think now that Doin' Fine struggled it's easy to say it wasn't the right choice. Not saying you guys didn't feel that way since the beginning, but I know most people didn't. It was the choice that most fans were expecting. I don't think it wouldn't be a hit because it's 'too safe' and I don't think it was the time for a risky choice at all. I don't know the reasons why it didn't work out, just like I don't know why LIT90s, Next Boyfriend and others struggled that hard... country radio sucks? lol. But I just don't know if Three, Queen of Hearts, or other options would become hits at that point, because like I said, most people saw Doin' Fine as the right pick. I know what you mean, I was the only one on the board I think saying "Doin' Fine" was going to flop from Day 1. It doesn't stick in your head and wasn't different enough to stand out. Radio doesn't like her as much as a few of the other female artists, for whatever reason.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 24, 2020 20:46:14 GMT -5
Well regardless Lauren Alaina is up another spot to #37 gaining 24 spins and 70k in audience. Looking at next week I do think Lauren Alaina stands a good chance of setting a new peak on Mediabase as no one behind her is an immediate threat, and both Michael Ray and Thomas Rhett are set to go recurrent this time next week. I am just happy to see this song still chugging along slowly but surely.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 31, 2020 20:54:54 GMT -5
Well regardless Lauren Alaina is up another spot to #37 gaining 24 spins and 70k in audience. Looking at next week I do think Lauren Alaina stands a good chance of setting a new peak on Mediabase as no one behind her is an immediate threat, and both Michael Ray and Thomas Rhett are set to go recurrent this time next week. I am just happy to see this song still chugging along slowly but surely. Sure enough "Getting Good" does set a new peak on Mediabase as Lauren Alaina moves up 2 spots to #35 officially tying previous single "Ladies In The 90s" for Mediabase peak. This week Lauren Alaina gained 15 spins and 436k in audience this week (provided 353k of that is from W1HC aka Westwood One so it won't translate to Billboard). Also interesting to note that at least position wise "Getting Good" is in the exact same position on Mediabase "After A Few" after how many weeks ago it went for adds (34 weeks ago). Kind of sad though that "Getting Good" is having such a slow go at it as the music video on YouTube has more likes and around the same views (3.5 million views and over 37,000 likes) like other marathon chart climbs like the aforementioned "After A Few" (3.5 million views and 21,000 likes), "In Between" (2.8 million views, and 18,000 likes) and "One Big Country Song" (750,000 views and 5,800 likes). It is highly unrealistic but hopefully with all 3 of Travis Denning, LoCash, and Scotty McCreery all projected to have 60+ week chart climbs and in Travis Denning's case being promoted at country radio for 70 weeks, I hope "Getting Good" can last that long and hopefully have a Top 25 to Top 20 finish.
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Post by jab820 on Jun 3, 2020 12:17:49 GMT -5
Officially matches both peaks of "Ladies in the 90s" with #40 on BB and #35 on MB. It is frustrating that those are the peaks of those two songs, because they both feel like such unique hits. I will say it does feel like this one has a lot more steam left in it, though.
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Post by Juanca on Jun 3, 2020 22:00:06 GMT -5
Hopefully this continues to increase! Ladies... like Next... were good enough to get a higher peak. I hope this reaches top 20
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Post by raylatch98 on Jun 7, 2020 20:42:48 GMT -5
Another week, another new peak on Mediabase for Lauren Alaina as “Getting Good” nudges up another spot to #34 officially out peaking her last single “Ladies In The 90s” as she gains 29 spins and only lost a small 34k on the chart.
Assuming she can hold off the songs below her (which I do think is doable since besides Lady Antebellum none of the songs below Lauren Alaina appear to be an immediate threat on the chart) he should move up to #33 next week when Eric Church goes recurrent, that and singles from both Jon Langston and Midland are looking a little bit weaker than she is. I don't know if that will happen this week, but I am hopeful this can finally start gaining some conversions on the chart since it is starting to close in on the top 30 at least on Mediabase.
Lastly an interesting thing I found on Twitter a couple days ago in regards to this song
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 8, 2020 0:25:01 GMT -5
I was thinking streams for this had to be outpacing the sales because its Hot Country Songs peak has been quite a bit higher than its Airplay chart peak for awhile, but its iTunes position has never been anything to write home about. That's good at least. I hope she can keep slowly moving up.
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Post by Juanca on Jun 8, 2020 1:22:12 GMT -5
Great news on streaming! And good to see this reach a new peak in media base Hope it also gets a new peak in billboard soon
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Post by jab820 on Jun 13, 2020 17:00:21 GMT -5
It looks like this might inch its way to #33 this week, but it still has such a low overall audience in comparison to all the songs around it. I wonder if KKBQ has added it yet... it doesn't show up in their top 50 at all. That specific station along with other stations shifting this from overnight rotation will really help this song go.
This is starting to feel like "Doin' Fine" which took forever to hit top 40, but once it did, it sailed through the 30s fairly smoothly until stalling at #25. I hope we don't see the same finish here.
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Post by raylatch98 on Jun 13, 2020 17:23:38 GMT -5
It looks like this might inch its way to #33 this week, but it still has such a low overall audience in comparison to all the songs around it. I wonder if KKBQ has added it yet... it doesn't show up in their top 50 at all. That specific station along with other stations shifting this from overnight rotation will really help this song go. This is starting to feel like "Doin' Fine" which took forever to hit top 40, but once it did, it sailed through the 30s fairly smoothly until stalling at #25. I hope we don't see the same finish here. KKBQ has added it but they only play it anywhere from 2 to at most 5 times a week mostly in overnight spins with maybe 1 evening spin. It is honestly rage inducing since if some of these bigger stations (Westwood One, KKBQ, KKGO, WNSH) would both just add the song and play it at a decent rate I think this song could semi take off in audience as most of it's spin leaders show a net positive and the bullet is not bad today as it is at a fairly healthy 88. At least the low audience probably still means low familiarity, so hopefully if this can reach the callout like "Die From A Broken Heart" it will hopefully pose some good numbers but it is so annoying this song is taking this long. Also I am so annoyed none of my stations play this song (I live in Michigan and the only one that does is WBCT but they play that at either 10pm to midnight or right before 5am). Country radio get it through your skulls that Lauren Alaina is a star, her songs stream very well, many other artists want to collaborate with her and she has been in the industry for 9 years now, and has only 2 #1s to show for it one of which was a collaboration. ("Doin Fine" peaked at #24 on Mediabase)
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Post by bdrm87 on Jun 14, 2020 0:55:52 GMT -5
It’s beyond frustrating to see her singles struggle so much on the charts. She’s a big name in the industry for all the reasons mentioned above, and there’s really no reason she shouldn’t be able to at least match what Carly has been able to do. This song has proven it can sell and stream when people have the chance to hear it, and I just hope stations are willing to give it that chance in the coming weeks.
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Post by Tylerjamesnerd on Jun 14, 2020 22:27:35 GMT -5
I think call out scores will definitely help this song along, as long as their good of course.
I think radio has made it pretty clear with all her previous solo singles that their not that intristed in her material. Which happens for female artists on country, way more than it should.
Road less traveled to me was a special case and I dont really give it credit for breaking her through. It was the iheart radio pick for OTV and got deal plays until radio pushed it to the top. So I would have to disagree and say shes not a big name in the industry. Hopefully radio can get behind her and this song though.
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