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Originally posted by Celebrate
idk how Blake did it, but he just surpassed Thomas Rhett's Make Me Wanna to get the #1 on Mediabase today. LITERALLY Thomas Rhett had spins over Blake and was behind by .5 AI behind Blake.
Close race between them tbh
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Country songs are making spin and audience records since the panel switches. Also, Country Radio is pulling a "Wagon Wheel" with Sam Hunt. Darius Rucker was leading everyone in downloads and streams (except "Cruise") for two months before Country Radio finally caught up and moved the song to Number One. "Wagon Wheel" peaked on the hybrid Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart two months before finally reaching #1 at radio. The same thing is happening with "Take Your Time," just with no "Cruise" in the way.
Sam Hunt has led in sales and streaming for three weeks, as can be seen by its #1 spot on hybrid Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. Yet radio has only moved the song up to #12, both in spins and impressions, AND the song has strong call-out numbers. It seems to me if you have a song that is selling and streaming like crazy with awesome call out scores, like "Wagon Wheel" and "Take Your Time," you move those songs ahead of the others, keep them at #1 longer, and drop them slower.
But except for the biggest acts like Luke Bryan, FGL, Aldean, Shelton, and a few others, these red hot songs by rising artists are stuck moving slowly up the Country Airplay Chart, and then are rather rapidly replaced by a song that sells less, streams less, and performs less well on call outs. That method of operation just does not make any sense, as this is obviously not what the listeners want to hear. Country stations are playing their bigger hits more each week, but are not holding onto them as long as they did ten years ago, which makes no sense if the song continues to perform well.
Finally, the overly aggressive recurrency rules, while appropriate in 2005, are not necessary in 2015 either, as only "Drunk Last Night" and "Play It Again" spent six or more weeks in the Top 15 after falling out of the #1 spot. This hurts the biggest songs on the year end rankings on the Airplay-only Charts.
omg
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