Country Billboard Chart
News December 19, 2013
In Brief: Billboard Country Charts
Country Album Chart ** No. 1
(3 weeks) ** Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades
of Influences Garth Brooks
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (3
weeks) ** “Stay” Florida Georgia Line
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** “Drunk Last Night” Eli Young Band
Country Digital Songs **
No.1 (2 weeks) ** “Drink A Beer” Luke
Bryan
Billboard Top
200 / Country Album Chart News
After only three
days on sale, Beyonce's new
self-titled album has broken the U.S. iTunes Store's record for the largest
sales week for an album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (BB200). It sold
617,319 downloads through the close
of business on Sunday, Dec. 15. The 14-song set additionally comes with 18
videos. Fourteen of those are for each of the album's songs.
"Beyonce"
breaks the previous one-week iTunes record, set by Taylor Swift's "Red" when it sold 465,000 (seven days of
sales in its first tracking week) in the week ending Oct. 28, 2012. (The
digital version of "Red" was exclusively sold through iTunes for its
first week.
Beyonce
displaced last week's No.1 album, Garth Brooks' Walmart-exclusive box set "Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of
Influences," which slipped to No. 2 with 171,508 copies sold (up 17%) and held at #1 on Billboard Top Country Albums for the third week. It's Brooks'
longest-running #1 album on the country chart since "Scarecrow" held
tight for seven weeks in 2001-2002.This marks the first time the top two albums
in the US are both exclusive to just one retailer.
At No. 3 this
week on the BB200 is Kelly Clarkson's holiday album WRAPPED IN RED holds firm with
136,016 sales (up 21%, 7 weeks total 577,769)
The singer's NBC TV special, "Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music
Tale," aired during the tracking week (Dec. 11), and earned 5.3 million
viewers..
"Wrapped In
Red" has a narrow lead over The Robertsons' "Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" , 5-6 BB200 (#2
Country) as the best-selling holiday album of 2013. "Wrapped" has sold
9,000 more than "Duck."
Zac Brown Band's The
Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1 debuted at #25 on the BB200 (#5 Country) with sales
of 26,707 copies.
Dave Grohl
produced the EP…Neil Young's "Live At The Cellar Door" also debuted
at #28. The new 4 track set, exclusive to iTunes, was released independently (unlike their previous titles, which
were sold through Atlantic Records).
Critical
reception for “The Grohl Sessions, Vol 1” – 4 songs
Roughstock (Rating: 4.5 STARS) With
The Grohl Sessions, Vol 1 Zac Brown Band offer fans a unique musical
partnership with Foo Fighers frontman Dave Grohl, who coincidently also was the
drummer for iconic band Nirvana.... The Grohl Sessions, Vol 1 features four tracks
written and produced with Dave Grohl. The songs fit well within the recent Zac
Brown Band albums likeUncaged and You Get What You Give and showcase the ever
growing ban’s musicality. “All Alright” could be a massive soul/country hit for
the group if it were to be released to radio while “The Muse” has both great
melodies and strong storytelling. The tune people will notice the most here is
CMA Awards performed “Day For The Dead,” a song which features some stunning
virtuosic performances from the band, Dave Grohl (on drums) and an a cappella
vocal break-down worth of “The Sing Off” or bands like Pentatonix. This EP is
the first in a series of EPs with Grohl and is well worth your time and a
fantastic addition to the group’s catalog.
Country Weekly (Rating: A) With no
disrespect to Zac Brown or his group’s regular producer, Keith Stegall, but
maybe the Zac Brown Band should have grunge pioneer and modern-rock warrior
Dave Grohl produce all of their albums. The Foo Fighters’ leader stepped behind
the console to oversee this four-song EP and the results are breathtaking. ZBB
has never sounded as energized or as fierce. Not that the band’s past efforts
and hit singles are dull—it’s simply that the songs on The Grohl Sessions are
so full of life, especially “Day for the Dead,” which Zac and his mates
performed with Dave Grohl at this year’s CMA Awards.
The group’s signature harmonies feel
especially elevated on the track, and its creepy breakdown, with Zac bassist
John Driskell Hopkins intoning Who says you can’t go back?, is a bit of voodoo
magic. Grohl, the onetime drummer for Nirvana, mans the kit on “Let It Rain,”
adding a little extra oomph to a cascading anthem, but otherwise his work is in
pulling the strings behind the scenes, which, in this case, is right where he
belongs.
Soundtrack,
"Nashville: The Music of Nashville:
Season 2, Volume 1 made a debut at No.34 with sales of 17,621.
It's the third "Nashville" TV soundtrack to
chart. It follows two volumes from the first season, released in 2012 and 2013.
The first, "Season 1: Volume 1," debuted and peaked at No. 14 (from a
59,000 start), while the "Season 1: Volume 2" set bowed and peaked at
No. 13 (27,000 in its first week).
Music of
Nashville: Season 2, Vol. 1 was released on Dec. 10 with a Feb 14, 2014 date
drop for the UK. Produced by Buddy Miller, who also serves as Nashville's
executive music producer, it spotlights the voices of cast members Connie
Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson, Clare Bowen, Sam
Palladio, Chris Carmack, sisters Lennon and Maisy Stella, Aubrey Peeples,
Chaley Rose and Will Chase.
Critical reception for
“Nashville: The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 1” –
Allmusic (Rating: 3.5 STARS) Buddy Miller took over the role of executive music producer for the
musical ABC drama Nashville from T-Bone Burnett for season two, and is the
in-studio producer for much of what's included on this first volume. Burnett's
not missed. Arguably, Miller's song choices are stronger because most of these
performances reflect the show better than Burnett's idiosyncratic choices. As a
whole, this set is more diverse than either of its predecessors and at least as
consistent. The highlights from the series' veterans include Lennon & Maisy
Stella's "Life Is Good," and "Share with You," which are
redolent of historical country music tunes; though they're presented in a
contemporary setting, their harmonies are timeless. The other nod to county's
storied past is in Charley Rose's excellent a cappella version of
"Wayfaring Stranger." Jonathan Jackson's youthful reading of Mary
Gauthier's and Gretchen Peters' "How You Learn to Live Alone" is one
of the finest ballads on the set,
equaled only perhaps by Clare Bowen's and Sam
Palladio's version of Kim Richey's and Angelo Petraglia's "Why Can't I Say
Goodnight?" Speaking of Palladio, his reading of Matthew Perryman Jones'
and Lily Costner's "Just Can't Get It Right" reflects the teeming,
talented Nashville underground, with its swirling, minor-key melody adorned by
accordion, banjo, mandolin, and slithering electric guitar by Colin Linden --
Costner delivers the harmony vocal to boot. There are a number of solid rockers
in the contemporary country vein, too: Connie Britton's and Luke Chase's
swaggering "Ball and Chain" could be a single on country radio, as
could Chris Carmack's stomping set-opener "What If I Was Willing?"
Hayden Panettiere's "Trouble Is," a sheeny bit of contemporary
country, is more in keeping with the music from the beginning of season one,
though her duet with Carmack on set-closer "Can't Say No to You" is
much tougher. Charles Esten steps out a with a bumping modern rockabilly number
on "Playin' Tricks" (with smoking electric guitar from Linden). The
only complaint here is that there isn't enough Britton (but to be fair on this
point, her character spent half the season without her singing voice). As
evidenced by this first volume from season two, Nashville is a series that
keeps on giving, both on and off the screen.
Associated Press - Like the rare, maybe
mythical man who only reads Playboy for the articles, some must surely claim to
watch "Nashville" solely for the music. That's no crime — those who
aren't much for sudsy nighttime soaps would do well to check out the ABC show's
songs on "The Music of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 2, Volume 1."
While the storylines strain credulity, these sonic underpinnings hold the show
together — as should be the case with a series set and filmed in Music City.
The actors sing their own parts, and the
leads, Hayden Panettiere and Connie Britton, do fine jobs at the mic. Yet the true
revelations are found in the musical chops of others, such as Clare Bowen and
Sam Palladio. "The Music of Nashville" runs the gamut from the slick
and sassy ("Can't Say No to You," ''Trouble Is") to tender,
deeper cuts ("Why Can't I Say Goodnight," ''This Town"). Still,
less can be more: The acoustic, demo-like take of "Ball and Chain"
sung by Palladio and Bowen on the show is preferable to the Stetson and
rhinestone-laden version on the soundtrack by Britton and Will Chase.
Overall, this collection has many hooks
worth a listen — and could hook a few more viewers who might typically forgo
froth on TV.
Country act Parmalee
with FEELS LIKE CAROLINA made their album debut landing at No. 46 (#10 Country) with
sales of some 14,000 copies.
The group recently celebrated its first No. 1 on
the Country Airplay and Mediabase charts chart with the album's single
"Carolina."
This four-piece
band says their 12-song debut was inspired by their lives and journey to
Nashville over the last few years, including a 2010 armed robbery that nearly
turned fatal for drummer Scott Thomas. "Every experience over the last few
years – both positive and negative – has helped to mold the songs on Feels Like
Carolina," says vocalist Matt Thomas.
Critical reception for “Feels Like Carolina” :
12 Tracks/ Time: 40:29 CD - Amazon.com - US iTunes
GAC - Country rock group
Parmalee’s debut album, Feels Like Carolina, pounds to the blue-collar sound of
a young band establishing themselves in a continually diverse format... Like a
Southern fried AC/DC, the opener “Musta Had A Good Time” erupts to thick riffs
and an infectious hook while a morning-after storyline tries to recollect
exactly what happened the night before.... Whether it’s the rhythm and lead
guitar interplay of the nostalgic “Back In The Day,” or the steady, locked in
beat of the Luke Bryan-tinged love song “Close Your Eyes,” the chemistry of a
tight group of musicians comes through with an electric buzz.
With songs like “I’ll Bring The Music,”
which then urges others to bring the beer, and the retro-beach highlight “Day
Drinkin’,” Feels Like Carolina makes sure the cooler is stocked.... Displaying
influences that range from Blake Shelton to ’80s hard rock acts like Mötley
Crüe, Parmalee successfully blurs the lines between country and rock. What sets
Parmalee apart, however, is that their chemistry as a band and authentic love
for both genres comes through with a powerful kick. Feels Like Carolina feels
really good as Parmalee holds a torch for a new brand of contemporary country
and Southern rock.
Roughstock - The album, which is named
after the breakout smash hit “Carolina,” features a dozen tracks which showcase
that whole brand of Modern Country Rock that has been gaining steam as of late
on Country radio. It’s the kind of album that can be enjoyed by fans of both
modern Country music and Modern Rock.... “Musta Had A Good Time” is the record
that showcases this new sound’s archetype with the band’s playing accented by
production from NV (Jason Aldean’s backing band and RedBow artist David
Fanning). Feels Like Carolina showcases a tight band with a strong ear for
melodies and lyrics which suit the same part of the genre which is also home to
Eric Church and Jason Aldean, among others.
Billboard Top 200 / Country Album
Placings
(Issue dated Chart week of December 21, 2013)
(Country Album positions #1 - #25)
Top 25 Hot Country Songs (week of December 21, 2013)
On Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart - which blends:
a)
All-format airplay, as monitored by BDS
b) Sales,
as tracked by Nielsen SoundScan and
c) Streaming,
(tracked by Nielsen BDS from such services as
Spotify, Muve, Slacker, Rhapsody, Rdio and Xbox Music, among others) according
to BDS it results in:
Florida Georgia Line claimed a third week at
No.1 on Hot Country Songs with “Stay” (Republic Nashville)
Top 25 Hot Country Songs:
Florida Georgia Line with “Stay” remains Top The Chart
Parmalee with “Carolina” is up 3
slots, #5 - #2 p
Luke Bryan with “Drink A Beer” is down one, #2 - #3 q
Eli Young Band with “Drunk Last Night” is down one, #3 - #4 q
David Nail with “Whatever She’s
Got” is up one, #6 - #5 p
Cassadee Pope with “Wasting All These Tears” is up three, #9 -6 p
Zac Brown Band with “Sweet Annie” jumps up five, #12 - #7 p
Cole Swindell with “Chillin’ It” moves up three, #11 - #8 p
Luke Bryan with former #1 “That’s My Kind Of Night” falls, #8 -
#9 q
Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert
with former No.1, drops, #4- #10 q
Joe Nichols with “Sunny
And 75” is down three, #4 - #7 q
Taylor Swift with “Red” is down two, #8 - #10 q
The Band Perry with “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely” is
up four, #15 - #11 p
Jason Aldean with “When She Says Baby” jumps up five, #17 - #12 p
Eric Paslay with “Friday Night” stays at #13
Darius Rucker with “Radio” is up two, #16 - #14 p
John Pardi with “Up All Night” moves up three, #18 - #15 p
Lady Antebellum with “Compass” is up three slots, #19 - #16 p
Blake Shelton with “Mine Would Be You” falls three, #14 - #17 q
Hunter Hayes featuring Jason Mraz with
“Everybody's Got Somebody But Me”, is up, #20 - #18 p
Scotty McCreery with “See You Tonight” is up five, #24 - #19 p
Frankie Ballard with “Helluva Life” moves up two, #22 - #20 p
Danielle Bradbery with “The Heart Of Dixie” is up five,
#26 - #21 p
Tim McGraw with “Southern Girl” is down one, #21 - #22 q
Eric Church with “The Outsiders" stays at #23
Dierks Bentley with “Hold On” is up one, #25 - #24 p
Dan + Shay with “You + Me” is up 2 places, #27 -
#25 p
Hot Country
Songs
** No.1 (3 weeks)
** “Stay” Florida Georgia Line
Billboard
Country Airplay Chart Week of December 27, 2013
Up 3-1 in its
27th chart week, Eli Young Band claimed its third leader on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Drunk Last Night” (Republic Nashville),
marking the group’s quickest chart-topping ascent.
The song, written by Josh
Osborne and Laura Veltz, was first released by July 1, 2013 and is the
GOLD-certified lead single from their forthcoming album with Taste of Country
raving, “the chorus and production breathe new life into the band’s sound”.
The
GOLD-certified lead single symbolizes a successful introduction to their
forthcoming album on Republic Nashville with Taste of Country raving, “the
chorus and production breathe new life into the band’s sound.”
EYB’s last
project, the critically-acclaimed LIFE AT BEST, scored back-to-back chart-toppers
with the Double Platinum smash “Crazy Girl” and PLATINUM hit “Even If It Breaks
Your Heart.” The former was also named Billboard’s 2011 #1 Country Song of the
Year and won the 2012 ACM Award Song of the Year while the latter was nominated
for GRAMMY Best Country Song, CMA Single of the Year, Song of the Year as well
as ACM Single of the Year and Song of the Year.
The band first
reached the summit in November 2011 with “Crazy Girl,” which needed 38 weeks to
peak, followed by “Even If It Breaks Your Heart,” which rang the top bell in
its 31st week in July 2012.
“Drunk Last
Night” logged 41.447 million audience impressions (+1.703) and received 6,277
radio plays (+299). Top local audience contributors during the Nielsen BDS
tracking week: KKBQ Houston (1.9
million impressions), KILT Houston
(1.3 million), KEEY Minneapolis (1.3
million), KCYY San Antonio (1.1
million) and KAJA San Antonio (1.1
million).
The new leader
replaces Parmalee’s “Carolina” (Stoney Creek) at No. 1—that’s the first time in
two years that one group (with more than two members) replaced another atop the
chart, which hasn’t happened since Zac Brown Band’s “Keep Me in Mind” followed
Lady Antebellum’s “We Owned the Night” on the chart dated Dec. 24, 2011.
David Nail landed his third top 10 on Country
Airplay with “Whatever She’s Got”
(MCA Nashville), which rose 13-10.
Nail’s prior top 10s include “Red Light,” which peaked at No.7 four years ago,
and “Let It Rain” (featuring Sarah Buxton), which spent one week atop the chart
last year.
Jason Aldean with “When She Says Baby” bagged the week’s “Most Increased Audience” honours with a 4.889 million audience gain and received 3,643 radio plays (up by 601)
.
Kip Moore’s “Young
Love” at No.29 took the “Most Added” applause receiving 1,019 radio plays
(+473) thanks to 42 new radio
commitments (ADDS)
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood made their first appearances in roughly
five years as a new duet titled “The
Call” (Pearl) made a bow at No.49. That’s the first entry for Brooks since
“Midnight Sun” peaked at No.36 in April 2008, and the first for Yearwood since
“They Call It Falling for a Reason” stopped at No.54 four months later. The new
track is from Brooks’ new boxed set, Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of
Influences.
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton open at No.57 with “You Can’t Make Old
Friends” (Warner Bros./WMN), marking the first Country Airplay chart appearance
for Rogers since “Calling Me” (featuring Don Henley) rose to No.53 in March
2007, and the first for Parton since “Jesus & Gravity” peaked at No.56 in
April 2008. The song is the title track from Rogers’ current album.
Country
Airplay
*** No. 1 (1
week)*** "Drunk Last Night" Eli Young Band
** Most
Increased Audience ** No.13 “When She Says Baby” Jason Aldean
** Most Added ** No.29 “Young Love” Kip Moore
** Hot Shot
Debut ** No.48 “Want Me Too” Charlie
Worsham
Debut No.49 “The
Call” Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
Debut No.54
“Keep Them Kisses Comin’” Craig Campbell
Debut No.57 “You
Can’t Make Old Friends” Kenny Rogers
duet with Dolly Parton
Billboard
Country Digital Singles Chart Week of December 27, 2013
Luke Bryan with “Drink A Beer” remained in the No.1 slot whilst previous hit “That’s My Kind Of Night” dropped 4-5.
Florida Georgia Line’s “Stay”
held at No.2 while Parmalee’s breakout hit “Carolina” made a 18-3 jump and was certified Gold this week after
passing the ½ million mark.
David Nail with “Whatever She’s Got” (3-4) also gained Gold-eligible.
Notable tracks
from USA The Voice TV show include: Cassadee Pope “Wasting
All These Tears” moved 7-6 as Cole Vosbury’s final track from “The Voice” and duo
The Swon Brothers’ debuted
singles in The Top 10.
Top 30 Digital Singles in Country Music
(published December 18, 2013)
(LW) Last Week
(TW) This Week
*Numbers are
rounded to nearest 1000th
Country
Aircheck/ Mediabase chart
Parmalee with “Carolina” After remained at the No. 1 position
on the Mediabase/ Country Aircheck chart with "Carolina" for a second
consecutive week. For the chart week Dec 8 – Dec 14th it
logged 6,636 radio plays (-102) with
an audience of 51.709 million
impressions (-1.162).
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Following are the No.1
entries on each of the country year-end charts.
Some 23 charts can be found at Billboard.biz. -
- Country Artists of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
- Top Country Artists-Duo/Group: Florida Georgia Line
- Top Country Artists-Female: Taylor Swift
- Top Country Artists-Male: Luke Bryan
- Top New Country Artists: Kacey Musgraves
- Top Country Imprints: Capitol Nashville
- Top Country Labels: Universal Music Group
Nashville
- Top Hot Country Songs Artists: Florida Georgia
Line
- Top Hot Country Songs: “Cruise,” Florida Georgia
Line
- Top Hot Country Songs Imprints: Republic
Nashville
- Top Hot Country Songs Labels: Republic Nashville
- Top Hot Country Songs Producers: Joey Moi
- Top Hot Country Songs Publishing Corporations:
Sony/ATV Music
- Top Hot Country Songs Publishers: EMI Blackwood
Music, BMI
- Top Hot Country Songwriters: Ashley Gorley
- Top Country Airplay Artists: Florida Georgia
Line
- Top Country Airplay Songs: “Hey Girl,” Billy
Currington
- Top Country Airplay Labels: Capitol Nashville
- Top Country Airplay Imprints: Capitol Nashville
- Top Country Digital Songs Artists: Florida
Georgia Line
- Top Country Digital Songs Titles: “Cruise,”
Florida Georgia Line
- Top Country Albums Titles: Red, Taylor Swift
- Top Country Albums Artists: Luke Bryan
- Top Country Albums Imprints: Capitol Nashville
- Top Country Albums Labels: Universal Music Group
Nashville
- Top Country Albums Distributors: Universal
- Top Country Indicator Songs: “All Over the
Road,” Easton Corbin
- Top Country Streaming Songs: “Cruise,” Florida
Georgia Line
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