Country Billboard Chart
News April 11, 2014
In Brief: Billboard Country Charts
Country Album Chart ** No. 1
(1 week) “Where It All Began” Dan+Shay
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (4 weeks) ** “This Is How We Roll” Florida
Georgia Line feat Luke Bryan
Country Airplay ** No. 1 (2 weeks) ** "Doin' What She Likes" Blake
Shelton
Country Digital Songs **
No.1 (1 week) ** “Play It Again” Luke Bryan
Billboard Top
200 / Country Album Chart News
Disney's soundtrack to "Frozen"
refused to budge from the No.1 slot on the Billboard
Top 200 Albums Chart (BB200). The set spent a ninth nonconsecutive week
atop the list, having sold 148,799 copies (After 19 weeks – 1,943,422) in the week ending April 6 (down
8 percent), according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album is one week away from
tying Disney's "The Lion King" for the longest run at No. 1 by an
animated film soundtrack. "The Lion King" roared for 10 non-consecutive
weeks at No. 1 in 1994 and 1995.
New duo Dan
+ Shay made country-music history just 14 months after their first
meeting. Their debut album, WHERE IT ALL
BEGAN (Warner Bros.), made a bow at No.6
on the all-genre BB200 and No.1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart selling 28,648 copies in their first week.
This feat makes them the first duo to debut
at #1 on that tally since SoundScan began tracking sales digitally in 1991. The
project is also the highest-charting debut project released in 2014.
While the No.1 launch is a first in the tally’s 50-year history, for
a rookie duo Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers
and Shay Mooney) are also just the
third duo to reach No.1 with a full-length debut album, following Big &
Rich’s “Horse of a Different Color”, which reached the summit in its 16th chart
week (Sept. 4, 2004), and Florida Georgia Line’s “Here’s to the Good Times”,
which finally reigned in its 28th week (June 29, 2013). The new leader is the
first studio album of new material by any duo to start at No. 1 since
Sugarland’s Love on the Inside (Aug. 9, 2008).
These sales numbers mean fans are hearing their songs, and that's music to
Dan + Shay's ears.
Shay Mooney tells ABC News Radio, "Everything
kind of came together really quickly, and all these songs are kind of our
babies, and we're very proud of this." Duo partner Dan Smyers added,
"We're proud to get the whole body
of work out there and let people hear it from front to back."
The Warner Brothers duo had
a lot of momentum heading into 2014, with their debut single "19 You + Me" (Lyric Video) leading
their charge as one of the top new acts in the business. It reached the top 10 on
Hot Country Songs (11-7).
The duo share writing
credits on every song, including "Stop Drop + Roll," which they say
was inspired by a man on fire in the movie Mist; "Can't Say No," which
was co-written by Rhett Akins; and the single, "19 You + Me."
Promoting the album they performed
on ABC's Good Morning America on
April 1, the day their debut album hit stores.
The "19 You + Me"
singers were due to be on The Ellen DeGeneres
Show on Friday, April 4, too. The album also benefited from a week-long streaming
preview on Spotify (which began March 25).
As for the plus sign in their name, Dan + Shay think most people have
figured out that it's pronounced "Dan and Shay" and not "Dan
Plus Shay" by now. Dan had to spend part of the day on Tuesday April 8th
at Nashville’s Vanderbilt hospital emergency room. He was in a car wreck and he
broke his left arm and hurt his hand but the duo will still opened for Hunter
Hayes that night.
Spent the day at the @VUMChealth Emergency Room after a car accident. Missing my guitar already... pic.twitter.com/JzkOGcOzMK
— Dan Smyers (@dansmyers) April 9, 2014
Critical
reception for “Where It All Began”:
12 Tracks/ Time: 41:37 CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Smart Choice Music - Amazon.com
USA Today
by Brian Mansfield (Rating: 3 STARS): Dan
Smyers and Shay Mooney make the music of first dates and summertime flings that
last forever in the memory. The sun-kissed harmonizing and carefree delivery
may be informed by contemporary pop, but they're storytellers at heart.
Download: 19 You + Me, I Can't Say No, Parking Brake -
Allmusic (Rating: 3 STARS) There's pop country and there's POP country, and Dan + Shay show they
aren't the least bit afraid of polish or studio trickery on their first
full-length album, 2014's Where It All Began. Strip away the occasional banjo
and mandolin accents on these songs and filter out the mild Southern accents in
the voices of Dan Smyers and Shay
sheen in this music (especially in the Auto-Tuned and
carefully sculpted harmonies) to pass muster with any discerning pop-crazed
youngster..If country radio needs clean-cut but hunky young men to croon with
maximum professionalism for female listeners (and the guys who want to get to
know them better), there's no question Dan + Shay can fill the bill, and Where
It All Began shows they do what they do very well indeed. ...
Roughstock
(Rating: 4 STARS) In the entertainment
field we always hear about ‘overnight successes’ but in general that’s rarely
ever the case but for the new duo Dan + Shay, this is the rare case where they
are basically an overnight success, at least as a duo.....Where It All Began
kicks off with two potential smash radio hits in “Show You Off” and “Stop Drop
And Roll,” songs written (like “19 You + Me”) with songwriting partner Danny
Orton....Every song from Where It All Began could be a single on modern Country
radio and the lyrics and delivery help enhance this possibility, like future
smash “What You Do To Me,” a song which is so likable that it’s amazing it
wasn’t the first single from the album......The majority of Where It All Began
blends together into mid-tempo love songs but there are a couple of
interesting, strong ballads in the closer “Close Your Eyes” and the absolutely
stunning “I Heard Goodbye.” This performance could give the duo a pop crossover
if they wanted and it also might be Shay Mooney’s best vocal on the entire
album. Everything about Where It All Began feels like the album will indeed be
the point where the duo and fans point to and say, this really is Where It All
Began. Not bad for the music world’s latest ‘overnight sensation.’
Country Weekly (Rating: B) ...Songs like “Stop
Drop + Roll,” “Show You Off” and “Parking Brake” will become fan favorites,
especially live, as they are peppered with clever lyrics and melodies that will
have you singing along by the time the second chorus rolls around. The album’s
lead single, “19 You + Me,” remains the album’s standout cut, as it showcases
the powerful and beautiful voice of Shay Mooney...One thing that the album
could show more of, however, is lyric content other than just the good memories
and moments in life.
Josh Thompson logged his second top
10 on Top Country Albums with sophomore set TURN IT UP (Show Dog-Universal), which opens at No.36 on the BB200 (#7 Country) with 9,384 copies sold.
Thompson’s first album, Way Out Here, entered and
peaked at No. 9 with sales of 15,174 (March 13, 2010). “Cold Beer With Your Name on
It,” the lead single from the new release, peaked at No.32 on the March 22 Hot
Country Songs chart. Thompson says the album will "fit in perfectly if you need to drive fast, or at any parties or
outside barbecues." He wrote or co-wrote nine of the 10 tracks, sharing
credits with The Warren Brothers, The Cadillac Three's Jaren Johnston and
Justin Moore.
It includes the single "Cold Beer With Your Name On It"
and what he calls his favorite song on the album, "A Litte Memory."
Critical
reception for “Turn It Up”:
10 Tracks/ Time: 31:22 CD - Amazon.com
Allmusic (Rating: 3 STARS)... Like many a
talented singer, Josh Thompson got caught up in record company politics,
running through a few labels housed under a major-label umbrella before
resurfacing four years later on a different label entirely. This
behind-the-scenes drama explains the delay between 2010's Way Out Here and
2014's Turn It Up, but the wait works in Thompson's favor as 2014's contemporary
country favors the low-key machismo that Josh offers. He's not as pop-savvy as
Luke Bryan -- there are no references to T-Pain -- but he has a familiar,
friendly vibe; he's the kind of guy you'd trust to take your girlfriend out for
a night on the town, convinced there'd be no hanky panky. Thompson's inherent
decency means that he's not quite convincing when he's turning up the amps --
the album ends with "Hank Crankin' People," a weak approximation of
Eric Church's outlaw stance -- but when things are kept light, Turn It Up is
pretty charming: a nice soundtrack for sunny suburban weekend afternoons.
Roughstock (Rating: 4 STARS) It’s been a long time coming but Josh Thompson has finally arrived with
his sophomore record. After teaming up with the good folks at Show
Dog-Universal, Thompson released “Cold Beer With Your Name On It” and scored a
Top 20 hit and the single was a smart choice as it showcased Thompson in a
different light than previous hits did. It found him using a familiar theme of
trucks and nighttime parties and wrapped it into a new way to say another
familiar theme, the whole “I’m here if you ever need me” theme. The rest of the
10 track Turn It Up collection fits a raucous, good time vibe but never sounds
like some sort of pseudo-country album. ....All in All, Turn It Up is a very
satisfying record, the kind of record that is honestly Country and contemporary
at the same time. Josh Thompson and his production team have crafted the kind
of record that most people want to hear when looking to have a good time. It’s
that kind of record, a record for a good time, a record for the hardworking,
beer drinking, folks described in “Hank Crankin’ People,” which is 90% of
Country music’s audience.
Working Man's Poet: A Tribute To
Merle Haggard" made a bows at #85 on the BB200 (#17
Country) with sales of 4,600 copies. Jason Aldean, Toby Keith and Garth Brooks
were among the artists featured. It released April 1st digitally on iTunes and for
the CD only at Walmart stores. Broken Bow Records - Read more Tracklisting
Critical
reception for “Working Man's Poet”:
Roughstock (Rating: 4.5 STARS) ...What’s funny is that after one listen to the album, it’s obvious to see
that everyone who is performed here has lovingly done so and they do help
New on the Billboard 200 at
#44 (sales around 8,000 copies) was another tribute album “Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne,”
a two-CD homage featuring versions of Browne’s songs by artists including Bruce
Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, Don Henley, Lyle
Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Eliza Gilkyson and the Indigo Girls.
“Looking Into You” dropped April 1 on Music Road Records: 23 Tracks/ Time: 1:54:37 CD - MP3 - Smart Choice Music - Amazon.com
After the Academy of Country Music
Awards (ACMs), on April 6th Las Vegas, saw sales bounces for several
artists. Co-host Luke Bryan with his album "Tailgates & Tanlines"
earn the chart's largest percentage sales gain and biggest positional jump. Sales
were up by 103% and moved 178-79 (
5,000 sold). Fellow co-host Blake Shelton
with "Based On a True Story" made a 100% percent gain (73-32; 11-6
Country; 10,000 copies sold).
Kacey Musgraves who won the ACM 2014
Album of the Year for ' "Same Trailer Different Park" witnessed a 114-65
jump (6,000 sales; up 75 percent). Others to benefit: Eric Church's catalog album "Chief"
(104-185 with 4,000; 64 percent) and Jason Aldean's "Night Train"
(85-53 with 7,000; up 61 percent).
Of Note: Bluegrass trio Nickel Creek
returned to the chart, bowing at No.7 on the BB200 with A DOTTED LINE (Nonesuch) with 27,041 sales. It’s the groups first top 10 album and first
album in nearly nine years. It last charted with 2005's "Why Should the
Fire Die?," which debuted and peaked at No.17. The band was formed in in
Southern California in 1989.
“A Dotted Line” is the fourth major album release and sixth album overall
by the progressive acoustic trio produced by Eric Valentine. The release will
coincide with the trio's 25th anniversary. >> Watch "Helena" from backstage at The Tonight
Show.
Listen to "Love Of Mine" on Soundcloud
Critical
reception for “A Dotted Line”:
10 Tracks/ Time: 37:52 CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Smart Choice Music - Amazon.com
USA Today by Brian Mansfield (Rating: 3 STARS): With the best reunions, like this trio's
first album in nine years, their efforts apart make them better together. Chris
Thile and siblings Sean and Sara Watkins expertly stretch pop parameters with
imaginative arrangements. Download: Rest of My Life, You Don't Know What's
Going On, Where Is Love Now
Paste
(Rating: 8.2/ 10): ..Juxtaposition is
just one thing the Grammy-winning trio employs. There’s a fluid confidence that
takes their precocious virtuosity into a musicianship that is as supple as it
is kinetic. Mandolinist Chris Thile plucks and peppers the instrumental “Elsie”
with French knots and sparkles, suggesting even the progressive bluegrass they
embraced as teenagers is a mere starting point... Not merely a product of
maturity, Nickel Creek has grown without losing its palpable joy or wondrous
ability to make musicianship as accessible as the engaging way their voices
draw listeners to them
Pop Matters (Rating: 8/10) A Dotted Line also stands out as
the most egalitarian of the trio’s works yet....On the gorgeous “Love of Mine”
and the soulful cover of Sam Phillips’ “Where is Love Now?” the band sounds
like it’s taking its time, reveling in each note. The vocal harmonies are, as
ever, immaculate, but A Dotted Line reveals an even richer rapport amongst the
three, a kind of rapport one might predict can only come with age..... nine
years wasn’t too long a wait given that the result was this, an album that
confirms these musicians have an
Dotted Line is a work of supreme songcraft; one might call it a “return to
form”, but from the sound of it, the form was never gone in the first place.
Allmusic (Rating: 3.1/2 STARS) A Nickel Creek
reunion was perhaps inevitable. Neither Sara Watkins nor Sean Watkins ceased
performing together during their seven-year hiatus and while Chris Thile saw
some success with the Punch Brothers, the pull of a 25th anniversary reunion
was too strong to resist... Nickel Creek still has an ear for interesting
covers -- here, they pick Mother Mother's "Hayloft" and Sam Phillips'
"Where Is Love Now" -- but the instrumentation on this brief ten-song
collection focuses on guitar, mandolin, and fiddle..... It's a far cry from the
eclectic, electric adventures on Sara Watkins' solo records but the music feels alive and nimble and the
originals are uniformly solid. If there isn't much spark, there is a surplus of
warmth; the trio is comfortable and relaxed, and it's hard not to succumb to
such friendly, familiar vibes.
Also released on 1 April
2014 was the album from Hank Williams III titled RAMBLIN' MAN (Curb Records). It entered the Country Album chart at No.37.
"Okie from Muskogee" and the title cut both come from sessions with the Melvins that appeared on their 2000 album The Crybaby, "Fearless Boogie" comes from the 2002 ZZ Top tribute Sharp Dressed Men, "I'm the Only Hell (My Mamma Ever Raised)" was previously released on the 2004 Johnny Paycheck tribute disc Touch My Heart, and "Marijuana Blues" popped up on the 2010 Peter La Farge tribute Rare Breed. Elsewhere, "On My Own" is a longer take of the same tune that appeared on Hank III's Risin' Outlaw in 1999, and "Hang On" was first released on the soundtrack to the 2001 Sylvester Stallone vehicle Driven. That leaves the previously bootleg-only Assjack track "Runnin' and Gunnin'" as the only "new" item to appear on Ramblin' Man.
One place below Hank Williams III at No.38
on the Country chart was The Infamous Stringdusters with LET IT
GO ( High Country/ Thirty Tigers). Painting pastoral soundscapes on eleven delightful
tracks, emerging bluegrass band The Infamous Stringdusters croon and swoon on
their latest album, Let It Go. The band's fifth release, Let It Go is the
essence of Americana, bursting at the seams with heart and soul....Read More at
liveforlivemusic.com – CD – MP3
First Quarter 2014 Sales:
Streaming is increasingly being met with optimism as the economic structure
of the music business continues to change — without that bit of hope, the first
quarter of 2014 would look simply dismal.
In America Country sold a total of 35.8 million tracks from Dec.30, 2013 through
March 29, 2014, a 17% drop from the
same period a year ago. Album sales dropped even more — the genre’s 7.4
million units represented a decline of 19.3%
Country wasn’t alone in that decline. Altogether the entire all genre
industry sold 312 million downloads (down 12.5% from 2013) and 61.7 million
albums (down 16.6% from 2013)
Will Taylor Swift have enough "country tracks" spinkled on a new release to qualify for a "Country" tag in late 2014 to save country music's face once more?!
Eric Church’s The Outsiders and Brantley Gilbert’s “Bottoms Up” currently
lead the Top 10 retail way in 2014 with Jennifer Nettles and Kacey Musgraves the
only female representatives in the pack.
Top-Selling Country Albums,
First Quarter 2014:
Eric Church - The Outsiders 491,000
Luke Bryan - Crash My Party 217,000
Florida Georgia Line - Here’s to the Good Times 200,000
Jennifer Nettles - That Girl 142,000
Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell 126,000
Dierks Bentley - Riser 107,000
Luke Bryan - Spring Break 6 … Like We Ain’t Ever 102,000
Garth Brooks - Blame It All on My Roots 97,000
Kelly Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park 95,000
Blake Shelton - Based On a True Story … 78,000
Top-Selling Country Digital
Songs, First Quarter 2014
Brantley Gilbert - “Bottoms Up” 682,000
Luke Bryan - “Drink a Beer” 557,000
Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan - “This Is How We Roll” 540,000
Cole Swindell - “Chillin’ It” 454,000
David Nail - “Whatever She’s Got” 436,000
Eric Church - “Give Me Back My Hometown” 411,000
Keith Urban - “Cop Car” 407,000
Jerrod Niemann - “Drink to That All Night” 373,000
Jason Aldean - “When She Says Baby” 357,000
Thomas Rhett - “Get Me Some of That” 357,000
2014 Country Album sales Year-To
Date:
8,076,000 (Physical sales 5,280,000 (down 9%) + Digital
sales 2,796,000 (down 12.3%)) which is 19.7% down at the same point in 2013 (10,052,000
sales)
Billboard Top 200 / Country Album
Placings
(Issue dated Chart week of April 19, 2014)
(Country Album positions #1 - #25)
(TW) This Week, (LW) Last
Week, Co (Country Album Chart placing / Movement)
Top 25 Hot Country Songs (week of April
19, 2014)
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 with “This Is How We Roll” (featuring
Luke Bryan) (Republic Nashville) capped Hot Country Songs for a fourth
straight week which they performed at the ACM Awards.
- Luke Bryan’s “Play It Again” (Capitol
Nashville), which crowned Country Digital Songs (2-1; 88,000 sold, up
40%). The latter title earns Digital and Streaming Gainer nods (964,000
U.S. streams, up 75%, according to Nielsen BDS) reaching a new peak (5-3).
Top 25 Hot Country Songs:
Florida Georgia Line
feat Luke Bryan with “This Is How We
Roll” stays TOP the Chart #1
Brantley Gilbert with former No1 “Bottoms Up” stays at #2
Luke Bryan with “Play It Again” climbs
two, #5 - #3 p
Jerrod Niemann with “Drink To That All Night” stays at #4
Eric Church with “Give
Me Back My Hometown” is up two, #7 - #5 p
Blake Shelton with “Doin’ What She Likes” falls three, #3 - #6 q
Dan + Shay with “19 You + Me” climbs four, #11 - #7
p
Keith Urban with “Cop Car” drops two, #6 - #8 q
Thomas Rhett with “Get Me
Some Of That” drops one slot, #8 - #9 q
Rascal Flatts with “Rewind” moves up two, #12 - #10 p
Randy Houser with “Goodnight Kiss” is down 2 places,
#9 - #11 q
Miranda Lambert with “Automatic” is up one, #13 - #12 p
Brett Eldredge with “Beat Of The Music” is up one, #14 - #13 p
Justin Moore with “Lettin’ The Night Roll” is up three slots, #17
- #14 p
Luke Bryan with former No.1 “Drink A Beer” is up one, #16 - #15 p
Hunter Hayes with “Invisible” jumps up six, #22 - #16
p
Jake Owen with “Beachin’”
is up four, #21 - #17 p
Tim McGraw with “Lookin’ For That Girl” is up two,
#20 - #18 p
Tyler Farr with “Whiskey In My Water” is up 4 slots, #23 - #19 p
Sara Evans with “Slow Me Down” moves up four places, #24 - #20 p
Craig Morgan with “Wake Up Lovin’ You” climbs four, #25 - #21 p
Chris Young with “Who I Am With You” rises five, #27 - #22 p
Billy Currington with “We Are Tonight” jumps up five, #28 - #23 p
Craig Campbell with “Keep Them Kisses Comin’” moves up two, #26 - #24
p
Lee Brice with “I Don’t Dance” leaps up five, #30 - #25 p
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (4 weeks)
** “This Is
How We Roll” Florida Georgia Line feat Luke Bryan
** Airplay Gainer ** No.2 “Bottoms
Up” Brantley Gilbert
** Digital &
Streaming Airplay ** No.3 “Play It Again” Luke Bryan
** Hot Shot
Debut ** “Black Roses” Clare Bowen
Debut No.36
“River Bank” Brad Paisley
Debut No.37
“Storyline” Hunter Hayes
Debut No.42 “My
Eyes” Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Sebastion
Debut No.49
“Have A Little Faith In Me” Jake Worthington
Debut No.50
“Golden” Lady Antebellum
Billboard
Country Airplay Chart Week of April 19, 2014
Blake Shelton retained his No.1 on the Country Airplay
chart with his 11th straight leader as “Doin’
What She Likes” (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at the summit
for a second straight week in its 16th chart week. It logged 44.879 million audience impressions
(-0.914) and received 6,791 radio plays.
Brad Paisley bagged the week’s “Hot
Shot Debut”, “Most
Increased Audience” and
“Most Added”
trophies as coordinated hourly play at Clear Channel-owned stations on April 4
(and just three days of airplay overall) helped lift “River Bank” (Arista Nashville) to his highest debut on Country
Airplay in 18 months, with a bow at No.29
(6.7 million audience impressions
and gain; 730 radio spins). It’s the third-highest launch of his career,
trailing only that of “Southern Comfort Zone,” which arrived at No.25 on the
Oct.6, 2012 chart, and “Then,” which roared in at No.26 April 4, 2009. The West
Virginia native performed the new song in a taped segment that aired on the
April 6 Academy of Country Music Awards, broadcast on CBS. The track is the
lead single from his forthcoming, as yet untitled, 10th studio album. The song
arrived registering at least seven first-time plays with 47 Country Airplay panel station new radio commitments (ADDS).
“River Bank” was also released digitally on April 4.
Florida Georgia Line posted its fifth straight Country
Airplay top 10 with “This Is How We Roll”
(featuring Luke Bryan) (Republic Nashville), which shot up 11-8 in its 12th chart week. The duo made better time to the upper
tier just once, when “Stay” entered the top 10 in its 11th week (Dec.7, 2013).
Florida Georgia Line would make history (beating out Brooks & Dunn) if
“Roll” can reach the summit as the pair’s fifth leader from the start of its
career.
Miranda Lambert the Multiple Academy of Country Music
Awards winner added another trophy to her mantle, for her 10th Country Airplay
top 10, as “Automatic” (RCA
Nashville) flew 14-10 in its ninth
chart week. Lambert makes her quickest top 10 ascent unaccompanied by another
act, surpassing a pair of 10-week climbs with “The House That Built Me” (2010)
and “Baggage Claim” (2011). Her chart-topping and ACM Vocal Event winning duet
with Keith Urban, “We Were Us,” cracked the top 10 in just its sixth chart week
Oct.26, 2013).
Women of
Country 2014 Watch:
Miranda Lambert at No.10 ("Automatic"), Sara
Evans at No.17 (“Slow Me
Down”) along with Sheryl Crow No.26 (“Callin’ Me When I’m Lonely”)
were the only 3 solo female artists in the Top 30 Country Airplay songs.
Cassadee Pope #41, Maggie Rose #48, Lucy Hale #49, Kacey Musgraves #50, Kelleigh
Bannen #52 and Katie Armiger #57, were an additional six females in the
remaining 31-60 slots, to make it 15% of the top 60 chart.
Country
Airplay
*** No. 1 (2 weeks)
*** "Doin' What She Likes" Blake Shelton
** Hot Shot Debut/
Most Increased Audience/ Most Added ** No.29 "River Bank" Brad
Paisley
Debut No.55
"This Nothin’ Town Jason Aldean
Debut No.56
“Night That You’ll Never Forget” Love And Theft
Debut No.57
“Safe” Katie Armiger
Debut No.59
"Sunshine & Whiskey” Frankie Ballard
Debut No.60
"Drunk On A Plane" Dierks Bentley
Billboard
Country Digital Singles Chart Week of April 19, 2014
- Luke Bryan’s latest smash hit “Play It Again” climbed 2-1 to
head the Digital summit as 88,000 fans (up some 40%) logged onto their
devices to download the track. With a new tally of 511,000 it made it a
newly Gold-certified
hit.
- The previous No.1 Florida Georgia Line with “This Is How We
Roll” (featuring Luke Bryan) dropped one slot to No.2 with
sales of 78,000 (up 1%)
- With the 2014 ACM
Awards taking place on Sunday April 6th it resulted in sales gains for
performers Miranda Lambert with “Automatic”, Darius Rucker, Florida
Georgia Line’s “Cruise,” Jason Aldean’s “When She Says Baby,” and Lee
Brice.
Women Of Country Watch
Only 2 solo female artists is on
the Top 30 placings:
Miranda Lambert with her new single "Automatic" in its eighth week at
retail sold 31K (climbed 11-8), Clare Bowen
made a re-entry at No.16 with “Black Roses”
(ABC Studios/Lions Gate/Big Machine/) from the Nashville TV Drama show.
Sara Evans with “Slow Me Down” fell 26-28 in its seventh chart week
Dropping
off the Top 30:
24-34 Cole Swindell Chillin’ It
25-40 Lady Antebellum Compass
27-41 Scotty McCreery See You Tonight
Top 30 Digital Singles in Country Music
(published April 10, 2014)
(LW) Last Week
(TW) This Week
*Numbers are
rounded to nearest 1000th
Country
Aircheck/ Mediabase chart
Blake Shelton with “Doin’
What She Likes” (Warner Music Nashville) held at
No.1 for a second week of the Country
Aircheck/ Mediabase chart for the tracking
week March 30 – April 5, 2014. The song logged 7,200 radio spins (-187) and 59.41
million audience impressions (-0.732 million drop) reported by 148
stations. This is also Shelton’s second straight two-week #1 stint, matching November’s
chart-topping run with “Mine Would Be You”.
Congratulations
to ARISTA NASHVILLE's Lesly Tyson, Jeri Cooper, John Sigler and the entire
ARISTA promo team for earning 70
MEDIABASE adds on Brad Paisley's
"River Bank." Those adds give PAISLEY the "Most
Added" title for
this week.
Bagels were due
to be delivered to their office tomorrow (April 8th), to congratulate the staff
on their success for the C2C2014 Festival headliner.
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country concerts)
Rank Artist: #35
Event Venue
City/State: Lady Antebellum, Kip Moore, Kacey
Musgraves, Sprint Center,
Kansas City, Mo.
Dates: Feb. 15,
2014 Gross Sales: $429,807 Attend: 7,290/ 9,033
Capacity Shows:
1/0 Sellouts Prices: $94.50, $79.50,
$49.50, $39.50
Promoters: AEG
Live
Rank Artist: #41
Event Venue
City/State: Lady Antebellum, Kip Moore, Kacey
Musgraves, Chaifetz
Arena, St. Louis, Mo.
Dates: Feb. 13, 2014 Gross
Sales: $276,227 Attend: 5,267 / 7,500
Capacity Shows: 1/0 Sellouts
Prices: $94.50, $79.50, $49.50, $29.50
Promoters: AEG
Live
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