Country Billboard Chart
News September 11, 2014
In Brief: Billboard Country Charts
Country Album Chart ** No. 1
(6 non-consecutive weeks) "Platinum” Miranda
Lambert
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (7 weeks) ** “Burnin’ It Down” Jason Aldean
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** "American Kids" Kenny Chesney
Country Digital Songs **
No.1 ** (7 weeks) ** “Burnin’ It Down” Jason
Aldean
Billboard Top
200 / Country Album Chart News
Jeezy starts at
No. 2 on the chart, while Bob Marley earns his highest-charting album ever.
Pop band Maroon 5 nabbed its second No. 1 album
on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart
(BB200), as its fifth studio release, appropriately named V, debuts atop the list.
It sold 164,182 copies in the week ending Sept. 7, according to Nielsen
SoundScan.
The start is a
drop-off from the arrival of the group's last album, 2012's Overexposed, which
launched with 222,000 at No. 2.
Miranda Lambert with PLATINUM vaulted 34-13 on the BB200 and 7-1 on the Billboard Country
Album chart in its 14th chart frame.
This followed
sale pricing of the set down to $6.99 at both iTunes and Amazon MP3, the album
vaults 34-13 with a 94% sales gain to 17,000 sold for the week. Lambert's
Twitter and Facebook accounts also spread the good word about the promotion, no
doubt driving sales.
This news
follows the announcement that Lambert is now in the running for nine CMA
Awards, the most of any artist this year.
Moonshine in a Slump: Last weeks Country No.1 Brad
Paisley’s MOONSHINE IN THE TRUNK fell 2-14 on
BB200 (1-2 Country) selling 16,000 copies in his second week (down 70%, 2-week
sales 69,000) and was replaced atop the chart by Lambert .
Compare that to Brad’s
last album which has failed to hit GOLD when WHEELHOUSE slipped 2-7 on the
BB2200 with 2nd week sales of 34,376 (2-week sales 134,969). Chart positions
are one thing but hard retail figures cannot ignore the fact that the CMA host
is on a downward spiral concerning selling albums. Fans are probably being
cautious this time around who pre-ordered the last one and were left
disappointed.
There was just
one new album on the Top 50 Country albums and that belong’s to Frank
Foster with RHYTHM AND WHISKEY, which landed at
No.20 on the BB200 (#4 Country) with
confirmed sales of 9,070 copies as
fans purchased the album digitally and through stores in the southeast and
Texas.
Yes he is not to
be confused with Frankie Ballard's “Sunshine & Whiskey” album which
currently sets at No.34 Country in its 22nd week.
Frank Foster was a new name
to me in 2013 when the Louisiana boy’s third DIY independently released album,
SOUTHERN SOUL (Frank Foster Music), drew Hot Shot Debut applause at No.11
Billboard Country (No.67 BB200, 6,000 copies sold) for the chart week Sept 21,
2013. He previously appeared on the chart with his second set, “Red Wings and
Six Strings”, which peaked where it debuted at No.30 on the Sept. 22, 2012,
chart.
Foster is
described as a throwback country singer and songwriter in the Hank Williams,
Jr./Waylon Jennings/Steve Earle outlaw mold, Frank Foster was born and raised
in Cypress Bottom, Louisiana, growing up on traditional country music and
Southern rock. He began playing guitar while in his junior year at college,
wrote his first song, and was soon gigging out, eventually making his way to
Nashville to develop his career.
A Hank Williams Jr.
album was what really turned him onto country and is his biggest influence
along with Willie Nelson, Waylon, Skynyrd, Steve Earle, Marshall Tucker, Allman
Brothers and Black Crowes.
Chances are that
there are more than a few executives in Nashville wondering just who Frank Foster is! Each album has subsequently sold more
than the last with debuts at #30, #11 and now #4 on the Country Music Albums
chart.
Through his
do-it-yourself ethos, Foster has taken the road rarely travelled. He currently
acts as his own record label, management, booking agency and publishing
company. How has Foster built up a loyal
audience like this? Well, for starters, he’s released albums each of the
past four years and thanks to his blend of southern rock and outlaw country
music, Foster has built up a reputation as a live act not to miss. Much like
Colt Ford and Corey Smith, Foster has relentlessly toured from town to
town to build up this audience and has succeeded in crafting real, relatable music.
Along with the touring and the music, the former oil rigging’ roughneck has
been personable and real to his audience.
On Facebook
Foster posts: Well y'all its official, FFNation has busted billboard wide open.
"Rhythm&Whiskey" debuts @ #4 this week on the Billboard Country
Charts. It also debuts @ #21 on the Billboard top 200 all genres. To say this
is a dream come true would be an understatement. I would like to thank the Good
Lord, my family&friends and the best fans in the business for doing what
y'all do”
Album:
11 tracks/ Time: 41:32 CD - MP3 - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
2014 Country Album sales Year-To
Date:
20,220,000 (Physical sales 13,409,000 (down 9%) + Digital
sales 6,811,000 (down -15.5%)) which is 22.7% down at the same point in 2013 (26,158,000
sales)
Billboard Top 200 / Country Album
Placings
(Issue dated Chart week of September 20, 2014)
(Country Album positions #1 - #25)
(TW) This Week, (LW) Last
Week, Co (Country Album Chart placing / Movement)
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:
- Jason Aldean notched
a seventh straight week atop Hot Country Songs with “Burnin’ It Down” (Broken Bow), extending his longest reign and
it marked the second-most weeks at No.1 for any song that reached the
summit this year. Luke Bryan’s “Play It Again” wrapped a nine-week command
atop the July 5 chart.
- Aldean also bagged the Hot Shot Debut at No. 17
with “Sweet Little Somethin’,”
the second track from his album OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT, due Oct. 7. The
latter song gained Aldean the top two slots on the Country Digital Songs
chart with a debut at No. 2 (58,000 sales). “Burnin’ ” also ruled the chart
for a seventh week (79,000, up 3%)
- Garth Brooks makes
his first appearance in six years on Hot Country Songs chart, as “People Loving People” (Pearl/RCA
Nashville) made an entry at No. 25. His new track bow was due solely due
to radio audience impressions. “People” isn’t available on GhostTunes.com and
garthbrooks.com which are the only digital outlets that sell Brooks’
entire catalog, providing a platform for consumers to purchase album
downloads and for online streaming. “People” previews his Nov. 28 album,
his first studio set since 2001’s Scarecrow.
Top 25 Hot Country Songs:
Jason Aldean with “Burnin’ It Down” stays Top the chart!
Florida Georgia Line with former #1“Dirt” holds at #2
Kenny Chesney with “American Kids” holds at #3
Lady Antebellum with “Bartender” stays at #4
Luke Bryan with “Roller Coaster” is up
two, #7 - #5 p
Dustin Lynch with “Where It’s At” (Yep, Yep) climbs two, #8 - #6 p
Sam Hunt with “Leave The Night On” is down one, #6 - #7 q
Cole Swindell with “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight” is up one, #9 - #8
p
Dierks Bentley with “Drunk On A Plane” falls four, #5 - #9 q
Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood’s former #1 “Somethin’ Bad” up, #11 - #10 p
Tim McGraw feat Faith
Hill with “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” falls one, #10 - #11 q
Chase Rice with “Ready Set Roll” holds
at #12
Blake Shelton with “Neon Light” is up four slots, #17 - #13 p
Frankie Ballard with “Sunshine & Whiskey” sticks at #14
Brantley Gilbert with “Small Town Throwdown” is down two, #13 - #15 q
Maddie & Tae with “Girl In A Country
Song” holds at #16
Jason Aldean with “Sweet Little Somethin' ” debuts at #17 NEW
Little Big Town with “Day Drinking” holds at #18
Eli Young Band with “Dust” is a
non-mover at #19
Keith Urban with “Somewhere In My Car” is up one, #21 - #20 p
The Swon Brothers with “Later On” is up one, #22 - #21 p
Eric Church with “Cold One” slips two, #20 - #22 q
Brad Paisley with “River Bank” sinks eight, #15 - #23 q
Big & Rich with “Look At You” is down one, #23 - #24 q
Garth Brooks with “People Loving People” debuts at #25 NEW
Hot County Songs
** No.1 (7 weeks) ** “Burnin’ It Down” Jason Aldean
** Airplay
Gainer ** No.5 “Roller Coaster” Luke Bryan
** Digital Gainer/ Streaming **
No.13 “Neon Light” Blake Shelton
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.17 “Sweet
Little Somethin' ” Jason Aldean
Debut No.25 “People Loving People”
Garth Brooks
Debut No.32 “Overrated” Tim
McGraw
Debut No.43 “Good Man” Lee
Brice
Billboard
Country Airplay Chart Week of September 20, 2014
Kenny Chesney scored his first Billboard Country
Airplay No. 1 in more than two years, as “American
Kids” (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville) lifted 2-1 to become his 23rd leader.
In its 12th
chart frame “American Kids” logged 47.276
million audience impressions (+1.803 million) and received 7,325 radio plays (+329).
The song written
by Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird and Shane McAnally was first released on June 20,
2014 as the lead single from the forthcoming album THE BIG REVIVAL due out Sept.
23.
Chesney
maintains his fourth-place standing among artists with the most No.1s since the
chart launched in January 1990, trailing Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw and George
Strait, each with 26. At the end of the relatively brisk 12-week ascent, it
made the singer's first No.1 single to reach that prominence since "Come
Over" reigned supreme in 2012.
Top local
audience stations for “Kids” during the Sept. 1-7 Nielsen BDS tracking week: WNSH New York (1.3 million
impressions); WUSN Chicago, WKLB Boston and KKGO Los Angeles (all with 1.1 million). “Kids” has sold 803,000
downloads to date.
- Garth Brooks who
was aided significantly by coordinated hourly play on Sept. 3 at
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment-owned stations, matched his
third-highest debut with “People
Loving People” (Pearl/RCA Nashville), which blasted in with the week’s
Hot Shot Debut at No.19. He also snagged Most Increased
Audience and “Most Added” honours logging 20.541 million first week audience impressions, receiving
2,457 radio plays thanks to a massive 120
fresh radio commitments (ADDS). He opened at higher ranks only with “More
Than a Memory,” which is the only song in the chart’s 24-year history to
debut at No. 1 (Sept. 15, 2007), and “Good Ride Cowboy” (No. 18, Oct. 22,
2005). He first entered at No. 19 with “The Thunder Rolls” (May 18, 1991).
“People” is just the 16th title to debut inside the top 20, with Brooks
boasting the most such high-starters (four) of any act. “People” isn’t
available on the sites as a stand-alone single.
- Chase Rice tied for the third-longest top 10 ascent in the chart’s archives, as “Ready Set Roll” (Dack Janiels/Columbia Nashville) steps 11-10 in its 43rd chart week. The only songs that took longer to reach the upper tier: Lee Brice’s “Love Like Crazy” (46 weeks; July 17, 2010) and Scotty McCreery’s “See You Tonight” (also 46; March 1). Like “Roll,” Chris Young’s twice-released “Voices” (Dec. 25, 2010) and David Nail’s “Let It Rain” (Dec. 10, 2011) needed 43 weeks apiece.
Women of
Country 2014 Watch:
There were no
solo female artists on the Top 30 Country Airplay songs
Miranda Lamberts’ duet with Carrie Underwood Somethin’ Bad” fell 10-11. “Girl
In A Country Song” by Maddie & Tae slipped 23-24.
RaeLynn #38,
Jana Kramer #42, Lucy Hale #56 and Linsay Ell #57 were the four solo females in
the remaining 31-60 slots, to make it just 6.6% of the entire Top 60 chart.
Country
Airplay
*** No. 1 (1
week) *** "American Kids" Kenny Chesney
** Most
Increased Audience/ Most Added/ Hot Shot Debut ** No. 19 “People Loving People”
Garth Brooks
Debut No. 51
"Shotgun Rider” Tim McGraw
Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart Week
of September 20, 2014
- Jason Aldean's "Burnin' It Down" (Broken Bow / BBMG) held at No.1 with 79,000
downloads sold (up 3%) and climbed 13-11 on the all genre Digital Songs
chart in its seventh chart frame. The now GOLD single has sold 737, 000
units to date. His new track “Sweet Little Somethin’” arrived at
No.2 (#17 Digital Songs all genres) selling 58,000 copies from his album
OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT, due Oct. 7.
- Dustin Lynch with “Where
It’s At” moved into the top 10 with an 18-10 shift in his 21st
chart week (sales up 39%) and has now gone GOLD passing the ½-million
mark with a new tally of 509,000.
- New album preview tracks from Tim McGraw
“Overrated” (18,000 copies) and
Lee
Brice’s “Good Man”
(15,000 sales) made their
debuts at Nos 18 & 22
- Brantley Gilbert’s 38 week “Bottoms Up” has now reached 1.5
million units sold.
Women Of Country Watch
There were no solo female artists on the Top 30 placings. On the
Top 50 the lone female was RaeLynn with “God Made Girls” which fell 42-44
Dropping off the Top 30:
12-31 Darius Rucker “Homegrown Honey”
23 – Off the Top 50 Lee Brice “That Don’t Sound Like
You”
27-35 Jake Owen “Beachin’“
29-36 Joe Nichols “Yeah”
30-37 Dustin Lynch “Mind Reader”
Top 30 Digital Singles in Country Music
(published September 11, 2014)
(LW) Last Week (TW) This Week
*Numbers are
rounded to nearest 1000th
Country
Aircheck/ Mediabase chart
Lady Antebellum held onto No1 on Mediabase with “Bartender” (Capitol). The song logged 7,623 radio spins (+289) and 55.318
million audience impressions (-1.488 million) from 149 tracking stations
for the tracking week Aug 31 to September 6, 2014 and published chart September
9th.
Congratulations
to UMG Nashville SVP/Promotion Royce Risser, Capitol Nashville VP/Promotion
Steve Hodges and the entire Capitol Nashville promo team for scoring the week’s
#1 single on the MEDIABASE Country singles charts with Lady Antebellum’s
"Bartender." This is the second week in a row that the trio has held
the #1 spot.
This is the
first #1 from the group’s "747" album, scheduled for release on September
30th. Sweet treats were due to be
delivered to the Capitol Nashville office (Sept 8th) to celebrate the staff's
success.
Congratulations
also to RCA SVP/Promotion Keith Gale, Dir./National Promotion Josh Easler and
the entire RCA Promo team for earning 122
MEDIABASE Country adds with Garth Brooks' "People Loving People."
"People
Loving People" is the second highest-ever one-week add total at Country
radio, next to Florida Georgia Line who recently broke the record with 127 adds
(July 14th). Garth's last single, "More Than A Memory," was released
in 2007.
Those adds gave
Garth the "Most Added" title for the week.
Bagels were due
to be delivered to RCA’s office (September
9th) to congratulate the staff on their achievement.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.