“Looking Back on Luckenbach” ❤️, “Santa Fe” feat.
Parker McCollum ❤️, “January Heart”, “I Hate Love Songs ❤️, “No Man’s Land”, “Way Too Good At Breaking My Heart” ❤️, “Wildfire”
“every bit as fun and heartfelt as you’d expect
from one of country’s freest spirits.” –Rolling Stone
“a glimpse into Lambert’s introspective side with songs that explore themes
of love, heartbreak, and resilience” –Billboard “encompasses the full range of what modern country music can be” –Texas Monthly “joyful road trip across her home state” –Associated Press “symbolizes vulnerability, but also female empowerment and independence” –NPR “good, honest songwriting that makes as much a natural progression lyrically
as it does musically” –BrooklynVegan “arguably more inspired than she's ever been” –GRAMMY.com
But we also know that Miranda Lambert is not a
traditional country artist and never has presented herself as one. She’s
Miranda Lambert. And the argument can be made that Postcards from Texas is the
most Miranda Lambert album that she’s made in years, swear words and all. This
is who she is. And whether you find joy in the album throughout, or in fleeting
moments relegated to certain songs, it feels right to celebrate Miranda Lambert
being herself. 1 3/4 Guns Up (7.8/10) Saving Country Music (Review)
Lambert is feisty, funny and free on ‘Postcards
from Texas’, which feels like the singer no longer has anything to prove to
anyone. It might fall back on genre tropes every so often – of course, there’s
always that one song about setting shit on fire (‘Wranglers’) or drinking a
little too much (‘Bitch On The Sauce’) – and can be a little too ballad-heavy,
but the country superstar’s tenth album is as charming as it is witty and
stirring. After a long time away, Lambert’s finally back home, wholeheartedly
herself and basking in that self-assuredness. 4 STARS NME
Where the album really shines is when the
artist isn’t saying much of anything at all. The plucky opener, a
dust-sputtering epic about an armadillo on the run, and the driving album
closer, a take on David Allan Coe’s outlaw opus, ‘Living On The Run,’ are the
only worthwhile sightings amongst the bluebonnets and longhorns dotting the
plains.
In the end, Postcards from Texas is
fine, even pleasant to behold for a moment, but not worth pinning up on the
fridge. 6/10 Alli PattonHoller Country(Review)
Singing in a rich Texan twang, Lambert has the
range to handle more expansive numbers. January Heart recalls the West Coast
soft-rock of the Eagles, while a bluesier, psychedelic crunch surfaces on the
guitar-led Wranglers, in which she threatens to burn her ex-lover's clothes,
including his favourite jeans. Postcards From Texas might not break new
ground, but it's a firecracker of a return. Delivered with wit and panache, it
might finally give her a deserved British breakthrough. 4 STARS Daily Mail (Review)
Interview: Miranda Lambert on new album &
embracing her vulnerable side - EF Country
AUSTIN, Texas – With NPR’s “All Songs Considered”
lauding Miranda Lambert as “the most accomplished and consistently great artist
in contemporary country music” as Postcards from Texas leads
today’s discussion of the most impactful new releases, the show also
declares, “This is an album that proves that she’s a backbone of country; she
can make these really beautiful, minimalist country songs that get to the heart
of very clear, concise ideas about love and homeland.” Listen to the latest
project from the most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history HERE (on your
preferred platform) or below.
**** USE the Playlist play control2nd left from top of the screen to
see the playlisted..tracks and select one to play from the drop down menu
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“Usually when you make a record, it’s a snapshot of the past two or three years
and where you are in that moment,” reflects Lambert. “Postcards from Texas instead
draws on all the different stages of my life and my career, all the influences
that have ever inspired me, and gives you a really full picture of who I am.”
“You’d have to look pretty far and wide to find anyone in music who has been as
consistently good or eternally enjoyable as Miranda Lambert,” declares Rolling
Stone’s review. With her ninth solo studio project adding to that
celebrated discography, the accomplished writer and vocalist of many colors and
emotions delivers an album that is in turns sleek, ragged, rocking and honky
tonk ready. Think of it as Lambert’s love letter to her home state. Recorded at
Austin’s legendary Arlyn Studios, the pair of GRAMMY-winning creative forces
drew on some of Texas’s best-known musicians to further root this song cycle in
the textures that have defined her storied career. If you like freewheeling,
high-flying, seat of your pants ecstasy and slightly salty “here’s how it is,”
Lambert’s first album for Republic Records pushes all those buttons, and more.
“There’s the line ‘livin’ on a Lone Star love’ in ‘Looking Back on Luckenbach,’
and that could be the thesis statement for this record,” Lambert reflects. “It
really sums up the entire journey that I’ve taken with this new path… Going
back to the root and putting a lot of steel guitar on it, a lot of country – a
lot of kinds of country – it’s just kind of finding my place
again artistically.”
“At this stage in her career, Lambert doesn’t have anything to prove — and
that’s one of many reasons why Postcards from Texas is a
ride that works,” applauds the Associated Press, with local
cultural authority Texas Monthly adding, “On paper, Lambert
seems to have all she ever wanted and more… Rather than taking a victory lap,
though, Lambert is pushing into territory that’s as risky as it is familiar.”
A masterclass in the phases and stages of a songwriter raised on the potent
forces of Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Steve Earle and Guy
Clark, this is Lambert at her truest and most real. “There are tearful,
pedal-steel ballads that could have been written at any point in the past 50
years, but also songs with a more contemporary, arena-ready rock sheen,” notes
the Daily Mail, yet as Rolling Stone raves, “the
album never feels like a tribute to anything other than her own independent
muse.”
From start to finish on Postcards from Texas, the woman known for
her staunch individualism, no-mess attitude and unwavering truth-telling moves
through the expansive freedoms and musical gears that makes Texas such a
mythic, magical place – looking back on the journey thus far while also keeping
an eye down the road to where all of it might take her.
“The beginning and ending were on purpose,” she admits. “We’re gonna start out
and end in the same level of brokenness. ‘Living on the Run,’ because of what
it says, makes you feel like you’re about to get in the car with that armadillo
again, and start it all over. I feel like it’s the signal to start the journey
all over again, because that’s what life is.”
Postcards from Texas Track List:
Produced by Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall; songwriters in parentheses
1.“Armadillo”
(Aaron Raitiere, Jon Decious, Parker Twomey)
2.“Dammit
Randy” (Miranda Lambert, Brendan McLoughlin, Jon Randall) previously
released 28 June 2024
3.“Looking
Back on Luckenbach” (Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Natalie Hemby)
4.“Santa
Fe” feat. Parker McCollum (Miranda Lambert, Jesse Frasure, Jessie Jo Dillon,
Dean Dillon)
5.“January
Heart” (Brent Cobb, Neil Medley)
6.“Wranglers”
(Audra Mae, Evan McKeever, Ryan Carpenter) previously released 17 May 2024
9.“I
Hate Love Songs” (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
10.“No
Man’s Land” (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick)
11.“Bitch
On The Sauce (Just Drunk)” (Miranda Lambert, Jaren Johnston)
12.“Way
Too Good At Breaking My Heart” (Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Jesse Frasure,
Jenee Fleenor)
13.“Wildfire”
(Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
14.“Living
On The Run” (David Allen Coe, Jimmy L. Howard)
About Miranda Lambert
Critically acclaimed groundbreaker/songwriter/superstar Miranda Lambert has
defined her multi-faceted career as an artist, entertainer, entrepreneur,
advocate and businesswoman with an unflinching quest for excellence, honesty
and conviction. With her ninth solo studio album, Postcards from Texas,
available everywhere now via Republic Records, the most-awarded artist in
Academy of Country Music history, including their top honor for Entertainer of
the Year, has also won three GRAMMYs and 14 Country Music Association Awards.
A TIME100 honoree and perennial best-of-the-year list maker at
the New York Times, TIME, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum, People and
more, NPR has called her “the most riveting country star of
her generation.”
A multi-dimensional superstar, she’s earned seven No. 1 solo albums, 10 No. 1
hit radio singles, more than 80 prestigious awards and countless RIAA
certifications; conquered Las Vegas with her twice-extended Velvet
Rodeo residency; blurred genres with Leon Bridges, the B-52s,
Loretta Lynn, Enrique Iglesias, Sheryl Crow and Elle King; and delivered her
LGBTQ+ inclusive anthem “Y’All Means All” for Netflix’s “Queer Eye.” She’s
taken those standards to become a New York Times bestselling
author and the first female restaurateur on Lower Broadway with her Tex-Mex
cantina Casa Rosa, while also expanding her creative reach with her Wanda June
Home collection exclusive to Walmart and her Idyllwind clothing and boot line
at Boot Barn. Her passion for rescue animals inspired the creation of her
MuttNation Foundation, which has raised nearly $10 million since inception to
promote adoption, support shelters across the country, advance spay &
neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural
disaster.
In
Brief:Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of November 16, 2019)
Country Album Chart ** No.1 (1 week)
** WILDCARDMiranda Lambert
Hot Country Songs **
No.1 (5 weeks) ** “10,000 Hours” Dan + Shay &
Justin Bieber
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** What Happens
In A Small Town - Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (1 week) ** "For My
Daughter" Kane Brown
Billboard Top 200 / Country
Album Chart News(Chartissue week of
November 9, 2019)
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
Post Malone's 'Hollywood's Bleeding' Earns Honor Atop Billboard
200 Not Achieved In Over a Year
Post
Malone’s
HOLLYWOOD’S BLEEDING returned to No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200)
for a fifth nonconsecutive week, making it the first album with five weeks atop
the list in more than a year. The title rises 2-1 on the Nov. 16-dated tally,
with 78,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 7 (down 3%),
according to Nielsen Music.
The
last set to spend five weeks at No. 1 was Drake’s Scorpion, which spent a total
of five weeks in charge, all consecutively (July 14, 2018-dated chart, its
debut week, through Aug. 11).
Miranda
Lambertclaimed the lone debut in
the top 10, as her latest studio album WILDCARD arrived at No.4
with 53,000 equivalent album units (with 44,000 of that sum in album
sales). The new set marked her sixth top 10 effort, all of which have been
consecutive, starting with 2007’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (which peaked at No. 6).
She’s led the list once, with 2014’s Platinum.
Wildcard
logged the third-largest week of 2019 for any country album, and the largest
for a country album by a woman.
Billboard Top Country
Albums (Chart issue week of
November 16, 2019)
Top
Country Albums now ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as
compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA)).
10 digital track sales from an
album = 1 track equivalent album (TEA)
“sale”
1,500 on demand song streams from
an album to one streamingequivalent album (SEA) “sale”.
Nielsen
Music compiles the sales and streaming data. Billboard continues to publish pure album sales charts (subscription to
billboard biz ), exclusively comprising Nielsen’s sales
data.
Miranda Lambert’sWILDCARD (Vanner/RCA
Nashville/Sony Music Nashville), released on Nov. 1, entered Billboard’s Top
Country Albums chart (dated Nov. 16) at No.1. It is her seventh total
and consecutive leader on the list, encompassing her entire chart output. In
its first week (ending Nov. 7), the set earned 53,000 equivalent album units (44,200 in album sales), according to Nielsen Music.
As Lambert landed her seventh No.1 album, all of
which debuted in the penthouse, she matched Carrie Underwood as the only
artists in the list’s 55-year-history to reign with seven career-opening
appearances.
Underwood added her seventh out-of-the-gate No. 1 when
Cry Pretty opened atop the tally dated Sept. 29, 2018.
Reba McEntire leads with 13, followed by Loretta Lynn
(10). George Strait paces all acts with 27 No. 1s.
The LP’s lead single, “It All Comes Out in the Wash,”
lifted 16-15 on Country Airplay, increasing by 5% to 15.6 million in radio
reach in the tracking week. On Hot Country Songs it leapt 24-12 and draws 4.6
million U.S. streams (up 18%).
Lambert’s seventh studio album and first collaboration with producer Jay
Joyce boasts 14 tracks she co-penned, including lead single “It All Comes Out
in the Wash;” early releases “Mess With My Head” and “Bluebird;” and “Way Too
Pretty for Prison,” featuring Maren Morris.
PROMOTION: Lambert perform tonight (Oct 30) on CBS’ “The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert” and Thursday (Oct 31) on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth
Meyers.” Friday (Nov 1), she hit NBC’s “TODAY” and ABC’s “The
View” and Sunday (Nov 3) she’ll chatted with “Sunday TODAY” host Willie
Geist for the Sunday Sitdown.
Later Friday night (Nov 1), Lambert performed an intimate Wildcard set
and chat with iHeartRadio’s Brooke Taylor during the “iHeartCountry
Album Release Party with Miranda Lambert” at the iHeartRadio Theater in New
York City.
CHART HISTORYWildcard is
Lambert’s first studio set since THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS released Nov
18, 2016, which bowed at the apex (#3 on the all-genre Billboard 200 album
chart) with 122,000 traditional sales in
December 2016.
Her run began with 2005 ’s KEROSENE, followed by CRAZY
EX-GIRLFRIEND (#6 Billboard 200; released Columbia Nashville May 1, 2007; 53,000 debut sales; the album had sold 1,573,300
copies by April 2017 in the US)
REVOLUTION (#8 Billboard 200; released Sept 29,
2009) sold approx 66,000 copies in the first
week of release, the album had sold 1,790,000 copies in the US by Jan 2015.
FOUR THE RECORD (#3 Billboard 200; RCA Nashville
released Nov 1, 2011; 133,000 debutsales)
PLATINUM (#1 Billboard 200; RCA Nashville released June 3, 2014; 179,646 debut copies). This marked her biggest sales
week to date, opening with and became her lone No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard
200 thus far.
Critical reception for Miranda Lambert’s Wildcard:
Excitement continued to build for Wildcard, with the Tennessean
heralding “when Wildcard is released in November, for the love of barstools,
Loretta Lynn, broken hearts and your best girlfriends – do yourself a favor and
pick up a copy.” Lambert’s first collaboration with producer Jay Joyce, the
album features Top 15 lead single “It All Comes Out in the Wash,”
as well as “foot-stompin’ barnburner” (NPR) “Locomotive,”
“crunchy, frisky jam” (Stereogum) “Mess with My Head,”
“irresistibly catchy” (SPIN) “Bluebird,” “fun-loving” (NASH
Country Daily ) “Pretty Bitchin’,” “just plain good” (Taste of
Country) “Tequila Does,” and “instant honky-tonk jukebox classic”
(Billboard) “Way Too Pretty for Prison,” which features Maren
Morris.
Rollingstone (Rating: 4.1/2 STARS) It’s
the sound of a freewheeling star at the top of her game, reimagining rock
history in her own platinum image.
Paste Magazine
(Rating: 8.3/10) Lambert is an outlaw, and she’s also an album artist, and
Wildcard proves she’s one who will be rebelling, experimenting and rocking the
hell out for many years to come. On Wildcard, she’s sharper and funnier than
ever. It’s easily one of the best country albums of the year, even as Lambert
spends a good chunk of the record rocking out like her life depends on it.
Allmusic (Rating: 4 STARS): Taken on an individual
basis, each track is clever and playful, yet the cumulative effect of Wildcard
is ever so slightly slight, a possible side effect of an album meant to be
nothing but a party. Perhaps that may mean that Wildcard isn't as emotionally
resonant as some of Lambert's other records, but there's no denying she's
delivered exactly what she intended with this album: It's one hell of a good
time.
The Guardian
(Rating: 4 STARS) Endearing. ... Some more specificity to her lyrics might
have been affecting, but the broad metaphors she couches her life lessons in
are entertaining…alcohol has never been far from country music’s woes, and
perhaps accounts for its candour. It positively sloshes through this endearing
seventh LP.
Uncut (Rating: 80/100) Musically, Wildcard is
all over the place and that might be its best quality. She ties all these
various sounds and styles and settings together by sheer force of will and one
of Nashville's mightiest twangs. [Dec 2019, p.26]
Pop Matters
(Rating: 60/100) For an album named Wildcard, there doesn't seem to a
standout track. There are some very songs with strong emotional appeal and
literate, artful lyrics such as the reflective "Bluebird", the love
story "Fire Escape", the teary "Dark Bars", and even the
comic "Pretty Bitchin'"…..Perhaps, Lambert is suggestively telling us
she's ready to blend in by pretending to stand out. The cover of the record
depicts Lambert as a sexy babe wearing a tight dress with a low neck, a short
hem, and fishnet stockings. She's got a devilish smile, a gleam in her eye, and
is holding a pencil and a crossword puzzle. Huh? Lambert's that wild girl who
loves to do word games? Or maybe it's just her way of fitting in. Lambert can
appeal to those who love girls for their bodies and their brains. There's
nothing wrong with that, but it does seem a waste of a wildcard here used to
make a mediocre hand better rather than take a chance on a batch of songs that
could make a royal flush.
Entertainment
Focus (Rating:
4.5/5) The album closes with Dark Bars, a traditional Country ballad that sees
Lambert struggling to break bad habits as she observes people with broken
hearts drowning their sorrows in bars. It’s a gentle close to the record but
Lambert’s vocal is stirring as she sings, ‘No, I’m not in pain, I’m not on
pills, but I’m still hanging out in dark bars’.
One
minute she’s fighting with her feelings about spreading her wings and making a
home on the light-pop of Settling Down, and the next she’s embracing her Texan
roots on the gritty and delicious Holy Water. Maren Morris is enlisted on the
punchy Way Too Pretty For Prison, which doesn’t quite reach the heights of
Lambert’s classic Carrie Underwood collaboration Somethin’ Bad but shows that
both artists have an easy chemistry that carries the song.
Wildcard
could well be Lambert’s finest album so far. The Weight of These Wings will
always hold a special place in my heart but the variety that Lambert showcases
on Wildcard is fantastic. There’s a song for every occasion and it shows every
aspect of her artistry, often in ways we’ve not heard before. Wildcard being so
good makes it all the more disappointing that Lambert won’t be coming to the UK
for C2C in March but hopefully she’s got plans to visit us again soon.
THE
GOOD Lambert is more energized and feistier than ever, There's a song for
everyone, Clever and thought-provoking lyrics
Your
Life In A Song(Rating: Very Positive) ‘Wildcard’ is a simply stunning
album… From the rock of ‘Locomotive’ to the humour of ‘Way too Pretty for
Prison’ through to the subtle beauty of ‘How Dare You Love’ this is a triumph
of an album, grounding Lambert in her past whilst hinting at a future that
could be both fabulous and fertile for her going forward. Definite contender
for album of the year. - James Daykin
Therecord-tying 50-week No1 Luke
Combswith
debut LP THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville), the weeks 14th best country album seller, held at No.2
(20-18 Billboard 200; 1,900 sales; 127-week total 539,100).
Additionally,
Combs’ latest release, THE PREQUEL (River House/Columbia Nashville/ Sony
Music Nashville) fell 5-8 (#62-66 BB200) in its 22nd frame.
Hootie & The Blowfishwith their first country LP, IMPERFECT CIRCLE (Capitol
Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com), marked the
Darius Rucker-fronted act’s first appearance on Top Country Albums. It arrived
at No.3 with 17,000 units (#26 Billboard 200; 14,500
in album sales).
On the Billboard 200, the set started at No. 26, the
band’s highest rank since October 1998 when its third entry, Musical Chairs,
reached No. 4. Before that, the group led with Cracked Rear View (1995) and
Fairweather Johnson (1996).
“Hold On,” Imperfect Circle’s launch
single, lifted 43-42 on Country Airplay (2.7million, up 2%) and entered Hot
Country Songs at No. 43.
Previous weeks No.1 Old Dominionwithself-titled third LP (RCA
Nashville/Sony Music Nashville | Amazon UK - iTunes -Amazon.com) fell 1-4 (#9-34
BB200; 5,000 sales; down 73%; 2-week
total 23,600)
Dan
+ Shaywith their self-titled album
(Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) fell 3-5 (#47-53 BB200; 600 sales; 72-week total 163,200)
in their 72nd frame.
Former
No.1 Kane
Brownwith sophomore album,
entitled EXPERIMENT rose 7-6 (#90-59 BB200) in his 52nd
week as his self-titled album slipped 11-12 (#129-128 BB200;
800sales; 153-week total 550,200).
Morgan Wallenwith IF I KNOW ME (Big Loud Digital EX) fell 4-7
(#60-64 BB200; 600 sales; 75-week total 38,900)
in his 75th frame.
Chris Stapleton’s 236-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) fell 6-9(#75-71 BB200; 1,900 sales; 236-week total 2,551,000).
Former
No.1 Maren
Morriswith GIRL (Columbia
Nashville/ Sony Music Nashville [SMN]) fell 8-10 (#98-89 BB200; 500 sales; 35-week total 75,200)
in her 35th
frame.
Outside the
Top 10
Former No.1 Brantley GilbertwithFIRE
& BRIMSTONE (Valory/Big Machine Label Group) fell 9-11 (#111-117
BB200; 3,000 sales; 5-week total 42,800)
in his 4th frame.
Former No.1 Thomas RhettwithCENTER POINT ROAD (Valory Music/ Big Machine
Records) fell 12-13 (#130-138 BB200; 700 sales; 23-week total 87,500) in his 23rd frame.
Former
No.1 Kacey
Musgraveswith GOLDEN HOUR (MCA
Nashville) fell 10-14 (125-148 BB200) in her 79th frame.
Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason AldeanwithREARVIEW
TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) fell 13-15 (#137-150 BB200) in
his 82nd week.
Jon Pardiwith
HEARTACHE MEDICATION (Capitol Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville)
fell 16-17 (#177-187 Billboard 200; 1,600 sales; 6-week total 35,600) in his 6th frame.
Former No.1 Zac Brown Bandwith
THE OWL (ZB Collective/BMG | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) held at No.18 in their seventh week (#196 Re-Entry Billboard
200; 4,100 sales; 7-week total 120,100).
Florida Georgia Line withCAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY (Big Machine Label Group) fell 17-22 (#190
– off the BB200; 400
sales;
38-week total 99,100) in their 38th chart frame.
Outside the Top 25
Garth Brookswith LEGACY (Pearl) made a debut at No.42. with
1,300 sales.
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
Garth
Brookswith LEGACY (Vinyl LP Bundle)
made a debut at No.5 selling 3,900 copies.
Additionally, Garth Brooks: The Legacy Collection arrived at No.18
selling 1,300 copies.
The Maverickswith
11-track Play the Hits (Mono Mundo Recordings | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com ) made a debut at No.7 selling 3,000 copies
Montgomery Gentrywith 7-track set OUTSKIRTS (Average
Joes) made a debut at No.23 selling 800
copies
Cody Jinkswith2 album boxset bundle The Wanting / After the
Fire (Late August Records) made a debut at No.31 selling 700 copies.
Micky & The Motorcarswith 11-track set LONG TIME COMIN'
(Micky & The Motorcars | Amazon
UK- iTunes - Amazon.com ) made a debut at No.35 selling 600 copies.
Stoney LaRuewith
13-tracks ONWARD (One Chord Song | Amazon UK - iTunes) made a debut at No.44 selling 500 copies.
Year-To-Date Albums
8,659,000 sales which is26.3%down at the same point in 2018
(11,749,000 sales).
Album consumption is 45,175,000 units which is7.7% up at the same point in 2018 (41,953,000 units)
Billboard Hot Country Songs(Chartissue week of
November 16, 2019)
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:
Dan
+ Shayand Justin Bieber’s“10,000 Hours”
(Warner Music Nashville/ WAR) held at No. 1 (chart dated Nov 9) for
their fifth week at the summit.
** Digital
Gainer/ Streaming Gainer ** No.12 “It All
Comes Out In The Wash” Miranda Lambert
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.19 “For My Daughter” Kane Brown
Debut
No.38 “Bluebird” Miranda Lambert
Debut
No.43 “Hold On” Hootie & The Blowfish
Billboard Country Airplay(Chart issue week of
November 16, 2019)
On Country Airplay, Brantley Gilbertand Lindsay Ell’s“What Happens in a Small Town” (Stoney
Creek/Valory) ascended 3-1 in its 48th week (37.1 million,
up 12%). Gilbert added his fifth No.1 and first since “One Hell of an Amen” for
a week in August 2015.
Gilbert first ruled with his debut hit, “Country Must Be Country Wide,”
for a week in December 2011.
Ell earned her first Country Airplay No. 1 among six entries. She
previously peaked at a No. 19 high with “Criminal” in June. “Town,” which
Gilbert penned with Brock Berryhill, Josh Dunne and Rhett Akins, is the lead
single from his LP Fire & Brimstone, which debuted as his third Top Country
Albums No. 1 (Oct. 19).
BRANTLEY GILBERT AND LINDSAY ELL’S “WHAT
HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN” TOPS CHARTS
CMA-Nominated Musical Event of the Year
Makes Ell’s First U.S. No. 1
Lead Single from Fire & Brimstone Marks Gilbert’s Fifth No. 1
When Brantley Gilbert wrote “What Happens In A Small Town,” the lead
single from his new, chart-topping fifth studio album Fire & Brimstone, via
The Valory Music Co., the southern rocking songwriter quickly knew he needed an
equally as hard-rocking female to portray both perspectives of a break up in a
small town. After playing the song for Lindsay Ell, there was an immediate
connection with the notion. Adding not just vocals but guitar, the result was
one of the most-added songs at Country radio upon its debut.
“I want to give the fans a lot
of credit for the life of this song,” shared Gilbert. “From the
beginning, they shared it, streamed it and called up radio to hear it. I’ve
been there — drivin’ around home seeing all the people and places that I used
to avoid to keep from thinkin’ about the one that got away. I think we all have
that person, those people, those places… and this song.”
“I have dreamed of having my first No. 1 since I was a little girl,” added Ell.
“It honestly feels surreal, and to be able to celebrate it during CMA Awards
week in Nashville makes it even more special. I’m honored Brantley, Scott
Borchetta and Jon Loba asked me to be a part of this song. From the minute I
heard ‘What Happens in a Small Town’ for the first time I knew it was a hit
that would connect with people, and now it’s changing my life as an artist. I’m
beyond grateful.”
Billboard added, “‘Friday night bleachers, Sunday pews’ no longer feel
sacred, as everyone around you feels the strangeness of your solo presence,”
continuing “‘What Happens in a Small Town’ paints the right picture -- a small
isolated city filled with memories of the one you used to be with and feelings
that never changed.”
Gilbert wrote “What Happens In A Small Town” with Rhett Akins, Brock Berryhill
and Josh Dunne and marked his fifth No. 1, following “Country Must Be Country
Wide,” “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” “Bottoms Up” and “One Hell of an Amen.”
“What Happens In A Small Town” is
up for CMA’s Musical Event of the Year at Wednesday’s awards, on ABC.
Lady Antebellumnotched its
14th Country Airplay top 10and
first since 2017 as “What If I Never Get Over You,” the trio’s
first such hit for Big Machine Label Group, pushed 11-10 (22.4
million, up 8%). The song is the first single from the act’s album Ocean, due
Nov. 15.
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week)/ Most Increased Audience *** What Happens In A Small Town - Brantley
Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 37.082 million audience (+3.830 million gain)
/ 7662 radio plays (+508)
**
Most Added ** No.44 “I Hope You're Happy Now” Carly Pearce & Lee
Brice
** Hot
Shot Debut ** No.50 “Drinking Alone” Carrie Underwood
Debut
No.58 “What I
See” LANCO
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
November
11, 2019
Brantley Gilbert And Lindsay Ell Hit #1 With 'What Happens In A
Small Town'
Chart
Chat Congratulations to Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell, Chris Palmer, Ashley
Sidoti and the Valory promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “What Happens In
A Small Town.”
The
duet is the first single from Gilbert’s fifth studio album, Fire & Brimstone,
and his fifth charttopper. The song marks Ell’s first trip to the top of the
charts. Songwriters are Rhett Akins, Brock Berryhill, Josh Dunne and Gilbert.
“What Happens In A Small Town” (Valory/Stoney Creek) climbed 3-1 logging8,493
radio spins (+1063),
49.966 million audience impressions (+6.004) with26520 Total Points (+3266) from 157 tracking stations (157 ADDS)
for the tracking week November 3 to November 9, 2019 and published chart dated November
11, 2019.
Carrie Underwood Is Most-Added With 'Drinking Alone'
Kudos
to Bobby Young and the Capitol reps on notching 14 adds for Carrie Underwood’s“Drinking Alone”. The song topped the
"Most
Added"
board this chart week. The single’s second week adds now bags a total of 63 adds since
its release.
Capitol Nashville celebrated Carrie Underwood's single, "Drinking Alone," being most-added at Country radio for the second consecutive week. The song earned a total of 14 adds this week, adding up to a total of 63 adds since its release. Pictured, (L-R) Universal Music Group VP/Promotion David Friedman and Dir./Promotion & Artist Engagement Chris Fabiani, MCA Nashville Coord./Promo. Kaileen Mangan, UMG VP/Promotion & Radio Marketing Chris Schuler
Mediabase
Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title
(Label) TW Total Historic Adds
CARRIE
UNDERWOOD/Drinking
Alone (Capitol) 14 63
MAREN
MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 13 114
LITTLE BIG
TOWN/Over Drinking (Capitol) 11 82
KANE BROWN/Homesick
(RCA) 9 147
LANCO/What I
See (Arista) 9 59
LUKE BRYAN/What
She Wants Tonight (Capitol) 9 149
CARLY
PEARCE & LEE BRICE/I
Hope You're Happy Now (Big Machine/Curb) 8 127
GABBY
BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 7 90
JAKE
OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud) 6 125
BRETT
YOUNG/Catch (BMLGR) 5 130
FLORIDA GEORGIA
LINE/Blessings (BMLGR) 5 98
LOCASH/One Big
Country Song (Wheelhouse) 5 117
TRAVIS
DENNING/After A Few (Mercury) 5 138
CHRIS
JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR) 2 2
KANE BROWN/For
My Daughter (RCA) 2 3
MITCHELL
TENPENNY f/SEAFORTH/Anything She Says (Columbia) 2 3
