BTW, is this the first year weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re hearing about spins? If not, did Archie and Cook get spins last year? Hits me as a new thang, but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m expecting to learn ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s only new to me.

Just new to you. It’s been happening for years. I even used to include it in the Mediabase reports (because we used to be able to see every single spin they monitored).

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just curious because it seems so odd to me for a dj to just randomly throw an AI contestantà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s performance into their radio show.

Frogcooke is right. If they play a long enough clip, it counts as a spin. But, sometimes AI contestant’s performances do have a longer shelf life. For the long months when Elliott’s deal was “super-secret” (wasn’t it announced in February during Season 6?), some of his AI performance songs (they only made one studio version available so most of these were songs ripped from the show) were played a couple times every week on the radio (I believe it was one of his local stations that did it). So, sometimes they will just play an AI contestant’s performance on the radio.

That’s so awesome!! (since it’s a top 40)

Big top 40 hits churn out thousands of spins a week. But good for Adam for leading the S8 pack on the radio with 10.

I have a question about this….. On wednesday mornings, our local dj’s always do a little recap of AI and sometimes they’ll play a clip of a song or two (some long clips, some really short). Could that be what these spins are? Or, are dj’s actually playing the whole song in the middle of a set list with no explanation?

I’m just curious because it seems so odd to me for a dj to just randomly throw an AI contestant’s performance into their radio show.

Big top 40 hits churn out thousands of spins a week.

This, I know. No one seriously is comparing Adam’s spins to actually produced and released singles, for goodness sakes. At least I’m not. Compared to his fellow contestants, but more importantly for me, his own spins from previous weeks, I’m excited for him. If I’m not mistaken, these are his first Top 40 spins. And, we’re talking AI chit — and yes, that’s how I view it. (Personally, I have to admit, I sort of hope never to hear AI chit on the radio, so being excited for the performer concerning spins, I guess, makes me a hypocrite!) LOL So, oddly enough, I think we’re on the same page.

BTW, is this the first year we’re hearing about spins? If not, did Archie and Cook get spins last year? Hits me as a new thang, but I’m expecting to learn it’s only new to me.

1 8 KELLY CLARKSON RCA/RMG 22,899
ALL I EVER WANTED

13 29 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA NASHVILLE 8,795
CARNIVAL RIDE

KEZR-FM Pub 0 Hot AC San Jose RCA/RMG NextMedia Group 35 3/30/2009 2:27:00 PM
KPLZ-FM Pub 0 Hot AC Seattle RCA/RMG Fisher Broadcasting 13 3/30/2009 11:35:00 AM

I wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get too excited about Adam getting a few spins. Radio stations recap the show

So, for many radio stations, Adam Lambert equals the whole show? And, Danny, Lil, Scott, Megan and Michael weren’t even there? Cool. ;-P

(Not Kirsten) but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m pretty sure NOW album sales have nothing to do w/Crush or LO sales. NOW is ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s own thing.

Yep. Cookie and Archie will get paid a small royalty for each NOW record sold (which will be subject to recoupment), but the SS numbers for Crush and LO will not be increased.