Monday Morning Mediabase Update: Feb 20-26

How is Kelly reaching Top 5 (3) on Pop not a milestone this week!!! :( 

I’m so thrilled to see Carrie back on the country charts as a solo artist. “Good Girl” is going to be a monster hit and will hit the chart summit in no time!!! I believe this song can get a multi-week stint at no.1, something that Carrie has not done since “Just a Dream” in 2008.

Great week as well for Kelly. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” has a strong chance at returning to Billboard Hot 100 with continued spin increases and strong digital sales. I hope Kelly and Carrie both appear in Billboard Top 10 this week. That will be a sweet vindication for American Idol. Despite its eroding ratings, Idol can still brag that it has opened the door for two of the finest vocalists and most relevant artists that we have today!

How is Kelly reaching Top 5 (3) on Pop not a milestone this week

Oh my gosh. I was so focused on doing the calculation on how soon she would top the chart, I completely missed that milestone. Thanks for the reminder. I’ll add it.

Wow!! TTWG #16…Way to go Scotty! I’m ready for his new single. ;-)

Nice to see a positive update for BTIKM! 

SO THRILLED now that Queen Kelly is about to return to the Hot 100
throne and Princess Carrie debuting at the top 20 of the Hot 100.

Rebecca Ferguson
“Nothing’s Real But Love”: ^ 24 UAC (39)

Feb 28: Pop: One Direction – WMYB

BTIKM’s jump is due in large part to spins from some Cumulus owned stations.  I guess homophobia wasn’t the reason why they had not been playing the song, as some speculated.  It looks like Cumulus’ usual way of adding songs, they waited for the song to have a better position on the chart.

Nice update for BTIKM!

Isn’t that somewhat circular…are you saying that Cumulus stations are now playing BTIKM BECAUSE it rose higher on the chart, and it rose higher on the chart BECAUSE Cumulus started playing it?
 
BTIKM feels like it has been stalled at 30-31 for while now. I’m happy to see some upward movement, whatever the reason.

Congrats to all the idols on their new chart milestones especially Carrie!

This is what happens though. Some stations only play songs that have reached a certain chart position, and in turn, particularly if the spins come from a block like Cumulus stations, they receive a boost. The improved chart position  could in turn encourage more stations to play the songs…or not.. or a lot or very little, and the boost given by Cumulus stations may or may not mean that the song is taking off.

Yay for Adam. Slow and steady, slow and steady. :) Whenever I see JDurbs’ song “Love Me Bad” I think of Ludo’s “Love Me Dead” and start singing it. lol

I keep meaning to check out more of Carrie’s songs. I adore “Undo It” she has such a great voice.

Casey is holding strong and Clay moved up a spot.  I’ll take that!

Isn’t that somewhat circular…are you saying that Cumulus stations are now playing BTIKM BECAUSE it rose higher on the chart, and it rose higher on the chart BECAUSE Cumulus started playing it? 

The week before the song had a bullet over 100.  I don’t think that it was just last week that they made the decision to get some of their stations to play the song.  Cumulus is known for waiting until songs reach a certain point until they will allow stations to start spinning them.

CHR/Pop

6 3 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 11487 9644 1843 77.103

+201 Spins

-149 Bullet

+1.461 AI

HAC

2 2 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 4798 4239 559 29.961

+86 Spins

+13 Bullet

+0.527 AI

12 12 KELLY CLARKSON Mr.
Know It All 1949 2311 -362 13.651

-43 Spins

-10 Bullet

-0.081 AI

14 16 DAUGHTRY Crawling
Back To You 1802 2144 -342 9.041

-1 Position

-41 Spins

-53 Bullet

-0.282 AI

32 28 ADAM LAMBERT Better
Than I Know M… 657 500 157 2.738

+1 Position

+31 Spins

+40 Bullet

+0.202 AI

39 40 JAMES DURBIN Love Me
Bad 267 280 -13 0.338

+1 Position

-7 Spins

-2 Bullet

-0.074 AI

AC

5 6 KELLY CLARKSON Mr.
Know It All 1605 1576 29 13.233

+15 Spins

+21 Bullet

-0.05 AI

13 13 DAUGHTRY Crawling
Back To You 421 361 60 1.929

+26 Spins

+15 Bullet

+0.096 AI

19 17 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 287 183 104 3.455

+17 Spins

+5 Bullet

+0.379 AI

34 34 CLAY AIKEN Bring
Back My Love 32 33 -1 0.033

-1 Position

0 Spins

-1 Bullet

+0.001 AI

32 35 ELLIOTT YAMIN 3 Words
32 37 -5 0.032

-1 Position

0 Spins

+2 Bullet

+0.002 AI

0 49 ADAM LAMBERT Better
Than I Know M… 13 0 13 0.039

Country

18 16 SCOTTY MCCREERY The
Trouble With Gir… 2732 2621 111 17.737

+2 Positions

-2 Spins

-32 Bullet

+0.009 AI

26 23 CASEY JAMES Let’s
Don’t Call It … 1491 1331 160 7.899

+2 Positions

+7 Spins

-35 Bullet

+0.039 AI

34 31 LAUREN ALAINA Georgia
Peaches 882 832 50 4.802

+3 Positions

-19 Spins

-9 Bullet

-0.194 AI

0 32 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Good
Girl 657 0 657 5.969

+8 Positions

+123 Spins

+123 Bullet

+1.218 AI

Urban

31 30 JENNIFER HUDSON Think
Like A Man f/N… 808 691 117 3.348

+1 Position

-8 Spins

-31 Bullet

-0.066 AI

Urban AC

14 13 JENNIFER HUDSON I Got
This 676 558 118 3.755

+1 Position

+9 Spins

+3 Bullet

+0.024 AI

20 23 RUBEN STUDDARD June
28th (I’m Singl… 263 329 -66 0.941

+3 Positions

+9 Spins

+4 Bullet

-0.005 AI

37 24 REBECCA FERGUSON Nothing’s
Real But L… 260 94 166 2.159

+1 Position

+5 Spins

-6 Bullet

+0.03 AI

49 35 JENNIFER HUDSON Think
Like A Man f/N… 119 66 53 1.371

+1 Position

0 Spins

-1 Bullet

+0.004 AI

Christian AC

5 5 MANDISA Waiting
For Tomorrow 791 787 4 3.197

-1 Position

-2 Spins

-15 Bullet

-0.039 AI

51 41 MANDISA Good
Morning f/ Toby… 73 63 10 0.289

+3 Positions

0 Spins

-1 Bullet

-0.01 AI

Smooth Jazz

30 29 KELLY CLARKSON Mr.
Know It All 24 24 0 0.14

+3 Positions

0 Spins

0 Bullet

0 AI

Canada-CHR/Pop

8 8 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call
Me Maybe 1074 1016 58 7.827

+2 Spins

-5 Bullet

+0.079 AI

14 9 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 918 742 176 6.378

+16 Spins

-7 Bullet

+0.134 AI

22 21 ONE DIRECTION What
Makes You Beaut… 665 594 71 4.294

+1 Position

+11 Spins

+3 Bullet

-0.026 AI

Canada-HAC

4 1 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 999 894 105 7.11

+6 Spins

-4 Bullet

-0.019 AI

7 7 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call
Me Maybe 767 761 6 5.676

-1 Position

-4 Spins

0 Bullet

-0.011 AI

33 27 ONE DIRECTION What
Makes You Beaut… 252 215 37 0.98

+2 Positions

+5 Spins

-3 Bullet

+0.003 AI

34 30 DAUGHTRY Crawling
Back To You 228 215 13 0.984

+2 Positions

+1 Spin

0 Bullet

+0.02 AI

44 39 ADAM LAMBERT Better
Than I Know M… 168 164 4 1.422

+5 Positions

+7 Spins

+13 Bullet

+0.093 AI

Canada-Main AC

6 5 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call
Me Maybe 288 285 3 2.244

-3 Spins

-7 Bullet

+0.003 AI

20 16 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 198 152 46 1.549

+1 Position

+11 Spins

+6 Bullet

+0.032 AI

21 21 DAUGHTRY Crawling
Back To You 138 151 -13 1.292

+1 Position

-3 Spins

-3 Bullet

-0.023 AI

Canada-Country

43 43 SCOTTY MCCREERY The
Trouble With Gir… 140 114 26 0.638

+2 Positions

+2 Spins

+7 Bullet

+0.023 AI

BTIKM has 6 early adds, all auto adds, all from cumulus stations, 1 big market station (Washington), this is why the song is gaining spins and AI this week.

Good Girl has 14 adds out of 39 stations reporting, following adds for Carrie’s song may be the least stressing activity of the week.

First american add for Carly Rae Jepsen, a top 40 station in Canton OH.

Yay Carrie! I looove Good Girl. Smash hit for sure.

Anyway, glad to see Scotty achieve a new peak at #16 but is it bad that I wish that TTWG would magically fall off and we can move on to YMTLG as the new single? I’m pretty sure that’s his new single since he’s been singing it everywhere.

 Actually Adam has 7 Cumulus adds!!! One of them a #9 market, DC! And I see he has gone up on Canada HAC as well. YAY!

Good Girl is already #1 on the playlist of KAJA in San Antonio with 59 spins and 0.418 million AIs.

Yay for BTIKM! Maybe RCA has a plan afterall.  I still think there will be a second single timed with the album release, but it’s so nice to see the current single moving in the right direction.

BTIKM is movng up!  Yay for the Cumulus adds.  I think KBIG should also be adding today.

Look at Carrie go!

I think they always had a plan, they just didn’t share it with us, lol. I hope BTIKM keeps this momentum and creates a nice situation for the second single. I am pretty sure there will be another one before the album launch, but again, RCA didn’t run it by me.

Look at BITKM making a run for it! LOL! Go song go!

Damn Carrie. Heh.

Early Adds:

GOOD GIRL – 25 Country, 2 Canada Country

BTIKM – 6 Hot AC, 1 AC

WMYB – 2 Top 40, 2 Canada Hot AC, 2 Canada Top 40 

I GOT THIS – 5 Urban AC

THINK LIKE A MAN – 5 Urban AC

CBTY – 4 AC

STRONGER – 1 Top 40, 1 AC, 1 Canada AC 

GEORGIA PEACHES – 2 Country

NRBL – 2 Urban AC

YOUNG HOMIE – 1 Top 40

TTWG – 1 Country

JUNE 28th (I’m Single) – 1 Urban AC

Call ME MAYBE – 1 Top 40

Cumulas started playing BTIKM on Wednesday, February 22. At that time, BTIKM had a bullet of 9 and it was at 32. It had fallen from a bullet of 120 and from being at 31 from the week before.

What’s the magic number where Cumulas stations add? 32? Do Cumulas stations avoid spinning or adding a song at 31, but wait to do both when the song gets a negative bullet and drops a position to 32?

Cumulas started spinning BTIKM last Wednesday and has consistently spun it over the past five days. Today they added it, but there isn’t a magic position on the charts that Cumulas waits for.

Go little song go!! BTIKM just needs to get to top #20, top#10 would be amazing and than move on to single #2. Adam still has more promo coming. Come on adds.

It is wonderfu to see super fast chart movers like Carrie and Kelly go.  But a journey like BTIKM is far more tense and dramatic and makes chart watching interesting like underdogs make sports more interesting.  Watching Adam’s progress in the music industry is almost like an online novel.  So captivating!

I find it kind of amazing that one station spinning BTIKM 13 times makes it debut on the AC chart
.

“….. glad to see Scotty achieve a new peak at #16 but is it bad that I wish that TTWG would magically fall off and we can move on to YMTLG as the new single?  ..”

Ehm — I too can hardly wait to get his next single out, but I don´t understand why his current TTWG would have to fall off to get his new single out. ??

Why can´t  he release a new single, no matter how the former is doing? Is this some “country music” rule? I mean, I can see other artists release more than one single at a time- so, why can´t he? I think there are several hit material songs on CAD   – but if songs only can be released in this snail- speed, there won´t be a chance to get out all those hit – potential – songs before he has to come up with a whole new CD.

Go Kelly, go Carrie, go Scotty, go Lauren, go Casey, go Jhud, go Ruben, go Adam, go idols! Idol is still the only show that gives these kinds of results in the US.

Normally, in country music a song has to drop, stall, or go recurrent before another single is introduced. This happens even for the big stars like George Strait, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, etc. Country does not usually have 2 songs by the same artist on the charts.

I hope TTWG gets even higher before the new song comes out…whatever that new song is.  Everyone keeps saying TTWG is not a good radio song but boy it sure gets a huge crowd reaction at the concerts: cheers when he begins and crowd singing along thru the chorus. And yes, I am thrilled to see it at #16 and hoping it can go even higher. 

i-tunes

Singles
2. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson (Deluxe)
4. Good Girl – Carrie Underwood
5. Set Fire to the Rain – ADELE
13. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
14. Rolling in the Deep – ADELE
20. Someone Like You – ADELE
31. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
39. Rumour Has It – ADELE
42. Moves Like Jagger (Studio Recording from “The Voice” Performance) [feat. Christina Aguilera] – Maroon 5
57. Drink On It – Blake Shelton
63. Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine) – Gym Class Heroes
64. Fly / I Believe I Can Fly (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
67. Cough Syrup (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
72. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
73. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) [Glee Cast Version] – Glee Cast
79. Here’s to Us (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
84. Fly Over States – Jason Aldean
86. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson (Deluxe)
87. God Gave Me You – Blake Shelton
88. Glad You Came (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
102. The Trouble With Girls – Scotty McCreery
131. Honey Bee – Blake Shelton
172. Remind Me (Duet with Carrie Underwood) – Brad Paisley
176. She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
179. Don’t You Wanna Stay (with Kelly Clarkson) – Jason Aldean (My Kinda Party)
183. Turning Tables – ADELE
186. We Are Young (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
188. Chasing Pavements – ADELE
190. Make You Feel My Love – ADELE
201. I Will Always Love You (Live At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards) – Jennifer Hudson
222. Georgia Peaches – Lauren Alaina
235. One and Only – ADELE
246. Smooth Criminal (Glee Cast Version) [feat. 2CELLOS (Sulic & Hauser)] – Glee Cast
257. Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
265. Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
273. On The Floor (feat. Pitbull) – Jennifer Lopez
291. Folsom Prison Blues (The Voice Performance) – Jamie Lono
311. Forget You – Cee Lo Green
344. Let’s Don’t Call It a Night – Casey James
348. Stereo Hearts (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
367. Austin – Blake Shelton
388. Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood
410. Stand (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
417. F**k You – Cee Lo Green
436. Undo It – Carrie Underwood
462. Lovesong – ADELE
472. Rumour Has It (The Voice Performance) – Mathai
483. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
500. Footloose – Blake Shelton
507. This Love – Maroon 5
508. I Will Always Love You (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
525. Far Away (feat. Chris Richardson) – Tyga
541. Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5
547. All-American Girl – Carrie Underwood
549. Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
555. Think Like a Man (feat. Rick Ross) [from the Motion Picture “Think Like A Man”] – Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo
560. Don’t You Remember – ADELE
564. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
597. Camouflage – Brad Paisley
601. Jesus, Take the Wheel – Carrie Underwood
625. Already Gone – Kelly Clarkson
627. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
640. Misery – Maroon 5
695. I Love You This Big – Scotty McCreery
709. Wake Up Call – Maroon 5
716. Good Morning (feat. TobyMac) – Mandisa & tobyMac
721. Bad Day – Daniel Powter
725. He Won’t Go – ADELE
738. Rumour Has It / Someone Like You (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
742. Temporary Home – Carrie Underwood
760. Who Are You When I’m Not Looking – Blake Shelton
774. Better Than I Know Myself – Adam Lambert
775. Won’t Go Home Without You – Maroon 5
779. Fool for You (feat. Melanie Fiona) – Cee Lo Green
835. Because of You – Kelly Clarkson
841. How Great Thou Art – Carrie Underwood
862. My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson (Single)
868. Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera & Mac Miller) [Remix] – Maroon 5
870. Fighter – Christina Aguilera
881. Sexy and I Know It (Glee Cast Version feat. Ricky Martin) – Glee Cast
958. Love Shack (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
961. Just a Dream – Carrie Underwood
968. Say Aah (The Voice Performance) – Lindsey Pavao
978. Stronger – Mandisa
982. Dream On – Aerosmith
986. Ol’ Red – Blake Shelton
996. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson
1008. Show Me How You Burlesque – Christina Aguilera

Albums
1. 21 – ADELE
9. 19 – ADELE
18. Stronger (Deluxe Version) – Kelly Clarkson
55. Red River Blue (Deluxe Version) – Blake Shelton
94. Hands All Over (Deluxe Version) – Maroon 5
134. Clear As Day – Scotty McCreery
141. Stronger – Kelly Clarkson
158. Songs About Jane – Maroon 5
167. iTunes Festival: London 2011 – EP – ADELE
201. Hands All Over – Maroon 5
207. Duets II – Tony Bennett
238. iTunes Live from SoHo – ADELE
241. It Won’t Be Soon Before Long – Maroon 5
270. Break the Spell (Deluxe Version) – Daughtry
318. Wildflower – Lauren Alaina
326. Play On – Carrie Underwood
332. Glee: The Music, Vol. 7 – Glee Cast
387. Carnival Ride – Carrie Underwood
395. Red – Dia Frampton
424. The Essential: Aerosmith – Aerosmith
478. Big Ones – Aerosmith
511. Sing You Home – EP – Xenia
525. Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood
595. Break the Spell – Daughtry
659. Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers – Glee Cast
661. Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
782. I Remember Me – Jennifer Hudson
788. Soul Surfer (Music from the Motion Picture) – Various Artists
842. The Lady Killer (Deluxe Version) – Cee Lo Green
951. Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 – Glee Cast
965. Daughtry – Daughtry
970. Glee: The Music, Vol. 6 – Glee Cast
1008. Glee: The Music, Vol. 5 – Glee Cast

It’s going to be almost another hour from now before all of the adds on the country (excluding Canadian) side of the addboard are in.  At this time, GG currently has 60 adds (64 adds if you include Canadian stations).

“Normally, in country music a song has to drop or go recurrent before another single is introduced. ….”

 Thanks for answering. Ok, now I understand better, though I still regret this country music – law or rule or whatever it´s called. Well, then I´ll be counting on succes for the few singles he can get out there and turn my hopes to him becoming big like Taylor or Carrie or ..  

CHART DATE: 02/27/2012
LAST UPDATE: 02/27/2012 11:14:28
NOW IN: 36.20%

LW TW artist / album label power index
1 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 154,687
21
2 2 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 104,964
WHITNEY – THE GREATEST HITS
3 3 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 41 CAPITOL/EMI 34,565
VARIOUS ARTISTS
45 4 BODYGUARD RCA 18,836
SOUNDTRACK
4 5 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 12,964
19
7 6 VAN HALEN INTERSCOPE 12,733
DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH
5 7 2012 GRAMMY NOMINESS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,158
VARIOUS ARTISTS
21 8 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 10,524
TAILGATES & TANLINES
15 9 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 9,002
MY KINDA PARTY
36 10 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 7,991
WHITNEY HOUSTON

14 15 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 6,413
STRONGER

48 22 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 4,927
CLEAR AS DAY

– 24 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 4,780
I LOOK TO YOU

41 37 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 3,291
RED RIVER BLUE

– 47 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA 2,119
BREAK THE SPELL

38 48 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 1,921
HANDS ALL OVER

– 50 TYGA CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 1,731
CARELESS WORLD

HDD Sales Chart

344. Let’s Don’t Call It a Night – Casey James

Thanks for posting the iTunes numbers, Pam.  I think this is the highest Casey’s been in a very long time.

And just WOW at Carrie.

Your welcome.  :)  I think GG is going to be a big hit for Carrie. 

GG is now up to 69 adds (73 including Canadian stations).

Kelly and Carrie killing it on iTunes and the charts.

Still waiting for all of the country adds to come in.  They are usually all in by now.  I’ll post them when they come in.

Country adds (does not include Canadian adds)

Carrie (96)-GG

Casey J (4)-LDCIAN

Lauren (2)-GP

Scotty (1)-TTWG

Addboard

Cumulas started playing BTIKM on Wednesday, February 22. At that time, BTIKM had a bullet of 9 and it was at 32. It had fallen from a bullet of 120 and from being at 31 from the week before.

Neither of us knows he magic position.   I doubt that most PDs put any stock in the daily mediabase chart.  Even on this board most people realize that the daily ups and downs of a chart don’t mean anything.   There is a reason why there is an official chart, it iss only released once a week.  While it’s highly unlikely that Cumulus made their decision based just on what BTIKM was doing last Wednesday, Cumulus’ add history shows that they usually don’t add songs until they reach a certain point, especially when they are block adding songs.  Look at their history on all formats, and say that this isn’t usually the case.

96 adds for Carrie — that’s impressive :)

There isn’t a pattern of Cumulus starting to spin songs that are in the #32 position and have a negative bullet. BTIKM was at #31 the weekend before the 22nd.  I have not seen a history of start ups with Cumulas for that position either, but I will start watching the #32 and #31 songs in the next couple of weeks and see if that is their general way of doing things.

My guess is no one knows the magic position, because there isn’t one. They wanted to spin BTIKM and a few days later, they added it.

ETA: Just saw your last paragraph you added and I agree. It’s a good sign that Cumulas could see the potential in BTIKM and in predicting the future, decided that the song was worth spinning and adding to their radio stations!

Oh, was not expecting this add today for Adam:

Kiss 108 Boston (WXKS) Top 40

Nice one!

Just came here to flail……Adam got a big add i.e. Kiss 108 Boston. Woohooooo! Go BTIKM, Glamberts and Adam!!!

I just wanted to point out that with Carrie soaking up 96 adds & big/pretty big weeks for Easton Corbin (39 adds), and Luke Bryan (24 adds) with Eric Church (19 adds), Lee Brice (17 adds), and Jason Aldean (16 adds) picking up the Cumulus auto adds, there really wasn’t much room for other people to pick up many adds. So for CaseyJ to pick up 4 manual adds is good to see. LDCIAN has now been added by over 100 out of the 140 stations on the published Mediabase country chart. 2 more adds and it’ll be on 3/4 of the country panel.

Lauren picked up an auto add from Seattle’s KMPS and another manual add, I expect GP to continue to grow. It’s been added by 79 stations on the published Mediabase country panel. Scotty’s ad was an auto add bringing him to 125 out of the 140 stations. For TTWG it’s less about new adds and more about seeing how long stations will keep his song in t20 rotation and possibly bump it up. He’s in a tough spot now with a bunch of fast rising superstar singles en route to passing him and not a lot of recurrent help coming in the next few weeks at Mediabase. My vote is for Mercury to move on to the next single but we’ll see if they’d rather ride out this wave and see if TTWG can at least match ILYTB’s peak.

Carrie is like the Katy Perry of country music. lol
Congrats to her!

Sony Music posted that Adele’s 21 has been certified 8 times Platinum.

What I find really impressive is Casey James’ LDCIAN slowly moving up the charts almost breaking the Top 20 this week.  His single has been out for many months and quite frankly I thought it would disappear during the Christmas music lull. The single came back stronger than ever as he picks up more new fans.  He’s so talented and has such a winning personality.  So happy for him!

I have already pre-ordered his album! 

BTIKM

10 ADDS – 8 HAC, 1 AC, 1 Top40
YAY!!!!!!!

The song being at 32 wasn’t the turning point, it was the assumption by Cumulus that the song had the potential to continue to increase in AI, spins and chart position. Neither of us knows when Cumulus decided to play the song, or what their analysis told them that BTIKM was doing at the time.

You are right, neither of us works for Cumulas so neither of us has any idea of what the criteria is for this particular group of stations adding any song, including BTIKM. The assumption that Cumulus added BTIKM because it had had “potential” is also an assumption, but it is an assumption that is nothing but positive. It sounds good to me! :)

Like you stated earlier, PDs are in the business of predicting the future, so they must have thought that BTIKM had a future as far as radio play on their stations! Another positive in my book!

Just love the song – so happy it’s starting to climb.

As far as today’s adds, Carrie is at the top with a total of 101!

Adds (Monitored)

Carrie (101)-GG (5 Canada-Country, 96 Country)

Adam (10)-BTIKM (1 AC, 8 HAC, 1 CHR/Pop)

Kelly (10)-WDKY (8 AC, 1 Canada-Main AC, 1 CHR/Pop)

One Direction (7)-WMYB (2 Canada-HAC, 2 Canada-CHR/Pop, 3 CHR/Pop)

JHud (5)-IGT (Urban AC)

Casey J (4)-LDCIAN (Country)

Chris Rene (4)-YH (3 CHR/Pop, 1 Rhythmic)

Daughtry (4)-CBTY (AC)

Carly Rae Jepsen (3)-Curiosity (Canada-HAC)

JHud f/Ne-Yo (3)-TLAM (Urban AC)

Lauren (2)-GP (Country)

Rebecca Ferguson (2)-NRBL (Urban AC)

Carly Rae Jepsen (1)-CMM (CHR/Pop)

James (1)-LMB (HAC)

Kelly (1)-MKIA (AC)

Ruben (1)-June 28th (I’m Single) (Urban AC)

Scotty (1)-TTWG (Country)

Addboard

CHART DATE: 02/27/2012
LAST UPDATE: 02/27/2012 15:18:19
NOW IN: 37.17%

1512JASON ALDEANBROKEN BOW9,002
MY KINDA PARTY
3613WHITNEY HOUSTONRCA7,991
WHITNEY HOUSTON
1418KELLY CLARKSON19/RCA6,413
STRONGER
–21WHITNEY HOUSTONRCA5,791
I LOOK TO YOU
4826SCOTTY MCCREERYMERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE4,927
CLEAR AS DAY
4139BLAKE SHELTONWARNER BROS. NASHVILLE3,291
RED RIVER BLUE
–48DAUGHTRY19/RCA2,119
BREAK THE SPELL
3849MAROON 5A&M/OCTONE1,921
HANDS ALL OVER
–50AMY WINEHOUSEUNIVERSAL REPUBLIC1,738
LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES
HDD Sales Chart
LWTWartist / albumlabelpower index

1 1ADELEXL/COLUMBIA154,687
21
2 2WHITNEY HOUSTONRCA104,964
WHITNEY – THE GREATEST HITS
3 3NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 41CAPITOL/EMI34,565
VARIOUS ARTISTS
45 4BODYGUARDRCA18,836
SOUNDTRACK
— 5FUN.FUELED BY RAMEN14,114
SOME NIGHTS
4 6ADELEXL/COLUMBIA12,964
19
7 7VAN HALENINTERSCOPE12,733
DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH
— 8TYGACASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC12,476
CARELESS WORLD
— 9SLEIGH BELLSMOM & POP11,982
REIGN OF TERROR
5102012 GRAMMY NOMINESSUNIVERSAL REPUBLIC11,158
VARIOUS ARTISTS

“Sony Music posted that Adele’s 21 has been certified 8 times Platinum.”

I think that Diamond is a very good possibility at this stage.

Mod Hat:

Nobody here works for any label, radio station or management company.

We can either just post the numbers or have a discussion about numbers. I like numbers, but that would just mean Pam got to post (love you, Pam, and all the work you do to bring us numbers!!!!!!)

This thread is to have a discussion about numbers. Please feel free to mentally insert “think that” after every “I” or liberally sprinkle “IMO”s in others posts as you read them (not when you quote them). People are free to interpret numbers and speculate as to what the stations/labels/stores are doing.  Readers can decide on their own whether to buy their musings or not.

Please don’t point out to people that they don’t work in the business. It’s pointless and actually breaks the rules. Post about Idols and numbers, not each other.  If you find yourself commenting on a fellow poster, stop (unless it is to thank somebody who brings us useful information like Pam).  And no, saying “Neither of us works for…” does not make it better.

This is exactly how I feel also … “The little song that could …”  Just like the tortoise and the hare, slow and steady wins the race.  And just like you said, Whiskey, there is definitely more promo to come because he’s only done TV with Leno and Ellen; there’s got to be some east coast TV spots coming up and maybe even more on the west coast too.

I love this song and I’m so happy to see it moving up to #28 … little by little by little, it’ll get there.

I just wanted to point out that with Carrie soaking up 96 adds & big/pretty big weeks for Easton Corbin (39 adds), and Luke Bryan (24 adds) with Eric Church (19 adds), Lee Brice (17 adds), and Jason Aldean (16 adds) picking up the Cumulus auto adds, there really wasn’t much room for other people to pick up many adds. So for CaseyJ to pick up 4 manual adds is good to see. LDCIAN has now been added by over 100 out of the 140 stations on the published Mediabase country chart. 2 more adds and it’ll be on 3/4 of the country panel. 

That is good, I didn’t think about it that way.

94 adds on one day is just astounding!  

So true … Adam’s ‘slow but sure’ rise can bring out the impatience in me, but after reading your logic and pragmatism, I have to agree with you completely.  It is captivating in that it definitely keeps you ‘hooked’ to follow it up up up.  And doesn’t Adam do that with everything he does?

I would have just the opposite ‘take’ on this … Kelly has been on the scene for 10 years and Carrie for 7 so they’ve ‘earned’ their respective meteoric chart risings and it almost becomes automatic from their fanbases just as it does for Streisand (still), Bon Jovi, and others.  Once you’re established, it becomes easier to move more quickly up the charts.

For someone like Adam, otoh, who is still ‘struggling’ to make his permanent mark, it’s going to take longer, but put 5/7 years under his belt and see what happens.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Kelly and Carrie but they are established and deservedly so, but I just see their longevity an asset rather than a liability … ;)

It’s not just the length of time that they have been out, they have the hits to justify their meteoric rises.  Kelly and Carrie started stacking up number ones and top ten hits with the release of their first albums, and really haven’t stopped since.  

I love it too and it became even more impactful and meaninful to me after the video because it just added more dimension to the lyrics and the overall influence of what BTIKM is all about.  It’s intricate and multi-layered and that’s my favorite type of song ….

Go Adam BB … make it a ‘sure fire winner’ …. “gonna take you to the top to the brink of what you believe, yeah!”

So true.  Great that Kelly and Carrie are zooming up the charts, but that’s expected now – good for them.  The excitement, for me, is watching the breakthrough of a talent like Adam’s – who’s had more of a struggle.

In this interview on the red carpet for Elton John’s Oscar party, Adam says a few very interesting things about Trespassing:
1. It is delayed “about a month”
2. He decided to include some new stuff at the last minute.
3. One of those last-minute songs is a Bruno Mars song. “It’s a great song”
4. Adam was in the studio with Bruno TODAY working on that song.

Yippee!

Adam’s bit is at 2:10:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3KS-Y52Ig4

Oh and YIPPEE x10 for 10 adds for BTIKM! I love that song and am so happy to see forward progress!

LA – Boston – DC   Yah!

Kiss 108 Boston (WXKS) Top 40

That’s a nice add for Adam’s song, and interesting.  Ironically, WXKS was the biggest Pop station to add TT, and around the same time, Kris performed at their station staff party & their big Jingle Ball-like concert in the spring.  Do they have a big event coming up?

Well if what you say is correct and they normally have a jingle ball like concert in the spring, wouldn’t that be happening sometime in the next few months? Maybe Adam will play at the concert, yay!

Adam played at the Boston concert two years ago the same year Kris did. I have no idea if they still do those concerts or not.

I don’t know about country but it’s crazy hard to maintain a career in Pop for ten years. So for Kelly to be headed for a #1 on Top 40 at this point in her career is quite a feat. And Carrie was the last artist to sell 7 million albums in the US (her debut album) until Adele passed her. So she’s been knocking it out of the box from day 1. 

But the big hurdle for Idols is always album #2. The ones who put out a successful second album have achieved a major milestone in their career.

Yes, Kelly’s doing great and Carrie is a powerhouse.  Came to fame when the music biz was a lot different and managed to retain their popularity.  Good for them.  They’re established artists and predictable.
It’s more interesting, IMO, to watch those who are still trying to make it like Adam, Kris, Durb – whoever.  The struggle is what’s fascinating.

Thank you for saying this jpfan2.

Linda Vastardis: Kelly has been on the scene for 10 years and Carrie for 7 so they’ve ‘earned’ their respective meteoric chart risings and it almost becomes automatic from their fanbases just as it does for Streisand (still), Bon Jovi, and others.  Once you’re established, it becomes easier to move more quickly up the charts.

Then why aren’t Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch, and Hillary Duff who were all big at CHR/HAC around the same time Kelly started out still churning out big CHR/HAC hits? Avril and Michelle were plenty established at the time their CHR fortunes started to fade, and Hillary had the Disney machine and years of multimedia stardom in her favor.

Carrie’s in a radio format that plays 1 female song for every 4 or 5 male songs. It’s an understatement to say that females have extra hurdles to get past in order to get airplay, never mind to get consistent airplay. (I’m not taking Good Girl’s hit status for granted either, it’s
obviously starting huge and early response is great but we’ll see where
it peaks. Gretchen Wilson was the toast of the town in 2003-2004, but the lead single for her sophomore album flamed out after starting big at country radio, the subsequent singles did even worse, and her album sales are in the tank now.

It’s blatantly false that chart risings are “automatic” for people like Kelly and Carrie. It may be true that they’re more likely to get initial attention for
their singles because of who they are but they’re definitely not
guaranteed success at the level they’ve achieved. They deserve a lot more credit than that for being able to stay relevant and produce hit singles for this long in an industry with such a high level of turnover.

“Adam played at the Boston concert two years ago the same year Kris did. I have no idea if they still do those concerts or not.”

Pretty sure Kris did the Jingle Ball, Christmas 2009. Adam did the Spring concert in May of 2010.

I agree 100%! I do think the adds come faster and they are pretty much automatic for them at this point, but it’s due to the fact that they have proven themselves over and over for the last 7-10 years.

Kelly and Carrie do get a certain amount of leadway, but they deserve it! They are consistently making good music and have been able to stay current in their respected genres of music. Both of them should get the respect of DJs, PDs and others in the music industry. They’ve earned it!

I don’t know about their Jingle Ball, but I googled the Kiss 108 spring concert after it was mentioned here and both Kris and Adam played it in May 2010. Threads here for each of their performances even came up in the search.

Nope. Kris & Adam played the same outdoor Boston concert.  Kris did the station party the night before. It was an outdoor venue so was not during Christmas.

Spring of 2010 was when WXKS added TT.

It looks like the label is sticking with BTIKM now, so hopefully, it is going to make good progress.

Hillary Duff was a pop star? I remember watching Lizzie Maguire in middle school but I don’t remember her having a career outside of that. Interesting.  And I agree, Kelly’s longevity is incredibly impressive. 

Adam probably will perform btikm, so hopefully it’ll keep rising and getting good adds. :)  Though it’s possible, I guess, that he’d perform his second single on the show depending on when they start it. 

Adam played at the Boston concert two years ago the same year Kris did. I have no idea if they still do those concerts or not.

I didn’t get the impression that Adam liked the setup of that concert, but maybe if he does the Spring one this year, he’ll have a better time.  That’s the concert where they booked dozens of established and a few unknown singers, started around 1 or 2 in the afternoon, and had them all perform on one stage until around 10 pm.  It’s rough, because the acts that come on at the end of the night have to stay at the venue for the entire concert.

Since they are Z100′s sister stations, they need to ask them about the rotating stage that they use for the Jingle Ball.  It makes the concert go by faster, since people don’t have to wait for bands to setup.  The good news is that it’s a popular concert that usually sells out.

I didn’t get the impression that Adam liked the setup of that concert, but maybe if he does the Spring one this year, he’ll have a better time.

Where did you get that impression?