Monday Morning Mediabase Update: Jul 30-Aug 5

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While last week was slow and lazy, this week, the Idols et al have donned their racing shoes and raced up the charts. Lots of milestones to discuss.

Let’s start with original recipe Idol, Kelly Clarkson. Her third single (“Dark Side”) from her fifth studio album (“Stronger”) went top 10 on Hot AC. This is a strong format for Kelly and her previous two songs from this album went to the top of the chart. Can “Dark Side” go number 1 as well?

Over on Country, we have three milestones. Casey James from Season 9 looks to be the most successful on radio from that season. His second single from his debut album has achieved top 30 on the Country chart. “Crying on a Suitcase” is moving up the charts much quicker than his debut single which is nice to see. Meanwhile, Scotty McCreery has backed into a top 40 song. While “Water Tower Town” has been losing spins for the last couple of weeks, it still managed to move up the chart (thanks to recurrents). This third single is underperforming for Scotty and is a definite disappointment. Meanwhile, his runner-up from Season 10 looks to have a much more successful third single teed up. “Eighteen Inches” wasted no time getting into the top 50 on Country and is sitting not far behind WTT at 42. If this single is successful, it may revive the album and have program directors looking forward to her next album.

The final American Idol achieving a milestone this week is Michael Lynche, also from Season 9. His “Who’s Gonna Love You” has achieved top 50 on AC. This indie release is also top 30 on UAC.

From Canadian Idol, Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” has moved up to top 5 on the AC chart. The song is top 5 in two formats, top 10 in 3 and top 20 in 4.

Chery Lloyd, from UK XF, has gone top 40 on HAC and appeared in the top 50 on Rhythmic. The song is charting in 3 formats.

Meanwhile, is it wrong for me to be pleased that JLo’s out of season single appears to be tanking? “Goin’ In” featuring Flo Rida is tumbling off the Pop charts. Some of these judges think they are gifting these shows by agreeing to be on them. They consider themselves to be the stars of the show. They have all sorts of conditions, hock their products, snag performance slots and then make outrageous salary demands. I don’t have a problem with people being paid as much as they can get, but if JLo’s career stumbles after she priced herself out of range, I hope that serves as a wake up call to present and future judges. So that they appreciate the chance to be on the show and realize that they are in the same boat as the contestants (here to try to get a career boost). I think these shows work largely because of the contestants and how they get the audience invested. The judges contribute as well, but if they keep in mind that they are replaceable and the show is a benefit to them, maybe they will bring their “A” game every day.

Carly Rae Jepsen (CI):
“Call Me Maybe”: 6 Pop (5); 3 HAC (2), ^5 AC (6), 18 RHY (16)
“Good Time” with Owl City: ^14 Pop (15); ^21 HAC (21)

Carrie Underwood:
“Blown Away”: ^21 Country (27)
“Good Girl”: ^39 AC (40)

Casey Abrams:
“Get Out”: ^22 AC (22)

Casey James:
“Crying on a Suitcase: ^30 Country (36)

Cher Lloyd (UK XF):
“Want U Back”; ^13 Pop (12), ^39 HAC (41)’ ^45 RHY (53)

Chris Rene:
“Trouble” ^47 Pop (45)

Hedley (CI):
“Kiss You Inside and Out”: ^41 HAC (42)

Jordin Sparks:
“Celebrate” feat. Whitney Houston: 28 AC (25); ^13 UAC (15)

Kelly Clarkson:
“Dark Side”: ^9 HAC (11); ^21 Pop (23); ^27 AC (26)
“Stronger”: 3 AC (2)

Lauren Alaina:
“Eighteen Inces” ^42 Country (51)

Leah Labelle:
“Sexify”: 28 UAC (24)

Michael Lynche:
“Who’s Gonna Love You”: ^29 UAC (28); ^49 AC (-)

Mandisa:
“Good Morning”: 23 CAC (20)

Olly Murs (UK XF):
“Heart Skips a Beat”: ^36 Pop (40)

One Direction (UK XF):
“One Thing” 19 Pop (16); ^33 HAC (36)
“What Makes You Beautiful”: 10 HAC (7); ^9 AC (9)

Phillip Phillips:
“Home”: ^19 HAC (19)

Rebecca Fergusen (UK XF):
“Nothing’s Real but Love”: ^37 HAC (38)
“Run Free”: ^30 UAC (29)

Scotty McCreery:
“Water Tower Town”: 40 Country (41)

Vicci Martinez:
“Come Along” with CeeLo Green: ^46 HAC (47)

Note: Numbers indicate position on the chart while numbers in brackets indicate the position on the chart the previous week. The “^” (aka “a bullet”) indicates that a song gained spins since last week

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  • Anonymous

    Z100 is a POP station. There is no reason for them to play “Home”. 

    So what if it’s a Pop station?  Lots of alt-sounding songs have hit on the Pop format lately that wouldn’t normally be considered Pop songs.  

    The sales of Home are undeniable; I think it’s just a matter of time before Z100 jumps on the song & then others will follow.  I have no doubt Interscope is working them hard right now.

  • Anonymous

    Exactly, but pretty much all those songs that crossed over to CHR did so only after being huge hits in other formats. Even Adele didn’t get a ton of pop play for her recent singles until they did well on HAC, Triple A, etc. If “Home” continues its climb on HAC, it will have a better chance of crossing over.

    Pop radio did play it a bit when it was first released, but the song never got out of the 40s on the CHR chart. Radio PDs likely know that, which might make them reluctant to try (or try again) the song.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    CHR/Pop
    5 6 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe 9892 11108 -1216 68.002
    -164 Spins
    -65 Bullet
    -1.450 AI

    12 13 CHER LLOYD Want U Back 6963 6359 604 41.559
    -1 Position
    +40 Spins
    -60 Bullet
    +0.342 AI

    15 14 OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN Good Time 5980 5492 488 38.177
    +33 Spins
    -128 Bullet
    +0.408 AI

    16 19 ONE DIRECTION One Thing 3652 5089 -1437 18.635
    -1 Position
    -242 Spins
    -172 Bullet
    -1.407 AI

    21 22 KELLY CLARKSON Dark Side 2959 2676 283 17.391
    +29 Spins
    +12 Bullet
    +0.285 AI

    36 33 OLLY MURS Heart Skips A Beat 1197 994 203 6.18
    +1 Position
    +5 Spins
    0 Bullet
    +0.049 AI

    45 47 CHRIS RENE Trouble 464 421 43 0.753
    +1 Position
    +4 Spins
    -9 Bullet
    +0.003 AI

    HAC
    2 3 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe 4308 4574 -266 31.556
    -1 Position
    -38 Spins
    -80 Bullet
    -0.410 AI

    11 9 KELLY CLARKSON Dark Side 2958 2772 186 18.259
    +1 Position
    +6 Spins
    -63 Bullet
    +0.032 AI

    7 10 ONE DIRECTION What Makes You Beaut… 2952 3178 -226 22.091
    -1 Position
    -33 Spins
    -37 Bullet
    -0.392 AI

    19 19 PHILLIP PHILLIPS Home 1363 1131 232 6.578
    +38 Spins
    +7 Bullet
    +0.117 AI

    21 21 OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN Good Time 1163 948 215 7.369
    +29 Spins
    -44 Bullet
    +0.373 AI

    34 33 ONE DIRECTION One Thing 430 416 14 1.712
    +7 Spins
    -33 Bullet
    +0.077 AI

    38 37 REBECCA FERGUSON Nothing’s Real But L… 343 332 11 1.158
    +1 Position
    -1 Spin
    -3 Bullet
    +0.030 AI

    41 39 CHER LLOYD Want U Back 339 247 92 1.122
    +6 Spins
    -12 Bullet
    +0.013 AI

    42 41 HEDLEY Kiss You Inside Out 253 231 22 1.182
    +1 Position
    +4 Spins
    -20 Bullet
    +0.043 AI

    47 46 VICCI MARTINEZ Come Along f/CeeLo G… 195 179 16 0.706
    -1 Position
    -3 Spins
    -6 Bullet
    +0.016 AI

    AC
    2 3 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger (What Doesn… 2076 2144 -68 15.843
    -63 Spins
    -86 Bullet
    -0.326 AI

    6 5 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe 1662 1554 108 11.418
    -10 Spins
    -39 Bullet
    +0.163 AI

    9 9 ONE DIRECTION What Makes You Beaut… 872 863 9 8.363
    -8 Spins
    -14 Bullet
    +0.002 AI

    22 22 CASEY ABRAMS Get Out 105 103 2 0.181
    -1 Spin
    -3 Bullet
    +0.020 AI

    26 27 KELLY CLARKSON Dark Side 78 74 4 0.303
    0 Spins
    +3 Bullet
    +0.021 AI

    25 28 WHITNEY HOUSTON/JORDIN SPARKS Celebrate 64 75 -11 0.16
    -1 Spin
    -2 Bullet
    +0.008 AI

    40 39 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Good Girl 19 17 2 0.291
    +1 Position
    +1 Spin
    0 Bullet
    +0.014 AI

    0 49 MICHAEL LYNCHE Today 9 0 9 0.002
     
    Country
    27 21 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Blown Away 2522 1946 576 19.485
    +1 Position
    +94 Spins
    +31 Bullet
    +0.731 AI

    33 30 CASEY JAMES Crying On A Suitcase 1073 969 104 5.412
    +2 Position
    +17 Spins
    0 Bullet
    +0.085 AI

    41 40 SCOTTY MCCREERY Water Tower Town 396 512 -116 2.324
    +2 Positions
    -23 Spins
    +11 Bullet
    -0.053 AI

    51 42 LAUREN ALAINA Eighteen Inches 323 246 77 1.211
    +4 Positions
    +12 Spins
    -5 Bullet
    +0.126 AI

    Urban AC
    15 13 WHITNEY HOUSTON/JORDIN SPARKS Celebrate 776 565 211 5.109
    +1 Position
    +13 Spins
    +29 Bullet
    +0.043 AI

    24 28 LEAH LABELLE Sexify 210 220 -10 0.883
    -2 Spins
    -7 Bullet
    -0.014 AI

    28 29 MICHAEL LYNCHE Who’s Gonna Love You… 203 184 19 0.61
    +2 Spins
    +1 Bullet
    +0.006 AI

    29 30 REBECCA FERGUSON Run Free 178 175 3 0.699
    +3 Spins
    +3 Bullet
    -0.021 AI

    Rhythmic
    16 18 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Call Me Maybe 1589 1691 -102 10.352
    +1 Position
    -11 Spins
    +1 Bullet
    -0.183 AI

    53 45 CHER LLOYD Want U Back 412 251 161 2.302
    +3 Positions
    +21 Spins
    -8 Bullet
    +0.064 AI

    Christian AC
    20 23 MANDISA Good Morning f/ Toby… 279 314 -35 1.19
    +1 Position
    -9 Spins
    0 Bullet
    -0.042 AI

    Smooth Jazz
    19 15 CASEY ABRAMS Simple Life 40 36 4 0.43
    -1 Spin
    -4 Bullet
    -0.009 AI

    50 43 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger (What Doesn… 19 16 3 0.165
    +3 Positions
    +1 Spin
    +2 Bullet
    +0.011 AI

    Canada-CHR/Pop
    9 10 HEDLEY Kiss You Inside Out 1068 970 98 6.933
    +7 Spins
    +13 Bullet
    +0.116 AI

    12 11 OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN Good Time 1029 842 187 5.762
    +27 Spins
    +16 Bullet
    +0.107 AI

    19 12 CHER LLOYD Want U Back 852 671 181 4.002
    +1 Position
    +22 Spins
    +5 Bullet
    +0.176 AI

    22 24 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Curiosity 574 567 7 2.889
    +1 Position
    -5 Spins
    -4 Bullet
    +0.083 AI

    17 26 ONE DIRECTION One Thing 547 705 -158 2.965
    -17 Spins
    +12 Bullet
    -0.111 AI

    43 40 KELLY CLARKSON Dark Side 210 199 11 1.104
    +3 Positions
    +3 Spins
    +5 Bullet
    +0.007 AI

    Canada-HAC
    5 4 HEDLEY Kiss You Inside Out 899 844 55 4.565
    +6 Spins
    -2 Bullet
    -0.009 AI

    10 9 KELLY CLARKSON Dark Side 697 725 -28 2.934
    -14 Spins
    -26 Bullet
    -0.143 AI

    9 11 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Curiosity 646 740 -94 3.072
    -1 Position
    -20 Spins
    -14 Bullet
    -0.137 AI

    20 14 OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN Good Time 618 490 128 3.197
    +21 Spins
    +4 Bullet
    +0.086 AI

    18 20 ONE DIRECTION One Thing 491 501 -10 2.209
    -2 Spins
    -1 Bullet
    -0.006 AI

    40 37 CHER LLOYD Want U Back 254 195 59 1.192
    +2 Positions
    +9 Spins
    +10 Bullet
    +0.055 AI

    Canada-Main AC
    2 2 HEDLEY Kiss You Inside Out 410 392 18 4.296
    +3 Spins
    -1 Bullet
    +0.04 AI

    9 7 ONE DIRECTION What Makes You Beaut… 321 290 31 2.699
    0 Spins
    -1 Bullet
    +0.058 AI

    7 8 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger (What Doesn… 315 324 -9 1.866
    +2 Spins
    0 Bullet
    -0.009 AI

    6 14 CARLY RAE JEPSEN Curiosity 223 212 11 1.281
    +1 Position
    -2 Spins
    -2 Bullet
    +0.017 AI

    32 26 KELLY CLARKSON Dark Side 101 77 24 0.953
    +2 Positions
    +2 Spins
    -7 Bullet
    +0.086 AI

    Canada-Country
    24 21 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Blown Away 494 446 48 1.624
    +1 Spin
    -17 Bullet
    -0.024 AI

  • OffLeash

    Because of the predicted sales for Home, I think this week’s adds should give us a clue as to what’s in store for Home. Certainly by next week’s adds we should get a clear picture, because the single will still be riding on this week’s sales numbers. 

  • Anonymous

    According to some fans Elvis Duran played Home one day last week, and then asked for feedback.  That’s not surprising considering the buzz that the song was getting at the time.  That buzz can help it get attention for pop PDs, too.  It wouldn’t be unusual for the song to pick up some pop stations before hit smashes on Hot AC, especially given the fact that it is selling so well.

    Taylor said: I don’t know if WWFM and LLWD would have had more trouble or not in the current Pop climate. WWFM stayed high on the recurrent chart longer than LLWD and to this day has more spins on radio. The public connected with the song and continued to do so for a long time.

    Both WWFM and LLWD benefited from RCA and Jive making deals with Z100 to support the song. Without those deals, the songs never would have had a chance to connect with the public for any period of time.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    i-tunes

    Singles
    2.  Phillip Phillips-Home
    3.  Carly Rae Jepsen-Call Me Maybe
    6.  Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen-Good Time
    8.  Cher Lloyd-Want U Back
    13. Maroon 5-One More Night
    14. Maroon 5-Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
    17. Carrie Underwood-Blown Away
    21. Jason Aldean-Take a Little Ride
    30. Kelly Clarkson-Dark Side
    32. One Direction-What Makes You Beautiful
    42. One Direction-One Thing
    59. Maroon 5-Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
    71. Blake Shelton-Over
    76. Kelly Clarkson-Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
    99. Maroon 5-Moves Like Jagger (Studio Recording from “The Voice” Performance) [feat. Christina Aguilera]
    104. Carrie Underwood-Good Girl
    112. ADELE-Set Fire to the Rain
    116. ADELE-Rolling in the Deep
    119. ADELE-Rumour Has It
    135. ADELE-Someone Like You
    160. Olly Murs-Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Chiddy Bang)
    203. Maroon 5-She Will Be Loved
    212. Blake Shelton-God Gave Me You
    243. One Direction-Moments
    248. Gym Class Heroes-Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)
    253. One Direction-Up All Night
    270. Stefano-I’m On a Roll (feat. New Boyz & Rock Mafia)
    275. Blake Shelton-Honey Bee
    291. Mandisa & tobyMac-Good Morning (feat. TobyMac)
    317. Kelly Clarkson-Mr. Know It All
    322. One Direction-Stand Up
    358. John Legend-Tonight (Best You Ever Had) [feat. Ludacris]
    359. One Direction-More Than This
    405. One Direction-What Makes You Beautiful
    410. David Archuleta-Broken
    448. Carrie Underwood-Before He Cheats
    460. Sugarland-Stuck Like Glue
    466. One Direction-Gotta Be You (2012 US Version)
    476. Blake Shelton-Drink On It
    504. One Direction-One Thing
    536. Maroon 5-Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
    546. One Direction-I Want
    549. Scotty McCreery-Water Tower Town
    575. Chris Rene-Trouble
    588. Maroon 5-Sunday Morning
    634. Maroon 5-This Love
    656. Cee Lo Green-Forget You
    666. Carrie Underwood-Cowboy Casanova
    671. Matt Nathanson-Run (feat. Sugarland)
    672. Casey James-Crying On a Suitcase
    685. Maroon 5-Misery
    699. Sugarland-Stay
    723. Phillip Phillips-Volcano (American Idol Performance)
    744. Maroon 5-Wake Up Call
    753. Maroon 5-Lucky Strike
    757. Maroon 5-Makes Me Wonder
    776. Cher Lloyd-Swagger Jagger
    783. ADELE-Make You Feel My Love
    827. ADELE-Turning Tables
    834. Kelly Clarkson-Breakaway
    857. Maroon 5-Won’t Go Home Without You
    880. Carrie Underwood-Jesus, Take the Wheel
    937. ADELE-One and Only
    939. Cee Lo Green-F**k You
    971. Chris Rene-Young Homie
    985. Carrie Underwood-Undo It
    987. Christina Aguilera-Beautiful
    1019. Daniel Powter-Bad Day
    1021. ADELE-Chasing Pavements

    Albums
    11. Maroon 5-Overexposed (Deluxe)
    14. ADELE-21
    15. One Direction-Up All Night (Deluxe Version)
    17. One Direction-Up All Night
    21. Carrie Underwood-Blown Away
    71. Kelly Clarkson-Stronger (Deluxe Version)
    107. Maroon 5-It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
    111. Various Artists-Now That’s What I Call Music, Vol. 42
    117. ADELE-19
    127. Phillip Phillips-Phillip Phillips: Journey to the Finale
    163. Blake Shelton-Red River Blue (Deluxe Version)
    166. Pentatonix-PTX, Vol. 1
    201. Maroon 5-Songs About Jane
    212. Maroon 5-Overexposed
    224. Maroon 5-Hands All Over (Deluxe Version)
    371. Maroon 5-Overexposed (Deluxe)
    398. Carrie Underwood-Some Hearts
    433. Various Artists-Sparkle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    464. David Archuleta-BEGIN.
    479. Daughtry-Daughtry
    510. Mandisa-What If We Were Real
    537. Olly Murs-In Case You Didn’t Know
    544. Blake Shelton-Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton
    558. Maroon 5-Hands All Over
    572. Rebecca Ferguson-Heaven
    600. Scotty McCreery-Clear As Day
    606. Adam Lambert-Trespassing (Deluxe Version)
    638. Sugarland-Love On the Inside (Deluxe Fan Edition)
    651. SMASH Cast-The Music of SMASH (Soundtrack)
    688. Carly Rae Jepsen-Call Me Maybe (Remixes) – EP
    824. Glee Cast-Glee: The Music – The Graduation Album
    854. Daughtry-Break the Spell (Deluxe Version)
    900. Haley Reinhart-Listen Up! (Deluxe Version)
    921. Kelly Clarkson-Breakaway
    961. Sugarland-Enjoy the Ride
    964. Robin Thicke-The Evolution of Robin Thicke (Deluxe Edition)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    CHART DATE: 08/06/2012
    LAST UPDATE: 08/06/2012 11:19:06
    NOW IN: 46.22%

    LW TW artist / album label power index
    — 1 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJ 129,425
    GOD FORGIVES, I DON’T
    — 2 JOSS STONE S-CURVE 14,553
    SOUL SESSIONS, VOL. 2
    2 3 NAS DEF JAM/IDJ 14,377
    LIFE IS GOOD
    7 4 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 12,830
    UP ALL NIGHT
    1 5 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 12,381
    UNCAGED
    9 6 FRANK OCEAN DEF JAM/IDJ 11,097
    CHANNEL ORANGE
    18 7 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 9,256
    SOME NIGHTS
    6 8 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 8,923
    BELIEVE
    10 9 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 8,914
    OVEREXPOSED
    5 10 PASSION PIT COLUMBIA 8,253
    GOSSAMER

    8 11 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 7,445
    21

    23 22 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 4,678
    BLOWN AWAY

    – 35 SPARKLE RCA 3,390
    SOUNDTRACK

    32 36 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 3,339
    MY KINDA PARTY

    42 48 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 2,145
    STRONGER

    33 50 R. KELLY RCA 2,031
    WRITE ME BACK

    HDD Sales Chart

  • tucker davis

    Driving away from the concert in Duluth last night, I was listening to the huge country radio station in Atlanta and they were raving about Casey James! They must have talked 5 minutes about his talent, then played his new single, then raved another 2 minutes about how the girls are crazy about his looks! lol
    Coming from the concert just made it icing on the cake!

  • Anonymous

     ”– 35 SPARKLE RCA 3,390
    SOUNDTRACK”

    Do you or anyone know if itunes is counted with the first batch of numbers or second ? The Sparkle soundtrack is very low on itunes but i guess it is selling better in stores based on early predictions of selling 13-16K this week.

  • http://www.facebook.com/stuelmen Susan Uelmen

    Moving on up!  Yeah!  Go Lauren Alaina!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/stuelmen Susan Uelmen

    Next week top 40!!

  • Anonymous

    I just love it when Idols are doing well on the charts and on the sales. Kelly is just so incredible,I’m in awe.Casey James, what can I say??? Lauren, I’m freaking out , she is going up the charts faster than I thought!!!! Scotty managed to reach top 40.And Michael Lynche with his music , congratulations!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    Country adds (monitored)

    Lauren (6)-Eighteen Inches

    Casey J (5)-COAS

    Carrie (4)-BA

    Scotty (1)-WTT

    LINK

  • Anonymous

    Again giving props to Stefano, who has managed to stay in the upper portion of itunes for months with hardly any promo.  Amazing.  I’m interested to see if his album will do the same.

  • Anonymous

    Considering that sales for I’m On A Roll aren’t that impressive, I doubt it.  I also doubt that Hollywood Records is going to release an album until they manage to get him some radio support.  This is not a situation where Hollywood is obligated to release an album, and it seems like the smarter choice would be to invest in some A&R, continue to promote Stefano to radio, and try to find a song that will stick, before taking the time to release an album.  In the end that scenario is better for Stefano, and gives him a better chance that Hollywood will continue to work with him.

  • OffLeash

    Amazing, isn’t it? Months later, Stefano’s still steady in the 200′s, with no sign of weakening, and his single isn’t even charting anymore! 

  • OffLeash

    I’m curious. Do we even have sales numbers for Stefano? I have no idea how many downloads he’s sold so far.

  • Troy Mccoy

    Stefano does get some promo. I watch MTV all the time. I cant remember which MTV channel  it was, because there are so many. On one of the MTV channels play his music video a decent amount of times. I know I saw it too many times to count. They also run an interview with stefano between commercial breaks talking about what the type of judges he would like to see for AI and whether he would like to see old contestant come back to judge. I think that could be helping the song.

    I know music videos help the song chart some, it may not help it shoot up intunes, but it does help some songs to chart in the middle of the pack somewhere. I think once those channels stop playing the song as much, the song will decline. So far MTV is still playing stefano video, which is helping him. I think.

  • rodolfochengcanepa

    i’m amazed not only by “home”, but also by “volcano” which remains in i-tunes top 1000. Good 4 him.

  • Anonymous

    But again, none of those songs got substantial Pop radio play until they had smashed on other formats. That’s the major difference between those songs and “Home.”  If “Home” wants to really crossover to CHR, it is likely going to have to at least go Top 10 on HAC. 

    “Home” has 2 CHR adds so far today, giving it a total of 41 adds in that format. So it’s not like the song has gotten no attention in the format (to compare, the 2 HAC adds it has today gives it a total of 52 adds in that format). On the other hand, of those 41 adds, only 6 are in Top 50 markets (1 in a Top 10 market), and none of those 6 stations played “Home” more than 7 times last week, despite the exposure and sales boost it got from the Olympics. Overall, 17 of the 41 adds are in Top 100 markets, but only 3 of these 17 stations spun “Home” 10 or more times last week. So most of its radio play is coming from smaller market stations. Which is fine, of course — any radio play is a good thing. But I don’t know if “Home” getting 66 spins from the CHR station in Appleton, WI (which it did last week) means all that much to radio PDs in the big markets.

    Of the CHR monitored stations that haven’t added “Home” yet, none spun it more than 7 times last week. So I don’t see real evidence that the Olympics exposure or the big jump in sales has made any real difference to radio PDs in the CHR format. Z100 only spun it the one time — if they had any real interest in playing it, wouldn’t they have given it another test spin or two? KIIS-FM here in L.A. hasn’t played it at all, despite the fact that they tweeted out the link to the music video.

    Since “Home” gets compared to a Mumford & Sons type song, I looked up how “Little Lion Man” did in terms of CHR adds. The answer is — not very well. The song got a total of EIGHT adds from CHR stations. And, aside from the Sirius XM channel, the biggest station that added it was KSLZ in St. Louis (market #22). 

    Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” is an example of an alt rock song with recent major success on CHR radio. It debuted on the BB Hot 100 on January 14, 2012 but didn’t hit #1 until its 15th week on the chart — which was right after it had been covered on Glee and on Idol, and performed by Gotye himself on SNL, in a space of five days (April 10-14). It then stayed at #1 on the BB Hot 100 for 8 straight weeks. The song got its first add from a CHR station (Portland, OR) on January 30, but aside from being picked up by the Sirius XM Pop station (on 2/21) it didn’t get any adds from a CHR station in a Top 10 market until KIIS-FM added it on March 5 (Z100 added it the next day). I don’t have access to archived MB charts, but I would guess that as of March 5, “STIUTK” was in the Top 10 on the Alt Rock, HAC and/or Triple A charts. And honestly, aside from both songs being alt-rockish, there is no similarity in what “STIUTK” and “Home” sound like or lyrically.

    It would be great if Phillip could cross over and have good Pop radio success with this song. But, at least right at the moment, I don’t see that happening. If it can stay in the Top 20 or so on iTunes and continue to move up the HAC chart, hopefully that would convince more CHR stations — especially the songs in bigger markets — to give the song a chance.

  • Anonymous

    The music video for “Home” is going to make its debut on Wednesday’s episode of SYTYCD

  • Anonymous

    Stefano has been doing a fair amount of promo. He’s done at least some sort of radio tour and he has been on television a couple of times to promote his single — including on GMA. It also played in the background during the Teen Choice Awards. So I wouldn’t say it has had hardly any promo.

  • OffLeash

    7 HAC adds today for Home, 6 in the top 50. Not bad! 57 stations total.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    Adds (Monitored)

    Whitney/Jordin (13)-Celebrate
    (Urban AC)

    Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen (10)-GT (HAC)

    Phillip (9)-Home
    (7 HAC, 2 CHR/Pop)

    Cher Lloyd (6)-WUB
    (1 Canada-HAC, 1 Canada-CHR/Pop, 3 HAC, 1 Rhythmic)

    Lauren (6)-Eighteen Inches (Country)

    Casey J (5)-COAS (Country)

    Hedley (5)-KYIO (HAC)

    Carrie (4)-BA (Country)

    Olly Murs (4)-HSAB
    (2 HAC, 2 CHR/Pop)

    One Direction (4)-WMYB (AC)

    Carly Rae Jepsen (3)-CMM (AC)

    Casey A (2)-GO (AC)

    Chris Rene (2)-Trouble (HAC)

    Michael Lynche (2)-Today
    (1 Smooth AC, 1 AC)

    One Direction (2)-OT (HAC)

    Leah Labelle (1)-Sexify (Urban AC)

    Michael Lynche (1)-WGLYM (Urban AC)

    Rebecca Ferguson (1)-NRBL (HAC)

    Rebecca Ferguson (1)-RF (Urban AC)

    Scotty (1)-WTT (Country)

    Vicci Martinez f/Cee Lo Green (1)-CA (HAC)

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002166668687 Ali Goria

    I may be wrong because I’m going by memory but I thought TVOL was higher on radio HAC than NCOE when it peaked and NCOE never passed it.  Perhaps you mean audience impressions not chart rank. 

    Regardless, I was agreeing with you that Home’s sales prove that the audience IS connecting with it. I don’t see how Idol buzz is “over” for this season’s winner if the buzz wasn’t over for Kris or Adam way into the end of the year when their albums dropped but I realize that Home is different because it’s a non traditional “single” since it was his coronation song that didn’t work as well in previous seasons – if that ‘s what you mean. 

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