Monday Morning Mediabase Update: June 25-Jul 1

By On 07/02/2012 · 176 Comments · In American Idol, Canadian Idol, Charts, X Factor UK

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Lots and lots of milestones this weekend. Let’s start with Kelly Clarkson, the original American Idol. She continues to top the AC chart with the title track for her fifth studio album “Stronger”. Her second single, “Dark Side” also made in-roads on the AC chart by going top 40 in that format.

Carly Rae Jepsen had been topping the Pop chart, but Voice judge Adam Levine and his band Maroon 5 have taken over that chart. Not to worry, her new song with Owl City, “Good Time” is flying up the charts and debuted in the top 40 on Pop. I’ll be honest, I thought Owl City would be a one hit wonder after quirky “Fireflies” became an unexpected hit, but this song is seriously moving (and moving those units on iTunes where Carly holds down the 1st and 3rd spot).

AC was an active format for Idols this week. Along with Kelly’s aforementioned milestones, Jordin Sparks/Whitney Houston’s “Celebrate” from the movie “Sparkle” went top 30 on AC and top 15 on UAC. Casey Abrams debuted on the AC chart in the top 40 with his new single “Get Out”. He’d been on this chart previously dueting with Haley. On UAC, Leah Labelle also went top 40 with “Sexify” while UK XF’s Rebecca Fergusen went top 30 with “Run Free”.

One Direction achieved top 15 on AC with their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful”. Meanwhile, their second single, “One Thing” went top 50 on HAC.

We started with the first Idol, so let’s end with our latest Idol. Phil Phillips, winner of Season 11, went top 50 on Pop with his coronation single “Home”.

Adam Lambert:
“Never Close Our Eyes”: 41 HAC (40)

Carly Rae Jepsen (CI):
“Call Me Maybe”: 2 Pop (1); ^2 HAC (3), ^7 AC (10), ^22 RHY (26)
“Good Time” with Owl City: ^31 Pop (55)

Carrie Underwood:
“Good Girl”: 24 HAC (25); 36 AC (38)

Casey Abrams:
“Get Out”: ^34 AC (-)

Casey James:
“Crying on a Suitcase: ^43 Country (44)

Cher Lloyd:
“Want U Back”; ^21 Pop (22)

Daughtry:
“Outta My Head”: 33 HAC (27)

Haley Reinhart:
“Free”: 31 HAC (29)

Jordin Sparks:
“Celebrate” feat. Whitney Houston: ^25 AC (32); ^15 UAC (19)

Kelly Clarkson:
“Dark Side”: ^16 HAC (18); ^34 Pop (34); ^35 AC (42)
“Mr. Know It All”: 23 Country (21)
“Stronger”: 10 HAC (9); ^1 AC (1)

Kris Allen:
“The Vision of Love”: 38 HAC (33); 36 AC (37)

Leah Labelle:
“Sexify”: ^32 UAC (44)

Michael Lynche:
“Who’s Gonna Love You”: ^33 UAC (36)

Mandisa:
“Good Morning”: ^22 CAC (23)

One Direction (UK XF):
“One Thing” ^19 Pop (19); ^48 HAC (55)
“What Makes You Beautiful”: 8 Pop (4); ^6 HAC (6); ^13 AC (18)

Phillip Phillips:
“Home”: ^32 HAC 34; ^47 Pop (53)

Rebecca Fergusen:
“Nothing’s Real but Love”: ^46 HAC (46)
“Run Free” ^27 UAC (34)

Scotty McCreery:
“Water Tower Town”: ^44 Country (43)

Stefano:
“I’m on a Roll”: 49 Pop (46)

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

Adds listed on AllAccess:
July 9: country: Carrie Underwood: “Blown Away”
July 10: Pop: Olly Murs: “Heart Skips a Beat” featuring Chiddy Bang
July 16: HAC: Chris Rene: “Trouble”
July 16: Country: Lauren Alaina: “18 Inches”

This is the daily numbers thread for Monday. Stats collected on Monday morning.

 
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  • http://twitter.com/eilonwya10 Eilonwy

    Another interesting tidbit on the power of social media for musicians outside the very top echelons, from Ted Cohen. It’s from 2009, but a quick skim down the HDD Top 50 suggests things haven’t changed radically.

    The Internet was supposed to be the ultimate leveler, great music would be able to find its audience, the ‘big label’ gatekeepers would no longer control access to the masses. It hasn’t exactly played out that way. According to my friend, Tommy Silverman/Tommy Boy Records and the co-founder of the New Music Seminar recently told me that he did the math and only 228 artists broke 10,000 units for the first time last year out of 105,000 albums. That’s 2.17% but only 15 of those did it without the help of a real label. That’s not very encouraging to the other ninety-eight percent.*

    *This does refer to bands that broke 10k sales for the first time, so you’ll definitely find indie bands with 10k+ sales that have been around longer, often either dating back to before sales collapsed in 2005 or to a former major-label contract. And the 98% therefore isn’t quite right, though the percentage of bands that routinely sells above 10k is pretty small.

    But it does suggest that gatekeepers are still in place, and social media alone is not a terribly effective end-run around it.

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