Olly Murs may have come second on the sixth season of X-Factor, but he has not let that hinder him at all. While he has never had a great deal of success in the US, who needs the US when you can sell $3.8M in tickets in England and Scotland. Hitting up London, Glasgow and […]
Billboard Update – Chart Date 06/15/19
Danny Gokey tops the Christian AC Indicator chart with “Haven’t Seen It Yet”. Morgan Wallen holds onto the top of the Country Airplay chart for a second week with his single “Whiskey Glasses”. “Eyes on You” from Chase Rice spends a second week at the top of the Country Recurrent Airplay chart. Calum Scott: “Only […]
Daily Numbers Thread 06/11/2019
Today’s thread is brought to you by the letter X and the numbers 5, 9 and 15. “Old Town Road” spends a Xth week on the top of the Hot 100. This viral sensation from Lil Nas X is just the 38th song to spend 10 weeks at the top of the chart. The song […]
Monday Morning Mediabase 06/10/2019
Eight Milestones this Morning. Season 10 Idol Winner Scotty McCreery is back on the chart with “In Between”. “In Between” is his third single from his 2018 “Seasons Change” album and it debuts in the top 50 on Country. His previous two singles went to number one in the format. Also on Country, we see […]
Idols in Concert – 06/06/2019
No concerts to report, but a few industry bits of news. HDD reports that Goldman Sachs is predicting that music revenue will hit $131b by 2030. People in the 18->34 range are spending an average of $163 per year on music, mostly streaming. Interestingly, they still think physical albums will have a presences, but downloading […]
Billboard Update – Chart Date 06/08/19
Morgan Wallen from The Voice tops the Country Airplay chart with “Whiskey Glasses” while Survivor’s Chase Rice tops the Country Recurrent Airplay chart with “Eyes on You”. Morgan also takes over the number 1 spot on Hot Country Songs. Calum Scott: & Leona Lewis: “You are the Reason”: Digital 7 (RE) Camila Cabello: “Camila”: BB200 […]
Daily Numbers Thread 06/04/2019
Today’s thread is brought to you by the numbers 8 and 17. “Old Town Road” is growing old at the top of the Hot 100 as it spends its 9th week there. This breakout hit by Lil Nas X also tops the Streaming chart (115.3M streams) for a ninth week and the digital chart (81K) […]
Monday Morning Mediabase 06/03/2019
Morgan Wallen from The Voice tops the Country chart for a second time. The first time was with “Up Down” (featuring Florida Georgia Line) and this time it is with “Whiskey Glasses” (which is 7th on the iTunes chart this morning). Morgan was on Season 6th of the Voice (on both Usher’s and Adam Levine’s […]
More Billboard – Chart Date 06/01/19
Billboard updated the BB200 and Sales chart, but we are still waiting for the Internet and Digital Albums chart as well as the Artist 100 chart. What skullduggery is afoot that has caused this delay? On the other thread, people have noted that only Trent and Maddie have failed to chart on the BB200 amongst […]
Billboard Update – Chart Date 06/01/19
The major album categories (BB200, Sales, Digital and Internet) as well as the Artist chart continue not to be available. Some debates are probably occurring in BB headquarters right now. Here is the rest of the charts. Maelyn Jarmon was just announced as the winner of The Voice and now she tops the Emerging Artist […]
