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Memorial Monday Morning Mediabase Update : May 23-29

05/30/2011 Kirsten 145

Our newly minted American Idol manages to reach an airplay milestone within less than a week of releasing his Coronation single. Scotty McCreery’s “I Love You This Big” reaches 46th on the Country chart for

Weekend Countdown Shows – 05/28/11

05/28/2011 Kirsten 77

Coronation Single Watch:
Scotty McCreery’s “I Love You This Big” has arrived on the Mediabase Country Top 50. The song has reached 48th with 287 monitored spins and an AI of 2.912. It had a total of 373 spins (AI 3.186) across 109 stations since being released to radio. It is the number one song on the Taking off Chart with 11 Starters spinning the song a total of 125 times. It continues at number one on iTunes.

Lauren Alaina’s “Like My Mother Does” has received 115 spins across 56 stations. It is number 5 on the Taking off chart with its 3 Starters playing it 28 times. The song is number 5 on iTunes.

Billboard – 06/04/11

05/27/2011 Kirsten 78

A few weeks ago, there were dire predictions that Scotty and Lauren would be rejected outright by Country radio. That may still happen, but they were given at least courtesy spins yesterday. Mediabase detected 281 spins for “I Love You This Big” across 101 stations. Seven of those stations spun the song frequently enough to be called Starters (i.e. 7 or more spins yesterday). Lauren received 115 spins across 51 stations and has received her first official add (WUSY-FM – Chattanooga). It is unlikely they will keep up that rate of increase, but it was a nice start.

In other news, Billboard is predicting that Gaga will sell over a million copies of her new CD.

Idols In Concert – Stats – 05/26/11

05/26/2011 Kirsten 63

To celebrate the Idol finale, we actually have a concert to report. A sold-out concert from Fantasia.

This is the daily numbers thread. The place where we read the tea leaves and decide whether the finalists will be the WORST/BEST Idol EVER.

Idol Sales News – Week Ending 05/22/11

05/25/2011 Kirsten 77

The Idol press is too busy covering the finale to release numbers just yet. I’ll start the thread Anyway. Feel free to discuss anything number related including DI and predicted numbers. Because she is much

HDD – Album Sales Prediction : May 16-22

05/24/2011 Kirsten 27

Can Adele continue to dominate the charts? What ever happened to that America’s Got Talent dude? Is Il Volo a serious group and why were they scheduled to perform on the Idol results show? Did Lauren help boost sales? Are there any Idols in the Top 50?

Answers to these and other exciting questions in the daily numbers thread. Holding onto subjects better left to fray.