Blown Away On The Mediabase Charts (Blown Away Era)

[cary78663]

My guess is this other 200k is from non-panel Mediabase country stations.

That is correct.

[epicamends]

Top 20, here we come!

[Dictatorship]

That is correct.

What about Hot AC? Is Blown Away climbing that chart? I imagine it would. BA is more Hot AC-friendly than GG imo.

[Burst]

My guess is this other 200k is from non-panel Mediabase country stations.

Thanks.

That's not as exciting as possible Hot AC/Pop audiences though

[pklongbeach]

They may be holding it to top out at country first.
I think they did that with BHC.

[Gator]

Country Aircheck - 7/31

» Country Aircheck Today Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for July 29-30, compared with the same days last week: JASON ALDEAN/Take A Little Ride (Broken Bow) +837 points LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pontoon (Capitol) +619 points CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Blown Away (19/Arista) +521 points BLAKE SHELTON/Over (Warner Bros./WMN) +438 points HUNTER HAYES/Wanted (Atlantic/WMN) +414 points » Tune In Reminder: Carrie Underwood's CMA Songwriters Series debut will be streamed tonight at 7pm ET. CMASongwritersSeries.com will carry the webcast live from Boston's Royale nightclub where Underwood will share the bill with Brett James, Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey and host Bob DiPiero.

[pklongbeach]

off topic: I like Wanted very much.
Happy for the "young'in"

[teesharky]

Me too! I love "Wanted" and think Hunter is very talented. I keep seeing TONS of tweets from teen girls who think he is hot, that are going to the Hunter/Carrie tour. ha ha So perhaps he will convince some tween SWSRN fans to go to a Carrie show. Fine by me!

[cary78663]

BA (+65 spins, +0.642 million AIs) remains at #25.

On Canadian Country, BA (+14 spins, +0.055 million AIs) remains at #23.

[pgk]

Thanks Cary for another great post. I still don't understand how BA with it's consistant big spin gains and ai count (almost right out of the gate) isn't moving up the chart a little faster. Mind you I'm OK with the slower pace... I'm just somewhat baffled by the big gains = slow progress equation. It's like those 2 factors out of sync with the movement up the chart. Can anyone please explain to this ignorant chart watcher??? Maybe when the spin and AI numbers come down BA will move up the chart a little faster?

[ramb]

Another great update!
So far, so good.

Thanks Cary!

[robinannhunt]

Thanks Cary for another great post. I still don't understand how BA with it's consistant big spin gains and ai count (almost right out of the gate) isn't moving up the chart a little faster. Mind you I'm OK with the slower pace... I'm just somewhat baffled by the big gains = slow progress equation. It's like those 2 factors out of sync with the movement up the chart. Can anyone please explain to this ignorant chart watcher??? Maybe when the spin and AI numbers come down BA will move up the chart a little faster?

Can't wait for the answer to this question.

[pklongbeach]

Well I'll it a shot:
I think that since the "big" songs ae getting so many more spins these days then they used to, the gains and aI's ae huge compared to what we used to see.
So even though BA's numbers are good and big, the other songs in the upper tiers right now are just being played the heck out of. So there is no comparison.
Assumptions are that BA will be there to. Its just a matter of time.

[cary78663]

Thanks Cary for another great post. I still don't understand how BA with it's consistant big spin gains and ai count (almost right out of the gate) isn't moving up the chart a little faster. Mind you I'm OK with the slower pace... I'm just somewhat baffled by the big gains = slow progress equation. It's like those 2 factors out of sync with the movement up the chart. Can anyone please explain to this ignorant chart watcher??? Maybe when the spin and AI numbers come down BA will move up the chart a little faster?

It is just the nature of the chart. There are some good-sized gaps between songs that take several days to cross even with strong gains. Plus the songs in front of BA are not just standing still. Most of them are not moving as fast as BA, but they are moving up too. As a point of comparison, Jason Aldean lead single, which moved back in front of BA last week, is getting gains 2 to 3 times the size of BA's gains (TALR has a gain of 905 spins for the week compared to BA's 360). And even with that, TALR is only 3 spots in front of BA at #22.

[Pi314CA]

Thanks Cary for another great post. I still don't understand how BA with it's consistant big spin gains and ai count (almost right out of the gate) isn't moving up the chart a little faster. Mind you I'm OK with the slower pace... I'm just somewhat baffled by the big gains = slow progress equation. It's like those 2 factors out of sync with the movement up the chart. Can anyone please explain to this ignorant chart watcher??? Maybe when the spin and AI numbers come down BA will move up the chart a little faster?

BA has continued to experience consistent large gains and is on track to hit #1 on the 9/30/12 Mediabase chart. I think long time chart guru Mirasa45A predicted that weeks ago.

Some reasons for the slow movement up the chart, IMHO, are
- (1) less songs are going recurrent. There are a number of songs that have been on the chart for a long time and are just kinda hanging around (e.g. "Glass", "Somethin' To Do With My Hands").
- (2) top 10 songs are staying on longer as they are kept in the rotation longer by many stations
- (3) unusual/uncommon promotion for some songs by being played A TON of times right out of the gate (e.g. Tim McGraw, Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean)

Here are the spins and AI numbers since BA has appeared on the Mediabase country chart:
- debut on 7/5/12: #46, 184 spins, 1.827 million AIs
- Sunday 7/8/12: #46, 332 spins, 2.822 million AIs
- Sunday 7/15/12: #34, 963 spins, 6.468 million AIs
- Sunday 7/22/12: #31, 1530 spins, 10.421 million AIs
- Sunday 7/29/12: #28, 1883 spins, 13.245 million AIs
- today 8/1/12: #25, 2091 spins, 15.336 million AIs
- (projected) 8/5/12: #23, 2380 spins, 18.1 million AIs

- project 500 spins and 4 million AIs per week for the subsequent 8 weeks,
and then on 9/30/12: #1, 6400 spins, 50 million AIs

[pklongbeach]

Wow cool.
Thanks so much. I love early predictions.
Makes for something to shoot for.

[DaisyTweets]

Oh wow if your prediction comes true and it hits #1 at the end of Sept., that will present an interesting choice come CMA time. I was thinking that Blown Away would probably be performed but maybe not if Blown Away has already reached #1 and a new single is out.

I still kinda feel in my bones that Carrie and Brad will open the show with CGAS!!!! So, Carrie and Brad will both get TWO performances.

[Lstname89]

Oh wow if your prediction comes true and it hits #1 at the end of Sept., that will present an interesting choice come CMA time. I was thinking that Blown Away would probably be performed but maybe not if Blown Away has already reached #1 and a new single is out.

I still kinda feel in my bones that Carrie and Brad will open the show with CGAS!!!! So, Carrie and Brad will both get TWO performances.

I read on BP's facebook that he is trying some new things on his next album. I'm very anxious to hear something new from him.

[Marie2011]

i heard that BP is going organic for his next album if you want to know what i mean go to youtube and watch brad paisley in the studio. part 1-3 but mainly part 1.

[teesharky]

I definitely hope CGAS is next....or DYTAM or WAW. Any of the three would be a nice change up after two more intense songs to kick off the album (though I love both GG and BA-- and feel they were great singles choices).

I just think they need to lighten things up for single 3.