Anna Sophia Benken
LIFENOTE
Congratulations to Quarterback Records VP Promotion Tony Benken and Morris Management’s Tiffany Swinea Benken on the birth of daughter Anna Sophia Benken. She was born on Dec. 15 at 6:32 PM and joins big sister Ava in the growing Benken clan.
SPIN ZONE
Kudos to Luke Bryan, Capitol Records, and their promotion teams on scoring a No. 1 single with “I Don’t Want This Night to End” in the final CountryBreakout Chart of 2011. Capitol also earns a humongous debut with Lady Antebellum’s “Dancin’ Away With My Heart,” which vaults onto the chart at No. 36.
Quarterback Records recording artist Sherry Lynn recently stopped by WDNB/ Thunder 102 in Liberty, NY to visit PD Paul Ciliberto and drop off a load of toys for the station's Toys for Tots toy drive. Sherry Lynn has released "The Breakin Up Song" and is on a radio tour in the northeast to promote it.
Kudos also to our high-charting indies: Eric Lee Beddingfield‘s “Great Depression” at No. 19, DJ Miller’s “Between Sundays” at No. 25, Darren Warren’s “Cowboy Up And Party Down” at No. 26, and Badhorse’s “It’s All Good” at No. 28. Moving quickly toward the top of the chart are Taylor Swift’s “Ours” at No. 23 and Tim McGraw’s “Better Than I Used To Be” at No. 35.
That’ll do it for us this year. Stay tuned for all kinds of exciting CountryBreakout action in 2012. Have a wonderful holiday and a happy new year!
Frozen Playlists: KBCN, KFTX, KREK, KTWI, KYEZ, WKTT
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Holiday Airplay
Toby Keith & Sammy Hagar/Santa’s Going South/SDU
Tim McGraw/Christmas All Over The World/Red Light
Big & Rich/Blue Christmas/WMN
Joe Nicols/Old Toy Trains/Show Dog-Universal
Uncle Kracker/My Hometown (Christmas Version)/Atlantic/BPG
Joey + Rory/Remember Me/Let It Snow/Vanguard/Sugar Hill
Lisa Matassa/The Chrismas Song/It Is What It Is Records/Nine North
Craig Campbell/I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Andy Gibson/The Christmas Song/R&J Records
Rachel Holder/Christmas Eve/Curb
Lucy Angel/Mr. Santa/GForce
Little Big Town/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas/Capitol
Jessica Ridley feat. Chris Cline/The Spirit Of Christmas/Nine North/Turnpike
Jesse & Noah/I Want Texas For Christmas
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New On The Chart—Debuting This Week
Artist/song/label — chart pos.
Lady Antebellum/Dancin’ Away With My Heart/Capitol — 36
Oak Ridge Boys/What’cha Gonna Do/Cracker Barrel — 70
Tyler Farr/Hot Mess/BNA — 73
Ronnie Dunn/Let The Cowboy Rock/Arista — 74
Shawna Russell/Waitin’ On Sunrise/Way Out West Records — 75
Miranda Lambert/Over You/RCA — 76
Greatest Spin Increase
Artist/song/label — spin+
Lady Antebellum/Dancin’ Away With My Heart/Capitol — 655
Taylor Swift/Ours/Big Machine — 422
Tim McGraw/Better Than I Used To Be/Curb — 318
Brantley Gilbert/You Don’t Know Her Like I Do/Valory — 283
George Strait/Love’s Gonna Make It Alright/MCA — 240
Most Added
Artist/song/label — New Adds
Lady Antebellum/Dancin’ Away With My Heart/Capitol — 44
Brantley Gilbert/You Don’t Know Her Like I Do/Valory — 21
Ronnie Dunn/Let The Cowboy Rock/Arista — 20
Miranda Lambert/Over You/RCA 20
Tim McGraw/Better Than I Used To Be/Curb — 18
Taylor Swift/Ours/Big Machine — 17
Blake Shelton/Drink On It/WMN/Warner Bros. — 11
Tyler Farr/Hot Mess/BNA — 11
On Deck—Soon To Be Charting
Artist/song/label — spins
Rachel Holder/Christmas Eve/Curb — 199
The Farm/Home Sweet Home/All In/Elektra/New Revolution — 191
Sawyer Brown/Travelin’ Band — 186
Jesse Keith Whitley/Saving Amy/Octabrook Music — 180
Jackie Arredondo/Rockin’ the Trailer/Gold Voice — 176
