Weekly Chart Report 6/18/10

This week’s Top Ten is a veritable land of opportunity as all titles either moved up or held their ground. Newcomers to the exalted region include Zac Brown Band’s “Free” moving from No. 13 to 10 and Keith Urban’s “I’m In” ricocheting from No. 11 to 6.

Is the Breakout chart speeding up? Telling is the “Weeks On” chart data. All Top 10s are showing 21 weeks or less, with the average a trim 14 weeks! Whew, that’s getting civilized for both artists, labels and listeners. For example, if a song peaks in 17 weeks and the next track is released, an artist could almost enjoy three hits in one year. That means that newer artists like Jerrod Niemann for example, after two years would have about 6 hits to play live enough to form the basis of a live show. When charts move slower, as the mainstream country radio lists often do, it means an artist needs 3 or even 4 years to build the same songbook.

Eric Church is the highest ranking new arrival on our chart this week. His song “Smoke A Little Smoke” ratchets to No.63. Another Capitol signing, Lady Antebellum continues to radiate mass appeal. The trio’s latest, “Our Kind Of Love,” surged from No. 28 to 20 this week with a gain of 381 spins. The trio would have grabbed the Highest Spin Gain Award, too, but for Toby Keith who earned 383 spins for his new chart busting “Trailerhood” single that moved from No. 75 to 52. Keith is also on the Forbeschart of Top Earning Country Stars showing recent annual earnings of $48 million. Hopefully, Lady A may graduate to that list as well.

Frozen This Week (13): KYYK, KTHK, KZZY, WQNZ, WMEV, KFLG, WJMQ, WBKR, Sirius XM, KUUB, KWOX, KNCQ, WHWK

New On The Chart—Debuting This Week
Artist/song/label/chart pos.
Chely WrightBrokenVangaurd/Painted Red    74
Cody McCarver/I’m America/E1 Records/PLC Records    73
Will Peppers/I Hope Heaven Has A Dirt Road    72
The Roys/Beautiful/Pedestal    71
Mark Wayne Glasmire/You Opened My Eyes/Traceway    70
Eric ChurchSmoke A Little SmokeCapitol    63

On Deck—Soon To Be Charting
Artist/song/label    spins
Matthew Huff/Back Again/MGH Records    235
Leah Seawright/Country Girl 101/Skytone Records    210
Susan Hickman/Hell Still Ain’t Frozen Over/4L Clover/Prickly Pear    207
Nathan Lee /Jackson/Inside     206

Lucky Seven Greatest Spin Increase
Artist/song/label    spin+
Toby Keith/Every Dog Has Its Day/Show Dog – Universal    383
Lady Antebellum/Our Kind Of Love/Capitol    381
Justin Moore/How I Got To Be This Way/Valory Music    268
Keith Urban/I’m In/Capitol    262

Two Week Most Added*
Artist/song/label    new adds
Our Kind Of Love – Lady Antebellum    26
Trailerhood – Toby Keith    20
How I Got To Be This Way – Justin Moore    14
Beautiful – The Roys    14
If I Die Young – The Band Perry    14
Keep The Change – Darryl Worley    13
Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer – Billy Currington    12
Smoke A Little Smoke – Eric Church    12

Going For Adds

June 14, 2010
Randy Rogers Band/Too Late For Goodbye/MCA
LeAnn Rimes/Swingin/Curb

June 21, 2010
Bo Bice/You Take Yourself With You/Saguaro Road
Steel Magnolia/Just By Being You (Halo And Wings)/Big Machine
Blackberry Smoke/Good One Comin’ On/BamaJam?Julianne Hough/Is That So Wrong/Mercury
Katie Armiger/Leaving Home/Cold River
Veronica Ballestrini/Don’t Say/Timbob Records
Eric Church/Smoke A Little Smoke/Capitol

June 28, 2010
Sunny Sweeney/From A Table Away/Republic Nashville
Danny Gokey/I Will Not Say Goodbye/19/RCA
Darryl Worley/Keep The Change/Stroudavarious
John Rich/Country Done Come To Town/Warner Bros.