Comments on: The Day the Music (Chart) Died

By: general

general — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:53:56 +0000

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By: Connie

Connie — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:30:36 +0000

I see what you guys mean over here. If we were to compare this to Taylor Swift WANEGBT, which I rmbed on that particular week that went #1 when it wasn’t supposd to. Despite a huge drop out from the Top 10 and also out of the country chart, it managed to miraculously shoot up to the top due to youtube views, streaming and digital sales?? It will be unfair and inaccurate if we were to compare it to Mumford and Sons ‘I Will Wait’, which is most definitely doing well in digital and physical sales, youtube views and constant radio airplay in AC, HAC and Top 40 charts! it has even garnered radio airplay to sneak in the country airplay chart! but yet, i still dont see it charting on the HCS! with those kind of sales and airplay, it will definitely be Top 20 on HCS at least if we will to compare with Taylor WANEGBT. THIS IS JUST PLAIN RIDICULOUS. I suspect there’s definitely some tweaking and control Big Machine has done to make sure that Taylor gets #1 just for the sake it’s her major crossover to pop big hit!

By: Magnus

Magnus — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:55:21 +0000

The old Country chart still exist. Is just have changed name to the Country Airplay Chart. So anyone can still see what the hotest song on radio is. The redone country songs chart is the old airplay chart combined with streams, digital sales. Sales should absolutely counts to define the most popular songs on country songs. Maybe there should be a criteria to what a country song should be like.

By: Louie M

Louie M — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:43:40 +0000

^ this can also favor rock and pop acts crossing over to country format. Mumford & Sons’s “I Will Wait” and The Lumineers’ “Ho Hey”, which are making inroads at country radio are also getting more Youtube views thanks to their respective Grammy exposures. But at the same time, as pointed out, “I Will Wait” is yet to appear in HCS despite being almost a top 40 country airplay hit. In short, the new HCS is just plain absurd.

By: Louie M

Louie M — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:39:55 +0000

Billboard introduced another shakeup in its formula for Hot 100 by including Youtube views in US. Will this also apply to the mongrel Hot Country Songs? Isn’t it that the new Hot Country Songs is parallels the rankings of ‘country’ songs in Hot 100? Hence another opportunity for Taylor Swift to dominate the already useless Hot Country Songs chart. No one can really match her Youtube views!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:25:22 +0000

So Mumford & Sons’ “I Will Wait” now has top 50 country airplay, yet it still doesn’t appear to be charting on Country Songs. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” still is on the chart, though.

By: Diana

Diana — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:29:12 +0000

Country music had already changed and evolved but it was not bad, and then Taylor and Scott came around and destroyed it. Thanks Scott and Taylor. I hope in 50 years from now music people look back at this time and are like WOW I cannot believe that girl was popular.

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By: Markus Meyer

Markus Meyer — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:52:37 +0000

Even better news:

‘Better Dig Two’ is #1!

By: Dave Wollenberg

Dave Wollenberg — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:10:35 +0000

Hey, gang, great news. I got the print issue of Billboard today, for 1-26-13. At least it gives us the top 25 airplay songs. Better than nothin’, right? Who knows? Maybe it’ll go deeper into the chart online.