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Chart Roundup – Week of April 20th, 2013 (ACMs Special)

Post-ACMs a number of artists have had a bit of a sales boost this week. Florida Georgia Line are back at #1 with ‘Cruise’ long after its peak as a single on Hot Country Songs and Country Digital Songs, after they performed it in Vegas last Sunday. Their latest single ‘Get Your Shine On’ drops down to #6 on Hot Country Songs, climbs to #8 on Country Airplay, but drops to #9 on Country Digital Songs, and their album ‘Here’s To The Good Times’ leaps three places to #3. Also enjoying some success after their appearance on the ACMs are Tim McGraw’s, Taylor Swift’s and Keith Urban’s track ‘Highway Don’t Care’, which goes up four places on Hot Country Songs to #7, as well as #4 on Country Digital Songs and #14 on Country Airplay. The song is taken from Tim’s album ‘Two Lanes of Freedom’, which unfortunately drops five places to #17 this week.

Taylor Swift is probably going to die alone ... at least according to Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is probably going to die alone. Or maybe she won't. Or maybe she'll get 20 cats and live happily ever after. 

And you know what? She's 23 and it's okay that she has no clue how her life is going to end up. I wish interviewers would quit focusing so much on her love life (and ignore the fact that Taylor focuses so much on it in in her songs) and start focusing more on the fact that she's 23 and basically rules the world (or at least a large hunk of it) and that in my book is amazing. 

Heck, I'm 38 (or is it 42? I forget sometimes) and I still have no clue what tomorrow is going to bring. That's part of the fun of it all.  

What was I saying? Oh yeah, Taylor Swift will probably die alone, at least according to Taylor Swift. She recently spoke with Wonderland magazine (via Radar) and dating, as always, was on her mind.  

“I have no idea if I’m going to get married or be single forever or have a family or just be on my own. You know, paint in a cottage by the ocean by myself,” Taylor told the magazine.

“I just have no idea and I’m kind of into that. You can make a board for all the goals you want in your life with the pictures on it, and that’s great, daydreaming is wonderful, but you can never plan your future.”

“Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it’s a green light.”

I don't know about you but spending my time painting in a cottage by the ocean by myself sounds like Heaven. 

32 ... a Taylor Swift parody song for the rest of us

 

Taylor Swift's song "22" was wonderful and all, but sometimes we just feel older than a spry 22.

This parody song and video is for those of us that feel 32 (or 42 or 52 or 62) far more than we ever feel 22. 

Enjoy. 

It's quite possible that Taylor Swift has an ex-boyfriend working for Jeopardy

Boy oh boy, those Jeopardy folks sure are getting snarky. 

According to The Huffington Post, the above question (2009's best female country vocal went to her for 'White Horse,' where (SHOCKER!) she goes off on an ex-boyfriend) made it onto Jeopardy's board during last night (March 13th) broadcast.

Bet Taylor's dreaming as we speak of Alex Trebec, Amy Poehler, and Tina Fey having lunch in hell together. 

Taylor Swift celebrates new tour kick-off by releasing fun new video for "22"

 

It's March 13th which means that Taylor Swift is kicking off her new Red Tour today in Omaha, Nebraska. 

To celebrate the launch of the tour, Taylor released the new video for "22" on "Good Morning America" today. 

Check it out above. 

It's quite possible that Taylor Swift doesn't read all her fan mail ... hundreds of letters found in Nashville dumpster

(Photo via Buzzfeed/WKRN)

So you've sent a fan letter to Taylor Swift. You've probably made it all pretty with hearts and glitter and lots of personality and put your heart and soul into it. 

Now what?

Well if you were a few hundred unlucky fans recently, your fan letter ended up in a dumpster in Nashville. 

Kylee Francescan was at a recycling place in Nashville when she came across hundreds of opened and unopened fan letters to Taylor Swift.

"I was like, ‘That's weird,'" Kylee told Nashville's News 2 Investigates. "There were like hundreds of letters in there to Taylor Swift and I'm like, ‘Oh my gosh!' I didn't know if they were stolen [or] discarded, so I threw them in a box. And I'm like, ‘Somebody needs to let Taylor know.'"

It was found that the mail came from a P.O. Box at a local strip mall. The owner of the mall told Nashville's News 2 Investigates that someone from the Taylor's staff picks up the mail periodically. When the news channel went to Taylor's label, Big Machine Records, they explained, "Taylor gets thousands of fan letters everyday and they are delivered to her management office. After the letters are opened and read, they are recycled," spokesperson Paula Erickson said.  

She continued, "The only explanation for any letters being unopened would be that a small batch of mail that was supposed to be delivered to Taylor was accidentally put with letters headed for the recycling center. We sincerely appreciate Channel 2 bringing this to our attention, and we plan to immediately pick up the mail."

So I guess the moral of the story is to go ahead and write your fan mail, but you might want to spend a little less time on the whole glitter and love you put into it since chances are it may just end up in a dumpster anyway. 

Makes me kind of sad. 

 

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Chart Roundup – Week of March 16th, 2013

This week Hot Country Songs has remained pretty static at the top, with Blake Shelton’s ‘Sure Be Cool If You Did’ holding onto the top spot, both there and on Country Digital Songs. It rises two places to #5 on Country Airplay. The same is true for Hunter Hayes with ‘Wanted’, which stays at #2 on Hot Country Songs for its 54^th week on the chart. However, it is down to #5 on Country Digital Songs, with Hunter’s latest single ‘Somebody’s Heartbreak’ sticking to #19 on the same chart. This song is at #6 on Country Airplay however, and #12 on Hot Country Songs, the self-titled album dropping to #7.

The Band Perry are also continuing to do well, with ‘Better Dig Two’ still at #3 on Hot Country Songs, #4 on Country Airplay and #6 on Country Digital Songs. ‘Done’, their new single, has not yet entered the chart. Tim McGraw is also riding high, #4 on Hot Country Songs with ‘One Of Those Nights’, #1 again on Country Airplay but down to #10 on Country Digital Songs. ‘Two Lanes Of Freedom’, the accompanying album, is at #3. Miranda Lambert is finally leaping up the charts after the release of the music video for ‘Mama’s Broken Heart. The single has climbed up to #7 on Hot Country Songs and #2 on Country Digital Songs, while still trailing at #14 on Country Airplay. The album, ‘Four The Record’ drops to #14 for its 70^th week on the chart.

It’s a mixed bag for Carrie Underwood, whose ‘Two Black Cadillacs’ remains at #5 on Hot Country Songs, falling to #8 on Country Digital Songs yet leaping three places to find #3 on Country Airplay. ‘Blown Away’, her previous single, is still proving moderately popular despite being out for months, at #22 on Hot Country Songs and #21 on Country Digital Songs, although it takes a massive fall from last week where it was #12. The album of the same name is at #10 on Top Country Albums. Another act climbing up are Lady Antebellum. ‘Downtown’ is now at #6 on Hot Country Songs, #4 on Country Digital Songs, and #9 on Country Airplay.

There are several new entries on the chart this week, including albums from Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell (‘Old Yellow Moon’ - #4) and The Mavericks (‘In Time’ - #8). As for singles, Connie Britton (playing Rayna James in ABC’s ‘Nashville’) just enters Country Digital Songs at #25 with ‘Stronger Than Me’. In addition, Blake Shelton’s ‘Ten Times Crazier’ comes in on the same chart at #20.

Other big charters include Little Big Town with ‘Tornado’ (#2 on Country Airplay), Florida Georgia Line with ‘Get Your Shine On’ (a recent music video has seen it shoot up to #3 on Country Digital Songs), Lee Brice with ‘I Drive Your Truck’ (#7 on Country Airplay) and Taylor Swift, more specifically with the album ‘Red’ (#1 on Top Country Albums). Honorable mentions go to Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Kacey Musgraves, Jason Aldean, Gary Allan, Kenny Chesney, Thompson Sqaure and George Strait. Eric Church’s huge stayer ‘Chief’ falls slightly to #12 for its 84^th week, while his current single ‘Like Jesus Does’ remains at #24 on Country Digital Songs and #26 on Hot Country Songs, hopping five places to #17 on Country Airplay.

Tune in next week for another edition of my Billboard Chart Roundup.

Posted by Vickye (Guest Writer).
If you want to check out my own blog it's For The Country Record, and you can follow me on twitter @planmymistake. You can email me at vickye.countrymusic@gmail.com.

Chart Roundup – Week of March 9th, 2013

Blake Shelton’s ‘Sure Be Cool If You Did’, has become his 8^th consecutive #1 song as of this week on Hot Country Songs, and his 13^th overall, also hitting #1 on Country Digital Songs. On Country Airplay it trails at #7, but is up 3 places from last week, with only 4 weeks until his upcoming album ‘Based On A True Story’ will enter the chart. Hunter Hayes is down from Blake’s surge, to #2 on both Hot Country Songs and Country Digital Songs, with ‘Somebody’s Heartbreak’, his current single, slowing making its way up Country Airplay to #8 this week and #10 on Hot Country Songs. Overall his self-titled album drops to #4.

The Band Perry are still riding high, with ‘Better Dig Two’ remaining at #3 on Hot Country Songs, rising to #3 on Country Digital Songs, but being knocked off the top spot on Country Airplay by Tim McGraw’s ‘One Of Those Nights’ being spurned on by the success of his new album, ‘Two Lanes Of Freedom’. The Band Perry’s new single ‘Done’ was only released to radio last week, and thus has yet to impact the charts, but the impending release of their sophomore album ‘Pioneer’ on April 2 will certainly produce momentum for the group. When it comes to Tim McGraw, who topped TBP at radio, for a seasoned artist in his mid-40s he’s certainly not letting it stand in his way. As well as his 33^rd Country Airplay #1, He’s back up to #4 on Hot Country Songs, at #6 on Country Digital Songs, and holding on to the #2 spot on Top Country Albums.

Lady Antebellum’s ‘Downtown’ is creeping up the radar during their 3^rd week on the chart with a #4 spot on Country Digital Songs, up to #9 on Hot Country Songs, and #12 on Country Airplay. Their new album ‘Golden’ will be released May 7, so still time for ‘Downtown’ to dominate the charts before the new record drops. Carrie Underwood hasn’t been so lucky, as the rise on the charts she experienced last week possibly due to the new inclusion of YouTube streams has tailed off a little, meaning ‘Two Black Cadillacs’ is down to #5 on Hot Country Songs and Country Digital Songs, although it’s up two places to #6 on Country Airplay. The album, ‘Blown Away’ is down to #7, the title track dropping 11 places on Hot Country Songs to #21, and 7 places to #12 on Country Digital Songs.

It’s been a mixed bag for Taylor Swift too. With ‘Begin Again’ up at #3 on Country Airplay this week after accusations flying of the label using payola to push a single many argue is past its peak, it falls to #16 on Hot Country Songs and leaves the Country Digital Songs chart altogether. Meanwhile the previous single ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ is persevering at #11 on Country Digital Songs and #12 on Hot Country Songs. Other tracks holding mid-top 10 places across the charts are Little Big Town’s ‘Tornado’ (#6 on Hot Country Songs), Florida Georgia Line’s ‘Cruise’ (#7 on Hot Country Songs) and Gary Allan’s ‘Every Storm’ (#8 on Hot Country Songs). Florida Georgia Line’s new single ‘Get Your Shine On’ is also doing well after a video was released (#9 on Country Digital Songs), with their album at #3, while Miranda Lambert’s ‘Mama’s Broken Heart’ and Lee Brice’s ‘I Drive Your Truck’ appear to be on the cusp of hitting it big.

Honorable mentions go to Kenny Chesney, Kacey Musgraves, Dierks Bentley and Jason Aldean, and Eric Church is back in the top 10 again with his long-staying award-winning album ‘Chief’, in its 83^rd week. The just-released 5^th single from the album ‘Like Jesus Does’ leapfrogs 9 places to #24 on Country Digital Songs this week.

Tune in next week for a new chart roundup.

Posted by Vickye (Guest Writer).
If you want to check out my own blog it's For The Country Record, and you can follow me on twitter @planmymistake. You can email me at vickye.countrymusic@gmail.com.

Casey James and Florida Georgia Line to join Taylor Swift on tour

Big, big news for Georgia Florida Line and Casey James! They're going on tour with Taylor Swift this year. 

Country Aircheck is reporting that Joel Crouse, Brett Eldredge, Florida Georgia Line, Casey James, Austin Mahone, as well as the already announced Ed Sheeran will be joining her for various dates during her The Red Tour, which begins March 13 in Omaha.

The tour will include 58 shows in 45 cities with nine being stadium dates. Crouse will join Taylor for 11 shows, Casey and Brett will be there for 14 shows, Florida Georgia Line will be there for 7, and Austin Mahone will be there for the stadium dates. 

Dates and openers after the jump:

Katniss has a five-legged Taylor Swift in a coffin and it's funny

Gotta love the people at Bad Lip Reading who do these videos. 

This go around they've honored the Best Sceenplay nominees for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The first scene in the video above is Jennifer Lawrence talking about having Taylor Swift in a coffin. 

Hey, she wanted to fight her so it's all good. 

{Jezebel}