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Post by mellongraig on Dec 6, 2018 18:38:48 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 14:13:32 GMT -5
It’s the top 20 played songs on a chart that moves slow as molasses. I am sure it’s just an anomaly. Not an “embarrassment” or any other dramatic phrase anyone wishes to use.
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Post by mellongraig on Dec 9, 2018 23:08:19 GMT -5
No wonder why the charts are slow now like many genre charts, I do think they need to look at changing the recurring rule status or something else to allow more faster turnover. Also, Mediabase 24/7 in the recent update confirms the same thing as well (with some different positions), but their recurring rule is three weeks without bullet status (and not at #1).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 5:25:39 GMT -5
And I absolutely hate that 3 week rule. It is stupid to me a song can theoretically be so big it spends 3 weeks at #2 after being #1 and then gone. It should be the old way of x number of weeks on the chart, falls below #20 and it’s gone.
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Post by briguy52748 on Dec 13, 2018 2:23:40 GMT -5
This would take a chart expert to answer, but I wonder how the charts looked insofar as female representation prior to Jan. 20, 1990, and how far back prior to January 1990 you’d have to go to find no female artists within the top 20?
My guess is, at least the very early 1960s (as in 1960-1961), when the most consistent artists were Patsy Cline, Wanda Jackson and Kitty Wells. (Loretta Lynn was still about a year before she started having consistent “Success.”) The possibility existed that all three of those artists — Cline, Jackson and Wells, and maybe one or two others I’m not thinking of right now — were briefly out of what was then a 30-position Hot Country Singles chart as their then-most recent songs fell into recurrent status and their new songs were just breaking.
For point of reference, one source I’ve read through the years noted that in 1962, that year’s year-end chart had just one female artist — Patsy Cline — represented among that year’s top 30 singles. (Likely, “Crazy” and “She’s Got You.”)
We’ll see if this comes back around.
Brian
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Post by mellongraig on Dec 14, 2018 16:58:09 GMT -5
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Post by jlthorpe on Dec 16, 2018 9:15:18 GMT -5
This would take a chart expert to answer, but I wonder how the charts looked insofar as female representation prior to Jan. 20, 1990, and how far back prior to January 1990 you’d have to go to find no female artists within the top 20? My guess is, at least the very early 1960s (as in 1960-1961), when the most consistent artists were Patsy Cline, Wanda Jackson and Kitty Wells. (Loretta Lynn was still about a year before she started having consistent “ Success.”) The possibility existed that all three of those artists — Cline, Jackson and Wells, and maybe one or two others I’m not thinking of right now — were briefly out of what was then a 30-position Hot Country Singles chart as their then-most recent songs fell into recurrent status and their new songs were just breaking. For point of reference, one source I’ve read through the years noted that in 1962, that year’s year-end chart had just one female artist — Patsy Cline — represented among that year’s top 30 singles. (Likely, “ Crazy” and “ She’s Got You.”) We’ll see if this comes back around. Brian You can check out old country charts via Billboard's website. For example, here's the chart for December 19, 1960: www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1960-12-19The only female artist I can see in the Top 20 is Marion Worth. Here's a year later (December 18, 1961): www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1961-12-18This one is a little better represented. Cline, Jackson, and Skeeter Davis are in the Top 20 there. |
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Post by briguy52748 on Dec 17, 2018 8:32:47 GMT -5
The funny thing about these archives is they often misidentify the artist. With the 1960 chart is a song called “ Reasons To Live” as listed by a group named the Jimmies. Problem is, it’s not them; the actual artist is Jimmie Skinner, a bluegrass-fused artist who died in 1979. The Jimmies, BTW, record children’s music. Brian |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 18, 2018 15:22:34 GMT -5
My favorite country artist, the lovely and talented Sara Evans, has been outspoken in recent times about country radio's lack of support of female artists. It's been perhaps to her detriment in terms of spins on her subsequent singles. This interview appeared on People magazine's web site a month and a half ago: people.com/sara-evans-inequality-country-radio |
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. I'll bet Mediabase 24/7 will follow suit next week.
. I'll bet Mediabase 24/7 will follow suit next week.
