1.1.14 - 1.31.14 Numbers Thread

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Interesting article about radio!

Radio's Answer to Spotify? Less Variety

Faced with growing competition from digital alternatives, traditional broadcasters have managed to expand their listenership with an unlikely tactic: offering less variety than ever.

The strategy is based on a growing amount of research that shows in increasingly granular detail what radio programmers have long believed—listeners tend to stay tuned when they hear a familiar song, and tune out when they hear music they don't recognize.

The data, coupled with the ballooning number of music sources competing for listeners' attention, are making radio stations more reluctant than ever to pull well-known hits from their rotations, extending the time artists must wait to introduce new songs.

The top 10 songs last year were played close to twice as much on the radio than they were 10 years ago, according to Mediabase, a division of Clear Channel Communications Inc. that tracks radio spins for all broadcasters. The most-played song last year, Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," aired 749,633 times in the 180 markets monitored by Mediabase. That is 2,053 times a day on average. The top song in 2003, "When I'm Gone" by 3 Doors Down, was played 442,160 times that year.

That is partly because about 70 new Top 40 stations have sprouted up over the past decade, said Clear Channel's president of national programming, Tom Poleman, while stations specializing in rock and smooth jazz have dwindled. But other radio formats are getting more repetitive, too, while the line is blurring between pop songs and songs that once fit more neatly in other categories, as artists and listeners to embrace a wider variety of sounds as they jump from genre to genre on digital playlists.

The top country song last year, Darius Rucker's "Wagon Wheel," was played 229,633 times, while 2003's top country hit, Lonestar's "My Front Porch Looking In," got only 162,519 spins.

The intensifying repetition is largely a response to the way radio stations now measure listenership. Six years ago the industry began tracking listeners in many radio markets with pager-like devices called Portable People Meters, which monitor all the stations that selected listeners hear throughout the day—in their homes, cars or public spaces. Radio programmers can watch how many of these people tune in and out when they play a given song. In the past, the same listeners recounted their listening habits in handwritten diaries that were far less detailed or accurate.

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HDD Final for Jan 6 thru 12  2014

1 1 FROZEN WALT DISNEY 84,518 -49%
SOUNDTRACK
2 2 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 77,540 -40%
BEYONCE
-- 3 KID INK RCA 50,486 --
MY OWN LANE
4 4 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 36,783 -27%
MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2
5 5 LORDE REPUBLIC 34,915 -24%
PURE HEROINE
6 6 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 24,248 -46%
MIDNIGHT MEMORIES
3 7 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 22,760 -55%
PRISM
11 8 MILEY CYRUS RCA 19,168 -40%
BANGERZ
10 9 IMAGINE DRAGONS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 17,270 -46%
NIGHT VISIONS
15 10 DRAKE YM/CM/REPUBLIC 17,137 -25%
NOTHING WAS THE SAME
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12 25 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 9,420 -68%
ARTPOP

21 33 AVICII PRMD/ISLAND/IDJ 6,056 -53%
TRUE

35 47 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA 5,785 -37%
BAPTIZED

YOUR RADIO ADD RECAP
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Who Had a Good Week at Top 40, Rhythmic and Alternative Radio

January 21, 2014

Heyyy, buddy! Ready to find out which songs got the big add action at three key radio formats? You're not? That's cool; we'll wait.

TOP 40
The action was a little more spread out this week at Top 40, but RCA comes out on top with three of the Top 10 including #1 Most Added, Shakira f/Rihanna’s "Can’t Remember To Forget." Miley Cyrus’s "Adore You" and Kid Ink f/Chris Brown’s "Show Me" get in on the action as well. Columbia delivers for Pharrell Williams’ "Happy" two weeks in a row. Republic makes the list out of the box on Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull’s "I’m A Freak" and WB makes a return appearance with Jason Derulo f/2 Chainz’ "Talk Dirty."

RHYTHMIC
It was a strong week for Jason Derulo’s "Talk Dirty" (Warner Bros.), Chris Brown’s "Loyal" (RCA), and Rick Ross’ "The Devil Is A Lie" (Def Jam/IDJ). Columbia, meanwhile, is celebrating as DJ Snake & Lil Jon’s "Turn Down For What," Beyoncé’s "Drunk In Love" and Pharrell’s "Happy" all grab double-digit adds! "The Worst" by Def Jam/IDJ’s Jhene Aiko and Jay Z’s "Part II" (Roc Nation) also claim a handful of quality stations.　

ALTERNATIVE
Columbia’s Foster the People new single "Coming of Age"　was the runaway winner this week at Modern Rock radio. In just eight days the record is pretty much on the entire panel.　 Island/IDJ’s Neon Trees had another really nice week with "Sleeping With a Friend."　 RCA had a real nice debut week Sleeper Agent’s "Waves." Republic continues to shine with Phantogram’s "Fall In Love." Virgin has another hit on their hands with Bastille as "Bad Blood" enjoys a strong week of adds. Arcade Fire (Merge) also had a strong week of closeouts with "Afterlife." Indie darlings Kongos hit it big this week as KROQ, KYSR, KITS, KXRK, WARQ and others get on "Come With Me Now."

Well, that was thrilling, wasn't it? Now if you'll excuse us, there's a jelly jar full of bourbon with our name on it. By which we mean we put our name on it. So nobody else drinks it.


source: www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09692