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What happened to rock on the charts?

TheBigA said:
Not exactly true. It depends on what chart you're talking about. The airplay charts don't include streaming (although some formats include Sirius or Music Choice). Garth Brooks released a song called More Than a Memory in 2007 that debuted at #1 in the Hot Country Chart. That was the first song to do that. That was not because of streaming, but airplay.

The Taylor Swift songs were on the Billboard Hot 100, and it includes streaming.
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You're right. I was referring to the Hot 100, comparing apples to apples.
 
Checking back in on Luke Combs, "Fast Car" is certain to go No. 1 in country airplay next week, missing by only 200 spins (9200 to 9000) in this week's Mediabase numbers. His "Love You Anyway" sits at No. 9, with about 5500 spins, but Columbia hasn't stopped on it the way Big Loud did on Morgan Wallen's "One Thing at a Time," so there still may be a chance it hits the top spot as well -- but it will have to happen pretty soon, as Wallen's new radio single, "Everything I Love" is rocketing up the chart.

I can't imagine Big Loud trying to work "Everything I Love" at CHR or AC radio. Its guitar riffs borrow liberally from Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, and there's a reference to Gregg Allman's "Midnight Rider" in the lyrics. I assume some other more hip-hop/trap track from that monster album will go the pop route instead, maybe exclusively, once "Last Night" is done.

I've got to admit, I wasn't all that impressed with the Wallen album back in March, but a lot of the songs have grown on me, and the decision to put 36 tracks on it now seems a stroke of genius. It has the potential to feed radio hit after hit across several formats for the next two years, all of which will generate massive streaming numbers. Is Columbia regretting that Combs' album has only 18 songs? Maybe, but outside of "Fast Car," I'm not hearing anything else on it that has crossover potential.
 
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