Jason Aldean Rolls into Top 30 with tracks from Night Train; Taylor Swift Still well-represented, despite new single being deemed a pop song by SoundScan.
Once again, Taylor Swift’s denied a new Digital Country Single #1 slot with a track from Red as “State Of Grace” sold 209,000 copies but wasn’t allowed to hit #1 due to SoundScan chart rules for where songs are charted (after much discussion over her “pop” song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” sitting at #1 despite moderate success on country airplay charts and “Red” charting without any radio airplay). “We Are” still is #1 and has now sold 2.44 million singles. #2 this week is Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise,” a song which moved 6,000 more tracks than last week to bring sales to just under 750,000 strong. Swift’s Red sits at 59,000 sold with sales just under Gold status for the title tune to her just-released fifth album. Carrie Underwood’s Airplay #1 hit “Blown Away” is at #4 this week with sales now nearly 1.12 million strong while tourmate Hunter Hayes’ “Wanted” has now moved 1.6 million copies and rounds out the Top 5.
Aldean’s “Night Train” single Leads #6-10 section of the chart.
Of the 16 tracks from Night Train, 12 of them are on the chart this week, including the title track which was his best-selling track this week (and seems to point to it being a radio smash in the near future). It was Jason’s only top 10 track this week but two more (“The Only Way I Know” with Luke Bryan and Eric Church and “Take A Little Ride” are just outside of it. The big hit from the TV show “Nashville” so far seems to be Sam Palladio and Clare Bowen’s startling duet of “If I Ddin’t Know Better.” the single has sold 70,000 copies in two weeks, including 39,000 this week. Taylor Swift’s Radio single “Begin Again” is a week away from going Gold while Lee Brice’s “Hard To Love” looks ready to hit #1 on the Airplay chart this week while sitting at #8 and #9, respectively. Luke Bryan rounds out the Top 10 this week with “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye.” It likely will hit gold but as the fifth single from Tailgates & Tanlines, it’s not likely to join the others as a platinum hit (because most of the country audience that wants the tune already has it on his CD or bought it digitally).
Jason Aldean Leads New Singles On Chart With 11 New Tracks
As mentioned above, 12 of Night Train’s songs hit the chart this week, with “The Only Way I Know” the #11 single after the previously mentioned title track. 31,000 fans took home the track, with 23,000 fans buying “When She Says Baby”; “This Nothin’ Town” moved over 9,500; Feel That Again” over 8,200; “I Don’t Do Lonely Well” moved over 7,800; “Walking Away” over 6,700; “Staring At The Sun” 6,300; “1994” moved 5,700 plus; “Black Tears” moved nearly 4,600 while “Wheels Rollin” moved 4,100 copies this week.
Other new songs debuting include “Undermine, the Charles Esten and Hayden Panettiere’s duet from“Nashville.” Hayden Panettiere’s “Telescope” - the first official radio single from “Nashville” moved 9,000 copies while Jewel moved over 5,400 copies of “Flower.”
Songs falling out of the Top 30 This Week:
“Ronan” from Taylor Swift, “Crying On The Suitcase” from Casey James, “Kick It In The Sticks” from Brantley Gilbert, “ and “Lovin’ You Is Fun” from Easton Corbin.
New singles likely to debut next week:
Taylor Swift - Tracks from “Red,”
Kelleigh Bannen - “Sorry On The Rocks”
Montgomery Gentry - Friends and Family EP
Striking Matches - EP
High Valley - Love You A Long Time
Kristy Lee Cook - “Airborn Ranger Infantry”
Dustin Lynch - “Cowboys And Angels” (Acoustic)
Connie Britton and Charles Esten - “No One Will Ever Love You”
Lennon and Maisey - “Telescope (Cast Version)”
Sam Palladio & Clare Bowen - “Fade Into You”
Top 30 Digital Singles In Country Music (10/3/12)*
*Numbers are rounded to nearest thousandth.
LW TW Artist Song Title TW LW Total
1 1 Taylor Swift We Are Never Ever Getting Back... 112,000 124,000 2,443,000
3 2 Florida Georgia Line Cruise 80,000 74,000 749,000
3 3 Taylor Swift Red 59,000 102,000 472,000
4 4 Carrie Underwood Blown Away 55,000 58,000 1,117,000
6 5 Hunter Hayes Wanted 46,000 50,000 1,608,000
NEW 6 Aldean/Bryan/Church Night Train 43,000 0 43,000
11 7 Sam Palladio/Clare Bowen If I Didn't Know Better 39,000 31,000 70,000
5 8 Taylor Swift Begin Again 37,000 51,000 478,000
8 9 Lee Brice Hard To Love 34,000 34,000 819,000
7 10 Luke Bryan Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 32,000 34,000 365,000
NEW 11 Jason Aldean The Only Way I Know 31,000 0 31,000
9 12 Gary Allan Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) 28,000 33,000 111,000
10 13 Jason Aldean Take A Little Ride 27,000 32,000 809,000
12 14 Little Big Town Pontoon 25,000 28,000 1,456,000
16 15 Kip Moore Beer Money 23,000 22,000 147,000
13 16 Dustin Lynch Cowboys and Angels 23,000 24,000 739,000
NEW 17 Jason Aldean When She Says Baby 23,000 0 23,000
15 18 Eric Church Creepin' 23,000 22,000 299,000
18 19 Rascal Flatts Come Wake Me Up 22,000 23,000 415,000
18 20 Jake Owen The One That Got Away 19,000 20,000 334,000
17 21 Tim McGraw Truck Yeah 19,000 21,000 519,000
NEW 22 Charles Esten/H.Panettiere Undermine 18,000 15,000 18,000
20 23 Randy Houser How Country Feels 18,000 17,000 152,000
21 24 Justin Moore Til My Last Day 17,000 16,000 174,000
19 25 Brad Paisley Southern Comfort Zone 15,000 19,000 73,000
22 26 Luke Bryan Drunk On You 14,000 15,000 2,032,000
27 27 Zac Brown Band Goodbye In Your Eyes 14,000 12,000 58,000
24 28 Eric Church Springsteen 13,000 13,000 1,820,000
25 29 Miranda Lambert Fastest Girl In Town 13,000 13,000 284,000
28 30 Kenny Chesney El Cerrito Place 13,000 12,000 56,000
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