Weekly Chart Report (5/11/2012)

SPIN ZONE
It’s dude central at the top of this week’s CountryBreakout Chart. Eric Church’s song about hearing “Springsteen” stays at No. 1 for a second consecutive week with a small spin gain. Georgia boys Jason Aldean (“Fly Over States”) and Luke Bryan (“Drunk On You”) are at No. 2 and 3, respectively, and still picking up new plays. It’s an incredibly tight Top 10 however, with only Eli Young Band’s “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” making forward movement to No. 5.

Slow-moving applies to the rest of the chart as well. Keith Urban’s “For You” manages to gain 210 spins, but only moves up one spot to No. 18. Similarly Jana Kramer’s “Why Ya Wanna” adds 180 new spins, but only gets a small bump to No. 23. Easton Corbin, Justin Moore, Love and Theft—all get triple digit spin increases, but only one spot higher positioning.

Outside the Top 40, things are less of a traffic jam. Blake Shelton’s new single “Over” is already to No. 42 in its second week, right on the heels of Montgomery Gentry’s “So Called Life” at No. 41. Lady Antebellum just flew into the chart at No. 63 with “Wanted You More,” and Lee Brice’s “Hard To Love” makes a promising debut at No. 68.

Frozen Playlists: KGRT, KICR, WBKR, WDXX, WKWS, WXMM, WXXK

Upcoming Singles
May 14
Jessie James/Military Man/Show Dog-Universal
Due West/Things You Can’t Do In A Car/Black River
Lee Brice/Hard To Love/Curb

May 21
Blake Shelton/Over/Warner Bros./WMN
Bill Gentry/That Kind of Live/Tenacity
Rascal Flatts/Come Wake Me Up/Big Machine
Jake Owen/The One That Got Away/RCA

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New On The Chart—Debuting This Week
Artist/song/label — chart pos.
Lady Antebellum/Wanted You More/Capitol – 63
Lee Brice/Hard To Love/Curb – 68
Jake Owen/The One That Got Away/BNA – 77
Jaida Dreyer/Guy’s Girl/Soundstream – 78
Adam Gregory/High On You/Calusa Entertainment/GMV Nashville – 80

Greatest Spin Increase
Artist/song/label — spin+
Blake Shelton/Over/Warner Bros. – 394
Lady Antebellum/Wanted You More/Capitol – 373
The Band Perry/Postcard From Paris/Republic Nashville – 241
Toby Keith/Beers Ago/Show Dog-Universal – 236
Dierks Bentley/5-1-5-0/Capitol – 235

Most Added
Artist/song/label — New Adds
Lady Antebellum/Wanted You More/Capitol – 29
Blake Shelton/Over/Warner Bros. – 26
Lee Brice/Hard To Love/Curb – 10
Jake Owen/The One That Got Away/BNA – 10
Montgomery Gentry/So Called Life/Average Joe’s – 9
George Strait/Drinkin’ Man/MCA – 9
Little Big Town/Pontoon/Capitol – 9
Kelly Clarkson/Mr. Know It All/19-RCA – 9
Keith Urban/For You/Capitol – 8
Hunter Hayes/Wanted/Atlantic Records – 8

On Deck—Soon To Be Charting
Artist/song/label — spins
Rick Monroe/Crazy Not To/Render Records – 167
Clinton Gregory/Bridges/Melody Roundup – 164
Kristen Kelly/Ex-Old Man/Arista – 159
Florida Georgia Line/Cruise/Big Loud Mountain – 156
Craig Wayne Boyd/I Ain’t No Quitter/Big Ride – 153
Jason Sturgeon/Time Bomb/Toolpusher – 149
Bradley Gaskin/Diamonds Make Babies/Columbia – 147