Country Music Stations
Country Music is only really a minority genre in the UK there is no doubt, but it is popular enough for the big radio groups to cater for it to some extent. Here we see Global’s “Smooth” brand offshoot “Smooth Country” firmly at the ‘pop’ end of country music spectrum, plus two stations for Bauer.. Downtown Country, a local offshoot of the “Downtown” Northern Ireland brand, plus Absolute Radio Country, a UK national branded station which has in fact been in operation since 2019 (previously as Country Hits Radio), focused on modern country music and aimed at 25-44 year olds. One would imagine that both Bauer country stations might be programmed along similar lines, but the different numbers of songs and play profiles would suggest that these are still quite independently programmed, at this stage at least…
Analysis: 25 days, up to 05-11-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7242
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 1018
Variety factor for this station is : 14%
50% OF PLAYS is 182 Songs (17.8% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 80 MOST played songs (7.8% of the total)
or 708 LEAST played songs (69.5% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 15m
10th most played song airs every: 8h 34m
80th most played song airs every: 1d 22h 9m
182nd most played song airs every: 2d 6h 32m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 532 (52.2%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
5 after 15 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 1044
..in 3 months: 1401, in 6 months: 1798
..in 9 months: 2070, in 12 months: 2428
Top 11 Most Played:
1 [96 plays] Tucker Wetmore – Wind Up Missing You
2 [90 plays] Megan Moroney – Am I Okay?
3 [85 plays] Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph – High Road
4 [81 plays] Lainey Wilson – 4x4xU
5 [80 plays] Jordan Davis – I Ain’t Sayin’
6 [79 plays] Thomas Rhett – Beautiful As You
7= [78 plays] each for…
+ Bailey Zimmerman – Holy Smokes
+ Keith Urban – Wildside
9 [74 plays] Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan – Cowboys Cry Too
10= [70 plays] each for…
+ Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood – I’m Gonna Love You
+ Ella Langley and Riley Green – you look like you love me
Analysis: 23 days, up to 05-11-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 9311
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 636
Variety factor for this station is : 6.8%
50% OF PLAYS is 101 Songs (15.8% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 48 MOST played songs (7.5% of the total)
or 465 LEAST played songs (73.1% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 9m
10th most played song airs every: 6h 25m
48th most played song airs every: 15h 20m
101st most played song airs every: 21h 13m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 194 (30.5%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 14 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 647
..in 3 months: 784, in 6 months: 981
..in 9 months: 1099, in 12 months: 1206
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [107 plays] Post Malone feat. Luke Combs – Guy For That
2= [105 plays] each for…
+ Corey Kent feat. Lauren Alaina – Now Or Never
+ First Time Flyers – Jump
+ Gareth – What You Don’t Know
5= [104 plays] each for…
+ Cody Johnson feat. Carrie Underwood – I’m Gonna Love You
+ Thomas Rhett – Overdrive
7 [103 plays] Jordan Davis – I Ain’t Sayin’
8 [91 plays] Brad Paisley – Truck Still Works
9 [89 plays] Bailey Zimmerman – Holy Smokes
10 [86 plays] Ashley Cooke – i almost do
Analysis: 23 days, up to 05-11-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7498
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 2295
Variety factor for this station is : 30.6%
50% OF PLAYS is 371 Songs (16.1% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 119 MOST played songs (5.1% of the total)
or 1572 LEAST played songs (68.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 24m
10th most played song airs every: 7h 27m
119th most played song airs every: 3d 20h
371st most played song airs every: 5d 18h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 2134 (92.9%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
16 after 16 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 2547
..in 3 months: 3803, in 6 months: 4901
..in 9 months: 5561, in 12 months: 6282
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [102 plays] Shaboozey – A Bar Song
2= [100 plays] each for…
+ Dasha – Austin
+ Parmalee – Gonna Love You
+ Tim McGraw – One Bad Habit
5 [99 plays] Justin Moore – This Is My Dirt
6 [98 plays] Thomas Rhett – Beautiful As You
7 [92 plays] Morgan Wallen – Lies Lies Lies
8 [88 plays] Luke Bryan – Love You, Miss You, Mean It
9 [85 plays] Jelly Roll – I Am Not Okay
10 [74 plays] Ella Langley and Riley Green – you look like you love me
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