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: 23 days, up to 18-04-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 6749
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 897
Variety factor for this station is : 13.2%
50% OF PLAYS is 184 Songs (20.5% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 78 MOST played songs (8.6% of the total)
or 587 LEAST played songs (65.4% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 16m
10th most played song airs every: 8h 7m
78th most played song airs every: 1d 22h
184th most played song airs every: 2d 7h 12m
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 411 (45.8%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
3 after 20 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 963
..in 3 months: 1373, in 6 months: 1878
..in 9 months: 2157, in 12 months: 2376
Top 11 Most Played:
1 [88 plays] Ashley Cooke – Your Place
2 [84 plays] Chayce Beckham – 23
3 [79 plays] Nate Smith – Bulletproof
4= [77 plays] each for…
+ Jordan Davis – Tucson Too Late
+ Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
6 [76 plays] Keith Urban – Straight Line
7 [75 plays] Lainey Wilson – Wildflowers and Wild Horses
8= [74 plays] each for…
+ Noah Kahan – Stick Season
+ Warren Zeiders – Pretty Little Poison
10= [68 plays] each for…
+ Kane Brown – I Can Feel It
+ Parker McCollum – Burn It Down
Analysis: 24 days, up to 19-04-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 8780
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 718
Variety factor for this station is : 8.1%
50% OF PLAYS is 141 Songs (19.6% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 57 MOST played songs (7.9% of the total)
or 474 LEAST played songs (66% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 5h 11m
10th most played song airs every: 7h 12m
57th most played song airs every: 1d 2h 10m
141st most played song airs every: 1d 12h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 216 (30%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
ZERO after 14 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 745
..in 3 months: 823, in 6 months: 952
..in 9 months: 1017, in 12 months: 1194
Top 11 Most Played:
1 [111 plays] Dasha – Austin
2= [109 plays] each for…
+ Nate Smith – Bulletproof
+ Restless Road – Last Rodeo
4 [108 plays] Sam Hunt – Outskirts
5 [106 plays] Chris Janson – All I Need Is You
6 [104 plays] Conner Smith – Creek Will Rise
7 [103 plays] Ashley Cooke – Your Place
8 [98 plays] Parker McCollum – Burn It Down
9 [95 plays] Thomas Rhett & Morgan Wallen – Mamaw’s House
10= [80 plays] each for…
+ HARDY – Truck Bed
+ Keith Urban – Messed Up As Me
Analysis: 26 days, up to 19-04-2024
NUMBER OF PLAYS IDENTIFIED: 7459
Number of DIFFERENT Songs Played: 2307
Variety factor for this station is : 30.9%
50% OF PLAYS is 394 Songs (17% of the total)
A THIRD OF PLAYS represents:
The 131 MOST played songs (5.6% of the total)
or 1566 LEAST played songs (67.8% of the total)
Most played airs on average every: 6h 7m
10th most played song airs every: 9h 27m
131st most played song airs every: 4d 8h
394th most played song airs every: 6d 12h
No. of songs with 5 or less plays: 2154 (93.3%)
Lowest Number of NEW SONGS on any day:
18 after 23 DAYS
Different songs played in 1 month: 2459
..in 3 months: 3583, in 6 months: 4723
..in 9 months: 5129, in 12 months: 5370
Top 10 Most Played:
1 [102 plays] Scotty McCreery – Cab In A Solo
2 [100 plays] Lainey Wilson – Wildflowers and Wild Horses
3 [99 plays] Kane Brown – I Can Feel It
4 [98 plays] Chayce Beckham – 23
5 [95 plays] Jordan Davis – Tucson Too Late
6 [94 plays] Sam Hunt – Outskirts
7 [92 plays] Parker McCollum – Burn It Down
8 [90 plays] Noah Kahan – Stick Season
9 [77 plays] Beyonce – Texas Hold ’em
10 [66 plays] Bailey Zimmerman – Where It Ends
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