This week Real Estate powered on past St. Vincent and took over the #1 spot on the charts. In looking at the numbers last week I thought they should of been #1 last week, but no one remembers how you got to #1 or if it was a week late it only matters that you got there somehow, someway.
I was looking at the numbers trying to see what could be the next #1 after Real Estate and it really is anyones game. Or no ones game yet really. The gap between Real Estate and St. Vincent is around 20 stations but the gap between St. Vincent and #3 War on Drugs is almost 70 stations! So I doubt we see War on Drugs at #1 next week. War on Drugs is powered mostly by bigger stations but they lack the volume needed to get to #1 at this point. They impressively moved past Beck even though they have 20 less stations so I won't count them out. Black Lips seem to have peaked at #4 last week and are the only other record with over 150 stations.
Things get weird after Black Lips. The drop off is HUGE Perfect Pussy comes in at #6 with just above 95 stations. If you pick any record from 6-21 they are within a few stations of each other. Tokyo Police club comes in at one less station than Perfect Pussy While Tycho at #14 comes in at just around 80 stations and last weeks #1 most added Liars comes in at #17 with just over 90 stations. The parity between stations has gotten to the point that most stations are playing the same records and so that its a few stations that hold the key to moving up the chart faster.
So I decided to take a look at how true that was and pick two random stations to compare.
Station one:
| 1. REAL ESTATE Atlas |
| 2. ST. VINCENT St. Vincent |
| 3. NATURAL CHILD Dancin' With Wolves |
| 4. BLACK LIPS Underneath The Rainbow |
| 5. MARK MCGUIRE Along The Way |
| 6. THE MEN Tomorrow's Hits |
| 7. FOSTER THE PEOPLE Supermodel |
| 8. WAR ON DRUGS Lost In The Dream |
| 9. SAINTSENECA Dark Arc |
| 10. CHRIS MILLS AND THE DISTANT STARS Alexandria |
| 11. ETERNAL SUMMERS The Drop Beneath |
| 12. AGES AND AGES Divisionary |
| 13. MARCHING BAND So Much Imagine |
| 14. WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS Lions |
| 15. TACOCAT NVM |
| 16. BEND SINISTER Animals |
| 17. TOKYO POLICE CLUB Forcefield |
| 18. SKATERS Manhattan |
| 19. WALKING SHAPES Taka Come On |
| 20. COATHANGERS Suck My Shirt |
| 21. KEVIN DREW Darlings |
| 22. PERFECT PUSSY Say Yes To Love |
| 23. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS English Oceans |
| 24. NIGHT TERRORS OF 1927 Guilty Pleas [EP] |
| 25. ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES Half The City |
| 26. SISYPHUS Sisyphus |
| 27. METRONOMY Love Letters |
| 28. TYCHO Awake |
| 29. TRAUMAHELIKOPTER I Don't Understand Them At All |
| 30. BELLE BRIGADE Just Because |
| ST. VINCENT St. Vincent |
| 2. CARSICK CARS 3 |
| 3. SPEEDY ORTIZ Real Hair [EP] |
| 4. SKATERS Manhattan |
| 5. REAL ESTATE Atlas |
| 6. TOGETHER PANGEA Badillac |
| 7. MOZES AND THE FIRSTBORN Mozes And The Firstborn |
| 8. HABIBI Habibi |
| 9. EAGULLS Eagulls |
| 10. WALKING SHAPES Taka Come On |
| 11. DUM DUM GIRLS Too True |
| 12. PHANTOGRAM Voices |
| 13. TYCHO Awake |
| 14. SAINTSENECA Dark Arc |
| 15. ANGEL OLSEN Burn Your Fire For No Witness |
| 16. BLEEDING RAINBOW Interrupt |
| 17. TOKYO POLICE CLUB Forcefield |
| 18. NATURAL CHILD Dancin' With Wolves |
| 19. NOTWIST Close To The Glass |
| 20. PAINTED PALMS Forever |
| 21. MARISSA NADLER July |
| 22. CHERRY GLAZERR Haxel Princess |
| 23. BLACK LIPS Underneath The Rainbow |
| 24. BEATY HEART Mixed Feelings |
| 25. HONEYMILK Lean On The Sun |
| 26. TACOCAT NVM |
| 27. COATHANGERS Suck My Shirt |
| 28. WAR ON DRUGS Lost In The Dream |
| 29. CREATIVE ADULT Psychic Mess |
| 30. THE MEN Tomorrow's Hits |
Now lets eliminate every record that appears on both charts and see what we are left with.
| 5. MARK MCGUIRE Along The Way |
| 7. FOSTER THE PEOPLE Supermodel |
| 10. CHRIS MILLS AND THE DISTANT STARS Alexandria |
| 11. ETERNAL SUMMERS The Drop Beneath |
| 12. AGES AND AGES Divisionary |
| 13. MARCHING BAND So Much Imagine |
| 14. WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS Lions |
| 16. BEND SINISTER Animals |
| 21. KEVIN DREW Darlings |
| 22. PERFECT PUSSY Say Yes To Love |
| 23. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS English Oceans |
| 24. NIGHT TERRORS OF 1927 Guilty Pleas [EP] |
| 25. ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES Half The City |
| 26. SISYPHUS Sisyphus |
| 27. METRONOMY Love Letters |
| 29. TRAUMAHELIKOPTER I Don't Understand Them At All |
| 30. BELLE BRIGADE Just Because |
| 2. CARSICK CARS 3 |
| 3. SPEEDY ORTIZ Real Hair [EP] |
| 6. TOGETHER PANGEA Badillac |
| 7. MOZES AND THE FIRSTBORN Mozes And The Firstborn |
| 8. HABIBI Habibi |
| 9. EAGULLS Eagulls |
| 11. DUM DUM GIRLS Too True |
| 12. PHANTOGRAM Voices |
| 15. ANGEL OLSEN Burn Your Fire For No Witness |
| 16. BLEEDING RAINBOW Interrupt |
| 19. NOTWIST Close To The Glass |
| 20. PAINTED PALMS Forever |
| 21. MARISSA NADLER July |
| 22. CHERRY GLAZERR Haxel Princess |
| 24. BEATY HEART Mixed Feelings |
| 25. HONEYMILK Lean On The Sun |
| 29. CREATIVE ADULT Psychic Mess So in the end we had 13 records that were the same, I was expecting a few more and I imagine if I were do to the comparison a few more times the average would be closer to 17 of the same records. The point is that for the most part everyones chart looks about the same these days and it has become easier to obtain a top 10 record. I don't want to say easy I guess but when a record at #6 has the same amount of stations as #21 then where is the value of a top ten? So what will be happening next? Well it looks like Real Estate should easily hold on to #1 for another week and I Imagine War on Drugs will take #2 next week and at that point the gap should be less than 70 so they could go for #1 then. Perfect Pussy I don't see going much higher than top 5 if anything and last weeks adds Tycho and Liars, Future Islands and Toyko Police club all look about the same right now and its hard to see what one will step out above the rest. This weeks ADD race came down to Mac Demarco and Cloud Nothings. Cloud nothings had the 2 indies going for it and they were able to pull away and take #1 most added. Mac kept it close thought as they were very creative and had Mac himself calling stations on ADD day. Love to see that kind of creativity that I can steal for myself. But in the end the power of two indies won out. Hold Steady took #3 most added being the only other record with 100 adds. Mac Demarco has the early edge on the charts already coming in at #70 and Cloud nothings is close behind at #87. Should be interesting to see what type of logjam there is next week with all of last weeks ADDS and this weeks adds all pushing for the top of the charts. Lets continue this conversation on the twitter@theanimalarrg |
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