HRD RADIO REPORT
The HRD Radio Report showcases the weekly Active Rock Mediabase Charts (compiled by AllAccess.com), and appears every Tuesday on HardRockDaddy.com. The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions. It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general.
Many of the artists featured on the Active Rock charts have already been reviewed on HardRockDaddy.com.
Click on the hyperlinked song titles to read song reviews, and the hyperlinked artist names to read album reviews.
2016 Active Rock Radio / Octane Quarterly Report: Q1
The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 4/23/16. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | THIS WEEK | ||
| 1 | 2 | RED SUN RISING | “Emotionless” | 1776 |
| 2 | 1 | DISTURBED | “The Sound Of Silence” | 1718 |
| 3 | 5 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Happy Song” | 1643 |
| 4 | 6 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “My Nemesis” | 1506 |
| 5 | 11 | VOLBEAT | “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown” | 1410 |
| 6 | 7 | SIXX: A.M. | “Rise” | 1396 |
| 7 | 4 | MUSE | “Reapers” | 1396 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 DOORS DOWN | “In The Dark” | 1342 |
| 9 | 9 | PAPA ROACH | “Falling Apart” | 1181 |
| 10 | 10 | DEFTONES | “Prayers/Triangles” | 1146 |
| 11 | 13 | HALESTORM | “Mayhem” | 811 |
| 12 | 15 | GHOST | “From The Pinnacle To The Pit” | 795 |
| 13 | 14 | ADELITA’S WAY | “Bad Reputation” | 762 |
| 14 | 16 | HELLYEAH | “Human” | 683 |
| 15 | 18 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | “Paranoia” | 577 |
| 16 | 19 | FOALS | “Mountain At My Gates” | 539 |
| 17 | 22 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | “Here I Am” | 505 |
| 18 | 20 | DEVOUR THE DAY | “Lightning In The Sky” | 461 |
| 19 | 27 | SICK PUPPIES | “Stick To Your Guns” | 414 |
| 20 | 24 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | “Hate By Design” | 412 |
| 21 | 28 | KALEO | “No Good” | 318 |
| 22 | 25 | CHEAP TRICK | “When I Wake Up” | 316 |
| 23 | 30 | MONSTER TRUCK | “Don’t Tell Me How To Live” | 287 |
| 24 | 26 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | “In Our Dreams” | 285 |
| 25 | 48 | SHINEDOWN | “Asking For It” | 269 |
| 26 | 35 | AVATAR | “The Eagle Has Landed” | 264 |
| 27 | 29 | THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH | “Running With Giants” | 251 |
| 28 | 44 | ROB ZOMBIE | “Get High” | 240 |
| 29 | 31 | BARONESS | “Shock Me” | 239 |
| 30 | 32 | THROUGH FIRE | “Stronger” | 223 |
| 31 | 33 | CANDLEBOX | “Vexatious” | 210 |
| 32 | 34 | ANTHRAX | “Breathing Lightning” | 204 |
| 33 | 37 | SEVENDUST | “Death Dance” | 187 |
| 34 | 42 | HOLY WHITE HOUNDS | “Switchblade” | 172 |
| 35 | 38 | SMASHING SATELLITES | “Gamblin’ Man” | 167 |
| 36 | 39 | CILVER | “I’m America” | 164 |
| 37 | 40 | LIKE A STORM | “Break Free” | 161 |
| 38 | 41 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Ride” | 154 |
| 39 | 43 | ONE LESS REASON | “Where Were You?” | 131 |
| 40 | 46 | SUNFLOWER DEAD | “It’s Time To Get Weird” | 118 |
| 41 | 52 | TRIVIUM | “Dead And Gone” | 110 |
| 42 | 50 | RIVAL CITY HEIGHTS | “Take It Back” | 102 |
| 43 | 49 | HANDS LIKE HOUSES | “Colourblind” | 101 |
| 44 | 47 | TREMONTI | “Dust” | 93 |
| 45 | 55 | OTEP | “In Cold Blood” | 79 |
| 46 | 45 | FILTER | “Take Me To Heaven” | 78 |
| 47 | 51 | BOBAFLEX | “A Spider In The Dark” | 73 |
| 48 | 58 | ARANDA | “Stay” | 72 |
| 49 | 56 | COLD WAR KIDS | “First” | 65 |
| 50 | 0 | CHRIS CORNELL | “Nothing Compares 2 U” | 64 |
NOTE: Last week, we noted that the actual #50 song did not appear on the published chart. For the purposes of the HRD Radio Report, RIVAL CITY HEIGHTS is considered a debut this week (even though the chart shows them in the #50 position last week).
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (by Adam Waldman)
CHRIS CORNELL – “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Ever since Prince’s untimely passing earlier this week, there has been an outpouring of emotion and tributes done by a number of artists, including Active Rock heavyweights like Corey Taylor and Lzzy Hale. Last year, while appearing on SiriusXM, Chris Cornell delivered an incredible version of Prince’s song, “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Younger readers of the HRD Radio Report may not be very familiar with Prince’s work, and much less likely to be familiar with the Sinead O’Connor version of this song that was a pop hit in the early ’90s. Cornell’s interpretation is so powerful and emotional, that you would think that it was done after learning of Prince’s passing (rather than months before). Whenever an artist dies, their work comes to the forefront of society as a way of simultaneously mourning and celebrating a life. With all due respect to the other tributes that have come since Prince’s passing, the one that has had the most impact is Cornell’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.” The song entered the Top 50 this week, but its stay will most likely be short-lived as the shock of Prince’s passing settles in.
CLICK HERE to read the Prince tribute that was featured on Hard Rock Daddy this week.
HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)
Each week, we will share the songs that we think should be added to rotations, alongside the songs that we feel should be dropped from rotations, either because they are a bad fit for the format, or because they have run their course and it’s time for a new single from the artist.
SPIN IT…
HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES – “As Bad As I Am”
UGLY MELON – “Dead Or Alive”
THE WORD ALIVE – “Made This Way”
SEPTEMBER MOURNING – “Eye Of The Storm”
FIFTYWATT FREIGHT TRAIN – “Whiskey & Hate”
EVANS BLUE – “iGod”
FIRST DECREE – “Here We Go Again”
DROP IT…
Cold War Kids – “First”
Holy White Hounds – “Switchblade”
Foals – “Mountain At My Gates”
Twenty One Pilots – “Ride”
Adelita’s Way – “Bad Reputation”
Muse – “Reapers”
Deftones – “Prayers/Triangles”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
Two songs headed in opposite directions over the weekend, giving the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay Chart a new #1. Red Sun Rising rises with “Emotionless” to end the extended run by Disturbed, and earn their second straight chart-topping single. Bring Me The Horizon is a close third, with Five Finger Death Punch gaining ground at #4.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
New to the Top 10 this week is the biggest gainer on the chart – “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown” – the lead single from the forthcoming Volbeat album, which is due to arrive in June …
Three Top 20 debuts this week, including a strong performing song from Sick Puppies…
The Top 30 features five new entries led by the latest singles by Shinedown and Rob Zombie…
The Top 40 is also busy, with four new arrivals this week, including recent Music Discovery Monday featured artist Sunflower Dead …
Five songs also earn their chart debut in the Top 50, paced by Trivium’s “Dead And Gone.”
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
MOVING UP
Five Finger Death Punch – “My Nemesis”
Volbeat – “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown”
Shinedown – “Asking For It”
DROPPING DOWN
Disturbed – “The Sound Of Silence”
3 Doors Down – “In The Dark”
Muse – “Reapers”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
There was a lot of movement across most tiers of the chart this week, made possible by the departure of nearly a half dozen songs that had enjoyed significant success, extended runs, or both. No song climbing at the moment is having a more impressive start than Volbeat’s “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown,” already reaching #5 in just it’s third week since release. That has to bode well for the eventual chart peak for the song, since the past nine #1 singles have needed an average of ten weeks to reach the top five.
WRAP-UP
That’s all for this week. Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/
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