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.
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The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 3/11/17. 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 | 1 | SHINEDOWN | “How Did You Love” | 1939 |
| 2 | 3 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Never Again” | 1566 |
| 3 | 2 | PRETTY RECKLESS | “Oh My God” | 1547 |
| 4 | 5 | KORN | “Take Me” | 1485 |
| 5 | 6 | BEARTOOTH | “Hated” | 1394 |
| 6 | 7 | STARSET | “Monster” | 1329 |
| 7 | 4 | GREEN DAY | “Still Breathing” | 1317 |
| 8 | 12 | PAPA ROACH | “Help” | 1164 |
| 9 | 9 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | “My Name Is Human” | 1135 |
| 10 | 11 | POP EVIL | “If Only For Now” | 1092 |
| 11 | 8 | METALLICA | “Atlas, Rise!” | 1078 |
| 12 | 10 | BLEEKER | “Highway” | 1015 |
| 13 | 16 | SEETHER | “Let You Down” | 939 |
| 14 | 18 | INCUBUS | “Nimble Bastard” | 859 |
| 15 | 15 | SKILLET | “Back From The Dead’ | 779 |
| 16 | 13 | NICKELBACK | “Feed The Machine” | 758 |
| 17 | 19 | MASTODON | “Show Yourself” | 680 |
| 18 | 17 | K.FLAY | “Blood In The Cut” | 619 |
| 19 | 20 | THROUGH FIRE | “Breathe” | 549 |
| 20 | 22 | ALTER BRIDGE | “My Champion” | 523 |
| 21 | 23 | ALL THAT REMIANS | “Madness” | 492 |
| 22 | 21 | HALESTORM | “Still Of The Night” | 491 |
| 23 | 14 | SIXX:A.M. | “We Will Not Go Quietly” | 378 |
| 24 | 36 | VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES) | “Black Rose” | 370 |
| 25 | 26 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Heavydirtysoul” | 367 |
| 26 | 24 | ADELITA’S WAY | “Ready For War (Pray For Peace)” | 347 |
| 27 | 25 | AVATAR | “New Land” | 344 |
| 28 | 28 | MISSIO | “Middle Fingers” | 303 |
| 29 | 33 | LETTERS FROM THE FIRE | “Worth The Pain” | 275 |
| 30 | 30 | GOODBYE JUNE | “Oh No” | 262 |
| 31 | 31 | BADFLOWER | “Animal” | 258 |
| 32 | 29 | ART OF ANARCHY | “The Madness” | 252 |
| 33 | 34 | RADKEY | “Dark Black Makeup” | 242 |
| 34 | 35 | CITIZEN ZERO | “Lure And Persuade” | 215 |
| 35 | 27 | BLINK-182 | “She’s Out Of Her Mind” | 195 |
| 36 | 37 | DED | “Anti-Everything” | 193 |
| 37 | 32 | SICK PUPPIES | “Where Do I Begin” | 169 |
| 38 | 38 | RAG N BONE MAN | “Human” | 166 |
| 39 | 39 | SEPTEMBER MOURNING | “20 Below” | 147 |
| 40 | 41 | LIKE A STORM | “Pure Evil” | 128 |
| 41 | 40 | YOU ME AT SIX | “Give” | 128 |
| 42 | 46 | AVENGED SEVENFOLD | “God Damn” | 120 |
| 43 | 61 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | “Bullfight” | 115 |
| 44 | 45 | IMAGINE DRAGONS | “Believer” | 105 |
| 45 | 43 | BLACK MAP | “Run Rabbit Run” | 102 |
| 46 | 47 | FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES | “Lullaby” | 97 |
| 47 | 52 | STITCHED UP HEART | “Catch Me When I Fall” | 95 |
| 48 | 49 | DREAMERS | “Sweet Disaster” | 90 |
| 49 | 77 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | “Loud” | 88 |
| 50 | 50 | BIFFY CLYRO | “Howl” | 86 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES) – “Black Rose”
There are a handful of bands that are virtually guaranteed enough airplay on Active Rock Radio to climb the charts with each single. Volbeat is certainly in that rarified air, so they don’t need to team up with anyone to garner attention. However, hearing another voice playing off of the distinct vocals of Michael Poulsen on the band’s latest single, “Black Rose,” was a stroke of genius.
Though not nearly the same magnitude as Volbeat, Danko Jones has made an impact in recent times on radio as well. His vocals perfectly complement Poulsen’s on the song. In fact, it was Poulsen who thought that Jones would be perfect for the song when Volbeat was writing it.
In an interview with Metal Hammer, guitarist Rob Caggiano stated…“Danko Jones is a good friend of the band. When we were working on ‘Black Rose,’ and Michael was singing the verse part, he was like… ‘maybe Danko Jones could sing on this one. It sounds like something he would do.”
Because of Poulsen, Volbeat is able to take chances that other bands may shy away from out of fear of not being heavy enough. “Black Rose” is a feel-good, upbeat song in the vein of “Lola Montez,” but with some pop sensibilities (although it does have heavier moments and shredding guitars sprinkled in). Poulsen’s beautiful melodies work perfectly with Jones’ edgier vocals. “Black Rose” should once again put Volbeat in position to make another run at #1 in the near future.
PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)
As predicted last week, Shinedown’s commanding lead kept them locked into the #1 spot, despite a meaningful drop in spins, and Breaking Benjamin leapfrogged The Pretty Reckless to take over the #2 spot. With only modest gains for Breaking Benamin, they still trail Shinedown by almost 400 spins. Based on this week’s trend, it looks like it will take two weeks for a new #1. The Pretty Reckless remained flat, so unless “Oh My God” gets a second wind, it looks like the song will top out at #2. They may even get passed next week by Korn. Songs to watch in the coming weeks include: Papa Roach’s “Help,” Seether’s “Let You Down” and Incubus’ “Nimble Bastard.” All three showed strong growth 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…
DEMON HUNTER – “Died In My Sleep”
BLACKLITE DISTRICT – “Living In A Nightmare”
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “Lifeline”
EVE TO ADAM – “Tongue Tied”
MESSAGE FROM SYLVIA – “Right Here And Now”
AMERICAN GRIM – “Idols”
AS LIONS – “Aftermath”
GODSMACK – “Come Together”
DROP IT…
Rag N Bone Man – “Human”
Imagine Dragons – “Believer”
Biffy Clyro – “Howl”
Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul”
K-Flay – “Blood In The Cut”
Dreamers – “Sweet Disaster”
You Me At Six – “Give”
Sixx:A.M. – “We Will Not Go Quietly”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
Make it a month at #1 for Shinedown on the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay chart (despite a noticeable loss of airplay this week). Breaking Benjamin passed The Pretty Reckless for the #2 spot while closing the gap quite a bit between them and Shinedown. Still, there is a lot of ground to make up before claiming the throne.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Pop Evil moves into the Top 10 this week…
Alter Bridge has the only new song in the Top 20 this week…
New to the Top 30 this week is last week’s highest debut from Volbeat (f. Danko Jones) and Letters To The Fire…
Like A Storm makes the Top 40, apparently on the basis of a tiebreaker…
A Day To Remember has the highest debut among three new arrivals on the chart this week.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
RISING
Papa Roach – “Help”
Seether – “Let You Down”
Incubus – “Nimble Bastard”
FALLING
Shinedown – “How Did You Love”
Green Day – “Still Breathing”
Metallica – “Atlas, Rise!”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
No real surprises this week, but looking forward, there is a possibility of as many as three or four rapid changes at #1 over the next few weeks.
WRAP-UP
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