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.

TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2016

TOP 50 ACTIVE ROCK SONGS OF 2016 (by spins)

TOP 30 OCTANE BIG ‘UNS COUNTDOWN SONGS OF 2016

The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 4/8/17.  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	PAPA ROACH	“Help”	2030
2	2	KORN	“Take Me”	1845
3	4	STARSET	“Monster”	1517
4	3	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Never Again”	1512
5	6	SEETHER	“Let You Down”	1486
6	8	POP EVIL	“If Only For Now”	1261
7	10	INCUBUS	“Nimble Bastard”	1189
8	11	MASTODON	“Show Yourself”	1161
9	5	SHINEDOWN	“How Did You Love”	1078
10	12	BLEEKER	“Highway”	997
11	14	VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES)	“Black Rose”	990
12	13	SKILLET	“Back From The Dead’	979
13	15	NICKELBACK	“Feed The Machine”	837
14	9	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Oh My God”	798
15	16	THROUGH FIRE	“Breathe”	722
16	17	ALL THAT REMIANS	“Madness”	694
17	20	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“God Damn”	634
18	18	ALTER BRIDGE	“My Champion”	596
19	22	AVATAR	“New Land”	506
20	21	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Heavydirtysoul”	501
21	19	MISSIO	“Middle Fingers”	491
22	23	LETTERS FROM THE FIRE	“Worth The Pain”	385
23	26	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Loud”	367
24	24	GODSMACK	“Come Together”	366
25	25	DED	“Anti-Everything”	337
26	27	RADKEY	“Dark Black Makeup”	316
27	28	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Bullfight”	307
28	33	AS LIONS	“Aftermath”	281
29	30	CITIZEN ZERO	“Lure And Persuade”	263
30	29	BADFLOWER	“Animal”	232
31	36	BIFFY CLYRO	“Howl”	213
32	31	RAG N BONE MAN	“Human”	204
33	34	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Believer”	200
34	37	HELL OR HIGHWATER	“I Want It All”	167
35	39	LIKE A STORM	“Pure Evil”	161
36	38	SEPTEMBER MOURNING	“20 Below”	155
37	32	HALESTORM	“Still Of The Night”	154
38	41	BLACK MAP	“Run Rabbit Run”	146
39	44	ORWELLS	“They Put A Body In The Bayou”	143
40	42	STITCHED UP HEART	“Catch Me When I Fall”	139
41	43	MANAFEST	“Stones”	137
42	50	BLACK STONE CHERRY	“Cheaper To Drink Alone”	131
43	45	RACHEL LORIN	“I Hate You”	123
44	49	THE REVIVALISTS	“Wish I Knew You”	122
45	54	SHALLOW SIDE	“Can You Hear Me”	113
46	53	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Cold Cold Cold”	111
47	48	DREAMERS	“Sweet Disaster”	103
48	58	THRICE	“Hurricane”	102
49	46	KINGS OF LEON	“Reverend”	95
50	51	COVER YOUR TRACKS	“Striking Matches”	92

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)

BLACK STONE CHERRY – “Cheaper To Drink Alone”

Over the past few years, country rock artists have begun to cross over to Active Rock.  There are elements of Black Stone Cherry’s latest single (“Cheaper To Drink Alone”) that have the same country rock sensibilities as those artists that have crossed over.  What’s interesting about BSC is that they have been mainstays on Active Rock radio for years.  Their brand of southern rock has always found a way to fit in.  While this song has a little bit more twang than usual, it also features the catchy, soulful melodies that we’ve come to expect from the band.  It’s a fun, party song that features a nice bluesy, shredding interlude.  At the end of the day, this is some good old fashioned, timeless rock and roll, and nice change of pace for any Active Rock playlist.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Papa Roach and Korn cemented themselves into the top 2, and Starset joined them in the top 3.  Barring a meaningful drop, it doesn’t look like the top 2 will be changing anytime soon.  Starset had solid gains to move up to #3, but a big jump from Seether closed the gap between the two.  Another week like this one, and Seether will leapfrog Starset and reach the top 3.  Looking ahead to the next battle for the top, Seether looks like a solid bet once Papa Roach and Korn begin to drop.
 

 

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…

HELLYEAH – “Love Falls”

BLACKLITE DISTRICT – “Living In A Nightmare”

DEMON HUNTER – “Died In My Sleep”

ART OF DYING – “All Or Nothing”

THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “Lifeline”

BOBAFLEX – “Hey You”

THROW THE FIGHT – “Bury Me Alive”

WHILE SHE SLEEPS – “Silence Speaks”

 

DROP IT…

Cage The Elephant – “Cold Cold Cold”

Rag N Bone Man – “Human”

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

Biffy Clyro – “Howl”

Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul”

K-Flay – “Blood In The Cut”

Dreamers – “Sweet Disaster”

Orwells – “They Put A Body In The Bayou”

 

 
 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

Papa Roach remains atop the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay chart for a second week, actually extending their airplay lead over #2, Korn.  Starset climbs to the #3 spot, passing Breaking Benjamin as the former #1 begins to slide downward.
 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Mastodon climbs nicely to reach the Top 10 this week, joined by Bleeker who returns to #10 despite declining airplay…

Avatar leads a pair of new arrivals into the Top 20…

The momentum continues for As Lions, who make their Top 30 debut this week…

Two new entries and one returning song in this week’s Top 40 tier…

 Four songs debut in the Top 50, led by Shallow Side.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Papa Roach – “Help”

Seether – “Let You Down”

Volbeat (f. Danko Jones) – “Black Rose”

 

FALLING

Breaking Benjamin – “Never Again”

Shinedown – “How Did You Love”

Pretty Reckless – “Oh My God”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Keep an eye on the movement of the lead single from Seether’s new album.  It is starting to look like a possibility to bypass the songs currently ahead of it whenever radio decides to move off an equally new song from Papa Roach.

 

WRAP-UP

That’s all for this week.  Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/