And right now there is no foreseeable challenger to knock it out in the next week or two, or beyond. Perhaps after two more decades, they could make that argument. Billboard has been completely deaf to the concerns raised about the aberrations appearing on their genre charts, despite the history-shattering and skewed outcomes their chart logic has resulted in. You can post just about any given Florida Georgia Line photo these days without commentary as pure comedic fodder. Are you guys serious??? They look dressed like they could just show up here on my family farm in the morning and milk cows and bale hay all day with me. Damn shame what country music has come to. Damn Cathy, I guess I should apologize for how you took my comment. I agree with you completely that the damage done by Billboard is a travesty. I understand the business and financial entanglements of Billboard and the country music industry so this might easily happen. Sooner rather than later though, country music artists and industry folk are going to have to do something to draw the line between pop and country or they are going to be completely taken over by the pop machine. In my opinion, however, the industry is tonedeaf. The only sound that registers with them is the ringing of a bell on a cash register. I mean does this really matter, FGL has literally never released a song that even comes close to a single George Strait song. But at the end of the day, we all know county music, and this really makes no difference in the grand scheme of things. Long Live the KING! I had one per room but I added a 55 inch tv to the game room so the phonograph sits where the Wii U sat and the Wii U got to join its brethren in the game room. Record Research is publishing an updated version of its Top Country Singles book next week now covering 1944-2017 , and for all songs that have charted since the introduction of the Hot Country Songs chart in 2012, the Hot Country Airplay peak is the primary peak position listed. So, since Record Research has decided to continue with Hot Country Airplay as the primary Country chart, I assume that the chart facts at the end of the book — like cumulative weeks at 1, most Top 10 hits, etc. Maybe Florida Georgia Line will go on to become legends of music. I personally shudder to think of it. But if they were, I think even they would want to do it without a cloud hanging over them about how the numbers were tabulated, and with an asterisk by their name. George Strait certainly never benefited from spins on pop radio. Nor did more pop-oriented acts during his era. Anything is good eating with a shot of Louisiana Hot Sauce, and the perfect side to a turf sandwich is a pile of dried, white dog turds. Crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside. You should try some. Made an iHeart playlist yet? Or have you been to busy struggling to come up with oh-so-clever comments like this one? I could not love those greats more than I do in these times. They are the oases in the madness …. As disturbing as this is, I think the real test about FGL vs. George Strait or fill in the blank of any true country legend will be this: will we be singing their songs 30 years from now? LBT certainly tried to push the envelope with that song though, trying to push a song to country radio that lacked any trace of country sound whatsoever. Funny… my neighbor who is 32 going on 16 keeps playing this damn song on repeat every weekend when she throws a pool party. Well I await the twitterfails from Farce The Music on this one… Oh boy! And yeah the charts have NEVER really been accurate or stellar but a guy who does an internet music show I can assure that is a moot point people LOVE stats I am always having them throw in my face. So and so has the most 1s or so and so did this or that like they are trying to win some barroom trivia night. These Kane Brown fans are usually not savvy enough to twist that logic around on artists I actually like. I would hope it burns down before they are admitted, but think about it. If they have that many number ones and add too it, will they be kept out? Explain it this way, interpret it that way, turn it inside out, bitch and mourn all you want, success has one definition: Getting it done and cashing in on it. Upping the meds should help. Florida Georgia Line looks and sounds like a mix of Pop, rap, hip hop, bubble gum music, but not country.
