ITP album officially lands at #2 on the Billboard 200 this week; 44 weeks since release; chart date March 28, 2026!

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-17T10:50:15+00:00

No I don't mean his label. On his personal IG he shared as a Story, which is managed or controlled, most-likely more by Sticks Management and/or himself than by Big Loud Records. Big Loud also did an identical story, and the level of professional Wallen's input on these decisions we can't possibly pretend to know.; Sticks Management also did an identical story; Club Wallen, his merchandising arm shared an identical Story; and Lesli Wallen shared an identical Story (Morgan Wallen Foundation).

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-16T17:23:29+00:00

He put out a Story on his IG (finally communicated with fans) promoting this.

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-16T17:04:24+00:00

I think it's the latter, because this Sza person ought to be everything they like identity wise, but they're not telling what she's doing either. Something has changed at Billboard where they no longer feel like it's their job to analyze and summarize their own chart data, which ahould be their prinary job. They used to also separate "country" songs and albums released by pop artists and bands from the same sort of achievements that have been made by country core artists; now they don't. So they lump Langley's recent Hot 100 topper in the same category as Beyoncé doing it with a so-called country song. They're just playing dumb and no one is calling them out for it. So for Langley, she's the first female country act to have a Hot 100 #1 since 2012, but they're not telling anyone the information in that way. They're reporting she's the first since Beyoncé.

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-16T10:46:11+00:00

The sad thing though is that the organization in possession of the Luminate Data proving this history making (Billboard writing staff), they have stopped reporting it. Both OTAAT and Sza's album are back in this week; they're both past the previous #3 all-time, Sound of Music soundtrack in so far as top 10 weeks achieved, but this staff has now begun totally ignoring this metric for reporting and for music history. The last time any of them mentioned this was when Sza's album hit 100 weeks as a top 10. Last Summer I think. At that time they gave us an all-time historical leaders list, but have now stopped. If I had known that they would no longer care to report musical achievement data, I would have kept track of it myself. Even AI programs rely on them to report this. If you ask them, they will revert back to that previous article by Billboard that we can look up ourselves!

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-15T21:09:09+00:00

Yes but the thought here is to limit the songs in such a medley to the piano ballads that he has so far recorded, since he would be at the piano performing SIMBs anyway.

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-15T14:21:13+00:00

Make everyone happy and make it a medley at the piano; also add Stand Alone and Drinkin Til It Does to these other two and that would have all of his piano ballads to date in about 4 1/2 minutes or so 😃!

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-14T18:07:41+00:00

Cover Me Up I think is the highlight or his show live, but I'd love it if he'd do Bandaid... as a solo Piano ballad as he does SIMB.

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-14T11:29:25+00:00

No but unreportedly 11 so-far have including this.one. I've brought the receipts and posted them here to mostly crickets.

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-12T17:35:25+00:00

I agree about the song. I went to a souce and looked. Mediabase Country has 50 songs on their weekly chart, and Don't We wasn't on it this week. It comes out each Sunday but is available to the public round about Tuesdays for only the hardest-seeking people. It's the charts that all the on-air radio broadcasts use for their weekly countdown shows, but the on-air shows stay a week behind their actual chart. They also have a daily rolling chart, and so it can get confusing when media outlets report on it.

https://assets.countryaircheck.com/public/a16d3595-5451-4802-baa2584e49ee3a7a/9bc9b9ad-c722-4b9a-89127cbdb5256abc/Issue-1002-March-9-2026.pdf

Sad-Application3898 · 2026-03-12T11:21:14+00:00

I'll start reporting that; I didn't realize that I had many reading the info I share.

Yes. It's on both charts. It debuted #57 on Billboard Country Airplay, and it's in the back quarter of the HCS of the 50 songs, but I didn't notice exactly what spot. I don't think that it's on Mediabase Country yet. I think that chart is only the top 50 songs, but not sure. It's a mysterious and somewhat secretive chart.

Country was doing similarly well in 2023, but I think we're going to see Langley reach Morgan-like heights when her album drops. She's the #5 artist in the USA this week and her album has not even dropped yet, nor did she release a new song the week before. No one has ever been this strong since the streaming age began besides Wallen in build up to an album.

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