Reflecting the benefit of high-profile airplay (and an extra day of availability), Billboard’s audience-driven Country Airplay chart has been kinder to recent blockbuster releases than Mediabase’s spin-based chart.
The case was no different for Carrie Underwood’s “Something in the Water,” which arrived at #25 on Mediabase’s country chart but #17 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
The #17 bow easily ranks as the launch position for a country song this week. The Band Perry’s “Gentle on My Mind,” which is the week’s next most notable Country Airplay debut, starts distantly below at #54.
Other debuts on this week’s Billboard Country Airplay chart include The Railers’ “Kinda Dig the Feeling” (#58), Dierks Bentley’s “Say You Do” (#59) and Kelsea Ballerini’s “Love Me Like You Mean It” (#60).
Other top 40 debuts on the aforementioned Mediabase chart include Eric Church’s “Talladega” (#34) and Kenny Chesney’s “Til It’s Gone” (#40).