The Chart Show: The Hold Steady Thrashes Up The Chart
by Mark Wheat
August 15, 2019
Lizzo has set a record for number of weeks at the top of our chart in one year, 13 and it's only August! She'll be back in town at The Armory October 9 and 11.
Possibly no coincidence as we celebrated Wilco at the weekend, they're up eleven places. Ever wondered to yourself, what are the Top 25 Wilco songs? We did and you came through for us, again!
Defining what it means to bring the narratives of women to the forefront of country music, The Highwomen, up to #2, sat down to explain their supergroup collaboration with The Country Music Association recently.
In normal weeks Chance The Rapper would be be the highest new entry at #8. He was not Billboard's Number One because of an artist that I swear I had never seen the name of before?! It's not a normal week, things are changing at a pace that we have never experienced before like Randy Newman going off!?
Billie Eilish bounced back in at ten - unfortunately things are not looking good for her clothing line, which just got pegged for stealing ideas.
Falling four to eleven Bon Iver surprised us with the release of the whole "I,I" last week.
The Hold Steady jumped six this week and the new album Thrashing Through the Passion is out Friday. They do such good titles! And the Denver Haircut has grown on me considerably.
Seriously...last week's Album of the Week review of Of Monsters And Men isn't even on the front page of my Google search for Of Monsters and men news?! At least the Icelandic story I quoted from is and they are back in the basement.
Submit your Chart Show ballot this week for a chance to win tickets to Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats at Surly Brewing Festival Field on August 30, 2019.
| TW | LW | Wks | The Current Chart Show | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist | Song | |||
| 1 | X | 1 | Lizzo | Like A Girl |
| 2 | 15 | 2 | The Highwomen | Redesigning Women |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Dessa | Good For You |
| 4 | 6 | 9 | J.S. Ondara | Lebanon |
| 5 | 16 | 3 | Wilco | Love Is Everywhere (Beware) |
| 6 | 9 | 7 | The Avett Brothers | High Steppin' |
| 7 | 1 | 9 | The Black Keys | Eagle Birds |
| 8 | X | 1 | Chance The Rapper | Do You Remember |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | Tame Impala | Borderline |
| 10 | X | 1 | Billie Eilish | When The Party's Over |
| 11 | 7 | 9 | Bon Iver | U (Man Like) |
| 12 | 18 | 2 | The Hold Steady | Denver Haircut |
| 13 | 12 | 2 | Brittany Howard | Stay High |
| 14 | 14 | 4 | The National | Rylan |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Spoon | No Bullets Spent |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Fontaines D.C. | Boys In The Better Land |
| 17 | R | 2 | Cold War Kids | Complainer |
| 18 | 8 | 10 | Sleater-Kinney | Hurry On Home |
| 19 | 13 | 2 | Tegan and Sara | I'll Be Back Someday |
| 20 | X | 1 | Of Monsters And Men | Wild Roses |
