![]() One Triple A programmer, WPYA Birmingham’s Geno Pearson, agreed to go on the record, and his response struck the same chords: no more Adams. I contacted my Capitol rep this morning and explained our decision to him.”Ī third was succinct: “Suffice to say we’ve pulled all his music (including the new single) and are not spinning any of his tunes at this time.”Įach of the programmers to whom Billboard spoke did not foresee adding Adams’ music back to rotation anytime soon. If it were only library tunes, no one would even notice, but because we are playing “Fuck the Rain,” his song comes up often enough to be noticed. ![]() “I’ve always believed that what you don’t play doesn’t hurt you, but what you do play can. And public opinion is what impacts our listeners. “We pulled all of his music today, which was a difficult decision,” said another programmer. “On the one hand, I believe in innocent until proven guilty, but on the other hand, in the court of public opinion, he has already been convicted. Noting that though there had been numerous previous accounts of Adams being a “jerk,” the programmer said that once the Times allegations came out, “I’m not rewarding this guy anymore. While some programmers declined to comment on their inclusion of the song in their playlist going forward, others, who asked to not be named, agreed to speak to Billboard, all saying they had removed the song - and Adams’ back catalog - from rotation. ![]() ET.īillboard reached out to multiple radio programmers whose stations had been spinning the song prior to the Times article in all cases, the programmers’ stations had spun “Fuck the Rain” at least 10 times in the preceding seven days. and 7:00 p.m.Īnd as of press time on Friday, according to real-time Nielsen Music data, the song was played just seven times in the overnight hours and once since 6:00 a.m. It was only played once between 3:00 p.m. On Thursday, it was down to 26, with the bulk of those plays (16) coming during the overnight (midnight-6 a.m.) hours. After accruing 54 spins each on Monday and Tuesday, the song dropped to 45 spins on the day of the article (which was released at around 4:00 p.m. 20 on the latest Adult Alternative Songs (released prior to the Times article), is beginning to be removed from airplay by the 42 radio stations that make up the chart’s panel. According to data from Nielsen Music, “Fuck the Rain,” which was released in January and rose to No.
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