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Dixie Chicks Return to No. 1 on Charts [Disgusting feminist herd.]
Associated Press by way of Forbes ^ | 31MAY06 | JOHN GEROME

Posted on 06/01/2006 3:48:24 PM PDT by familyop

The Dixie Chicks appear to be more popular than the president these days. President Bush's approval rating has plummeted, but the Chicks are on top of the pop and country charts with their first album since publicly criticizing Bush three years ago.

They did it without the support of country radio, which largely ignored the Dixie Chicks after lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience in 2003 that the group was ashamed Bush was from their home state of Texas.

The new album, "Taking the Long Way," took the No. 1 spot Wednesday on the country albums chart and the Billboard 200 overall chart - which are based on sales rather than radio airplay - with 526,000 units sold in its first week.

For the year, the Chicks' first-week showing is behind only Rascal Flatts' "Me and My Gang" (722,000 units), according to Wade Jessen, director of Billboard's country charts.

Jessen said the strong sales figures may show that hardcore country fans are not as bothered by the controversy as many in the music industry thought, or simply that the group is attracting a broader audience.

"There also might be a certain amount of support that may have been thrown their way by folks who are a little more liberal and that maybe never bought a country album in their lives but want to show their support," he said.

The new album hit stores May 23 amid a flurry of media appearances (including a Time magazine cover story) and its first-week sales are the trio's best since "Home" sold 780,000 units in its first week of release in September 2002.

First-week sales on "Taking the Long Way" were better than Chicks' longtime nemesis Toby Keith, whose latest album, "White Trash With Money," sold 330,000. Tim McGraw's "Greatest Hits Vol. 2: Reflected" sold 242,000.

The new album's first single, "Not Ready to Make Nice," came out in March and stalled at No. 36 on Billboard's country songs chart. It did slightly better on the adult contemporary singles chart, peaking at No. 32.

The song was co-written by the trio and addresses the controversy head on, with Maines singing in the chorus, "I'm not ready to make nice. I'm not ready to back down. I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time to go round and round and round."

The latest single, a more conventional song called "Everybody Knows," reached No. 48.

The group did not respond Wednesday to a request for an interview.

In January Maines told Entertainment Weekly magazine that she was disappointed with country music and that she's "pretty much done" with the genre.

Jessen suspects that most country stations have already made up their minds about the Chicks' new album and probably won't come on board even if sales remain brisk.

For a lot of programmers, the group is still too polarizing.

"Programmers are directly or indirectly responsible for the health of the bottom line, and if anything happens that distracts from that in the way they run their business, they won't deal with it," Jessen said.

Ken Boesen, program director at WPOC in Baltimore, said his station played "Not Ready to Make Nice" a few times, but never added it to the playlist.

"Regardless of whether country radio plays them or not, they're going to sell," Boesen said. "There are too many ways for people to hear about and get new music these days."


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Quite a few country music players have voiced their opinions against defense of our country. More denials follow.
1 posted on 06/01/2006 3:48:25 PM PDT by familyop
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They are the 21st century version of the hula hoop. Soon people will say, "The what?"


2 posted on 06/01/2006 3:50:45 PM PDT by sine_nomine (No more RINO presidents. We need another Reagan.)
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The Billboard charts have been bought and paid for for years.

Enough money falls into the right hands and you're number one.

But that is old news.

3 posted on 06/01/2006 3:52:14 PM PDT by capt. norm (Ben Franklin: "Does thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of")
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Who is buying their crap !?

I don`t believe it`s individual sales,can`t be.


4 posted on 06/01/2006 3:52:27 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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The Dixie Chicks appear to be more popular than the president these days. President Bush's approval rating has plummeted, but the Chicks are on top of the pop

Apples and oranges. Typical media - devoid of any mathematical reasoning ability.
5 posted on 06/01/2006 3:52:37 PM PDT by NinoFan
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they saw what publicity people(creatures) like sheehan were getting and figured correctly that it was easier than exercising any innate talent they might have had
6 posted on 06/01/2006 3:52:45 PM PDT by kinoxi
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The new album, "Taking the Long Way," took the No. 1 spot Wednesday on the country albums chart and the Billboard 200 overall chart - which are based on sales rather than radio airplay - with 526,000 units sold in its first week.

500,000 units were delivered to the DNC headquarters and remain unopened in a storeroom somewhere.
7 posted on 06/01/2006 3:52:49 PM PDT by Thrusher ("...there is no peace without victory.")
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Their 15 minutes have long pasted, I don't think people should really give them any attention.


8 posted on 06/01/2006 3:53:52 PM PDT by Perdogg
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"The Billboard charts have been bought and paid for for years."

That doesn't change the fact that a whole lot of country music listeners are buying their trash. Look at the record sales.

9 posted on 06/01/2006 3:54:20 PM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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"Whew! I don't know why I was so nervous about hosting this show. If the Dixie Chicks can sing with their foot in their mouth, I can host this thing!"

Reba McIntire on the ACM awards
10 posted on 06/01/2006 3:54:54 PM PDT by cowboyway (My heroes have always been cowboys.)
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If it means anything, they have never been #1 with me ever.

Besides, If it were your cause, who could ever write write a better anti-war song than Country Joe......


(Actually, the Chicks might want to check with Joe about career opportunities when the war ends...)
11 posted on 06/01/2006 3:55:09 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (If you build it, they won't come...)
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who is buying this crap? I don't know any country music fans that will touch it - think about the market they reach. The record co is probably buying them up and taking a loss for the publicity.


12 posted on 06/01/2006 3:55:37 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: familyop

Chubby Chicker and the Twisted Sisters!


13 posted on 06/01/2006 3:56:59 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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For all intents and purposes, the Dixe Chicks were DUed. Many liberals bought their album solely because the fat one of the group bashed the President. Few of these people were Country Music or even Dixie Chick fans and probably have not even listened to the CD anyway.

When the Chicks start touring, which where the true measure of their popularity will be measured they will see what is really up.

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14 posted on 06/01/2006 3:57:01 PM PDT by speed_addiction (And the Lord said, "Who shall I send? Who will stand for us?" Said I, "Here I am...Send me.")
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The record co is probably buying them up and taking a loss for the publicity.
15 posted on 06/01/2006 3:57:14 PM PDT by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: familyop
So many American and European performers continue to prove that musical talent doesn't equal brains or common sense. They are all pretty much anchorless pagans who think that blaming America or trashing conservative values is a road to 'finding themselves' and gives them a reason to live.

In WWII the performers were tripping over themselves trying to get overseas and perform for the troops and boost their morale. Modern performers are scum, that's why my radio is never on, I need to choose what I liseten to and it sure isn't the garbage that passes itself off as "music" today.

16 posted on 06/01/2006 3:57:15 PM PDT by TheCrusader
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To: familyop
Prior to this release, they were on the cover of Time, on the Today show, Anus in the Morning, Larry King Alive, etc, etc.

Any wonder?

17 posted on 06/01/2006 3:57:17 PM PDT by lormand (Michael Savage - The "turd in the punch bowl" of Conservatism and a classless POS)
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Our morning talk show host, Jim Quinn, had an interesting take on this. He used to be program director for several music stations, and understands how the business works. The record company cuts a deal with a number of distributors--offers them a discount on the CDs if they accept them in large volume--and ships them out to promote the record. These are then reported as sales (even though they were bought by a distributor and not individuals) to Billboard. They're hoping that hearing the album "hits #1" on Billboard spurs people to actually buy the CD from the distributor.


18 posted on 06/01/2006 3:57:31 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (DemonRATs- the CULTURE OF TREASON!)
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To: avg_freeper
That's ok, the stats will catch up with them. This is still early in the game and big bucks are being spent to push this in every way imaginable.

Let them waste their money and watch how this plays out.

19 posted on 06/01/2006 3:57:37 PM PDT by capt. norm (Ben Franklin: "Does thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of")
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I heard some idiot on the radio yesterday encouraging people to support and buy the Dixie Chicks records. He said they have the courage to speak out about this unlawful war and should be rewarded as such. This is the most sickening thing to me. I wonder what it will take to wake up this nation? Perhaps it is too late.


20 posted on 06/01/2006 3:57:37 PM PDT by ladyinred
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