A fun press release just came over the wire--most of this may not be news to Bucky's biggest fans, but it's nice to have the recent positive happenings all gathered in one piece! Links added by yours truly.
Fan excitement is growing exponentially in the weeks leading up to the April 17th release of American Idol Season 5 finalist Bucky Covington's self-titled debut CD.
The video for his first single, "A Different World," debuted this week in the #1 position atop CMT's fan-voted CMT Pure Country video playlist. Additionally, the video debuted this week at an impressive #36 on Yahoo Music's all-genre video chart, putting Covington in the company of fellow American Idol alum Carrie Underwood as the only two country artists with videos in Yahoo's Top 50.
On-line fan support is also mounting on MySpace, where Covington's MySpace friends increased 19% following the premiere of his video on CMT, GAC, and Yahoo Music. Covington's was the second greatest increase of all country music artists for the week. Over at CMT.com, Covington ranks in the Top 25 artists, and is the only artist in the Top 50 who has yet to release a debut CD.
At radio, phone lines are lighting up at stations across the country and station message boards are buzzing everywhere - all with excited fan response to "A Different World." The single is one of the most requested songs at stations nationwide and had over 4 million audience impressions just this week.
Bucky Covington will be released on Lyric Street Records on April 17th, 2007.
Thanks to Lyric Street for the info--more soon!
Edited at 6:05 ET: WKML's "Top 5 at 6" countdown will begin in a few minutes; will Bucky Covington's "A Different World" be a part of the fun tonight? Listen to the online stream at 6 p.m. ET, and stay tuned--we'll have the results for you in comments later this evening.
I can vouch for the fan excitement!! We are really counting down the days at my house. GO BUCKY, you rock!!
ReplyDeleteSuch exciting news. Bucky's making the BUZZ around the World!!
ReplyDeleteA Different World grabs everyone as soon as they hear it.
With all the buzz had to update the my site.
Hi Anon and Lisa--Anon, same at my house, but I'll bet you guessed that already. :) And Lisa, I'm off to check out your updates at Buck Wild--can't wait to see what's new! It really is an exciting time to be Bucky fan...
ReplyDeleteLarry is absent today so I hope that means he is at CRS having a blast! :)
ReplyDelete"A Different World" came in at #3 and guest DJ mentioned how much time Bucky had spent at #1.
Yay! Thanks for saving the day, Anon! :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Thanks to tuning into the Top 5 at 6 I think I finally might have found something more boring to me than a TV show with cars going in a circle....before Bucky's song was played they talked about a televised competition for bass fishing. haha
ReplyDeleteHey, now! Bass fishing isn't so bad--especially if a) you don't have to clean what you catch and b) you're on the boat with someone cute and easily distracted. (That's why God made Red Lobster. :)
ReplyDeleteEven if what you say is true and bass fishing is niffy cool to do...as a TV event....ZZZZZ hahaha
ReplyDeleteHee! Gotta agree with you there... :)
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