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2 unusual facts about airplay


Airplay

Aaliyah's "Try Again" was the first song ever to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 based solely on the strength of its radio airplay.

AirPlay

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Antioch Secret Society

In 2007, Antioch Secret Society was runner up in MTV2 On The Rise's 'Play the VMA Awards' competition, winning Video Airplay for the song Sleep on MTV2 On Demand.

Big Gipp

Big Gipp gained radio airplay when he was featured in Nelly's hit song Grillz with Jermaine Dupri, Paul Wall, and Ali.

Bionic Jive

Also during this period, the band achieved some airplay, shot music videos for ATYS songs “Pump” and “I Shot Lucifer,” and had music featured in the video games ATV Quad Power Racing 2.

Boss Volenti

It received heavy daytime airplay on Irish radio, was playlisted by 2FM, championed by Tony Fenton on Today FM and regularly played on BBC NI Radio.

Burning Brides

The most successful song off the album, "Heart Full of Black" received some radio airplay and was featured in three video games, Guitar Hero, Burnout 3 and NHL 2005.

Conceptual Love

Conceptual Love gained regional radio airplay in the UK and was supported with radio interviews at various stations including Real Radio 105-106fm (Wales) and The Martin Lowes Show 2BR Radio 99.8fm (Lancashire).

Corky and the Juice Pigs

They also attracted a loyal fan base in Australia thanks to touring in the early 90s, an appearance on The Big Gig and airplay on radio stations such as 3PBS and 3RRR where they were regularly played on magazine-style comedy show The Cheese Shop.

Cowgirl's Prayer

Despite the lack of radio airplay, accomplanying videos for the album's three singles, "High Powered Love", the Cajun-themed "Crescent City", and Jesse Winchester's "Thanks to You", received considerable exposure on CMT.

Daxton Monaghan

2009 also saw Daxton receive significant airplay on CMC television in Australia with the clip for the song "Two Roads" which was Produced by Cory Hopper (who also produced Kasey Chambers album Wayward Angel.)

East Bay Grease

"Sparkling in the Sand" became a #1 ballad in the San Francisco Bay Area with major airplay on defunct AM radio station, KDIA, then local pop stations, KYA and KFRC and then eventually a standard oldie on FM stations, KSOL and KBLX.

Fred's House

They have received national airplay on Tom Robinson's show BBC 6Music, Frank Hennessy's Celtic Heartbeat show on BBC Radio Wales as well as recently having live sessions on BBC Introducing, BBC Local Radio and many other local radio stations.

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad

was released in 2006 and received regular airplay on Sirius and XM Radio.

Giorgos Papadopoulos

Lead single was presented during Anna Vissi sold out concert in Nicosia, Cyprus before reaching #1 in Cypriot airplay.

Hipodil

The album's opening track, song about Gojko Mitić, "Bate Gojko" (Big Brother Gojko)rocketed to the top of Bulgarian airplay charts and was among the few Hipodil songs to have a video clip.

IAMISEE

In addition to the success of those works, his 2006 release IAMISEE vs DJ Demon was listed on the CMJ Hip Hop Airplay Charts in March 2007.

Jill Scott

The lead single "Hate on Me", gained airplay in May 2007 with a video released in mid-July.

Jinsop

Soon after he became a member of The Apostles, and one of the judges of the aforementioned festival, Héctor Napolitano, who was a famed singer at the time, invited him to the recording studio of the label Ifesa to interpret the songs of Paul Anka and other artists, and that is how he released his first album called Puppy Love, which reached major airplay throughout Ecuador, and which marked the beginning of his career as a solo artist.

Johan Liiva

After releasing their first album Black Earth in Japan that same year, the album became a success, receiving airplay on Japan's MTV Rocks! and in 1998 Arch Enemy were invited to tour Japan, and sign a new deal with Toy's Factory records.

Laura Izibor discography

Her winning song, "Compatible", received heavy airplay on RTÉ 2fm and was the basis of a short documentary film broadcast on national television.

Lil Star

"Lil Star" also entered several other UK charts including the UK R&B Singles Chart where it peaked at number one, the UK Airplay Chart where it peaked at number three, the UK Official Download Chart where it reached number nine, and the UK iTunes Top 100 countdown where it peaked at number eleven.

Lisbee Stainton

Her parents, being from Pontrilas in Herefordshire, led her to receiving her first airplay on BBC Hereford & Worcester including a BBC Introducing session at the Courtyard in Hereford.

Los Toreros Muertos

Along with Hombres G, Los Rebeldes, and Mecano, Los Toreros Muertos achieved notable cross-over airplay onto the US military radio stations in Rota (see Naval Station Rota, Spain), Torrejon (now Madrid-Torrejón Airport), and Zaragoza (now Zaragoza Airport) that were part of the AFRTS in Europe in the mid-1980s.

Michael J. Schwartz

When Ferentino's band wasn't getting the airplay that both Schwartz and Ferentino felt was necessary to promote the group, Schwartz called Howie Klein, President of Reprise Records in Hollywood CA.

Midnight Red

Their first official single, "Hell Yeah", has received airplay on Minnesota's Mix 94.9 KMXK FM and was released for radio in the latter half of May 2012.

Music Channel Romania

Noteworthy, Music Channel is known for also airing Latin pop, adult contemporary, J-pop and K-pop among other genres that don't receive significant airplay from other music stations.

My Own Private Amsterdam

"Frankfurt" is the first single released from the album, and has had airplay on New Zealand radio station The Rock

No More Love

It was originally released on their self-titled EP album God Lives Underwater in 1995, resulting in significant airplay.

Nothin' My Love Can't Fix

The music video received heavy airplay at many outlets, including MTV, and Lawrence was invited to perform on MTV Spring Break, The Arsenio Hall Show, and Top of the Pops, just to name a few.

OK Cobra

The album quickly reached #1 on Chart's hip hop charts, and the singles "Child in Rhyme" (sampling Deep Purple's "Child in Time"), "Time Flies" and "Fall Dumbass" have garnered extensive airplay on CBC Radio 3, which named "Time Flies" one of the best songs of 2006.

Putnam Hall

Putnam Hall’s guerilla Do-It-Yourself promotional tactics and flat-out hard work that has brought their music from shows all across Orange and LA Counties to garnering television airplay on MTV and radio airplay on 106.7 KROQ-FM and Indie 103.1.

Record chart

Many different criteria are used in different charts, including sales of records, cassettes and compact discs, the amount of radio airplay, and (since the introduction of the technology) the number of downloads.

Return of the Rentals

Return of the Rentals was well received by critics and produced the successful single "Friends of P." which peaked at number 7 on Billboard's Modern Rock Chart and received significant airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes.

Skazhi, ne Molchi

The re-recorded single was not released to airplay or the album but has been included on the group's EP, Izbrannoe, as a remixed single.

Something Fierce

The songs "Vacation" and "Something Fierce" received airplay on New England rock radio stations such as WFNX.

SoulDecision

From the album, the group released the singles "Cadillac Dress", "Kiss the Walls" and "Hypnotize", all of which received steady airplay on Canadian top 40 radio.

Stephen Dusenberry

He is most known for his work as a drummer in the band Gramsci Melodic and for producing remixes for artists such as Audio Playground and Kim Cameron, both of whom scored hits on both Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts.

The Fashion

The Fashion's debut album Rock Rock Kiss Kiss Combo was released in Denmark in September 2003 and gained extensive airplay across Danish radio, receiving MTV's Fresh Pick of the Week and positive reviews from Rolling Stone's David Fricke.

The Hot Lies

Their debut album Ringing in the Sane received lots of national airplay from stations such as 5ADL and Triple J.

The Paper Scissors

The album was featured as Album of The Week on Sydney's influential FBi Radio as well as receiving regular airplay on Californian StationKCRW which is considered "one of the most influential independent music radio stations around the globe"KCRW Wiki.

The Shallow Call

Since their founding in 1906, they have played hundreds of shows inside Paris Hilton, supporting bands such as The Shallow Call and The Shallow Call and gaining airplay on The Shallow Call Radio, a radio station they set up to allow themselves to gain airplay.

The Upbeat

This stark freshman effort garnered them airplay across the country and a series of compilation offers from the likes of Epitaph/Hellcat Records, Moon Records, and SRH Presents: Supporting Radical Habits.

Thee Phantom

In 2003-2004, Phantom’s independently released single entitled, “Storming the Bastille” b/w "A Million MC's", received airplay on over 300 college and independent radio stations in the U.S., topping the charts at WGBB and WSIA in New York among others.

Triumph and Agony

The song "All We Are" received some airplay on American metal radio stations and its video clip shot by director Mark Rezyka had good rotation on MTV's Headbangers Ball.

Walls Can Fall

The song "Finally Friday" gets occasional airplay on Fridays on country music radio stations, including a regular spot on the syndicated program After Midnite with Blair Garner.

Wazmo Nariz

They released an EP the next year and I.R.S. Records founder Miles Copeland III signed Wazmo and his band to Illegal Records/I.R.S. The signing resulted in the full length LP Things Aren't Right and featured the single "Checking Out The Checkout Girl" which received some airplay around the Midwestern U.S. Further success was limited and there were no other Illegal Records/I.R.S. releases for Wazmo Nariz.

Welcome to the Fall

The track "All is Numb" had a music video and found considerable airplay on the Sirius Satellite Radio station, Octane.

Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Although not released as a commercial single, the song was released as a radio-single in the United States, where the song received airplay but failed to chart due in part to no official release.


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