New Tour Kicks Off
The Celebrate Christmas starts December 4th in Colorado Springs and ends near Seattle Washington on December 21st.
And for those of us that can’t make it to the tour, TBN will be running a repeat of last year’s taped concert. Also, new videos are rolling out for Danny’s “The Greatest Gift” Christmas album. The first one is for the fun,”The Holidays Are Here“.
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Love this Christmas 🎄 album!! Wish I could get to that tour…Santa can you help?? gokeygroupie
Several good interviews published. And the new video is cute although I’m not always keen when artists bring in their kids. I may be reacting to an event I attended this past weekend with a very talented jazz trio. The lead brought his kids out to sing a song and play guitar with him. The young guitarist seemed quite talented but I had a rough time with four minutes of the earnest but offkey juvenile vocals 😳 (yes, grinch-y)
I saw the headline on the other site, clickbait for sure. Maybe the post today is a make-up, it has quite a lot of favorable items about award nominations and such.
No sign I guess of a Christmas single from the new Christmas album? Now that we are officially in December, I actually obtained a physical CD and may even play it… 😉
Yes, but seeing the kids near the end of the video brought the Christmas song to life. It’s what Christmas is all about. 🙂
I do understand, though.
admin2, I actually checked the author of the current post about Danny’s new video to see if you were the author, since it was so much nicer and a full of good information. It didn’t seem possible it could be the same writer as the snarky headline!
Good news on the radio front. Here’s the stations spinning “Until You”
DANNY GOKEY Until You
Sparrow/Cap CMG
lw: Nov 19 – Nov 25 TW: Nov 26 – Dec 2
Station Market Format TW lw Move ovn am mid pm eve Aud
KBNJ-FM Corpus Christi, TX Christian AC 21 9 12 6 4 4 5 2 0.023
KAXL-FM Bakersfield Christian AC 15 15 4 2 3 1 5 0.018
WONU-FM Chicago Christian AC 15 15 3 2 2 3 5 0
KDUV-FM Visalia-Tulare Christian AC 13 13 6 3 1 3 0.016
KAIM-FM Honolulu Christian AC 10 10 3 2 1 4 0.036
WBFJ-FM Greensboro Christian AC 10 10 3 3 3 1 0
Corpus Christi loves Danny and are going all out! I understand that KLOVE played it too.
And the stations playing this one:
DANNY GOKEY Angels We Have Heard On High
Sparrow/Cap CMG
lw: Nov 19 – Nov 25 TW: Nov 26 – Dec 2
Station Market Format TW lw Move ovn am mid pm eve Aud
KDUV-FM Visalia-Tulare Christian AC 34 41 -7 7 5 9 6 7 0.071
KSOS-FM Las Vegas Christian AC 12 12 4 2 2 1 3 0.039
WCQR-FM Johnson City Christian AC 12 12 2 2 3 2 3 0.017
KGBI-FM Omaha Christian AC 8 8 3 1 2 2 0.01
WRBS-FM Baltimore Christian AC 7 7 2 3 2 0.024
I don’t see any Christian stations playing The Holidays Are Here.
I heard “Angels We Have Heard on High” on the radio yesterday on my way to work.
That’s great Ellen! Isn’t it cool to hear Danny’s voice on radio? Your timing must be perfection, your drive isn’t very long, is it?
BTW, I did comment on the nice Christmas post on that other site. Got to show some interest when Danny is reported Inna positive light!
The Holidays are Here seems like a very secular seasonal song. I didn’t replay it to check for sure, but it seemed that all the references were generic holiday and not even the word Christmas? Much less any spiritual sense of Christmas or related imagery, sentiment.
I was a bit surprised to see that The Prayer is considered a new single. I thought some stations may have played it last year? #46
DANNY GOKEY/NATALIE GRANT The Prayer
Curb Word
lw: Nov 20 – Nov 26 TW: Nov 27 – Dec 3
Station Market Format TW lw Move ovn am mid pm eve Aud
WLFJ-FM Greenville, SC Christian AC 16 16 4 2 4 3 3 0.071
WCVO-FM Columbus, OH Christian AC 13 13 5 2 1 1 4 0.036
KTSY-FM Boise, ID Christian AC 13 13 4 2 3 1 3 0.023
KDUV-FM Visalia-Tulare Christian AC 13 9 4 3 3 1 1 5 0.021
WFHM-FM Cleveland Christian AC 11 11 3 2 1 4 1 0.095
KVNE-FM Tyler, TX Christian AC 9 9 3 1 1 1 3 0.016
KSOS-FM Las Vegas Christian AC 8 8 2 1 2 2 1 0.032
KJNW-FM Kansas City Christian AC 7 7 1 1 2 1 2 0.017
WNWC-FM Madison, WI Christian AC 7 7 2 1 2 2 0.01
KKFS-FM Sacramento Christian AC 7 5 2 1 1 2 2 1 0
I’m really loving “Christmas Night” on the new CD and truly enjoy “The Holidays Are Here” (loved the video, too)! Got to see Danny on his tour a few months ago (just before he got attacked by the clothes steamer 😬) and as always, loved him and the band.
What other site are you talking about? Always interested in reading about what’s going on with Danny!
Jan, my commute has doubled. We’ve been moved to another building for the next couple of years, while they renovate the old building with seismic retrofitting for earthquake preparedness, and upgrades to the heating/cooling system, electrical system, and plumbing. It’s still not a long commute by most peoples’ standards, though.
Hi Peggy! “just before he got attacked by the clothes steamer 😬” What a wonderful way to describe Danny’s accident 🙂
I just checked my local Christian station’s playlist and Danny’s Christmas music takes three spots! They started playing all Christmas music after Thanksgiving, like they do every year. Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year is #6, The Prayer is #21 and look at this:
16 of the monitored stations have started to play The Prayer:
lw: Nov 21 – Nov 27 TW: Nov 28 – Dec 4
Station Market Format TW lw Move ovn am mid pm eve Aud
WLFJ-FM Greenville, SC Christian AC 20 20 5 3 5 4 3 0.092
KTSY-FM Boise, ID Christian AC 20 20 6 3 4 3 4 0.037
WCVO-FM Columbus, OH Christian AC 15 15 6 2 1 1 5 0.04
WFHM-FM Cleveland Christian AC 13 13 3 2 2 4 2 0.11
KVNE-FM Tyler, TX Christian AC 11 11 4 1 2 1 3 0.02
KSOS-FM Las Vegas Christian AC 9 9 2 2 2 2 1 0.038
WNWC-FM Madison, WI Christian AC 8 8 3 1 2 2 0.01
KWND-FM Springfield, MO Christian AC 8 8 2 1 2 1 2 0.016
KJNW-FM Kansas City Christian AC 8 8 1 1 2 2 2 0.021
WJIE-FM Louisville Christian AC 6 6 1 2 3 0.009
WBDX-FM Chattanooga Christian AC 6 6 1 3 2 0.008
WGTS-FM Washington, DC Christian AC 5 5 2 1 1 1 0.077
WDJC-FM Birmingham Christian AC 4 4 1 1 1 1 0.009
WAFJ-FM Augusta, GA Christian AC 4 4 3 1 0.006
WMUV-FM Jacksonville Christian AC 4 4 3 1 0.006
WMIT-FM Asheville, NC Christian AC 3 3 2 1 0.005
KLV-FM >K-Love Network Christian AC 2 2 1 1 0.089
And 7 have started to play the HOH:
DANNY GOKEY The Holidays Are Here
Sparrow/Cap CMG
lw: Nov 21 – Nov 27 TW: Nov 28 – Dec 4
Station Market Format TW lw Move ovn am mid pm eve Aud
WFHM-FM Cleveland Christian AC 10 10 2 3 1 2 2 0.085
KAIM-FM Honolulu Christian AC 10 10 1 1 3 2 3 0.035
WAY-FM >WAY-FM Network Christian AC 5 5 1 1 1 2 0.039
WMUV-FM Jacksonville Christian AC 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 0.008
WNWC-FM Madison, WI Christian AC 5 5 2 2 1 0.006
KSOS-FM Las Vegas Christian AC 3 3 1 1 1 0.013
X032-FM >SiriusXM Christian AC 2 2 1 1 0
Nice little review:
Danny Gokey, “The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Collection”
“American Idol” alum Gokey offers the expected (standards like “Silent Night” and “O Come All Ye Faithful”) and less predictable on this outing. It’s the latter selections, like the epic ballad “Until You” and the bouncy “The Holidays Are Here” (both Gokey co-writes), that elevate this holiday album.
Who would think Danny and Mandisa would be interviewed about Kanye West?!?
https://blackchristiannews.com/2019/12/mandisa-danny-gokey-and-other-artists-in-christian-music-industry-give-their-thoughts-on-kanye-wests-conversion-and-gospel-album/
Girlygirl is a chart/numbers pro over at the site that will not be named….
She put together info on hitting BB Top 200.
Danny’s done very well with his albums:
“Ok, here’s the 2nd part of my chart, covering the total weeks on the BB Top 200 chart for the people who finished 3rd or 4th (including ties) on AI:
Unsurprisingly, finishing outside of the Top 2 has meant it’s been a struggle to get BB chart success. Especially in recent years. Again, the number of albums/EPs ONLY refers to those that charted on the BB Top 200; aside from the most recent contestants, most of these ex-AI contestants have released an album or EP of some sort.
ETA: Chris Daughtry has had two #1 albums, making him the only 3rd or 4th place finisher on AI to top the BB Top 200 chart. The 3rd & 4th place finishers have accounted for seven Top 10 albums (5 for Daughtry, 1 each for Elliott Yamin & Danny Gokey) & 11 Top 20 albums (in case this isn’t clear, the Top 20 albums include those that hit #1/ranked in the Top 10)
ETA2: Seasons 2, 5, 8, 10 & 11 are the only ones in which everyone who finished in the Top 4 has had at least one album/EP chart on the BB Top 200
3rd place:
Elliott Yamin (S5) (4 albums/EPs) 42 total weeks
Danny Gokey (S8) (4 albums/EPs) 17 total weeks
Haley Reinhart (S10) (2 albums/EPs) 14 total weeks
Kimberley Locke (S2) (2 albums/EPs) 8 total weeks
Melinda Doolittle (S6) (1 album/EP) 6 total weeks
Joshua Ledet (S11) (1 album/EP) 6 total weeks
Casey James (S9) (1 album/EP) 4 total weeks
Angie Miller/Zealyn (S12) (1 album/EP) 1 total week
Nikki McKibbin (S1) (0 albums/EPs) 0 total weeks… no other 3rd placers got an album on the list….
That’s a confusing summary on the BB200 but seems like it’s positive…
I thought The Prayer got into the top 30 or 40 last year on the CCM charts during the holiday period?
Maybe they didn’t consider it an official single (was that during the period of label changes?), or for Christmas they don’t worry about whether a song is “new” or not for it to chart?
I think it did chart last year, but there wasn’t much of any promotion that I recall. (I was surprised…) So maybe it was now released as a single?
Other singles do not get multiple years to chart that I have seen… Not even Christmas songs. 😉
Danny’s “Haven’t Seen It Yet” came in at #2 on Billboard’s End of Year Christian Airplay Chart! Only beat out by for King and Country’s “God Only Knows”.
Wow!
Here is the rest of the chart info:
https://dannygokeynews.com/2019/12/07/billboard-end-year-charts-success-for-danny-gokey-2019/
It’s very impressing.
When the Christmas album was released.I thought it was not what I expected and wont play it as much.That didnt happen.Its been played quite frequently while I am in the house doing other stuff.It grows on me.The holidays are here is still my favorite.
That is very impressive on the charts. Can’t hurt when it comes to those GRAMMY noms…
Kirsten reports the latest Billboard chart info for Danny:
Danny Gokey:
“Haven’t Seen it Yet” [Album]: Christian 38 (45)
“The Greatest Gift” A Christmas Collection”: Christian 41 (39); Holiday Album Sales 9 (5)
“Angels We Have Heard on…”: Christian Airplay 26 (NEW)
“The Holidays are Here”: Christian Airplay 44 (NEW)
“Until You”: Christian Airplay 25 (NEW);
“Wanted”: Christian Airplay 49 (44); Christian Songs 39 (40)
I was surprised by “Until You”. Its not charting yet on Mediabase CAC. Clearly its getting airplay at other stations!
One of the regular posters at that other site put together streaming numbers that include Danny. I am not sure whether the numbers include his country era and/or how the numbers might stack up against others in his genre not named Lauren Daigle.