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(2) Side stage, behind stage, standing room only, nosebleeds, they sell everything lol. Some are at much lower prices like the upcoming Philips Arena has obstructed views for just $21 but fact is they are selling as fast as they are opening new sections. I’m waiting to see if they open more sections behind stage at Philips. I think they are waiting to set up stage and see whether it is viable. So anyway, at the end of the day, every bit counts and contributes to B’s high earnings so far.

NNerd to the rescue! Thanks for shedding some light on the tickets. As a customber, I am not a fan of the increased prices lol. But as a fan, I am glad  Blake get good ticket prices and that they hasn’t increased to the point that it would deter fans from buying. 

Blake is on a roll.

Hi Bear and friends! One of the NN here. I've been watching different sets of numbers and I agree with you. Blake is doing just fine but he could be doing a whole lot better than fine if he puts in a bit more effort into self promo. But that doesn't seem to be a priority with him these days so I'll just keep on supporting him whichever way I can. 

OK onto some numbers to cheer people up a bit in the meantime. 

Texoma Shore. Roughstock hasn't updated for several weeks now so I don't have exact sales numbers. 

TS dropped out of BB200 (all genre, sales+streaming) the week after Grammys as Grammy nominated albums mostly make a comeback. 

This week it is back in at #177. It’s #69 in the Top Album Sales chart, 3 months after its release. TS is #22 and Reloaded #45 Top Country Album. Given total absence of promo, we can say B is doing fine but yes it could be SO much better.

Singles. I Lived It is off to a sluggish start, primarily because B and WMN hasn't done anything to promote it. AT ALL. I didn't see any mention in BB or aircheck weekly and B definitely hasn't tweeted about it. It’s mostly in the 380-430 rank wise on livepopbars and not doing anything on Spotify. INTD this week dropped off the Hot 100 chart and off both Airplay and MB charts since 1/2 weeks ago but is still one of the most played recurrent songs. It’s still selling and streaming decently and a good #20 on Hot Country Songs (airplay+sales+streaming). 

I'm reasonably sure INTD qualifies for Gold already but WMN doesn't seem to be in a hurry to do any certifications for B so whatever. 

For the record, Neon Light, Lonely Tonight and CHTF should all be Platinum now and Sangria 2xP. AGWAG is way past Gold and I do see it possible in the future (not immediate) that AGWAG will go Platinum before SGAWW because of stronger streaming. I think EIHTS is very close to Gold. 

Tours. Wow this spring tour is going to be lit for B. He definitely picked the right combo of friends to tour with. They included a few smaller arenas (10-14,000 capacity) which are mostly all sold out except for singles and resales. You can see B's strength is the big arenas. All the lower level seats are long gone. The nosebleeds are less popular, the seats with obstructed views (behind and side stage) sell better although they cost more. None have sold out yet simply because they keep opening more seats as they sell. 

Interestingly, right after B tweeted about his Scavenger Hunt, people seemed to suddenly realize B is on tour, and within hours the additional 360 seats they had opened up behind stage 6 days ago in Tulsa were snapped up. They have now opened up 600 more seats further back behind stage at $53. See what B can do if he would only use sm a bit more! 

So to wrap it all up, yes B is doing just fine. And yes, he could do a whole lot better than fine. But I'm here as a fan and I want to enjoy the ride, so I'm not going to let that frustrate me or "embarrass" me, just gonna sit back and enjoy the moments - of which they there will be plenty as B kicks off his tour with rehearsals at Ole Red. In the meantime, I'm still streaming streaming - and even watching (occasionally) the weird throwback dance series on youtube lmao. #TrueFan

Thank you number nerd for your updates. Always appreciative of you and other number nerds that stop by to share.

NNerd here. Can't help you with the artistic side of the fandom but I can get you some numbers trivia! This year finds a slow down in the number of country festivals being held. Quite a number have just quietly disappeared with no updates on 2018. A few have down sized, most noticeably Bayou Superfest concert will be on one day only in 2018- but they managed to get George Strait to headline with Stapleton opening so kudos to them. A few more might announce their lineup later in the year.

In 2017, Blake headlined the most with 19,Luke a close second with 18, Thomas Rhett was the breakout guy with 17 and Jason 16. Eric and FGL were on their own massive tours and mostly sat out the festivals. In 2018, FGL gets the most (to-date) with 14, Eric and Luke with 10 and this year's breakout guy, Cole Swindell with 8. Numbers may go up as (maybe) more festivals announce their lineup.

I also wonder when Luke Bryan will slow down because this year he is doing A. Idol, he's touring in Australia I hear (is it true?) and he's signed up for a lot of festivals. In 2017 he did almost 80 shows on the road on top of 18 festivals and he's basically been keeping this schedule for several years now where his tours seamlessly move into the next. And I should mention he has upto 5,6 sponsors simultaneously. Phiew.

So if anyone wants to complain that B isn't spending enough time with his family, they need to remind themselves it could have been a LOT worse. Like Luke-level worse. OK signing off for the day, hope you all enjoyed the useless trivia. I would hope at least it's more fun then going through some angsty asks on sister blogs lmao.

Damn Nnerd you are on a roll! You are welcome anytime of course but please don’t burn out like you did last time lol.

Think Luke is going touring two Australian dates but don’t quote me on that. I would think that being on American Idol is a sign that Luke is gonna slow down a little. But since it’s hard to see how AI will take with audience and how fans will receive him, Luke is not cutting down his touring until he is establlshed on AI. My two cents.

This is cool trival NNerd, interesting to read for information and comparison purposes.

LMAO off, it’s purely coincidence NNerd :P Instead of having two tags, numbers and NNerd, I thought to just use NNerd for numbers and stats to make it all streamline. Didn’t really think it might be you as we have a few NNerrds floating around so this post of yours crack me up. Thanks for a good morning laugh :D

Information from our resident NNerd. <3

NNerd alert!! Here's part of where the #1 rankings stand 

10) Alan Jackson-26 

11) Dolly-25 

12) Reba-25 

13) Blake-25. 

Blake is 13th because he is the most recent to get 25. If/when B gets a 26th, he will tie with Alan Jackson and be eleventh. 

With 27th, he will jump over Alan and get into Top 10 of country artists with the most #1s. A long way from Strait-44 and Conway Twitty-40 but what awesome company. Good Luck, Blake!

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