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The Current Poop of Mainstream Country Radio: September '25
A poop emoji is negative, a strike thru is positive, an asterisk denotes a song where the good attributes and the bad are dead even. An overall score and brief summary are below the chart.
The current Poop Rating of the Mediabase Top 20 is (-17) overall which is a 6 point drop from our last edition in June. Nice to see a token woman in there! The best song on the charts is Parker McCollum’s “What Kinda Man.” The worst is easily Chase Matthew’s “Darlin’.” If it weren’t the worst, Parmalee’s “Cowgirl” would easily be the bottom of the barrel. I could barely tolerate listening through the chorus of either one. Let’s hope for better next time!
*yes, my rating of the Luke/Bailey collab dropped a lot since June
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By Bobby Peacock.
(you can tell it's not me because I wouldn't admit a Dan + Shay song was good even if I liked it)
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The Current Poop of Mainstream Country Radio: August '23
A poop emoji is negative, a strike thru is positive, an asterisk denotes a song where the good attributes and the bad are dead even.
The current Poop Rating of the Mediabase Top 20 is (-10) overall which is a 4 point drop from May (the previous time we did this chart). The best song (by a hair over Hailey Whiters) is Luke Combs’ monster hit cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car.” The worst is Parmalee's "Girl in Mine" for the second time in a row, narrowly beating out Luke Bryan’s insipid “But I Got a Beer in My Hand.” I don’t really see any particular trends besides it being summer, always a celebration of cliches on country radio.
Chart info from Mediabase/Country Aircheck.
May 25, 2023
The Current Poop of Mainstream Country Radio: May '23
The current Poop Rating of the Mediabase Top 20 is (-6) overall which is a 9 point drop from March (the previous time we did this chart). The best song is Cody Johnson's "Human." The worst is Parmalee's "Girl in Mine" which is somehow worse than Dan + Shay and Tyler Hubbard's current offerings. It's pretty precipitous drop in quality from last time, but we're heading into summer so that's to be expected. It's nice to see Joe Nichols back in the top 20!
Chart info from Mediabase/Country Aircheck.











































