Colorado TOP 20 2023 – Chris K's Colorado Playlist

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Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations, which includes spins on the Colorado Playlist.

The monthly survey period is from the first week ending with a Sunday, through the last week ending with a Saturday. Yearly spins are pulled and calculated from December through the next November.

The annual new release year begins in November, although there are some released in October that make the cut. I track all titles for a full calendar year from the official date of release.

Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page. Don’t forget to visit Chris K’s Colorado Playlist Channel for the largest collection of Colorado music, going back over a decade.

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Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay around the country.

(D) Debuted in TOP 5
(R) Re-entered TOP 5
LP = album (5 or more songs)
EP = extended play (3-5 songs)
SP = single play (1-2 songs)
(*) = Colorado expats, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them.
(**) = serviced to media in Colorado by Rocky Mountain Music Network, LLC

TOP 20 JULY 2023

(1) 1. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(2) 2. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(3) 3. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(4) 4. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(11) 5. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – What If I EP (May-23)
(D) 6. RODNEY RICE – Rodney Rice LP (May-23)
(D) 7. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – All the Lights SP (Mar-23)
(5) 7. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(D) 8. DRAGONDEER – New Dawn Get Down SP (Jun-23)**
(D) 9. 2MX2 – Arriba y Abajo SP (Jun-23)
(D) 9. *ANDY SYDOW – Little Crown EP (Jun-23)
(D) 10. LANE-O – Gave it All SP (Feb-23)
(D) 11. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(D) 12. WHITE ROSE MOTOR OIL – The Gift of Poison EP (Mar-23)
(D) 13. BUNNY BLAKE – Hell Fire / Holy Water SP (Jun-23)
(D) 13. TAYLOR SCOTT BAND – The Hang LP (Aug-22)
(D) 14. ALANA MARS – 17 SP (Nov-22)
(15) 14. BABAUX & THE PEACEMAKERS – Moments in Time LP (May-23)
(D) 14. META SARMIENTO – Sweat SP (Jun-23)
(D) 14. NOT A TOY – Nervous SP (May-23)
(D) 14. PLUS ULTRA – Wastelands SP (May-23)
(D) 14. W/OUT – On Ephemeral Wings LP (Nov-22)

TOP 20 DEC 2022-JULY 2023

(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(5) 2. KILTRO – Underbelly LP (Apr-23)
(4) 3. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(2) 4. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(18) 5. GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV – Appaloosa Bones LP (Jun-23)
(6) 6. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22
(D) 7. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(7) 8. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(10) 9. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(15) 10. LEFTOVER SALMON – Grass Roots LP (May-23)
(11) 11. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(9) 12. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(8) 13. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(14) 14. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(D) 15. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS – What If I EP (Jun-23)
(12) 16. IZCALLI – Rebirth LP (Jul-22)
(D) 17. *BILL FRISELL – Four LP (Nov-22)
(D) 18. THE BURROUGHS – Honey Imastar LP (Jun-23)
(16) 19. BRIANA HARRIS – When We’re Found LP (Sep-22)
(17) 20. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)
(13) 20. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)

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Every Sunday I survey over a dozen community/public and college stations, which includes spins on the Colorado playlist.

The monthly survey period is from the first week ending with a Sunday, through the last week ending with a Sunday. Yearly spins are pulled and calculated from December through the next November.

The annual new release year begins in November, although there are some released in October that make the cut. I track all titles for a full calendar year from the official date of release.

Titles are linked to its respective YouTube page.

You can almost always expect a nationally known band to place high up on the charts.

*The Wood Brothers are not, specifically speaking, a locally based band. The Boulder raised Chris and Oliver Wood, aka *The Wood Brothers, are in the #COMUSIC conversation in much the same way as *Shovels and Rope, one-half of which is Denver raised Michael Trent. Chris, Oliver and Michael all grew up here, but moved after high school to pursue music full time elsewhere. Hence the * in front of their names.

I also include Colorado expats living elsewhere in my tracking, as long as they were born and/or raised here, or got their career started here or there is some other reason to include them. So the new *The Wood Brothers get counted in my tracking along with Leftover Salmon cofounder and Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductee, *Vince Herman, who now lives in Nashville. His solo debut, Enjoy the Ride, gets counted as part of #COMUSIC.

TOP 20 AIRPLAY APRIL 2023

(D) – debuts in the TOP 20
(R) – reentered TOP 20

(1) 1. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(D) 2. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(D) 3. WHITE ROSE MOTOR OIL – The Gift of Poison EP (Mar-23)
(D) 4. THE SAVAGE BLUSH – Ether Dome LP (Mar-23)
(D) 5. SAUCE.K – Ease the Pain SINGLE (Nov-22)
(R) 6. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(10) 7. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(2) 8. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(6) 8. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(R) 9. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(R) 9. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(14) 10. REBECCA FOLSOM – Sanctuary LP (Mar-23)
(D) 11. KIND HEARTED STRANGERS – Now.Here LP (Mar-23) **
(D) 12. TAYLOR SHAE – Small Town America SINGLE (Mar-23)
(D) 12. THE BURROUGHS – Found My Groove SINGLE (Apr-23)
(D) 13. SPLIFF TANK – Got Snakes SINGLE (Mar-23)
(D) 13. SPLIFF TANK – Lie SINGLE (May-22)
(D) 14. THE LOSERS CLUB – Going Nowhere SINGLE (Feb-23)
(D) 15. MYSTEE – Hard Candy SINGLE (Feb-23)
(D) 15. THE LOSERS CLUB – Kevin? SINGLE (Mar-23)

TOP 20 AIRPLAY 2023 (DEC ’22-APRIL)

(1) 1. EUFORQUESTRA – While We Still Got Time LP (Jun-22)**
(2) 2. ALYSIA KRAFT – First Light LP (Jun-22)
(14) 3. *THE WOOD BROTHERS – Heart Is the Hero LP (Apr-23)
(3) 4. JULIAN FULCO PERRON – In My Garden LP (Nov-22)
(4) 5. ELEKTRIC ANIMALS – Channels EP (May-22)
(6) 6. *VINCE HERMAN – Enjoy the Ride LP (Nov-22)
(17) 7. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ – Vast Nothing LP (Mar-23)**
(5) 7. TRAVIS MCNAMARA – Moon Calendar LP (Mar-23)
(15) 7. VOLORES – Ages LP (Mar-23)
(7) 8. BRIANA HARRIS – When We’re Found LP (Sep-22)
(16) 9. MUSKETEER GRIPWEED – Long Past Time LP (Sep-22)
(7) 10. BEVIN LUNA – Madison and Angelus LP (Jun-22)
(D) 11. SUGAR NOVA – Halogen LP (May-23)
(15) 12. IZCALLI – Rebirth LP (Jul-22)
(12) 13. TENNIS – Pollen LP (Jan-23)
(10) 14. STILLHOUSE JUNKIES – Small Towns LP (Sep-22)
(D) 15. DEVA YODER – Be Well LP (Feb-23)
(8) 16. THE LUMINEERS – Brightside LP (Jan-22)
(9) 17. MIKE CLARK & THE SUGAR SOUNDS – Moon Rock LP (Mar-22)
(11) 18. WILDERMISS –W.I.F.I. SINGLE (Aug-22)

** serviced to media by Rocky Mountain Music Network LLC

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