FM Static Hits Billboard Charts
Writing a concept album that fans are grabbing onto, FM Static celebrates a successful street week for “Dear Diary” released on Tooth & Nail Records April 7th. “Dear Diary” debuted for the first time for a FM Static album on the Billboard 200 with more than 3,200 scans. The album hit the shelves and digital players with a bang blasting onto the Top 5 iTunes Rock chart and Top 30 of the iTunes overall album chart. Included with these top lists, the band is currently labeled as “Rockers on the Rise” on the Rock page of iTunes (images included).
“Thank you guys so much for so much support the first week of release! It’s been amazing,” shares Trevor McNevan to the fans. “We’re so excited to share this record/story with you, and I’m so glad you’re taking the time to read the story along with it. Can’t wait to hit the road this fall, yes that’s right…big announcement coming about touring…stoked to see you guys!!! Thx again.”
“Dear Diary,” which out-scanned the last FM Static studio album, was also featured on the streaming social media site imeem.com. FM Static is one of the most searched bands on the site and due to their previous track record, imeem was eager to promote and feature the new album on the homepage. This premiere went up on Monday, April 6th with the featured playlist spot and featured blog post (image included). In just two days, the tracks off the new album were streamed 47,013 times. During the first week the numbers continued to grow, streaming more than 390k of their total catalog. Their song “Tonight” from the previous FM release has received more than 4.6 million plays in imeem and exceeded 6 million on MySpace. The band has also remained in the Top 10 Punk/Pop bands on MySpace for many months.
Radio airwaves are a buzz as well with the debut singles from “Dear Diary.” The first CHR single “Take Me As I Am” moved up 4 spots this week to #18, and at Rock “The Unavoidable Battle of Feeling on the Outside” moved up 5 spots to #11.
