DCMF Voting

Last Update: 5/24/12
Reason: Activated Voting Link for Survivor Voting on 5/25/12

Level Points Voting is open Mondays in the Eastern US Time Zone
Impression Points Voting is open Wednesdays in the Eastern US Time Zone
The Survivor Poll is open Fridays in the Eastern US Time Zone
If it Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and you see an active link below, it means that I either have yet to remove the link or I have added it in advance of it opening.  Either way, you won’t be able to vote on those days.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE (Survivor Voting for 5/25/12, open from 12am EDT to 11/59pm EDT)

Please come back to vote again!

New Songs:
As of Monday, May 21st the following are songs new to the DCMF Voting process and will have their 1st week on the chart be the 5/20 to 5/26/12 edition of the DCMF Chart:

“That Kind of Life” by Bill Gentry
“The One That Got Away” by Jake Owen
“Good Luck with That” by Zach Paxson

Songs are added to the DCMF Chart in one of three ways:
1. It is the official “Add Date” of the Single
2. A single with either a currently unknown Add Date or a future Add Date is located anywhere on the weekly publication for the MediaBase Chart or the Billboard Country Update (see Useful Links page).
3. You request the song to be added by e-mailing dcmfchart@gmail.com. The song must be an official current single by the artist with or without an official Add Date

On occasion, I might add a single without it meeting any of these three requirements if I feel it should be added.  These occasions will be rare.

Inactive Eligible Songs:
The following active songs are on Levels 1 through Level 10 and are eligible to be declared inactive because they have either been on the chart for 30 weeks or more or have been on the chart for more than 10 weeks and are not on the airplay charts.

“When I Get It” by Craig Campbell (off airplay)
“My Hometown” by Uncle Kracker (off airplay)
“Until the Rain Stops” by Steve Holy (off airplay)
“Don’t Make Me” by Kelly Parkes (off airplay)
“Somethin’ About a Sunday” by Ira Dean (off airplay)
“Georgia Peaches” by Lauren Alaina (off airplay)
“Thank God (For Mom & Dad)” by Julie Ingram (off airplay)
“This Ole Boy” by Craig Morgan (30+ weeks)
“Home Sweet Home” by The Farm (30+ weeks)
“Got My Country On” by Chris Cagle (30+ weeks)
“(Kissed You) Good Night” by Gloriana (30+ weeks)

The third way to be inactive eligible is to be last in the Level Points Voting and Impression Points Voting leading up to the Survivor Poll.  Those songs will not be highlighted here.

The Level 0 Survivor Poll will have a minimum of five songs that have been on Level 0 the longest.  These songs will be announced when I announce the opening of the Survivor Voting.

Inactive Songs:
The following songs have been declared inactive and have been removed from the DCMF Voting process (weeks inactive in parentheses, any songs at 3 are being removed from the chart entirely after the week listed below):

“A Woman Like You” by Lee Brice (3)
“Alone With You” by Jake Owen (3)
“Dancin’ Away with My Heart” by Lady Antebellum (2)
“Banjo” by Rascal Flatts (2)
“Drink On It” by Blake Shelton (2)
“Like We Never Said Goodbye” by Clay Walker (2)
“Redneck In All of Us” by Kaleb McIntire (2)
“If You Asked Me” by Stephanie Grace (2)
“First Kiss” by Maggie Sajak (1)
“Train Wreck” by Marlee Scott with Vince Gill (1)
“Don’t Walk Away” by Candy Coburn (see below for more details)

These songs are considered inactive for the chart week of 5/27 to 6/2/12 and will be represented as such on the chart based on the number of weeks the song has been inactive.  The reasons for a song being declared inactive are the artist has released a new single or I have determined that the song has reached the end of its realistic lifespan on the chart.  I reserve the right to remove a song at any point that I find to be reasonable.

Active Songs with -10 Impression Points:
The following active songs on Levels 1 through 10 were on the 5/20 to 5/26/12 chart with -10 Impression Points and are therefore in danger of being removed from the DCMF Chart (consecutive weeks at -10 in parentheses; 3 weeks in a row gets the song removed so any song with 3 is being removed after this week’s chart and have already been removed from the voting):

“Don’t Walk Away” by Candy Coburn (2, also inactive so will automatically go to 3 and then be removed)

Note: For an active song to qualify for removal in this way, it has to have been on the charts for at least 8 weeks.  A song in it’s 8th week can spend its 8th, 9th and 10th week with a -10 score and then be removed while still maintaining the 10 week minimum a song spends on this chart.

Level 0 Songs with Negative Total Scores:
The following songs are Level 0 songs on the 5/20 to 5/26/12 chart that have been on the DCMF Chart for at least 8 weeks and are in danger of being removed. Any Level 0 song is removed if it is still Level 0 on its 10th week or later on the chart and has a total score less than 0 for three straight weeks; the number of weeks the song has qualified for this way of removal is listed in parentheses; any song with a 3 is being removed after the listed chart week:

“Don’t Play With My Heart” by Maddy Rodriguez (3)
“Sing That Song Again” by Glen Templeton (3)
“Anybody Out There” by Derryl Dodd (3)
“Shot in the Dark” by No Justice (2)
“Missin’ You Crazy” by Jon Pardi (1)
“Heaven Sent” by Brandon Jenkins (1)

Note: On the 50th week of each year, I will do a Level 0 song purge where I will declare a large number of Level 0 songs inactive.  All songs will have spent at least 10 weeks on the chart by that point and, in most cases, have seen only enough voting to keep them from qualifying for this section’s removal (negative total score).

Tiebreakers:
In the event of a tie in any voting process, the song that has been on the chart the longest wins.  If that does not break the tie the song that was higher on the chart the previous week wins.
In the event of a tie after the chart has been calculated, the song with the most Level Points wins. If the songs are still tied, the song that had the largest increase in points wins.  If the tie has yet to be broken, the song that has been on the chart the longest wins.  If that still does not break the tie, the song that was higher on the chart previous weeks wins.
In the event of a tie for the #1 song at the maximum score of 125 points, the song who was ranked higher (with or without tiebreakers) on the Impression Poll that week wins.  If the songs are tied at a number less than 125 points, the normal tiebreakers apply.