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Originally Posted by augustana
THAT is her real problem with radio. You can promote the heck out of a song, but if they don't want to play it they're not going to play it.
Unfortunately, a lot of people hear "Kellie Pickler" and think "that fake, dumb blond that was on American Idol".
It seemed like she was moving in the right direction after the CMA performance, as far as people taking her more seriously. But then "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader" happened...
But judging from her recent interviews, the fallout from that really pissed her off. And she seems determined to have people start taking her more seriously.
And by all accounts, it seems she did a good job of that at the Country Radio Seminar a couple weeks ago. That's why I think they had her perform RHH and "Somebody to Love Me" instead of "Things" at the boat show. It was more about selling her to the radio people then selling any one song.
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While this might be a (ridiculous) issue, also if the label doesn't promote the heck out of Kellie's songs to radio then not enough stations are going to put them in their top 5, and I haven't seen anything to show that Sony BMG/BNA has promoted the heck out of any of Kellie's singles yet.