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April 10, 2017, Issue 545
RAC Clark
Jeff Green
RAC Clark: Inside The ACMs A conversation with 52nd ACM Awards Executive Producer RAC Clark: Let’s get right to the elephant: Ratings were down again. We had the insanity of the 50th where everything fell into place,
and that’s a hard standard to hold to. I don’t know what the new normal is for country music awards shows in the spring, but we’re finding it out. And I really don’t know what else to do. We had great music, great partici-pation from our stars – I’m stumped. Can we do something different with marketing, with production? We had stiff competition – base-ball, Walking Dead and WrestleMania – but we always do. At the same time, it was Final Four weekend, which has always been good
to us, and CBS had huge ratings. We’ll do an extensive debrief over the summer and get into all the different factors. The show was well-received in the room and our radio readers gave it high marks last week. I will happily say we were technically flawless. I haven’t heard any complaints and from where I sat, every team hit their marks. Having the Entertainer nominees open was so strong and such a simple concept. Why hasn’t that been done before? We’ve tried, but there’s usually one holdout. You can’t open with, “Here are four of the five Entertainer nominees!” This year, Carrie’s manager Ann Edelblute said, “We’re in. Why don’t you ask everybody else?” She gets producer credit on that one. Talking about following the energy of that, and with Chuck Berry’s untimely passing, we thought it was the right fit to put our hosts in their comfort zone as musicians. Then Joe Walsh was available and we did a two-minute version of “Johnny B. Goode” – verse, chorus, solo. How did it go with Luke and Dierks in their second time together hosting? They did great and put a lot of effort in. We brought in a new writer, Paul Greenberg, and they committed to starting earlier and really fine tuning the script. When we were discussing the mono-
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CRS Revisited: Slicing & Dicing One of CRS 2017’s best-received panels mixed original research from Stone Door Media Lab’s Jeff Green with commen-tary from top record and radio execs on the ever-changing factors that go into music decisions. Green’s research identified five reliable early indicators of song acceptance, while the panel offered valuable and at times cautionary perspective. Green started with those five proven predictors: 12 or more Shazams-per-spin in their second chart week, No. 1 Most Added, early Airborne status, 12 or more sales per spin in chart week two, and fast Pandora chart pacing. “Yes there are many exceptions,” says
Road Warriors: Team Lauren takes their No. 1 celebration on the road to iHeartMedia/Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are Mercury’s Jack Christopher, iHeartCountry’s Rod Phillips, Mercury’s Damon Moberly, UMG/Nashville’s Donna Hughes, Lauren Alaina, UMGN’s Royce Risser, WSIX’s Gator Harrison, manager Trisha McClanahan and UMGN’s David Friedman.
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John Zarling
Tim Richards
UPDATE
Universal Music Publishing writer Blair Daly discusses his most influential music: 1. KISS’ Asylum Tour, The Cajundome, Lafayette, LA: It was the first concert I ever attended. My mind was blown. After that show, there was no question about what I was going to do with my life. 2. Eddie Van Halen: I remember so clearly as a kid, sitting in front of the fireplace in my parents’ living room, watching MTV. The “Jump” video came on. As soon as Eddie
shredded that solo, I was done. That next day, my parents ordered me a right-handed harmony acoustic from Sears for $25. I flipped the strings to make it lefty, and the rest is history. 3. Def Leppard’s Hysteria: I grew up in the ‘80s and am a huge fan of rock and hard rock. This band always had great songs. Also, Mutt Lange’s production on this record is incredible. To this day, there aren’t many occasions when I’m writing a song or doing a demo, where I don’t pull out something from that book of tricks. 4. Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction: This band and album were game changers for me. They came out of the same Sunset Strip scene as most of the big ‘80s rock bands, but G N’ R did their own thing. They combined great songs with, what was to me, the true spirit of rebellious, badass rock and roll. 5. Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”: I love great pop music. I was an instant fan the first time I heard “I Kissed A Girl.” She’s the real deal. A superstar, onstage and off. And, she knows how to write huge pop hits. I’ve been asked many times, if you could pick one favorite pop song you didn’t write, what would it be. “Teenage Dream” has been that song for me for a good while now. • Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface. I’ve heard bits and pieces. But nothing I’ve connected with to make me want to listen to the record. • “Important” music you just don’t get: Kanye West records. • An album you listened to incessantly: Shinedown’s The Sound Of Madness. • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Chris Cornell’s “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart.” His voice is insane! He has it all. The soul, the range and emotion. In my opinion, one of the best singers of my lifetime. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: If I enjoy it, I’ll gladly admit it!
MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE
Blair Daly
Fresh Grouper: A host of label, radio pros and guests converge on Blue Chair/Columbia’s Kenny Chesney backstage at Tortuga.
Green. “Some songs don’t score well on any of these indicators ... and still become big.” As for what programmers actually look to, Green’s survey asked reporters to rank 38 factors that may impact their decision making. The top three were artist stature, gut feeling, and tempo and sound. See the full piece here. Following Green’s data presentation, Sony/Nashville EVP/Marketing & New Business John Zarling said he looks at Spotify, Pandora and other key streaming partners. Singles sales through iTunes and video data from YouTube and Vevo are important, too. As is market-specific streaming data. He also stressed the importance of looking for reasons why one platform may be outperforming another. “What’s going on with that pool of listeners that is allowing that particular song to over-index,” he asked. CBS VP/Programming and KMLE/Phoenix PD Tim Richards looks at Shazam, Spotify, video and extraordinary examples of social engagement, but warned attendees to only use mScores over multiple weeks and only on songs with at least 150 spins. Richards also welcomes data from label partners and en-
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courages his fellow PDs to do the same without falling to cynicism. “We live in an on-demand society,” he said. “We need to adapt or die.” Zarling noted that the label’s task is to show how each artist is different through their charitable works, touring and imaging. “There are so many artists that frankly all of us on the label side are challenged with finding that differentiating point,” he said. Zarling also said an opportunity may exist for a third party to provide data to radio pros, who may be skeptical of what labels supply. Richards emphasized the importance of treating labels as partners, not only in terms of the music and data they provide, but also for the acts they bring to the table for station events. Green offered advice on using Shazam charts for tracking growth and trends, and said Wikipedia views and data from Next Big Sound are free and useful (click here). See the entire presentation here.
–Paul Williams
Chart Chat Congrats to Lauren Alaina, Royce Riss-er, Damon Moberly, David Friedman and the Mercury promotion staff on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “Road Less Trav-eled.” The song is Alaina’s first chart-topper. Songwriters are Alaina, Jesse Frasure and Meghan Trainor. And kudos to Dennis Reese and the RCA crew on notching 50 adds for Miranda Lam-bert’s “Tin Man,” topping this week’s board.
News & Notes Way Radio has flipped Country WRVA/Campbell, TX from “Thunder Country” to “107.1 Celebrate FM” as a Country, Classic Rock and Top 40 hybrid. South 65 WHSX/Bowling Green, KY is the latest affiliate of Envision Networks’ Collin Raye’s Country Rewind. Legacy launched Classic Country KRGI HD-4/Grand Island, NE on translator K278BR as “103.5 The Legend.” Timothy Walker transfered his 50% stake in WHLB & KZZM/Mason, TX to partner Charles Jordan III. Saga WQNY/Ithaca, NY re-launched with imaging by Neil Wilson and Benztown’s Brandings Country library. Geisler Radio’s Today In Country Music History will air epi-sode 4,000 Wednesday (4/12). Lee Brice and American Young are among those performing at Providing Hope For Music City, a fundraiser for non-profit Hope Song April 11 at Nashville’s East Ivy Mansion. More info here. The 19th annual Grammy Block Party is May 2 at Nashville’s Cumberland Park and open to Recording Academy members and their guests. Chris Young will headline Nashville’s Independence Day concert Let Freedom Sing! July 4 in Music City. The lineup also in-cludes Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jonny P and The Sisterhood. Singer/songwriter Steven McMorran has signed a publishing deal with Major Bob Music. Jana Kramer received the 2017 Voice of Empowerment Award at Safe Horizon’s annual Champion Awards Dinner April 5. Watch her speech here.
Lauren Alaina
Soul’d Out: Backstage at Friday’s (4/7) New Orleans opening of the Soul2Soul World Tour 2017 are (l-r) Sony’s Ken Robold and Lauren Thomas, Arista’s Josh Easler, Sony’s Randy Goodman, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sony’s Steve Hodges, Columbia’s Shane Allen, and Sony’s John Zarling and Jim Catino.
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logue, they hit on the idea of what people do when they’re in Vegas. We talked about a video package, but those can fall a little flat and the pictures were more their vibe. So was Kellie Pickler sort of an auxiliary host? T-Mobile sponsored the New Artist categories and wanted one person to present all three of those awards. She was their pick and we’ve had great experiences working with her, so that worked out well. The “don’t change the channel” performances across the tops of the hours were Keith Urban and Carrie Un-derwood and the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill duet, right? What more could you want? And we followed up Keith and
Carrie with Lady Antebellum, and followed Tim and Faith in the 10pm hour with a string of collaborations. The challenge was transitioning from “Blue Ain’t Your Color” into “The Fighter.” What you may-be didn’t see in the house was the first was a black-and-white performance with blue highlights, then into big, bright, vibrant colors for “Fighter.” We talked to both camps about how to make that work for a seven minute block of music.
I went to Nashville in January, which is when I usually go for meetings with labels, managers and publicists. [UMG/Nashville’s] Mike Dungan and Cindy Mabe made me hip to “You Look Good.” I’m a horn freak and love to have them on the show as we did last year with Little Big Town and Trombone Shorty. In discussions with the label and their manager Daniel Miller, the idea was to get Chicago or Tower of Power, which eventually became the march-ing band. Then it was Dave Haywood’s idea to include a little bit of the hook of Bill Withers’ “Use Me.” Ultimately it was a very collaborative process taking the germ of an idea and blowing it up. During rehearsal I stood on stage so I could really be blown away by all those horns. As much as the early part of the show blasted out familiar hits, the last hour did seem to be the new music segment of the night. We knew Tim and Faith would be a big moment across the 10pm hour no matter what the music was. The fact that the song
hit so hard so early only confirmed that people would really want to see that. Then, with Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris, Cole Swindell and Dierks, it became our collaboration hour. Before I’d even heard Reba’s album I wanted to find a way to involve the Contemporary Christian audience and broaden the tent. Pairing her with Lauren Daigle was something she was very open to. How did the Backstreet Boys and FGL performance come together? I worked with Backstreet Boys on Miss USA last June and saw 30-40-year-old women go crazy. When I heard about “God, Your Mama, And Me,” I said we’ve got to do this and blend in one of their songs, too. BK, Tyler and the guys em-braced it, but when they first rehearsed it, there wasn’t that moment when BK and Ty-ler joined in the choreography. I said, “You might want to try that.” They went for it and that moment was priceless. Our director Glenn Weiss got the shot of Tim McGraw, which has already become this classic meme. Ideally, you end the show on that performance, but with FGL up for Entertainer, I didn’t feel it was appropriate. I don’t like to do that to folks. Working in radio hosts Bobby Bones, Ty Bentli and Storme Warren hit another level when WYCD/Detroit’s Rob Stone was able to recognize the late Linda Lee. How did those moments happen? We want radio involved. They’re our partners in getting the word out, and in discussion with CBS and Dick Clark Productions, we decided to try to get one from each of the major groups. We also had voiceovers from the ACM personality winners going into every commercial. We initially had Rob and Linda as one of those bumpers, but had to re-record it once he got to town and we heard the bad news. Having him walk out to present developed over the weekend. And how was the new building, T-Mobile Arena? I’d done Miss USA there and visited DCP when they were doing the Billboard awards. I like it, only because it’s a sports arena and those long zipper screens that wrap around the arena add something visually. It feels more compact and the seats are closer to the stage, which makes it much louder and more raucous in the house. It has its physical challenges, but we had a new co-execu-tive producer Baz Halpin, who has designed shows for Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and P!nk. He helped design a huge look without taxing the crew too much. We were the heaviest show that’s ever been in the building. We went right up to the line. –Chuck Aly CAC
The Grand Ole Opry has launched the merchandise subscrip-tion service Opry Box, which includes themed merchandise and the Inside The Circle magazine. More here.
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Lady Antebellum
Backstreet Boys withFlorida Georgia Line
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Available JobsHere’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info
here and we’ll include you in a future update:
CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan seeks a board operator that
also has experience with Nexgen and Voxpro. Send resume here.
Cox WWKA/Orlando seeks a Dir./Branding & Programming.
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ming & Artist Initiatives. Apply here.
Townsquare KAWO/Boise needs an afternoon host. Send ma-
terials here.
Cumulus KSKS/Fresno is looking for a PD. Send materials here.
Townsquare KKCN/San Angelo is searching for an on-air PD.
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iHeartMedia’s KSD/St. Louis is searching for a PD. Apply here.
The CMA has an opening for an Executive Assistant/Marketing.
Materials to HR Consultant Sarah Pinson here.
Signal’s KHLR/Little Rock has an opening for a morning host.
Materials here.
GCC Bend’s KSJJ/Bend, OR is searching for a morning show
producer/air talent. Airchecks and resumes here.
Cumulus’ WIVK/Knoxville has an opening in middays.
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Scripps’ WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/on air host.
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Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three
years experience is required. Materials here.
WFON/Fond du Lac, WI has an opening for a morning show
co-host. Aircheck, social media samples, and resume to Barry
Mardit Media Consulting here.
BiCoastal Media is searching for a PD/on air host to launch a
new station in the Pacific Northwest. Send materials here.
Searching•Eddie Haskell
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SEEk & EMPloy
April 10, 2017Chart Page 1
LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
2 1 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) ✔ 26800 2385 8916 789 59.692 4.13 159 0
3 2 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 25543 1563 8296 502 58.085 3.575 159 0
5 3 SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) ✔ 22931 2414 7466 943 52.025 4.553 157 0
1 4 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 22459 -3882 7505 -1225 52.304 -7.089 159 0
4 5 JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 21731 -2235 7008 -833 50.319 -4.681 159 0
7 6 JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) ✔ 21336 1851 7175 654 48.01 4.301 159 0
6 7 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 20465 54 6833 184 46.254 0.148 159 0
9 8 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 17427 508 5925 180 39.005 1.222 158 0
10 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 17211 1455 5427 475 40.791 4.293 159 0
11 10 LuKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 16976 1264 5693 514 39.237 3.235 158 0
13 11 BRETT YOuNg/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 16049 1564 5203 442 36.224 4.094 159 1
12 12 KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 15210 324 5055 43 35.562 1.019 159 0
14 13 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 14432 678 4695 208 32.52 1.577 159 1
15 14 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 12448 488 4145 123 27.57 1.904 156 0
17 15 RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 11235 1044 3814 393 24.569 1.801 157 0
18 16 KEITH URBAN f/C. uNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol) 10965 910 3555 354 24.889 1.404 154 0
16 17 TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 10826 34 3627 67 23.349 0.509 155 0
19 18 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 10444 555 3490 254 23.544 1.155 158 1
20 19 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 10433 804 3428 251 21.021 1.926 152 2
23 20 FLORIDA gEORgIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 9672 1535 3024 496 21.55 2.951 149 5
21 21 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 9382 366 3278 186 19.353 0.947 153 0
25 22 COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 8676 1162 2868 441 16.285 2.087 149 2
27 23 BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear... (Warner Bros./WMN) 8067 923 2860 335 18.028 2.206 150 2
24 24 JuSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 8022 365 2799 169 15.587 1.273 156 3
32 25 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) ✔ 7615 1929 2440 688 17.36 3.382 154 8
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
30 26 MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 6539 591 2098 257 13.158 1.829 148 8
29 27 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 6480 251 2122 51 12.772 1.964 126 3
31 28 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 6312 384 2146 119 9.851 0.348 144 2
33 29 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 5726 352 1977 153 8.9 0.795 143 2
34 30 BILLY CuRRINgTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 5347 576 1674 137 11.264 1.24 134 4
35 31 OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 5287 593 1636 210 10.339 0.964 116 6
28 32 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 4955 -1745 1607 -659 10.142 -3.075 146 0
38 33 THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) ✔ 4711 1592 1417 423 11.445 3.437 127 30
22 34 ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville) 3570 -4860 1231 -1473 8.861 -13.135 159 0
36 35 BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN) 3468 104 1117 40 6.563 0.453 107 5
37 36 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 3375 59 1166 56 5.682 0.009 113 2
39 37 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 3155 187 1095 67 4.381 0.112 103 2
41 38 KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 3052 270 1023 54 4.702 0.559 102 3
42 39 SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 2953 177 1023 27 3.585 0.445 119 1
40 40 DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (BMLGR) 2949 81 939 13 4.409 0.049 97 2
43 41 MORgAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 2703 360 984 111 4.985 1.019 90 2
MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 2547 778 834 263 4.537 1.248 97 9
26 43 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow) 2438 -4741 990 -1774 4.998 -8.238 147 0
gARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 2418 509 817 181 3.417 0.893 98 11
44 45 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 2377 112 840 49 3.014 0.122 87 1
45 46 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORgAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) 2082 -45 786 7 3.17 -0.155 77 4
47 47 DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 2026 225 699 74 3.004 0.279 86 7
48 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 1960 391 427 64 4.405 0.992 35 2
49 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 1888 386 527 128 3.086 0.581 59 10
49 50 DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 1726 27 808 17 1.952 0.119 85 1
Debut
Debut
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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersSAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 943
LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 789
TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) 688
JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 654
LuKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 514
JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol’ Barstool (Broken Bow) 502
FLORIDA gEORgIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 496
DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 475
BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn’t Know (BMLGR) 442
COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 441
Country Aircheck Top Point GainersSAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 2414 ✔LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 2385 ✔TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) 1929 ✔JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 1851 ✔THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 1592 ✔BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 1564
JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 1563
FLORIDA gEORgIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 1535
DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 1455
LuKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 1264
Activator Top Spin GainersTIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) 330
THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 274
SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 255
JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 211
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 177
BRETT YOuNg/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 177
BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 175
JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 147
DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 143
RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 140
Activator Top Point GainersTHOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 1534 ✔
TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) 1508 ✔
MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 1181 ✔
SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 1149 ✔
JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 1014 ✔
BRETT YOuNg/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 919
BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 850
JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 740
DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 707
RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 668
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 14400
BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 12688
LITTLE BIg TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 11125
DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 10887
FLORIDA gEORgIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 10021
BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 9801
BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) 8471
CHRIS YOuNg f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 7774
THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 7641
KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 6838
Country Aircheck Add leaders AddsMIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 50ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI) 43WALKER MCGUIRE/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse) 36THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 30JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb) 17LITTLE BIg TOWN/Happy People (Capitol) 17gARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 11CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 10MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 9CHARLIE WORSHAM/Cut Your Groove (Warner Bros./WAR) 8MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 8TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) 8
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Bailey Bryan So Far (300 Entertainment/WMN)Bryan’s debut EP is available digitally and was produced by Dennis Matkosky. It features five songs she co-wrote, including her first single, “Own It.”
Apr. 21Brad Paisley Love And War (Arista)Charlie Worsham Beginning Of Things (Warner Bros./WMN)Angaleena Presley Wrangled (Mining Light Music/Thirty Tigers)
April 28Willie Nelson God’s Problem Child (Legacy)Old Crow Medicine Show 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde (Columbia)
BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) Moves 44-45* 2377 points, 840 spins 1 add: WDXB
WILLIAM MICHAEL MORgAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) Moves 45-46* 2082 points, 786 spins 4 adds: WGAR, KTST, WGTY, WYCT
DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) Moves 47-47* 2026 points, 699 spins 7 adds: WNSH*, WPAW, WBEE, WAVW, KMDL, KUAD, WITL
AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) Moves 51-48* 1960 points, 427 spins 2 adds: KATC*, KFRG
CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) Moves 52-49* 1888 points, 527 spins 10 adds: KKWF, WNCB, KRST*, KXKT, KHEY, WRBT, KATC*, WPCV, WAVW, KKIX
DREW BALDRIDGE f/EMILY WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) Moves 49-50* 1726 points, 808 spins 1 add: WEZL
KANE BROWN/What Ifs (RCA) 1689 points, 583 spins 1 add: WUSJ
ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek) 1683 points, 600 spins 4 adds: KFRG, KCYE, KBEQ, WQIK
REBA MCENTIRE/Back To God (Nash Icon/Valory) 1627 points, 438 spins; no adds
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April 17CANAAN SMITH/Like You That Way (Mercury)HIGH VALLEY/She’s With Me (Atlantic/WEA)SARABETH/I Want It That Way (Circle S)DELTA RAE/A Long And Happy Life (Valory)JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb)JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)LuCAS HOgE/Dirty South (Rebel Engine/Star Farm)
April 24BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista)ERIC CHESSER/Good Times & Summer Days (Big-Big)RuSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers)
May 1PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek)DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
2 1 LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 11257 201 2301 49 50 0
3 2 JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 11224 740 2281 147 50 0
1 3 LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 10841 -799 2171 -148 49 0
4 4 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 10481 617 2119 130 52 0
5 5 SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) ✔ 10390 1149 2081 255 52 0
6 6 JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) ✔ 10208 1014 2088 211 51 0
9 7 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 8497 850 1697 175 49 0
8 8 LuKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 8422 452 1667 108 52 0
10 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 8037 626 1669 143 52 0
11 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End Of The World (Blue Chair/Columbia) 7524 406 1475 91 51 1
15 11 BRETT YOuNg/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 7036 919 1432 177 49 0
12 12 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 6937 707 1409 139 51 0
14 13 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 6540 396 1317 100 52 1
13 14 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 6349 186 1237 54 51 0
16 15 KEITH URBAN f/C. uNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol) 6204 576 1206 129 51 0
17 16 RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 5989 668 1177 140 51 0
18 17 TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine) 5436 255 1047 50 49 0
19 18 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 5003 466 1017 111 52 0
20 19 FLORIDA gEORgIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 4952 584 993 123 51 3
26 20 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) ✔ 4454 1508 906 330 52 9
21 21 BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear That Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 4389 542 849 119 50 5
24 22 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 4233 485 855 99 45 5
23 23 JuSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 4141 357 773 69 47 2
25 24 COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 3951 656 752 106 50 4
28 25 OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 3267 610 575 104 45 2
27 26 MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 2952 137 532 49 41 2
30 27 BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN) 2620 150 478 19 43 1
29 28 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 2540 36 487 7 45 2
41 29 THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) ✔ 2490 1534 434 274 37 19
22 30 MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA) 2309 -1519 451 -316 34 0
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
33 31 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 2180 190 449 36 35 1
32 32 BILLY CuRRINgTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 2037 -106 385 -3 37 1
34 33 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big Label) 1600 139 338 35 20 0
35 34 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 1487 45 306 -2 30 0
45 35 gARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 1377 573 265 106 25 4
39 36 LITTLE BIg TOWN/Happy People (Capitol) 1327 169 220 30 22 1
37 37 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 1298 27 177 3 10 1
38 38 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 1261 93 238 19 29 0
36 39 KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 1242 -29 207 -8 19 2
42 40 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 1212 271 205 54 24 4
41 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) ✔ 1208 1181 184 177 19 9
40 42 DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 932 -40 128 -4 12 2
44 43 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 923 22 176 6 27 0
43 44 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 895 -21 165 -4 18 0
46 45 REBA MCENTIRE/Back To God (Nash Icon/Valory) 867 83 163 21 13 0
48 46 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 827 156 115 42 11 3
47 47 MORgAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 670 -100 109 -3 17 1
49 48 JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 570 -90 57 -9 1 0
51 49 SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 523 21 104 2 23 0
52 50 DELTA RAE/A Long And Happy Life (Valory) 498 8 51 2 2 0
50 51 DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 470 -45 81 -5 7 0
55 52 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORgAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) 450 0 93 0 8 0
53 53 ELI YOuNg BAND/Skin And Bones (Valory) 440 -30 44 -3 1 0
58 54 JO SMITH/Old School Groove (Smack) 420 20 42 2 1 0
56 55 KEITH WALKER/Me Too (---) 413 -7 80 -1 8 0
57 56 DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (BMLGR) 397 -14 70 -4 10 1
59 57 RYAN GRIFFIN/Back Seats & Burnt CDs (Ryan Griffin) 380 -20 38 -2 1 0
54 58 THOMAS RHETT f/J. SPARKS/Playing With Fire (Valory) 370 -90 37 -9 1 0
59 CHUCK WICKS/Whole Damn Thing (Blaster) 358 24 72 6 5 0
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