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Remembering Dr. Bruce The passing of Country Radio Hall of Famer Dr. Bruce Nel-son Stratton (Chronicle 2/25) was met with sadness and fond memories by those who worked with him over more than 50 years in the business. •CountryDJHallofFamefounder Chuck Chellman: “I first met Bruce in Tupelo, MS. His pop air name was Phil Harmonic and he was on the staff with Hall of Famer Les Acree. Bruce was
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(continued on page 5)Stratton with George Strait
Stream Team: Blue Chair/Warner Bros. Kenny Chesney spends time with his radio and streaming team ahead of his 2018 Trip Around the Sun Tour. Pictured (l-r) are Ray Mariner, Diane Monk, Kristen Williams, Chad Schultz, John Esposito, Chesney, Tim Foisset, Shari Roth, Cris Lacy, Stephanie Hagerty, Adrian Michaels and Kate Myers.
CRS Deep Dive: Guts & Data “Most of the world will make decisions by either guessing or usingtheirgut,”dataanalyticsentrepreneurSuhailDoshihassaid. “They will be either lucky or wrong.” His point is that data is allowing us to make an increasing variety of decisions with a con-fidence not yet seen in human history, so why not take advantage? Radio, of course, is a petri dish for gut versus data-backed de-
cision-making, something Stone Door Media Lab’s Jeff Green explored in depth during CRS 2018’s “The Matrix Of The Metrics” panel, again one of the seminar’s most popular. Gut instinct still rules, he found, but radio’s data toolbox is getting much more impressive. “The point of the presentation was to show how data can be used to identify hits as early as possible,” Green says of the study. “Nobody needs help if a record is already Top 15, but when you’re talking about a new record that could
sit in overnights for 20 weeks, that’s an expensive proposition for everyone involved.” Streaming & Shazam: Part of the presentation centered on Music Decision Survey 2017, a joint effort with Country Air-check that for the second year showed gut feeling, artist stature/reputation and playlist fit as the top considerations for making add decisions (see the full story here). Those approaches have merit, of course, but it’s streaming data that’s beginning to make things interesting. “The evidence is mounting that songs that generate lots of streams are performing pretty well in the end at radio,” Green contends. Programmers appreciate streaming as an important bellwether, the survey shows, but they appear to be thinking of it in general terms. Green’s data identifies specific markers and platforms worth watching. Streams per spin in a song’s second chart week is the big one. Eventual No. 1 Country singles tend to have reached an average of 802 streams per spin at that point, considerably
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very passionate about the music and valued input from promotion guys. I used him on the voting board for the Hall of Fame longer than most because his information on Country radio people was better than most promo folks. The radio community has just lost one of its greatest allies. He will be missed.” •ArtistJoe Stampley: “The first time we met he was at KENR/Houston and told me about playing my music with [rock band] The Uniques when he was at a Rock station in Clarksdale, MS in the ‘60s. He liked all music and loved rock and roll, but he also had a dry sense of humor and told me a few years back, ‘I’ve ei-ther got to retire or go crazy playing all this new sounding music.’ He was a dear friend and we had a lot of good times. I hate that he’s gone.” •CountryRadioHallofFamerArch Yancey: “The first time we met he was driving in to start work at KENR/Houston and I was on the air at KIKK and mentioned the competition had hired a new $1.25-an-hour guy to try to beat us. We actually met that night and became great friends. “He got one of those mail-order minister licenses just for a laughandendedupmarryingJanandmyself.Hemusthavedone15 or 20 and we liked to laugh that ours was the only wedding he performed that actually took. “Bruce was on top of everything and a real innovator. He com-peted with me in Houston, later worked for me and I worked for him. He was good to work for and good to have working for you. Music was his forte and he knew what was going to be a hit on the first listen, just about. He was a very dear friend and I’m going to miss him.” •RadioandpromotionvetChris Taylor: “He was a different kind of bird, but I loved him dearly. He was a great friend to the industry and would help new artists as much as he could. And he was doing that right up until his retirement.
SATURDAY SEPTERMBER 22 - BRIDGESTONE ARENACHRIS YOUNG IS COMING HOME TO NASHVILLE!
ACM 2017 Keyboard Player of the Year Dave Cohen discusses his most influential music: 1. Eagles, Hell Freezes Over Tour: I saw this tour with my dad and it was the first time I realized you could be a keyboard player and play cool music. All I knew at the time was classical piano lessons. There was hope. 2. Wallflowers, Bringing Down The Horse: As far as I’m concerned it is a textbook of modern rock B3 playing by Rami
Jaffee.Crisppoparrangements.Greatsounds. 3. Bruce Hornsby And The Range, The Way It Is: I love Bruce’s piano playing. His block chords and ability to fuse jazz voicings in pop music always drew me in. 4. Bill Evans, Live At The Village Vanguard: Bill is the most lyrical and accessible jazz pianist I know of. This live recording was a brief snapshot of him with his best trio, in the prime of his playing and creativity. 5. Phish, Rift: It’s just amazing. •A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: I think I’ve heard all the highly regarded ones. •“Important” music you just don’t get: Almost anything byTheDoors. •An album you played incessantly: Tommy Sims’ Peace And Love. •Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Ernest K.’s Trouble With Us. •Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: Most anything from The Wrecking Crew years coming out of LA – The 5th Dimension,HerbAlpert,GaryLewis,etc.
MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE
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“Live and local was important to him long before it was a phrase you heard much. He knew his market and programmed accordingly whether it was Michigan, Houston or Corpus. You might not agree with his decisions, but it was all about what worked in his market. And he was a big fan of country music. At CRS one year Big & Rich were doing their MuzikMafia thing and I passed him outside the hall. He said, ‘Had enough. I’m going backtomyroomtoputonaMarkChesnuttCD.’(laughs)Hedidn’t hate Big & Rich and he played their music of course, but that show just wasn’t where his heart was.” •KFTX/CorpusChristi,TXPD/MDAustin Daniels: “Bruce is the guy who put the word ‘person’ in ‘personality.’ He brought out the best in everyone he worked with and I loved listening to him do interviews because he really drew people out. Plus, he knew everybody in the business. “He was such a great guy and was like my second dad. The stories he would tell should have been collected for a book. The thingsheandWaylonJenningsdidtogetherwouldkeepyouinstitches for days. One he told was about working in a one-room station in Virginia when there was a knock on the door. It was Mooney, Loretta Lynn’s husband, standing there and she was sitting out in this big old car. Bruce listened to the record Mooney gave him, liked it and asked if he could bring Loretta in for an interview. At which point Mooney yelled out the door, ‘Get them curlers out of your hair, girl. You’re about to be on the radio!’ Those were the kinds of stories Bruce loved to tell. “He ended every show saying, ‘God sees the world through your eyes. Are you showing him a good time?’ And Bruce really did. That man showed everyone a good time.” –Chuck Aly
Chart Chat Congrats to Scotty Mc-Creery, Kevin Herring and the Triple Tigers staff on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “Five More Minutes.” The song is McCreery’s first chart-topper and was recently certified gold. Writers are Frank Rogers, Monty Criswell and McCreery. And kudos to Katie Bright and the WMN reps on landing 79 adds for Cole Swindell’s “Break Up In The End,” topping this week’s board.
News & Notes Sony ATV’s Ted Goldthorpe, Brook Law Firm’s Jeremy Brook and songwriter Ron Pope will participate in a free panel discussion on the Music Modernization Act and its impact on creators, rights’ holders and entrepreneurs. Heather McBee will moderate the panel at Nashville Entrepreneur Center on March 6 from 5-7pm. Songwriters Lee Thomas Miller, the Warren Brothers, Margaret Valentine and Tina Parol will perform at the third annual Nashville’s Music Row Comes to the Ballpark event, which gives charitable donors access to the Baltimore Orioles spring training as well as country music. Songwriter Jenae Cherry Brach, whose husband is Orioles pitcher Brad Brach, will join the show as a special guest. The four-day event begins on March 1 and benefits Girls, Inc. and the Music Health Alliance. Comedian Jeff Foxworthy, The Oak Ridge Boys, Patty Loveless, Ronnie Milsap, Ricky Skaggs, Joe Diffie, The Bellamy Brothers, Shenandoah and others will perform on Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam for the sixth annual Country Music CruiseJan.27-Feb.3,2019.Lorianne Crook returns as official host. More than 50 live performances and artist-based events, activities and dining are included. More here.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. Lee Cagle was named OM for SummitMedia/Louisville.KZPK/St. Cloud, MN PD/morninghostKris Valentine is leav-ing radio in April.Josh “Rowdy Yates” Holstead joined RFC Media’s SuiteRadio.
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more than singles that peak lower on the chart. And of those that log 1,400 streams per spin or more in the second chart week, 82% reach the top. That’s more than twice the average of all charting singles, only 40% of which reach No. 1. Another measure screaming for attention is Shazam data. Though the music discovery platform ranked 20th on the list of biggest add influencers, Shazams per spin is closely linked to chart success. Eighty-four percent of Country No. 1s during the survey period got 10 Shazams or more per spin in the second radio chart week, for example, and the more Shazams per spin they got, the faster they went No. 1. “When you see that a single is getting
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Insomniacs: RCA’s Chris Young at a recent Losing Sleep 2018 World Tour stop in Minneapolis. Pictured (l-r) are KMNB’s Lucas Phelan, Lauren MacLeash, KMNB’s Mike Dubs and Tricia Jenkins and her husband Ricky Starck, Young, Lauren Erickson, Dustin Schimmelpfennig, KEEY’s Levi Jessen and Country Aircheck’s Lon Helton.
strong early Shazams per spin, it’s usually a very good sign,” Green declares. Pandora & Most Added: A close look at Pandora’s Top Spins can also serve programmers well. The 2017 Music Decision Survey put the platform near the end of the list when it came to influencing both adds and spin increases, but the truth is it often predicts hits early. The average lead over radio in predicting Top 10s is 5.4 weeks, though some have been ahead of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart by more than 10. Of the 72 Top 10 radio hits examined over the survey period, 58 went Top 10 on Pandora’s Top Spins chart first (80.6%). And Green says an even closer look is warranted. “Broadcasters should be asking their label partners about factors such as ‘thumbs up,’” he explains. “In my conversations with people from Pandora, that’s a very import-ant part of the algorithm they use to present music to their users. And it’s data they’re now starting to make available.” Most added is the fourth big signal of good things to come on Green’s Matrix. Specifically, 62% of singles that reached No. 1 were most added, and when those adds include 60% or more of reporters, the chance of No. 1 success grows to 74%. Striking, too, is the fact that 80% of Top 15 singles enjoyed a most-added designation. “Having studied 12 years of data, there’s no doubt in my mind that being most added is correlated with success,” Green insists. “Of more than 450 different No. 1 most-added singles since 2006, only eight never charted.” Grand Central Stations: The last of the seven hit indicators on the Matrix is specific station airplay, a long-held consideration of many programmers. It’s hard to identify stations truly worth watching, however, which is why Green examined longtime Medi-abaseandBDSreporterswithaneyeonturnover/speedtofamil-iarity and how quick and selective they are in adding songs. Based onGreen’sformula,KYGO/Denverwasthefastesttodeliverfamiliarity among major market stations, followed by WNOE/New Orleans (large), WYRK/Buffalo (medium) and WTCM/Traverse City, MI (small). Green identifies a top 10 list of stations for each category, which can be seen in the presentation linked below. Small market stations were found to be particularly useful. “Based on their turnover ratios, some stations are able to generate familiarity among their audience much faster than others,” Green explains. “And most of those are in small markets. So it would be worth learning from your label colleagues how the record is doing
for them there. These stations really can be valuable for identifying hits sooner.” Big Stars & Newbies: Some programmers might say they don’t need help in identifying hits when it comes to top-tier artists, and they may be right. Hitting marks like the ones listed here is often all in a day’s work for Country’s superstars. Green concurs. “Datalikethisismostusefulfordevelopingartists,”hesays.“Andwhen it can identify a brand-new artist for which radio didn’t have a history to work from.” RussellDickerson’s“Yours”isaprimeexample.Thesingleen-joyed 1,311 streams and 14 Shazams per spin in its second chart week, was ahead of radio to Top 10 by nine weeks on Pandora’s Top Spins chart and had been second-most-added. The song was also successful in other Matrix dimensions (airplay chart growth and position). Some of the same signs were evident with Luke Combs’s “Hurricane”, Kane Brown’s “What Ifs,” Brett Young’s “In CaseYouDidn’tKnow”andDustinLynch’s“SmallTownBoy.” Every Situation’s Different: Green agrees that music data will never be foolproof as a predictive tool. Sometimes singles hit these marks and have modest outcomes. Four of the studied singles, which Green left unnamed, enjoyed many, if not all, of the metrics thus mentioned, but instead peaked at 20, 18, 15 and 33. At least one was by a superstar artist. Conversely, there were instances where some of the early data was relatively weak and yet the singles went on to enjoy great radio chart success. There are exceptions to these rules, in other words, and questioning the data is a healthy exercise. KKGO/Los Angeles’ Michael Levine, arguably operating in a unique market for Country, made this point in the discussion fol-lowingGreen’spresentationandisstickingtoitnow.“Justbecausea single doesn’t reach the Top 10 or Top 15 nationally, doesn’t mean it isn’t or can’t be a success in your market,” he says. “We’ve had many songs that work well locally for a variety of reasons. To say those songs aren’t successes is inaccurate. The important thing is whether or not a song is successful in your market, not whether it’s a success nationally.” The data is compelling and worth exploring for any program-mer who wishes to make the most well-informed music decisions possible, of course. Many facets of the research went unexplored here, but Green invites readers to do just that. See the entire presentation, which includes many slides not seen at CRS, here. Reach him here. –CA Staff
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3 SCOTTY MCCREERYFive More Minutes (Triple Tigers)
22957 2504 8545 902 58.373 6.109 157 0
4 2 THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 21296 1995 8001 759 54.367 6.164 157 0
5 3 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 19736 2093 7612 773 50.682 6.734 157 0
2 4 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 18076 -3280 6772 -1151 47.242 -7.383 156 0
6 5 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 16695 1141 6285 461 41.989 2.861 156 0
7 6 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 15971 1719 5818 676 39.354 3.674 157 0
8 7 LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) 15097 1391 5667 578 39.454 3.403 157 0
1 8 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 15036 -7386 5860 -2659 37.168 -18.85 157 0
9 9 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 14613 1228 5325 474 35.878 2.512 155 0
13 10 KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) ✔ 14433 2359 5279 907 32.984 3.936 157 0
11 11 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 14053 734 5251 296 33.516 1.558 153 1
17 12 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 11230 1038 4182 410 26.781 2.598 157 0
14 13 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 11104 -196 4198 -55 26.044 -1.037 155 0
16 14 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 10722 106 4030 49 23.977 -0.29 157 0
20 15 JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) ✔ 10494 2406 3788 823 27.381 7.756 157 2
22 16 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) ✔ 10477 3096 3559 1141 24.062 6.288 140 20
18 17 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 9437 231 3397 65 20.758 0.486 153 0
23 18 KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 8995 1891 3226 667 19.109 3.374 156 9
19 19 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 8589 270 3290 90 18.383 -0.143 154 1
21 20 D. L. MURPHY f/K.CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 8374 316 3177 100 19.997 1.505 147 2
27 21 BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 7046 983 2527 446 16.836 2.449 148 2
24 22 DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) 6989 861 2419 284 16.156 2.776 144 6
26 23 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud/BMLGR) 6520 422 2360 149 14.102 1.168 137 1
25 24 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 6386 284 2430 129 14.849 0.975 135 2
29 25 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 5875 367 1976 85 11.309 1.089 122 2
LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
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30 26 LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek) 5396 77 2160 56 9.965 0.136 140 0
12 27 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 5201 -7909 1891 -3009 14.187 -18.672 155 0
31 28 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 5029 119 1924 78 11.941 0.198 138 1
33 29 LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 4841 760 1720 246 10.84 1.912 142 7
32 30 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 4770 237 1574 114 8.817 0.556 136 2
38 31 MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 3991 737 1553 264 8.522 1.858 116 4
36 32 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 3981 182 1429 76 7.106 0.544 119 4
35 33 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 3944 144 1468 49 7.253 0.327 134 4
34 34 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 3781 -78 1468 -12 5.264 -0.454 135 0
37 35 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 3649 217 1399 73 6.146 0.664 134 2
39 36 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 3199 88 1250 58 6.478 0.198 104 0
41 37 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 2758 229 1040 58 4.248 0.636 103 1
38 COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 2683 2683 1048 1048 7.761 7.761 79 79
42 39 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) 2638 321 910 105 7.111 0.896 84 3
40 40 CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 2620 54 977 43 4.94 0.034 104 5
43 41 DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) 2457 144 810 39 6.462 0.337 102 5
44 42 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 2346 126 882 59 3.631 0.191 103 2
45 43 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 2320 230 842 63 4.06 0.566 113 3
46 44 SUGARLAND/Still The Same (UMG/Big Machine) 2084 103 850 53 2.661 0.242 114 5
48 45 JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) 2075 127 699 48 5.625 -0.166 72 3
BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville) 2054 105 786 33 3.418 0.208 97 3
49 47 KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA) 1842 101 740 17 2.622 0.298 96 1
50 48 CAM/Diane (Arista) 1727 52 639 2 2.421 0.214 86 5
49 BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 1724 1059 576 354 3.11 1.736 90 10
51 50 BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville) 1722 108 668 36 2.278 0.273 94 2
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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersBEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 1141
COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 1048
KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 907
SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 902
JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 823
CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 773
THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 759
BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 676
KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 667
LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) 578
Country Aircheck Top Point GainersBEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 3096 ✔COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 2683 ✔SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 2504 ✔JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 2406 ✔KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 2359 ✔CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 2093
THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 1995
KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 1891
BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 1719
LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) 1391
Activator Top Spin GainersBEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 291
KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 279
JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 235
JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 214
BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 213
BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 203
LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) 197
SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 170
COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 169
THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 168
Activator Top Point GainersBEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 1297 ✔
KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 1231 ✔
LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) 1050 ✔
JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 1033 ✔
BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 1024 ✔
BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 942
JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 940
COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 812
HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 766
THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 753
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 13938
WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 13209
BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 11754
LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 10800
DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 9380
SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 8958
THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 8859
KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 8717
CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 8035
LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 7648
Country Aircheck Add Leaders AddsCOLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 79BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 20DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) 15MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 12BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 10JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) 10KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 9LOCASH/Don't Get Better Than That (Reviver) 7LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 7AARON WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label) 6DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) 6LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 6
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JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) Moves 48-45* 2,075 points, 699 spins 3 adds: KSD, WQMX, WYRK
BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville) Moves 47-46* 2,054 points, 786 spins 3 adds: KSON, KTTS, WCTK
KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA) Moves 49-47* 1,842 points, 740 spins 1 add: KRST*
CAM/Diane (Arista) Moves 50-48* 1,727 points, 639 spins 5 adds: KMDL, KTEX, WGNA, WOKQ, WQYK
BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) Debuts at 49* 1,724 points, 576 spins 10 adds: KATM*, KDRK, KNCI, KNIX, KPLM, WCKT, WDRQ*, WGTY, WNCY, WOKQ
BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers and Preachers (EMI Nashville) Re-enters at 50* 1,722 points, 668 spins 2 adds: KMDL, WKHK*
LOCASH/Don’t Get Beter Than That (Reviver) 1,352 points, 515 spins 7 adds: KCYE, KRYS, WAMZ, WBUL, WPOC, WPOR, WQMX
MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 1,309 points, 458 spins 12 adds including: KAWO, KJUG, KKBQ*, KMDL, KRST*, WAMZ, WBUL, WCKT, WGAR, WITL
DREW BALDRIDGE/Guns & Roses (Cold River) 1,276 points, 597 spins; No adds
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march 5CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin’ On (RCA)ERIC PASLAY/Young Forever (EMI Nashville)RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers)SOUTHERN HALO/Anything Is Possible (--)
march 12KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River)JAKE OWEN/IWasJack(YouWereDiane)(BigLoud)
march 19TRAVIS DENNING/DavidAshleyParkerFromPowderSprings (Mercury)
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March 16Scotty McCreery Seasons Change (Triple Tigers)Oak Ridge Boys 17th Avenue Revival (Lightning Rod)Shenandoah Reloaded (BMG)
March 23Jordan Davis Home State (MCA)High Valley Farmhouse Sessions (Atlantic/WEA)
March 30Ashley McBryde Girl Going Nowhere (Atlantic/WAR)Mary Chapin Carpenter Sometimes Just The Sky (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)Lindi Ortega Liberty (Shadowbox Music Co.)
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS
2 1 SCOTTY MCCREERYFive More Minutes (Triple Tigers)
11773 684 2544 170 53 0
4 2 THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 10985 753 2370 168 53 0
5 3 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 10685 645 2340 161 54 0
1 4 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 9500 -1956 1996 -494 50 0
6 5 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 9072 526 2021 137 53 0
8 6 LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) ✔ 8676 1050 1791 197 53 0
9 7 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) ✔ 8440 1024 1795 213 52 0
11 8 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 7440 940 1591 214 53 1
10 9 KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 6971 182 1508 44 52 0
13 10 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 6762 766 1453 160 51 0
16 11 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 6218 560 1357 96 52 0
14 12 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 6045 74 1299 9 49 0
15 13 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 5910 120 1267 11 50 0
19 14 JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) ✔ 5834 1033 1173 235 52 1
17 15 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 5830 201 1253 64 53 0
18 16 D.L. f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Blue Chair/Reviver) 4895 36 1013 7 52 0
21 17 DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) 4791 510 907 101 54 0
20 18 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 4708 84 1044 31 50 1
22 19 BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 4321 942 919 203 51 5
7 20 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 4288 -4227 912 -891 43 0
26 21 KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) ✔ 4135 1231 830 279 50 13
29 22 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) ✔ 3708 1297 756 291 50 15
25 23 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 3510 216 712 30 49 0
27 24 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud/BMLGR) 2961 388 628 74 44 2
32 25 LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House) 2783 619 520 122 44 3
28 26 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 2700 137 552 47 45 0
30 27 LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek) 2569 252 527 41 42 4
34 28 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 2500 491 482 96 43 2
33 29 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 2265 118 486 23 42 0
31 30 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 2210 -87 487 -7 41 0
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
35 31 DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) 1894 106 295 21 21 1
37 32 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1695 254 374 49 40 0
36 33 CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 1666 5 296 5 26 2
39 34 MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 1648 440 340 99 34 5
40 35 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) 1329 168 328 40 25 4
41 36 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 1188 93 236 24 32 2
44 37 JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) 1184 172 270 52 14 0
38 38 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 1123 -108 243 -20 37 1
42 39 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 1090 27 249 6 34 0
45 40 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville) 1045 47 183 9 15 3
43 41 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 937 -100 161 -9 11 0
46 42 SUGARLAND/Still The Same (UMGN/Big Machine) 818 -52 162 -5 22 1
49 43 LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 817 150 116 26 6 1
44 COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 812 812 169 169 15 14
47 45 STEPHANIE QUAYLE/Selfish (Rebel Engine) 788 29 147 5 15 0
48 46 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 785 117 186 24 26 1
53 47 CAM/Diane (Arista) 697 104 166 23 23 1
48 AARON WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label) 658 270 148 64 18 4
51 49 DEVIN DAWSON/Dark Horse (Atlantic/WEA) 650 10 65 1 1 0
50 50 KEITH URBAN/Parallel Line (Capitol) 640 -18 64 -3 1 0
52 51 THOMAS RHETT/When You Look Like That (Valory) 610 -30 61 -3 1 0
55 52 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 573 -3 104 0 14 0
53 BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 550 371 123 84 14 7
56 54 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Reason (Atlantic/WMN) 540 10 54 1 1 0
54 55 CARRIE UNDERWOOD f/LUDACRIS/The Champion (Capitol) 538 -50 55 -5 3 0
60 56 OLD DOMINION/Stars In The City (RCA) 500 60 50 6 1 0
57 BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville) 495 88 94 16 13 0
58 CJ SOLAR/Airplane (Sea Gayle) 484 56 88 14 12 1
57 59 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/American Scandal (Atlantic/WAR) 460 -20 46 -2 1 0
59 60 TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory) 450 10 45 1 1 0
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