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INSIDE

Dan + Shay: Two Guys, Two No. 1s

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Everyone’s Promoted! Job Changes Galore

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Opry: The Final Frontier

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Chris Young Adds To Old-School Trend

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Makin’ Tracks: Dickerson Single Is

‘100 Percent Me’ >page 18

Country Coda: Who Had The First

Country No. 1? >page 23

New artists are, according to an old adage, the lifeblood of the music industry, but the digital age has brought a transfusion to the very process that rolls artists out.

Where labels once discovered, developed and marketed acts, the current model often requires that the performers develop both their craft and an audience before they find their way onto a record-company roster. Thus, the seven artists that will launch their first album or EP for a prominent imprint during t h e f i r s t s i x months of 2019 have invariably c r e a t e d s o m e kind of history on their own. That includes building a n a u d i e n c e t hrough heav y touring and/or producing EPs for self-release.

The creative class rolling out between January and June shows just how much the genre’s marketing formula and content is changing. EMI Nashville artist Jon Langston is releasing tracks one at a time rather than in a collectable bundle. Broken Bow artist BLANCO unites the country/hip-hop trend in a next-level blend. And three of

the entries incorporate foreign roots: Twinnie, a singer/actor from the United Kingdom; Canadian singer/songwriter Aaron Goodvin; and King Calaway, a six-man ensemble with two European-bred members.

Here’s a look at the seven acts breaking out during the first half of 2019 with the equivalent of their first album or EP for a prominent country label:

• B L A N C O ( B r o k e n B o w ) — “Speechless” may be a Dan + Shay hit, but it’s also a word that BBR Music Group executive vp Jon L o b a u s e s t o describe Blanco Brown , whose authentic hybrid s o u n d i s s e l f-defined as “trailer t r a p ” — p a r t trailer park, part trap music. After

splitting his childhood between the urban ’hood and summers in the country, he is able to seamlessly knit multiple genres together, blending Tracy Lawrence, T-Pain, “Dixieland Delight” and The Beach Boys in a series of yet-to-be-released tracks. Real artists don’t just break rules; sometimes they rewrite them.

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• A aron Goodv in ( Rev iver) — The w inner of t he Canadian Country Music Association’s songwriter of the year award, Goodvin placed songs with Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi and Cole Swindell on his way to a deal with Warner Music Canada. His voice has a grainy tinge, applied to a mix of hooky uptempo songs and revealing ballads. Raised in Alberta, 420 kilometers from the High Valley boys, he spent much of 2018 in Nashville working on his U.S. debut, which will be released as part of a global rollout on Feb. 8.

• Sam Grow (Average Joes) — With three self-released EPs under his belt, the Maryland-bred Grow is an experienced music maker with his first full country album due in the spring. Having played a reported 200 live dates in 2018, he’s a hard-working band leader with a smoky vocal tone who counts Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke and Willie Nelson among his inf luences. Still, there’s a slight Daughtry undercurrent to his first Average Joes single, “History Repeats Itself,” due in late January.

• Lauren Jenkins (Big Machine) — Two years after issuing her inaugural EP, Jenkins lobs her first album, No Saint, into the market on March 15 with a voice that employs multiple personalities. Her lower resonance is haunting and spooky, while her upper register is biting and forceful. Quietly introduced on a 2014 Nashville album paying tribute to Mötley Crüe, her talents extend beyond the microphone: She wrote, co-produced and starred in a forthcoming short film, Running Out of Road.

• K ing Calaway (Broken Bow) — As countr y music becomes increasingly global, King Calaway is a natural evolution, a six-piece band with roots that extend from Minnesota to Delaware to Scotland to Gibraltar. Its debut EP, rife with thick harmonies, poppy energy and likely a cover of Stephen Stills’ “Love the One You’re With,” has a target date of Jan. 25. Produced by Ross Copperman (Dierks Bentley, Brett Eldredge), the band’s drummer has some key country heritage: Chris Deaton’s father is CMA Awards producer Robert Deaton.

• Jon Langston (EMI) — Langston is rolling out tracks in a Sam Hunt fashion: There’s no official major-label EP, though he has already digitally released five songs and expects to have perhaps three more in circulation by June. The previously self-released artist has toured aggressively in the Southeast, building an audience before manager Kerri Edwards’ KP Entertainment (Bryan, Swindell) picked him up. Langston’s delivery combines swagger and immediacy over a production that’s clearly geared for modern country radio.

• Twinnie (BMG) — The photo on her website has a distinct Shania Twain vibe, as does the pop-leaning hooks in her sometimes-danceable tunes, particularly the loping “Type of Girl.” Hailing from York in northeast England (you just know someone is going to label her “the Duchess of York”), Twinnie Lee Moore earned attention in the U.K. soap Hollyoaks and played the Country Music Association’s C2C Festival in 2017. Her first U.S. EP is expected Feb. 1.

Mitchell Tenpenny (center) dropped by Cumulus’ syndicated morning show on Dec. 17, days after the release of his debut album, Telling All My Secrets. He’s shown with Cumulus personality Ty Bentli (left) and Cumulus personality Chuck Wicks.

Ashley McBryde hung out with WPGB Pittsburgh PD J.D. Greene when she played Jergel’s on Dec. 12. From left: Warner Music Nashville national director/WAR radio and streaming James Marsh, Greene, McBryde and WMN Northeast/Midwest manager/WAR radio and streaming Anna Cage.

Jordan Davis participated in the WIL St. Louis Jinglefest. From left: WIL PD Scott Roddy, Davis, WIL music director Danny Montana and MCA Nashville director of Midwest promotion Donna Passuntino.

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Dan + Shay, the duo of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, continue their domination of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and the airplay-, streaming- and sales-fueled Hot Country Songs survey (dated Jan. 12) with “Speechless” (Warner Bros./WAR).

The love song inspired by the duo’s wives, which Smyers and Mooney co-wrote with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz, leads Country Airplay for a fourth week. It increases by 15 percent to 39.4 million audience impressions in the week ending Jan. 6, according to Nielsen Music. (All but two songs gain on the chart, reflecting the first full tracking week after holiday music returned to hibernation.)

“It’s very fitting to start the new year with ‘Speechless’ still at No. 1,” says Warner Music Nashville senior vp promotion and streaming Kristen Williams. “The guys have worked immensely hard to get to this point, and the entire team has been tireless in its efforts to execute their vision. Plus, thanks to country radio for its unending support. It’s going to be an exciting year.”

“Speechless” hit No. 1 for the first time on the Dec. 22, 2018-dated Country Airplay list. The track becomes the first four-week leader since Luke Combs’ “She Got the Best of Me,” which led for four frames beginning on the chart dated Oct. 27, 2018.

As far as duos go, Dan + Shay is the first to stretch a stay atop Country Airplay to four weeks since 2014, when Florida Georgia Line’s “Stay” ruled for four frames that January. The pair with the longest-running No. 1 on Country Airplay is Brooks & Dunn, whose 2001 hit “Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You” held at the apex for six weeks.

Among all acts, the longest reign atop Country Airplay, which launched on Jan. 20, 1990, is eight weeks. Two songs share the honor: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” (2003) and Lonestar’s “Amazed” (1999).

“Speechless” also controls Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart for a seventh week. Along with its airplay gain, the song increases by 19 percent to 10.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending Jan. 3 as it returns to its No. 2

peak on Country Streaming Songs (8-2) and spends a ninth week atop Country Digital Song Sales (17,000 sold, down 26 percent).

As Dan + Shay have now topped both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay for four weeks running, the act is the first to simultaneously spend that much time atop those tallies since Thomas Rhett, who led the lists for a record six consecutive weeks in January and February 2016 with “Die a Happy Man.”

Plus, as “Speechless” paces Hot Country Songs, the pair’s “Tequila” logs a 17th week at its No. 2 peak, setting the mark for the longest run in the runner-up spot. It passes Brett Young’s “In Case You Didn’t Know,” which peaked at

No. 2 for 16 weeks in 2017.Dan + Shay’s concurrently holding the No. 1 and

No. 2 spots on Hot Country Songs for a fourth week is the most among duos and now the second-best sum overall, passing Buck Owens’ three-week double-up in 1964. The pair trails only Luke Bryan, who controlled the top two on the chart at the same time for nine weeks in 2014. The only other acts to claim the top two Hot Country Songs spots in the same frames are Florida Georgia Line (two weeks, 2018), Taylor Swift (one, 2012) and Willie Nelson (two, 1982).

COMBS STILL ‘BEST’ Luke Combs’ “She Got the Best of Me” (River House/Columbia Nashville) has now ranked in the Country Airplay top five for 15 weeks as it dips 4-5 with 34 million audience impressions, up 17 percent.

As mentioned above, “Best” led the list for four weeks starting Oct. 27, 2018; it has resided in the survey’s top five since it jumped 9-5 on Oct. 6. “Best” now stands alone in second place for the longest run in the top five and is a week from tying the record, held by Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road”: 16 weeks, in 2017.

“Best” breaks out of a tie with five other tracks that each spent 14 frames in the Country Airplay top five: Kane Brown’s “Heaven” (2018), Rascal Flatts’ “My Wish” (2006-07), Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” (2004), Faith Hill’s “Breathe” (1999-2000) and Lonestar’s “Amazed” (1999).

Dan + Shay’s ‘Speechless’ Stretches Reign Atop Country Airplay And

Hot Country Songs Charts

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 150 STATIONSAkron, OH WQMXAlbany, N.Y. WGNAAlbuquerque, N.M. KBQI KRSTAllentown, Pa. WCTOAtlanta WKHX WUBLAugusta, Ga. WKXCAustin, Texas KASEBakersfield, Calif. KUZZBaltimore WPOCBaton Rouge, La. WYNKBirmingham, Ala. WDXB WZZKBoise, Idaho KAWO KIZNBoston WBWL WKLBBuffalo, N.Y. WYRKCharleston, S.C. WEZL WCKNCharlotte, N.C. WKKT WSOCChattanooga, Tenn. WUSYChicago WEBG WUSNCincinnati WUBECleveland WGARColorado Springs, Colo. KATC KCCYColumbia, S.C. WCOSColumbus, Ohio WCOLCorpus Christi, Texas KRYSDallas KPLX KSCSDayton, Ohio WHKODenver KYGODes Moines, Iowa KHKI

Detroit WDRQ WYCDEl Paso, Texas KHEYFt. Myers, Fla. WCKT WWGRFt. Wayne, Ind. WQHKFresno, Calif. KSKSGainesville, Fla. WOGKGrand Rapids, Mich. WBCTGreensboro, N.C. WTQRGreenville, S.C. WSSLHarrisburg, Pa. WRBTHartford, Conn. WWYZHouston KILT KKBQHuntsville, Ala. WDRMIndianapolis WFMS WLHKJacksonville, Fla. WGNE WQIKJohnson City, Tenn. WXBQKansas City KBEQ WDAF KFKFKnoxville, Tenn. WCYQ WIVKLafayette, La. KMDLLakeland, Fla. WPCVLas Vegas KCYE KWNRLexington, Ky. WBULLittle Rock, Ark. KSSNLos Angeles KKGOLouisville, Ky. WAMZ WQNUMadison, Wis. WWQM WMADMcAllen, Texas KTEX

Memphis WGKX WLFPMiami WKISMilwaukee, WI. WKTI WMILMinneapolis KEEY KMNBMobile, Ala. WKSJMonmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMKMonterey, Calif.. KTOMNashville WKDF WSIXNassau, N.Y. WJVCNew Bern, N.C. WRNSNew Orleans WNOENew York WNSHNorfolk, Va. WGH WUSHOklahoma City, Okla. KJKE KTSTOmaha, Neb. KXKTOrlando, Fla. WWKAOxnard-Ventura, CA KHAYPhiladelphia WXTUPhoenix KMLE KNIXPittsburgh WDSY WOGI WPGBPortland, Maine WPOR WTHTPortland, Ore. KUPL KWJJProvidence, R.I. WCTKRaleigh, NC WQDRReno, Nevada KBUL KOLC

Richmond, Va. WKHKRiverside, Calif. KFRGRoanoke, Va. WSLCRochester, N.Y. WBEESacramento, Calif. KBEB KNCI KNTYSt. Louis KSD WILSalt Lake City KSOP KUBLSan Antonio, Texas KAJA KCYYSan Diego KSONSan Jose, Calif. KRTYSarasota, Fla. WCTQSeattle KKWF KMPSSpokane, Wash. KXLYSpringfield, Mass. WRNXStockton, Calif. KATMSyracuse, N.Y. WBBSTampa, Fla. WFUS WQYKTucson, Ariz. KIIMTulsa, Okla. KTGX KVOO KWENVisalia, Calif. KJUGWashington, D.C. WMZQWest Palm Beach, Fla. WIRKWichita, Kan. KFDI KZSNWilkes Barre, Pa. WGGYWilmington, Del. WXCYYork, Pa. WGTY

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l1 1 22 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR HH No. 1 (4 weeks) HH Dan + Shay 39.416 +5.197 7442 916 1

l2 5 36 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow HH Most Increased Audience HH Dustin Lynch 36.543 +7.929 7150 1497 2

l3 2 20 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett 35.201 +5.731 6679 1181 3

l4 3 47 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 34.156 +4.702 5761 750 9

l5 4 27 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 34.000 +4.923 5938 835 8

l6 7 17 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 33.217 +6.393 6191 1171 6

l7 8 27 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Featuring Brothers Osborne 32.553 +5.728 6425 1051 4

l8 6 31 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 30.864 +4.331 5640 754 10

l9 9 54 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 30.462 +5.598 6229 1027 5

l10 10 32 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 30.224 +6.046 6136 1268 7

l11 11 12 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 25.370 +4.823 4888 949 11

l12 12 38 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton 23.854 +4.444 4792 1014 12

l13 13 33 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 23.050 +4.112 4584 815 14

l14 14 39 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland 21.440 +4.563 4592 879 13

l15 15 26 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green 17.806 +3.838 3973 834 15

l16 16 22 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud Jake Owen 16.378 +3.652 3792 764 16

l17 17 17 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 15.564 +3.366 3310 708 17

l18 18 13 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 15.029 +3.654 3184 674 19

l19 20 9 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville HH Most Added HH Luke Combs 14.490 +3.640 2704 773 23

l20 19 25 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 14.267 +3.263 3229 693 18

l21 23 20 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 12.142 +2.889 2807 624 21

l22 22 24 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 12.120 +3.390 2957 679 20

l23 21 14 NEON CHURCH McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 11.605 +2.237 2781 573 22

l24 24 16 HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young 10.747 +2.274 2528 578 24

l25 25 22 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 9.908 +2.353 2164 527 26

l26 27 11 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 7.802 +2.032 1968 538 27

l27 26 40 THE DIFFERENCE Valory Tyler Rich 7.750 +1.684 2321 489 25

l28 28 27 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 6.721 +1.591 1796 422 29

l29 29 21 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 6.596 +1.637 1698 360 30

l30 30 30 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 6.203 +1.600 1837 383 28

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Co-authored by Brown , the love song marks his sixth appearance on Country Airplay and follows his first three No. 1s: “What

Ifs” (featuring Lauren Alaina), “Heaven” and “Lose It.” The new single bows at No. 55 with

1.4 million audience impressions.

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l31 31 18 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 5.090 +1.099 1201 232 34

l32 33 39 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 4.937 +1.412 1571 318 31

l33 32 10 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG HH Breaker HH Florida Georgia Line 4.717 +1.101 1127 231 35

l34 35 19 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 4.453 +1.165 1347 307 32

l35 34 18 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse LOCASH 3.879 +0.386 1286 177 33

l36 36 25 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Featuring Hillary Lindsey 3.530 +0.699 1075 202 36

l37 38 15 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 3.123 +0.793 1039 167 38

l38 37 29 FRIENDS DON’T Mercury Maddie & Tae 3.114 +0.662 1024 215 39

l39 39 12 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 2.904 +0.637 1072 238 37

l40 40 4 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 2.448 +0.677 470 140 53

l41 43 4 DON’T LET THE OLD MAN IN Show Dog Nashville Toby Keith 2.403 +0.724 499 130 49

l42 48 6 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 2.389 +0.889 583 128 44

l43 41 12 DAY DRUNK Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 2.158 +0.402 663 100 42

l44 44 7 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine HH Breaker HH Carly Pearce 2.117 +0.516 735 162 41

l45 47 23 YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 2.110 +0.602 817 193 40

l46 49 16 BRING IT ON OVER Mercury Billy Currington 1.971 +0.477 612 89 43

l47 42 5 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 1.949 +0.265 520 89 47

l48 46 10 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 1.923 +0.386 546 103 46

l49 45 9 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 1.832 +0.250 497 51 50

l50 53 6 BUCKED OFF Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 1.740 +0.707 576 134 45

l51 50 6 STRONGER THAN ME Pearl Garth Brooks 1.652 +0.270 510 93 48

l52 51 19 HOW DOES IT SOUND Dylan Schneider/Placer Dylan Schneider 1.568 +0.227 494 61 51

l53 54 8 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 1.396 +0.383 434 50 55

l54 NEW SOME OF IT EMI Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Eric Church 1.391 +0.891 210 124 -

l55 NEW GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 1.368 +0.708 272 154 60

l56 59 7 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 1.341 +0.485 427 85 56

l57 56 19 I WON’T BE SORRY Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy 1.304 +0.360 486 93 52

l58 57 11 90’S COUNTRY Monument/Arista Nashville Walker Hayes 1.238 +0.307 353 47 58

59 52 4 GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK RCA Nashville Pistol Annies 0.977 -0.083 459 -2 54

60 55 4 GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 0.863 -0.120 237 27 -

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BRANTLEY GILBERT & LINDSAY ELL What Happens In A Small Town Valory

DYLAN SCOTT Nothing To Do Town Curb

ERIC CHURCH Some Of It EMI Nashville

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MATT STELL Prayed For You Wide Open/GCE/RECORDS

RYAN DANIEL Bring On The Night Spin Doctors/Ryan Daniel

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CHRIS YOUNG Raised On Country RCA Nashville

HALEY & MICHAELS Taking Off Hickory

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MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSBEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 47MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 33CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 23FRIENDS DON’T Mercury Maddie & Tae 22LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 20BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 17GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 17GOOD AS YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 13MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 12ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 12

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINGOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +1497THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1268SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett +1181GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +1171BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Brothers Osborne +1051LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore +1027MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton +1014WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +949SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +916BURN OUT Big Machine Midland +879

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GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +7.929GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +6.393THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +6.046SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett +5.731BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Brothers Osborne +5.728LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore +5.598SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +5.197SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +4.923WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +4.823BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen +4.702

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCOREGross Artist AttendanceTicket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s)

$5,475,575 GEORGE STRAIT 36,333 MESSINA TOURING GROUP / AEG PRESENTS$225, $50 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Dec. 7-8 36,999

$165,917.00 JOHN PRINE 2,035NS2$102.50, $62.50 Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland, Kansas City, Mo.,Nov. 16 2,035

$77,979.00 DWIGHT YOAKAM 873NS2$110, $79.50 Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, S.C., Nov. 15 873

$71,071.00 SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO 1,137AEG $71,071.00 Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 19 1,137

$68,807.00 DWIGHT YOAKAM 744NS2$110, $79.50 Miller Theater, Augusta, Ga., Nov. 18 1,219

Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email (bob.allen@billboard.com).

TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9, 2018

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 817-283-7984. Copyright 2019, Texas Regional Radio Report

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1 1 16 MIRROR, MIRROR (Independent) HH 2 weeks at 1 HH Randall King 1744 -100

l2 2 17 ON MY WAY TO YOU (CoJo Music) Cody Johnson 1720 1

3 3 20 FRIDAY’S COMING (Independent) Pat Green 1613 -19

l4 4 26 LIFE IS (Miles Power) Cameran Nelson 1599 49

l5 6 22 MY SOUTH (Independent) Natalie Rose 1583 57

l6 7 12 RIO (Independent) Kyle Park 1540 28

l7 8 11 SHE REMAINS (Independent) Jamie Richards 1536 36

l8 9 15 HONEYWINE (Independent) Flatland Cavalry 1505 30

l9 14 6 AIN’T IT BABY (Independent) Josh Ward 1385 176

l10 10 24 I GOT ME (Independent) Sarah Hobbs 1364 46

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l11 11 14 BETTER PLACE (Independent) Drew Fish Band 1359 97

12 13 21 MISUNDERSTOOD (Vision Ent) Parker McCollum 1197 -34

13 5 17 IF YOU WERE A COWBOY (Independent) Bri Bagwell 1196 -337

14 15 22 SMOOTH TALKIN’ LADY (Smith) Jason Allen 1150 -22

l15 19 10 HANG YOUR HAT ON THAT (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1147 173

l16 16 18 TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD (Independent) Frank Ray 1137 57

17 12 19 DAMN GOOD GOODBYE (Independent) Mike Ryan 1073 -184

18 18 22 YOU’RE IN IT (Independent) Granger Smith 1049 -24

l19 24 8 SUNDOWN (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd w/ Wade Bowen 959 158

l20 25 7 RUN AWAY WITH YOU (Independent) Robert Ray 955 158

RECURRENTSTHIS

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(IN MILLIONS)1 BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 20.687

2 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 18.728

3 ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 18.454

4 DRUNK ME Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 17.149

5 GET ALONG Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney 17.075

6 HANGIN’ ON RCA Nashville Chris Young 17.009

7 HOTEL KEY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 16.414

8 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 16.329

9 YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 13.583

10 DROWNS THE WHISKEY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean Featuring Miranda Lambert 13.191

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STATIONS ADDSWHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 0.730 29 1

RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 0.658 3 3

ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Buena Vista/Capitol Nashville Adam Hambrick 0.634 35 9

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RADIO & RECORDSJackie Stevens started Jan. 7 as EMI Nashville director of Midwest regional promotion. She spent the previous 12 years as executive producer for Westwood One’s The Big Time With Whitney Allen, which Stevens co-hosted. She replaces Chris Fabiani, who remains on staff in an unrevealed role … BMLG Records added Andi Brooks on Jan. 7 as the Nashville-based director of Southwest promotion and marketing. She was a WWQM Madison, Wis., personality/promotions assistant. Reach her here … Brittani Koster assumed the Big Loud promotion coordinator position on Jan. 7, arriving from Rebel Engine, where she was promotions and label coordinator. She replaces Maggie Abrams, who is expected to announce her next role soon. Reach Koster here … Big Loud also promoted Tori Johnson to director of creative and digital from digital manager, Morgan Sweat to senior manager of creative media from multimedia designer and Nick Swift to creative media producer from photographer/videographer … Sony Music Nashville promoted both former manager Margaret Tomlin and former assistant John Johnson to A&R director. Reach Tomlin here and Johnson here … Universal Music Group Nashville elevated four executives just before Christmas. Stephanie Wright rose to senior vp A&R from vp, Brad Clark was promoted to vp commercial development from director of sales and analysis, Rob Femia ascended to senior vp business and legal affairs from vp, and Dawn Gates was lifted to senior vp d i g i t a l b u s i n e s s a n d c r e a t i v e d e v e l o p m e n t f r o m v p d i g i t a l marketing … Townsquare Media co-founder/co-CEO Dhruv Prasad announced his departure, effective Jan. 31. Bill Wilson is now the lone CEO … WKLB Boston welcomed former American Idol finalist Ayla Brown as a morning co-host. The one-time Boston College basketball player had been working as a singer-songwriter in Nashville ... Cumulus/Indianapolis hired Jenna Tucker as digital director for the cluster and midday talent for country WFMS. She previously held the same shift for KNCI Sacramento, Calif. … Two executive-level employees joined iHeartMedia. Eric Hadley came aboard as senior vp marketing following a run as chief marketing officer for location marketing firm GroundTruth, and Hetal Patel is the new executive vp SmartAudio intelligence insights, leaving her post as Vox Media head of sales research and insights … Beasley Media Group promoted Lori Burgess to chief digital content officer from integrated marketing strategy consultant … Neuhoff Media/Decatur, Ill., promoted Kathy Byerly to GM from associate GM/director of sales. The five-station cluster includes country WDZQ. Reach her here … Robby Bridges joined Townsquare Media/Portsmouth, N.H., as operations manager. The station group includes country WOKQ. He segues from Cumulus/Detroit director of FM programming … Cumulus/Toledo, Ohio, transferred Cliff Smithers and Lyn Casye into the WKKO morning show from a similar shift on classic hits WRQN … WBBL Grand Rapids, Mich., dropped its sports/talk format and is simulcasting the WTNR country signal … Stoney Richards rejoined WDSY Pittsburgh in mornings after a four-year absence to pursue other interests, The Pittsburgh Times reported.

’ROUND THE ROWThe Academy of Country Music appointed Lyndsay Cruz executive director of its ACM Lifting Lives foundation. She brings an extensive history with charitable campaigns, most recently as a consultant for talent outreach and engagement for the Malala Fund. Reach her here … Warner/Chappell Nashville promoted Alison Junker to A&R manager from coordinator… Amber Williams left her position as Country Music Association vp communications and talent relations. Reach her here … Mitchell Tenpenny’s manager, Kristen Ashley, formed 11/10 Management and partnered with 377 Management/Red Light. Her first employee is J.T. Pratt, Tenpenny’s day-to-day manager. Pratt was previously an L3 Entertainment coordinator. Reach Ashley here and Pratt here … Maria Ivey founded IVPR with Sam Bush, Radney Foster and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band among her inaugural clients. She spent the previous five years as head of The Press House in Nashville … Songwriter-producer busbee (Maren Morris, Carly Pearce) formed A&R firm Altadena in a joint venture with Warner Bros. Daniel Lee serves as GM/vp creative after working as BMG Music Nashville vp creative. Nashville creative director Noreen Prunier is a former BMG creative assistant. Los Angeles creative director Kelly Benini previously founded Pivot Artist Management … Old Dominion lead singer Matthew Ramsey signed a publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Nashville … Songwriter Jared Mullins joined the roster at Tree Vibez Music after landing cuts with Jake Owen and Cassadee Pope… Songwriter Jimmy Work died Dec. 22 in Tennessee. His best-known titles include Red Foley’s “Tennessee Border” and “Making Believe,” the latter a hit for both Kitty Wells and Emmylou Harris … Comedian-ventriloquist Steve Hall died Dec. 28, WSMV-TV Nashville reported. Hall came to prominence through regular appearances on TNN’s Nashville Now with his puppet, Shotgun Red … Bassist Joe Osborn died Dec. 4 of pancreatic cancer. A longtime studio musician in Los Angeles, he contributed to hits by Simon & Garfunkel, The Carpenters and Glen Campbell before relocating to Nashville, where he played on country singles by Ricky Skaggs, The Oak Ridge Boys and Hank Williams Jr. ... Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Jerry Chesnut died Dec. 15. His legacy includes George Jones’ “A Good Year for the Roses,” Faron Young’s “It’s Four in the Morning” and Elvis Presley’s “T-R-O-U-B-L-E” … Songwriter-musician Floyd Parton died Dec. 6. He authored “Rockin’ Years,” recorded by sister Dolly Parton with Ricky Van Shelton … Former Nashville musician Victor Mecyssne died Dec. 17 in British Columbia. A Nashville celebration of life is set for Jan. 13 at Cloister Clubhouse … Steve Ripley died Jan. 3 in Pawnee, Okla. He was the leader of The Tractors, who came to prominence in 1994 behind “Baby Likes to Rock It.” The band earned a platinum album from the RIAA before it ever toured, a rare distinction in country.

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Reviver act Tenille Arts visited WXCY Wilmington, Del., as she promoted her current single, “I Hate This.” She’s pictured with Reviver Northeast regional Will Robinson (left) and WXCY music director Jeff Hunt.

Kip Moore (left) chatted with Grammy Museum executive director Scott Goldman in an interview/performance at the Los Angeles venue on Dec. 14.

John Prine huddled with Opry Entertainment senior vp programming & artist relations Sally Williams when he played a sold-out New Year’s Eve show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

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MUSIC NOTESHow many mass concerts can one town take? With the calendar barely flipped to 2019, Nashville has a barrage of multi-artist live shows on the docket. A benefit for a foundation named after the late Troy Gentry will round up at least 16 artists on Jan. 9, including Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Rascal Flatts and Dierks Bentley. A Jan. 12 Willie Nelson tribute pulls together Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and Eric Church among more than two dozen acts. Bobby Bones’ Million Dollar Show on Jan. 14 lines up nine guests, including Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, Cole Swindell and Lady Antebellum. An April 30 celebration of contemporary Christian artist Michael W. Smith will draw three dozen performers, including country friends Lee Greenwood, Ricky Skaggs, Wynonna Judd and The Oak Ridge Boys.

Space may not be the final frontier. William Shatner will make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Feb. 15. He’ll share the iconic stage with Alabama guitarist Jeff Cook, who released an album with Shatner, Why Not Me, in 2018. The rest of the night’s lineup is TBD, but it could include Mark Wills, who will become the newest Opry member on Jan. 11. The invitation to join was quite the Christmas gift, extended by Vince Gill on Dec. 21.

Chris Young’s new single — “Raised On Country,” released to country radio via PlayMPE on Jan. 4 — extends a backward-glancing trend among mainstream country vocalists as it references such artists as Merle Haggard, Joe Diffie, George Strait and Hank Williams Jr. Already in circulation is Walker Hayes’ “90’s Country” (No. 58, Country Airplay), which lists 22 titles associated with the likes of Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson. Additionally, Lauren Alaina’s “Ladies in the ’90s” (No. 48, Country Airplay) balances references to country’s Reba McEntire, Shania Twain and Deana Carter with nods to pop females Britney Spears, TLC and Christina Aguilera.

Trisha Yearwood snuck a Frank Sinatra tribute album, Let’s Be Frank, exclusively into Williams Sonoma stores on Dec. 20, but the package goes wide Feb. 15. The celebration is one of seven titles in the most recent wave of announced projects that includes Flatland Cavalry’s cleverly named Homeland Insecurity, due Jan. 18; Denver-based Jeff Cramer’s Northern 45, Jan. 25; Amy McCarley’s Americana release MECO, with guest appearances by Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Feb. 8; Robert Ellis’ Texas Piano Man, Feb. 14; and Florida Georgia Line’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country, Feb. 15.

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Brantley Gilbert (right) and Lindsay Ell went on-air on SiriusXM’s Highway channel as they promoted their duet, “What Happens in a Small Town.” They’re pictured with SiriusXM host Storme Warren.

ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Jan. 8 • 2014 — Taylor Swift wins favorite

country artist during the 40th annual People’s Choice Awards, telecast by CBS from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Tim McGraw is named favorite country music icon.

Jan. 9 • 2018 — Dan + Shay write “Speechless”

with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz at Reynolds’ home in Nashville.

Jan. 10 • 2017 — BMLG releases “God, Your Mama, and Me,” by Florida

Georgia Line featuring Backstreet Boys, to radio. • 1949 — Hank Williams begins hosting a morning show, sponsored

by Johnnie Fair Syrup, on Shreveport, La., radio station KWKH, where he bills himself as “the ol’ syrup sopper.” The job lasts about four months, before he moves to Nashville.

Jan. 11 • 1994 — Alan Jackson records “Su mmer t ime Blues” and

“Gone Country.” • 1964 — Ring of Fire (The Best of Johnny Cash) occupies the No. 1

position as Billboard launches its Top Country Albums chart.

Jan. 12 • 1976 — RCA releases Wanted: The Outlaws. The album features

Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser.

Jan. 13 • 2004 — Brad Paisley performs at the inaugural dance for Mississippi

Gov. Haley Barbour at the fairgrounds in Jackson. • 1979 — Charlie Daniels plays “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”

live for the first time while hosting Volunteer Jam V at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium.

Jan. 14 • 2009 — Billy Currington receives a gold single from the RIAA for

“Good Directions,” written by fellow artist Luke Bryan. • 1999 — Garth Brooks appears on PBS’ Sesame Street.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

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3 3 4 58 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) WARNER BROS./BMLG RC 1

l4 4 3 29 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.SNYDER,C.WILSON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 5 2

5 5 5 31 LOSE IT Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,C.MCGILL,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 8 1

l6 6 7 34 BEST SHOT Jimmie Allen A.BOWERS (J.ALLEN,J.LONDON,J.P.WILLIAMS) STONEY CREEK 4 5

l7 7 6 23 DRUNK ME Mitchell Tenpenny J.M.SCHMIDT,M.TENPENNY (M.TENPENNY,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.T.WILSON) RISER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE RC 6

l8 8 9 21 SIXTEEN Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,S.M.DOUGLAS,JOE LONDON) VALORY 3 8

l9 9 8 28 BURNING MAN Dierks Bentley Featuring Brothers Osborne R. COPPERMAN,J.R.STEWART (L.DICK,B.PINSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 7 8

l10 12 11 27 GOOD GIRL HH Airplay Gainer HH Dustin Lynch Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,J.EBACH,A.ALBERT) BROKEN BOW

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l11 10 13 35 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 19 6

l12 11 10 17 GIRL LIKE YOU Jason Aldean M.KNOX (M.TYLER,J.BOYER,J.MIRENDA) MACON/BROKEN BOW 6 10

l13 13 12 30 LAST SHOT Kip Moore K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,D.L.MURPHY) MCA NASHVILLE 9 12

l14 14 14 24 THIS IS IT Scotty McCreery F.ROGERS,D.WELLS,A.ESHUIS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,A.ESHUIS) TRIPLE TIGERS 10 13

l15 15 15 50 MILLIONAIRE Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (K.WELCH) MERCURY 12 15

l16 16 16 26 TAKE IT FROM ME Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.DAVIS,J.GANTT) MCA NASHVILLE 13 16

l17 17 17 15 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 11 17

l18 18 18 21 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Jake Owen J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) BIG LOUD 16 18

l19 19 26 18 LOVE WINS Carrie Underwood D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 17 19

l20 21 20 16 HERE TONIGHT Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,B.CAVER,J.EBACH,C.KELLEY) BMLG 24 18

l21 20 19 29 BURN OUT Midland D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE 14 19

l22 22 21 13 MAKE IT SWEET Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.TURSI,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE 18 21

l23 26 27 10 MISS ME MORE HH Digital Gainer HH Kelsea Ballerini F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,D.H.HODGES,B.MCLAUGHLIN) BLACK RIVER

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l24 25 22 19 THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green D.HUFF (R.GREEN,ERIK DYLAN) BMLG 15 22

l25 23 25 21 ON MY WAY TO YOU Cody Johnson T.W.WILLMON (BRETT JAMES,T.LANE) COJO/WMN 25 23

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The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.

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l26 24 23 20 NIGHT SHIFT Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (T.BROWN,P.LARUE,B.MONTANA) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 22 23

l27 29 28 15 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Michael Ray S.HENDRICKS (J.FRASURE,T. ROSEN,M.RAMSEY,J.OSBORNE) ATLANTIC/WEA 20 27

l28 27 29 17 RUMOR Lee Brice L.BRICE,J.STONE,K.JACOBS,D.FRIZSELL (L.BRICE,K.JACOBS,A.GORLEY) CURB 31 27

l29 30 35 17 TALK YOU OUT OF IT Florida Georgia Line J.MOI (M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.ROGERS,A.VANDERHEYM) BMLG 33 19

l30 33 34 13 NEVER COMIN DOWN Keith Urban J.KERR,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,J.KEAR,J.ABRAHART,SHY CARTER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 21 30

l31 28 32 12 WHISKEY GLASSES Morgan Wallen J.MOI (B.BURGESS,K.KADISH) BIG LOUD 34 28

l32 31 33 13 NEON CHURCH Tim McGraw B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (B.GOLDSMITH,R.E.LIPSEY,B.M.STENNIS) MCGRAW/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 23 24

l33 34 36 20 EYES ON YOU Chase Rice C. DESTEFANO (C.RICE,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 29 33

l34 36 38 25 THE DIFFERENCE Tyler Rich J.RAYMOND,L.RIMES (R.AKINS,B.BURGESS,D.DAWSON,J.DURRETT) VALORY 27 34

l35 35 40 13 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Chris Lane J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.RODGERS) BIG LOUD - 35

l36 38 43 10 LOVE SOMEONE Brett Eldredge R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,H.MORGAN) ATLANTIC/WMN 28 36

l37 41 — 2 PRAYED FOR YOU Matt Stell A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,A.BOWERS,A.VELTZ) WIDE OPEN/RECORDS/GOOD COMPANY - 37

l38 39 41 15 LOVE AIN’T Eli Young Band D.HUFF (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY) VALORY 30 38

l39 37 42 24 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers R.ATKINS,T.HEWITT,B.BOLLINGER (C.HARRINGTON,J.M.SCHMIDT,M.WALKER) CURB 32 37

l40 43 — 4 STRONGER THAN ME Garth Brooks G.BROOKS (R.W.TERRY,M.A.ROSSI) PEARL - 40

41 32 30 20 TURNIN’ ME ON Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (B.SHELTON,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.OSBORNE) WARNER BROS./WMN RC 14

l42 42 44 11 GOOD AS YOU Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,S.CARTER,T.PHILLIPS,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE - 17

l43 47 — 2 RULES OF BREAKING UP Brandon Ratcliff S.MCANALLY,P.GOOD (B.RATCLIFF,A.J.BABCOCK,BUSBEE,P.GOOD) MONUMENT/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE - 43

l44 45 31 3 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,R.AKINS,B.BERRYHILL,J.DUNNE) VALORY 40 31

45 44 46 17 HOMESICK Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE - 24

46 40 — 2 PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT Florida Georgia Line J.MOI,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (M.HARDY,M.HOLMAN,H.LINDSEY) BMLG - 40

l47 RE-ENTRY 4 BRING IT ON OVER Billy Currington D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP,J.FRASURE) MERCURY 46 44

48 46 45 7 YOU’RE IN IT Granger Smith G.SMITH,F.ROGERS,D.WELLS (F.ROGERS,J.ADAMS,M.NESLER) WHEELHOUSE RC 41

l49 RE-ENTRY 2 FRIENDS DON’T Maddie & Tae J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.M.NITE,J.EBACH) MERCURY 38 49

l50 48 49 7 BACK TO LIFE Rascal Flatts J.DEE,G.LEVOX,J.D.ROONEY (C.R.BARLOWE,N.MOON,S.MOONEY,F.WILHELM) BIG MACHINE 37 31

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COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

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Last Week 504,000 105,000 874,000

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This Week Last Year 301,000 83,000 1,032,000

Change -20.3% -3.6% -21.6%

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Albums 301,000 240,000 -20.3%

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The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES

Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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4 9 8 192 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY 019405*/UMGN 3 1

l5 11 16 69 THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGESVALORY TR0300A/BMLG 1 1

6 10 11 109 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1

7 12 14 38 JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWNMACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG 0 1

8 14 5 3 MITCHELL TENPENNY TELLING ALL MY SECRETSRISER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 587662*/SMN 5

9 7 12 16 CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTYCAPITOL NASHVILLE 028557*/UMGN 0 1

l10 19 20 99 BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNGBMLG BY0100A* 1 2

11 16 19 35 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOURMCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 1

12 18 10 4 BRETT YOUNG TICKET TO L.A.BMLG BMBY200A* 1

13 15 17 13 ERIC CHURCH DESPERATE MANEMI NASHVILLE 028733*/UMGN 1

l14 25 25 157 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONESMCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN 7 1

l15 30 27 133 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISECAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 1

l16 40 35 161 TAYLOR SWIFT REDBIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG 7 1

17 17 15 87 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1MERCURY 026379*/UMGN 1 1

l18 32 36 180 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3

l19 43 — 10 JIMMIE ALLEN MERCURY LANESTONEY CREEK/BMG 538411072/BBMG 11

l20 39 42 123 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE DIG YOUR ROOTSBMLG 0300* 1 1

21 27 29 167 BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITSWARNER BROS. 551788/WMN 2

22 23 24 56 LUKE BRYAN WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRYCAPITOL NASHVILLE 027589*/UMGN 1

l23 RE-ENTRY 145 ELVIS PRESLEY ELV1S: 30 #1 HITSRCA 68079*/LEGACY 6 1

l24 RE-ENTRY 14 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (EP)BMLG DIGITAL EX 10

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l23 RE-ENTRY MARRY ME THOMAS RHETT

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l25 RE-ENTRY SMALL TOWN BOY DUSTIN LYNCH

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Russell Dickerson’s sophomore single, “Blue Tacoma,” focused on a very specific territory, as the song followed a couple on a drive up the California coast.

Its successor, “Every Little Thing,” goes all over the map. Lyrically, it details a woman with competing consumption interests: She’s a fan of coffee’s amperage and of red wine’s chill effect. Musically, it relies on an almost whimsical whistle at the outset, but blows into a big, fat sonic blast in the chorus. And stylistically, it incorporates a country-fed banjo jangle alongside a funk-inspired bass and alt-rock guitar solo. In reality, it’s a simple song — not a whole lot of lyrics and big effects from a small number of instruments — but it deftly celebrates the complexities that emerge in any human relationship.

“ This song is 100 percent me,” says Dickerson. “It’s my sound, my energy, my vibe, bragging on my wife lyrically, upbeat, uptempo, a little synth in there, poppy-ness on top of the super-country banjo and country-leaning lyrics. That’s down the middle for me because I love country music, I love pop music, I love rap music — I love it all, and it’s all kind of formed together in this song.”

While it’s 100 percent Dickerson, adding to the song’s complexity is that it’s also 100 percent a reflection of the songwriting triumvirate at the heart of his early success. Parker Welling and Dickerson’s producer, Casey Brown, co-wrote each of Dickerson’s f irst three singles with him — and, oddly enough, in the order of their release. “Yours” was fashioned at Brown’s home in January 2014, while “Blue Tacoma” and “Every Little Thing” came in the months afterward, the latter one emerging at Brown’s office in the suburban-corporate atmosphere of Provident Music Group in Franklin, Tenn.

“He had a little room that had a bunch of windows in it,” notes Welling. “It was a small room, maybe like 10 foot by 10 foot, and he had a piano and his desk in there, so it was pretty small. But we wrote a lot of songs off of Russ’s first record in that room.”

They had a snap-and-clap percussion loop running to establish some sort of tempo when they penned the third single, and Dickerson casually whistled a bouncy lick that caught Brown’s attention. He asked Dickerson to repeat it, and the snippet morphed into “Every Little Thing.” He doubled the hook with a banjo and a slide for texture.

“I played the exact same thing over those whistles, and that became the intro hook,” says Dickerson. “It’s the same as the verse melody, so that’s a huge motif in that song.”

While Dickerson and Brown cobbled those layers together, Welling toyed with words that might work with that foundational melody. “My baby, she’s Alabama/A ‘Dixieland Delight’ ” used a reference to a Country Music Hall of Fame band and one of its signature songs, connecting it with the “easy like Sunday morning” hook from a Commodores song to set up some of the woman’s built-in contradictions.

“We get crazy on a Saturday night,” says Dickerson, referencing another lyric, “but ‘easy like Sunday morning’ is such a perfect inverse to that description of her.”

The three songwriters and their spouses were all friends during their tenure at Nashville’s Belmont University, and pieces of the lyric pointed to quirks in each of their relationships: A “Seattle and Sonoma” couplet played up the

hot coffee/red wine dichotomy in Kailey Dickerson’s tastes, while Natalie Brown’s verbal gaffes led to another image.

“There’s a line in the first verse — ‘When she forgets the punchline, it still gets me every time’ — which is inspired by Casey’s wife, who always says common phrases wrong,” observes Welling. “If it’s like a popular idiom or phrase that people would say, she always gets it wrong, and it’s always hilarious.”

It didn’t have a title when they started, but Dickerson used a semi-stuttered effect to lead them to its branded hook.

“I was singing, ‘Every little, every little,’ and that’s all I had,” he remembers. “I was just kind of mumbling the rest, and we kind of collectively were like, ‘I love every little thing about her love.’ As soon as we discovered that, we just kind of dove into all these specific things.”

W h i l e t h e w h i s t l e / b a n j o / s l i d e combination created a lively sonic intro, the chorus got its own unique sound with one big supporting note — the bass, guitars and a synth all stacked together — that swells and recedes into and out of the beat to create a powerhouse effect.

Dickerson added a nimble, repetitive g u it a r solo t hat prov ides yet a not her earworm to a string of hooks, and they pulled together a dynamic demo that day with Dickerson singing lead, not even bothering to clean up the pop on the “P” sound in that “punchline” lyric.

“Every time we’re comping a vocal, me and Casey, I just listen for personality,” says Dickerson. “I don’t listen for perfection or even perfect notes or perfect pitch. I want anything that gives me a little smirk or gives me a little chill or any personality that comes through. I’ll take that over a perfect vocal any day.”

At least half the vocal from that demo remained when they cut the final version, estimates Dickerson, and that includes that “P” pop. He simplified the guitar solo a hair, paring a repetitive triplet pickup down to just one or two notes. And somewhere along the way, Welling’s publisher at the time — 3 Ring Circus founder-songwriter Jeffrey Steele (“Hell Yeah,” “Raise ’Em Up”) — convinced them to separate the Alabama/Commodore references and slide a new lyric into the first verse.

“Every Little Thing” always seemed like it had potential as a single, and after “Yours” and “Blue Tacoma” both ascended to No. 1 on Country Airplay, crowd reaction cemented those projections.

“When ‘Blue Tacoma’ was out this past year, I got to go out with Russ a bunch on the road to write for the next record,” says Welling. “Watching people respond to ‘Every Little Thing’ almost as strongly as they had been to ‘Yours’ and ‘Blue Tacoma’ made it really clear that was going to be the next single.”

Triple Tigers released it to country radio via PlayMPE on Nov. 14, 2018, and it’s currently No. 47 in its fifth charted week on the Country Airplay list dated Jan. 12.

In the end, the song’s simple appreciation for a complex woman and its ability to distill a battery of influences into a coherent core seems to make a direct connection. The pieces in “Every Little Thing” may come from all over the map, but they fit together in a unified way as Dickerson plays at the edges of country’s commercial box.

“I want to push the boundaries,” he says. “I’m not afraid to do that.”

Russell Dickerson Finds A Big, Wide Sound In New Single ‘Every Little Thing’

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com

DICKERSON

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEANAlexandria, La. KRRVAmarillo, Texas KGNCAsheville, N.C. WKSFAtlantic City, N.J. WPURBeaumont, Texas KYKRBeckley, W. Va. WJLSBiloxi, Miss. WZKXBloomington, Ill. WIBLBluefield, W. Va. WHKXBurlington, Vt. WOKOCape Girardeau, Mo. KEZSCharleston, W. Va WKWS WQBECollege Station, Texas KAGGColorado Springs. KCCYColumbia, Mo. KCLRColumbus, Ga. WKCN WSTH Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQDothan, Ala. WTVYDuluth, Minn. KKCBEau Claire, Wis. WAXXElizabeth City, N.C. WRSFErie, Pa. WTWFEugene, Ore. KKNUEvansville, Ind. WKDQ

Fargo, N.D. KBVB WSTH Fayetteville, N.C. WKMLFlagstaff, Ariz. KAFFFlint, Mich. WFBEFlorence, Ala. WXFLFlorence, S.C. WEGXFt. Collins, Colo. KUADFt. Smith, Ark. KTCSFrederick, Md. WFREFredericksburg, Va. WFLSGreen Bay, Wis. WNCYHagerstown, Md. WAYZHot Springs, Ark. KQUSHuntington, Ky. WDGGHuntington, W. Va. WTCRIdaho Falls, Idaho KTHKJackson, Miss. WMSI WUSJJanesville, Wis. WJVL Jonesboro, Ark. KDXYJoplin, Mo. KIXQKalamazoo, Mich. WNWNKalispell, Mont. KDBRKingmah, Ariz. KFLGLafayette, Ind. WKOALaredo, Texas KRRGLansing, Mich. WITL

Laurel, Miss. WBBNLebanon, N.H. WXXKLincoln, Neb KFGELongview, Texas KYKXLubbock, Texas KLLLLufkin, Texas KYKSMarshalltown, Iowa KXIAMason City, Iowa KIAIMedford, Ore. KRWQMeridian, Miss. WOKKMilwaukee, WI. WKTIMontgomery, Ala. WLWIMorgantown, W. Va. WKKWMuskegon, Mich. WMUSNew London, Conn. WCTYOdessa, Texas KHKXPalm Springs, Calif. KPLMPensacola, Fla. WXBMPeoria, Ill. WXCL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWDRapid City, S.D. KOUTRockford, Ill. WXXQRocky Mount, N.C. WDWGSaginaw, Mich. WCENSt. Cloud, Minn. KZPKSalina, Kan. KYEZSalisbury, Md. WKTTSan Angelo, Texas KGKL

San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJGSanta Barbara, Calif. KRAZSanta Maria, Calif. KSNISheboygan, Wis. WBFMSavannah, Ga. WJCL WUBBShreveport, La. KXKSSioux Cty, Iowa KSUXSouth Bend, Ind. WBYTSpringfield, Ill. WFMBSpringfield, Mo. KTTSTerre Haute, Ind. WTHITopeka, Kan. WIBWTraverse City, Mich. WTCMTupelo, Miss. WWZDUtica, N.Y. WFRGVictor Valley, CA. KATJWaco, Texas WACOWausau, Wis. WDEZWheeling, W. Va. WOVKWilliamsport, Pa. WILQYakima, Wash. KXDDYoungstown, Ohio WQXK WWGYWestwood One HOT COUNTRY MAINSTREAM COUNTRYMusic Choice TODAY’S COUNTRYSirius XM THE HIGHWAY

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l1 5 35 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Dustin Lynch 4928 +680 7.976

l2 1 21 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 4909 +237 8.081

l3 2 27 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Brothers Osborne 4877 +377 7.613

l4 4 16 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett 4826 +550 7.675

l5 3 51 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 4760 +381 7.316

l6 6 17 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 4354 +502 6.733

l7 7 25 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 4073 +554 6.325

l8 8 12 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 4004 +629 6.374

l9 9 37 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton 3699 +390 5.421

l10 12 33 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 3472 +515 5.233

l11 13 37 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland 3324 +393 4.854

l12 14 22 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud Jake Owen 3237 +406 4.777

l13 15 22 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green 3025 +450 4.374

l14 17 20 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 2650 +262 3.692

l15 20 17 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 2617 +451 3.916

l16 16 14 NEON CHURCH McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 2613 +190 3.927

l17 19 23 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 2604 +378 3.820

l18 18 12 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 2595 +335 3.880

l19 21 19 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 2307 +260 3.217

l20 22 15 HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young 2078 +426 2.520

l21 26 6 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville HH Most Increased Plays/Most Added HH Luke Combs 2009 +720 2.984

l22 23 20 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 2002 +446 3.000

l23 27 12 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1518 +263 1.804

l24 25 29 THE DIFFERENCE Valory Tyler Rich 1499 +191 1.953

l25 28 22 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 1395 +191 1.801

l26 29 10 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Florida Georgia Line 1128 +173 1.379

l27 30 24 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 1080 +259 1.156

l28 35 36 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Feat. The Fisk Jubilee Singers 833 +99 1.131

l29 34 15 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 815 +69 0.970

l30 33 8 BUCKED OFF Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 805 +48 1.013

Country Indicator

CHARTS LEGENDRANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 149 stations by Nielsen BDS. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2018, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabulated using reported playlists and Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay at 109 stations, ranked by total plays.

BULLETSl Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or remaining flat from the previous week. A song will also receive a bullet if its percentage loss in audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored

station downtime for the format. Titles that decline in audience but increase in detections will also receive a bullet if the total audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%. Bullets are awarded on Country Indicator to titles gaining plays or remaining flat from the previous week.

TIESOn Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience is placed first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first.

RECURRENTSOn Country Airplay, descending titles below No. 10 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks, provided that they are not still

gaining enough audience points to bullet or if they rank below No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bulleted) audience decline, regardless of total chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bulleted titles below No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks or if they post a third consecutive week of decline in plays after 10 weeks.

HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay and Country Indicator, respectively.

MOST ADDEDThe total number of new adds officially reported to Billboard by each reporting station, or by an automatic-add threshold (seven plays for the first time in a chart tracking week, according to Nielsen BDS) for stations that do not report adds.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/PLAYSMost Increased Audience on Country Airplay and Most Increased Plays on Country Indicator list the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience or plays, respectively.

AIRPOWERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles ranking inside top 20 in plays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both plays and audience.

BREAKERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles achieving airplay (at least one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time.

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l31 32 21 AMERICAN GIRLS Sea Gayle CJ Solar 787 +28 0.925

l32 38 17 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 777 +107 0.738

l33 36 31 FRIENDS DON’T Mercury Maddie & Tae 774 +96 0.858

l34 31 16 BRING IT ON OVER Mercury Billy Currington 774 +8 0.842

l35 42 12 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 657 +164 0.913

l36 40 16 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse LOCASH 649 +76 1.011

l37 41 23 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Feat. Hillary Lindsey 628 +94 0.767

l38 39 26 YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 622 +33 0.587

l39 46 6 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 528 +153 0.603

l40 43 25 YOU’RE IN IT Wheelhouse Granger Smith 461 +12 0.506

41 37 13 MUST BE THE WHISKEY Rounder/Concord Cody Jinks 430 -244 0.463

l42 44 9 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 412 +7 0.412

l43 54 6 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 399 +113 0.509

l44 47 11 I THINK TOO MUCH Southern Halo Southern Halo 378 +5 0.394

l45 45 15 THE IN BETWEEN Captain & Bear Cash Campbell 378 +1 0.405

46 48 10 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 348 -24 0.335

l47 53 5 ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Buena Vista/Capitol Nashville Adam Hambrick 342 +54 0.267

l48 49 5 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 334 +21 0.332

l49 50 8 FINE BY ME Dreamlined/Nightlife Marty Heddin 319 +13 0.381

l50 51 7 NOW WE’RE GETTIN’ SOMEWHERE Bison Creek James Robert Webb 318 +12 0.343

l51 NEW WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory HH Hot Shot Debut HH Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell 303 +138 0.381

l52 52 4 AIN’T IT BABY Josh Ward Josh Ward 303 +14 0.376

l53 59 4 STRONGER THAN ME Pearl Garth Brooks 289 +52 0.527

l54 55 6 WONDER WOMAN Show Dog Nashville Waterloo Revival 280 +5 0.311

l55 NEW DON’T LET THE OLD MAN IN Show Dog Nashville Toby Keith 275 +84 0.375

l56 57 7 WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 270 +11 0.253

l57 60 4 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 256 +30 0.276

58 56 8 TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD White Knuckle Frank Ray 253 -15 0.255

l59 NEW A LITTLE ON THE REDNECK SIDE Dream Walkin’ Smith & Wesley 235 +15 0.266

60 58 11 ONE MORE RED LIGHT Awake Cassadee Pope 223 -31 0.226

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Country Airplay Index90’S COUNTRY Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing

America, Inc., BMI/Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/Songs Of Smack, BMI/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/LYRX Publishing, LLC, BMI (W.Hayes, S.McAnally, LYRX) 58

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BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Williford) 19

BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, J.London, J.P.Williams) 4

BRING IT ON OVER Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Hayslip, J.Frasure) 46

BUCKED OFF New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, C.DuBois, K.Lovelace) 50

BURNING MAN Emileon Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (L.Dick, B.Pinson) 7

BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 14

BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 39

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CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, M.Walker) 32

CLOSER TO YOU BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Low Z Music, BMI (H.Lindsey, G.Sampson, T.Verges) 44

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DAY DRUNK Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Hey Kiddo Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, L.Robbins) 43

THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 27

DON’T LET THE OLD MAN IN Tokeco Tunes, BMI (T.Keith) 41

DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Clawson, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 16

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EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC (R.Dickerson, P.Welling, C.Brown) 47

EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 29

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FEELS LIKE A PARTY ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Mars Marley Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (P.Brust, C.Lucas, T.Hubbard, C.Crowder) 35

FRIENDS DON’T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 38

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GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Songs Of Song Factory, BMI/Universal Tunes, SESAC (A.McBryde, J.Bussey) 60

GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) 6

GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 55

GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Albert) 2

GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Monroe Suede Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Mountain Girl Songs 3, ASCAP (M.Lambert, A.Monroe, A.Presley) 59

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HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 24

HOW DOES IT SOUND Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Songs For Buddy.ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Schneider, J.Johnston, C.Crowder) 52

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I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rodgers) 56

I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, M.Dragstrem, S.McAnally) 53

I WON’T BE SORRY Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (D.L.Murphy, P.Jenkins, J.Sellers) 57

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LADIES IN THE ‘90S Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cookie Jar Music LLP, PRS (Lauren Alaina, J.Frasure, A.Wadge) 48

LAST SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 9

LOSE IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGill, W.Weatherly) 8

LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 30

LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B.Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 28

LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 17

LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, Michael Ray, B.Kinney) 42

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MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 18

MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 12

MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 26

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NEON CHURCH BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI (B.Goldsmith, R.E.Lipsey, B.M.Stennis) 23

NEVER COMIN DOWN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/MAROMA Music, BMI/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Whistlepig Winners, ASCAP/James Abrahart Publishing Designee, SESAC/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lets Get Brunch Publishing, BMI (K.Urban, J.Kear, J.Abrahart, Shy Carter) 21

NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, B.Montana) 22

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THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 49

ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 20

ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 25

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RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 31

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SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Little Extra Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/No Cats Round Here Music, ASCAP/Heart Scarred Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Super LCS Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, R.Snyder, C.Wilson) 5

SIXTEEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Brodsky Spensive Publishing, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, Joe London) 3

SOME OF IT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, C.Daniels, B.Pinson) 54

SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, L.Veltz) 1

STRONGER THAN ME Terry And Tom Music, ASCAP/Bedroll Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP (R.W.Terry, M.A.Rossi) 51

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TAKE IT FROM ME Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 13

TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 33

THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 15

THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 10

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WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 40

WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, A.Gorley) 11

WHAT WHISKEY DOES EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Little Britches Music, BMI/Gattis Music, BMI/Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP (R.Houser, K.Gattis, H.Lindsey) 36

WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over-Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B.Burgess, K.Kadish) 34

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YADA YADA YADA Mid South Mood Maker Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (B.Lay, H.Morgan, M.Reeves) 45

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BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, F.Wilhelm) 50

BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Williford) 11

BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, J.London, J.P.Williams) 6

BRING IT ON OVER Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Hayslip, J.Frasure) 47

BURNING MAN Emileon Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (L.Dick, B.Pinson) 9

BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 21

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CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, M.Walker) 39

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THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 34

DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Clawson, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 18

DRUNK ME Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC (M.Tenpenny, J.M.Schmidt, J.T.Wilson) 7

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EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 33

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FRIENDS DON’T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 49

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GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) 12

GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 42

GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Albert) 10

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HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 20

HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, T.Phillips) 45

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I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rodgers) 35

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LAST SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 13

LOSE IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGill, W.Weatherly) 5

LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 38

LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B.Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 36

LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 19

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MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 22

MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 3

MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 15

MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 23

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NEON CHURCH BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI (B.Goldsmith, R.E.Lipsey, B.M.Stennis) 32

NEVER COMIN DOWN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/MAROMA Music, BMI/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Whistlepig Winners, ASCAP/James Abrahart Publishing Designee, SESAC/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lets Get Brunch Publishing, BMI (K.Urban, J.Kear, J.Abrahart, Shy Carter) 30

NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, B.Montana) 26

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ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 27

ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 25

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PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.Hardy, M.Holman, H.Lindsey) 46

PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Veltz) 37

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RULES OF BREAKING UP Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Haus Of Kings, ASCAP/Twin Spires, ASCAP/King Pen Songs, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Porchlight, SESAC/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/7189 Music Publishing, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Songs Of Downtown, SESAC/Garda Songs, SESAC (B.Ratcliff, A.J.Babcock, busbee, P.Good) 43

RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 28

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SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Little Extra Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/No Cats Round Here Music, ASCAP/Heart Scarred Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Super LCS Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, R.Snyder, C.Wilson) 4

SIXTEEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Brodsky Spensive Publishing, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, Joe London) 8

SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, L.Veltz) 1

STRONGER THAN ME Terry And Tom Music, ASCAP/Bedroll Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP (R.W.Terry, M.A.Rossi) 40

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TAKE IT FROM ME Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 16

TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 29

TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 2

THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 24

THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 14

TURNIN’ ME ON Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Damn Country Music Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Shelton, J.L.Alexander, J.Osborne) 41

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WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 44

WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, A.Gorley) 17

WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over-Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B.Burgess, K.Kadish) 31

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YOU’RE IN IT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Block Of Marble Music, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI/Rizer Point Publishing, BMI (F.Rogers, J.Adams, M.Nesler) 48

On Jan. 8, 1944, Billboard published its first version of a country songs chart, with multiple recordings of “Pistol Pack i n’ Ma ma” lead i ng t he t hen-named Most Played Juke Box Folk Records list. The chart was subtitled

“Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, Etc.” and ranked “the most popular Folk records on automatic phonographs thruout [sic] the nation.”

Three interpretations of the song showe d ato p t he i n au g u r a l t a l ly,

by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters; Al Dexter, the song’s writer; and Don Baxter. “Mama” became a wartime anthem, with many U.S. troops christening their fighter planes, cannons and tanks “Mama.” Notably, a group of female fighter pilots — the Women A i r force S er v ice P i lots — decorated their B-17 bomber after the song. Several other acts also have recorded “Mama,” including Tex Ritter and Frank Sinatra.

Billboard added a cou nt r y song sales survey in 1948 and a disc jockey ranking in 1949 before unveiling the all-encompassing Hot C &W Sides chart in 1958. Top Country Albums p r e m ie r e d i n 196 4 , t h e N iel s en Mu sic- p owere d C ou nt r y A i r play char t lau nched in 1990, and Hot Countr y Songs adopted its current airplay-, streaming- and sales-based methodology in 2012.

—JIM ASKER and GARY TRUST

75 Years Ago‘Pistol Packin’ Mama’ Was No. 1 With A Bullet On The First Country ChartThe tune became a favorite among the armed forces during World War ll

The Andrews Sisters with Crosby in a scene from the 1947 movie The Road to Rio.

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