Country Update

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Kane Brown’s ‘Lose It’ Wins The Kids Are Alright: Country Aims >page 4 To Influence Future Generations

Tucker Beathard Returns With its historic attachment to songs about cheating, drinking Those projects come at a time when a new generation of young >page 9 and divorce, country music has generally been regarded as a country artists is popping up in cultural moments. Twelve-year- genre for adults. old Mason Ramsey joined Brad But new efforts at using the COPPERMAN Paisley and Carrie Underwood ­format to reach younger ­generations during the opening monologue CRS Unveils are transforming country into kids’ at the Country Music Association New Faces stuff. Awards on Nov. 14, and 15-year- >page 9 Producer Ross ­Copperman old Tegan Marie ­performed in the ­(Dierks Bentley, Brett Eldredge) Macy’s Thanksgiving­ Day Parade has assembled Homegrown Kids on Nov. 22. She also plays the part of Country, Vol 1 (BBR Music Group/ Wendy in a production of Peter Pan Reba’s “Fancy” BMG, Dec. 7), a 10-track ­project at the Tennessee Performing Arts Kennedy Honor that has children ages 7-18 Center in Nashville Dec. 13-23. >page 10 ­reimagining modern country In an era when entertainment

songs such as “Get Along,” “Road has grown increasingly crude or Less Traveled” and “Everything’s violent, and difficult news stories Makin’ Tracks: Gonna Be Alright.” Dolly Parton’s are available­ onscreen 24/7, the RaeLynn’s Catchy new Dumplin’ soundtrack — with positive messages in some ­modern ‘Tailgate’ guest appearances by Sia, Mavis country songs have the potential to >page 14 Staples and Miranda Lambert — help offset a bit of the negativity in accompanies a Dec. 7 Netflix movie the environment. that addresses a chubby ­teenage girl “I just wanted to lift kids up,” learning to embrace herself and says Copperman — who has three Country Coda: navigate romantic ­opportunities. ­children between the ages of 3 and ZBB’s ‘Fried’ Ride And Thompson Square developed 7 — of Homegrown Kids. “With our To No. 1 Time to Get Dressed, a recently climate politically, I know kids >page 19 ­released book that encourages kids don’t know what’s really going on, up to age 5 to take command of a but they can feel it, and I wanted to morning ritual they’ll engage in the plant these little messages of hope THOMPSON SQUARE rest of their lives. in their minds.” MERCHANT GARRETT SQUARE: THOMPSON BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 2 OF 19

Every generation of kids gets its early training from somewhere, be it ­Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Mickey Mouse or Dr. Seuss. The singing ­cowboys in western movies — including Country Music Hall of Fame ­members Roy Rogers and Gene Autry — once taught lessons of good and evil while laying the groundwork for country. The genre again has the opportunity to help children get a sense of the world and their place in it, in part because of music’s sticky nature. Copperman’s 3-year-old daughter became so infatuated with “Drunk on a Plane,” a Bentley hit her father produced, that she asked him to sing it every night when he tucked her into bed. She has no idea, of course, what the song is actually about, but the sex-and-alcohol theme will become clear at a later date. Alternately, Copperman discovered that his children pay closer ­attention

to songs when they’re delivered by kids their own age. Thus, he reasoned, it LIPOVSKY/NBC ANDREW PARTON: would be ideal to assemble a project that had their peers singing material with Parton chatted up her soundtrack to the movie Dumplin’ and a 9 to 5 messages that they’ll grow to appreciate as they gain awareness. sequel in a Nov. 30 appearance on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring “It’s planting seeds,” says Copperman. “When these kids hear these songs Jimmy Fallon. on the radio driving around with their parents, I don’t think the seed is planted, to be honest. But when they hear kids singing it, it ingrains it deeper into their souls, and they attach to it in a different way.” That was always a tenet in the Disney corporate model. Successive ­generations of children could see themselves in budding Disney stars — from Annette Funicello to Justin Timberlake to Miley Cyrus — and ­parents have generally trusted the company to incorporate useful life lessons into ­entertainment that Mom and Dad can appreciate with them. “One of the things that parents love about our product is that it allows them to connect with their kids,” says Disney Channels Worldwide vp music ­strategy Phil Guerini, who oversees Radio Disney Country and its terrestrial outlet, KDRC Los Angeles. “They know it’s important to their kids, so this is an entry point.” For artists, their children are often an entry point into the world of kids’ entertainment. Thompson Square members Keifer and Shawna Thompson­ Carlton Anderson visited WUSY Chattanooga, Tenn., on Nov. 29 as gave it scant consideration until they had a son, Cooper, in January 2016. Keifer­ he promotes his debut single, “Drop Everything.” From left: WUSY organically composed a children’s song when he was dressing Cooper, and personality Melissa “Mo” Turner, Anderson, Arista Nashville regional it led to the Time to Get Dressed book, simultaneously unveiling a new source promotion manager, Southeast Ali O’Connell and Entercom/ of creative possibilities. Chattanooga senior vp programming Justin Cole. “It’s different because you’re not worried about radio,” says Keifer. “The only person you have to impress is a 3-year-old kid. You bring out your inner child again. You don’t have to be an adult, and you could just say something stupid and words that don’t even exist, and that’s just really a fun thing about writing kids’ stuff.” Parton’s soundtrack leans on messages about finding your own place in the world and building confidence in your uniqueness. Though the movie is geared toward kids approaching adulthood, it works as an extension of her Imagination­ Library, a program that provides inspirational messages to ­children with free books before they start school. “We’ve learned a lot from Dolly,” says Copperman, whose own children have signed up for the Imagination Library. He was perhaps influenced by “all these books that Dolly has curated for my children to read with these similar messages of hope.” Parton’s own father told her that the program is the most important thing Independent artist C.J. Solar stopped by WJVL Janesville, Wis., on she accomplished during her career. And now that he’s a father himself, Nov. 28 as he works his “American Girls” single. From left: WJVL ­Keifer understands the importance of including uplifting ideals in children’s personality Ashley Kix, Solar and WJVL operations manager/ entertainment. personality Ken Scott. “For a lot of kids, it’s not a great time,” he says. “They don’t get the basic things they need — [a lack of] love from their fathers is a huge one I hear over and over again.” Parton’s Imagination Library and Disney’s empire are signposts for what Copperman and Thompson Square both hope to accomplish. The Thompsons,­ says Keifer, are plotting more children’s songs and books, along with their adult- targeted country projects. Copperman, meanwhile, aims to turn ­Homegrown Kids into a twice-a-year series of albums. He’s also creating related TV show concepts that he could pitch to Nickelodeon or Netflix, and working with the Country Music Association’s charitable wing, the CMA Foundation, on a music education component for the project. In turn, Copperman hopes that the songs can embed a community spirit in a generation that faces a series of crises — climate change, overpopulation, mounting debt — in its future. “As parents, we put [our kids] in front of the TV, and we kind of monitor it,” says Copperman. “But there is so much junk TV ... and I feel like maybe this Reviver duo Haley & Michaels redefined the Christmas tradition would be my small contribution to kids — to give them positive, ­impactful, of sitting on Santa’s lap. From left: Reviver Northeast regional Will educating lessons.” Robinson, Santa Claus, Ryan Michaels and Shannon Haley. Dolly

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Kane Brown Wins With ‘Lose’; Dustin Lynch And Thomas Rhett Go Top 10 On Country Airplay Chart

Kane Brown’s “Lose It” (Zone 4/RCA Nashville) ascends 3-1 on Billboard’s ‘SIXTEEN’ IS TOP 10 Thomas Rhett rolls up his 13th Country Airplay top 10 Country Airplay chart (dated Dec. 8), increasing by 6 percent to 40.5 million as “Sixteen” (Valory) pushes 12-8 (24.3 million, up 11 percent). The track, audience impressions in the week ending Dec. 2, according to Nielsen Music. which Rhett co-authored, bumps 12-11 on Hot Country Songs. On the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart, Of his prior 12 Country Airplay top 10s, Rhett logged 11 as a lead artist — “Lose” rebounds 5-3. It crowned Hot Country Songs two weeks earlier (Nov. 24), all of which have hit No. 1. (“Small Town Throwdown,” by Brantley Gilbert dethroning Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s featuring Justin Moore and Rhett, reached No. 8 “Meant to Be” (Warner Bros./Big Machine Label in 2014.) Rhett has racked up 18 appearances on the Group), which dominated for a record 50 weeks. tally, having first reached the upper tier in 2013 with “Lose,” which Brown wrote with Chase McGill his first No. 1, “It Goes Like This,” which ruled for and Will Weatherly, is the first single from Brown’s three weeks. second full-length, Experiment, which ­debuted atop both the all-genre Billboard 200 and Top WORDS ABOUT ‘SPEECHLESS’ Dan + Shay’s ­Country Albums­ charts dated Nov. 24 with 126,000 “Speechless” (Warner Bros./WAR) leads Hot ­equivalent album units. ­Country Songs for a second week after becoming “Lose” is the third total and consecutive Country pair’s first No. 1 and the chart’s third leader of 2018, Airplay No. 1 for the 25-year-old singer-songwriter. following Kane Brown’s “Lose It” and Bebe Rexha “Heaven” led for two weeks in May, after “What Ifs” and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be.” (featuring Lauren Alaina) reigned on Oct. 28, 2017. Brown charted two prior Country Airplay songs: BROOKS ROLLS Garth Brooks notches his 89th “Used to Love You Sober,” his maiden posting, which Country Airplay appearance — a total that includes peaked at No. 35 in May 2016, followed by “Thunder 19 chart-toppers among 35 top 10s — as “Stronger in the Rain,” which reached No. 43 that November. Than Me” (Pearl), a tribute to wife Trisha Yearwood, All five songs have been released by RCA debuts at No. 56 (1.2 million impressions). ­Nashville, to which Brown signed in early 2016 after Brooks ties Kenny Chesney for the second-most building a strong social media following starting in career appearances on Country Airplay, dating to 2014, mainly by posting covers of songs by ­artists the chart’s launch in January 1990. George Strait including Brantley Gilbert, Alan Jackson and BROWN leads with 98 entries. Rounding out the top five George Strait. most frequent visitors: Tim McGraw (83) and Alan ­Jackson (82). ‘GOOD’ NEWS Dustin Lynch adds his seventh top 10 on both Hot Country Brooks premiered “Stronger” with a performance at the 52nd annual Songs and Country Airplay as “Good Girl” (Broken Bow) climbs 13-10 and ­Country Music Association Awards that aired on ABC on Nov. 14. 11-7 on the lists, respectively. On the latter, the song hikes by 14 percent to “Stronger” follows “All Day Long,” which hit No. 11 on Country Airplay in 25 million in audience. September, and “Ask Me How I Know,” which last December became Brooks’ Lynch first reached the top 10 in 2012, with the No. 2-peaking “Cowboys first No. 1 on the survey since 2007. After a five-year break from the chart, he

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l1 3 26 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Kane Brown 40.549 +2.404 7810 468 1 2 1 42 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 40.267 -0.046 7215 -405 2 3 2 22 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 37.391 -2.026 6763 -250 3 l4 6 17 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 32.448 +2.088 6443 484 4 l5 7 36 DRUNK ME Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 32.271 +1.883 6401 401 5 l6 9 49 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 25.105 +1.286 5299 269 6 l7 11 31 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow HH Most Increased Audience HH Dustin Lynch 24.973 +3.116 5126 668 7 l8 12 15 SIXTEEN Valory  Thomas Rhett 24.284 +2.479 4672 296 9 l9 10 22 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Featuring Brothers Osborne 24.199 +2.091 4908 455 8 l10 13 20 TURNIN’ ME ON Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 21.098 +0.169 4513 119 10 l11 15 27 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 19.435 +2.333 4126 357 11 l12 17 12 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 19.422 +2.877 3821 476 14 l13 14 33 MILLIONAIRE Mercury  Chris Stapleton 17.869 +0.670 3889 185 13 l14 16 21 DESPERATE MAN EMI Nashville Eric Church 17.405 +0.644 4013 187 12 l15 20 7 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville HH Airpower HH Luke Bryan 16.579 +1.755 3442 335 17 l16 18 28 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 16.338 +1.271 3514 166 16 l17 19 34 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland 16.315 +1.335 3599 207 15 l18 21 21 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG  HH Airpower HH Riley Green 13.870 +0.641 3373 134 18 l19 22 17 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud HH Airpower HH Jake Owen 12.969 +0.043 3243 61 19 l20 23 9 NEON CHURCH McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 10.708 -0.242 2564 20 20 l21 28 8 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 8.533 +1.447 1773 323 27 l22 25 12 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 8.223 +0.916 1979 258 25 l23 24 20 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA  Michael Ray 8.205 +0.579 2236 278 21 l24 30 15 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 7.847 +1.503 2026 297 23 l25 27 19 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 7.727 +0.635 2038 2 11 22 l26 29 17 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN  Cody Johnson 7. 016 +0.351 1365 54 29 l27 26 15 BETTER BOAT Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney Featuring Mindy Smith 6.972 -0.167 1995 18 24 l28 31 35 THE DIFFERENCE Valory  Tyler Rich 6.387 +0.265 1883 -14 26 l29 32 11 HERE TONIGHT BMLG  Brett Young 5.853 +0.233 1476 124 28 l30 33 25 LOVE AIN’T Valory  Eli Young Band 5.030 -0.133 1269 7 30 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 7 OF 19

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 34 22 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN  Brett Eldredge 4.631 +0.793 1084 142 34 l32 37 6 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 4.330 +1.057 1038 200 35 l33 46 4 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville HH Most Added HH Luke Combs 3.839 +1.878 655 292 45 l34 35 16 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 3.825 +0.417 12 11 172 33 l35 36 34 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb  Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 3.765 +0.339 1245 55 31 l36 38 28 YOU’RE IN IT Wheelhouse  Granger Smith 3.423 +0.161 1224 50 32 l37 43 5 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG  Florida Georgia Line 3.035 +0.580 749 69 42 l38 39 13 RUMOR Curb  Lee Brice 2.999 +0.165 750 48 41 l39 44 14 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 2.808 +0.443 914 69 38 l40 40 20 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Featuring Hillary Lindsey 2.776 +0.131 969 82 36 l41 42 24 FRIENDS DON’T Mercury  Maddie & Tae 2.565 +0.111 730 17 44 l42 48 13 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse  LOCASH 2.474 +0.602 959 143 37 l43 45 10 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 2.416 +0.425 858 87 39 l44 50 7 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse  Runaway June 1.873 +0.275 789 92 40 45 47 18 YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 1.704 -0.198 742 9 43 46 41 3 BUCKED OFF Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 1.611 -0.857 477 -27 49 l47 54 5 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury  HH Breaker HH Lauren Alaina 1.518 +0.182 442 112 51 l48 55 15 FLOATIN’ Sturgeon General Uncle Kracker 1.494 +0.188 336 29 54 49 49 7 DAY DRUNK Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 1.478 -0.318 499 -2 47 l50 52 14 HOW DOES IT SOUND Dylan Schneider/Placer Dylan Schneider 1.444 -0.003 482 11 48 l51 56 4 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory  Justin Moore 1.436 +0.135 431 30 52 52 53 11 BRING IT ON OVER Mercury  Billy Currington 1.394 -0.051 506 23 46 l53 60 2 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 1.242 +0.372 383 124 53 l54 58 14 I WON’T BE SORRY Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy 1.226 +0.086 475 11 50 l55 57 6 90’S COUNTRY Monument/Arista Nashville Walker Hayes 1.212 +0.043 293 9 58 l56 NEW STRONGER THAN ME Pearl  HH Hot Shot Debut HH Garth Brooks 1.172 +0.556 263 114 - l57 NEW LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 1.154 +0.442 321 106 55 58 59 2 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 0.891 -0.060 320 14 56 l59 RE-ENTRY I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 0.862 -0.000 3 11 10 57 l60 NEW WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 0.611 +0.049 270 25 60

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 16 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 16 SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Columbia Nashville Tenille Townes 0.568 23 2 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 13 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 0.520 7 4 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 11 GROWIN’ UP Stoney Creek Walker McGuire 0.504 15 1 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 7 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Florida Georgia Line 7 HEY WHISKEY Deluge/in2une Smithfield 0.468 15 0 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 7 GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK RCA Nashville Pistol Annies 0.455 11 1 STRONGER THAN ME Pearl Garth Brooks 7 DANCING AWAY WITH MY HEART Riser House Dillon Carmichael 0.418 15 0 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 6 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 HANGIN’ ON RCA Nashville Chris Young 25.582 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 24.484 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +3.116 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +2.877 3 BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 24.036 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett +2.479 4 ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 19.005 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +2.404 5 HOTEL KEY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 17.966 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +2.333 6 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 17.891 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Featuring Brothers Osborne +2.091 7 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 16.227 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +2.088 8 GET ALONG Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney 15.841 DRUNK ME Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny +1.883 9 DROWNS THE WHISKEY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean Feat. Miranda Lambert 14.714 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.878 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +1.755 10 SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 12.502 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +668 $90,693 CODY JINKS 1,391 PFM/ SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +484 $103.50, $23.59 Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, N.C./Nov. 1 1,880 NEDERLANDER GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +476 $50,734 RODNEY CARRINGTON 1,345 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +468 $46, $30 Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, Ill./Nov. 16 1,859 VENUWORKS BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Featuring Brothers Osborne +455 $48,833 KIP MOORE 1,164 NEDERLANDER $55, $45, $35 Vina Robles Amphitheatre, Paso Robles, Calif./Oct. 30 3,008 CONCERTS DRUNK ME Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny +401 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +357 $47,290 SCOTTY MCCREERY 1,244 $55, $29 United Wireless Arena, Dodge City, Kan./Oct. 27 3,490 VENUWORKS WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +335 $26,530 RANDY ROGERS BAND 758 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion +323 $35.00 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C./Nov. 16 1,200 IMP PRESENTS NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +297 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 ([email protected]). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 25, 2018

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 3 15 MIRROR, MIRROR (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Randall King 1844 129 l11 16 13 BETTER PLACE (Independent)  Drew Fish Band 1262 172 2 2 16 ON MY WAY TO YOU (CoJo Music)  Cody Johnson 1719 0 12 10 18 DAMN GOOD GOODBYE (Independent)  Mike Ryan 1257 -90 3 4 19 FRIDAY’S COMING (Independent)  Pat Green 1632 - 11 l13 12 20 MISUNDERSTOOD (Vision Ent)  Parker McCollum 1231 64 l4 5 25 LIFE IS (Miles Power)  Cameran Nelson 1550 26 l14 15 5 AIN’T IT BABY (Independent)  Josh Ward 1209 111 5 1 16 IF YOU WERE A COWBOY (Independent)  Bri Bagwell 1533 -296 l15 13 21 SMOOTH TALKIN’ LADY (Smith)  Jason Allen 117 2 11 l6 7 21 MY SOUTH (Independent)  Natalie Rose 1526 105 l16 19 17 TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD (Independent)  Frank Ray 1080 115 l7 8 11 RIO (Independent)  Kyle Park 1512 158 17 14 20 SITTIN’ HERE (Independent)  Jesse Raub Jr. w/Cody Johnson 1076 -34 l8 9 10 SHE REMAINS (Independent)  Jamie Richards 1500 152 l18 18 21 YOU’RE IN IT (Independent)  Granger Smith 1073 11 l9 6 14 HONEYWINE (Independent)  Flatland Cavalry 1475 43 l19 22 9 HANG YOUR HAT ON THAT (Independent)  Jon Wolfe 974 39 l10 11 23 I GOT ME (Independent)  Sarah Hobbs 1318 97 l20 23 19 WD-40 & DUCT TAPE (Independent)  Donice Morace 895 3

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 2018, Texas Regional Radio Report BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 9 OF 19

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

RADIO & RECORDS Jimmie Allen, Russell Dickerson, Lindsay Ell, LANCO and Dylan Scott were voted in as the performers at Country Radio Seminar’s New Faces Show at the Omni Nashville Hotel on Feb. 15. The agenda for the three-day conference is available here… Columbia Nashville appointed two promotion directors, Southeast rep Lauren Longbine and Northeast rep Lyndsay Church. Longbine takes over Jan. 1 as she wraps a three-year run as BMLG director of Southwest/Midwest regional promotion and marketing. Church is promoted from a manager title… Hootie & The Blowfish signed a recording contract with Universal Music Group Nashville, where lead singer Darius Rucker is already affiliated with Capitol Nashville. A Hootie album is expected in 2019, along with a summer tour starting May 30… WIVK Knoxville, Tenn., hired Kimberly Parker as general sales manager. She previously was Las Vegas Media Group vp advertising… Cumulus/Detroit vp/market manager Tom O’Brien announced plans to retire at year’s end. The three-station cluster includes

AVERAGE JOES: MOMENTS BY MOSER BY MOMENTS JOES: AVERAGE country WDRQ… Country Radio Hall of Fame member Karen Dalessandro has switched formats, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. After losing her country gig when WKTI Milwaukee flipped from country to sports/ talk, she started Dec. 1 on-air at classic-rock WKLH… Greg Thunder joined the morning team at KMNB Minneapolis-St. Paul on Dec. 3 as the station rebranded from Buz’N 102.9 to 102.9 The Wolf, according to InsideRadio.com. He moved into the role from weekends… Ryan Wild claimed the PD position at WLHK Indianapolis, according to InsideRadio.com. He previously was WKTI SiriusXM presented Average Joes with a plaque that celebrated the Milwaukee PD… WCTK Providence, Conn., promoted Maddie Grimaldi to label’s 10-year anniversary during an event at the Listening Room in middays from a fill-in post, according to Talkers.com… WXTU Philadelphia Nashville on Nov. 28. From left: SiriusXM host Storme Warren with morning co-host Frank Lario left the station, according to Talkers.com… Average Joes CEO Shannon Houchins and co-founder/recording artist Westwood One offers a 24-hour special, An American Country Christmas Colt Ford. With Kix Brooks, available Dec. 22-25… Premiere Networks is producing a four-hour Christmas special, Come Home for the Holidays, with CMT’s Cody NEW ALBUM IS A MOTHER TUCKER Alan, for airing Dec. 22-25. In one of country’s most confusing disappearing acts since the turn of the century, Tucker Beathard went straight from the release of an EP and a ’ROUND THE ROW sophomore single in October 2016 to almost New Australian duo Seaforth signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell total silence. Nashville weeks after announcing its recording contract with RCA Nashville. Chalk it up to a run in what he calls “Lawyer Members Mitchell Thompson and Tom Jordan relocated to the United States Land” — a protracted, emotionally exhausting in 2017… Roots music singer-songwriter-guitarist Samantha Fish joined the dissolution of his relationship with Dot and Big artist roster at Rounder… Gabriel Communications launched a new TV series, Machine Label Group. But a new, nine-track Country’s Unbroken Circle, on RFD-TV on Nov. 30 with Bill Anderson as host… album — Nobody’s Everything, released Nov. 30 Tech company Intercept Music partnered with Nashville’s Studio3Bee, founded on his own Mother Tucker label — takes all the by former Sony Music Nashville colleagues Skip Bishop, Butch Waugh and rough-cut attitude that he displayed on his first Renee Bell… Applications for the Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s fifth top five single, “Rock On,” and focuses it in a annual Project Music Portfolio program will be accepted through Jan. 18 mash-up of Eric Church-like edgy country and here… Community contributions angry alt-rock. It’s built primarily on the throb to Music Health Alliance’s Heal BEATHARD of acoustic guitar chords, a sort of constant pulse the Music Day on Oct. 19 brought that suggests he has reclaimed his creative in $300,000 to the organization… lifeline. The Recording Academy bumped “It taught me a lot, matured me a lot,” says Beathard of the struggle to the nominations announcement for end the old contract, which influenced the sound of Nobody’s Everything. the 61st Grammy Awards to Dec. 7 “Everything happens for a reason, and going through everything I went to avoid conflict with the memorial through shaped me a lot as an artist and as a person.” services for former President George The project is a focused piece of work, with Beathard on guitars and H.W. Bush on Dec. 5. The Golden drums, aided by producer Ryan Tyndell on keyboards and additional guitars, Globe nominations will be unveiled and bassist/engineer Jordan Rigby. They originally planned to record for a Dec. 6… The Academy of Country week in Tyndell’s studio after Beathard was free of his contract, but that turned Music will accept submissions for into six months and 18 songs, which will be released across two interlocking its 54th annual awards through albums: the frustrated first disc and a more upbeat follow-up. Jan. 4 here. The first round of “The first half was making my way through a dark place, and then the second voting begins Jan. 18… Songwriter half is more seeing the light and finally being like, ‘Let’s have fun,’ ” he says. Casey Anderson died Nov. 26 in Beathard notes that he has had several offers to release the second half Nashville. A founding member of the (Warner Music Nashville creative director Shane Tarleton notably attended Nashville Songwriters Association a Nov. 28 showcase in Nashville), but the singer-songwriter is particularly International, he co-wrote Merle enthused to have music that’s representative of his creative soul, which is now Chris Lane and CMT host Marley Haggard’s first No. 1 single, 1967’s better defined because of the legal battle in his rearview mirror. Sherwood visited a driving “The Fugitive,” with his wife, singer- “As pissed off and whatever I used to be about the situation, it’s the complete range in Birmingham, Ala., for an songwriter Liz Anderson, who died opposite,” he says. “I’m thankful for it, because it got me to this point right episode of CMT Hot 20 Countdown in 2011. Daughter Lynn Anderson here.” that aired Dec. 1-2. died in 2015. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 10 OF 19

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Reba McEntire officially received her Kennedy Center Honor on Dec. 2, with Dec. 4 Kelly Clarkson covering “Fancy” in a much-heralded moment. Clarkson • 2003 — Lonestar performs was joined in the tribute by Brooks & Dunn, “I’m Already There” during a Kristin Chenoweth and comedian Melissa military segment for the lighting Peterman, who played the ditzy Barbara of the national Christmas tree in Jean on McEntire’s sitcom back in the day. Washington, D.C., alongside The ceremony included an acknowledgement president George W. Bush. of the late George H.W. Bush, who died • 1988 — Roy Orbison performs in LONESTAR Nov. 30. Bush was in attendance when Roy Akron, Ohio, in what proves to be Acuff became the first country artist to win his final concert. The night’s set list includes “Dream Baby (How Long a Kennedy Center Honor in 1991. CBS will air Must I Dream),” “Blue Bayou,” “Crying” and “Oh, Pretty Woman.” this year’s edition on Dec. 26. Dec. 5 Dolly Parton has plenty of celebration planned • 1978 — The Charlie Daniels Band records “The Devil Went Down MCENTIRE for 2019. First on the calendar is her previously to Georgia” at Nashville’s Woodland Sound Studios. announced recognition as the MusiCares Person of the Year on Feb. 8, in advance of the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Dec. 6 Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Don Henley, Kacey Musgraves, Linda Perry and • 2013 — Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift receive four nominations Mavis Staples have been added to a performers list that already includes apiece, making them the top country finalists at the 56th annual Shawn Mendes, P!nk, Leon Bridges and Chris Stapleton. Additionally, she Grammy Awards. will mark 50 years as a Grand Ole Opry member on Jan. 4, and the Opry will • 1998 — Willie Nelson is recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors recognize her with Dolly Week in October. She’ll be the focus of the Oct. 10 in Washington, D.C. Among the others who receive the same award Opry Country Classics edition, with a roots-music celebration of her catalog are Andre Previn, Bill Cosby, Shirley Temple Black and songwriters on Oct. 11 and a full anniversary event on Oct. 12. She recently appeared in Fred Ebb and John Kander. numerous media, including NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, to tout her soundtrack to the Netflix movie Dumplin’. Dec. 7 • 2015 — Brothers Osborne earn a gold single from the RIAA for BBR Music Group acts have some movie stuff in the works. Wheelhouse artist “Stay a Little Longer.” Granger Smith issued They Were There: A Hero’s Documentary on Nov. 30. And Stoney Creek artist Randy Houser pushed back his album Magnolia from Dec. 8 November to Jan. 11, 2019, to coordinate a film that dovetails with the LP’s • 2012 — Keith Urban receives the Harmony Award from the Nashville lyrics. A trailer for Houser’s project casts him as a bartender in an oil town, Symphony at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. while Smith built his work around five people who died in service. Smith hopes • 1958 — The Country Music Association hires its first employee, the movie is inspirational: “The main goal is to understand that we need to secretary Jo Walker-Meador, in Nashville. She later ascends to live a life worthy of their sacrifice.” executive director, ultimately joining the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots set Jan. 14 as the date for their fourth Dec. 9 annual Million Dollar Show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, benefiting St. • 2017 — LANCO’s “Greatest Love Story” hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The lineup includes Luke Bryan, Lady country singles chart. Antebellum, Cole Swindell, Jon Pardi, Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down, Maggie • 2014 — Arista releases Carrie Underwood’s two-disc compilation Rose, Bailey Bryan, Adam Hambrick and Rachel Wammack, as well as Greatest Hits: Decade #1. unannounced surprises. Dec. 10 • 2016 — Maren Morris is the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Top Headlines from .com Live, performing “My Church” and “80s Mercedes” in New York. Click on the headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard Challenges Country Music Peers To Support Gun Control

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Indie trio Southern Halo made a pit stop at WOKK Meridian, Miss. From Live Nation Announces First-Ever Lawn Pass For left: WOKK PD/personality Dylan Hunter, Southern Halo’s Hannah Season-Long Entry To 29 Amphitheaters Morris, WOKK production director/personality Ken Stokes, and Southern Halo’s Christina Morris and Natalia Morris. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 11 OF 19

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 1 5 28 SPEECHLESS No. 1 (2 weeks) Dan + Shay 4 1 D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.REYNOLDS,L.VELTZ) WARNER BROS./WAR 2 5 1 26 LOSE IT Kane Brown 1 1 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,C.MCGILL,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 3 2 3 24 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Luke Combs 3 2 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.SNYDER,C.WILSON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 4 3 4 46 TEQUILA Dan + Shay RC 2 D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,N.GALYON) WARNER BROS./WAR 5 4 2 53 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line RC 1 WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) WARNER BROS./BMLG 6 6 6 29 BEST SHOT Jimmie Allen 2 5 A.BOWERS (J.ALLEN,J.LONDON,J.P.WILLIAMS) STONEY CREEK DRUNK ME 7 7 7 18 Mitchell Tenpenny 5 7 l J.M.SCHMIDT,M.TENPENNY (M.TENPENNY,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.T.WILSON) RISER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 8 10 10 23 BURNING MAN Dierks Bentley Featuring Brothers Osborne 9 8 R. COPPERMAN,J.R.STEWART (L.DICK,B.PINSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9 9 8 40 HANGIN’ ON Chris Young RC 8 C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 10 13 14 22 GOOD GIRL Airplay Gainer Dustin Lynch 7 10 l Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,J.EBACH,A.ALBERT) BROKEN BOW SIXTEEN 11 12 13 16 Thomas Rhett 8 11 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,S.M.DOUGLAS,JOE LONDON) VALORY LAST SHOT 12 14 16 25 Kip Moore 6 12 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,D.L.MURPHY) MCA NASHVILLE GIRL LIKE YOU 13 18 19 12 Jason Aldean 12 13 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,J.BOYER,J.MIRENDA) MACON/BROK EN BOW THIS IS IT 14 20 20 19 Scotty McCreery 11 14 l F.ROGERS,D.WELLS,A.ESHUIS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,A.ESHUIS) TRIPLE TIGERS MILLIONAIRE 15 17 17 45 Chris Stapleton 13 15 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (K.WELCH) MERCURY TURNIN’ ME ON 16 19 18 15 Blake Shelton 10 16 l S.HENDRICKS (B.SHELTON,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.OSBORNE) WARNER BROS./WMN 17 16 15 21 DESPERATE MAN Eric Church 14 8 J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,R.W.HUBBARD) EMI NASHVILLE TAKE IT FROM ME 18 22 21 21 Jordan Davis 16 18 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.DAVIS,J.GANTT) MCA NASHVILLE 19 21 22 30 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs 33 6 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 20 23 23 16 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Jake Owen 19 20 J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) BIG LOUD BURN OUT 21 25 24 24 Midland 17 21 l D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY 22 24 26 10 Luke Bryan 15 22 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE THERE WAS THIS GIRL 23 26 30 14 Riley Green 18 23 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,ERIK DYLAN) BMLG NEON CHURCH 24 28 29 8 Tim McGraw 20 24 l B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (B.GOLDSMITH,R.E.LIPSEY,B.M.STENNIS) MCGRA W/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MISS ME MORE 25 30 38 5 Kelsea Ballerini 32 25 l F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,D.H.HODGES,B.MCLAUGHLIN) BLACK RIVER

25 47 Ballerini, moonlighting as a coach on NBC’s The Voice, performed the song on the show’s Currington adds his 21st Hot Country Songs Nov. 27 episode. It lifts 30-25 on Hot Country entry at No. 47. The track climbs by 4 percent KELSEA Songs, up 32 percent to 4.3 million in radio BILLY to 996,000 streams. It sports 1.4 million in BALLERINI CURRINGTON Miss Me audience, as it hops 37-32 on Country On My Way to radio reach as it pushes 53-52 on Country More Airplay and 8 percent to 7,000 sold. You Airplay. GETTY IMAGES GETTY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 12 OF 19

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION NIGHT SHIFT 26 31 34 15 Jon Pardi 25 26 l B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (T.BROWN,P.LARUE,B.MONTANA) CAPITOL NASHVILLE MAKE IT SWEET 27 34 37 8 Old Dominion 21 27 l S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.TURSI,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE 28 27 31 13 LOVE WINS Carrie Underwood 22 26 D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HERE TONIGHT 29 29 33 11 Brett Young 29 29 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,B.CAVER,J.EBACH,C.KELLEY) BMLG ON MY WAY TO YOU 30 33 35 16 Cody Johnson 26 25 l T.W.WILLMON (BRETT JAMES,T.LANE) COJO/WMN 31 32 36 8 NEVER COMIN DOWN Keith Urban 24 31 J.KERR,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,J.KEAR,J.ABRAHART,SHY CARTER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 32 40 47 7 WHISKEY GLASSES Streaming Gainer Morgan Wallen 39 32 l J.MOI (B.BURGESS,K.KADISH) BIG LOUD ONE THAT GOT AWAY 33 38 44 10 Michael Ray 23 33 l S.HENDRICKS (J.FRASURE,T. ROSEN,M.RAMSEY,J.OSBORNE) ATLANTIC/WEA 34 35 43 12 RUMOR Lee Brice 38 34 L.BRICE,J.STONE,K.JACOBS,D.FRIZSELL (L.BRICE,K.JACOBS,A.GORLEY) CURB 35 36 39 11 BETTER BOAT Kenny Chesney Featuring Mindy Smith 27 35 B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (L.ROSE,T.MEADOWS) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER BROS./WEA THE DIFFERENCE 36 41 46 20 Tyler Rich 28 36 l J.RAYMOND,L.RIMES (R.AKINS,B.BURGESS,D.DAWSON,J.DURRETT) VALORY 37 37 41 12 TALK YOU OUT OF IT Florida Georgia Line 37 19 J.MOI (M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.ROGERS,A.VANDERHEYM) BMLG 38 39 49 8 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Chris Lane - 35 J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.RODGERS) B IG LOUD LOVE AIN’T 39 42 45 10 Eli Young Band 30 39 l D.HUFF (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY) VALORY CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY 40 47 50 19 Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 35 40 l R.ATKINS,T.HEWITT,B.BOLLINGER (C.HARRINGTON,J.M.SCHMIDT,M.WALKER) CURB HH HH 41 50 — 2 YOU’RE IN IT Digital Gainer Granger Smith 36 41 l G.SMITH,F.ROGERS,D.WELLS (F.ROGERS,J.ADAMS,M.NESLER) WHEELHOUSE EYES ON YOU 42 46 48 15 Chase Rice 34 42 l C. DESTEFANO (C.RICE,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 43 44 28 12 HOMESICK Kane Brown - 24 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE LOVE SOMEONE 44 48 — 5 Brett Eldredge 31 44 l R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,H.MORGAN) ATLANTIC/W MN 45 45 32 6 GOOD AS YOU Kane Brown - 17 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,S.CARTER,T.PHILLIPS,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE DAVID ASHLEY PARKER FROM POWDER SPRINGS 46 49 — 19 Travis Denning RC 37 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,J.R.STEWART,J.L.ALEXANDER) MERCUR Y HH HH 47 NEW 1 BRING IT ON OVER Hot Shot Debut Billy Currington - 47 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP,J.FRASURE) MERC URY DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 48 NEW 1 Maddie & Tae - 48 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY BACK TO LIFE Rascal Flatts 49 RE-ENTRY 2 43 31 l J.DEE,G.LEVOX,J.D.ROONEY (C.R.BARLOWE,N.MOON,S.MOONEY,F.WILHELM) BIG MACHINE FRIENDS DON’T 50 NEW 1 Maddie & Tae 41 50 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.M.NITE,J.EBACH) MERCURY

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.

COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weekly National Music Sales Report YEAR-TO-DATE

Year-Over-YearALBUM SALES Album Sales Weekly’15 Unit Sales Overall Unit Sales DIGITAL DIGITAL 2017 2018 CHANGE ALBUMS ’17 19 million ALBUMS* TRACKS ’14 Albums 19,047,000 14,144,000 -25.7% ’18 14.1 million This Week 340,000 58,000 534,000 Digital Tracks 60,403,000 43,664,000 -27.7% Last Week 310,000 73,000 693,000 DIGITAL TRACKS SALES Sales by Album Format Change 9.7% -20.5% -22.9% 2017 2018 CHANGE ’17 000.0 million60.4 million This Week Last Year 592,000 92,000 748,000 Physical 13,021,000 10,128,000 -22.2% ’18 43.6 million Change -42.6% -37.0% -28.6% Digital 6,026,000 4,027,000 -33.2% For week ending November 29, 2018. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and *Digital album sales are also counted within album sales. provided by Nielsen Music.

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 13 OF 19

SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS STREAMING SONGS DIGITAL SONG SALES

TITLE TITLE AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART WEEKS WEEKS

ON CHT ARTIST ARTIST 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS SPEECHLESS LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 1 3 26 1 1 23 l BURL IVES  DAN + SHAY  1 1 2 78 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 1 1   ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE MISS ME MORE KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT l2 2 32 l2 6 4 2 2 1 3 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 BRENDA LEE  KELSEA BALLERINI  JINGLE BELL ROCK SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME ELVIS PRESLEY IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME 3 4 28 3 2 17 RE-ENTRY 9 3 l BOBBY HELMS  LUKE COMBS  l3 RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS/SONY COMMERCIAL MUSIC GROUP /LEGACY (8.98) 4   RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER BEST SHOT DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 4 11 30 4 5 10 4 3 3 23 WARNER BROS. 570796/WMN 1 l GENE AUTRY  JIMMIE ALLEN  HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE) TEQUILA 14 27 10 BURL IVES RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 5 l5 13 8 5 3 45 l5 MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS/GEFFEN 322177/UME (8.98) 0 GENE AUTRY  DAN + SHAY  BLUE CHRISTMAS ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE 16 42 8 GENE AUTRY RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER AND OTHER CHRISTMAS CLASSICS 6 l6 16 21 l6 RE-ENTRY l6 COLUMBIA 63598/LEGACY (6.98) ELVIS PRESLEY  BRENDA LEE  CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 7 1 53 MEANT TO BE 7 11 19 DRUNK ME 7 4 4 187 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 3 1 BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  MITCHELL TENPENNY  SPEECHLESS MEANT TO BE 6 7 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTY 1 l8 6 19 8 8 53 l8 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028557*/UMGN 0 DAN + SHAY  BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 9 5 40 TEQUILA 9 7 14 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK 9 5 5 104 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1 DAN + SHAY  JAKE OWEN  HEAVEN YOU’RE IN IT JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN 10 7 56 10 NEW 10 7 6 33 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1 KANE BROWN  l GRANGER SMITH  BRENDA LEE THE BEST OF BRENDA LEE: 20TH CENTURY MASTERS THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION TENNESSEE WHISKEY TENNESSEE WHISKEY NEW 1 11 11 8 86 11 9 151 l11 MCA NASHVILLE /UME CHRIS STAPLETON  CHRIS STAPLETON  THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGES 12 9 25 LOSE IT 12 12 23 LOSE IT 12 8 8 64 VALORY TR0300A/BMLG 1 1 KANE BROWN  KANE BROWN  SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME BURNING MAN 23 — 25 REBA MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS 7 13 10 16 13 4 16 l13 NASH ICON CB & WM EX/BMLG l LUKE COMBS  DIERKS BENTLEY FEAT. BROTHERS OSBORNE WHERE ARE YOU CHRISTMAS? WHERE ARE YOU CHRISTMAS? ERIC CHURCH DESPERATE MAN 14 RE-ENTRY 14 RE-ENTRY 14 10 11 8 EMI NASHVILLE 028733*/UMGN 1 l FAITH HILL  l FAITH HILL  DRUNK ME JINGLE BELL ROCK BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG 15 14 16 15 RE-ENTRY 15 11 9 94 BMLG BY0100A* 1 2 l MITCHELL TENPENNY  l BOBBY HELMS  BEAUTIFUL CRAZY SPACE COWBOY CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 16 12 30 16 NEW 16 12 12 82 MERCURY 026379*/UMGN 1 1 LUKE COMBS  l CHEVEL SHEPHERD  BRETT ELDREDGE GLOW MERCY GIRL LIKE YOU RE-ENTRY 15 2 17 15 36 17 23 7 l17 ATLANTIC 556817/WMN BRETT YOUNG  JASON ALDEAN  39 — 24 BLAKE SHELTON CHEERS, IT’S CHRISTMAS 2 18 17 82 WHAT IFS 18 19 9 MILLIONAIRE l18 WARNER BROS. 532162/WMN (12.98) 0 KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA  CHRIS STAPLETON  JOSH TURNER I SERVE A SAVIOR YOU MAKE IT EASY I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU 26 19 5 2 19 18 44 19 RE-ENTRY l19 MCA NASHVILLE 028988/UMGN JASON ALDEAN  l CHRIS LANE  43 29 156 TAYLOR SWIFT RED 1 20 19 95 BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD 20 18 30 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY l20 BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG (18.98) 7 SAM HUNT  LUKE COMBS  GARTH BROOKS & TRISHA YEARWOOD CHRISTMAS TOGETHER HURRICANE WHISKEY GLASSES 21 29 — 16 1 21 20 111 21 RE-ENTRY l GWENDOLYN 60013/PEARL LUKE COMBS  l MORGAN WALLEN  JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE BEST SHOT SIXTEEN 22 22 10 22 RE-ENTRY 22 17 14 128 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 1 l JIMMIE ALLEN  l THOMAS RHETT  JOHN PRINE THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW HEAVEN 23 RE-ENTRY 8 2 23 RE-ENTRY 23 24 54 l OH BOY 13327* (35143) l BRETT YOUNG  KANE BROWN  KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR MARRY ME GOOD GIRL 24 13 17 30 1 24 23 50 24 RE-ENTRY MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN THOMAS RHETT  l DUSTIN LYNCH  LADY ANTEBELLUM ON THIS WINTER’S NIGHT 25 RE-ENTRY 15 0 2 25 21 87 DIE A HAPPY MAN 25 21 26 SIMPLE l CAPITOL NASHVILLE 04818/UMGN (16.98) THOMAS RHETT  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL MUMFORD & SONS DELTA 1 1 — 2 GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD 0240*/GLASSNOTE 1 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 2 3 1 133 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 3 1 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 3 4 3 82 MERCURY NASHVILLE 026379*/UMGN 1 1 JOHN PRINE THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS RE-ENTRY 10 1 l4 OH BOY 13327* (35143) KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 5 5 5 35 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 1 6 8 6 179 HOZIER HOZIER 2 1 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 10 Smith’s second Country Digital Song MARK KNOPFLER DOWN THE ROAD WHEREVER Sales top 10, following the No. 4-peaking 7 2 — 2 WILL D. SIDE/BRITISH GROVE 029206*/BLUE NOTE 2 “Backroad Song” in 2015, surges by 8 11 9 96 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 l COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 99 percent to 5,000 sold. “You’re in It” is PISTOL ANNIES INTERSTATE GOSPEL GRANGER from Smith’s military ode, They Were There: 9 6 2 4 RCA NASHVILLE 589142*/SMN 1 SMITH A Hero’s Documentary, which premiered CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 You’re in It 10 7 7 52 MERCURY NASHVILLE 027408*/UMGN 0 1 Nov. 30 on YouTube. Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk 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. GETTY IMAGES GETTY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 14 OF 19

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] RaeLynn Drops ‘Tailgate,’ Raises The Musical Spirit

A case can be made that the much-publicized death of solo female voices on appointment. He had suggested the title “Tailgate Tales,” putting a Knight Rider country radio can be traced directly to the rise in 2012 and 2013 of bro country. spin on the adage “If these walls could talk...” The “bro” label necessarily excludes a “sis,” and the topics associated with “Everybody that has a pickup truck at some point in time has had experiences that narrow range of songs — alcohol, field parties, ogling girls and more on a tailgate — throwing a party, or drinking beer, or playing the guitar, had alcohol — presented an issue for women. Cultural double standards support a date, or whatever the case may be,” says Hubbard, who used to write songs guys who drink to excess and chase quick sexual romps. A woman who does on the tailgate of his blue Dodge Ram pickup with FGL cohort Brian Kelley the same thing gets stamped as a “tramp.” Thus, when the format teed up the before the duo broke through. “I just think that’s universal.” party during the bro country fad, it became difficult for women to fit in. Even RaeLynn condensed the title to “Tailgate,” and they set off on a journey, though bro country has faded, inertia seems beginning by rejiggering the Las Vegas motto to have exacerbated the anti-female trend. as “What happens on a dirt road stays on a dirt With “Tailgate,” RaeLynn fashioned a road.” They envisioned it as the opening line, single that — were the world a fair place — but it turned out to be the piece of the song would easily buck that issue. It’s a flirty tale that usually gets written last. Once the chorus of a woman remembering her 17-year-old was in place, the “dirt road” section became physical explorations with a boy who still the bridge, placing a bow on the storyline appears to be part of her life. It’s a sort of rather than giving it all away at the start. post-bro recalibration of Deana Carter’s “It was a perfect way to kind of wrap up “Strawberry Wine.” That 1996 release — an the message and keep it moving,” says Smith. aching, four-minute waltz about a teenager Crowder built out the track that night — who lost her virginity to a college boy over completing, he estimates, 70 percent of the summer break — won both single and song work there in Key West — and RaeLynn sang of the year honors from the Country Music a scratch vocal the next morning. She sent the Association. By comparison, “Tailgate” is demo to Warner Music Nashville executives a happy, jaunty exercise that celebrates the and to management, and it got the reaction pickup truck as much as it revels in the affair. that she had anticipated. “I’ve been driving the same race-red “Everybody got pretty pumped about it Ford F-150 since I was 18 years old,” says pretty fast,” she says. “It was about three or RaeLynn. “It’s really authentic to me.” four weeks later we actually cut it and got The song is not exacting, however. The girl everything done.” in the lyrics got her truck at an earlier age than Once Crowder applied all the guitar parts RaeLynn, and she took the activities farther and programming, he shipped off “Tailgate” RAELYNN than RaeLynn ever did in real life. to Nashville keyboardist Alex Wright, who “I actually wrote this song about me and brightened it with Hammond B-3, synth my husband, and the funny thing is I might have had a little fun, but I did threads and a little chord plunking on the chorus — similar in its simplicity to keep my V-card,” she says. “I wanted it to have that fun, sexy vibe but also be the keyboards on the Dr. Dre-Eminem collaboration “Forgot About Dre” or super-upbeat, like me.” Lauryn Hill’s “Doo-Wop (That Thing).” That was the goal for the whole songwriting crew — including Florida RaeLynn nailed the final vocals at the Tree Vibez office with Hubbard Georgia Line member Tyler Hubbard, singer-songwriter Canaan Smith coaching her through the process, reminding her to center on the emotion and songwriter-producer Corey Crowder (Chris Young, Mason Ramsey) — even when they cleaned up small technicalities. when they piled into the back room of the Tree Vibez bus on May 9 in the midst “We would say, ‘Hey, just be you 100 percent, don’t worry about hitting of BMI’s 23rd annual Key West Songwriters Festival. RaeLynn’s best-known every note and doing every little thing,’ ” recalls Hubbard. “A lot of times in the singles — “God Made Girls” and “Love Triangle” — had never captured the studio, artists can overthink everything and they’re getting all this feedback bubbly side of her personality, and her physical reaction to a musical idea was in the moment. If you’re thinking too hard, then you kind of lose the character the guiding force during their co-write. and the realness of the take.” “She has this dance that she does,” recalls Smith. “She’s a super-fun girl, Sarah Buxton had heard the “Tailgate” demo in Key West the day they and she loves to dance and stuff like that, and we were like, ‘Let’s write a song wrote it and sang it the rest of the day. Crowder brought her in to provide that makes you move like that.’ ” background vocals on the final version. Crowder brought up a few musical tracks he had put together on his laptop, “The thing I love most about Sarah is she celebrates all her friends and her hoping they might spark an idea. writing buddies, and even though she’s not a writer on that song she was back “If RaeLynn wasn’t doing a little dance in the room, you knew it wasn’t the there singing it all night, going ‘Y’all, this is a hit,’ ” remembers Crowder. “I one yet,” he says. knew from the get-go that I wanted Sarah to sing harmonies on this thing, just In fact, none of the tracks seemed to make the grade, so he scrapped the because she was so excited about the song.” laptop and pulled out an acoustic guitar, playing a repetitive, throbbing riff RaeLynn started performing “Tailgate” live just weeks after she wrote it, that revolves around the root note in the scale. and she swayed and rocked on the edge of a red tailgate for the official video, “I’m a sucker for like a drone, kind of a one-note deal for a song,” says released Oct. 8. The single went out to country radio through PlayMPE on Crowder. “Anytime that works, I love hearing that.” Oct. 16, and it serves as a driver for the music she’s working on. It got RaeLynn moving, so they knew they were headed in the right direction. “It’s at the forefront of what this new project I’m creating is,” says RaeLynn. And she brought up an idea that Hubbard had presented at a previous writing “It’s got this swag and this fun to it that is super me.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 15 OF 19 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l1 2 25 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Kane Brown 4892 +20 8.158 l2 4 16 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 4714 +231 7.341 l3 5 33 DRUNK ME Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 4661 +191 7.292 4 1 36 BEST SHOT BBR/Stoney Creek/BMG Jimmie Allen 4638 -280 7.564 l5 6 46 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 4285 +191 6.435 l6 8 22 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Brothers Osborne 4190 +213 6.321 l7 7 19 TURNIN’ ME ON Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 4023 +12 6.202 l8 10 11 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett 3913 +362 6.002 l9 12 30 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow HH Most Increased Plays HH Dustin Lynch 3873 +468 6.103 10 3 42 RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 3616 -1084 5.912 l11 13 32 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton 3379 +180 5.015 l12 14 21 DESPERATE MAN EMI Nashville Eric Church 3183 +13 4.792 l13 16 12 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 3153 +336 4.498 l14 19 20 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 3017 +294 4.775 l15 20 7 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 2930 +280 4.529 l16 15 17 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud Jake Owen 2880 +31 3.979 l17 18 28 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 2879 +126 3.981 l18 17 32 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland 2821 +59 4.096 l19 21 9 NEON CHURCH McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 2509 +42 3.775 l20 22 17 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green 2505 +126 3.476 l21 24 15 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 2139 + 112 2.927 l22 23 15 BETTER BOAT Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney Feat. Mindy Smith 2096 +23 2.867 l23 25 18 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 1878 +166 2.395 l24 27 7 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 1808 +220 2.642 l25 26 12 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 1769 +134 2.250 l26 28 14 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 1685 +121 2.149 l27 29 15 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 1312 + 117 1.656 l28 30 10 HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young 1231 + 114 1.328 l29 32 24 THE DIFFERENCE Valory Tyler Rich 1115 +77 1.473 l30 31 17 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 1079 0 1.446

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEAN Fargo, N.D. KBVB Laurel, Miss. WBBN San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG Alexandria, La. KRRV WSTH Lebanon, N.H. WXXK Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ Amarillo, Texas KGNC Fayetteville, N.C. WKML Lincoln, Neb KFGE Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI Asheville, N.C. WKSF Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFF Longview, Texas KYKX Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Atlantic City, N.J. WPUR Flint, Mich. WFBE Lubbock, Texas KLLL Savannah, Ga. WJCL Beaumont, Texas KYKR Florence, Ala. WXFL Lufkin, Texas KYKS WUBB Beckley, W. Va. WJLS Florence, S.C. WEGX Marshalltown, Iowa KXIA Shreveport, La. KXKS Biloxi, Miss. WZKX Ft. Collins, Colo. KUAD Mason City, Iowa KIAI Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX Bloomington, Ill. WIBL Ft. Smith, Ark. KTCS Medford, Ore. KRWQ South Bend, Ind. WBYT Bluefield, W. Va. WHKX Frederick, Md. WFRE Meridian, Miss. WOKK Springfield, Ill. WFMB Burlington, Vt. WOKO Fredericksburg, Va. WFLS Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Springfield, Mo. KTTS Cape Girardeau, Mo. KEZS Green Bay, Wis. WNCY Montgomery, Ala. WLWI Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Charleston, W. Va WKWS Hagerstown, Md. WAYZ Morgantown, W. Va. WKKW Topeka, Kan. WIBW WQBE Hot Springs, Ark. KQUS Muskegon, Mich. WMUS Traverse City, Mich. WTCM College Station, Texas KAGG Huntington, Ky. WDGG New London, Conn. WCTY Tupelo, Miss. WWZD Colorado Springs. KCCY Huntington, W. Va. WTCR Odessa, Texas KHKX Utica, N.Y. WFRG Columbia, Mo. KCLR Idaho Falls, Idaho KTHK Palm Springs, Calif. KPLM Victor Valley, CA. KATJ Columbus, Ga. WKCN Jackson, Miss. WMSI Pensacola, Fla. WXBM Waco, Texas WACO WSTH WUSJ Peoria, Ill. WXCL Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQ Janesville, Wis. WJVL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWD Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK Dothan, Ala. WTVY Jonesboro, Ark. KDXY Rapid City, S.D. KOUT Williamsport, Pa. WILQ Duluth, Minn. KKCB Joplin, Mo. KIXQ Rockford, Ill. WXXQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Eau Claire, Wis. WAXX Kalamazoo, Mich. WNWN Rocky Mount, N.C. WDWG Youngstown, Ohio WQXK Elizabeth City, N.C. WRSF Kalispell, Mont. KDBR Saginaw, Mich. WCEN WWGY Erie, Pa. WTWF Kingmah, Ariz. KFLG St. Cloud, Minn. KZPK Westwood One HOT COUNTRY Eugene, Ore. KKNU Lafayette, Ind. WKOA Salina, Kan. KYEZ MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Evansville, Ind. WKDQ Laredo, Texas KRRG Salisbury, Md. WKTT Music Choice TODAY’S COUNTRY Lansing, Mich. WITL San Angelo, Texas KGKL Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 16 OF 19 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l31 33 7 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 868 + 112 0.968 l32 35 10 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 766 +42 0.949 l33 34 11 BRING IT ON OVER Mercury Billy Currington 754 +22 0.844 l34 37 5 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Florida Georgia Line 736 +75 0.884 l35 36 31 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Feat. The Fisk Jubilee Singers 706 +30 0.836 l36 45 3 BUCKED OFF Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 682 +180 0.918 l37 38 16 AMERICAN GIRLS Sea Gayle CJ Solar 673 +57 0.772 l38 39 26 FRIENDS DON’T Mercury Maddie & Tae 637 +46 0.612 l39 42 18 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Feat. Hillary Lindsey 600 +34 0.737 l40 40 21 YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 590 +16 0.470 l41 41 8 MUST BE THE WHISKEY Rounder/Concord Cody Jinks 578 + 11 0.600 l42 44 12 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 575 +28 0.452 l43 43 19 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 568 +6 0.782 l44 48 11 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse LOCASH 455 +107 0.710 45 46 20 YOU’RE IN IT Wheelhouse Granger Smith 443 -7 0.437 l46 47 7 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 402 +43 0.437 l47 49 10 THE IN BETWEEN Captain & Bear Cash Campbell 355 +21 0.407 l48 53 4 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 340 +58 0.350 l49 NEW BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH Luke Combs 332 +138 0.469 l50 51 6 I THINK TOO MUCH Southern Halo Southern Halo 328 +30 0.362 l51 54 5 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 297 +22 0.292 l52 56 2 NOW WE’RE GETTIN’ SOMEWHERE Bison Creek James Robert Webb 268 +32 0.298 l53 NEW RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 259 +43 0.386 l54 55 6 ONE MORE RED LIGHT Awake Cassadee Pope 259 +6 0.237 l55 58 3 FINE BY ME Dreamlined/Nightlife Marty Heddin 247 +14 0.317 l56 57 2 WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 244 +9 0.220 l57 NEW BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 241 +43 0.252 l58 60 3 TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD White Knuckle Frank Ray 238 +18 0.253 l59 NEW I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 224 + 11 0.179 l60 NEW WONDER WOMAN Show Dog Nashville Waterloo Revival 214 +18 0.225

CHARTS LEGEND RANKINGS station downtime for the format. gaining enough audience points MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ Country Airplay is ranked by Titles that decline in audience to bullet or if they rank below No. PLAYS total audience impressions but increase in detections will 10 and post a third consecutive Most Increased Audience on for the week ending Sunday also receive a bullet if the total week of (non-bulleted) audience Country Airplay and Most based on monitored airplay of audience erosion for the week decline, regardless of total chart Increased Plays on Country 150 stations by Nielsen BDS. does not exceed 3%. Bullets are weeks. On Country Indicator, Indicator list the songs with the Audience totals on the chart are awarded on Country Indicator to descending, non-bulleted titles greatest week-to-week increases derived, in part, using certain titles gaining plays or remaining below No. 10 are moved to in total audience or plays, Arbitron Inc. copyrighted flat from the previous week. recurrent after 20 weeks or if they respectively. Persons 12+ audience post a third consecutive week of estimates (under license © TIES decline in plays after 10 weeks. AIRPOWER 2018, Arbitron Inc.) Country On Country Airplay, if two songs Awarded on Country Airplay to Indicator is tabulated using are tied in total audience, the song HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in reported playlists and Nielsen with the larger increase in audience Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for BDS-monitored airplay at 109 is placed first. On Country Indicator, new entry on Country Airplay and the first time, with increases in stations, ranked by total plays. if two songs are tied in total plays, Country Indicator, respectively. both plays and audience. the song with the larger increase in BULLETS plays is placed first. MOST ADDED BREAKER l Awarded on Country Airplay The total number of new adds Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or RECURRENTS officially reported to Billboard by to titles achieving airplay (at remaining flat from the previous On Country Airplay, descending each reporting station, or by an least one detection) at 60% of week. A song will also receive titles below No. 10 in either automatic-add threshold (seven plays reporting stations for the first a bullet if its percentage loss audience or detections are moved for the first time in a chart tracking time. in audience does not exceed to recurrent after 20 weeks, week, according to Nielsen BDS) for the percentage of monitored provided that they are not still stations that do not report adds. © 2018 Prometheus Global Media, LLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hill LAST SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break R   (Songwriter) Chart Position Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ 90’S COUNTRY Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 6 Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., America, Inc., BMI/Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/Songs Group Ltd., GMR (R.Clawson, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 19 ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 38 Of Smack, BMI/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/LYRX LOSE IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Publishing, LLC, BMI (W.Hayes, S.McAnally, LYRX) 55 DRUNK ME Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/WB Music Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane S   Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track B   ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGill, SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Big Music Silver Songs, SESAC (M.Tenpenny, J.M.Schmidt, J.T.Wilson) 5 W.Weatherly) 1 Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Publishing, BMI/Little Extra Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House E   LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/No Cats Round Here Music, Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion ASCAP/Heart Scarred Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Publishing Corp., BMI/Super LCS Publishing, BMI (L. Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Combs, R.Snyder, C.Wilson) 3 BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, F.Wilhelm) 43 Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite S.McAnally) 30 SIXTEEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 34 The Line, BMI/Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI/Eastman Pond BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Publishing, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Brodsky Spensive Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works F   Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Joe London) 8 Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, FEELS LIKE A PARTY ole Purple Cape Music, Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B. R.Williford) 33 BMI/Mars Marley Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 31 SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/ Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (P.Brust, C.Lucas, T.Hubbard, - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, C.Crowder) 42 ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, J.London, J.P.Williams) 2 ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, L.Veltz) 4 FLOATIN’ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Brett James) 22 BETTER BOAT Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Gaje Music, Inc., BMI/Internal Combustion Music, BMI/ STRONGER THAN ME Not Listed (Not Listed) 56 BMI/Liz Rose Music, LLC, BMI/It’s Killer Music, BMI/She One77 Songs, ASCAP/Southside Independent Music LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, And I, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Mighty Isis Music, BMI/Songs Publishing, LLC, BMI/Kickin’ Grids Music, BMI/Leo BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys T   Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (L.Rose, Rosewater Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M. Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, T.Meadows) 27 Shafer, B.Daly, Z.Maloy) 48 Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, Michael Ray, TAKE IT FROM ME Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ B.Kinney) 57 Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ BRING IT ON OVER Round Hill Compositions, FRIENDS DON’T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big M   Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 16 Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/WB Music Machine Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB Road Publishing, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, Corp., SESAC (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 41 Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Akins, Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, B.Hayslip, J.Frasure) 52 BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music G   ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, BUCKED OFF New House Of Sea Gayle Music, GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ 37 ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/ H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym)  Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, C.DuBois, K.Lovelace) 46 SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing 12 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ BURNING MAN Emileon Songs, BMI/Little Louder W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 21 Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner- BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 18 Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Track Guy Music, BMI (L.Dick, B.Pinson) 9 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 13 THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/ BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Albert) 7 MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, H   Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 11 Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 32 ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/ TURNIN’ ME ON Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ 17 Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Damn Country Music C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne)  ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, N   Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Anderson SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, NEON CHURCH BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Go For ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Shelton, J.L.Alexander, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/ B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 29 The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Songs Of J.Osborne) 10 Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, HOW DOES IT SOUND Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns W   ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music Publishing, LLC, BMI  20 Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/ Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Songs For (B.Goldsmith, R.E.Lipsey, B.M.Stennis)  Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Buddy.ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/WB WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Schneider, J.Johnston, C.Crowder) 50 NEVER COMIN DOWN Songs Of Universal, Inc., Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, BMI/MAROMA Music, BMI/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/ Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/ H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 44 I   Whistlepig Winners, ASCAP/James Abrahart Publishing Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., Designee, SESAC/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG 15 C   I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much A.Gorley)  Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB Of What Publishing, PRS/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lets CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, Get Brunch Publishing, BMI (K.Urban, J.Kear, J.Abrahart, WHAT WHISKEY DOES EMI Blackwood Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ Shy Carter) 24 Inc., BMI/Little Britches Music, BMI/Gattis Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner- Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, Music, ASCAP (R.Houser, K.Gattis, H.Lindsey) 40 58 NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, J.Rodgers)  Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike M.Walker) 35 Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU Sony/ I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) B.Montana) 25 ATV Countryside, BMI (J.Langston, D.Isbell) 60 CLOSER TO YOU BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs, ASCAP/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/ WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, O   Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Low Z Music, BMI (H. ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/ Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over- Lindsey, G.Sampson, T.Verges) 53 Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (J. THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven Osborne, T.J. Osborne, M.Dragstrem, S.McAnally) 59 HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B. Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Burgess, K.Kadish) 39 D   I WON’T BE SORRY Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent Y   DAY DRUNK Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 51 BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (D.L.Murphy, Words And Music, ASCAP/Hey Kiddo Music, ASCAP/ P.Jenkins, J.Sellers) 54 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, YADA YADA YADA Mid South Mood Maker Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree DeStefano, L.Robbins) 49 ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI/Songs Of L   ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Universal, Inc., BMI (B.Lay, H.Morgan, M.Reeves) 45 DESPERATE MAN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Snake Farm Publishing, LADIES IN THE ‘90S Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP YOU’RE IN IT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (E.Church, R.W.Hubbard) 14 Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 23 Tunes, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Block Of Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/ Marble Music, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI/Rizer Point WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cookie Jar Music LLP, PRS (Lauren Publishing, BMI (F.Rogers, J.Adams, M.Nesler) 36 THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing 47 ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/ Alaina, J.Frasure, A.Wadge)  Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/ Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 26 D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 28 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hill LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain R   (Songwriter) Chart Position Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ B   Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Group Ltd., GMR (R.Clawson, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 20 S.McAnally) 39 ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 34 Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation DRUNK ME Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/WB Music LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris S   Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Big Music Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Silver Songs, SESAC (M.Tenpenny, J.M.Schmidt, J.T.Wilson) 7 Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B. Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, Publishing, BMI/Little Extra Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs F.Wilhelm) 49 Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 44 E   Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/No Cats Round Here Music, BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music ASCAP/Heart Scarred Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Super LCS Publishing, BMI (L. Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, Combs, R.Snyder, C.Wilson) 3 CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, SIXTEEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On R.Williford) 19 Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Brett James) 28 Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 42 The Line, BMI/Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI/Eastman Pond BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified M   Publishing, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Brodsky Spensive Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio F   Publishing, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB Joe London) 11 Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, FRIENDS DON’T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven J.London, J.P.Williams) 6 Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB BETTER BOAT Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Machine Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- BMI/Liz Rose Music, LLC, BMI/It’s Killer Music, BMI/She Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/ And I, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Mighty Isis Music, BMI/Songs Corp., SESAC (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 50 Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/ So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (L.Rose, G   T.Meadows) 35 We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, L.Veltz) 1 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, T   BRING IT ON OVER Round Hill Compositions, SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 27 BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/ TAKE IT FROM ME Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/WB Music 13 Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/ MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Road Publishing, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 18 BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Akins, Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of B.Hayslip, J.Frasure) 47 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BURNING MAN Emileon Songs, BMI/Little Louder What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 5 Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 45 MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, Track Guy Music, BMI (L.Dick, B.Pinson) 8 H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 37 GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner- Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 15 BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Albert) 10 BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 4 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, H   D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 25 THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 21 N   Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ HANGIN’ ON EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, C   Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Songs From The Rose Hotel, NEON CHURCH BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Go For BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 23 ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/ CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Songs Of Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 9 Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner- HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI (B.Goldsmith, R.E.Lipsey, B.M.Stennis) 24 Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 14 M.Walker) 40 NEVER COMIN DOWN Songs Of Universal, Inc., SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do BMI/MAROMA Music, BMI/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, TURNIN’ ME ON Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ D   Whistlepig Winners, ASCAP/James Abrahart Publishing B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 29 Designee, SESAC/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Damn Country Music DAVID ASHLEY PARKER FROM Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Anderson HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG POWDER SPRINGS I’m About To Go RED On Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, Ya Music, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/BMG Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Shelton, J.L.Alexander, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Of What Publishing, PRS/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lets Platinum Songs, BMI/SWMBMGBMI, BMI/Lonesome Vinyl Get Brunch Publishing, BMI (K.Urban, J.Kear, J.Abrahart, J.Osborne) 16 Music, BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI  Shy Carter) 31 W   Corp., ASCAP/Damn Country Music Publishing, ASCAP (T. (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, T.Phillips) 43 Denning, J.R.Stewart, J.L.Alexander) 46 NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV I   Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round DESPERATE MAN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Snake Farm Publishing, Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/ I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill B.Montana) 26 Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (E.Church, R.W.Hubbard) 17 Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, O   DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big A.Gorley) 22 Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Jet Music, Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN  J.Rodgers) 38 ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over- (M.Marlow, T.Dye, Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 48 L   Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B. Burgess, K.Kadish) 32 THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing LAST SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 33 Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs Y   Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/ YOU’RE IN IT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 36 Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 12 External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, Tunes, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Block Of ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 30 Marble Music, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI/Rizer Point LOSE IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Publishing, BMI (F.Rogers, J.Adams, M.Nesler) 41 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) 2 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 | PAGE 19 OF 19 CODA On Dec. 6, 2008, the Zac Brown the set’s five singles, four topped the 10 Years Ago Band sizzled atop Billboard’s Hot Hot Country Songs tally: “Chicken Country Songs chart with “Chicken Fried,” “Toes,” “Highway 20 Ride” Zac Brown Fried,” its first entry, which led for and “Free.” Sophomore single two total weeks. “Whatever It Is” peaked at No. 2. Band Tasted Written by frontman Zac Brown The band has had 28 appearances and Wyatt Durrette, “Chicken” on Hot Country Songs, with eight was initially released by The Lost No. 1s among 16 top 10s. It last led Success With Trailers in 2006 and hit No. 52 with “Keep Me in Mind” in 2011 and before a cease-and-desist order was 2012. ZBB’s most recent studio LP, Its First Hit issued by ZBB’s camp. According to Welcome Home, produced by Dave Brown, he had offered the song only Cobb, debuted as its fourth No. 1 on “Chicken Fried” heated up atop as an album track. Top Country Albums in June 2017. the Hot Country Songs chart ZBB’s version introduced the ZBB’s Down the Rabbit Hole Live in 2008 band’s breakthrough album, Tour will extend into 2019, and the The Foundation, which reached No. 2 group is reportedly working on a new on the Top Country Albums chart. Of album. —JIM ASKER

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS

Coy Bowles (left) and Brown of the

Zac Brown Band onstage in 2009. ACM FOR IMAGES MILLER/ACM2009/GETTY ETHAN