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Little Big Town’s Tanya Tucker, Billy Ray Cyrus Nightfall Rises >page 4 Find Renewal At Grammy Awards

Lambert Commandeers On a night when the Recording Academy pulled out a tribute at 61 years old. A woman in country music leading the way!” Bridgestone to Prince, country music partied like it was 1992 at the 62nd Though their awards were given off-camera, Tucker and Cyrus >page 10 annual Grammy Awards. performed during the broadcast, which ran beyond its scheduled Tanya Tucker, who attended the three-and-a-half hours. Carlile played ceremony at New York’s Radio City piano as Tucker delivered “Flowers” in a Music Hall in ’92, pocketed the first two stripped-down setting, bringing attention Tim McGraw: Grammys of her career at Los Angeles’ to the singer’s raspy voice and the story’s Texas Ranger Staples Center on Jan. 26. While I’m Livin’, meaty topic: a plea for in-the-moment joy >page 11 produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter while contemplating mortality. Jennings, snagged best country album, Cyrus sang a round of “Old Town Road” and “Bring My Flowers Now” won best while playing his left-handed guitar as part country song for Tucker and Carlile, plus of a multiartist set where teen country Keith Urban Phil Tim Hanseroth Mason Ramsey Makes The List their co-writers, and . phenom , genre-hopping Delbert McClinton, who shared a Diplo and seven-member K-pop group BTS >page 11 nomination with Tucker in ’92 for their also took a spin on the hooky piece. raucous duet, “Tell Me About It,” collected Prior to “Old Town Road,” Cyrus’ last this year’s honor for best traditional blues Grammy nomination ironically came with TUCKER Makin’ Tracks: album with Tall, Dark & Handsome. a 1992 collaboration that counted Tucker Brandon Lay On Additionally, Billy Ray Cyrus — whose in the cast. Dolly Parton sang lead on Love & ‘Money’ 1992 debut, “Achy Breaky Heart,” brought his first Grammy that single, “Romeo,” nominated the same year that Whitney >page 15 nominations — finally won his first two awards as his Lil Nas Houston cleaned up with a remake of Parton’s “I Will Always X collaboration, “Old Town Road,” picked up best pop duo/ Love You.” True to form, Parton’s presence was felt at the 2020 group performance and best music video. show, though she was not present. Her work with Australian “This is really Tanya’s moment,” said Carlile during the duo for King & Country on “God Only Knows” captured best Country Coda: Grammy Premiere Ceremony, where the bulk of the trophies contemporary Christian music performance/song. Chesney Headed were handed out prior to the CBS telecast. “This is her song, Its five songwriters — including country composers Josh Kerr ‘Somewhere’ and this song is a story of her life.” (“Dibs,” “Love Me Like You Mean It”) and Jordan Reynolds >page 18 Carlile then addressed Tucker, who was standing at her (“10,000 Hours,” “Tequila”) — shared in the spoils. And when side: “It’s one of the great honors of my life to stand up Parton came aboard, she vowed to bring its message of resilience here next to you, Tanya, while you get your first Grammy to a wider audience. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 18

“She said, ‘I love this song because it’s reaching to the marginalized, to the depressed, to the suicidal,’ which is all of us at some point,” recalled for King & Country’s Luke Smallbone. “And then she said this — I’m in her Dolly accent — she said, ‘I want to take this song from Dollywood to Bollywood to Hollywood.’ And we did it. Golly, we took it all the way.” Willie Nelson, who won six Grammys prior to ’92, earned the 10th of his career in absentia: best solo country performance, for “Ride Me Back Home.” Not every country victory or appearance felt like a 1992 throwback. Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani held hands as they wrapped a performance of their new single, “Nobody but You.” Little Big Town sang a section of “My Girl” with its Motown originator, Smokey Robinson, during a presenter role. Chris Janson (center) celebrated the airplay success of “Good Vibes” Keith Urban and Shania Twain also handed out trophies, the latter bestowing with a No. 1 party at BMI on Jan. 21. He’s flanked by co-writers Zach best country duo/group performance on Dan + Shay, who won for a second Crowell (left) and Ashley Gorley. straight year with “Speechless.” “I’m going to put my heart right up to this microphone — you can literally hear it beating out of my chest right now,” said Dan Smyers in an acceptance speech with lead vocalist Shay Mooney. Smyers singled out their spouses as an important ingredient for their music. “Thank you to my wife, Abby, who’s in the crowd right there,” he said, “for inspiring this song, for inspiring every song that we write, for inspiring everything we do in our lives.” The Grammys aimed to inspire in the midst of turmoil. The Recording Academy’s executive team and the nominating process were thrown into controversy when president/CEO Deborah Dugan was placed on administrative leave. The event arrived at the end of a week in which a reported 50 million Americans watched some portion of the contentious impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. And NBA legend Kobe Bryant — who played for the Five artists participated in a WMIL Milwaukee Class of 2020 concert Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center, the same building where the Grammys on Jan. 18 at the Northern Lights Theater. From left: Tenille Arts, WMIL were presented — died in a helicopter crash, along with his daughter Gianna assistant PD/music director Shanna “Quinn” Hoy, iHeartMedia/ and seven other victims, just hours prior to the show’s start time. Milwaukee operations manager Kerry Wolfe and Ingrid Andress. The audience was encouraged, during both the telecast and the Premiere Ceremony, to celebrate music as a source of healing and to use it to change hearts in the current climate. Tucker certainly found healing in her night. Back in 1992, she told reporters that she would not attend another Grammy event because she was unhappy with the lack of attention that her genre received from the academy. “It’s known that country music is the world’s greatest music now,” she said at the time. “I just don’t think they give us enough respect.” Rapper Sean LOVE “Diddy” Combs similarly chastised the academy the night before this year’s ceremony for perceived slights of hip-hop. But Tucker is singing a different tune after “Bring My Flowers Now” brought her a Grammy now. Conway Entertainment Group CEO Tony Conway (left) was recognized “The last year’s been a big, big, long wild ride for me,” she said in one of her by the Country Music Association with a CMA touring lifetime two acceptance speeches as she thanked her collaborators for “helping me finish achievement award during a Jan. 21 celebration at Marathon Music this song that I’d started over 40 years ago. And I just want to say that no matter Works. He shared a table with client Randy Travis and his wife/

how young or old you are, never stop following your dreams. Keep going.” spokesperson, Mary Travis. BERRY HUNTER TRAVIS: LOWRY. STEVE JANSON:

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Little Big Town Earns Fourth Top Country Albums No. 1 With Nightfall; Dustin Lynch’s Tullahoma Starts In Top Five

Little Big Town’s ninth full-length, Nightfall (Capitol Nashville/Universal album units (7,000 in album sales). He produced the 11-song set, which is named Music Group Nashville), opens at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart after his Tennessee hometown, with Zach Crowell. (dated Feb. 1). In its first week ending Jan. 23, the set earned 31,000 equivalent The album marks Lynch’s fourth total and consecutive top five entry on album units, with 26,000 in album sales, according the chart, all of which have debuted in the region. to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. His self-titled first LP opened at the apex in 2012, On the all-genre Billboard 200, Nightfall begins followed by Where It’s At (No. 2, 2014) and Current at No. 13. Little Big Town, Ian Fitchuk and Daniel Mood (No. 2, 2017). Tashian co-produced the 13-song set. Tullahoma already boasts two Country Airplay For the foursome of Karen Fairchild, Kimberly No. 1s: “Good Girl” led the list dated Jan. 19, 2019, Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook, and sophomore single “Ridin’ Roads” ruled the Nightfall marks the group’s fourth Top Country Jan. 11, 2020, tally. On the Hot Country Songs chart, Albums No. 1. All of the titles have debuted at which blends airplay, streaming and sales data, the the pinnacle. tracks reached Nos. 8 and 5, respectively. “We’ve been blown away by the incredible response to this record,” Fairchild tells Billboard. ‘BACK’ UP Jason Aldean rolls up his 31st Country “The connection people are having with the songs Airplay top 10 as “We Back” (Macon/Broken Bow) is what we could have only hoped for. Thanks to our lifts 11-10 (22.1 million impressions, up 2%). team for the most exciting launch we’ve ever had.” Aldean ties Rascal Flatts for the 12th-most Nightfall follows the act’s The Breaker, which top 10s since the chart launched in January 1990. bowed at No. 1 on the albums chart in March 2017. George Strait leads with 61 top 10s. The set followed 2016’s pop release Wanderlust, a collaboration with star pop/R&B writer-producer LITTLE BIG TOWN KNIGHTS, TRITT BOW Hot Country Knights — Pharrell Williams. Before The Breaker, LBT the brainchild of Dierks Bentley that is fronted by charted on the survey with Pain Killer, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 in his mullet-sporting alter ego, Doug Douglason — earn the week’s highest November 2014. debut on Country Airplay as “Pick Her Up,” featuring Travis Tritt (Capitol The act’s first two Top Country Albums leaders,Tornado and The Reason Why, Nashville), soars in at No. 41 with 2.1 million in audience. The song enters after opened at the summit in September 2012 and September 2010, respectively. just four days of airplay; it was released and received hourly plays on Jan. 23 The band first hit the chart with its debut self-titled set (No. 40, 2002), followed on participating iHeartMedia stations. As a soloist, Bentley has scored 17 such by The Road to Here (No. 12, 2006) and A Place to Land (No. 10, 2007), the first No. 1s among 25 top 10s. of the group’s five top 10s. Tritt tallies his first Country Airplay entry since 2007’s No. 27-peaking “You Nightfall lead single “Over Drinking” bumps 56-55 on Country Airplay, up Never Take Me Dancing” (written by Richard Marx). He charts his 47th title — 19% to 1.3 audience impressions in the week ending Jan. 26. a sum that includes five No. 1s among 19 top 10s — and second-highest debut, after “Anymore” opened at No. 36 in September 1991 and led for two weeks that LYNCH LAUNCHES Dustin Lynch’s Tullahoma (Broken Bow/BMG/Broken October and November. He most recently reigned with “Best of Intentions” in

Bow Music Group) starts at No. 4 on Top Country Albums with 16,000 equivalent 2000 and last hit the top 10 with “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde” in 2002. LONG REID & FLUKE BECKY c o n g r a t u l a t e s

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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 1 1 17 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 36.049 -0.482 7653 -48 1 l2 2 35 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 35.788 +1.979 7634 467 2 l3 5 23 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 31.219 +1.878 6845 276 3 l4 6 16 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 29.408 +1.623 6435 291 4 5 4 25 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 28.826 -1.936 5456 -525 6 6 3 37 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum 26.635 -4.992 4861 -1446 9 l7 9 25 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 24.320 +0.438 5360 45 7 l8 10 53 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 24.102 +0.510 5550 175 5 9 7 44 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 23.106 -4.468 4660 -931 10 l10 11 20 WE BACK Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 22.096 +0.475 5013 219 8 l11 12 14 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 20.906 +1.337 4501 268 11 l12 14 34 HOMEMADE Big Loud HH Most Increased Audience HH Jake Owen 18.703 +2.453 4181 338 13 l13 13 40 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 17.980 +1.413 4256 239 12 l14 17 31 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 17.249 +1.608 4065 2 11 14 l15 16 35 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 16.870 +1.175 3748 175 17 l16 15 32 DIVE BAR Pearl Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton 15.396 -0.467 3991 30 16 l17 18 25 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 15.382 +1.211 4032 175 15 l18 19 16 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 13.621 +1.007 3401 174 18 l19 20 21 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River Kelsea Ballerini 12.446 +0.639 3290 53 19 l20 21 46 AFTER A FEW Mercury HH Airpower HH Travis Denning 12.009 +1.493 3230 252 20 l21 24 26 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 11.144 +2.246 2700 331 22 l22 22 22 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 11.133 +1.457 2806 310 21 l23 23 49 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 9.798 +0.428 2674 145 23 l24 26 5 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory HH Most Added HH Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 9.573 +2.388 2121 488 26 l25 25 42 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 7.681 +0.455 2320 61 24 l26 27 21 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 7.286 +0.128 2233 47 25 27 28 41 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 5.742 -0.204 1888 -17 27 l28 29 18 BLESSINGS BMLG Florida Georgia Line 5.598 +0.382 1602 9 30 l29 30 32 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 5.246 +0.363 1733 256 28 l30 33 4 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN HH Breaker HH Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 4.949 +1.739 110 2 434 35

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by Nielsen detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Music. Audience totals on a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER the chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on Nielsen Music’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to Nielsen Music) previous week. A song audience or detections are for stations that do not report © 2020 Prometheus Global Media, will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. LLC if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 18

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 RE-ENTRY WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 3.890 +0.333 118 6 54 32 l32 31 12 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 3.887 +0.117 1249 50 31 l33 RE-ENTRY FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 3.809 +0.135 1626 97 29 l34 32 17 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 3.766 +0.057 116 4 - 11 33 l35 34 30 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 3.446 +0.724 114 7 57 34 l36 36 18 DROWNING RCA Nashville Chris Young 2.789 +0.311 819 70 39 l37 37 6 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 2.534 +0.284 707 68 43 l38 35 25 DETAILS Mercury Billy Currington 2.518 -0.080 815 44 40 l39 38 21 FRONT SEAT Studio2bee/Legend Entertainment Rayne Johnson 2.380 +0.221 678 98 44 l40 RE-ENTRY DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 2.251 +0.327 904 47 36 l41 NEW PICK HER UP Capitol Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Hot Country Knights Featuring Travis Tritt 2.089 +2.089 385 385 57 l42 42 20 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville HH Breaker HH Kip Moore 2.059 +0.272 838 80 38 43 39 16 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 2.055 -0.067 863 -18 37 l44 41 9 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 1.885 -0.012 526 2 50 45 40 12 HOLD ON Capitol Nashville Hootie & The Blowfish 1.827 -0.176 526 -30 51 l46 43 20 THANK GOD FOR YOU Curb Rodney Atkins 1.709 -0.052 746 25 42 l47 44 11 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR HH Breaker HH Ashley McBryde 1.623 -0.092 578 63 47 l48 46 17 BREAK IT IN Valory Eli Young Band 1.612 +0.073 559 -5 48 l49 NEW DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 1.601 +1.212 260 198 - l50 47 10 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 1.548 +0.144 755 29 41 l51 53 17 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Dillon Carmichael 1.524 +0.348 656 53 45 52 45 6 FIRE’T UP Valory Brantley Gilbert 1.473 -0.172 428 -21 55 l53 NEW CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 1.405 +0.732 264 163 - 54 49 15 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 1.284 -0.083 596 6 46 l55 56 7 OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 1.277 +0.201 500 21 52 56 48 10 HEAD OVER HEELS Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.255 -0.127 543 -1 49 l57 51 9 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 1.249 -0.028 457 29 54 58 52 6 I DON’T LOVE YOU Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 1.190 -0.010 341 -20 - 59 50 7 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 1.177 -0.127 471 -3 53 60 54 3 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 0.987 -0.134 99 -7 -

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2/3 RANDY ROGERS BAND You, Me And A Bottle DUSTIN LYNCH Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers Momma’s House Broken Bow 2/17 FRANKIE JUSTIN Spotlight CHRIS BANDI SMG Nashville Man Enough Now RECORDS HOT COUNTRY KNIGHTS FEAT. TRAVIS TRITT LADY ANTEBELLUM Pick Her Up What I’m Leaving For Capitol Nashville BMLG 53 RANDALL KING TYLER FARR She Gone Only Truck In Town The trio of Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson Warner Music Nashville/WMN Night Train/Broken Bow and Cameron Dudd posts its fifth Country Airplay entry, a run that includes the No. 3 2/10 MIDLAND hits “Drinkin’ Problem” and “Burn Out.” The HARDY FEAT. LAUREN Cheatin’ act’s latest bows at No. 53 with 1.4 million ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON Songs audience impressions (up 109%). One Beer Big Loud HARPER SMITH HARPER BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 18

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MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Jon Pardi 24 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand/Reviver Tenille Arts 21 DIAMONDS Warner Music Nahsville/WEA Morgan Evans 0.893 21 3 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 18 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand/Reviver Tenille Arts 0.780 34 21 PICK HER UP Capitol Nashville Hot Country Knights Feat. Travis Tritt 17 WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.579 21 0 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Feat. Eric Church 12 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 10 I’LL BE THE ONE Big Machine Noah Schnacky 0.537 30 0 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 8 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 0.502 8 3 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 7 GLASSES Dreamhaus Alissa Griffith 0.488 12 0 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 7 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 7 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 24.119 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 18.864 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen +2.453 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi +2.388 3 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 18.850 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +2.246 4 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett 17.910 PICK HER UP Capitol Nashville Hot Country Knights Featuring Travis Tritt +2.089 5 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 14.283 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +1.979 6 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 14.169 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris +1.878 7 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 13.929 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani +1.739 8 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 12.685 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +1.623 9 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 11.020 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress +1.608 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning +1.493 10 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 10.895 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi +488 $1,118,565 LUKE COMBS 26,733 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +467 $50, $25 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn./Dec. 12-13 26,733 AEG PRESENTS NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani +434 $682,020 LUKE COMBS 16,808 PICK HER UP Capitol Nashville Hot Country Knights Featuring Travis Tritt +385 $50, $25 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky./Dec. 11 16,808 AEG PRESENTS HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen +338 $481,060 LUKE COMBS 11,466 $50, $25 CenturyLink Center, Bossier City, La./Dec. 5 11,466 AEG PRESENTS CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +331 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +310 $409,964 LUKE COMBS 9,377 $50, $25 United Supermarkets Arena, Lubbock, Texas/Dec. 6 9,377 AEG PRESENTS KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +291 $298,608 OLD DOMINION 5,769 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris +276 $68, $38 Covelli Centre, Youngstown, Ohio/Dec. 14 5,769 AEG PRESENTS WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +268 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 JANUARY 26, 2020

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 2 13 SAME KIND OF CRAZY AS ME (Rounder Rec) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Cody Jinks 2004 205 11 1 21 WATERED DOWN WHISKEY (Ari-Tex ) James Lann 1385 -523 l2 3 16 PRETTY HEART (Independent) Parker McCollum 1835 72 l12 15 16 BARROOM BUDDIES (Independent) Dos Borrachos 1267 133 l3 4 13 ASPHALT AND CONCRETE (Independent) Bri Bagwell 1767 136 l13 16 12 SHE LOVES HORSES (Independent) William Clark Green 1248 129 l4 5 17 FACTS AND LIES (Independent) Jon Stork 1686 88 l14 18 11 ONE NIGHT IN TULSA (Independent) Kylie Frey 116 6 108 l5 7 23 GOOD TIMES (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. 1627 98 l15 19 15 DEAR COUNTRY MUSIC, (Independent) Mike Ryan 115 7 155 l6 8 20 EVERY DAY KIND OF LOVE (Independent) Kyle Park 1571 50 l16 17 15 I FOUND YOU (Independent) Robert Ray 115 3 95 l7 9 16 STRAIT TO JONES (Independent) Clay Hollis 1524 88 17 6 20 COUNTRY RADIO (BIG Label ) Aaron Watson 114 0 -401 l8 11 15 I CAN GIVE YOU ONE (Independent) David Adam Byrnes 1461 159 l18 21 12 COME BACK DOWN (Independent) Flatland Cavalry 1047 151 l9 13 11 WHISKEY’S WORKIN’ WELL (Independent) Jamie Richards 1440 162 19 10 26 NOTHIN’ ON YOU (Independent) Cody Johnson 1004 -383 l10 12 13 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (One Chord Song) Stoney LaRue 1439 156 l20 28 5 ONE MORE SHOT OF WHISKEY (Independent) Josh Ward 989 227

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TAYLOR ARETZ HEATHER PROPPER JENNA JOHNSON CHAD SCHULTZ JAMES MARSH TOM STARR TOM MARTENS RAY VAUGHN KRISTEN WILLIAMS on the two-week #1 single, “10,000 Hours” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 10 OF 18

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who rises from EMI promotion coordinator … Camille Kenny joined the Big Loud label as A&R coordinator. She arrives from THiS Music, where she served as creative manager … Copperline Music Group hired Dewayne Brown as head of A&R and label acquisitions. Brown most recently operated as The Orchard’s director of Nashville artist and label development. His first Copperline signing is the Davisson Brothers Band. Reach Brown here … KPLX/KSCS Dallas PD Mac Daniels parted ways with the stations, InsideRadio.com reported … KFDI Wichita, Kan., morning co-host Tim Burger left his station after a three-year tenure, according to InsideRadio. com … WGEZ-AM Beloit, Wis., morning host Greg ”Big Red” Hanthorn added PD stripes, Talkers.com reported … Country Radio Broadcasters named three Rusty Walker scholarship recipients, providing them free trips to Country Radio Seminar in Nashville Feb. 19-21. The winners are: KFRG Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., personality Anthony Donatelli; KFGY

BRETT D. MEISTER D. BRETT Santa Rosa, Calif., PD Dan Weir; and WCTY Norwich, Conn., promotions Walker Hayes was among the celebrity guests who visited the Harlem manager Nichole Breau. Globetrotters’ meet-and-greet when the team appeared Jan. 25 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. From left: Globetrotters Torch ’ROUND THE ROW George and Thunder Law, Hayes and Globetrotters Big East Lofton Warner Chappell Nashville signed singer-songwriter Zac Dyer to a and Jet Rivers. publishing deal … Bluegrass artist Nathan Stanley reached a booking and management agreement with the April Potter Agency … Indie artist Karen LAMBERT SHINES IN NASHVILLE Waldrup enlisted Carter & Company for management … Clover Marketing When Miranda Lambert headlined Jan. 24 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, president Laura McKinley Bull will publish From Individual to Empire: A she brought a set list that carried a ring of familiarity. Guide to Building an Authentic and Powerful Brand, on Feb. 4 through River But she also brought a fair amount of new material — including the joyous Grove Books. An adjunct professor at Collin College in Plano, Texas, Bull “It All Comes Out in the Wash” and her optimistic new single, “Bluebird” — spent 10 years as a Sony Music Nashville marketing executive … The Country that underscored an advancement in her onstage persona. Music Association’s charitable wing, the CMA Foundation, awarded $2.5 Lambert is the kind of artist whose emotions are often transparent: She has, million in music education-related grants to 56 organizations, including at times, seemed self-conscious onstage, and when she debuted the darkly the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, Camp Southern Ground and the Save confessional “Vice” in 2016, one could see a hint of panic as she launched the Music Foundation. Go here for the full list of recipients … Vince Gill, into the opening lines. Rascal Flatts, Carly Pearce, Michael Ray and Wade Hayes are among the But the 2020 Lambert is a more confident model. She admitted to her performers announced for the T.J. Martell Foundation’s annual Nashville ongoing discomfort with the concert spotlight — “I’m scared to death right Honors Gala on Feb. 24. This year’s honorees include Amy Grant and Morris now,” she said after her Bridgestone performance of “All Kinds of Kinds” — but Higham Management president Clint Higham … Former Sugar Hill marketing the closeups in the production’s video screens more often than not revealed director Bev Paul will be the subject of the Country Music Hall of Fame an upbeat performer experiencing the joy in her job rather than the pressure and Museum’s 13th annual Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum on Feb. 20. that often has surrounded it. Go here for more info … Keyboardist Mark Yeary died Jan. 17 following a Lambert raised her right arm in defiance at several points, invariably when heart attack at his home in Arizona City, Ariz., The Bakersfield Californian the lyrics of her songs alluded to a change in her outlook. She had a queen of reported. Yeary spent 19 years as a member of Merle Haggard’s band, The hearts tattoo applied to that arm in October 2018 when she believed she was Strangers. He took part in such hits as “Big City,” “Kentucky Gambler” and entering a new life phase. That ink inspired the song “Bluebird,” as well as “Ramblin’ Fever.” the title of her album Wildcard. The volume of hits in her set now far exceed the album cuts, and those songs — ranging from the fiery “Kerosene” to the thoughtful “Automatic” — created a singalong journey for the audience. Even the earliest chestnuts in her 15 years of recording still felt current rather than dated, and her mastery of her role proved most telling on “The House That Built Me.” The wisdom and fragility of that song was still evident, though Lambert — in contrast to many performances in the past — was able to complete it without crying. Lambert may have been making a statement with her closing number as she brought out openers Cody Johnson and LANCO for a rousing cover of Travis Tritt’s “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive.” Lambert and crew seemed to be living the sentiment, and even concertgoers dealing with a rough patch were able to get a boost by participating in her upward personal trajectory. RADIO & RECORDS® Big Machine Label Group expanded its music streaming team, promoting department leader Dave Kelly to vp digital consumption from director digital partnerships and streaming. The new squad includes four streaming managers: former BMLG intern Courtney Daly; Jasmine Byrne, promoted from an unspecified position; former Cold River senior director of strategy Marie Wapelhorst; and former Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) Dustin Lynch (left) received a John Rich (left) expanded his manager of programming Bekah Digby. Nathan Thomas becomes full-time plaque from BMG Nashville Redneck Riviera brand by streaming coordinator after serving as an operations intern. Reach Kelly executive vp recorded music Jon unveiling a line of meat snacks. He here, Byrne here, Daly here, Wapelhorst here and Thomas here … UMGN Loba celebrating Lynch’s career was joined at the announcement shifted Nick Kaper to Mercury director of Midwest promotion. His former accomplishments during a Jan. 17 by Classic Jerky Company

post, EMI director of West Coast promotion, was filled by Connor Brock, concert in Nashville. national sales director Jim Miller. DAVIS JASON RICH: VORLET. DANIEL LYNCH: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 18

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

The Nashville Sounds minor league baseball Jan. 28 team is the AAA affiliate of MLB’s Texas • 2018 — Chris Stapleton wins three Rangers, and Tim McGraw will strengthen trophies during the 60th Grammy the club’s Music City ties when he participates Awards at New York’s Madison Square April 23 in a high-dollar benefit at Globe Life Garden: best country album, for From Field in Arlington. Individual tickets are A Room: Volume 1; best country song, $2,000 (top sponsorship is $30,000) for “Broken Halos”; and best country solo the event, which includes dinner with players performance, “Either Way.” and coaches, and a McGraw concert. Other • 1995 — Alan Jackson’s “Gone Country” charity developments of note: Luke Bryan occupies the top spot on the Billboard is an ambassador for Cornerstone Building country chart. STAPLETON Brands, a Habitat for Humanity supplier; BARRON ANDY Dolly Parton will top a Jan. 30 event for Jan. 29 the W.O. Smith Music School at Nashville’s • 1990 — Waylon Jennings receives his General Educational MCGRAW Ryman Auditorium with Lee Greenwood, Development certificate, the equivalent of a high school diploma, Lonestar and others; John Schneider and at the state capitol in Frankfort, Ky. Irlene Mandrell play a Feb. 8 ALS benefit in Franklin, Tenn.; and songwriter- producers Ross Copperman and Nicolle Galyon take part in a Feb. 13 event Jan. 30 for Save the Music in Nashville. • 2000 — Faith Hill performs the national anthem before Super Bowl XXXIV at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. The St. Louis Rams beat the Keith Urban remembered Australians struggling with massive bushfires Tennessee Titans, 23-16. when he presented a trophy during the Jan. 26 Grammy Awards, and Australia • 1985 — Randy Travis records four songs at Nineteenth Avenue Sound remembered him that same day. He was named an Officer of the Order of in Nashville in his first session for Warner Bros. Among them are Australia, in great part because of his efforts in music education and fundraising “Prairie Rose,” which is destined for the soundtrack to Rustler’s for health care. Twenty-seven others also were cited in the Australia Day Honors Rhapsody, and “On the Other Hand.” List, including INXS co-founder Andrew Farriss. Jan. 31 Lauren Alaina used a Jan. 27 appearance on NBC’s Today to announce a • 2005 — The RIAA awards Brad Paisley’s duet with Alison Krauss, forthcoming EP: Getting Good, due March 6. Several other projects were “Whiskey Lullaby,” a gold single. revealed in the last week, including Chase Rice’s The Album Part I (dropped Jan. 24); Niko Moon’s debut EP, Good Time (Feb. 14); Kelsea Ballerini’s kelsea Feb. 1 (March 20); James Robert Webb’s self-titled album (March 27); and the • 2017 — Keith Urban dons a wig and sings on the street outside of Watkins Family Hour’s Brother Sister (April 10). Legends Corner in downtown Nashville. He earns a scant $8 for a performance of “Wasted Time.” Feb. 13 marks 100 years since the birth of Country Music Hall of Fame member • 1960 — Loretta Lynn signs her first recording contract with Zero Boudleaux Bryant. The day will be commemorated with a concert, Boudleaux & Records. The document contains just three pages. Felice Bryant Centennial Celebration: A Diamond Anniversary Love Story in Song, at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Their songwriting catalog Feb. 2 includes such standards as “Bye Bye Love,” “Love Hurts” and “Rocky Top.” The • 1980 — The Oak Ridge Boys perform “Leaving Lousiana in the Broad event will feature Jamey Johnson, The War and Treaty, Steve Tyrell, Chris Daylight” and “Dream On” during the week’s episode of Hee Haw. Scruggs and the Nashville Symphony. In addition to Boudleaux’s centennial, the date marks the 75-year anniversary of the couple’s first meeting. Feb. 3 • 2014 — Republic Nashville releases “This Is How We Roll,” by Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan, to radio. Top Headlines from .com Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

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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 1 17 10,000 HOURS No. 1 (16 weeks) Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 1 1 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.J.DILLON,J.REYNOLDS,J.D.BIEBER,J.BOYD) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR HH HH 2 2 2 47 THE BONES Airplay Gainer Maren Morris 3 2 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 3 4 4 33 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Luke Combs 5 2 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.FULCHER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 4 3 3 43 ONE MAN BAND Old Dominion RC 2 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.F.TURSI,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE HEARTACHE MEDICATION 5 5 7 33 Jon Pardi 2 5 l J.PARDI,B.BUTLER,R.GORE (J.PARDI,BARY DEAN,N.HEMBY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE KINFOLKS 6 7 8 16 Sam Hunt 4 6 l Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE 7 6 5 36 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU Lady Antebellum 6 5 D.HUFF (S.ELLIS,J.GREEN,R.J.HURD,L.J.VELTZ) BMLG 8 8 6 46 RIDIN’ ROADS Dustin Lynch 9 5 Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL) BROKEN BOW HOMESICK 9 9 9 44 Kane Brown 7 9 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 10 10 12 39 I HOPE Digital & Streaming Gainer Gabby Barrett 22 10 l R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR NOBODY BUT YOU 11 26 37 6 Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 30 9 l S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 12 15 16 29 Ingrid Andress 14 12 l S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 13 14 17 25 Riley Green 17 13 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,L.BONDS,B.GREEN) BMLG MAKE ME WANT TO 14 13 15 34 Jimmie Allen 8 13 l A.BOWERS,E.TORRES (J.ALLEN,P.SIKES,J.DENMARK) STONEY CREEK WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT 15 12 14 14 Luke Bryan 11 12 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,R.COPPERMAN,H.LINDSEY,J.M.NITE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 16 11 13 20 WE BACK Jason Aldean 10 11 M.KNOX (B.D.WARREN,B.WARREN,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT) MACON/BROKEN BOW HOMECOMING QUEEN? 17 17 18 20 Kelsea Ballerini 19 14 l J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) BLACK RIVER I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 18 16 19 15 Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 18 16 l BUSBEE (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE CHASIN’ YOU 19 20 23 23 Morgan Wallen 21 19 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT 20 18 20 27 Jordan Davis 13 18 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,L.L.FOWLER) MCA NASHVILLE HOMEMADE 21 21 25 19 Jake Owen 12 21 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (B.GOLDSMITH,J.MULLINS,D.PARKER,B.PINSON) BIG LOUD CATCH 22 22 24 30 Brett Young 15 22 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) BMLG 23 19 22 30 DIVE BAR Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton 16 19 G.BROOKS (M.ROSSELL,B.KENNEDY,T.G.BROOKS) PEARL 24 23 21 23 HEARTLESS Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen - 15 DIPLO,KING HENRY,CHARLIE HANDSOME,J.MOI (T.W.PENTZ,H.A.ALLEN,M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,R.J.HURD,CHARLIE HANDSOME) MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA TO A T 25 24 26 50 Ryan Hurd 23 24 l D.HUFF,A.ESHUIS (R.J.HURD,N.SPICER,L.J.VELTZ) RCA NASHVILLE

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 3 WKS LAURA VELTZ 1 24 WKS DANN HUFF 2 JOSH OSBORNE 2 DAN SMYERS 3 JIMMY ROBBINS 3 ZACH CROWELL 4 LUKE COMBS 4 JOEY MOI 5 ZACH CROWELL 5 GREG KURSTIN 6 ASHLEY GORLEY 6 SCOTT MOFFATT 7 ROSS COPPERMAN 7 SHANE MCANALLY 8 MAREN MORRIS 8 SCOTT HENDRICKS 9 SAM ELLIS 9 ROSS COPPERMAN MOI 10 RYAN HURD 10 JIMMY ROBBINS DELANEY ROYER DELANEY

The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings). BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 13 OF 18

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 AFTER A FEW 26 25 28 15 Travis Denning 20 25 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,K.ARCHER,J.WEAVER) MERCURY BEER CAN’T FIX 27 34 — 4 Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 24 27 l D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY BLESSINGS 28 28 32 11 Florida Georgia Line 28 28 l J.MOI,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,T.DOUGLAS,J.FRASURE,J.M.SCHMIDT,E.K.SMITH) BMLG HH HH 29 NEW 1 THINKING ‘BOUT YOU Hot Shot Debut Dustin Lynch Featuring Lauren Alaina - 29 l Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.ALBERT,H.PHELPS,W.WEATHERLY) BROKEN BOW IN BETWEEN 30 27 31 12 Scotty McCreery 25 27 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS MONSTERS 31 29 33 10 Eric Church 26 29 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE) EMI NASHVILLE BETTER TOGETHER 32 30 30 11 Luke Combs - 14 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVE R HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HER WORLD OR MINE 33 31 34 13 Michael Ray 29 31 l S.HENDRICKS (J.PAULIN,T.DENNING,B.BEAVERS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA BLUEBIRD 34 32 35 8 Miranda Lambert 37 32 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE DROWNING 35 33 41 18 Chris Young 36 18 l C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.A.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Maddie & Tae 36 RE-ENTRY 27 40 35 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY DRINKING ALONE 37 36 39 11 Carrie Underwood 32 36 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 38 35 38 15 BIG, BIG PLANS Chris Lane 57 33 J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG 39 37 40 6 LOCASH 27 37 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELH OUSE NEXT TO YOU 40 NEW 1 Little Big Town - 40 l LITTLE BIG TOWN (H.REYNOLDS,M.JADE,T.JARVIS) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 41 38 29 3 THIS BAR Morgan Wallen - 29 J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,J.MORGAN,J.SCOTT,E.K.SMITH,R.VOJTESAK,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD LONELY IF YOU ARE 42 43 46 21 Chase Rice 35 42 l C. DESTEFANO,C.RICE (C.RICE,L.RIMES,H.PHELPS) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW WHAT COULD’VE BEEN 43 40 45 8 Gone West 31 40 l J.KENNEY (C.CAILLAT,J.K.YOUNG,J.REEVES,D.J.REEVES,J.KENNEY) TRIPLE TIGERS COVER ME UP 44 44 43 12 Morgan Wallen - 35 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.J.ISBELL) BIG LOUD ONE BEER 45 42 47 4 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson - 42 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) TREE VIBEZ/BIG LOUD 46 41 44 18 FAMILY TREE Caylee Hammack 33 40 M.REAVES,C.HAMMACK (C.HAMMACK,T.VERGES,G.SAMPSON) CAPIT OL NASHVILLE 47 39 27 3 SINNING WITH YOU Sam Hunt - 27 B.CAIN,Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,P.DIGIOVANNI,J.OSBORNE,E.L.WEISBAND) MCA NASHVILLE 48 45 42 9 ALL IS FOUND Kacey Musgraves - 31 I.FITCHUK,D.TASHIAN (K.ANDERSON-LOPEZ,R.LOPEZ) WALT DISNEY ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 49 46 48 4 Ashley McBryde 47 46 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR FAMOUS 50 NEW 1 Adam Doleac - 50 l A.SKIB (A.DOLEAC,B.HAMRICK,A.SKIB) ARISTA NASHVILLE

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

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WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2020 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,000,000 1,036,633,000 268,441,000 Album ’19 2.71 million Consumption 2,717,000 2,980,000 9.7% ’20 2.98 million Last Week 972,000 1,033,360,000 271,468,000 Album Sales 548,000 477,000 -13.0% Change 2.9% 0.3% -1.1% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 2,624,265,000 3,130,659,000 19.3% ’19 3.93 billion This Week Last Year 909,000 868,647,000 237,387,000 ’20 3.31 billion Change 10.0% 19.3% 13.1% Video On-Demand 693,509,000 801,611,000 15.6%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending Jan. 23, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit.

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 14 OF 18

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 10,000 HOURS NOBODY BUT YOU LITTLE BIG TOWN NIGHTFALL 1 1 16 1 6 6 1 NEW 1 1 l DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER l BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI l CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031192*/UMGN THE BONES THINKING ‘BOUT YOU LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET l2 3 29 l2 NEW 2 1 1 11 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 MAREN MORRIS DUSTIN LYNCH FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 3 2 22 ONE MAN BAND 3 1 16 10,000 HOURS 3 2 2 138 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 OLD DOMINION DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING ONE MAN BAND NEW 1 DUSTIN LYNCH TULLAHOMA 4 4 4 21 4 3 32 l4 BROKEN BOW/BMG 85625/BBMG LUKE COMBS OLD DOMINION I HOPE THE BONES 3 3 6 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 1 l5 6 13 5 4 23 l5 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN GABBY BARRETT MAREN MORRIS KINFOLKS I HOPE MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 6 8 14 6 2 21 6 4 4 86 BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX 0 3 l SAM HUNT GABBY BARRETT TENNESSEE WHISKEY NEXT TO YOU DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 7 7 146 7 NEW 7 7 6 83 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1 CHRIS STAPLETON l LITTLE BIG TOWN WHISKEY GLASSES EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING MAREN MORRIS GIRL 8 9 49 8 5 28 8 8 10 46 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN LUKE COMBS RIDIN’ ROADS I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 9 10 4 9 7 25 9 6 8 63 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 0 1 l DUSTIN LYNCH RILEY GREEN WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU GOD’S COUNTRY CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 10 13 7 10 14 43 10 9 9 247 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l LADY ANTEBELLUM l BLAKE SHELTON OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 11 11 23 HEARTLESS 11 8 8 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 11 10 7 13 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE JASON ALDEAN 9 12 5 29 ONE THING RIGHT 12 9 29 ONE THING RIGHT 12 5 5 9 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1 MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 13 12 6 HEARTACHE MEDICATION 13 10 18 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 13 11 12 164 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1 JON PARDI INGRID ANDRESS BEAUTIFUL CRAZY HOMESICK 13 11 34 THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD 1 14 14 90 14 11 12 l14 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG LUKE COMBS KANE BROWN ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 15 15 37 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART 15 13 29 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU 15 12 14 45 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12 LUKE COMBS LADY ANTEBELLUM SPEECHLESS TENNESSEE WHISKEY LADY ANTEBELLUM OCEAN 16 16 79 16 17 208 16 14 13 10 BMLG LA0100A* 2 DAN + SHAY l CHRIS STAPLETON

ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 17 17 113 MEANT TO BE 17 12 13 KINFOLKS 17 15 17 235 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3 BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE SAM HUNT

JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN 18 18 4 HOMESICK 18 15 34 THE GIT UP 18 19 16 93 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1 KANE BROWN BLANCO BROWN JON PARDI HEARTACHE MEDICATION HOMECOMING QUEEN? HEARTACHE MEDICATION 19 22 10 19 18 8 19 16 22 17 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 030574*/UMGN 2 l KELSEA BALLERINI JON PARDI

KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 20 19 42 GOD’S COUNTRY 20 19 4 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT 20 18 15 90 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 BLAKE SHELTON LUKE BRYAN BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS CHASIN’ YOU BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART 21 20 19 222 2 21 23 3 21 20 36 l WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN l MORGAN WALLEN LUKE COMBS 22 25 — 195 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES 1 22 20 96 TEQUILA 22 23 7 HEARTLESS l MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 DAN + SHAY DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY 23 21 20 49 1 23 21 115 HEAVEN 23 22 10 HOMECOMING QUEEN? l BMLG FGL0400* 0 KANE BROWN KELSEA BALLERINI JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS 24 22 24 188 1 24 25 3 24 21 10 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 l RILEY GREEN JOHN DENVER BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG 25 23 21 154 2 25 24 2 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 25 24 78 SPEECHLESS BMLG BY0100A* 1 l INGRID ANDRESS DAN + SHAY 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 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights charts. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS

AGO AGO POS. POS. THIS THIS THIS LAST LAST LAST PEAK PEAK CERT. CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 1 1 193 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 1 NEW 1 DELLA MAE HEADLIGHT 1 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 l ROUNDER 610077*/CONCORD NEW 1 MARCUS KING EL DORADO 2 2 1 17 BILLY STRINGS HOME 1 l2 EASY EYE SOUND/FANTASY 534*/CONCORD l2 ROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD 3 2 2 95 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 1 4 3 51 MANDOLIN ORANGE TIDES OF A TEARDROP 1 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 l3 YEP ROC 2638* HOZIER HOZIER THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 4 3 3 239 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1 4 1 2 15 SIX SHOOTER 129* 1 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS RALPH STANLEY II AND THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS LORD HELP ME FIND MY WAY 5 5 5 156 3 RE-ENTRY 8 2 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY l5 STANLEY FAMILY 004 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW LIVE AT THE RYMAN 6 4 4 198 DUALTONE 1738* 1 1 6 7 4 16 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 98*/OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW 1 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY STEEP CANYON RANGERS NORTH CAROLINA SONGBOOK 7 6 6 45 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 4 7 5 6 8 YEP ROC 2667* 1 JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS JUDY COLLINS/JONAS FJELD WITH CHATHAM COUNTY LINE WINTER STORIES 8 7 10 150 JACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC (13.98) 2 6 8 6 5 8 WILDFLOWER 1560/CLEOPATRA 1 10 11 123 JAMES TAYLOR GREATEST HITS 8 13 — 18 THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS RISE SUN 1 l9 WARNER BROS. 78094/RHINO (11.98) l9 TAPE TIME 10 8 13 155 JOHN MAYER CONTINUUM 6 9 11 41 GREENSKY BLUEGRASS ALL FOR MONEY 1 AWARE/COLUMBIA 27976*/LEGACY (18.98) 4 l10 BIG BLUE ZOO 0010* Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming album sales. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 15 OF 18

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Brandon Lay, EMI Bet Their ‘Money’ On Love And Lies

In bars tonight across America — indeed, around the entire globe — men and and dropout sections where the arrangement was little more than a vocal women will be telling white lies and huge whoppers trying to entice a little action. on top of drumbeats and hand claps. Whether it’s a one-night stand or the beginning of a long-term relationship, “That was indispensable when it came time to cut it,” says Lay. people put up all kinds of fronts in an attempt to impress. Thus, Brandon Lay’s “For My Money” was in his catalog as EMI Nashville introduced him to “For My Money” has a ring of truth to it. The song has a cartoonish flavor radio with “Speakers, Bleachers and Preachers” in 2017 and “Yada Yada — a run-of-the-mill guy reels in a beautiful Yada” in 2018. Both songs peaked in the woman with the promise of a jet-setting 40s on Country Airplay, but they brought lifestyle he can’t really afford — but even if opportunities. They played well when he it seems a bit outlandish, its mix of love and opened stadium dates for Kenny Chesney, deception is decidedly familiar. and he was asked to do a Vevo DSCVR “Deception,” says Lay, “is a great word performance in New York, where he broke for it.” out “For My Money” for the first time. And it has some precedent in country Producer Mikey Reaves (Caylee music. Lefty Frizzell’s 1963 single “Saginaw, Hammack, Emily Hackett) thought that Michigan” portrays a young man who dupes song had a unique edge, and when Lay cut his father-in-law with a phony gold mine three tracks for an Amazon Originals session in Alaska, pushing the old man out of the in January 2019, they put “For My Money” on couple’s daily lives. Ricky Van Shelton’s deck. DeRoberts supplied the stems from his 1987 release “Crime of Passion” features a demo, and Reaves reworked it as a reference dumb-struck patsy who gets double-crossed when he booked drummer Fred Eltringham, when he helps a beautiful woman knock off bassist Rich Brinsfield and keyboardist a gas station. Kenny Chesney’s 2009 chart- Davis Nash for a Blackbird Studio session topper “Out Last Night” plays up a string of that yielded a highly rhythmic undertow. barroom falsehoods all designed to score a “The thing that ended up really feeling roll in the hay. good was that tom groove for the chorus, “For My Money” dates to 2015, when which you don’t find often in a country Lay and songwriter Andrew DeRoberts single,” says Reaves. “There are just things (“The Weekend”) booked an evening co- about it that felt appropriate because the song writing session. Given the time of day, they lyrically is almost cartoonish.” specifically wanted to write something on Ilya Toshinsky layered spiky guitars on the light side, and Lay brought up the title top, and Lay doubled all his vocal parts, “For My Money.” DeRoberts started fooling creating a power boost to the song’s central LAY around with a bluesy bassline that Lay character. Big, shouted background vocals associated with the crime-themed Ocean’s added a Def Leppard effect on top of the Eleven. It led them into a storyline built on a high-rolling lifestyle: “She likes blues-based chord structure. In the process, “For My Money” folds in ‘70s to fly in private jets/Ride in black Cadillacs.” classic rock, ‘80s hair band and ‘90s country and hip-hop influences. The woman has ultra-expensive tastes, and the man wants her to believe “Part of his aesthetic is not being too exact or neat,” notes Reaves. “There’s he can satisfy them. Whether he’s simply telling her a story or he actually has something very knee-jerk and rock ’n’ roll about him in his musical leanings and started buying stuff he can’t afford isn’t defined, but it’s clear that he can’t his songwriting, so I was trying to make it slam and have everything kind of feel continue the charade forever. intentional, but then again have little things that felt impulsive just stick out.” “Either he’s going to get the money that makes the girl stay or she’s Lay also created a spoken-word vamp that lampoons the jet-set lie as the going to figure out that he’s lying,” says DeRoberts. “Or, option three, she protagonist asks his girlfriend to hold the flashlight while he tries to crank might actually fall in love with him. You kind of feel bad for the singer. You the engine on his stalled truck. recognize that he’s maybe not [as honest as] a preacher, but you also kind Lay and Morris Higham Management financed the sessions without of root for him.” securing EMI’s approval, then finally took six tracks to the label. He saw “For The chorus uses a compact phrase and an upbeat, energetic tone to My Money” as a song that was “too quirky” to be a single. But with Universal camouflage the raw truth: “She only loves me for my money.” The next phrase Music Group Nashville senior vp A&R Stephanie Wright shepherding the employs almost the exact same melody for its confession “I ain’t got none, process, EMI got behind the song as the next release. honey,” but the blues-based progression adds some tension to the mix. “Everything’s kosher now,” says Lay, “but to be honest, I don’t know what “Because the chord goes to the four minor, it changes both what the harmony would have happened if they didn’t like it.” vocal does and the way the original melody feels against that harmony,” says EMI sent “For My Money” to country radio via PlayMPE on Jan. 6, giving DeRoberts. “It makes it feel like a totally different thing.” listeners a wacky take on the role of deception in love. Even the most honest By the end of that chorus, the singer reveals the full game he’s playing, people typically present the best version of themselves to potential partners, hoping he can “find some paper [so] we can really fall in love.” so it’s tough to imagine too many music fans who can’t see at least a piece of “It’s referred to as paper in a lot of rap songs,” says Lay. “I don’t really go their personality in the song. Lay certainly does. around saying, ‘Hey, let me get some paper,’ but I’ve heard it in a lot of songs.” “I’m not going to lie,” he says. “When I met my wife, I’m sure I pulled every DeRoberts fashioned the bulk of the first demo on the night they wrote it, card out of the hat to keep her interested slightly enough till we could solidify

creating an arc in the track by alternating between big, acerbic guitar tones our relationship a little bit. Absolutely, I’ve used that trick.” GAFKJEN ALYSSE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 18 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Chart Position BMI/Roy Rivers Publishing, BMI/Cowboy Hat Trick, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music (Songwriter) ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/No Fences Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love ASCAP (M.Rossell, B.Kennedy, T.G.Brooks) 16 Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, 10,000 HOURS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Shay SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 47 Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/Egg Music, T.Phillips) 7 BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA OVER DRINKING W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Songs BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WC Music Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ I Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, Corp., ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/I Know Songs, BMI (L.Combs, SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Music Corp., ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/ R.Fulcher, T.Reeve) 49 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Tunes, SESAC/Golden Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, Walls Music, SESAC/The Song Factory LLC, SESAC/Double Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, J.Boyd) 1 DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ Gobble Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (M.D.Carmichael, II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Vistaville Music, Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, J.Melton) 51 ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Hits, A BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C.R.Barlowe, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, S.Jones, H.Lindsey) 55 Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow I DON’T LOVE YOU Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 44 Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Yamomma, ASCAP/Alrighty Den P Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, Music, BMI/Songs Of Mojo Two, ASCAP/Songs Of A Carl BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ Music, ASCAP (A.Hambrick, M.Fuller, N.A.Medley) 58 PICK HER UP BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/Big Yellow Dog, (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 20 Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/Don’t Stop Jim Beavin Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Songs, BMI/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music B D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 32 ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (B.Beavers, J.Beavers, D.Bentley) 41 J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 22 BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 60 ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown ASCAP/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, SESAC (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 36 Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big R R.B.Tedder) 24 Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane E Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 18 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Big Music Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, Publishing, BMI/Island South, SESAC/Rosest Music, Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 9 E.K.Smith) 57 SESAC/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Works For RHA Music, BMI (L. Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ S BLESSINGS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Fulcher) 5 Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 25 Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From Countryside, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Warner- ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing 42 House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ 59 Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 17 (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, F K Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase T.Douglas, J.Frasure, J.M.Schmidt, E.K.Smith) 28 Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ FAMILY TREE Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sounds KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 13 BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Like Chet Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt BMI/Low Z Music, BMI/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You LLC, ASCAP (C.Hammack, T.Verges, G.Sampson) 33 Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 37 Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, FIRE’T UP Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Songs Of J.Osborne) 4 ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 50 Rhythm House, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of L Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, Peer, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, ASCAP (B.Gilbert, B.Day, T ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ J.Weaver) 52 Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, THANK GOD FOR YOU Mighty Jon 007 Music, Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music BMI/Spark Lark Music, BMI/Rare Spark Media Group, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., FRONT SEAT Totally Awesome Music, BMI (J. Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, Jordan) 39 Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, BMI/ole Songs Of Parallel, ASCAP/Year Of The Dog Music, L.J.Veltz) 3 H.Phelps) 35 ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree G Publishing, BMI (B.Chaffin, J.McElroy, L.Mize, R.Montana) 46 BREAK IT IN Plaid Flag Music, BMI/McCarty And M Blake, LLC, BMI/South By Sea Music Publishing, BMI/ GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ Music Machine, BMI/Florida Songs Vibez, BMI/I Finally (E.L.Weisband) 54 Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, Got Some Publishing, BMI/Riser House Tunes, SESAC (B. SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Davis, B.Day, D.Ross, M.Whitworth) 48 ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman Music Publishing, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.J.Veltz) 23 H Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, C P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 8 HEAD OVER HEELS Magic Mustang Music W Inc., BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songwriters CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Music And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Sony/ BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 26 Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 15 Company, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song N.Cooke, T.Cecil, J.Mullins) 56 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE What Is An Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (B.D.Warren, CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Ingrid, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 10 Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV The Art Music, BMI/Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/ BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 14 BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing C.Wiseman) 21 Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 2 N Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 31 Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/ HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Songs LLC, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/ Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 29 Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Dalmatian Music, PRS/Universal-PolyGram Int. Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Tunes, Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurd- Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, jamz, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, HOLD ON Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Inc., BMI 30 Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, J.Green, R.J.Hurd, L.J.Veltz) 6 53 Dontcallmebrett Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) J.Osborne) Tucky Music, ASCAP (J.Beavers, C.Stapleton) 45 NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree D HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ DETAILS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 43 Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ 19 J.M.Nite) 11 Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, N.Galyon) ASCAP 38 O (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 12 America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 27 Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 40 C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 34 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 18 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. D I ONE MAN BAND WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ (Songwriter) Chart Position Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/ Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/Reehits 10,000 HOURS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Shay Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Gabby World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, ASCAP/WC Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 10 ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Unfair Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Doc And BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/We’re Really Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 36 BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Gold Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, And Chorus, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.F.Tursi, J.Osborne) 4 ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, BMI/Roy Rivers Publishing, BMI/Cowboy Hat Trick, ASCAP/ BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/No Fences Music, ASCAP (M. Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, J.Boyd) 1 Rossell, B.Kennedy, T.G.Brooks) 23 Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C.Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/ J.Singleton) 18 A DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC (A. 49 AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D Soul IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass R Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/ ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Brett ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Party Of Five Music, Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, ASCAP/ James) 37 ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Music, ASCAP 30 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP (T.Denning, DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 26 Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green ALL IS FOUND Wonderland Music Company, Inc., (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 8 BMI (K.Anderson-Lopez, R.Lopez) 48 Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC Publishing Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 13 (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 35 S B K E SINNING WITH YOU Universal Music Corp., BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween The ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Paulywood Music, EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Big Music Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/Dragon Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Write Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 Dogwood, Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music BMI/Island South, SESAC/Rosest Music, SESAC/Larkin Hill Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/WC Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, R.B.Tedder) 27 Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, Works For RHA Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Fulcher) 3 (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, J.Osborne) 6 47 BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/ P.DiGiovanni, J.Osborne, E.L.Weisband) Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV F L SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ FAMILY TREE Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sounds LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, R.Montana) 32 Like Chet Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP 20 BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Low Z Music, BMI/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, H.Phelps) 42 T BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/ (C.Hammack, T.Verges, G.Sampson) 46 M THINKING ‘BOUT YOU Warner-Tamerlane Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, E.K.Smith) 38 FAMOUS Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Buzz BLESSINGS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb ASCAP/Sehr Laut, ASCAP/Songs Of Razor And Tie Music, Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/WC ASCAP (A.Doleac, B.Hamrick, A.Skib) 50 Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, SESAC/ Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Works, Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Sounds Music Corp., ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP/Who Wants BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, H Of Soperman Music Publishing, ASCAP/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Track House Worldwide BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Dreamark Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 14 Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI (D.Lynch, Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV A.Albert, H.Phelps, W.Weatherly) 29 Roc Nation Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/Happy MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Songs Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/ THIS BAR Relative Music Group, BMI/Ransom Quarter Note Music, ASCAP/Pie Cost Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI (T.Hubbard, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing B.Kelley, T.Douglas, J.Frasure, J.M.Schmidt, E.K.Smith) 28 Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 5 America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 31 Corp., ASCAP/Torches And Pitchforks Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog HEARTLESS I Like Turtles Music, ASCAP/KMR Music MORE HEARTS THAN MINE What Is An Mountain, BMI (M.W.Hardy, J.Morgan, J.Scott, E.K.Smith, R.Vojtesak, Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Royalties II SCSp, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Ingrid, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The M.Wallen) 41 Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs ASCAP/Duke City Music, BMI/KMR Music Royalties II SCSp., Art Music, BMI/Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Pub Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Big Loud Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 34 Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal, D.Southerland) 12 Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Spicer And Inc., BMI (T.W.Pentz, H.A.Allen, M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, R.J.Hurd, Charlie Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Big THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown Handsome) 24 N Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Round (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.J.Veltz) 25 Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, Inc., NEXT TO YOU Jarvis Reynolds-Music, LLC, ASCAP/WC Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Music Corp., ASCAP/Handeye Publishing, ASCAP (H.Reynolds, W Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI M.Jade, T.Jarvis) 40 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/ (J. WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 33 Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/Chifforobe (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) 2 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ LLC, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music C ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/Muse Magic, Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/WC Music ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, N.Galyon) 17 Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs ASCAP (B.D.Warren, B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 16 ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/ Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Combustion HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Big R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 11 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins It Over BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, O R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 22 Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/Oak Tree ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP (C.Caillat, CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Destiny, Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 43 ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, J.Mullins, D.Parker, Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU B.Pinson) 21 BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, J.Mitchell) 45 Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 19 Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc ASCAP/Dalmatian Music, PRS/Universal-PolyGram Int. Tunes, COVER ME UP Fame Publishing Company LLC, BMI/ Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Big Songs Of Emchant, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Kobalt Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI (S. America, Inc., BMI (M.J.Isbell) 44 Ellis, J.Green, R.J.Hurd, L.J.Veltz) 7 Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/TDP ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, Publishing, BMI 9 (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, T.Phillips) BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J. WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 39 Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, J.M.Nite) 15 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 27, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 18 CODA 9 Years Ago Kenny Chesney Went ‘Somewhere’ — And To No. 1 In 2011, he scored his 19th Hot Country Songs leader

On Jan. 29, 2011, Kenny Chesney’s “Come Over,” as well as leaders for The and Tequila,” featuring Grace Potter. “Somewhere With You” hopped 3-1 on Band Perry, Sam Hunt and Jake Owen. On April 18, Chesney, 51, will kick Hot Country Songs for its first of a three- “Somewhere” was released as the off the Chillaxification Tour in Dallas. week reign. second single from Chesney’s LP It will include a round of stadium Chesney added his 19th of 23 Hemingway’s Whiskey, which debuted at shows, and Florida Georgia Line, No. 1s to date with the song, which No. 1 on Top Country Albums and the Old Dominion and Michael Franti & J.T. Harding and Shane McAnally co- all-genre Billboard 200. The set spun off Spearhead will provide support. wrote. McAnally, who earned his first three more Hot Country Songs No. 1s Chesney is reportedly working on what chart-topper as a writer with the track, — “The Boys of Fall,” “Live a Little” and will be his 19th studio album. has since co-penned Chesney’s No. 1 “Reality” — plus the No. 3-peaking “You —JIM ASKER

Chesney performed on NBC News’ Today show in June 2011.

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