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Denning Ascends How Runaway June’s Realignment Hints At ‘’ Weeks >page 4 The Peaks And Perils Of Band Management

Jody Williams’ When Wheelhouse releases a new Runaway June single, “We increases, so does the likelihood that it will suffer from some New Pub House Were Rich,” it will mark a big moment for the trio, which man- career-ending pitfall. >page 10 aged to regroup after the departure of Hannah Mulholland. Alabama, a quartet that made its debut Remaining members Naomi Cooke and Jennifer Wayne with My Home’s in Alabama 40 years ago on the chart dated could have dissolved the act, or they could have moved forward June 14, 1980, made managers more willing to gamble on as a duo, and both of those options were bands when it launched a series of mul- Stars Line Up For considered before Natalie Stovall tiplatinum titles and arena sellouts. But ultimately filled the vacant position. some of the fears about bands played out >page 11 It’s a level of complication that solo during the group’s run: Drummer Mark acts never face, but that also represented Herndon was a hired hand rather than a an extra layer of drama for Runaway shareholder, and the internal strife dur- June’s manager, F2 Entertainment ing Alabama’s tours was significant, ac- ’s president/CEO Fletcher Foster. He cording to Herndon’s autobiography. Austin Benefit essentially gets the same commission Those same doubts still exist. >page 11 he would receive from a solo artist after Nashville record labels turned down assisting the trio through a transition Old Dominion — which has won the that focused on personality and Association’s vocal Makin’ Tracks: compatibility as much as it did on sound. group honor the last two years — Tim McGraw’s “The music elements, all of those specifically because it was a group. And ‘Mama’ kinds of things that [are apparent] in The new Runaway June lineup (from left): Morris Higham Management president >page 16 the front, you can figure those out,” Wayne, Cooke and Stovall. Clint Higham repeatedly resisted when he says, “but it’s the behind-the-scenes producer Shane McAnally (Midland, things that really make the machine work.” ) approached him about managing the act. Higham Groups are like a marriage, since each individual has his or gave in only after he was persuaded that Old Dominion had the Country Coda: her own entity while the relationship between any two people stability and dedication to match its talent. When Strait Gave can have its own separate dynamic. Because of that complexity, “He just kept after me,” notes Higham. “When the guys came Chart An ‘Amen’ bands were pariahs in country music for years because of the in and I realized, ‘OK, they’re a unit, and they’re committed >page 19 potential issues that Runaway June’s lineup shift represents. to their craft by touring in a van and doing it all themselves,’ Managers — as well as labels and booking agencies — staked that was inspiring.”

their own careers on an act’s reliability, and as an act’s size The challenges in band management are numerous. In MORGAN JEN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 19 addition to dealing with more personalities, larger circles of influence from friends and family, and the occasional possibility of a lineup change, decision- making can take longer and it’s more difficult to establish a brand. A solo artist can use the cult of personality to drive their story — every country fan has a sense of who or is. But it’s often difficult for that same consumer to identify all the different members of a group beyond the lead singer, let alone develop a composite sense of their characters. That’s an issue Red Light Management executive Mary Hilliard Harrington encounters daily while guiding LANCO. “They all have very distinct personalities, but the reason that they’re con- necting with fans is the live experience. It isn’t because of what they ate for Former Country Music Association executive director Ed Benson and breakfast,” she observes. “And by the way, as a manager, that’s what I want Jeannie Seely were among six panelists who attended a June 4 CMA because that’s building longevity and a touring career that can go on for 20 webinar, CMA Fest Through the Years. years if we keep building it one show at a time versus it being based on what- ever they’re doing in their yard at home or whatever the shtick of the day is.” The difference between the group dynamic and managing a solo artist is particularly apparent to Harrington now as she continues to handle ’s career while overseeing the management of his pet project, Hot Country Knights. “Choosing what the album cover is going to be is way easier when it’s just me and Dierks,” she says. “When there’s six opinions, obviously that’s going to take a whole lot longer. And when there’s six opinions in what I guess you would call a comedy project, all of the opinions are often off-color, and they’re really just oftentimes doing things to get a rise out of me. I’ve learned a lot more patience.” Working through the financial components is likewise an issue. Morris performed “Bluebird” during the June 3 telecast of CMT Higham client keeps all his profits after he pays commis- Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special. From left: group sions, fees and expenses, while Old Dominion divvies up its receipts among members Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman and five participants. As a result, a change in production costs can have a larger Karen Fairchild. effect on each band member and his family, and that puts even more stress on a band during its developmental stages. Attitudes during that period are key. “We try to focus our business model on growing the pie versus talking about slicing the pie,” says Higham. Ultimately, though building a band is more difficult than managing a solo career, the very nature of focusing on music rather than personality offers large potential rewards even when a founding member leaves. Higham points to country/rock’s Eagles, rock ensemble Journey and country trio-turned-duo Sugarland as acts that were able to survive key lineup changes, mostly because the quality of their music outshined any individual contributor. That makes a key crossroads, such as Stovall’s arrival in Runaway June, that much more crucial. For both the group and the manager, the critical element in an ensemble’s success still comes down to finding the right individual. “You go through the list of who’s musically fit for this, you know, who is visually fit for this, and then you get to this hard part,” says Foster. “Who do Lady Antebellum sang “” on the June 3 airing of CMT you want to have in the bunk above you or beside you on a day-to-day basis Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special. From left: on this journey? That becomes the biggest part.” members , and .

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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 2 65 AFTER A FEW Mercury  HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Travis Denning 32.090 +3.012 8268 535 1 2 1 20 River House/Columbia Nashville Featuring 27.612 -3.666 7093 -1156 3 l3 5 35 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine & 27.103 +3.462 7322 730 2 4 3 45 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 26.547 -1.543 6545 -269 4 5 4 23 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Duet With Gwen Stefani 24.504 -1.975 6008 -393 5 l6 7 16 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 21.879 +0.441 5859 73 6 l7 8 61 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 19.877 +1.121 5560 178 7 l8 10 11 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 19.394 +3.300 4881 648 10 l9 9 15 MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 18.842 +0.413 5284 202 8 l10 11 25 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville 18.204 +2.210 5174 418 9 l11 12 56 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse  LOCASH 16.352 +1.342 4560 242 11 l12 15 11 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG  14.871 +0.795 3998 152 15 l13 13 15 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville 14.722 +0.224 4174 63 13 l14 16 36 WHY WE DRINK Valory  14.418 +0.956 4014 112 14 l15 14 31 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 14.395 -0.052 4298 49 12 l16 19 10 Valory  Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 14.251 +2.183 3806 454 18 l17 17 28 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR 13.499 +0.420 3856 102 17 l18 18 44 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury  Maddie & Tae 12.696 +0.281 3885 42 16 l19 20 7 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville HH Airpower HH Kane Brown 8.975 +0.526 2729 139 20 l20 21 30 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR HH Airpower HH Ashley McBryde 8.853 +0.783 2940 303 19 l21 22 5 McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 8.697 +1.465 2621 436 21 l22 23 49 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow 6.859 +0.277 2591 22 22 l23 24 8 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville 5.878 +0.617 1948 142 25 l24 25 29 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 5.565 +0.422 2146 97 23 l25 26 39 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 4.549 +0.407 1975 126 24 l26 29 9 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow 4.452 +0.512 1572 100 29 l27 28 22 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 4.381 +0.392 1402 228 31 l28 30 26 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 4.369 +0.469 1752 80 27 l29 31 18 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 4.348 +0.568 1532 248 30 l30 27 40 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 3.958 -0.036 1764 22 26

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 JUNE 8, 2020 | 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 33 9 Curb  Lee Brice 3.704 +0.430 1579 279 28 32 32 20 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 3.660 -0.073 1340 -4 32 l33 34 12 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 3.560 +0.288 1251 141 33 l34 NEW WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Increased Audience/Breaker HH Kane Brown 3.538 +3.538 709 709 46 l35 35 15 RCA Nashville HH Breaker H Old Dominion 3.284 +0.028 997 58 37 l36 36 6 SIX FEET APART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 2.957 +0.018 723 3 45 l37 39 7 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG  Lady Antebellum 2.865 +0.604 952 130 40 l38 37 35 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 2.566 +0.142 1220 -2 34 l39 NEW HARD DAYS Valory  HH Most Added HH Brantley Gilbert 2.428 +2.428 492 492 53 40 38 16 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow 2.118 -0.175 966 45 38 l41 41 14 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 2.057 +0.085 958 58 39 l42 40 34 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury  Lauren Alaina 1.930 -0.053 112 4 45 35 43 42 28 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 1.815 -0.093 787 -33 43 l44 43 17 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 1.801 -0.010 861 11 41 l45 46 26 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 1.738 +0.179 1000 39 36 46 44 8 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 1.722 -0.080 807 18 42 l47 45 10 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville 1.656 +0.060 698 22 47 l48 47 3 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville 1.624 +0.213 559 36 50 l49 48 8 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 1.565 +0.178 517 32 52 l50 51 6 LADY BMLG  Brett Young 1.315 +0.065 532 31 51 l51 49 7 NOBODY Curb  Dylan Scott 1.310 +0.014 772 122 44 l52 53 3 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud 1.291 +0.308 421 68 55 l53 55 2 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen 1.179 +0.219 302 68 59 l54 56 6 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek & Noah Cyrus 1.171 +0.371 570 99 49 l55 54 24 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse  Granger Smith 1.012 +0.046 623 24 48 56 52 5 SENIOR YEAR Patoka Sounds Drew Baldridge 0.966 -0.096 250 -8 - l57 NEW HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Ballerini 0.877 +0.499 282 150 - l58 NEW ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 0.841 +0.304 391 145 56 l59 58 3 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 0.793 +0.044 424 30 54 l60 RE-ENTRY WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.579 +0.021 255 4 -

GOING FOR ADDS

6/15 6/29 AUSTIN HOPKINS BRYAN FOX FEAT. NAPPY ROOTS Right Now That’s About Me A5H R3cords Not Listed BRANTLEY GILBERT DARLINGHURST Hard Days So Long So Long Valory Helium EMMA WHITE 6/22 That’s Why I Drink ALIANA Not Listed 34 Love’s Unknown LOCKELAND Bar Frog Co-penned by Brown, the track makes a Made For Mornings call for peace and togetherness. Released BAND STEELE Grassroots June 4 and helped by hourly plays that day on You’re Gonna Have To Miss Me KANE BROWN participating iHeartMedia stations, it arrives Fire River Worldwide on Country Airplay at No. 34 with 3.5 million Beautiful KYLIE FREY in audience. Proceeds will benefit the Spur Of The Moment Boys & Girls Club of America. Deep Frey’d KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES FOR DCP FOR IMAGES WINTER/GETTY KEVIN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 19

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 51 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown 40 ONLY TRUCK IN TOWN Night Train/Broken Bow  0.485 35 2 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 27 NO MATTER WHAT 24 Entertainment/Stoney Creek King Calaway 0.457 24 1 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 23 FAMOUS Arista Nashville Adam Doleac 0.444 28 2 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 23 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 22 EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville  0.424 16 10 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 22 THE FATHER, MY SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST Tripple Shoes/Broken Bow  0.419 6 0 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 20 THE STRANGER Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 0.373 0 0 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 18 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 15 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 20.330 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 17.965 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown +3.538 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice +3.462 3 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 15.883 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +3.300 4 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 11.862 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning +3.012 5 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 11.663 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert +2.428 6 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 11.350 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +2.210 7 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 10.774 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +2.183 8 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 10.465 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +1.465 9 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 9.205 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH +1.343 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1.121 10 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 8.777 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice +730 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown +709 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +648 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning +535 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert +492 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +454 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +436 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +418 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde +303 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice +279 FISH OWEN OWEN: ROBBY KLEIN ROBBY OWEN: TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING JUNE 7, 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 20 EVERY DAMN TIME (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Drew Fish Band 1974 165 l11 14 9 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck)  Deryl Dodd 1221 113 l2 3 12 RODEO CLOWN (Independent)  Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1756 7 12 1 21 GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK (Independent)  Jody Booth 1218 -642 l3 4 18 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent)  Reckless Kelly 1709 47 l13 13 21 NO HANDLE (Independent)  The Panhandlers 117 5 66 l4 5 17 FAMILY NAME (Independent)  Cross Rags and Young 1642 119 l14 15 20 WE DON’T CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE (Independent)  Casey Baker 113 8 54 l5 8 14 YOU, ME AND A BOTTLE (Independent)  Randy Rogers Band 1463 63 15 6 18 FOUR MINUTES (King Hall Music)  Chad Cooke Band 112 0 -370 6 7 24 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records)  Eleven Hundred Springs 1418 -2 l16 19 7 AS SOON AS YOU (Ten X Music Group)  Bri Bagwell 1119 137 l7 10 16 BURY MY BONES (Independent)  Whiskey Myers 1365 49 17 16 20 RED DIRT TEXAS (Independent)  Hayden Haddock 1057 -22 8 9 25 COWBOY & THE GYPSY (Independent)  Mark Winston Kirk 1337 -8 18 17 24 FAR FROM GOOD (Independent)  Triston Marez 1009 -10 l9 12 8 NEON TOWN (Independent)  David Adam Byrnes 1314 184 l19 23 12 FEELS LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC (Independent)  Jon Wolfe 1002 104 l10 11 12 RADIO COWBOY (Independent)  Jon Stork 1277 145 20 18 21 THROUGH THE JUKEBOX (Independent)  Donice Morace 984 -18

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Group added three new employees: director of radio promotions Seth Neces- sary, director of social content and videography Justin Mayotte and social media coordinator Jessica Korver. The Texas-based Necessary was previously Riser House director of Midwest/Texas promotions, Mayotte was formerly a Boston-based independent photographer, and Korver climbs aboard after several years as an indie executive assistant. Reach Necessary here, Mayo- tte here and Korver here … KFDI Wichita, Kan., laid off several staff mem- bers, including assistant PD/music director Carol Hughes, The Wichita Eagle reported … iHeartMedia/Syracuse, N.Y., operations manager Rich Lauber parted ways with the cluster, The Syracuse Post-Standard reported. He was also the afternoon host on country WBBS. That daypart has been filled by a Ashley McBryde (right) chatted remotely with ABC host Amy Robach personality named Shanna. Her photo resembles that of WMIL assistant PD/ when she appeared on the June 1 edition of Good Morning America to music director Shanna “Quinn” Hoy, who is believed to be voice-tracking perform “Hang in there Girl.” the WBBS shift … MacDonald/Saginaw, Mich., hired operations manager/ PD Jason Addams, according to the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. JODY WILLIAMS LAUNCHES PUB HOUSE The cluster includes country WKCQ, where he also will occupy the afternoon Former BMI vp creative Jody Williams has formed a new publishing com- shift. Addams was formerly WGH Virginia Beach, Va., brand manager/after- pany, Jody Williams Songs (JWS), as a joint venture with Warner Chappell noon host … Magnum Media is purchasing three stations in La Crosse, Wis., Music Nashville. from the La Crosse Media Group, WKBT-TV La Crosse reported. The signals Last September, the highly regarded executive announced he was leaving include country WQCC … Gulf South/Dothan, Ala., hired “Big Rick” Daniels the performing rights organization at year’s end after a 14-year run to return as digital brands manager for the cluster and PD for country WTVY, according to music publishing. He previously ran MCA to InsideRadio.com. He was most recently a morning personality at country Music Publishing Nashville and his own pub- WGGC Bowling Green, Ky. … WKLB Boston PD David Corey will depart his lishing company, Jody Williams Music, be- position at the end of June, according to RadioInk.com, after failing to reach tween two previous stints at BMI. an agreement on a new contract. Among the signed to JWS are Ashley McBryde, Nathan Chapman ’ROUND THE ROW (“Homegrown Honey”), Jeremy Spillman SNG Music promoted three staffers. Senior director of licensing and (“Hell on the Heart”) and Greg Bates. The administration Kathleen Mullet rose from director, senior director of creative company also will represent Pat McLaugh- Aubrey Schwartz was upped from director, and manager of creative and lin (“Firecracker”) in a writer management/ marketing Sierra Crider was previously an associate. Reach Mullet here, publishing role. Schwartz here and Crider here … The Americana Music Association launched Williams and Warner Chappell Nashville a foundation with 11 initial board members, including Jackson Browne, president/CEO Ben Vaughn met at the be- Rhiannon Giddens, Brandi Carlile and T Bone Burnett. Go here for the full WILLIAMS JON-PAUL BRUNO JON-PAUL ginning of the year and “pretty quickly put a board list … GrassRoots Promotion launched FanTheJam.com, a digital fan club deal together,” says Vaughn. “Jody is the gold site. Members pay $4.95 to access artist content. Its eight initial clients include standard for me. He is someone you want to emulate as a publisher. He’s some- Aaron Goodvin and Joe & Martina … Producer-engineer Drew Long (Chris one who has an amazing track record working with artists and songwriters.” Stapleton, Judah & The Lion) signed a management agreement with Rock Williams always planned to link with a major publisher, as he had when Jody Ridge Music … The Circle TV network has launched twice-weekly one-minute Williams Music operated as a joint venture with Sony/ATV from 1999-2007. video entertainment news packages for media outlets and Circle affiliates … A “I love the partnership aspect,” he says. “I knew that the financial backing public memorial for guitarist Jimmy Capps will be livestreamed at 1 p.m. CT and creative support from a major would be helpful in building a company on June 9 at WSMOnline.com. Capps died June 1 after more than 50 years from scratch.” in Nashville’s music business, much of it spent as a member of the Grand Ole In addition to funding, Warner Chappell will provide administrative sup- Opry house band. A 2014 inductee in the Musicians Hall of Fame, he was also port for JWS and co-own the copyrights. Through the collaboration, Williams an on-camera regular on the RFD-TV series Larry’s Country Diner. Capps will develop writers and writer/artists, secure covers, source legacy catalogs, particularly excelled in the recording studio, participating in such classics as and represent select WCM catalogs for pitching. ’s “Unwound,” ’s “Here in the Real World,” Kenny The contract for the partnership took effect April 1 in the midst of the shut- Rogers’ “The Gambler” and ’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today.” down from the coronavirus pandemic. After employees are allowed to return to work, Williams and former Curb/Word Music Publishing executive Nina Jenkins, whom he hired as JWS’s creative director, will operate from an office on Music Row. For now, they are working from their homes and, occasionally, on Williams’ back porch at a safe social distance. Williams envisions his company staying small, with no more than a dozen writers. “I’m open to songwriters of any genre. There’s so much diversity in Nashville,” he says. “I am all about creating copyrights that are going to have some kind of historical significance, not just a revenue stream.” Read the full version of this story here. —Melinda Newman RADIO & RECORDS® Universal Music Group Nashville promoted Lori Christian to senior vp mar- keting from senior vp media marketing. The new role expands her influence, adding brands and sponsorship, international marketing and creative ser- vices to her PR oversight … Big Loud hired Paul Logan as vp sync and visual strategy for both its label and publishing divisions. He was previously Spo- Indie artist Dallas Remington (left) chatted with RFD-TV host Janet tify lead of playlist video operations. Reach Logan here … Copperline Music Adkinson as she promoted her current single, “Uncommon Man.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 19

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Two months after his death, one of Nashville’s songwriting icons will receive June 9 a major online sendoff with the June 11 premiere of Picture Show: A Tribute • 2017 — Capitol releases the Lady Ante- Celebrating John Prine. Produced by his family and his Oh Boy label, the event bellum album Heart Break. features more than three dozen participants, including Eric Church, Vince • 1993 — Reba McEntire and Linda Davis Gill, , Sturgill record “Does He Love You.” Simpson, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, TV host Stephen Colbert June 10 and comedian Bill Murray. The • 2018 — Brothers Osborne, LANCO and show starts at 6:30 p.m. CT on a group of members DAVIS Prine’s YouTube, Facebook and perform at the multigenre Bonnaroo channels. He died April 7 Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. The Opry participants following a bout with COVID-19, include , Del McCoury, and and his widow, Fiona Whelan Prine, Riders in the Sky. addressed the Tennessee state legislature on June 2 in a push for June 11 absentee balloting to help reduce the • 2019 — Craig Morgan, Chris Janson and invite Luke spread of the virus. A federal judge Combs to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. essentially ratified her position by ruling that the state must allow all June 12 citizens to vote by mail. • 2015 — Little Big Town sings “Elvira” with during the CMA Music Festival at LP Field in Nashville. PRINE Willie Nelson’s Luck Productions • 2010 — Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” starts a offers its own online benefit with four-week ride at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. A Night for Austin, a two-hour concert on June 10 that also will air on KEYE- TV Austin, raising money for the Texas capital’s community foundation. The June 13 show amasses at least 30 acts and personalities, including Paul Simon, Lyle • 2016 — Columbia releases Maren Morris’ single “80s Mercedes” Lovett, Asleep at the Wheel, James Taylor, , Bonnie Raitt to radio. and Renée Zellweger. The music rolls at ANightForAustin.com at 8 p.m. CT. June 14 Eric Paslay will release a four-song EP, Heartbeat Higher, on July 3 in collabo- • 2001 — and Willie Nelson are inducted into the Song- ration with engineer-producer F. Reid Shippen (, Dierks Bentley) writers Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Sheraton New York and producer Tofer Brown (Little Big Town). Also on the way are ’s Hotel, along with Eric Clapton, Diane Warren and Paul Williams. , an EP with a guest appearance by (due June 12), • 1990 — showcases for Nashville record labels John Carter Cash’s Hey Crow! (June 19), a vinyl album, at Douglas Corner, leading directly to a recording deal with MCA. After All These Years: A Collection (July 10) and Charley Crockett’s Welcome Among the eight songs in her set list: “She’s in Love With the Boy.” to Hard Times (July 31). June 15 My Darling Vivian arrives in 16 select virtual theaters beginning June 19. • 2007 — The hit “What Hurts the Most” earns a plati- The documentary delves into the life of Vivian Liberto, the first wife of num single from the RIAA. . Daughter Rosanne Cash has participated in some of the • 1952 — writes “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” promotion surrounding the film, which lends to its credibility. Go here for market availability. 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 66 THE BONES No. 1 (14 weeks) Maren Morris RC 1 G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.M.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 2 2 2 42 CHASIN’ YOU Morgan Wallen 4 2 J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD 3 3 3 58 I HOPE Gabby Barrett RC 2 R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 4 4 4 21 DOES TO ME Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 2 4 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 5 6 6 34 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Airplay Gainer Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 3 5 l (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE HARD TO FORGET 6 8 9 17 Sam Hunt 9 6 l Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE AFTER A FEW 7 7 7 34 Travis Denning 1 7 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,K.ARCHER,J.WEAVER) ME RCURY 8 5 5 25 NOBODY BUT YOU Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 5 2 S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN ONE MARGARITA 9 10 10 12 Luke Bryan 8 9 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE BLUEBIRD 10 11 11 27 Miranda Lambert 10 10 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 11 13 12 15 HERE AND NOW Streaming Gainer Kenny Chesney 6 11 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 12 9 8 23 BEER CAN’T FIX Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi RC 6 D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY HH HH 13 18 18 10 BE A LIGHT Digital Gainer Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 16 13 l D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY 14 12 16 11 I LOVE MY COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line 12 12 C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (K.BROWN,C.CROWDER,R.C.MCGILL,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,W.WEATHERLY) BMLG IN BETWEEN 15 15 13 31 Scotty McCreery 7 13 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 16 16 15 46 Maddie & Tae 18 15 l J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME 17 14 14 14 Keith Urban 13 14 l K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE DRINKING ALONE 18 17 17 25 Carrie Underwood 15 17 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE GOT WHAT I GOT 19 23 28 17 Jason Aldean 26 19 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG 20 19 21 25 LOCASH 11 19 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE WHY WE DRINK 21 20 24 18 Justin Moore 14 20 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY ONE OF THEM GIRLS 22 26 26 8 Lee Brice 31 22 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB ONE BEER 23 24 25 23 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 29 23 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD 24 21 20 7 COOL AGAIN Kane Brown 19 12 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 25 25 27 23 Ashley McBryde 20 23 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 10 WKS LUKE COMBS  1 12 WKS JOEY MOI  2 CRAIG WISEMAN  2 DANN HUFF  3 SHANE MCANALLY  3 GREG KURSTIN  4 JOSH THOMPSON  4  5 JONATHAN SINGLETON  5 JEREMY STOVER  TIE 6 LAURA VELTZ  6  TIE 6 MAREN MORRIS  7 SCOTT MOFFATT  8 MORGAN WALLEN  8 BUSBEE  9 JIMMY ROBBINS  9 SCOTT HENDRICKS  10  10 ZACH CROWELL  THOMPSON

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 JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 14 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 DONE 26 28 30 15 Chris Janson 17 26 l C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNE R MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 27 22 19 5 SIX FEET APART Luke Combs 36 10 C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 28 27 23 7 Morgan Wallen 53 12 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD SHE’S MINE 29 38 41 12 Kip Moore 25 29 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE I CALLED MAMA 30 36 36 5 Tim McGraw 21 22 l T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO 31 32 47 11 Russell Dickerson 41 31 l D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS CHAMPAGNE NIGHT 32 33 32 8 Lady Antebellum 37 27 l S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 33 31 33 6 Jon Pardi 33 31 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE MY TRUCK 34 35 34 17 Breland - 26 l KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC SOME GIRLS 35 39 39 11 Jameson Rodgers 24 35 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 36 30 31 11 THE OTHER GIRL x Halsey RC 19 R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER LADY 37 41 40 5 Brett Young 50 22 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG GETTING GOOD 38 45 44 17 Lauren Alaina 42 33 l D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY PRETTY HEART 39 46 45 5 Parker McCollum 27 39 l (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 40 34 — 3 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 58 34 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 41 37 37 16 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown 59 31 D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK WHAT COULD’VE BEEN 42 43 38 27 Gone West 30 34 l J.KENNEY (C.CAILLAT,J.K.YOUNG,J.REEVES,D.J.REEVES,J.KENNEY) TRIPLE TIGERS EVERYWHERE BUT ON 43 44 43 11 Matt Stell 28 37 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE 44 40 42 11 SOME PEOPLE DO Old Dominion 35 39 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,J.FRASURE,S.MCANALLY,THOMAS RHETT) RCA NASHVILLE NO I IN BEER 45 47 46 4 Brad Paisley 23 45 l L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch 46 RE-ENTRY 4 40 46 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) B ROKEN BOW TO HELL & BACK 47 49 49 6 Maren Morris 47 44 l BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE CHEATIN’ SONGS 48 48 48 4 Midland 32 45 l D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE GOOD TIME 49 50 — 3 Niko Moon 49 45 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE THIS IS US Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 50 RE-ENTRY 7 54 43 l A.BOWERS (N.CYRUS,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,I.JUBER,D.EMILE II) RECORDS/COLUMBIA/STONEY CREEK

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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 1,284,000 1,340,416,000 127,461,000 Album ’19 22.36 million Consumption 22,369,000 24,792,000 10.8% ’20 24.79 million Last Week 1,264,000 1,527,431,000 133,634,000 Album Sales 4,391,000 3,675,000 -16.3% Change 1.6% -12.2% -4.6% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 21,888,667,000 26,518,573,000 21.2% ’19 27.62 billion This Week Last Year 1,141,000 1,123,654,000 280,874,000 ’20 29.60 billion Change 12.5% 19.3% -54.6% Video On-Demand 5,736,212,000 3,088,739,000 -46.2%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending June 4, 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. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams. For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 15 OF 19

SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

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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 HEARTLESS ONE MARGARITA JIMMY BUFFETT LIFE ON THE FLIP SIDE 1 3 42 1 1 9 1 NEW 1 1 l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  LUKE BRYAN  l MAILBOAT 2173 (*) I HOPE HARD TO FORGET LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 2 1 32 l2 4 13 2 1 2 30 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 GABBY BARRETT  SAM HUNT  CHASIN’ YOU BE A LIGHT MORGAN WALLEN 3 2 22 3 15 10 3 2 3 105 BIG LOUD 783* 0 2 MORGAN WALLEN  l THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN  THE BONES NOBODY BUT YOU LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 4 4 48 4 5 25 4 3 4 157 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 l MAREN MORRIS  BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI  DOES TO ME CHASIN’ YOU NEW 1 KIP MOORE WILD WORLD 5 l5 5 10 l5 6 18 l5 MCA NASHVILLE 032058/UMGN (*) LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH  MORGAN WALLEN  HARD TO FORGET DOES TO ME SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 6 8 9 6 7 18 6 4 5 9 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 l SAM HUNT  l LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH  I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW THE BONES NEW 1 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OIL 7 7 6 17 l7 10 42 l7 MAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE  MAREN MORRIS  WHISKEY GLASSES BLUEBIRD BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 8 10 68 8 11 12 8 6 6 25 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l MIRANDA LAMBERT  CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 9 7 165 TENNESSEE WHISKEY 9 8 40 I HOPE 9 7 7 266 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 CHRIS STAPLETON  GABBY BARRETT  BLUEBIRD CHAMPAGNE NIGHT MAREN MORRIS GIRL 10 13 5 10 13 8 10 8 8 65 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1 l MIRANDA LAMBERT  l LADY ANTEBELLUM  ONE MAN BAND WHEN LIFE IS GOOD AGAIN 14 9 5 KENNY CHESNEY HERE AND NOW 1 11 9 41 11 NEW l11 BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 631374/WMN OLD DOMINION  l DOLLY PARTON  SIX FEET APART ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 12 15 109 12 9 5 12 10 13 252 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3 l LUKE COMBS  LUKE COMBS  THOMAS RHETT 13 12 8 AFTER A FEW 13 12 17 BEER CAN’T FIX 13 9 10 53 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 0 1 TRAVIS DENNING  THOMAS RHETT FEAT. JON PARDI  NOBODY BUT YOU GOT WHAT I GOT KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 14 11 19 14 19 6 14 11 11 82 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1 BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI  l JASON ALDEAN  MEANT TO BE WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 15 17 132 15 NEW 15 12 12 102 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1 l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  l KANE BROWN  HERE AND NOW I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 16 NEW 16 16 27 16 15 15 32 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1 l KENNY CHESNEY  l CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE  10,000 HOURS HEARTLESS KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 17 16 35 17 RE-ENTRY 17 17 14 183 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER  l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  BEER CAN’T FIX HOMETOWN 30 28 28 JASON ALDEAN 9 1 18 14 6 18 NEW l18 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG THOMAS RHETT FEAT. JON PARDI  l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. ZAC BROWN & DANIELLE BRADBERY  TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART MY WISH RE-ENTRY 217 6 19 18 56 19 17 35 l19 CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 LUKE COMBS  RASCAL FLATTS  ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY GOT WHAT I GOT I LOVE MY COUNTRY 20 NEW 20 14 5 20 19 17 64 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12 l JASON ALDEAN  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 

GEORGE STRAIT 21 19 3 ONE MARGARITA 21 18 224 TENNESSEE WHISKEY 21 18 19 214 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1 LUKE BRYAN  CHRIS STAPLETON  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME 22 22 6 22 21 9 22 20 21 241 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN 2 l MORGAN WALLEN  l KEITH URBAN  KELSEA BALLERINI KELSEA ONE OF THEM GIRLS SECOND GUESSING 23 22 16 11 2 23 NEW 23 3 3 BLACK RIVER 2020* l LEE BRICE  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 6-PACK (EP) ONE BEER ONE OF THEM GIRLS 24 5 — 2 5 24 RE-ENTRY 24 25 5 BMLG DIGITAL EX l HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON  l LEE BRICE  MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD 25 23 23 31 1 25 23 111 TEQUILA 25 24 2 WHY WE DRINK VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN l DAN + SHAY  l JUSTIN MOORE  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

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4 3 3 114 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 1 NEW 1 DOC WATSON AND GAITHER CARLTON DOC WATSON AND GAITHER CARLTON 4 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 l4 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS 40235* HOZIER HOZIER JIM WHITE AND MARISA ANDERSON THE QUICKENING 5 7 7 258 1 RE-ENTRY 2 4 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 l5 THRILL JOCKEY 511* 6 6 6 175 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 4 5 17 THE STEELDRIVERS BAD FOR YOU 1 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY l6 ROUNDER 610080*/CONCORD JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 7 9 8 169 JACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC (13.98) 2 6 7 2 2 34 SIX SHOOTER 129* 1 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA MANDOLIN ORANGE TIDES OF A TEARDROP 8 12 9 217 DUALTONE 1738* 1 1 8 3 3 70 YEP ROC 2638* 1 JAMES TAYLOR GREATEST HITS WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN 9 11 4 141 4 RE-ENTRY 8 1 WARNER BROS. 78094/RHINO (11.98) l9 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS 40236* JOHN MELLENCAMP THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978 - 1988 CHOSEN ROAD APPALACHIAN WORSHIP: DELUXE EDITION 10 10 10 80 6 RE-ENTRY 3 5 MERCURY 536738*/UME (11.98/17.98) 3 l10 SONG GARDEN 1255 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 JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 19

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

‘I Called Mama’: Tim McGraw’s Simple Message For A Challenging Time

Ask Tim McGraw about the birds singing in his new single, “I Called Mama,” But that also made “I Called Mama” a little more universal. and he’ll give you an amused look that essentially says there are no birds. “Live oak trees are true to a lot of places,” observes Green. “I’ve seen mes- “I know what you’re talking about,” he says. “The little squeaky thing in sages on my Instagram or Facebook, and they’re like, ‘I know what you were the front.” thinking of on that live oak tree line.’ They’re around.” Yes, that’s it. But no, there are no birds. The second verse detailed the actual phone call: the wait while it rings on the Instead, it’s acoustic guitarist Ilya Toshinsky, who creates some high- other end, the upbeat reception when Mom picks up the call and the emotional pitched noise as his fingers slip across the nylon tone of the conversation. The guy is clearly strings in the opening bars. Some might con- aware it’s a benefit that his parents are still here. sider the sound an imperfection, but there’s “The landing strip of the song being that something apropos about it, supporting a lyric call to Mom, and just wanting to hear Mom’s that revolves around the serenity of nature’s voice, it seemed really relevant to go deeper greenery and a reflection about the cycle of life. into how special those calls are,” says Yeary. Two of the three “I Called Mama” song- They gave it a two-line bridge to em- writers — Jimmy Yeary (“I Drive Your Truck,” phasize the life-changing sentiment of the “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”) and Lance friend’s death and the subsequent phone Miller (“Beer With Jesus,” “Drink to That All call, then captured it all with Yeary singing Night”) — thought the squeak was birds, too, a quick work tape that left a lot of room underscoring just how sensitively the produc- for interpretation. tion works. “It’s got a couple of guys playing acous- “The first time I heard the cut, I was blown tic guitar and me doing what I call my drunk away at the simplicity of it,” says Yeary. “And bass-player harmony,” says Green. “It could I thought Tim sounded genuinely emotional. go anywhere.” You could tell that he was totally believing Within hours, it went to McGraw. Miller had these lyrics, and that was so important.” thought it would be a match in the middle of That Yeary holds that view is significant: “I the writing session, and it wasn’t long before Called Mama” is an account of his own effort he received confirmation. to find real-world peace during an emotionally “It took him about 15 minutes, and he hit difficult moment. Around the beginning of the me back and said, ‘This is great. Don’t play it McGRAW year, he got word that a mentor from out of state for anybody quite yet. I want some time with had been found dead in the shower. The loss hit it,’ ” remembers Miller. him hard, and he drove from his Hendersonville, Tenn., home to Old Hickory The family sentiment moved McGraw, but he also felt a connection to the Lake so he could spend a little time alone and try to make sense of things. part that had so clearly represented California to Green. “I just parked and started thinking about how fleeting life is and how unex- “I grew up in the middle of oak trees, and I grew up on the bayou, and I pected, you know, like nothing’s guaranteed,” recalls Yeary. “I was kind of caught mean literally 20 feet from my back door,” says McGraw. “It was just part of up in the blessings of life and feeling gratitude for things that are important to my childhood. The first thing I thought of when that part of that chorus came me, not the least of which is my mom. I started thinking, ‘This could have been up was Louisiana for sure.” her, but it wasn’t.’ So I just decided to call her. I didn’t tell her that I had lost a Five weeks later — on March 10, which happens to be McGraw’s mother’s good friend, but I did tell her that I was thinking about what was important.” birthday — he recorded the track with co-producer (Faith Afterward, the experience struck Yeary as something worth document- Hill, Sugarland), focusing on the sensitivity that was suggested by the song’s ing in a song, so he sketched out a good portion of the “I Called Mama” cho- lyrics and the spare work tape. rus and put it aside for another day. On Feb. 3, he had a writing appointment “I wanted the song to have this sort of shimmer to it,” says McGraw. “I scheduled with Miller and (“,” “Wasted”), and he wanted it to feel almost like the sun shining on a lake, if you can picture that.” went for a run, a ritual Yeary uses to clear his mind and organize his thoughts Toshinsky’s birdlike finger noise and Shannon Forrest’s hypnotic shaker before a cowrite. The preparation was a good investment of time, since the create some of that natural atmosphere. The outdoorsy feel and the personal story about his late friend and the musical bones he already had developed message were timely — the session took place the day before the World Health were enough to interest his cohorts. Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, forcing most Americans to “This guy was in his early 50s,” notes Miller. “Jimmy started telling that begin living in self-isolation. Since then, many citizens have been reconsid- story and playing that little kind of [guitar] melody, and that ering their priorities, mirroring the sentiment that led Yeary to initiate the first verse started coming to him and we were off to the races.” song in the first place. The first verse recounted the fateful phone call about Yeary’s friend and “It just kept speaking to everybody — I mean everybody — in my camp,” notes slipped effortlessly into the chorus, which is notable for its understated open- McGraw. “There was something cathartic and magical about it in a way. I think ing. The first line had him stopping at a Kwik Sak for a Slim Jim and a Coke that that’s why we all just sort of decided that this was the song to go with.” — they later changed the store to a Texaco — and followed the drive to a quiet McGraw conveyed the choice to Miller in an April 20 FaceTime chat — “I felt place that allowed the singer to focus on the natural environment: the water, like I’d won the Publishers Clearing House,” says Miller — and Big Machine a blue sky and a couple of live oak trees — the latter a phrase that harkens to released it to country radio on May 8, the same day that American Greetings another introspective story song, ’ “Good Ole Boys Like Me.” unveiled a Mother’s Day card that incorporates “I Called Mama.” It rises to “When I said that, all I could do was think about the Santa Ana Valley, where No. 21 on the Country Airplay chart dated June 13 in its fifth week on the list. I grew up,” says Green of those oak trees. “It has a simple message to it,” says McGraw, “but it just means so much.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airplay Index

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Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 17 F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 7 D.Davidson, L.Brice) 31 AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ J   P   Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, , ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 1 D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 15 Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 27 W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 59 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic E   S   III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, L   BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 33 EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, SENIOR YEAR Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner- ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Combustion Music, BMI ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, (D.Baldridge, T.Nichols, J.Walker) 56 McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein 28 Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 50 SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. 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Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 48 LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner- BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 25 ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/ Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/ Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI H.Phelps) 22 Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 46 Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 58 GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 36 B   Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 42 SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 41 BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, M   A.M.Cruz) 44 Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony/ATV SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 13 Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky J.Miller, J.Thompson) 16 Carl Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon ASCAP (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 52 West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 24 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ E.K.Smith) 43 ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 49 Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/ Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ J.T.Wilson) 40 Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative On The Line, BMI (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 10 BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 26 Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Rhett) 35 Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog C   H   Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, T   Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ HARD DAYS Not Listed (Not Listed) 39 Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane M.Wallen) 53 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ N   CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS , LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good G.Smith) 55 Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV 51 THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 9 BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/ Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (N. R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 37 Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 54 Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 6 R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 5 Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- C.Wiseman) 4 Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 23 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, L.J.Veltz) 47 CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/ Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s W   Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 57 Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV I   B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 38 Publishing LLC, BMI/Music Of Travellers Hollow, BMI/ Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ EbachMusic Publishing, ASCAP/Ryland Fisher Music, Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ O   ASCAP/VibeCity Music, ASCAP (S.Quayle, R.Fisher, J.Ebach) LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV 60 J.Osborne) 32 Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ L.Miller, J.Yeary) 21 Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual J.Mitchell) 29 Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 30 SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 19 Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, D   Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. BMI/Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI/ Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Abundantiam Publishing, BMI  DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 3 America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 11 (T.Howell, B.Lancaster, Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 45 Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/ BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music D.Ruttan) 18 Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner- Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 8 Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ 12 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 14 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill W.Weatherly)  Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 2 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 20 US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 34 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. D   I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit (Songwriter) Chart Position Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/ Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/ SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, A   Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner- SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 25 Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, D.Ruttan) 16 W.Weatherly) 14 Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 7 BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two D.Davidson, L.Brice) 22 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 4 Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Warner Geo BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 33 F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 15 Met Ric Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, J   BMI/17Black Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K. ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Ballerini, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 36 Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin P   Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 26 Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 40 W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 41 PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns B   Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D L   Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 39 Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, S   Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 18 ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of E   Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 37 Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 29 J.Miller, J.Thompson) 13 ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC  Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ 43 SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown G   Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 31 Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Global Two, GMR  Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ M   BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 27 R.B.Tedder) 12 Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 38 MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/ ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 35 Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 10 BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI J.T.Wilson) 46 SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 17 Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket BMI (M.Morris, J.M.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) 1 Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, On The Line, BMI (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, M.Wallen) 28 Rhett) 44 C   J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 49 MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/ T   CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 19 Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D. Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS Breland, T.Taylor, K.Austin, D.Barton, T.Zeigler) 34 Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean H   Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot N   Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (N. G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 50 Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 8 L.J.Veltz) 47 R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 32 J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 6 NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, W   CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 45 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, O   Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space C.Wiseman) 2 ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 11 Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 42 CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop I   ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV J.Mitchell) 23 Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 30 BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, J.Osborne) 48 Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 21 I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 20 Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual G.Barrett) 3 ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 24 Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 9 Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 5 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 8, 2020 | PAGE 19 OF 19 CODA On June 9, 1990, George Strait’s his Strait to Vegas concerts 30 Years Ago “Love Without End, Amen” originally scheduled for August due ascended 3-1 on Billboard’s Hot to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Country Songs chart, starting a meantime, he’s holding a contest via George Strait five-week reign. online fundraising platform Omaze Written by Aaron Barker, the for a virtual happy hour/meet-and- Got An ‘Amen’ song became the 19th of Strait’s re- greet with a lucky fan. cord 44 No. 1s. It also stands as his “This is going to be over at some longest-ruling hit, later matched by point, and we’re going to be back — And A No. 1 “I’ve Come to Expect It From You” in to the way things were a couple of 1990-91 and “One Night at a Time” months ago. I really believe that,” In 1990, the legend earned in 1997. Strait, 68, recently told Billboard. his 19th of a record 44 Strait, a member of the Country “It will take a little time, but we can Music Hall of Fame since his do it. Keep your chin up. Pray hard.” Hot Country Songs No. 1s induction in 2012, has postponed —JIM ASKER

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS

Strait at the 25th annual Academy of Country Music

Awards in April 1990. IMAGES GETTY VIA COLLECTION GALELLA GALELLA/RON RON