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INSIDE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE [email protected]

Morgan Wallen Jumps ‘Up’ >page 4 David Lee, Garth, : When Is

Garth, Trisha Aid A Comeback Not A Comeback? Emotional Hall Event >page 11 The swaggering lead track on ’s “People don’t understand a lot of the stress, especially for new , “Way Gone,” finds a woman moving into a new part of artists,” he says. “To continue to produce and stay relative in the her life with no concern for what lies in her rearview mirror: business, it’s hard. I kind of hit that safe zone of writing all the Griffin Follows “She ain’t comin’ back,” he concludes before it’s all over. time, and I was fortunate enough to have songs recorded by guys Scripps With It’s a great tongue-in-cheek moment, alluding — intentionally that allowed me to kind of get spoiled by staying home. I still Tulsa Sale or otherwise — to Murphy’s current place in . toured in the summer — not a whole lot, just enough to keep doing >page 11 When his collaboration “Everything’s Gonna it and enjoy being able to jump on a bus with my band and play.” Be Alright” hit No. 1 on the Country chart dated Chesney, using his Blue Chair imprint, persuaded Murphy June 23, it was the first time Murphy to make the album and landed it at had occupied its top slot in more than Reviver, where Murphy is committed 22 years, the second-longest gap at to continuing this new chapter. Down On The Farm No. 1 in the chart’s history. It’s a remarkable achievement. The >page 12 It’s not like Murphy retired after career trajectory for many artists is

“” peaked in 1995. fairly short — financial planners He amassed six top 10s as an artist, expect most acts will maintain Makin’ Tracks: then essentially stopped recording their earnings peak for only three Has ‘More’ after he last charted in 2004 with to five years — and the list of artists >page 16 Koch Records, which folded shop. MURPHY TWAIN who’ve come back in a meaningful Murphy toured at his own pace but way after being out of the spotlight really found his niche as a , for an extended time is limited. earning hefty paychecks for penning endured a 10-year Country Coda: such titles as ’s “Big gap between No. 1 records from Green Tractor,” ’s 1976-1986, a period that dovetailed Wedded To No. 1 “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” and with her shift from teen phenom to >page 21 Chesney’s “.” competitive adult (within a year of her Like the woman in “Way Gone,” return to prominence, she cheekily hit Murphy wasn’t comin’ back to the No. 2 with “I’ll Come Back As Another SHENANDOAH studio in a formal way. Woman”). — whose GIAMPAOLOSGURA TWAIN: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 2 OF 21 early career included “Would You Catch a Falling Star,” a detailed assessment of a country singer on the wane — waited nine years after “Swingin’ ” hit No. 1 to return to the top in 1992 with “.” took 15 years between two of original material, 2002’s Up! and 2017’s Now, as she worked through a painful divorce and Lyme disease-related voice loss. And had a 10-year hiatus between his 2007 No. 1 “” and 2017’s chart-topping “.” Brooks, of course, famously walked away from the touring business to focus on his family, and his full-time return in 2014 was to a different world: The digital era had changed the dynamics for album sales and royalties, and the bro-country movement had altered the genre’s musical texture. Not only was he being measured against younger artists who had grown up with his music, he was also fighting comparisons with his own history. “Competing against that is tough,” he told Billboard in 2014. “But [you’re] Garth Brooks dropped by Cumulus’ Nash campus on June 19 to also competing against what people remember the show to be — and the stories promote his new single, “All Day Long,” on the syndicated Ty, Kelly and get better over time. So you’ve got your work cut out for you.” Chuck. From left: Ty Bentli, Brooks, Kelly Ford and Chuck Wicks. Perhaps the toughest obstacle is the generation gap. Murphy’s voice had been absent from current material long enough that he could have been a new artist to most listeners under age 35, while other fans would have welcomed his return. That said, his prior No. 1, “Dust on the Bottle,” remained in gold rotation on enough stations that it was easier for the listener to connect the dots between that guy and the singer on “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright.” “Dust” “has kept me in the minds of some younger people,” says Murphy. “There are certain songs that they love. They go crazy over ‘She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy.’ That song has been out there since the ’90s. They go crazy over songs like ‘I Like It, I Love It,’ ‘.’ Those songs are still king of the ballpark.” Given that America likes to think of itself as a nation of second chances, a comeback ought to be celebrated. But some artists and/or their associates find discomfort with the idea. Fans hadn’t heard new material from Sugarland in eight years until songs from its new album, Bigger, emerged. Such media as NPR, (center) received the artist career achievement award People and The Orange County Register referred to the duo’s “comeback” tour from Country Broadcasters during the June 20 or album, and even the lead single from Bigger, “Still the Same,” referenced its Hall of Fame Awards in . He is pictured with Townsquare time apart. But and declined to interview for senior vp programming Kurt Johnson (left) and CRB executive director this story, reasoning that because they were working on solo projects during Bill Mayne. their lengthy interim, they don’t really qualify as a comeback. Similarly, Reviver president/CEO David Ross bristled at the word “comeback” when applied to Murphy. “It’s not a comeback. It’s a return,” said Ross, suggesting that because Murphy had kept working during his years out of the spotlight that that changes the public’s perception. “He’s never gone away. He’s done it for others, he’s always done it for himself, [and] now we’re going to show everybody what he has.” Not everyone is uncomfortable with that label. Shenandoah lead singer Marty Raybon left for 17 years, and now that he’s back, the band is engineering a comeback on the road, where it mixes a few new songs with a load of ’80s and ’90s titles, including “Next to You, Next to Me,” “The Church on Cumberland Road” and “Two Dozen Roses.” The band admits to some early doubts about the reunion, though those faded once it started recording again.

“We went in the studio wondering if we had it together,” says drummer Mike IMAGES KAMBOURIS/GETTY DIMITRIOS ALDEAN: McGuire, “but once we started that first song, you hear people talk about it’s Jason Aldean and were featured June 23-24 as Cody like riding a bicycle — it really was.” Alan hosted CMT’s Story Behind the Songs, shot at the Sandals Royal Its first run of success — 15 top 10 hits in seven years — was a blur. This Bahamian. From left: CMT correspondent Marley Sherwood, Aldean, time, it’s doing its best to store the memories. Alan and CMT Radio executive producer Ashlee McDonald. “We’re literally stopping and smelling the two dozen roses,” quips Raybon. Brooks is working his comeback hard. After concluding a three-year tour in December 2017, he released a new single, “All Day Long,” on June 19, with another album in the works. Meanwhile, Murphy has a follow-up single slated for July as Reviver pushes to make his comeback — or return, or whatever people choose to call it — complete. “When I did this deal, this wasn’t a record that was going to be a few spins on a Nash Icon station,” says Ross. “We believed 110 percent — not just in ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Alright.’ When the No Zip Code record was made, there are songs on there that we made long-range plans to release far after ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Alright’ went to the top.” For his part, Murphy has played stadiums on Chesney’s current tour, and he’s enjoying the reception he has received since his emergence from the writing room. C.J. Solar led a trio of independent acts who performed June 21 during “I love being out on the road,” he says. “I think all country singers like to a private listener showcase at WFRY Watertown, N.Y. From left: Solar, play music because it makes people happy. Down deep inside, we see WFRY PD/music director Stan Soboleski and recording artists Dave people have fun.” McElroy and James Dupre.

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected]

Morgan Wallen ‘Up’ To First No. 1, With FGL; Garth Brooks Returns With ‘All Day Long’

Morgan Wallen’s “Up Down,” featuring Florida Line (Big Machine As previously noted, Morgan Wallen’s “Up Down,” featuring FGL, jumps Label Group/), surges 6-1 in its 32nd week on Billboard’s Country 6-1 on Country Airplay, meaning the duo simultaneously leads both that chart Airplay chart (dated June 30) as it hikes by 17 percent to 39.7 million audience and with different songs. It marks only the third time impressions in the tracking week ending June 24. that an act has dominated both lists with different songs (since Hot Country On Hot Country Songs, which blends airplay, Songs transitioned to its triple-metric methodology on streaming and sales data, it lifts 6-5 for a new high. Oct. 20, 2012), and FGL has been involved each time. “ ‘Up Down’ has changed my life,” Wallen tells Such a double last occurred when ’s “Play Billboard. “It’s taken me and my guys from a van to a tour It Again” led Country Airplay for a fourth and final week, bus, from clubs to opening for Luke Bryan in stadiums. while FGL’s “,” featuring Bryan, The song has shown me how many people are just like topped Hot Country Songs for its fifth of six frames on me when it comes to the things we consider to be a good June 21, 2014. time and the things we love. Previously, on the charts dated May 18 and 25, “Having FGL [ and ], 2013, FGL’s “Cruise” was amid its 24-week rule on Hot whom I now consider to be two of my closest friends, Country Songs, while follow-up “Get Your Shine On” led with me just makes it that much sweeter. And none of Country Airplay those same two weeks. this would be possible without country radio for giving me a real chance to be heard by the fans.” BROOKS ARRIVES COURTESY OF ‘ALL DAY’ PLAYS “Up” makes the biggest jump to No. 1 on Country Garth Brooks’ new single “All Day Long” (Pearl), re- Airplay since LOCASH’s “,” which also leased on the evening of June 18, debuts at No. 21 on romped 6-1 on the tally dated Oct. 29, 2016. Country Airplay (14.5 million in audience). On Hot WALLEN The 25-year-old Wallen earns his first Country Country Songs, it opens at No. 42. It received hourly Airplay No. 1 in his second chart appearance; his debut plays on participating iHeartMedia stations beginning single, “The Way I Talk,” peaked at No. 30 on May 6, 2016. Both tracks are at 6 a.m. on June 19. from his debut LP, If I Know Me, which arrived and peaked at No. 11 on the Brooks logs his sixth-highest Country Airplay debut among 88 total entries chart dated May 12. and best since “Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance,” which launched at No. 19 “Up” is FGL’s 13th Country Airplay leader, tying the twosome with Zac on Oct. 29, 2016 (before peaking at No. 15 on Feb. 25, 2017). Brown Band for third place among duos and groups for the most No. 1s in The honky-tonk-leaning “Long,” which Brooks co-wrote with Bryan the chart’s 28-year history, after Brooks & Dunn (20) and (14). Kennedy and Mitch Rossell, is the lead single from Brooks’ as-yet untitled Among all acts, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw share the record with 29 album due in 2019. Rossell solo-penned Brooks’ last single before “Long,” No. 1s apiece. “Ask Me How I Know,” which became Brooks’ 19th Country Airplay No. 1 (Dec. 16, 2017) and his first in over 10 years, since “More Than a Memory” FGL DOUBLES UP and ’s “Meant to Be” debuted atop the chart dated Sept. 15, 2007. It is the only song to ever premiere (Warner Bros./BMLG) rolls to its 30th week at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs. at the pinnacle. The reign is the second-longest on the 58-year-old list, after ’s Meanwhile, Brooks’ 88 Country Airplay entries tie him with Kenny Chesney

“” (34 weeks in 2017). for the second-highest total; leads with 98. ACM FOR IMAGES WINKELMEYER/ACMA2018/GETTY MATT WALLEN:

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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 6 32 UP DOWN BMLG/Big Loud HH No. 1 (1 week) HH  Morgan Wallen Feat. Florida Georgia Line 39.661 +5.695 7765 862 1 l2 3 24 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 38.331 +2.654 7292 599 2 l3 7 24 Warner Bros./WMN 37.371 +3.769 7230 689 3 4 2 27 River House/Columbia Nashville 34.659 -3.805 6088 -667 6 l5 8 12 GET ALONG Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney 34.594 +1.710 6423 278 4 6 1 33 EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney 34.520 -7.586 6339 -1411 5 7 5 34 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville 33.296 -0.578 5500 -392 8 l8 9 17 I WAS JACK (YOU WERE DIANE) Big Loud 29.421 +1.522 5874 362 7 9 4 23 WOMAN, AMEN Capitol Nashville 25.987 -8.675 4574 -1822 10 l10 10 14 COMING HOME Capitol Nashville Featuring 22.929 +0.327 4649 113 9 l11 11 33 KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 21.787 +0.772 4525 354 11 l12 13 11 Capitol Nashville 20.007 +0.957 4006 137 13 l13 12 37 TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Big Loud Featuring Tori Kelly 19.886 +0.434 4241 151 12 l14 15 20 MERCY BMLG  Brett Young 18.762 +2.078 3928 268 14 l15 14 43 HOOKED Curb  Dylan Scott 17.471 +0.383 3704 143 16 l16 18 11 LIFE CHANGES Valory  16.734 +1.854 3497 437 17 l17 16 39 HEART BREAK Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 16.641 +0.069 3749 43 15 l18 20 4 SIMPLE BMLG  HH Airpower HH Florida Georgia Line 16.275 +2.475 3211 500 20 l19 19 7 Macon/Broken Bow HH Airpower HH Jason Aldean Feat. 16.220 +1.979 3279 329 18 l20 17 6 DOWNTOWN’S DEAD MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 15.454 -0.063 3167 65 21 l21 NEW ALL DAY LONG Pearl HH Hot Shot Debut/ Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Garth Brooks 14.517 +14.517 2271 2271 28 l22 22 5 SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 13.541 +2.065 2799 553 23 l23 21 29 CRIMINAL Stoney Creek 13.268 +1.037 3246 154 19 l24 25 14 RCA Nashville Old Dominion 12.759 +2.190 2596 252 26 l25 23 38 KINDA DON’T CARE Valory  11.572 +0.327 3014 149 22 l26 24 18 Warner Bros./WMN 10.778 +0.114 2630 3 24 l27 26 43 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Dack Janiels/Broken Bow 10.120 -0.065 2619 32 25 l28 27 28 DRUNK GIRL Warner Bros./WAR 9.621 -0.275 2425 15 27 l29 28 10 BABE Big Machine Sugarland Featuring 8.179 +0.489 2067 26 30 l30 29 28 Big Machine 7.217 +0.759 2095 90 29

BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 150 STATIONS Akron, OH WQMX WDRQ Memphis WGKX KOLC Albany, N.Y. WGNA WYCD WLFP Richmond, Va. WKHK Albuquerque, N.M. KBQI El Paso, KHEY Miami WKIS Riverside, Calif. KFRG KRST Ft. Myers, Fla. WCKT Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Roanoke, Va. WSLC Allentown, Pa. WCTO WWGR WMIL Rochester, N.Y. WBEE WKHX Ft. Wayne, Ind. WQHK Minneapolis KEEY Sacramento, Calif. KBEB WUBL Fresno, Calif. KSKS KMNB KNCI Augusta, Ga. WKXC Gainesville, Fla. WOGK Mobile, Ala. WKSJ KNTY Austin, Texas KASE Grand Rapids, Mich. WBCT Monmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMK St. Louis KSD Bakersfield, Calif. KUZZ Greensboro, N.C. WTQR Monterey, Calif.. KTOM WIL Baltimore WPOC Greenville, S.C. WSSL Nashville WKDF Salt Lake City KSOP Baton Rouge, La. WYNK Harrisburg, Pa. WRBT WSIX KUBL Birmingham, Ala. WDXB Hartford, Conn. WWYZ Nassau, N.Y. WJVC San Antonio, Texas KAJA WZZK KILT New Bern, N.C. WRNS KCYY Boise, Idaho KAWO KKBQ New Orleans WNOE San Diego KSON KIZN Huntsville, Ala. WDRM New York WNSH San Jose, Calif. KRTY Boston WBWL Indianapolis WFMS Norfolk, Va. WGH Sarasota, Fla. WCTQ WKLB WLHK WUSH Seattle KKWF Buffalo, N.Y. WYRK Jacksonville, Fla. WGNE City, Okla. KJKE KMPS Charleston, S.C. WEZL WQIK KTST Spokane, Wash. KXLY Charlotte, N.C. WKKT Johnson City, Tenn. WXBQ Omaha, Neb. KXKT Springfield, Mass. WRNX WSOC Kansas City KBEQ Orlando, Fla. WWKA Stockton, Calif. KATM Chattanooga, Tenn. WUSY WDAF Oxnard-Ventura, CA KHAY Syracuse, N.Y. WBBS Chicago WEBG KFKF Philadelphia WXTU Tampa, Fla. WFUS WUSN Knoxville, Tenn. WCYQ Phoenix KMLE WQYK Cincinnati WUBE WIVK KNIX Tucson, Ariz. KIIM Cleveland WGAR Lafayette, La. KMDL Pittsburgh WDSY Tulsa, Okla. KVOO Springs, Colo. KATC Lakeland, Fla. WPCV WOGI KWEN KCCY KCYE WPGB Visalia, Calif. KJUG Columbia, S.C. WCOS KWNR Portland, Maine WPOR Washington, D.C. WMZQ Columbus, Ohio WCOL Lexington, Ky. WBUL WTHT West Palm Beach, Fla. WIRK Corpus Christi, Texas KRYS Little Rock, Ark. KSSN Portland, Ore. KUPL Wichita, Kan. KFDI Dallas KPLX Los Angeles KKGO KWJJ KZSN KSCS Louisville, Ky. WAMZ Providence, R.I. WCTK Wilkes Barre, Pa. WGGY Dayton, Ohio WHKO WQNU Raleigh, N.C. WNCB Wilmington, Del. WXCY Madison, Wis. WWQM WQDR York, Pa. WGTY Des Moines, Iowa KHKI WMAD McAllen, Texas KTEX Reno, KBUL BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 7 OF 21

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 30 23 SHOOT ME STRAIGHT EMI Nashville 6.049 +0.288 1806 84 31 l32 31 17 HANGIN’ ON RCA Nashville 5.777 +0.309 118 0 37 37 l33 32 21 BORN TO LOVE YOU Arista Nashville LANCO 5.708 +0.460 1619 112 32 l34 34 17 BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers 5.325 +0.650 1299 88 35 l35 33 19 RICH Columbia Nashville 5.171 +0.218 1462 71 33 l36 37 11 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland 4.437 +0.661 974 131 40 l37 36 17 I HATE LOVE SONGS Black River Ballerini 4.334 +0.084 1356 5 34 l38 38 19 Stoney Creek 3.751 +0.416 118 3 90 36 39 35 13 Riser House/Columbia Nashville 3.697 -0.713 1059 -57 39 l40 43 3 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 2.933 +1.110 616 249 44 41 39 15 YOU GOT ‘EM ALL Big Machine 2.894 -0.152 110 7 4 38 l42 40 16 RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label 2.250 -0.027 589 91 45 l43 44 12 THE DIFFERENCE Valory HH Breaker HH Tyler Rich 1.909 +0.106 675 64 43 44 41 12 YOUNG FOREVER EMI Nashville 1.881 -0.072 433 19 53 l45 46 10 MILLIONAIRE Mercury  Chris Stapleton 1.870 +0.074 683 29 42 46 42 11 SEE YOU TRY Red Bow Craig Campbell 1.694 -0.200 771 39 41 47 45 8 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 1.657 -0.121 409 13 54 l48 47 3 SUMMER FEVER Capitol Nashville 1.635 +0.165 465 44 50 l49 48 11 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb  Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 1.436 +0.120 567 5 46 l50 51 7 DAVID ASHLEY PARKER FROM POWDER SPRINGS Mercury  1.387 +0.265 514 54 48 l51 49 5 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1.377 +0.101 556 33 47 l52 52 5 YOU’RE IN IT Wheelhouse  Granger Smith 1.189 +0.130 469 87 49 53 50 4 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 1.133 -0.041 434 22 52 l54 54 19 CHILLS Universal  James Barker Band 1.041 +0.044 456 37 51 l55 56 2 LOVE AIN’T Valory  1.011 +0.113 168 18 - l56 59 3 STRAIGHT TO HELL Capitol Nashville Feat. Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan & 0.951 +0.385 134 86 - 57 55 8 ASKING FOR A FRIEND Atlantic/WEA  0.846 -0.089 357 29 56 l58 58 10 SELFISH Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.711 +0.002 276 6 58 l59 NEW DROP EVERYTHING Arista Nashville Carlton Anderson 0.706 +0.196 367 158 55 60 57 4 LOVE BY THE MOON Columbia Nashville 0.634 -0.158 125 -25 -

GOING FOR ADDS 7/2 7/ 1 6 MICHAEL RAY ASHLEY MCBRYDE One That Got Away Radioland Atlantic/WEA Atlantic/WAR CHANCE MCKINNEY 7/9 Take It Back JEFF CLAYBORN Studio 2Bee/Star Farm Nashville Caddy In The Campground Rumor Cabin Curb SPENCER’S OWN 56 Friends With Money The third single from Rucker’s album When ElectricHouse Was the Last Time follows the Country DARIUS RUCKER Airplay No. 1s “If I Told You” and “For the LUKE COMBS Featuring JASON First Time.” The rollicking “Hell” bumps ALDEAN, LUKE Columbia Nashville BRYAN & CHARLES 59-56 in its third week, up 68 percent to KELLEY 951,000 audience impressions. Straight to Hell BRICE ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES; BRICE: RYAN SMITH RYAN BRICE: IMAGES; MILLER/GETTY ETHAN

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL ALL DAY LONG Pearl Garth Brooks 110 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 22 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN  0.544 8 3 DROP EVERYTHING Arista Nashville Carlton Anderson 21 HOW DOES IT SOUND Placer Dylan Schneider 0.462 8 5 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 14 MAKE HIM WAIT Black River Abby Anderson 0.438 16 5 RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label Aaron Watson 11 SIMPLE BMLG Florida Georgia Line 9 SLOW ROLL Broken Bow Everette 0.428 11 7 SLOW ROLL Broken Bow Everette 7 KEEPER OF THE FLAME Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 0.402 12 0 YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 7 YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 0.375 11 7 SUMMER FEVER Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 6 STRAIGHT TO HELL Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker Feat. Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Charles Kelley 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 MEANT TO BE Warner Bros./BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 21.099 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 21.075 ALL DAY LONG Pearl Garth Brooks +14.517 UP DOWN BMLG/Big Loud Morgan Wallen Feat. Florida Georgia Line +5.695 3 Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 20.340 I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton +3.769 4 SINGLES YOU UP MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 19.942 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +2.654 5 BOY Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 18.750 SIMPLE BMLG Florida Georgia Line +2.475 6 BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 14.315 HOTEL KEY RCA Nashville Old Dominion +2.190 7 FOR THE FIRST TIME Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 14.222 MERCY BMLG Brett Young +2.078 8 UNFORGETTABLE Valory Thomas Rhett 12.127 SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.065 9 Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown Feat. 11.778 DROWNS THE WHISKEY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean Feat. Miranda Lambert +1.979 LIFE CHANGES Valory Thomas Rhett +1.854 10 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 11.353 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity (s) ALL DAY LONG Pearl Garth Brooks +2271 $905,605 TIM McGRAW & 9,257 UP DOWN BMLG/Big Loud Morgan Wallen Feat. Florida Georgia Line +862 $132/$69.50 Giant Center, Hershey, Pa./June 12 SELLOUT I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton +689 $781,038 TIM McGRAW & FAITH HILL 7,807 MESSINA TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +599 $149/$79 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn./June 15 sellout TOURING GROUP SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +553 $772,539 TIM McGRAW & FAITH HILL 8,499 MESSINA $137/$48.50 SNHU Arena, Manchester, N.H./June 16 sellout TOURING GROUP SIMPLE BMLG Florida Georgia Line +500 LIFE CHANGES Valory Thomas Rhett +437 $751,624 TIM McGRAW & FAITH HILL 8,734 MESSINA $151/$29 NYCB Live, Home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y./June 14 sellout TOURING GROUP I WAS JACK (YOU WERE DIANE) Big Loud Jake Owen +362 $344,142 & LEE BRICE 4,568 CHUGG TOURING, ROB POTTS KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans +354 $76.12 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia/April 21 4,702 ENTERTAINMENT EDGE DROWNS THE WHISKEY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean Feat. Miranda Lambert +329 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 JUNE 24, 2018

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 16 TUGGIN’ ON MY HEARTSTRINGS (Independent)  HH 1 Week at 1 HH Randall King 1885 190 l11 13 15 I’M NOT DRINKIN’ (Independent)  Jamie Richards 1338 82 l2 3 14 ALL ABOUT LOVINÍ (Independent)  Josh Ward 1705 22 12 1 21 DRUNK ENOUGH (Independent)  Robert Ray 1282 -434 l3 5 18 FLOOD (Independent)  Drew Fish Band 1686 57 l13 16 16 CORNERS (Independent)  Dalton Domino f/ Jack Ingram 112 5 12 l4 7 16 AIN’T NOBODY HOTTER (Independent)  Kyle Park 1626 102 l14 17 10 FALLING TOO FAST (Independent)  Jason Cassidy f/ Heather Little 1110 142 5 4 23 RUN WILD HORSES (BIG Label )  Aaron Watson 1588 -45 l15 18 20 CAN I BUY YOU A COUNTRY SONG (Independent)  Steve Helms Band 1045 86 l6 10 10 THE DRIVE (Independent)  Frank Ray 1470 170 16 14 21 THE REWRITE (Independent)  Mike Ryan 1038 -215 l7 8 23 TEXAS RAIN (Independent)  Case Hardin 1462 42 17 15 23 MOMENT IN THE SUN (No Big Deal)  Reckless Kelly 954 -247 8 6 23 GIRL DOWN IN TEXAS (Independent)  1447 -123 18 12 19 SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO (Thirty Tigers)  Turnpike Troubadours 940 -317 l9 9 13 ANY NIGHT IN TEXAS (Independent)  Jon Wolfe 1423 89 l19 22 9 I DON’T DESERVE YOU (Independent) Jason Boland & The Stragglers f/ Sunny Sweeney 933 92 l10 11 18 UNBROKEN HORSES (Independent)  Jerrod Medulla 1347 85 l20 23 14 HIP TO BE COUNTRY (Independent)  Glen Templeton 901 75

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 817-283-7984. Copyright 2018, Texas Regional Radio Report

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

promoted to iHeartRadio vp podcast programming from iHeartMedia/San Francisco digital PD, InsideRadio.com reported … Lisa Kitchener joined JVC Media/Orlando, Fla., as general sales manager, according to InsideRadio.com. She’ll work with two stations, including country WOTW. Kitchener arrives from Flagler/Daytona Beach, Fla., where she was sales and marketing manager for five stations, including country WAKX … Dylan Scott will begin a four-week stint as midday personality for KKGO Los Angeles on July 2 … The Country Music Association will continue accepting submissions for the CMA Broadcast Awards here through 6 p.m. CT June 30. ’ROUND THE ROW Ken Tucker will take over as Wheelhouse vp promotion on July 23. He spent the last five years as Apple Music head of country/Christian programming. Reach him here … Valory added Christy DiNapoli as Southwest director of promotion and marketing. The music veteran worked for Warner Music Nashville and the MTM Music Group before founding a publishing company, The Music Group. Russell Dickerson met up with WDXB Birmingham, Ala., PD Tom Reach him here … Warner Music Nashville promoted Brooke Hardesty to Hanrahan when he performed June 15 at Iron City. From left: Triple senior director of interactive marketing from director … The Country Music Tigers GM Norbert Nix; Hanrahan; Dickerson and his wife, Kailey Association hired two new staff members. Senior manager of consumer Dickerson, who co-directed his “Blue Tacoma” video; and Triple Tigers research Michael Farris moves into the Nashville-based job from The Aspire Southeast regional promotion exec Parker Fowler. Group/Atlanta, where he was director of strategic consulting and research. CMA creative content project manager Pamela Hothorn was Fuse Media/Los Angeles director of original content of live events … Music Health Alliance is RADIO HALL YIELDS TEARS, LAUGHTER hiring a director of advocacy for group and individual insurance. Go here for Being inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame gave two of this year’s info … Warner Music Nashville signed a deal with , whose two honorees an opportunity to humorously come clean about their real names, most recent albums debuted in the top 10 on Top Country Albums. He retains often a well-kept secret in the world of broadcasting. his CoJo Music imprint … Rezonant Music and BMG entered a joint publishing Honoree Steve Harmon of the former morning radio duo Harmon & Evans venture with songwriter Scooter Carusoe (“For the First Time,” “Wanna Be told the crowd at the June 20 ceremony in Nashville that his real last name is That Song”) … Maggie Rose signed a joint-venture publishing agreement with Conigliaro and that a radio GM offered him $250 to change it early in his career. and Prescription Songs … Absolute Publicity added Charlie Another inductee, consultant Michael O’Malley, didn’t reveal his real name Daniels and The Journey Home Project to its client roster … Syndicated TV/ himself. Rather, it was longtime business partner Jaye Albright of Albright, radio show Sunday’s Kind of Country enlisted ProMO Image for PR … Winning O’Malley & Brenner who got a big laugh when she disclosed that a PD oddly musicians in the ’s Studio Recording Awards, chose to give him the name O’Malley because the PD thought Michael’s real announced June 21, include Jimmie Lee Sloas, bass player of the year; Fred name, Maturo, was “too ethnic.” Eltringham, drummer; Rob McNelley, player; Jim “Moose” Brown, The night’s biggest surprise came when Garth Brooks and /keyboard player; Danny Rader, specialty instrument(s) player; and turned up to honor Steve Wariner with the Career Achievement Award. Brooks , player. Go here for a complete list of ACM Industry called Wariner “one of the most talented and sweetest men I’ve ever got to meet Award winners, who will be recognized during the annual ACM Honors on in this town.” Joked Wariner in reply, “I’d like to thank all the little people I’ve Aug. 22 … The Country Music Association will close the submission process stepped on.” for its KixStart artist scholarship program on June 30. Go here for info … The In inducting his AM drive team, Barrett, Fox & Berry, KKNU Eugene, Ore., first round of balloting for the 52nd CMA Awards will begin July 2 ... PD Jim Davis called them “the greatest morning show you’ve never heard of” promoter Joe Sullivan died June 22 at his home in Branson, Mo. His company, before honoree Tim Fox quipped that Davis was “the best program director Sound Seventy Productions, booked hundreds of shows in the Southeast during we could afford in his price range.” the 1970s and had a hand in establishing ’ . Fox and fellow honoree Andy Ritchie (real name Chris Ritchie) of the now The company’s management division represented Daniels, and retired Andy & Allison Show from WIVK Knoxville, Tenn., both got tearful Henry Paul, among others. Services will be held June 29 in Branson. In lieu during their speeches, but the biggest emotional wallop was when Curtis Media of flowers, donations may be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association in vp programming and WQDR Raleigh, N.C., PD Lisa McKay was posthumously Liburn, Ga., or Care for Kids c/o Herschend Family Foundation in Branson. inducted by her former boss, Curtis president/COO Trip Savery, and her life partner, Bill Campbell. The beloved broadcaster died in January just three weeks after learning she had cancer. Said Savery, “She left an indelible imprint on our industry.” —Phyllis Stark MOVERS & SHAKERS Griffin Communications is purchasing five Tulsa, Okla., radio stations from E.W. Scripps for $12.5 million, the firms announced June 25. The signals include country outlets KVOO-FM and KXBL … Cox Media/Orlando, Fla., hired Steve Stewart as director of programming operations for the five- station cluster, including country WWKA. He was previously WEBG Chicago PD/midday host … Cumulus/Beaumont, Texas, installed Bo Brown as vp/ market manager, giving him oversight of five stations, including country KAYD. It marks a return to radio, and to Beaumont, for Brown, who was most recently Rhino Marketing/Houston senior director … Entercom executive vp Nashville recognized Kane Brown during a June 13 event programming Chris Oliviero announced he is leaving his post in July, ending with multiple RIAA certifications and for reaching the 1 billion mark a 22-year run with the company and with CBS Radio, which merged with in career streams. From left at the celebration: SMN chairman/CEO Entercom in November 2017 … KWSV Simi Valley, Calif., moved Diana DeVille Randy Goodman, EFG Management owner Martha Earls, Brown and to middays, beginning June 25, from a weekend shift … Matty Staudt was SMN senior vp A&R Jim Catino. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 12 OF 21

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Chris Stapleton, , and are June 26 onboard for the annual concert on Sept. 22 in Hartford, Conn. Board • 2003 — appears onstage during a members , , Neil show at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Ind., as they Young and return, with additional shoot concert footage for the video to “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere.” performances from & The Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and June 27 Particle Kid. The lineup is expected to expand in the • 2016 — record their vocals for the Florida Georgia coming weeks. Line collaboration “God, Your Mama, and Me” at the NightBird Recording An ambitious two-CD set, King of the Road: A Tribute to Studios in Los Angeles. STAPLETON STAPLETON: ANDY BARRON ANDY STAPLETON: , is due Aug. 31 via BMG, with acts ranging • 2015 — and Lynyrd from and to Skynyrd share the stage as a new and Toad the Wet Sprocket covering both serious and silly parts of the edition of CMT Crossroads premieres. Country Music Hall of Fame member’s canon. Among the more intriguing Performances include “Kick It in the cuts: with Huey Lewis on “Chug-a-Lug” and Jamey Sticks,” “Bottoms Up,” “One Hell of an Johnson with on “Husbands and Wives.” Miller is not the Amen” and “.” only late legend being remembered. The Country Music Hall of Fame will GILBERT recognize a bluegrass pioneer with the exhibit “: Voice From June 28 SENGUPTA LYNN GILBER:T on High,” which opens July 13; RCA is pulling together 14 gospel tracks for • 2014 — Two songs from ’s concert at Boston’s Fenway : Where No One Stands Alone, due Aug. 10; and the Park are shot for the NBC special Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Rose Garden was dedicated at Nashville’s Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Spectacular: “America, the Beautiful” and “.” Home and Memorial Park on June 15. June 29 Big bucks for good causes: raised nearly $1.1 million for the OK • 1998 — The Country Music Association announces it will add four Kids Korral in with his golf classic, which included music from new Country Music Hall of Fame members in September: Tammy , Paul Overstreet, Scotty Emerick, and Wynette, Elvis Presley, George Morgan and former Mac McAnally. Songwriter (“”) executive E.W. “Bud” Wendell. meanwhile brought in $180,000 for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle with his 14th benefit concert at Nashville’s , June 30 featuring Jake Owen, Morgan Wallen and Jillian Jacqueline. Additionally, • 2013 — sings the national anthem at the National Dustin Lynch was added to the June 26 Georgia on My Mind concert at the Military Park in Gettysburg, Pa., as the city observes the 150th Ryman, organized by The Peach Pickers ( , Ben anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Hayslip and ). Money from that event, which already boasted • 1993 — Kenny Chesney signs his first recording contract, with Chris Janson and Lauren Alaina, helps the Georgia Music Foundation. Capricorn Records.

Worth a listen: Singer-songwriter , a co-writer of Justin Moore’s July 1 “,” snagged a top five Canadian single in May with “Denim • 2017 — performs “Where I Come From” on on Denim,” a breezy, Jordan Davis-like number that cleverly includes a little tip the Grand Ole Opry. It’s the last Opry appearance by Troy Gentry, of the hat to “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On” singer Mel McDaniel. A national who dies in a September helicopter accident. breast cancer campaign picked up the song, and now one of his album cuts, the • 1968 — Capitol releases ’s “Mama Tried.” soulful “Who’s Gonna Love You,” is earning streaming attention. He writes for BMG Chrysalis Nashville. July 2 • 1991 — MCA releases Trisha Yearwood’s self-titled debut album. • 1988 — Tanya Tucker’s “If It Don’t Come Easy” hits No. 1 on the Top Headlines from .com Billboard country singles chart. Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Releases New Song Through Stem Instead Of A

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Market Watch Returns To Billboard Bulletin Each Thursday Sibling indie act Southern Halo visited WFRG Utica-Rome, N.Y., while promoting its current single, “Anything Is Possible.” From left: group , Tammy Wynette & Other Surprising members Christina Morris and Natalia Morris, WFRG PD/morning Artists To Make The Alternative Songs Chart co-host Bill “Tad Pole” McAdams and music director/morning co-host Stacey “Polly Wogg” McAdams, and group member Hannah Morris. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 13 OF 21

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 30 MEANT TO BE No. 1 (30 weeks) Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line RC 1 WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) WARNER BROS./BMLG TEQUILA 2 3 3 23 Dan + Shay 2 2 l D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,N.GALYON) WARNER BROS./WAR 3 2 2 37 HEAVEN Kane Brown 7 2 D.HUFF (S.CARTER,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE GET ALONG 4 5 6 12 Kenny Chesney 5 4 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER BROS./WEA HH HH 5 6 7 36 UP DOWN Airplay Gainer Morgan Wallen Featuring Florida Georgia Line 1 5 l J.MOI (B.CLAWSON,M.HARDY,C.J. SOLAR) BMLG/BIG LOUD SIMPLE 6 8 5 4 Florida Georgia Line 18 5 l J.MOI (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,M.HARDY,M.HOLMAN) BMLG 7 4 4 25 ONE NUMBER AWAY Luke Combs 4 3 S.MITCHELL,JACKIE BOYZ (L.COMBS,S.A.BATTEY,S.MITCHELL,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MERCY 8 10 11 23 Brett Young 14 8 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,S.MCCONNELL) BMLG I LIVED IT 9 12 12 22 Blake Shelton 3 8 l S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,B.HAYSLIP,R.AKINS,R.COPPERMAN) WARNER BROS./WMN 10 9 8 21 YOU MAKE IT EASY Jason Aldean RC 2 M.KNOX (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,M.WALLEN,J.M.SCHMIDT) MACON/BROKEN BOW HH HH 11 21 23 8 DROWNS THE WHISKEY Digital & Streaming Gainer Jason Aldean Featuring Miranda Lambert 19 11 l M.KNOX (J.THOMPSON,J.MIDDLETON,B.KINNEY) MACON/BROKEN BOW 12 7 9 22 WOMAN, AMEN Dierks Bentley 9 7 R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,J.KEAR,D.BENTLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 13 14 15 17 I WAS JACK (YOU WERE DIANE) Jake Owen 8 13 J.MOI (T.CECIL,J.MELLENCAMP,D.RAY,J.STEVENS,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD TAKE BACK HOME GIRL 14 17 16 38 Chris Lane Featuring Tori Kelly 13 14 l J.MOI (D.A.GARCIA,H.LINDSEY,J.MILLER) BIG LOUD LIFE CHANGES 15 23 25 15 Thomas Rhett 16 15 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) VALORY 16 15 13 7 Luke Combs - 6 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE DOWNTOWN’S DEAD 17 20 21 6 Sam Hunt 20 14 l Z.CROWELL,CHARLIE HANDSOME (S.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.OSBORNE,S.MCANALLY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) MCA NASHVILLE 18 18 20 11 CRY PRETTY Carrie Underwood 12 5 D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,H.LINDSEY,L.MCKENNA,L.ROSE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 19 19 19 14 COMING HOME Keith Urban Featuring Julia Michaels 10 15 J.R.ROTEM,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,J.R.ROTEM,J.MICHAELS,M.HAGGARD,N.GALYON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE KISS SOMEBODY 20 25 26 19 Morgan Evans 11 20 l C. DESTEFANO (M.EVANS,C. DESTEFANO,J.OSBORNE) WARNER BROS./WEA 21 22 18 26 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Luke Bryan RC 4 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (D.FRASIER,E.M.HILL,J.KEAR) CAPITOL NASHVILLE BREAK UP IN THE END 22 24 24 17 Cole Swindell 26 13 l M.R.CARTER (J.M.NITE,C.MCGILL,J.J.DILLON) WARNER BROS./WMN 23 16 29 10 BABE Sugarland Featuring Taylor Swift 29 8 K.BUSH,J.NETTLES,J.RAYMOND (T.SWIFT,P.T.MONAHAN) BIG MACHINE HOOKED 24 26 28 34 Dylan Scott 15 23 l M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (L.RIMES,S.ENNIS,M.EVANS) CURB SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET 25 28 32 5 Luke Bryan 22 25 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (Z.CROWELL,R.HURD,C.MCGILL) CAPITOL NASHVILLE

32 40 The collaboration is from Dan + Shay’s new In its 17th week on Hot Country Songs, self-titled set, released June 22. It opens at “Wine” pushes 41-40 after reaching No. 38 DAN + SHAY No. 32 on Hot Country Songs with 13,000 in April. It gains by 12 percent to 7.2 million CARLY Featuring KELLY sold. It arrives at No. 6 on Country Digital in audience as it bullets at No. 30 on PEARCE CLARKSON Song Sales, where it’s the duo’s sixth top 10 Hide the Country Airplay and lifts by 5 percent to Keeping Score and Clarkson’s third. Wine 1.7 million U.S. streams. DAN + SHAY: JASON KEMPIN/GETTY IMAGE; PEARCE: JASON KEMPIN/GETTY IMAGES FOR CMT FOR IMAGES KEMPIN/GETTY JASON PEARCE: IMAGE; KEMPIN/GETTY JASON SHAY: + DAN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 14 OF 21

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 26 13 42 3 LOSE IT Kane Brown 40 13 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,C.MCGILL,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE HEART BREAK 27 30 30 28 Lady Antebellum 17 22 l (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,J.FRASURE,N.GALYON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HOTEL KEY 28 33 34 9 Old Dominion 24 28 l S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE DRUNK GIRL 29 31 31 24 Chris Janson 28 27 l S.HENDRICKS (C.JANSON,SCOOTER CARUSOE,T.DOUGLAS) WARNER BROS./WAR 30 27 27 5 SPEECHLESS Dan + Shay - 27 D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.REYNOLDS,L.VELTZ) WARNER BROS./WAR 31 29 14 3 MUST’VE NEVER MET YOU Luke Combs - 14 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,J.SINGLETON,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 32 NEW 1 KEEPING SCORE Hot Shot Debut Dan + Shay Featuring - 32 l D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,L.VELTZ) WARNER BROS./WAR I HATE LOVE SONGS 33 38 40 14 37 28 l F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,T. ROSEN,S.MCANALLY) BLACK RIVER KINDA DON’T CARE 34 36 38 22 Justin Moore 25 32 l S.BORCHETTA,J.S.STOVER (R.AKINS,R.COPPERMAN,B.HAYSLIP) VALORY 35 35 35 22 BORN TO LOVE YOU LANCO 33 31 J.JOYCE (B.LANCASTER,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,J.OSBORNE) ARISTA NASHVILLE 36 37 37 23 CRIMINAL Lindsay Ell 23 28 K.BUSH (L.ELL,C.STEVENS,F.WILHELM) STONEY CREEK 37 34 22 3 HOUSTON, WE GOT A PROBLEM Luke Combs - 22 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE BEST SHOT 38 42 46 6 Jimmie Allen 38 38 l A.BOWERS (J.ALLEN,J.,J.P.WILLIAMS) STON EY CREEK 39 39 44 27 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Chase Rice 27 35 R. COPPERMAN (C.RICE,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW HIDE THE WINE 40 41 50 17 Carly Pearce 30 38 l BUSBEE (A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,H.LINDSEY) BIG MACHINE SHOOT ME STRAIGHT 41 40 45 21 Brothers Osborne 31 29 l J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,L.T.MILLER) EMI NASHVILLE ALL DAY LONG 42 NEW 1 Garth Brooks 21 42 l NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) PEARL RICH 43 45 47 13 Maren Morris 35 32 l BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE LAST SHOT 44 46 — 2 Kip Moore RC 44 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,D.L.MURPHY) MCA NASHVILLE 45 47 — 4 BLUE TACOMA Russell Dickerson 34 45 C.BROWN (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 46 48 48 17 HANGIN’ ON Chris Young 32 35 C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE 47 43 43 8 FAMOUS Mason Ramsey - 4 J.MOI,C.CROWDER (T.HUBBARD,C.CROWDER,S.BUXTON,C.SMITH) ATLANTI C/BIG LOUD REASON TO DRINK 48 NEW 1 Cole Swindell - 48 l M.R.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,MICHAEL RAY,B.KINNEY) WARNER BROS./WMN 49 32 — 2 SUMMER FEVER Little Big Town 48 32 S.MCANALLY,J.FRASURE (K.FAIRCHILD,C.R.BARLOWE,J.FRASURE,ROMANS) CAPITOL NASHVILLE BURN OUT Midland 50 RE-ENTRY 2 36 50 l D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE

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

COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weekly National Music Sales Report YEAR-TO-DATE Year-Over-Year Album Sales Weekly Unit Sales Overall Unit Sales DIGITAL DIGITAL 2017 2018 CHANGE ALBUMS ALBUM SALES ’15 ALBUMS* TRACKS Albums 9,847,000 7,800,000 -20.8% ’17 9.8 million This ’14Week 316,000 78,000 1,014,000 ’18 7.8 million Digital Tracks 34,808,000 25,375,000 -27.1% Last Week 417,000 133,000 1,036,000 Sales by Album Format Change DIGITAL TRACKS SALES -24.2% -41.4% -2.1% 2017 2018 CHANGE ’17 000.0 million34.8 million This Week Last Year 446,000 143,000 1,337,000 Physical 6,618,000 5,552,000 -16.1% ’18 25.4 million Change -29.1% -45.5% -24.2% Digital 3,228,000 2,241,000 -30.6% For week ending June 21, 2018. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and *Digital album sales are also counted within album sales. provided by Nielsen Music.

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SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS 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 MEANT TO BE SIMPLE JASON ALDEAN 1 1 30 1 2 3 1 4 2 10 1 l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE l MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 2 2 33 HEAVEN 2 3 30 MEANT TO BE 2 3 1 55 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 0 1 KANE BROWN BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE TEQUILA TEQUILA DIERKS BENTLEY THE MOUNTAIN 3 3 17 3 4 22 3 1 — 2 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028286*/UMGN 1 l DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY MERCY DROWNS THE WHISKEY KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 4 6 13 4 10 6 4 5 3 81 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1 l BRETT YOUNG l JASON ALDEAN FEAT. MIRANDA LAMBERT WHAT IFS GET ALONG 8 6 164 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 5 5 59 5 7 11 l5 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 3 KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA KENNY CHESNEY WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS KEEPING SCORE THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGES 6 7 49 6 NEW 6 7 4 41 VALORY TR0300A/BMLG 0 1 l LUKE COMBS l DAN + SHAY FEAT. KELLY CLARKSON SIMPLE HEAVEN BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG 7 8 3 7 5 31 7 9 7 71 BMLG BY0100A* 0 2 l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE KANE BROWN YOU MAKE IT EASY EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT 11 8 8 KEITH URBAN GRAFFITI U 1 l8 9 21 l8 13 20 l8 HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028285/UMGN JASON ALDEAN DAVID LEE MURPHY & KENNY CHESNEY VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL COUNTRY, VOLUME 11 9 4 63 9 8 15 MERCY 9 6 — 2 SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL 028475/UME 6 CHRIS STAPLETON BRETT YOUNG BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD UP DOWN 12 9 28 LUKE BRYAN 1 10 11 72 10 9 27 l10 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 027589*/UMGN l SAM HUNT MORGAN WALLEN FEAT. FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE BEAUTIFUL CRAZY YOU MAKE IT EASY ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 11 10 7 11 14 21 11 10 10 152 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3 l LUKE COMBS JASON ALDEAN SUGARLAND BIGGER 12 12 27 MARRY ME 12 12 7 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 12 2 — 2 BIG MACHINE 028381*/BMLG/UMGN 2 THOMAS RHETT LUKE COMBS GET ALONG REASON TO DRINK FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 13 14 4 13 NEW 13 13 12 95 BMLG 0300* 1 1 l KENNY CHESNEY l COLE SWINDELL ONE NUMBER AWAY LIFE CHANGES 15 13 175 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO 1 14 13 15 14 20 5 l14 MCA NASHVILLE 021502/UMGN 3 LUKE COMBS l THOMAS RHETT SUNRISE 15 15 12 UP DOWN 15 15 22 ONE NUMBER AWAY 15 14 11 105 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 0 1 MORGAN WALLEN FEAT. FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE LUKE COMBS LOSE IT TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 16 19 2 16 23 128 16 16 17 59 MERCURY 026379*/UMGN 1 1 l KANE BROWN l CHRIS STAPLETON SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 17 20 64 17 22 2 17 18 26 29 MERCURY 027408*/UMGN 0 1 l THOMAS RHETT l LUKE BRYAN 23 24 43 OLD DOMINION HAPPY ENDINGS 1 18 16 88 IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW 18 11 6 BABE l18 RCA NASHVILLE 542939*/SMN BRETT YOUNG SUGARLAND FEAT. TAYLOR SWIFT THOMAS RHETT TANGLED UP H.O.L.Y. SPEECHLESS 19 21 61 19 21 5 19 20 18 143 VALORY RT0200A/BMLG 1 2 l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE DAN + SHAY MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME HURRICANE I LIVED IT 24 22 8 11 20 17 88 20 25 16 l20 BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX LUKE COMBS l BLAKE SHELTON FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES SMALL TOWN BOY MUST BE THE WHISKEY 21 18 61 21 NEW 21 22 19 173 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 017773/BMLG 2 1 DUSTIN LYNCH l CODY JINKS BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS I LIVED IT DOWNTOWN’S DEAD 22 NEW 22 24 4 22 25 21 139 WARNER BROS. 551788/WMN 2 l BLAKE SHELTON SAM HUNT KENNY CHESNEY TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROAD WHAT IFS 23 19 15 28 1 23 RE-ENTRY 23 17 58 BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 513497/SMN l  KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA BLAKE SHELTON BLUE AIN’T YOUR COLOR WOMAN, AMEN 24 17 14 33 1 24 25 67 24 RE-ENTRY WARNER BROS. 564386/WMN l KEITH URBAN l DIERKS BENTLEY KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 25 28 25 12 1 25 NEW BREAK UP IN THE END 25 19 11 CRY PRETTY MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN l COLE SWINDELL CARRIE UNDERWOOD Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. SALES DATA COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS

AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 1 3 110 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 l MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 3 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 2 3 6 59 MERCURY NASHVILLE 026379*/UMGN 1 1 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 3 5 9 29 MERCURY NASHVILLE 027408*/UMGN 0 1 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 4 6 8 12 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 1 GOOD THING 5 4 4 7 LISASAWYER63 583994*/COLUMBIA 1 6 8 10 73 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 4 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 21 10 14 156 HOZIER HOZIER 1 l7 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 The first single from Jinks’ album Lifers, 8 9 12 115 CLEOPATRA 1 DUALTONE 1738* 1 due July 27, opens at No. 21 on Country 19 — 9 JIMMY BUFFETT : JIMMY BUFFETT’S GREATEST HIT(S) 9 CODY JINKS Digital Song Sales with 6,000 sold in its first l9 MCA/GEFFEN 5633*/UME (11.9) 7 Must Be the week, marking the singer-songwriter’s first 15 16 151 + 1 Whiskey l10 ELEKTRA 530433*/AG 2 appearance on the list. Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAGES FOR STAGECOAC FOR IMAGES HARRISON/GETTY FRAZER BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 16 OF 21

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Put It On Repeat: Clare Dunn’s New Single Leaves You Wanting ‘More’

She sings every lead voice, every harmony part and every background counter- With that ethereal chorus completed, they turned their attention to the melody, and she plays every guitar line, including the Memphis soul rhythms verses, grounding them in concrete visuals from the start. They were built and the succinctly melodic fills. specifically to reflect Dunn’s own story, particularly with the opening lines, “More” couldn’t be more Clare Dunn, though she hasn’t completely revealed which find a farm girl trying to transcend the big city by playing country gold her musical self in this way on her previous singles. on the radio and reimagining the cramped city streets as expansive rural roads. Those titles — including 2015’s “Move On” (No. 45, Country Airplay) and “I love Nashville and I love the opportunity that I get to live here, but this 2016’s “Tuxedo” (No. 45, Hot Country is a huge city for me,” she explains. “I Songs) — tilted more modern pop, while would much rather live on a sprawling her live show often sees her in a girls- farm. So wherever I am, whatever city with- sort of strut as the band rips I’m in, I’m just always trying to feel a little through Led Zeppelin’s “.” bit of home, just being out in the middle In the course of “More,” Dunn emerges of nowhere.” as a Stax-style vocalist whose guitar is The images segue from the carefree a supporting element rather than the drive in verse one to late-night pursuits central part of her persona. at home in verse two. “It starts out sweet “I always say, ‘If y’all had been my and just gets sexier,” says Kear. publisher for the past however many years The writers put an exclamation point I’ve been writing songs, you would see this on the “More” concept in the bridge, thread in what I do,’ ” she says. “But for declaring that “no matter how many whatever reason, this side of me just hasn’t sunsets” they have together, the narrator been what’s been showcased. It’s a side “will always want more.” that’s always been there.” “It has a completely different rhythm The daughter of a Colorado farmer, than the rest of the song, which I think Dunn picked up an appreciation for both is really important,” notes Sampson. “It country and old-school soul — Percy makes the bridge feel way more like a Sledge, Fats Domino, — left turn.” from her father. That thread very much Sampson whipped together a quick influenced the room when she met up with demo, and Dunn delivered a vocal on co-writers (“Most People Are the spot, though she was feeling under Good,” “Woman, Amen”) and Gordie the weather and came back two days Sampson (“God, Your Mama, and Me,” later to cut a more suitable version. But “Jesus, Take the Wheel”) in the summer of DUNN her fresh emotional connection to the 2017 at the Orbison Building in Nashville, song in that first performance was too where Sampson had an office at the time. strong to eliminate entirely. The three writers got quite a ways down the road on one soul-tinged title “There’s still quite a lot of vocals in there from when we wrote it,” when they came to the conclusion that it wasn’t worth finishing. They could says Sampson. have easily shut down for the day, but Kear mentioned the word “More” as They worked individually with studio musicians one at a time to enhance an intriguing title, and it linked in with a thought Dunn had been carrying the existing track, with bass player Mark Hill adding subtle lines to the around for a bit: “No one’s ever gonna love you more.” first verse, which feels almost like a second intro before the production goes “The goal was to create the counterpoint of ‘I wish I had more time with you full force on the first chorus. because I’ll never get enough’ and ‘No one could love you more than I do,’ ” “We went back and forth on that particular part a couple of times, and we says Kear. “Simple, simple, simple. Even though they’re really two completely finally settled on ‘Let’s let the story unfold, and then we’ll ramp up into it,’ ” different ideas, they tie together beautifully using that one word: more.” says Dunn. Sampson crafted a gently descending piano line that became the intro, and Steel guitarist Justin Schipper added some final touches, and Dunn they were off to the races. resang the harmonies, putting a tight, bright sheen on the performance. Band “It was kind of freakish the way that this song came together,” says Dunn. members had to handle some of the vocal counter-melodies when she sang “ all just sort of holding on for dear life, and the song was leading the “More” during the CMA in early June, since the phrases overlap way. It just seemed like the right words, the right melodies, were coming at during major sections of the song. the right time. I think any songwriter would tell you that those songs, those “I always am analyzing songs as I’m writing them for how they’re going to experiences don’t happen often. We wish they would happen every day.” go over live,” she says with a laugh. “I just remember having those thoughts: They tackled the tuneful chorus first, packing more, more, more uses of the ‘Can I do this in heels, when I’m wearing a 20-pound necklace? Yes.’ ” title into the phrases, summed up by the sentiment in the heart of that refrain: In the meantime, MCA issued “More” to country radio on May 14 via “I couldn’t be more sure/That I couldn’t love you, couldn’t love you more.” PlayMPE, injecting a cheery, hopeful counterbalance to the toxic tone of the “You would think that the use of the word ‘more’ over and over again in current culture. In the process, it provides a more accurate picture of Dunn’s the song would leave you tired of it, and instead, it just makes the whole thing musical persona, allowing her soul heritage to shine through and her vocal breathe and feel cohesive,” notes Kear. “The feedback I keep getting from skills to rise above her guitar-slinger image. people is that this is one of those songs you can listen to on repeat and just “I’m really a singer at heart, first and foremost,” she says. “I haven’t been

not get tired of it.” playing that long, but I’ve been singing since I could talk.” BARLOWE KRISTIN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 17 OF 21 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l1 4 23 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Dan + Shay 4842 +304 7.439 l2 5 12 GET ALONG Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney 4676 +189 7.053 3 1 31 UP DOWN Big Loud/BMLG Morgan Wallen Feat. Florida Georgia Line 4568 -395 7.212 l4 6 17 I WAS JACK (YOU WERE DIANE) Big Loud Jake Owen 4520 +231 6.602 5 2 23 I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 4410 -309 6.821 l6 8 14 COMING HOME Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Feat. Julia Michaels 4149 +149 6 . 111 l7 11 22 KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 3640 +306 5.513 l8 10 11 CRY PRETTY Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 3601 +201 5.281 l9 12 18 MERCY BMLG Brett Young 3394 +283 4.979 10 3 33 EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney 3361 -1238 5.739 l11 13 36 TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Big Loud Chris Lane Feat. Tori Kelly 3208 +136 4.389 l12 14 40 HEART BREAK Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 3100 +63 4.483 l13 15 11 LIFE CHANGES Valory Thomas Rhett 2980 +248 4.271 l14 16 7 DROWNS THE WHISKEY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean Feat. Miranda Lambert 2913 +274 4.160 l15 17 42 KINDA DON’T CARE Valory Justin Moore 2665 +58 3.833 l16 18 6 DOWNTOWN’S DEAD MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 2558 +246 3.536 l17 19 35 HOOKED Curb Dylan Scott 2427 +174 3.435 l18 26 4 SIMPLE BMLG Florida Georgia Line 2360 +661 3.485 l19 21 12 HOTEL KEY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 2351 +288 3.092 l20 22 5 SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 2350 +412 3.386 l21 24 26 CRIMINAL Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 2052 +163 2.882 22 20 18 BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 2047 -63 2.828 l23 23 28 DRUNK GIRL Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 1999 +87 2.870 l24 25 10 BABE Big Machine/UMG Nashville Sugarland Feat. Taylor Swift 1863 +10 2.483 l25 27 24 SHOOT ME STRAIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 1714 +61 2.079 l26 28 29 HIDE THE WINE Big Machine Carly Pearce 1458 +162 1.909 l27 29 16 I HATE LOVE SONGS Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1370 +107 1.642 l28 30 32 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 1275 +94 1.658 l29 31 19 RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label Aaron Watson 1267 +105 1.382 l30 33 19 RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1091 +55 1.260

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEAN Fargo, N.D. KBVB Laurel, Miss. WBBN San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG Alexandria, La. KRRV WSTH Lebanon, N.H. WXXK Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ Amarillo, Texas KGNC Fayetteville, N.C. WKML Lincoln, Neb KFGE Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI Asheville, N.C. WKSF Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFF Longview, Texas KYKX Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Atlantic City, N.J. WPUR Flint, Mich. WFBE Lubbock, Texas KLLL Savannah, Ga. WJCL Beaumont, Texas KYKR Florence, Ala. WXFL Lufkin, Texas KYKS WUBB Beckley, W. Va. WJLS Florence, S.C. WEGX Marshalltown, Iowa KXIA Shreveport, La. KXKS Biloxi, Miss. WZKX Ft. Collins, Colo. KUAD Mason City, Iowa KIAI Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX Bloomington, Ill. WIBL Ft. Smith, Ark. KTCS Medford, Ore. KRWQ South Bend, Ind. WBYT Bluefield, W. Va. WHKX Frederick, Md. WFRE Meridian, Miss. WOKK Springfield, Ill. WFMB Burlington, Vt. WOKO Fredericksburg, Va. WFLS Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Springfield, Mo. KTTS Cape Girardeau, Mo. KEZS Green Bay, Wis. WNCY Montgomery, Ala. WLWI Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Charleston, W. Va WKWS Hagerstown, Md. WAYZ Morgantown, W. Va. WKKW Topeka, Kan. WIBW WQBE Hot Springs, Ark. KQUS Muskegon, Mich. WMUS Traverse City, Mich. WTCM College Station, Texas KAGG Huntington, Ky. WDGG New London, Conn. WCTY Tupelo, Miss. WWZD Colorado Springs. KCCY Huntington, W. Va. WTCR Odessa, Texas KHKX Utica, N.Y. WFRG Columbia, Mo. KCLR Idaho Falls, Idaho KTHK Palm Springs, Calif. KPLM Victor Valley, CA. KATJ Columbus, Ga. WKCN Jackson, Miss. WMSI Pensacola, Fla. WXBM Waco, Texas WACO WSTH WUSJ Peoria, Ill. WXCL Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQ Janesville, Wis. WJVL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWD Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK Dothan, Ala. WTVY Jonesboro, Ark. KDXY Rapid City, S.D. KOUT Williamsport, Pa. WILQ Duluth, Minn. KKCB Joplin, Mo. KIXQ Rockford, Ill. WXXQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Eau Claire, Wis. WAXX Kalamazoo, Mich. WNWN Rocky Mount, N.C. WDWG Youngstown, Ohio WQXK Elizabeth City, N.C. WRSF Kalispell, Mont. KDBR Saginaw, Mich. WCEN WWGY Erie, Pa. WTWF Kingmah, Ariz. KFLG St. Cloud, Minn. KZPK Westwood One HOT COUNTRY Eugene, Ore. KKNU Lafayette, Ind. WKOA Salina, Kan. KYEZ MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Evansville, Ind. WKDQ Laredo, Texas KRRG Salisbury, Md. WKTT Music Choice TODAY’S COUNTRY Lansing, Mich. WITL San Angelo, Texas KGKL Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 18 OF 21 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l31 32 23 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 1052 +6 1.241 l32 NEW ALL DAY LONG Pearl HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Increased Plays/Most Added HH Garth Brooks 944 +944 1.431 l33 39 3 SUMMER FEVER Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 855 +299 1.183 l34 34 14 POWER OF GARTH Forge Lucas Hoge 842 +37 1.068 l35 36 18 BORN TO LOVE YOU Arista Nashville LANCO 822 +85 1.066 l36 35 18 HANGIN’ ON RCA Nashville Chris Young 815 +48 1.002 l37 37 9 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton 773 +68 1.042 l38 38 9 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland 711 +150 0.624 l39 40 10 DRUNK ME Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 533 +28 0.692 l40 42 11 YOU GOT ‘EM ALL Big Machine Trent Harmon 462 +42 0.655 l41 44 9 BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 457 +55 0.727 42 41 15 YOUNG FOREVER EMI Nashville Eric Paslay 442 -2 0.508 l43 46 5 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 410 +75 0.414 44 43 7 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 408 -6 0.518 l45 60 2 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 402 +210 0.541 l46 51 13 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 361 +80 0.422 l47 47 13 DAVID ASHLEY PARKER FROM POWDER SPRINGS Mercury Travis Denning 349 +25 0.385 l48 50 7 SEE YOU TRY Red Bow Craig Campbell 344 +57 0.483 l49 49 10 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE Southern Halo Southern Halo 321 +33 0.364 l50 48 8 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Feat. The Fisk Jubilee Singers 318 +22 0.327 l51 52 6 GOOD GUYS WIN Sony Music Nashville Ben Gallaher 301 +22 0.334 l52 53 3 FRIENDS DON’T Mercury Maddie & Tae 291 +17 0.266 l53 55 8 HURT GOOD Purfectt Pitch/Grassroots James Dupre 268 +12 0.263 l54 57 3 HOOK LINE & SINKER Dreamwalkin’ Smith & Wesley 263 +24 0.296 55 56 9 CALIFORNIA DREAMIN Red Star Productions Denny Strickland 244 -6 0.295 l56 59 3 YOU CAME ALONG Warehouse Risa Binder 211 +8 0.230 l57 NEW NOWHERE WITH YOU Free Flow/Grassroots/Grapevine Dave McElroy 205 +30 0.242 l58 NEW THE DIFFERENCE Valory Tyler Rich 198 +43 0.236 l59 NEW BUTTERFLIES MCA Nashville Kacey Musgraves 177 +6 0.102 60 54 9 KEEPER OF THE FLAME Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 175 -96 0.260

CHARTS LEGEND RANKINGS station downtime for the format. gaining enough audience points MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ Country Airplay is ranked by Titles that decline in audience to bullet or if they rank below No. PLAYS total audience impressions but increase in detections will 10 and post a third consecutive Most Increased Audience on for the week ending Sunday also receive a bullet if the total week of (non-bulleted) audience Country Airplay and Most based on monitored airplay of audience erosion for the week decline, regardless of total chart Increased Plays on Country 150 stations by Nielsen BDS. does not exceed 3%. Bullets are weeks. On Country Indicator, Indicator list the songs with the Audience totals on the chart are awarded on Country Indicator to descending, non-bulleted titles greatest week-to-week increases derived, in part, using certain titles gaining plays or remaining below No. 10 are moved to in total audience or plays, Arbitron Inc. copyrighted flat from the previous week. recurrent after 20 weeks or if they respectively. Persons 12+ audience post a third consecutive week of estimates (under license © TIES decline in plays after 10 weeks. AIRPOWER 2018, Arbitron Inc.) Country On Country Airplay, if two songs Awarded on Country Airplay to Indicator is tabulated using are tied in total audience, the song HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in reported playlists and Nielsen with the larger increase in audience Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for BDS-monitored airplay at 109 is placed first. On Country Indicator, new entry on Country Airplay and the first time, with increases in stations, ranked by total plays. if two songs are tied in total plays, Country Indicator, respectively. both plays and audience. the song with the larger increase in BULLETS plays is placed first. MOST ADDED BREAKER l Awarded on Country Airplay The total number of new adds Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or RECURRENTS officially reported to Billboard by to titles achieving airplay (at remaining flat from the previous On Country Airplay, descending each reporting station, or by an least one detection) at 60% of week. A song will also receive titles below No. 10 in either automatic-add threshold (seven plays reporting stations for the first a bullet if its percentage loss audience or detections are moved for the first time in a chart tracking time. in audience does not exceed to recurrent after 20 weeks, week, according to Nielsen BDS) for the percentage of monitored provided that they are not still stations that do not report adds. © 2018 Prometheus Global Media, LLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 19 OF 21 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DOWNTOWN’S DEAD Universal Music Corp., I   SELFISH Rebel Engine Publishing LLC, BMI/Living (Songwriter) Chart Position ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Will’s Music, BMI/Five Owls, ASCAP (S.Quayle, A.S.Wills, Music, ASCAP/I Love Pizza Music, ASCAP/Songs Of I HATE LOVE SONGS Songs Of Black River, T.Tuiller) 58 Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/ ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ A   Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Atlas Music Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/ SHOOT ME STRAIGHT Trampy McCauley, Publishing, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ALL DAY LONG Not Listed (Not Listed) 21 ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, Group Ltd., GMR (K.Ballerini, T. Rosen, S.McAnally) 37 ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/Warner- ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, ASKING FOR A FRIEND Warner-Tamerlane Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (S.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Osborne, I LIVED IT Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s L.T.Miller) 31 Publishing Corp., BMI/JJ Music Inc., BMI/Neon Cross S.McAnally, Charlie Handsome) 20 Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful Music, BMI/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Make For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, SIMPLE Hubb Publishing, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, It Matter Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Big Deal DROP EVERYTHING Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/ Beats, BMI (D.Dawson, C.Harrington, B.Beavers) 57 Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Matt Drag Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI (A.Gorley, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Bumblebee, BMI/ B   Proud Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s B.Hayslip, R.Akins, R.Copperman) 3 Rygo Music, BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Songs Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP Of Universal, Inc., BMI (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, M.Hardy, (R.Akins, M.Dragstrem, A.Gorley) 59 BABE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, I WAS JACK (YOU WERE DIANE) Sony/ M.Holman) 18 Inc., ASCAP/Taylor Swift Music, BMI/Monoman Music, ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good ASCAP (T.Swift, P.T.Monahan) 29 DROWNS THE WHISKEY Big Music Machine, Company, BMI/EMI Full Keel Music, ASCAP/David Ray STRAIGHT TO HELL Universal Songs Of BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sawyer PolyGram International, Inc., BMI (K.Kinney) 56 Publishing Corp., BMI/ Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cash Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified Tree Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI/Tom Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Sony/ Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Tom Leis Music, BMI (J.Thompson, J.Middleton, B.Kinney) 19 SUMMER FEVER Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, ATV Accent, ASCAP (T.Cecil, J.Mellencamp, D.Ray, J.Stevens, Corp., BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI/W.B.M. Music J.London, J.P.Williams) 38 C.Wiseman) 8 Corp., SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Roc Nation DRUNK GIRL ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla US Music, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm Black, SESAC/Songs Music, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek K   Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House BLUE TACOMA BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/ Music Two, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Music, BMI/Sam Roman Music, LLP, PRS (K.Fairchild, Provident Music Group, ASCAP/Hillbilly Science And Tomdouglasmusic, BMI (C.Janson, Scooter Carusoe, C.R.Barlowe, J.Frasure, ROMANS) 48 Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC/ T.Douglas) 28 KINDA DON’T CARE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Stephen Harris, BMI/Tyler Barksdale, BMI (R.Dickerson, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rezolant C.Brown, P.Welling) 34 Music, BMI/Get A Load Of This Music, ASCAP (R.Akins, SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Highly DRUNK ME Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/WB Music R.Copperman, B.Hayslip) 25 Combustible Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Atlas Music BORN TO LOVE YOU Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Publishing, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, Publishing Corp., BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/ Silver Songs, SESAC  39 KISS SOMEBODY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Neon Cross Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., (M.Tenpenny, J.M.Schmidt, J.Wilson)  Corp., BMI/Morgan Evans Publishing Designee, BMI/EMI ASCAP/I Love Pizza Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/WB April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP/ ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum , BMI (Z. Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/ E   Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Crowell, R.Hurd, C.McGill) 22 Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Old Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, T   ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Lancaster, R.Copperman, Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., J.Osborne) 11 A.Gorley, J.Osborne) 33 ASCAP/Meaux Mercy, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/ TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Universal Music - EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Thankful For This Music, L   Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D , BREAK UP IN THE END EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Great Day At This Music, BMI/Beattyville Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, BMI (D.L.Murphy, C.Stevens, J.Yeary) 6 LIFE CHANGES EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Rezonant Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of The Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/ Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI (J.M.Nite, C.McGill, G   Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP J.J.Dillon) 26 House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ (D.A.Garcia, H.Lindsey, J.Miller) 13 GET ALONG EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, R.Akins, TAKE IT FROM ME Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/ J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 16 Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs LOSE IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 51 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, S.McAnally, Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, J.Osborne) 5 Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And , C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 36 House ENT, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGill, W.Weatherly) 40 ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner- GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, C   Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 2 SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Albert) 47 Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner- GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, H   S.McAnally) 55 Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 53 M.Walker) 49 HANGIN’ ON EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ LOVE BY THE MOON Big Deal Beats, BMI/Sony/ Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Songs From The Rose ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Creative Music, BMI/Sony/ THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Sony/ATV CHILLS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Meant Well, ASCAP/ole Hotel, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/ Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI Publishing, SOCAN (D.Woods, T.Wood, G.Slate, J.Barker) 54 SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Meaux Mercy, BMI (R.E.Lipsey, Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April J.Hoge) 32 J.McNair, C.Stevens) 60 Music, Inc., ASCAP (C.Rice, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 27 COMING HOME Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mary Rose Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Jonathan HEART BREAK WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja M   U   Rotem Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Cut That Song, ASCAP/The Best I Could Do Publishing, BMI/Thanks For The Songs Richard, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, MERCY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, UP DOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Publishing, BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (K.Urban, SESCA/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, J.R.Rotem, J.Michaels, M.Haggard, N.Galyon) 10 Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Beluga Music, BMI (B.Young, S.McConnell) 14 BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, Music, BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, BMI/Harding Road Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle CRIMINAL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/BMG H.Scott, J.Frasure, N.Galyon) 17 MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, ASCAP (B.Clawson, M.Hardy, C.J. Solar) 1 Platinum Songs, BMI/Lindsay Ell Music, BMI/Moody Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 45 Producer Music, BMI/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Float HEAVEN BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/You Want How W   Music, BMI/Meaux Mercy, BMI (L.Ell, C.Stevens, F.Wilhelm) 23 Much Of What Publishing, PRS/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack O   Blue, LLC, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ WOMAN, AMEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ CRY PRETTY Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (S.Carter, M.McGinn, ONE NUMBER AWAY Big Machine Music, BMI/50 Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Year Of The ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Maps And Records L.Rimes) 7 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Mall Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, Music, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse B. Publishing, ASCAP/Tunes of R And T Direct, SESAC/ ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/DudeTunes, Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Self Shrevident Music, SESAC/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R. Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, BMI (C.Underwood, H.Lindsey, HIDE THE WINE WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Copperman, J.Kear, D.Bentley) 9 L.McKenna, L.Rose) 12 Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Songs Corp., BMI (L.Combs, S.A.Battey, S.Mitchell, R.Williford) 4 Of Universal, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ Y   D   ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR (A.Gorley, L.Laird, R   H.Lindsey) 30 YOU GOT ‘EM ALL Big Music Machine, BMI/ DAVID ASHLEY PARKER FROM RICH International Dog Music, BMI/ One Trent Harmon Publishing, BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, POWDER SPRINGS I’m About To Go RED On B Music, BMI/Unlimited, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Jay SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Ya Music, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/BMG HOOKED WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Platinum Songs, BMI/SWMBMGBMI, BMI/Lonesome Vinyl Rose Hotel, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Gatsby Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Koala T Tunes, BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.Harmon, J.Ebach, Music, BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music 35 J.Minton) 41 Corp., ASCAP/Damn Country Music, ASCAP (T.Denning, Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Rimes, S.Ennis, M.Evans) 15 (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.Veltz)  J.R.Stewart, J.L.Alexander) 50 HOTEL KEY Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs RUN WILD HORSES Tunes From HTK, BMI/Me YOUNG FOREVER WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Five Gusta Music, BMI (A.Watson) 42 Foot Sixteen Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing Corp., BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI April Music, Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/ ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Unfair Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP (E.Paslay, Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ Entertainment, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road S   M.Evans, C. DeStefano) 44 Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 43 Rosen, J.Osborne) 24 SEE YOU TRY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Creative Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill YOU’RE IN IT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, Tunes, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Block Of BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Bill Butler Marble Music, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI/Rizer Point Music, BMI/Freshy Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI (F.Rogers, J.Adams, M.Nesler) 52 We-Volve Music, ASCAP (J.McNair, T.Hubbard, B.Butler, J.M.Schmidt) 46 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 20 OF 21 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DRUNK GIRL ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla I WAS JACK (YOU WERE DIANE) Sony/ RICH International Dog Music, BMI/Nettwerk One (Songwriter) Chart Position Music, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good B Music, BMI/Unlimited, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Jay Music Two, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Company, BMI/EMI Full Keel Music, ASCAP/David Ray Gatsby Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., A   Tomdouglasmusic, BMI (C.Janson, Scooter Carusoe, Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sawyer BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI T.Douglas) 29 Cash Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.Veltz) 43 ALL DAY LONG Not Listed (Not Listed) 42 Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Sony/ F   ATV Accent, ASCAP (T.Cecil, J.Mellencamp, D.Ray, J.Stevens, S   B   C.Wiseman) 13 FAMOUS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, SHOOT ME STRAIGHT Trampy McCauley, BABE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ K   ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., Inc., ASCAP/Taylor Swift Music, BMI/Monoman Music, Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/Warner- ASCAP (T.Swift, P.T.Monahan) 23 Shirt At Work, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Peace KEEPING SCORE Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, In The Prism, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Skinny Fat Music Corp., ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, L.T.Miller) 41 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ Nashville Music, ASCAP (T.Hubbard, C.Crowder, S.Buxton, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works C.Smith) 47 BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (D.Smyers, SIMPLE Hubb Publishing, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing J.Reynolds, L.Veltz) 32 BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/ Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, G   Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music R.Williford) 16 KINDA DON’T CARE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Bumblebee, BMI/ GET ALONG EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rezolant Rygo Music, BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Songs BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/ Music, BMI/Get A Load Of This Music, ASCAP (R.Akins, Of Universal, Inc., BMI (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, M.Hardy, Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/ R.Copperman, B.Hayslip) 34 M.Holman) 6 Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville J.London, J.P.Williams) 38 Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs KISS SOMEBODY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, S.McAnally, Corp., BMI/Morgan Evans Publishing Designee, BMI/EMI Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- BLUE TACOMA BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/ J.Osborne) 4 April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/ Provident Music Group, ASCAP/Hillbilly Science And Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC/ H   Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, Stephen Harris, BMI/Tyler Barksdale, BMI (R.Dickerson, Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, L.Veltz) 30 C.Brown, P.Welling) 45 HANGIN’ ON EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ J.Osborne) 20 Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Songs From The Rose SUMMER FEVER Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BORN TO LOVE YOU Warner-Tamerlane Hotel, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, L   Corp., BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI/W.B.M. Music Publishing Corp., BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/ SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, Corp., SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Roc Nation Neon Cross Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., J.Hoge) 46 LAST SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break US Music, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm Black, SESAC/Songs BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/WB Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/ HEART BREAK WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Music, BMI/Sam Roman Music, LLP, PRS (K.Fairchild, Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Cut That Song, ASCAP/The Best I Could Do Publishing, Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And C.R.Barlowe, J.Frasure, ROMANS) 49 Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 44 ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Lancaster, R.Copperman, SESCA/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Highly A.Gorley, J.Osborne) 35 Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House LIFE CHANGES EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Combustible Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Music, BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Atlas Music BREAK UP IN THE END EMI April Music, Inc., H.Scott, J.Frasure, N.Galyon) 27 Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm Publishing, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ ASCAP/I Love Pizza Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/ HEAVEN BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/You Want How WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI (Z. Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI (J.M.Nite, C.McGill, Much Of What Publishing, PRS/Smackworks Music, Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, R.Akins, Crowell, R.Hurd, C.McGill) 25 J.J.Dillon) 22 SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 15 Blue, LLC, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ T   BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (S.Carter, M.McGinn, LOSE IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- L.Rimes) 3 Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Universal Music - Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, HIDE THE WINE WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ House ENT, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGill, W.Weatherly) 26 ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Rezonant Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of The ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, Songs, ASCAP/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Songs M   Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 50 Of Universal, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR (A.Gorley, L.Laird, MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/ (D.A.Garcia, H.Lindsey, J.Miller) 14 C   H.Lindsey) 40 Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/ TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, COMING HOME Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mary HOOKED WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner- Rose Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Jonathan Rose Hotel, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, Rotem Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Koala T Tunes, BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 2 BMI/Thanks For The Songs Richard, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Rimes, S.Ennis, M.Evans) 24 ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, Publishing, BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (K.Urban, J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 1 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Sony/ATV J.R.Rotem, J.Michaels, M.Haggard, N.Galyon) 19 HOTEL KEY Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/ MERCY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April CRIMINAL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/BMG ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Unfair ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Music, Inc., ASCAP (C.Rice, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 39 Platinum Songs, BMI/Lindsay Ell Music, BMI/Moody Entertainment, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Beluga Music, BMI (B.Young, S.McConnell) 8 Producer Music, BMI/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Float Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. 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Swindell, Michael Ray, B.Kinney) 48 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 25, 2018 | PAGE 21 OF 21 CODA 50 Years Ago On June 29, 1968, Ta m m y Wynette’s third and most famous ­Wynette’s “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” husband out of her five marriages topped Hot Country Songs for its was . Wed just six Tammy Wynette’s first of three weeks at No. 1. ­Written years (1969-1975), their musical by and Curly relationship produced three Hot ‘D-I-V-O-R-C-E’ ­Putman, the ballad was unique for Country Songs No. 1s and nine its time as Wynette sang about the Top Country Albums entries. The Separated pain of divorce from a woman’s view. couple’s final LP together, 1995’s Wynette made 72 appearances One, followed a 15-year hiatus. Itself From The on the chart between 1966-1998, It was Wynette’s final album of including 20 No. 1s among 39 top new material. Competition 10s. “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” became Plagued by health and addiction In 1968, the country legend her fourth leader, while follow-up problems most of her life, Wynette “,” which she co- died April 6, 1998, at age 55 from a spelled out a tale of wrote with Billy Sherrill, reigned in blood clot. She was inducted into the heartbreak for her fourth November 1968 and became her Country Music Hall of Fame later Hot Country Songs leader signature song. that year. —JIM ASKER

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Wynette circa 1968. COLLECTION ARCHIVES/EVERETT CSU