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July 22, 2013, Issue 355

The Future Is Albright When it comes to the internet’s ability to redefine the workplace, Albright & O’Malley & Brenner’s Jaye Albright is bucking for poster child status. In an email sent to record labels Sunday, she writes, “Beginning in August, I will be living and working out of my wireless hot spot-equipped RV, traveling the parks and campgrounds of North America between consulting clients all over the continent.” Crazy Blakes: Warner Bros./WMN’s (c) spreads Beyond what she calls “a dream come true,” Albright notes some “crazy” with WGH/Norfolk’s Mark McKay and wife that the decision was motivated, at least in part, by the untimely Christi prior to the open of Shelton’s Ten Times Crazier Tour in death of a fellow Country Radio Hall of Famer. And she says her Virginia Beach, VA Friday night (7/19). new address ... or lack thereof ... will not diminish her work within and connection to the format. “Part of it is due to [veteran consultant] Rusty Walker’s Blake: That Boy Is Crazy death,” she says. “Thank goodness he died riding a bike with The Ten Times Crazier tour lived up to its name as Blake friends and family on a Saturday afternoon doing something Shelton kicked things off Friday in Virginia Beach (7/19). he loved. But the shock and devastation of that is a reminder to WGH/Norfolk PD Mark McKay says it was the best Shelton all of us, and I have vowed since then to move more slowly and show he’s seen, spanning the multimedia performer’s entire savor things a little more. career ... headgear included. “This has been a dream of mine for a long time. The secret “He said at one point that he was going to do some of the older to consulting for 35 years is that I don’t do anything I don’t feel stuff,and ended up playing ‘Playboys Of The Southwestern World,’ good about. I only work with people I like in situations where I which kind of surprised me because it wasn’t a big hit,” McKay says. can make a difference. In that way, it’s not really work and I’ve “But when he finished, he paused and said, ‘You know, this just doesn’t become tremendously bonded to many people. The only bad feel right artistically; there’s something wrong here.’ And he reached thing about it is my best friends are all over America.” behind himself and grabbed a cowboy hat that was fully equipped with (continued on page 12) its own . It was a flashback to his old look and just really funny. ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

July 22, 2013 Page 3 “He also addressed the fact that he was on a ‘little television show you might have heard of called The Voice. He talked about PAGE THREE PIC how it helped him meet people like [R&B artist] Usher, who he did a song with at the Oklahoma tornado benefit. Blake explained how he wanted to return the favor by doing an Usher song and launched into Usher’s ‘Yeah!’ He stopped mid-song, though, and said it didn’t feel right. So he brought his player out and basically ‘countrified’ the rest of it. He made sure to tell everyone to ‘YouTube the shit out of it’ and used the whole thing as an intro to ‘.’” Fun and crazy aside, McKay says the best part was definitely Shelton’s singing, highlighted by a solo acoustic performance on Knows When To Hold ‘Em: (c) grips the stage thrust. “It was just him, a guitar and a stool, and he did and grins with the WFMS/Indianapolis brain trust what he said were the two most important songs of his career: circa 2001 – J.D. Cannon (l) and Bob Richards. Flash your vintage station-wear via pagethreepic@ ‘Over You’ and ‘Austin.’ It was just incredible. Based on listener countryaircheck.com. buzz, there were a lot of people who had never heard of him prior to The Voice who were stunned to find out just how good of a it the next night at the show as he went into ‘Home,’ which was singer he is. It was a really great moment.” huge. Lots of those families were at the show and it was their last There were other serious moments, as well. “As we were weekend together for eight or nine months.” watching the rehearsal the night before, it occurred to us that Even Shelton’s love affair with Twitter made the spotlight. the U.S.S. Truman would be leaving [the Norfolk Naval Base] “Leading into ‘Kiss My Country Ass,’ he had a Twitter [graphic] Monday (7/22), and it’s a big deal when that happens around on the screen and pretended to send some tweets that got the here,” McKay says. “We made him aware of it and he addressed crowd really revved up. Later in the night, he posted, ‘Thank you, Virginia Beach, for the biggest night of my touring career.’ “It was just a really cool show to watch,” McKay says. “It was the fourth of nine Country shows at the venue this year and, with the exception of ’s recent sold-out show, it was the biggest crowd so far. They were estimating north of 18,000 and it’s a 20,000-seat place. It was a lot of fun.” The tour hits St. Louis Friday (7/26). Get the full list of dates here. Keith’s Sweat: Fuse Tour For an hour and 40 minutes, fought off especially muggy Cincinnati heat to deliver a proper open to his Light The Fuse Tour 2013 with and at Riverbend Music Center Thursday (7/18). Not to be outdone, WUBE/ Cincinnati’s Big Dave & Chelsie sweated it out with him; first by doing their afternoon show live from the venue, and later, by taking Keith tour set in Cincinnati in the show as fans. It was hot, and in more ways than one.

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July 22, 2013 Page 6 “It was close [to a sellout],” Chelsie says. “There were just a few places on the lawn that were open.” Dave adds, “The show would’ve MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE completely sold out had it not been 96 degrees and ridiculously KVOO/Tulsa morning personality humid! Keith opened with ‘Long, Hot Summer,’ which was fitting.” Rowdy Yates discusses his most influential Urban’s new set employs five vertical LED panels for video, artists, songs, and concerts: graphics and lyrics, which aided a sing-along on “Even The Stars 1. The Who, The Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Fall For You” from his upcoming Fuse, out Sept. 10. The 1987: It was the summer after my senior show also featured video from Urban’s new Fret-Cam. “It’s a year in high school. There are several camera that’s mounted on top of the guitar neck near the tuning minutes that I can’t recall due to the left- keys,” Dave says. “He could adjust it so that sometimes it was handed Lucky being passed around, but this was quite possibly one of the most intense, pointing down at his fingers, or at someone else in the band.” Rowdy Yates He entered the crowd twice – once to sing a few a lines of fun and loud shows I’ve ever seen. “ In My Shirt” right in front of the stage, and the 2. Earl Thomas Conley/Holding Her and other as he was on his way to a smaller stage in the rear of the Loving You: By far my favorite country song of all time. I always pavilion for “Days Go By,” “Better Life” and others. loved his introspective style of writing and the soulful way he sang. An acoustic set included “Making Memories Of Us” and 3. /Always Wanting You: This song tugs at my “You’ll Think Of Me,” and Urban played on “Tonight I heartstrings lyrically and musically. Whoever played guitar on this Wanna Cry.” Scattered throughout the show were snippets of was able to capture Merle’s inner anguish and get it on tape. covers including The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and AC/ 4. The Beach Boys/Good Vibrations: Always loved this DC’s “It’s A Long Way To The Top.” song. I read about what all went into making this piece of “Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch sounded great, too,” Dave musical history and not only was I by what could be says. “Dustin even put on a baseball cap and sat out in the crowd conceived, but the layers and dimensions, the musicians, the to watch Urban’s set, with the exception of when he joined Urban harmonies, the instruments themselves. onstage for ‘Kiss A Girl.’ For an opening night, it went very well.” 5. /Rhinestone Cowboy: Ran a needle Chelsie adds, “At least three people who’ve seen him a lot told smooth through it. That was the song I used to talk over and me it was the best show they’ve seen.” The tour picks up again in it really sealed the deal for me to be on the radio. I still have Charlotte Thursday (7/25) and Raleigh Friday (7/25). Get the full the Magnavox cabinet stereo/record player from my parent’s list of upcoming dates here. house in Ft. Worth. Sadly the green hairbrush I used as a microphone is long gone. • A highly regarded album you’ve never heard: I recall Country Cub: Aldean At Wrigley all the hype with ’s Magic, but after Born to Chicago welcomed Broken Bow’s with Run and Born In The USA, I put Bruce into my epic file and had open skies Saturday at historic , and a number of no interest in ever seeing if he could top that. top radio pros were there. Here’s their take: • An important artist you just don’t get: U2. I appreciate Hometown WUSN hosted a “Parking Lot Party” outside the their longevity and popularity, not to mention the personal ballpark before the show. “ projects that Bono does lending his celebrity to causes and stopped by to actually sing ‘Parking Lot charities, but I never got into their stuff. Party,’ which was super fun,” says APD/ • An album you played or listened to incessantly: I can’t MD Marci Braun. yank ’s Pioneer out of my truck. There is not a “One of the coolest moments came dud from start to finish! Early on, I had an appreciation for Kim when Jake Owen explained that he has as a vocalist then as a , but what sealed the deal was played everywhere in Chicago – the seeing them pull off “Done” on the ACM Awards. US99-5 conference room, Joe’s Bar, the • One obscure or non-country song everyone should Chicago Theater and about six other listen to right now: “I’m Awesome” by Spose. I howl every venues he listed off, all the way to the time I see the video, but I am a person who has made a Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field. Aldean at Wrigley wonderful life and living out of making fun of myself!

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“From the moment Aldean took the stage, he just rocked it. He turned the intensity up to 11 and never backed down. OFF THE RECORD: Drake White It started raining right before he went on and not a soul MCA’s Drake White puts an left. That’s pretty damn cool. Getting to hear industry spin on the artist interview: and Jason Aldean sing ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’ was pretty First time I heard myself on the awesome, too. And not hologram Kelly – real life Kelly!” radio it was “The Simple Life.” We Braun also attended Aldean’s recent stop at Boston’s were driving to a gig down in Alabama, Fenway Park, and says the shows were similar, though one buzzin’ down Interstate 59 listening venue is clearly superior in her mind. “I’ve been a Cubs to WZZK/Birmingham. My drummer fan since before I was born,” she says. “The second-oldest Adam and I did a little swerving and fist ballpark in is just a magical place to pumping followed by filming a video see a ballgame, but it’s that much cooler to see a concert Drake White and singin’ real loud. It was truly one of there. You’re looking at the scoreboard and the ivy and, if those moments in life where you are just you were lucky enough to get field seats, you’re standing happy and proud, proud, proud, proud! where all the great Cubs outfielders (okay, where all the Cubs I’ll never forget the time I played the Ryman for the first outfielders) stood. For a Cubs and baseball geek like me, it’s time. I don’t really get nervous, but at this particular CRS pretty awesome.” event every radio PD in the nation seemed to be there along WKKT/Charlotte APD/MD Tyler Reese agrees. “It was a with the ghosts of George, Waylon, Johnny, June, special experience like no other with the famous Wrigley ivy and more. My nerves settled though as soon as I sang my climbing behind the pyrotechnics of Aldean’s stage,” he says. first note. The old church gives you a little extra confidence “Thousands were singing along word-for-word. And there’s when its perfect acoustics ring back in your ears. It took about nothing like seeing cowboy boots stretch throughout Chicago two hours for my heart rate to go down and days for the from the Miracle Mile of Michigan Avenue to North Clark Christmas morning feeling to stop. running by Wrigleyville.” My most interesting road companion is “Mr. Wickles,” Clear Channel RPM Bruce Logan calls the evening “a bit our mascot. He’s a stuffed bobcat that I harvested with a bow surreal. I remember when Jason Aldean played my conference and arrow when I was 16. I made a shot on him running and room and I had to bribe sales people to come listen so he having him around reminds me that anything is possible. didn’t play to a bunch of empty chairs. There weren’t any The last purchase I made from Skymall was for my empty chairs in Wrigley! From the minute the countdown to best man – a five year-old Golden Retriever named Writer. show time began, the crowd was on their feet and roaring He’s extremely laid back, and one of those custom kennels even through a steady rain. Jason grabbed the audience that double as an end table really caught my eye. as he went through hit after hit after hit. And when Kelly There’s no place like home, but if I had to be stuck Clarkson stepped out on stage for the , the crowd volume somewhere it would be Apalachicola, FL. There’s no one on got even louder. the beaches, so it feels private. You can build a bonfire and “The toughest spot on that show was the opening slot of ride four-wheelers up and down the sand. I first visited there Thomas Rhett,” Logan continues. “It was hot – and early – but in 2008 to fish and drink beer with friends and it’s truly a there were a lot more people there then I thought there would secret spot, so don’t tell anyone. be and the crowd loved him. They were singing along to ‘It If I saw Bob Seger in the airport, I’d have to go Goes Like This.’ Impressive. I also don’t think it will be long introduce myself. My dad brought me up on him and I until Jake Owen is headlining his own stadium tour. His show really dig the way he lives his music and career. was electric and filled with hits. And if there are any Country The best advice I ever got came to me from the late Bee PDs left who don’t know if the Country audience accepts Kelly Spears, who was ’s bass player for 30-plus Clarkson – the jury has spoken. Jason’s crowd loved ‘Don’t years. He said, “Enjoy the moment, understand that where Rush’ as much as they loved ‘Stronger.’” you are right now is where you are supposed to be and make the best out of it with a good attitude and work ethic.”

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July 22, 2013 Page 12 Chart Chat CHEC K O U T Congratulations to The Band Perry, Matthew Hargis and the entire & Dos Divas Republic Nashville promotion team (Red River) on the second consecutive No. 1 from Also known as “Grits and Glamour,” Tillis Pioneer with “Done.” The single follows and Morgan recorded four songs each, plus “Better Dig Two” as a chart-topper, and six including their first single “I Know What You Did Last Night.” marks the trio’s fourth No. 1 overall. The Band Perry When reviewing this week’s point and play totals, take into consideration the panel change that Various Artists God’s Country: George took effect this week as WNSH/New York, KPLX/Dallas, Jones And Friends (Red River) WKHX/, WKDF/Nashville, KIIM/Tucson and Originally released in 2006, the 10-track WIVK/Knoxville joined the Country reporting panel. album has been upgraded with a behind-the- scenes DVD and features Jones’ hits covered by , , , Tracy News & Notes Lawrence, Pam Tillis, Tanya Tucker and others. New KYGO/Denver’s Brian Hatfield APD/MD/afternoon host can now be reached at 303-270-9731 or here. July 30 Vince Gill & Bakersfield (MCA) Producer Mark Bright will discuss his work with during an interview at the Country Music Hall of Aug. 5 When I Said I Do (Cracker Barrel) Fame and Museum’s Ford Theater July 27. The interview will be conducted by Michael McCall as part of Carrie Underwood: The Aug. 6 (Atlantic) Exhibition, on display now through Nov. 10. Michael Ray and are the next to perform Aug. 13 Luke Bryan Crash My Party (Capitol) at Warner Music Nashville’s Pickin’ On The Patio. The event, sponsored by Aramark, Budweiser, Ajax Turner and Spring Hill Aug. 16 Ashton Shepherd This Is America (Pickin’ Shed) Bourbon, takes place July 25. Aug. 20 Charlie Worsham Rubberband (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) The Week’s Top Stories Aug. 27 Sundy Best Door Without A Screen (Deluxe) Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. Alabama Alabama & Friends (Show Dog-Universal) • Arbitron released a big batch of diary ratings. (7/16-22) • WTQR/Greensboro’s Angie Ward was named APD/midday Album release info to [email protected]. host of WUBL/Atlanta, and she’ll still be heard on ‘TQR. (7/22) • Aly Jacobs, who used to co-host mornings on Hot AC WRQX/ The Future Is Albright Washington, joined crosstown Country WMZQ in the same (continued from page 1) position. (7/22) Albright’s plan is to travel the circumference of the country, • ABC-TV’s Nashville scored two Emmy nominations. (7/18) starting at Glacier National Park in Montana with Yellowstone, • WeBlast and Tenacity partnered to launch new artist Jason the Grand Tetons and more on the list. She hopes to traverse the Mitchell. (7/17) northern U.S. and Canada, reaching the east coast in time to spend • WXFL/Florence, AL midday host Josie Lane joined WDRM/ late fall and early winter traveling down the seaboard. “It’s a very Huntsville to co-host mornings. (7/17) nice motorhome and I’m going to make the most of it,” she says. • Hubbard Broadcasting purchased five stations in Phoenix “I’m still going to be working every day, doing my daily email and and five stations in Seattle fromSandusky Radio. (7/16) visiting clients. I’ll just be travelling in a more expansive way.” • Country Aircheck added new reporters. (7/16) As such, she is directing all physical mailings to her • started to improve in a Plano, TX hospital. (7/16) partners Michael O’Malley and Becky Brenner. Fittingly, the last

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Giggly Wrigley: Broken Bow’s Jason Aldean (center) gathers a smiling group of radio pros at Chicago’s Wrigley Field prior to his show Saturday (7/20). We’d name names, but who likes a name-dropper? piece Albright received at her Bainbridge Island, WA address Still, she’s not reluctant to embrace the opportunity. “There’s was a plaque commemorating ’s 60 No. 1 no hidden agenda. I’m probably on a glide path toward singles. “It’s the final promotional package I retirement, but I’m not sure I can ever do that. I’m not that kind of ever want sent to me,” she noted. person. So this is a way for me to relax and enjoy travelling a little Friday in Minneapolis, Albright was more. I really have to thank Mike, Becky and the clients who are honored with the Conclave’s Rockwell Award allowing me to do this. And it’s likely there will be times I’ll have to for lifetime achievement, but don’t close the park the RV in an airport lot and fly out to see a client; their needs book on her yet. “That was really energizing are the priority. And as I’ve told people who’ve asked, don’t worry, and gratifying,” she says. “When the Conclave I am going to come to Nashville.” board’s Mark Bolke called and said they In time for CRS? “Yes, I’ll probably be there at CRS. It seems too Jaye Albright wanted to present this to me along with Tom far in the future, but I guess I should probably register at that lower Kay, who has shepherded that meeting for 37 rate.” In the meantime, she’ll be on the road and, as always, listening years, I told him, ‘Don’t give it to me – give two of them to Tom!’ to Country radio. “I love listening to radio,” she says. “When you’re I’m not sure what I did to get a lifetime honor, but this lifetime is driving, you listen in a way you just can’t when monitoring a stream.” still going on. I’m not done yet.” Drop her a line at [email protected]. –Chuck Aly CAC ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

July 22, 2013 Chart Page 1

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

2 1 THE BAND PERRY/Done (Republic Nashville) 23247 650 7119 146 53.335 0.765 147 6

3 2 BAND/Jump Right In (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 22670 1086 6894 341 52.4 1.717 147 6

1 3 LUKE BRYAN/Crash My Party (Capitol) 22112 -2059 6629 -742 52.411 -4.693 147 6

4 4 / (MCA) 21647 821 6756 321 50.474 2.076 147 6

5 5 RANDY HOUSER/Runnin' Outta Moonlight (Stoney Creek) 4 21378 1845 6528 534 49.979 3.9 147 6

6 6 / (Atlantic/WMN) 4 20897 1583 6296 462 49.106 3.002 147 6

8 7 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/See You Again (19/Arista) 17643 1076 5523 361 42.158 3.638 147 6

7 8 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 17607 1046 5397 318 41.977 2.91 147 6

11 9 KEITH URBAN/Little Bit Of Everything (Capitol) 16260 1046 4977 268 38.245 2.835 147 6

10 10 /All Over The Road (Mercury) 15561 449 4887 153 35.69 0.521 147 6

13 11 /Point At You (Valory) 13732 577 4354 186 31.718 1.728 147 6

17 12 /Round Here (Republic Nashville) 4 12622 1771 3866 553 30.004 4.248 145 6

15 13 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Goodbye Town (Capitol) 12258 546 3725 146 28.595 1.335 147 6

16 14 /Redneck Crazy (Columbia) 12247 692 3817 226 28.062 1.704 146 6

14 15 /Hey Girl (Mercury) 12151 677 3714 169 28.629 2.05 147 6

18 16 /Parking Lot Party (Curb) 11254 445 3482 73 25.546 1.096 145 6

20 17 /When I See This Bar (Blue Chair/Columbia) 10816 478 3285 157 25.633 1.293 145 6

19 18 /Pieces (MCA) 9991 -322 3175 -112 23.12 -0.53 147 6

21 19 /Easy (Warner Bros./WMN) 9347 447 2755 109 20.688 1.883 146 8

22 20 JASON ALDEAN/Night Train (Broken Bow) 4 9293 1511 2879 475 22.773 4.642 144 9

23 21 THOMAS RHETT/It Goes Like This (Valory) 7897 1027 2497 332 16.524 2.16 144 9

24 22 CHARLIE WORSHAM/Could It Be (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) 7133 452 2173 105 16.76 1.296 139 7

27 23 CHRIS YOUNG/Aw Naw (RCA) 6903 576 2116 195 15.121 0.933 138 9

12 24 BRANTLEY GILBERT/More Than Miles (Valory) 6680 -6661 1890 -2001 16.987 -15.035 147 6

25 25 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outta My Head (Bigger Picture) 5995 -130 1949 -23 13.935 -0.179 116 0

Airborne indicates songs that have been added to 60% of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel. 4=Top 5 point gainers.

July 22, 2013 Chart Page 2

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

26 26 /Blowin' Smoke (Mercury) 5882 -150 1821 -17 12.466 -0.504 132 4

28 27 /Drinks After Work (Show Dog-Universal) 5798 633 1786 203 12.914 1.815 128 8

30 28 /Red (Big Machine) 5760 728 1744 199 12.949 2.727 139 15

29 29 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Your Side Of The Bed (Capitol) 5175 219 1655 70 10.175 0.394 127 5

31 30 /Sunny And 75 (Red Bow) 4701 573 1493 178 10.046 0.784 119 5

37 31 TIM MCGRAW/ (Big Machine) 4 4662 2118 1418 586 10.787 5.794 136 33

32 32 MAGGIE ROSE/Better (RPME) 3947 -18 1299 0 7.994 0.12 106 3

35 33 /All Kinds Of Kinds (RCA) 3725 716 1169 206 8.361 2.565 105 8

33 34 /If You Want Some (Show Dog-Universal) 3447 -126 1118 -30 6.037 -0.043 108 1

34 35 PARMALEE/Carolina (Stoney Creek) 3269 -183 1096 -60 5.273 -0.725 105 2

36 36 /Friday Night (EMI Nashville) 2764 112 918 28 4.583 0.334 97 5

38 37 /Up All Night (Capitol) 2570 159 917 32 3.796 0.284 109 5

40 38 CASSADEE POPE/Wasting All These Tears (Republic Nashville) 2454 83 725 24 4.186 0.102 79 4

39 39 DRAKE WHITE/The Simple Life (MCA) 2403 4 742 13 3.921 -0.197 78 2

42 40 /Drunk Last Night (Republic Nashville) 2119 103 665 77 3.763 0.147 72 8

41 41 /Love Is Alive (Rodeowave) 1954 -301 682 -107 2.96 -0.396 72 1

43 42 SCOTTY MCCREERY/See You Tonight (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1796 19 638 20 3.176 0.064 65 5

46 43 DUSTIN LYNCH/Wild In Your Smile (Broken Bow) 1724 146 598 52 2.333 0.214 83 6

45 44 /Everything I Shouldn't Be... (Stoney Creek) 1600 -20 532 3 2.764 0.039 64 4

44 45 JANA KRAMER/I Hope It Rains (Elektra Nashville/W.A.R.) 1598 -27 509 19 2.434 -0.047 68 1

49 46 KELLY CLARKSON/Tie It Up (19/RCA/Columbia) 1374 171 297 59 2.874 0.353 35 5

47 47 DAVID NAIL/Whatever She's Got (MCA) 1338 22 449 -4 2.192 0.023 60 5

50 48 KELLIE PICKLER/Someone Somewhere Tonight (Black River) 1299 -17 454 -2 1.522 0.03 55 1

48 49 CHRIS CAGLE/Dance Baby Dance (Bigger Picture) 1273 -28 415 -19 2.43 0.047 49 0

Debut 50 /If You Ever Get Lonely (RCA) 1159 -62 373 6 1.535 -0.095 58 3

Airborne indicates songs that have been added to 60% of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel. 4=Top 5 point gainers.

July 22, 2013 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers BLAKE SHELTON/ (Warner Bros./WMN) 75 RANDY HOUSER/Runnin' Outta Moonlight (Stoney Creek) 930 4 /Radio (Capitol) 38 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) 734 4 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) 33 HUNTER HAYES/I Want Crazy (Atlantic/WMN) 654 4 /The Heart Of Dixie (Republic/Big Machine) 27 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Round Here (Republic Nashville) 554 4 UNCLE KRACKER/Blue Skies (Sugar Hill/Vanguard/RPME) 22 JASON ALDEAN/Night Train (Broken Bow) 492 4 BUSH HAWG/Crushin' (RCA) 18 THOMAS RHETT/It Goes Like This (Valory) 472 GEORGE STRAIT/I Believe (MCA) 18 EASTON CORBIN/All Over The Road (Mercury) 452 TAYLOR SWIFT/Red (Big Machine) 15 TAYLOR SWIFT/Red (Big Machine) 447 CHUCK WICKS/Salt Life () 13 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 346 CRAIG MORGAN/Wake Up Lovin' You (Black River) 11 TOBY KEITH/Drinks After Work (Show Dog-Universal) 338

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) 2118 4 RANDY HOUSER/Runnin' Outta Moonlight (Stoney Creek) 219 RANDY HOUSER/Runnin' Outta Moonlight (Stoney Creek) 1845 4 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) 181 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Round Here (Republic Nashville) 1771 4 HUNTER HAYES/I Want Crazy (Atlantic/WMN) 151 HUNTER HAYES/I Want Crazy (Atlantic/WMN) 1583 4 JASON ALDEAN/Night Train (Broken Bow) 135 JASON ALDEAN/Night Train (Broken Bow) 1511 4 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Round Here (Republic Nashville) 128 /Jump Right In (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 1086 EASTON CORBIN/All Over The Road (Mercury) 114 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/See You Again (19/Arista) 1076 TAYLOR SWIFT/Red (Big Machine) 109 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 1046 THOMAS RHETT/It Goes Like This (Valory) 92 KEITH URBAN/Little Bit Of Everything (Capitol) 1046 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 83 THOMAS RHETT/It Goes Like This (Valory) 1027 MIRANDA LAMBERT/All Kinds Of Kinds (RCA) 79

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) 586 /Beat This Summer (Arista) 13027 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Round Here (Republic Nashville) 553 BLAKE SHELTON/Boys 'Round Here (Warner Bros./WMN) 12480 RANDY HOUSER/Runnin' Outta Moonlight (Stoney Creek) 534 JAKE OWEN/Anywhere With You (RCA) 12104 JASON ALDEAN/Night Train (Broken Bow) 475 DARIUS RUCKER/Wagon Wheel (Capitol) 10547 HUNTER HAYES/I Want Crazy (Atlantic/WMN) 462 TIM MCGRAW w/TAYLOR SWIFT/Highway Don't Care (Big Machine) 8985 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/See You Again (19/Arista) 361 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Get Your Shine On (Republic Nashville) 8262 ZAC BROWN BAND/Jump Right In (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 341 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Mama's Broken Heart (RCA) 7726 THOMAS RHETT/It Goes Like This (Valory) 332 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Downtown (Capitol) 7230 KIP MOORE/Hey Pretty Girl (MCA) 321 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Cruise (Republic Nashville) 6434 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 318 BLAKE SHELTON/ (Warner Bros./WMN) 5695 ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

July 22, 2013 Chart Page 4 Country aircheck activity A D D D A T E S JANA KRAMER/Hope It Rains (Elektra Nashville/W.A.R.) JULY 29 Moves 44-45* The Henningsens/I Miss You (Arista) 1,598 points, 509 spins Frankie Ballard/Helluva Life (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) 1 add: KSON Ronnie Dunn/Kiss You There (Little Will-E/HitShop) KELLY CLARKSON/Tie It Up (19/RCA/Columbia) ash bowers/Shake it Off (Wide Open/New Revolution) Re-entry at 46* f/Jason Aldean/Drivin’ Around Song (Average Joes) 1,374 points, 297 spins 5 adds: KMLE, WSSL, WUSN*, WWYZ, WYNK august 5 Austin Webb/Slip On By (Streamsound) DAVID NAIL/Whatever She’s Got (MCA) Moves 48-47* august 12 1,338 points, 449 spins Josh thompson/Cold Beer With Your Name On It 5 adds: KEEY, KEGA, KYGO, WKIS, WKML (Show Dog-Universal) WILL HOGE/Strong (Prospector/Crescendo) KELLIE PICKLER/Someone Somewhere Tonight (Black River) Moves 47-48 1,299 points, 454 spins V I D E O A D D S 1 add: WYCD* CMT CHRIS CAGLE/Dance Baby Dance (Bigger Picture) Jimmy Buffett & Toby Keith/Too Drunk To Karaoke (Mailboat) Remains at 49 THOMPSON SQUARE/Everything I Shouldn’t ... (Stoney Creek) 1,273 points, 415 spins; No adds TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) WHISKEY MYERS/Home (From Concrete Country) (Wiggy Thump) LOVE AND THEFT/If You Ever Get Lonely (RCA) WILL HOGE/Strong (Prospector/Thirty Tigers) Remains at 50 1,159 points, 373 spins CMT PURE 3 adds: KJKE, WNSH*, WYNK Jimmy Buffett & Toby Keith/Too Drunk To Karaoke (Mailboat) DAKOTA BRADLEY/Somethin’ Like Somethin’ (Streamsound) JON PARDI/Up All Night (Capitol) 1,043 points, 370 spins MUMFORD & SONS/Babel (Glassnote) 1 adds: WWYZ THOMPSON SQUARE/Everything I Shouldn’t ... (Stoney Creek) TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) /What Are You Listening To (Mercury) WESTBOUND RANGERS/One Of These Days (---) 801 points, 254 spins WHISKEY MYERS/Home (From Concrete Country) (Wiggy Thump) 3 adds: WDAF, WOGI, WUSN* WILL HOGE/Strong (Prospector/Thirty Tigers) BLAKE SHELTON/Mine Would Be You (Warner Bros./WMN) GAC 796 points, 201 spins JON PARDI/Up All Night (Capitol) Adds include: KAJA, KASE, KAWO, KCCY, KCYE, KDRK, KEEY, KEGA, KHEY, KHGE ZUUS Country (prev. The Country Network) Jimmy Buffett & Toby Keith/Too Drunk To Karaoke (Mailboat) Aircheck Activity includes the songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are Taylor swift/Red (Big Machine) those that are not charted and have a minimum of 700 airplay points and have The Lacs f/JJ Lawhorn/Field Party (Backroad/Average Joes) shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) Ryan Weaver/Crank It (Weaver Country)

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 2 1 THE BAND PERRY/Done (Republic Nashville) 8520 -272 1983 -61 50 0 3 2 ZAC BROWN BAND/Jump Right In (Atlantic/Southern Ground) 8338 190 1949 24 51 0 1 3 LUKE BRYAN/Crash My Party (Capitol) 8297 -912 1945 -214 50 0 4 4 KIP MOORE/Hey Pretty Girl (MCA) 8200 151 1953 35 50 0 5 5 RANDY HOUSER/Runnin' Outta Moonlight (Stoney Creek) 4 8154 930 1941 219 51 0 2nd Week at No. 1 6 6 HUNTER HAYES/I Want Crazy (Atlantic/WMN) 4 7652 654 1813 151 50 0 7 7 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/See You Again (19/Arista) 7315 337 1707 60 51 0 9 8 BRETT ELDREDGE/Don't Ya (Atlantic/WMN) 6732 346 1596 83 50 0 10 9 KEITH URBAN/Little Bit Of Everything (Capitol) 6318 300 1513 74 51 0 12 10 EASTON CORBIN/All Over The Road (Mercury) 6227 452 1495 114 49 0 13 11 JUSTIN MOORE/Point At You (Valory) 5590 -46 1318 2 51 0 14 12 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Goodbye Town (Capitol) 5172 -39 1235 -2 51 0 15 13 TYLER FARR/Redneck Crazy (Columbia) 5008 66 1214 33 51 0 16 14 LEE BRICE/Parking Lot Party (Curb) 4961 140 1181 36 51 0 19 15 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Round Here (Republic Nashville) 4 4577 554 1120 128 51 0 18 16 KENNY CHESNEY/When I See This Bar (Blue Chair/Columbia) 4476 204 1059 40 50 0 17 17 GARY ALLAN/Pieces (MCA) 4387 -262 983 -75 48 0 20 18 BILLY CURRINGTON/Hey Girl (Mercury) 4016 189 941 64 46 0 21 19 JASON ALDEAN/Night Train (Broken Bow) 4 3711 492 901 135 51 0 22 20 SHERYL CROW/Easy (Warner Bros./WMN) 3173 64 727 19 44 0 23 21 TOBY KEITH/Drinks After Work (Show Dog-Universal) 3165 338 767 72 48 1 26 22 THOMAS RHETT/It Goes Like This (Valory) 3100 472 693 92 48 2 25 23 CHRIS YOUNG/Aw Naw (RCA) 2904 220 689 50 49 0 24 24 KACEY MUSGRAVES/Blowin' Smoke (Mercury) 2776 -14 653 7 46 0 27 25 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Your Side Of The Bed (Capitol) 2710 112 660 32 48 1 29 26 TAYLOR SWIFT/Red (Big Machine) 2382 447 563 109 46 0 28 27 CHARLIE WORSHAM/Could It Be (Warner Bros./W.A.R.) 2328 195 501 33 42 0 33 28 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Girl (Big Machine) 4 2136 734 523 181 44 7 30 29 JOE NICHOLS/Sunny And 75 (Red Bow) 2045 240 482 44 41 0 32 30 MIRANDA LAMBERT/All Kinds Of Kinds (RCA) 1945 324 485 79 42 2 ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com July 22, 2013 Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 31 31 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outta My Head (Bigger Picture) 1701 -95 358 -34 33 0 35 32 JON PARDI/Up All Night (Capitol) 1045 -19 258 -6 24 0 38 33 ELI YOUNG BAND/Drunk Last Night (Republic Nashville) 999 174 248 36 26 3 36 34 ERIC PASLAY/Friday Night (EMI Nashville) 980 17 276 3 27 1 37 35 MAGGIE ROSE/Better (RPME) 892 28 181 4 22 0 39 36 DRAKE WHITE/The Simple Life (MCA) 846 24 227 8 23 0 42 37 CASSADEE POPE/Wasting All These Tears (Republic Nashville) 757 45 180 9 30 2 40 38 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is Alive (Rodeowave) 692 -102 173 -27 19 0 44 39 THOMPSON SQUARE/Everything I Shouldn't Be... (Stoney Creek) 524 -5 129 4 13 1 47 40 BLAKE SHELTON/Mine Would Be You (Warner Bros./WMN) 502 150 152 47 19 9 45 41 PARMALEE/Carolina (Stoney Creek) 469 13 137 -6 21 0 46 42 KELLIE PICKLER/Someone Somewhere Tonight (Black River) 378 -64 92 -18 17 0 48 43 DAVID NAIL/Whatever She's Got (MCA) 371 34 90 11 11 1 49 44 DUSTIN LYNCH/Wild In Your Smile (Broken Bow) 338 58 76 11 8 1 Debut 45 DARIUS RUCKER/Radio (Capitol) 305 144 96 43 10 6 54 46 GEORGE STRAIT/I Believe (MCA) 294 103 74 28 10 5 50 47 DAKOTA BRADLEY/Somethin' Like Somethin' (Streamsound) 284 15 50 0 12 0 51 48 DYLAN SCOTT/Makin' This Boy Go Crazy (Sidewalk) 263 21 81 4 10 0 52 49 LOVE AND THEFT/If You Ever Get Lonely (RCA) 260 25 66 4 9 0 60 50 CRAIG MORGAN/Wake Up Lovin' You (Black River) 228 66 67 32 7 0 Debut 51 CHUCK WICKS/Salt Life (Liz Rose) 213 142 55 35 8 0 Debut 52 DANIELLE BRADBERY/The Heart Of Dixie (Republic/Big Machine) 211 161 49 34 7 2 Debut 53 UNCLE KRACKER/Blue Skies (Sugar Hill/Vanguard/RPME) 184 61 51 15 6 0 Debut 54 LONESTAR/Party All Day (4 Star) 176 56 26 14 4 2 58 55 LOCASH COWBOYS/Chase A Little Love (Average Joes) 172 -2 64 15 4 0 53 56 JANA KRAMER/I Hope It Rains (Elektra Nashville/W.A.R.) 170 -30 52 -5 5 0 56 57 CHRIS CAGLE/Dance Baby Dance (Bigger Picture) 162 -14 41 -3 5 0 57 58 RACHELE LYNAE/Fishin' For Something (Momentum) 156 -19 34 -13 5 0 Debut 59 ERICA NICOLE/Better Beer (Heaven/Nine North/Turnpike) 139 19 15 3 4 0 Debut 60 HOYT HUGHES/Happy Ending (Blue Bolt) 130 7 25 1 3 0 ©2013 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com