Country Update
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Everyone’s Promoted! Job New artists are, according to an old adage, the lifeblood of the the entries incorporate foreign roots: Twinnie, a singer/actor Changes Galore music industry, but the digital age has brought a transfusion from the United Kingdom; Canadian singer/songwriter Aaron >page 11 to the very process that rolls artists out. Goodvin; and King Calaway, a six-man ensemble with two Where labels once discovered, developed and marketed acts, European-bred members. the current model often requires that the performers develop Here’s a look at the seven acts breaking out during the first both their craft and an audience before they find their way half of 2019 with the equivalent of their first album or EP for Opry: onto a record-company roster. Thus, the seven artists that a prominent country label: The Final Frontier will launch their >page 13 first album or EP • BLANCO for a prominent (Broken Bow) imprint during — “Speechless” the first six may be a Dan + Chris Young Adds To Shay Old-School Trend months of 2019 hit, but it’s have invariably also a word that >page 13 created some BBR Music Group kind of history on executive vp Jon their own. That Loba u s es to Makin’ Tracks: includes building describe Blanco Dickerson Single Is a n a u d i e n c e Brown, whose ‘100 Percent Me’ through heavy authentic hybrid >page 18 touring and/or sound is self- producing EPs defined as “trailer for self-release. trap” — part LANGSTON JENKINS TWINNIE The creative trailer park, part Country Coda: class rolling out trap music. After Who Had The First between January and June shows just how much the genre’s splitting his childhood between the urban ’hood and summers in Country No. 1? marketing formula and content is changing. EMI Nashville the country, he is able to seamlessly knit multiple genres together, >page 23 artist Jon Langston is releasing tracks one at a time rather blending Tracy Lawrence, T-Pain, “Dixieland Delight” and The than in a collectable bundle. Broken Bow artist BLANCO unites Beach Boys in a series of yet-to-be-released tracks. Real artists
the country/hip-hop trend in a next-level blend. And three of don’t just break rules; sometimes they rewrite them. BARLOWE KRISTEN LANGSTON: POWER UP THIS WEEK FOR DUSTIN’S SIXTH #1 SINGLE! Written By: Dustin Lynch, Justin Ebach, Andy Albert
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• Aaron Goodvin (Reviver) — The winner of the Canadian Country Music Association’s songwriter of the year award, Goodvin placed songs with Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi and Cole Swindell on his way to a deal with Warner Music Canada. His voice has a grainy tinge, applied to a mix of hooky uptempo songs and revealing ballads. Raised in Alberta, 420 kilometers from the High Valley boys, he spent much of 2018 in Nashville working on his U.S. debut, which will be released as part of a global rollout on Feb. 8. • Sam Grow (Average Joes) — With three self-released EPs under his belt, the Maryland-bred Grow is an experienced music maker with his first full country album due in the spring. Having played a reported 200 live dates in 2018, he’s a hard-working band leader with a smoky vocal Mitchell Tenpenny (center) dropped by Cumulus’ syndicated morning tone who counts Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke and Willie Nelson among show on Dec. 17, days after the release of his debut album, Telling All his influences. Still, there’s a slight Daughtry undercurrent to his My Secrets. He’s shown with Cumulus personality Ty Bentli (left) and first Average Joes single, “History Repeats Itself,” due in late January. Cumulus personality Chuck Wicks. • Lauren Jenkins (Big Machine) — Two years after issuing her inaugural EP, Jenkins lobs her first album, No Saint, into the market on March 15 with a voice that employs multiple personalities. Her lower resonance is haunting and spooky, while her upper register is biting and forceful. Quietly introduced on a 2014 Nashville album paying tribute to Mötley Crüe, her talents extend beyond the microphone: She wrote, co-produced and starred in a forthcoming short film, Running Out of Road. • King Calaway (Broken Bow) — As country music becomes increasingly global, King Calaway is a natural evolution, a six-piece band with roots that extend from Minnesota to Delaware to Scotland to Gibraltar. Its debut EP, rife with thick harmonies, poppy energy and Ashley McBryde hung out with WPGB Pittsburgh PD J.D. Greene when likely a cover of Stephen Stills’ “Love the One You’re With,” has a target she played Jergel’s on Dec. 12. From left: Warner Music Nashville national date of Jan. 25. Produced by Ross Copperman (Dierks Bentley, Brett director/WAR radio and streaming James Marsh, Greene, McBryde and Eldredge), the band’s drummer has some key country heritage: Chris WMN Northeast/Midwest manager/WAR radio and streaming Anna Deaton’s father is CMA Awards producer Robert Deaton. Cage. • Jon Langston (EMI) — Langston is rolling out tracks in a Sam Hunt fashion: There’s no official major-label EP, though he has already digitally released five songs and expects to have perhaps three more in circulation by June. The previously self-released artist has toured aggressively in the Southeast, building an audience before manager Kerri Edwards’ KP Entertainment (Bryan, Swindell) picked him up. Langston’s delivery combines swagger and immediacy over a production that’s clearly geared for modern country radio. • Twinnie (BMG) — The photo on her website has a distinct Shania Twain vibe, as does the pop-leaning hooks in her sometimes- danceable tunes, particularly the loping “Type of Girl.” Hailing from York in northeast England (you just know someone is going to label her “the Duchess of York”), Twinnie Lee Moore earned attention in Jordan Davis participated in the WIL St. Louis Jinglefest. From left: WIL the U.K. soap Hollyoaks and played the Country Music Association’s PD Scott Roddy, Davis, WIL music director Danny Montana and MCA C2C Festival in 2017. Her first U.S. EP is expected Feb. 1. Nashville director of Midwest promotion Donna Passuntino.
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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Dan + Shay’s ‘Speechless’ Stretches Reign Atop Country Airplay And Hot Country Songs Charts
Dan + Shay, the duo of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, continue their peak on Country Streaming Songs (8-2) and spends a ninth week atop Country domination of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and the airplay-, streaming- Digital Song Sales (17,000 sold, down 26 percent). and sales-fueled Hot Country Songs survey (dated Jan. 12) with “Speechless” As Dan + Shay have now topped both Hot Country Songs and Country (Warner Bros./WAR). Airplay for four weeks running, the act is the first to simultaneously spend The love song inspired by the duo’s wives, which Smyers and Mooney co- that much time atop those tallies since Thomas Rhett, who led the lists for wrote with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz, leads Country Airplay for a a record six consecutive weeks in January and February 2016 with “Die a fourth week. It increases by 15 percent to 39.4 million audience impressions Happy Man.” in the week ending Jan. 6, according to Nielsen Music. (All but two songs Plus, as “Speechless” paces Hot Country Songs, the pair’s “Tequila” logs a gain on the chart, reflecting the first full tracking week after holiday music 17th week at its No. 2 peak, setting the mark for the longest run in the runner-up returned to hibernation.) spot. It passes Brett Young’s “In Case You Didn’t Know,” which peaked at “It’s very fitting to start the new year with ‘Speechless’ No. 2 for 16 weeks in 2017. still at No. 1,” says Warner Music Nashville senior vp Dan + Shay’s concurrently holding the No. 1 and promotion and streaming Kristen Williams. “The guys No. 2 spots on Hot Country Songs for a fourth week have worked immensely hard to get to this point, and the is the most among duos and now the second-best sum entire team has been tireless in its efforts to execute their overall, passing Buck Owens’ three-week double-up in vision. Plus, thanks to country radio for its unending 1964. The pair trails only Luke Bryan, who controlled support. It’s going to be an exciting year.” the top two on the chart at the same time for nine weeks “Speechless” hit No. 1 for the first time on the Dec. 22, in 2014. The only other acts to claim the top two Hot 2018-dated Country Airplay list. The track becomes the Country Songs spots in the same frames are Florida first four-week leader since Luke Combs’ “She Got the Georgia Line (two weeks, 2018), Taylor Swift (one, Best of Me,” which led for four frames beginning on the 2012) and Willie Nelson (two, 1982). chart dated Oct. 27, 2018. As far as duos go, Dan + Shay is the first to stretch COMBS STILL ‘BEST’ Luke Combs’ “She Got the Best of a stay atop Country Airplay to four weeks since 2014, Me” (River House/Columbia Nashville) has now ranked when Florida Georgia Line’s “Stay” ruled for four frames in the Country Airplay top five for 15 weeks as it dips 4-5 DAN + SHAY that January. The pair with the longest-running No. 1 with 34 million audience impressions, up 17 percent. on Country Airplay is Brooks & Dunn, whose 2001 hit As mentioned above, “Best” led the list for four weeks “Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You” held at the apex for six weeks. starting Oct. 27, 2018; it has resided in the survey’s top five since it jumped Among all acts, the longest reign atop Country Airplay, which launched 9-5 on Oct. 6. “Best” now stands alone in second place for the longest run in on Jan. 20, 1990, is eight weeks. Two songs share the honor: Alan Jackson the top five and is a week from tying the record, held by Sam Hunt’s “Body and Jimmy Buffett’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” (2003) and Lonestar’s Like a Back Road”: 16 weeks, in 2017. “Amazed” (1999). “Best” breaks out of a tie with five other tracks that each spent 14 frames in “Speechless” also controls Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart for a the Country Airplay top five: Kane Brown’s “Heaven” (2018), Rascal Flatts’ seventh week. Along with its airplay gain, the song increases by 19 percent “My Wish” (2006-07), Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” (2004),
to 10.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending Jan. 3 as it returns to its No. 2 Faith Hill’s “Breathe” (1999-2000) and Lonestar’s “Amazed” (1999). IMAGES GETTY 2018
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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 1 22 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR HH No. 1 (4 weeks) HH Dan + Shay 39.416 +5.197 7442 916 1 l2 5 36 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow HH Most Increased Audience HH Dustin Lynch 36.543 +7.929 7150 1497 2 l3 2 20 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett 35.201 +5.731 6679 118 1 3 l4 3 47 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 34.156 +4.702 5761 750 9 l5 4 27 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 34.000 +4.923 5938 835 8 l6 7 17 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 33.217 +6.393 6191 117 1 6 l7 8 27 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Featuring Brothers Osborne 32.553 +5.728 6425 1051 4 l8 6 31 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 30.864 +4.331 5640 754 10 l9 9 54 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 30.462 +5.598 6229 1027 5 l10 10 32 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 30.224 +6.046 6136 1268 7 l11 11 12 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 25.370 +4.823 4888 949 11 l12 12 38 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton 23.854 +4.444 4792 1014 12 l13 13 33 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 23.050 +4.112 4584 815 14 l14 14 39 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland 21.440 +4.563 4592 879 13 l15 15 26 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green 17.806 +3.838 3973 834 15 l16 16 22 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud Jake Owen 16.378 +3.652 3792 764 16 l17 17 17 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 15.564 +3.366 3310 708 17 l18 18 13 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 15.029 +3.654 3184 674 19 l19 20 9 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville HH Most Added HH Luke Combs 14.490 +3.640 2704 773 23 l20 19 25 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 14.267 +3.263 3229 693 18 l21 23 20 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 12.142 +2.889 2807 624 21 l22 22 24 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 12.120 +3.390 2957 679 20 l23 21 14 NEON CHURCH McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 11.605 +2.237 2781 573 22 l24 24 16 HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young 10.747 +2.274 2528 578 24 l25 25 22 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 9.908 +2.353 2164 527 26 l26 27 11 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 7.802 +2.032 1968 538 27 l27 26 40 THE DIFFERENCE Valory Tyler Rich 7.750 +1.684 2321 489 25 l28 28 27 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 6.721 +1.591 1796 422 29 l29 29 21 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 6.596 +1.637 1698 360 30 l30 30 30 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 6.203 +1.600 1837 383 28
BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 150 STATIONS Akron, OH WQMX Detroit WDRQ Memphis WGKX Richmond, Va. WKHK Albany, N.Y. WGNA WYCD WLFP Riverside, Calif. KFRG Albuquerque, N.M. KBQI El Paso, Texas KHEY Miami WKIS Roanoke, Va. WSLC KRST Ft. Myers, Fla. WCKT Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Rochester, N.Y. WBEE Allentown, Pa. WCTO WWGR WMIL Sacramento, Calif. KBEB Atlanta WKHX Ft. Wayne, Ind. WQHK Minneapolis KEEY KNCI WUBL Fresno, Calif. KSKS KMNB KNTY Augusta, Ga. WKXC Gainesville, Fla. WOGK Mobile, Ala. WKSJ St. Louis KSD Austin, Texas KASE Grand Rapids, Mich. WBCT Monmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMK WIL Bakersfield, Calif. KUZZ Greensboro, N.C. WTQR Monterey, Calif.. KTOM Salt Lake City KSOP Baltimore WPOC Greenville, S.C. WSSL Nashville WKDF KUBL Baton Rouge, La. WYNK Harrisburg, Pa. WRBT WSIX San Antonio, Texas KAJA Birmingham, Ala. WDXB Hartford, Conn. WWYZ Nassau, N.Y. WJVC KCYY WZZK Houston KILT New Bern, N.C. WRNS San Diego KSON Boise, Idaho KAWO KKBQ New Orleans WNOE San Jose, Calif. KRTY KIZN Huntsville, Ala. WDRM New York WNSH Sarasota, Fla. WCTQ Boston WBWL Indianapolis WFMS Norfolk, Va. WGH Seattle KKWF WKLB WLHK WUSH KMPS Buffalo, N.Y. WYRK Jacksonville, Fla. WGNE Oklahoma City, Okla. KJKE Spokane, Wash. KXLY Charleston, S.C. WEZL WQIK KTST Springfield, Mass. WRNX WCKN Johnson City, Tenn. WXBQ Omaha, Neb. KXKT Stockton, Calif. KATM Charlotte, N.C. WKKT Kansas City KBEQ Orlando, Fla. WWKA Syracuse, N.Y. WBBS WSOC WDAF Oxnard-Ventura, CA KHAY Tampa, Fla. WFUS Chattanooga, Tenn. WUSY KFKF Philadelphia WXTU WQYK Chicago WEBG Knoxville, Tenn. WCYQ Phoenix KMLE Tucson, Ariz. KIIM WUSN WIVK KNIX Tulsa, Okla. KTGX Cincinnati WUBE Lafayette, La. KMDL Pittsburgh WDSY KVOO Cleveland WGAR Lakeland, Fla. WPCV WOGI KWEN Colorado Springs, Colo. KATC Las Vegas KCYE WPGB Visalia, Calif. KJUG KCCY KWNR Portland, Maine WPOR Washington, D.C. WMZQ Columbia, S.C. WCOS Lexington, Ky. WBUL WTHT West Palm Beach, Fla. WIRK Columbus, Ohio WCOL Little Rock, Ark. KSSN Portland, Ore. KUPL Wichita, Kan. KFDI Corpus Christi, Texas KRYS Los Angeles KKGO KWJJ KZSN Dallas KPLX Louisville, Ky. WAMZ Providence, R.I. WCTK Wilkes Barre, Pa. WGGY KSCS WQNU Raleigh, NC WQDR Wilmington, Del. WXCY Dayton, Ohio WHKO Madison, Wis. WWQM York, Pa. WGTY Denver KYGO WMAD Reno, Nevada KBUL Des Moines, Iowa KHKI McAllen, Texas KTEX KOLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 7 OF 23
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 31 18 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 5.090 +1.099 1201 232 34 l32 33 39 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 4.937 +1.412 1571 318 31 l33 32 10 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG HH Breaker HH Florida Georgia Line 4.717 +1.101 112 7 231 35 l34 35 19 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 4.453 +1.165 1347 307 32 l35 34 18 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse LOCASH 3.879 +0.386 1286 177 33 l36 36 25 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Featuring Hillary Lindsey 3.530 +0.699 1075 202 36 l37 38 15 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 3.123 +0.793 1039 167 38 l38 37 29 FRIENDS DON’T Mercury Maddie & Tae 3.114 +0.662 1024 215 39 l39 39 12 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 2.904 +0.637 1072 238 37 l40 40 4 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 2.448 +0.677 470 140 53 l41 43 4 DON’T LET THE OLD MAN IN Show Dog Nashville Toby Keith 2.403 +0.724 499 130 49 l42 48 6 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 2.389 +0.889 583 128 44 l43 41 12 DAY DRUNK Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 2.158 +0.402 663 100 42 l44 44 7 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine HH Breaker HH Carly Pearce 2.117 +0.516 735 162 41 l45 47 23 YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 2.110 +0.602 817 193 40 l46 49 16 BRING IT ON OVER Mercury Billy Currington 1.971 +0.477 612 89 43 l47 42 5 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 1.949 +0.265 520 89 47 l48 46 10 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 1.923 +0.386 546 103 46 l49 45 9 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 1.832 +0.250 497 51 50 l50 53 6 BUCKED OFF Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 1.740 +0.707 576 134 45 l51 50 6 STRONGER THAN ME Pearl Garth Brooks 1.652 +0.270 510 93 48 l52 51 19 HOW DOES IT SOUND Dylan Schneider/Placer Dylan Schneider 1.568 +0.227 494 61 51 l53 54 8 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 1.396 +0.383 434 50 55 l54 NEW SOME OF IT EMI Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Eric Church 1.391 +0.891 210 124 - l55 NEW GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 1.368 +0.708 272 154 60 l56 59 7 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 1.341 +0.485 427 85 56 l57 56 19 I WON’T BE SORRY Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy 1.304 +0.360 486 93 52 l58 57 11 90’S COUNTRY Monument/Arista Nashville Walker Hayes 1.238 +0.307 353 47 58 59 52 4 GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK RCA Nashville Pistol Annies 0.977 -0.083 459 -2 54 60 55 4 GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 0.863 -0.120 237 27 -
GOING FOR ADDS
1/14 1/21 ASHLEY MCBRYDE MATT STELL Girl Goin’ Nowhere Prayed For You Atlantic/WAR Wide Open/GCE/RECORDS BRANTLEY GILBERT & RYAN DANIEL LINDSAY ELL Bring On The Night What Happens In A Small Spin Doctors/Ryan Daniel Town Valory 1/28 DYLAN SCOTT CHRIS YOUNG Nothing To Do Town Raised On Country 55 Curb RCA Nashville Co-authored by Brown, the love song marks ERIC CHURCH HALEY & MICHAELS his sixth appearance on Country Airplay Some Of It Taking Off and follows his first three No. 1s: “What EMI Nashville Hickory KANE Ifs” (featuring ), “Heaven” and BROWN Lauren Alaina Good As “Lose It.” The new single bows at No. 55 with You 1.4 million audience impressions. 2018 GETTY IMAGES GETTY 2018 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 8 OF 23
AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 47 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 33 WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 0.730 29 1 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 23 RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 0.658 3 3 FRIENDS DON’T Mercury Maddie & Tae 22 ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Buena Vista/Capitol Nashville Adam Hambrick 0.634 35 9 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 20 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 17 SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Columbia Nashville Tenille Townes 0.519 24 2 GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 17 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Dylan Scott 0.508 6 3 GOOD AS YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 13 CALL YOUR MAMA Arista Nashville Seth Ennis 0.413 15 0 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 12 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 12 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 20.687 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 18.728 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +7.929 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +6.393 3 ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 18.454 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +6.046 4 DRUNK ME Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 17.149 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett +5.731 5 GET ALONG Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney 17.075 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Brothers Osborne +5.728 6 HANGIN’ ON RCA Nashville Chris Young 17.009 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore +5.598 7 HOTEL KEY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 16.414 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +5.197 8 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 16.329 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +4.923 9 YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 13.583 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +4.823 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen +4.702 10 DROWNS THE WHISKEY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean Featuring Miranda Lambert 13.191 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +1497 $5,475,575 GEORGE STRAIT 36,333 MESSINA TOURING THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1268 $225, $50 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Dec. 7-8 36,999 GROUP / AEG PRESENTS SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett +1181 $165,917.00 JOHN PRINE 2,035 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +1171 $102.50, $62.50 Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland, Kansas City, Mo.,Nov. 16 2,035 NS2 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Brothers Osborne +1051 $77,979.00 DWIGHT YOAKAM 873 $110, $79.50 Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, S.C., Nov. 15 873 NS2 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore +1027 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton +1014 $71,071.00 SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO 1,137 $71,071.00 Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 19 1,137 AEG WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +949 $68,807.00 DWIGHT YOAKAM 744 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +916 $110, $79.50 Miller Theater, Augusta, Ga., Nov. 18 1,219 NS2 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland +879 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 DECEMBER 9, 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 +/– 1 1 16 MIRROR, MIRROR (Independent) HH 2 weeks at 1 HH Randall King 1744 -100 l11 11 14 BETTER PLACE (Independent) Drew Fish Band 1359 97 l2 2 17 ON MY WAY TO YOU (CoJo Music) Cody Johnson 1720 1 12 13 21 MISUNDERSTOOD (Vision Ent) Parker McCollum 119 7 -34 3 3 20 FRIDAY’S COMING (Independent) Pat Green 1613 -19 13 5 17 IF YOU WERE A COWBOY (Independent) Bri Bagwell 119 6 -337 l4 4 26 LIFE IS (Miles Power) Cameran Nelson 1599 49 14 15 22 SMOOTH TALKIN’ LADY (Smith) Jason Allen 115 0 -22 l5 6 22 MY SOUTH (Independent) Natalie Rose 1583 57 l15 19 10 HANG YOUR HAT ON THAT (Independent) Jon Wolfe 114 7 173 l6 7 12 RIO (Independent) Kyle Park 1540 28 l16 16 18 TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD (Independent) Frank Ray 113 7 57 l7 8 11 SHE REMAINS (Independent) Jamie Richards 1536 36 17 12 19 DAMN GOOD GOODBYE (Independent) Mike Ryan 1073 -184 l8 9 15 HONEYWINE (Independent) Flatland Cavalry 1505 30 18 18 22 YOU’RE IN IT (Independent) Granger Smith 1049 -24 l9 14 6 AIN’T IT BABY (Independent) Josh Ward 1385 176 l19 24 8 SUNDOWN (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd w/ Wade Bowen 959 158 l10 10 24 I GOT ME (Independent) Sarah Hobbs 1364 46 l20 25 7 RUN AWAY WITH YOU (Independent) Robert Ray 955 158
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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
’ROUND THE ROW The Academy of Country Music appointed Lyndsay Cruz executive director of its ACM Lifting Lives foundation. She brings an extensive history with charitable campaigns, most recently as a consultant for talent outreach and engagement for the Malala Fund. Reach her here … Warner/Chappell Nashville promoted Alison Junker to A&R manager from coordinator… Amber Williams left her position as Country Music Association vp communications and talent relations. Reach her here … Mitchell Tenpenny’s manager, Kristen Ashley, formed 11/10 Management and partnered with 377 Management/Red Light. Her first employee is J.T. Pratt, Tenpenny’s day-to-day manager. Pratt was previously an L3 Entertainment coordinator. Reach Ashley here and Pratt here … Maria Ivey founded IVPR with Sam Bush, Radney Foster and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band among her inaugural clients. She spent the previous five years as head of The Press House in Nashville … Songwriter-producer busbee (Maren Morris, Carly Pearce) formed A&R firm Altadena in a joint venture with Warner Bros. Daniel Lee serves as GM/vp creative after working as BMG Music Nashville vp creative. Nashville creative director Noreen Prunier is a Reviver act Tenille Arts visited WXCY Wilmington, Del., as she promoted former BMG creative assistant. Los Angeles creative director Kelly Benini her current single, “I Hate This.” She’s pictured with Reviver Northeast previously founded Pivot Artist Management … Old Dominion lead singer regional Will Robinson (left) and WXCY music director Jeff Hunt. Matthew Ramsey signed a publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Nashville … Songwriter Jared Mullins joined the roster at Tree Vibez Music after landing cuts with Jake Owen and Cassadee Pope… Songwriter Jimmy RADIO & RECORDS Work died Dec. 22 in Tennessee. His best-known titles include Red Foley’s Jackie Stevens started Jan. 7 as EMI Nashville director of Midwest regional “Tennessee Border” and “Making Believe,” the latter a hit for both Kitty Wells promotion. She spent the previous 12 years as executive producer for Westwood and Emmylou Harris … Comedian-ventriloquist Steve Hall died Dec. 28, One’s The Big Time With Whitney Allen, which Stevens co-hosted. She replaces WSMV-TV Nashville reported. Hall came to prominence through regular Chris Fabiani, who remains on staff in an unrevealed role … BMLG Records appearances on TNN’s Nashville Now with his puppet, Shotgun Red … Bassist added Andi Brooks on Jan. 7 as the Nashville-based director of Southwest Joe Osborn died Dec. 4 of pancreatic cancer. A longtime studio musician in promotion and marketing. She was a WWQM Madison, Wis., personality/ Los Angeles, he contributed to hits by Simon & Garfunkel, The Carpenters promotions assistant. Reach her here … Brittani Koster assumed the Big Loud and Glen Campbell before relocating to Nashville, where he played on promotion coordinator position on Jan. 7, arriving from Rebel Engine, where country singles by Ricky Skaggs, The Oak Ridge Boys and Hank Williams she was promotions and label coordinator. She replaces Maggie Abrams, who Jr. ... Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Jerry Chesnut died Dec. 15. is expected to announce her next role soon. Reach Koster here … Big Loud His legacy includes George Jones’ “A Good Year for the Roses,” Faron Young’s also promoted Tori Johnson to director of creative and digital from digital “It’s Four in the Morning” and Elvis Presley’s “T-R-O-U-B-L-E” … Songwriter- manager, Morgan Sweat to senior manager of creative media from multimedia musician Floyd Parton died Dec. 6. He authored “Rockin’ Years,” recorded designer and Nick Swift to creative media producer from photographer/ by sister Dolly Parton with Ricky Van Shelton … Former Nashville musician videographer … Sony Music Nashville promoted both former manager Victor Mecyssne died Dec. 17 in British Columbia. A Nashville celebration Margaret Tomlin and former assistant John Johnson to A&R director. of life is set for Jan. 13 at Cloister Clubhouse … Steve Ripley died Jan. 3 in Reach Tomlin here and Johnson here … Universal Music Group Nashville Pawnee, Okla. He was the leader of The Tractors, who came to prominence elevated four executives just before Christmas. Stephanie Wright rose to in 1994 behind “Baby Likes to Rock It.” The band earned a platinum album senior vp A&R from vp, Brad Clark was promoted to vp commercial from the RIAA before it ever toured, a rare distinction in country. development from director of sales and analysis, Rob Femia ascended to senior vp business and legal affairs from vp, and Dawn Gates was lifted to senior vp digital business and creative development from vp digital marketing … Townsquare Media co-founder/co-CEO Dhruv Prasad announced his departure, effective Jan. 31. Bill Wilson is now the lone CEO … WKLB Boston welcomed former American Idol finalist Ayla Brown as a morning co- host. The one-time Boston College basketball player had been working as a singer-songwriter in Nashville ... Cumulus/Indianapolis hired Jenna Tucker as digital director for the cluster and midday talent for country WFMS. She previously held the same shift for KNCI Sacramento, Calif. … Two executive- level employees joined iHeartMedia. Eric Hadley came aboard as senior vp marketing following a run as chief marketing officer for location marketing firm GroundTruth, and Hetal Patel is the new executive vp SmartAudio intelligence insights, leaving her post as Vox Media head of sales research and insights … Beasley Media Group promoted Lori Burgess to chief digital content officer from integrated marketing strategy consultant … Neuhoff Media/Decatur, Ill., promoted Kathy Byerly to GM from associate GM/ director of sales. The five-station cluster includes country WDZQ. Reach her here … Robby Bridges joined Townsquare Media/Portsmouth, N.H., as operations manager. The station group includes country WOKQ. He segues John Prine huddled with Opry from Cumulus/Detroit director of FM programming … Cumulus/Toledo, Ohio, Entertainment senior vp transferred Cliff Smithers and Lyn Casye into the WKKO morning show from programming & artist relations Kip Moore (left) chatted with a similar shift on classic hits WRQN … WBBL Grand Rapids, Mich., dropped Sally Williams when he played Grammy Museum executive its sports/talk format and is simulcasting the WTNR country signal … Stoney a sold-out New Year’s Eve show director Scott Goldman in an Richards rejoined WDSY Pittsburgh in mornings after a four-year absence to at the Grand Ole Opry House in interview/performance at the Los pursue other interests, The Pittsburgh Times reported. Nashville. Angeles venue on Dec. 14. HOLLO CHRIS PRINE:
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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
How many mass concerts can one town take? With the calendar barely flipped to Jan. 8 2019, Nashville has a barrage of multi-artist live shows on the docket. A benefit • 2014 — Taylor Swift wins favorite for a foundation named after the late Troy Gentry will round up at least 16 country artist during the 40th annual artists on Jan. 9, including Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Rascal Flatts and People’s Choice Awards, telecast by CBS Dierks Bentley. A Jan. 12 Willie Nelson tribute pulls together Chris Stapleton, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and Eric Church among more than two dozen Tim McGraw is named favorite country acts. Bobby Bones’ Million Dollar Show on Jan. 14 lines up nine guests, music icon. including Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, Cole Swindell and Lady Antebellum. An April 30 celebration of contemporary Christian Jan. 9 SWIFT artist Michael W. Smith will draw three dozen • 2018 — Dan + Shay write “Speechless” BAKER JOSEPH ANTHONY performers, including country friends Lee with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz at Reynolds’ home Greenwood, Ricky Skaggs, Wynonna Judd in Nashville. and The Oak Ridge Boys. Jan. 10 Space may not be the final frontier. William • 2017 — BMLG releases “God, Your Mama, and Me,” by Florida Shatner will make his Grand Ole Opry debut Georgia Line featuring Backstreet Boys, to radio. on Feb. 15. He’ll share the iconic stage with • 1949 — Hank Williams begins hosting a morning show, sponsored Alabama guitarist Jeff Cook, who released by Johnnie Fair Syrup, on Shreveport, La., radio station KWKH, where SHELTON JIM WRIGHT JIM an album with Shatner, Why Not Me, in 2018. he bills himself as “the ol’ syrup sopper.” The job lasts about four The rest of the night’s lineup is TBD, but it could months, before he moves to Nashville. include Mark Wills, who will become the newest Opry member on Jan. 11. The invitation to join was quite the Christmas gift, extended by Vince Gill on Dec. 21. Jan. 11 • 1994 — Alan Jackson records “Summertime Blues” and Chris Young’s new single — “Raised On Country,” released to country radio via “Gone Country.” PlayMPE on Jan. 4 — extends a backward-glancing trend among mainstream • 1964 — Ring of Fire (The Best of Johnny Cash) occupies the No. 1 country vocalists as it references such artists as Merle Haggard, Joe Diffie, position as Billboard launches its Top Country Albums chart. George Strait and Hank Williams Jr. Already in circulation is Walker Hayes’ “90’s Country” (No. 58, Country Airplay), which lists 22 titles associated with Jan. 12 the likes of Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson. Additionally, • 1976 — RCA releases Wanted: The Outlaws. The album features Lauren Alaina’s “Ladies in the ’90s” (No. 48, Country Airplay) balances Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser. references to country’s Reba McEntire, Shania Twain and Deana Carter with nods to pop females Britney Spears, TLC and Christina Aguilera. Jan. 13 • 2004 — Brad Paisley performs at the inaugural dance for Mississippi Trisha Yearwood snuck a Frank Sinatra tribute album, Let’s Be Frank, Gov. Haley Barbour at the fairgrounds in Jackson. exclusively into Williams Sonoma stores on Dec. 20, but the package goes • 1979 — Charlie Daniels plays “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” wide Feb. 15. The celebration is one of seven titles in the most recent wave live for the first time while hosting Volunteer Jam V at Nashville’s of announced projects that includes Flatland Cavalry’s cleverly named Municipal Auditorium. Homeland Insecurity, due Jan. 18; Denver-based Jeff Cramer’s Northern 45, Jan. 25; Amy McCarley’s Americana release MECO, with guest appearances by Jan. 14 Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Feb. 8; Robert Ellis’ Texas Piano • 2009 — Billy Currington receives a gold single from the RIAA for Man, Feb. 14; and Florida Georgia Line’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country, Feb. 15. “Good Directions,” written by fellow artist Luke Bryan. • 1999 — Garth Brooks appears on PBS’ Sesame Street. Top Headlines from .com Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Click on headlines below for more details
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SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY
TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH H H 1 1 1 33 SPEECHLESS No. 1 (7 weeks) Dan + Shay 1 1 l D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.REYNOLDS,L.VELTZ) WARNER BROS./WAR HH HH 2 2 2 51 TEQUILA Streaming Gainer Dan + Shay RC 2 l D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,N.GALYON) WARNER BROS./WAR 3 3 4 58 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line RC 1 WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) WARNE R BROS./BMLG SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME 4 4 3 29 Luke Combs 5 2 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.SNYDER,C.WILSON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 5 5 5 31 LOSE IT Kane Brown 8 1 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,C.MCGILL,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE BEST SHOT 6 6 7 34 Jimmie Allen 4 5 l A.BOWERS (J.ALLEN,J.LONDON,J.P.WILLIAMS) STONEY CREEK DRUNK ME 7 7 6 23 Mitchell Tenpenny RC 6 l J.M.SCHMIDT,M.TENPENNY (M.TENPENNY,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.T.WILSON) RISER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE SIXTEEN 8 8 9 21 Thomas Rhett 3 8 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,S.M.DOUGLAS,JOE LONDON) VALORY BURNING MAN 9 9 8 28 Dierks Bentley Featuring Brothers Osborne 7 8 l R. COPPERMAN,J.R.STEWART (L.DICK,B.PINSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 10 12 11 27 GOOD GIRL Airplay Gainer Dustin Lynch 2 9 l Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,J.EBACH,A.ALBERT) BROKEN BOW BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 11 10 13 35 Luke Combs 19 6 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE GIRL LIKE YOU 12 11 10 17 Jason Aldean 6 10 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,J.BOYER,J.MIRENDA) MACON/BROKEN BOW LAST SHOT 13 13 12 30 Kip Moore 9 12 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,D.L.MURPHY) MCA NASHVILLE THIS IS IT 14 14 14 24 Scotty McCreery 10 13 l F.ROGERS,D.WELLS,A.ESHUIS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,A.ESHUIS) TRIPLE TIGERS MILLIONAIRE 15 15 15 50 Chris Stapleton 12 15 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (K.WELCH) MERCURY TAKE IT FROM ME 16 16 16 26 Jordan Davis 13 16 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.DAVIS,J.GANTT) MCA NASHVILLE WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY 17 17 17 15 Luke Bryan 11 17 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK 18 18 18 21 Jake Owen 16 18 l J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) BIG LOUD LOVE WINS 19 19 26 18 Carrie Underwood 17 19 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HERE TONIGHT 20 21 20 16 Brett Young 24 18 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,B.CAVER,J.EBACH,C.KELLEY) BMLG BURN OUT 21 20 19 29 Midland 14 19 l D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE MAKE IT SWEET 22 22 21 13 Old Dominion 18 21 l S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.TURSI,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 23 26 27 10 MISS ME MORE Digital Gainer Kelsea Ballerini 26 23 l F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,D.H.HODGES,B.MCLAUGHLIN) BLACK RIVER THERE WAS THIS GIRL 24 25 22 19 Riley Green 15 22 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,ERIK DYLAN) BMLG ON MY WAY TO YOU 25 23 25 21 Cody Johnson 25 23 l T.W.WILLMON (BRETT JAMES,T.LANE) COJO/WMN
15 49 The track from Billboard’s top country artist The launch single from the duo’s upcoming of 2018 holds at its No. 15 high on Hot sophomore album re-enters Hot Country Country Songs. It gains by 23 percent to Songs at No. 49 for its first week on the CHRIS 23.9 million impressions as it keeps at No. 12 MADDIE & survey since its No. 50 debut on Dec. 8, 2018. STAPLETON TAE Millionaire on Country Airplay while increasing by Friends It ranks at No. 38 on Country Airplay, up 6 percent to 3.2 million U.S. streams. Don’t 27 percent to 3.1 million in radio reach. STAPLETON: 2018 GETTY IMAGES. MADDIE & TAE: 2018 GETTY IMAGES GETTY IMAGES 2018 TAE: & MADDIE IMAGES. GETTY 2018 STAPLETON: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 16 OF 23
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY
TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION NIGHT SHIFT 26 24 23 20 Jon Pardi 22 23 l B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (T.BROWN,P.LARUE,B.MONTANA) CAPITOL NASHVILLE ONE THAT GOT AWAY 27 29 28 15 Michael Ray 20 27 l S.HENDRICKS (J.FRASURE,T. ROSEN,M.RAMSEY,J.OSBORNE) ATL ANTIC/WEA RUMOR 28 27 29 17 Lee Brice 31 27 l L.BRICE,J.STONE,K.JACOBS,D.FRIZSELL (L.BRICE,K.JACOBS,A.GORLEY) CURB TALK YOU OUT OF IT 29 30 35 17 Florida Georgia Line 33 19 l J.MOI (M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.ROGERS,A.VANDERHEYM) BM LG NEVER COMIN DOWN 30 33 34 13 Keith Urban 21 30 l J.KERR,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,J.KEAR,J.ABRAHART,SHY CARTER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE WHISKEY GLASSES 31 28 32 12 Morgan Wallen 34 28 l J.MOI (B.BURGESS,K.KADISH) BIG LOUD NEON CHURCH 32 31 33 13 Tim McGraw 23 24 l B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (B.GOLDSMITH,R.E.LIPSEY,B.M.STENNIS) MCGRAW/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE EYES ON YOU 33 34 36 20 Chase Rice 29 33 l C. DESTEFANO (C.RICE,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW THE DIFFERENCE 34 36 38 25 Tyler Rich 27 34 l J.RAYMOND,L.RIMES (R.AKINS,B.BURGESS,D.DAWSON,J.DURRETT) VALORY I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU 35 35 40 13 Chris Lane - 35 l J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.RODGERS) BIG LOUD LOVE SOMEONE 36 38 43 10 Brett Eldredge 28 36 l R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,H.MORGAN) ATLANTIC/W MN PRAYED FOR YOU 37 41 — 2 Matt Stell - 37 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,A.BOWERS,A.VELTZ) WIDE OPEN/RECORDS/GOOD COMPANY LOVE AIN’T 38 39 41 15 Eli Young Band 30 38 l D.HUFF (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY) VALO RY CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY 39 37 42 24 Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 32 37 l R.ATKINS,T.HEWITT,B.BOLLINGER (C.HARRINGTON,J.M.SCHMIDT,M.WALKER) CURB STRONGER THAN ME 40 43 — 4 Garth Brooks - 40 l G.BROOKS (R.W.TERRY,M.A.ROSSI) PEARL 41 32 30 20 TURNIN’ ME ON Blake Shelton RC 14 S.HENDRICKS (B.SHELTON,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.OSBORNE) WARNER BROS./WMN GOOD AS YOU 42 42 44 11 Kane Brown - 17 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,S.CARTER,T.PHILLIPS,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE RULES OF BREAKING UP 43 47 — 2 Brandon Ratcliff - 43 l S.MCANALLY,P.GOOD (B.RATCLIFF,A.J.BABCOCK,BUSBEE,P.GOOD) MONUMENT/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN 44 45 31 3 Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 40 31 l D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,R.AKINS,B.BERRYHILL,J.DUNNE) VALORY 45 44 46 17 HOMESICK Kane Brown - 24 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 46 40 — 2 PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT Florida Georgia Line - 40 J.MOI,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (M.HARDY,M.HOLMAN,H.LINDSEY) BMLG BRING IT ON OVER Billy Currington 47 RE-ENTRY 4 46 44 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP,J.FRASURE) MERC URY 48 46 45 7 YOU’RE IN IT Granger Smith RC 41 G.SMITH,F.ROGERS,D.WELLS (F.ROGERS,J.ADAMS,M.NESLER) WHEELHOUSE FRIENDS DON’T Maddie & Tae 49 RE-ENTRY 2 38 49 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.M.NITE,J.EBACH) MERCURY BACK TO LIFE 50 48 49 7 Rascal Flatts 37 31 l J.DEE,G.LEVOX,J.D.ROONEY (C.R.BARLOWE,N.MOON,S.MOONEY,F.WILHELM) 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 ALBUM SALES ’15 DIGITAL DIGITAL 2018 2019 CHANGE ALBUMS ALBUMS* TRACKS ’18 301 thousand ’14 Albums 301,000 240,000 -20.3% ’19 240 thousand This Week 240,000 80,000 809,000 Digital Tracks 1,032,000 809,000 -21.6% Last Week 504,000 105,000 874,000 DIGITAL TRACKS SALES Sales by Album Format Change -52.4% -23.8% -7.4% 2018 2019 CHANGE ’18 000.0 million 1 million This Week Last Year 301,000 83,000 1,032,000 Physical 218,000 160,000 -26.6% ’19 809 thousand Change -20.3% -3.6% -21.6% Digital 83,000 80,000 -3.6% For week ending January 3, 2019. 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 STREAMING SONGS DIGITAL SONG SALES
TITLE TITLE AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART WEEKS WEEKS
ON CHT ARTIST ARTIST 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL MEANT TO BE SPEECHLESS LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 1 7 58 1 1 28 l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE DAN + SHAY 1 2 1 83 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 1 1 SPEECHLESS TEQUILA DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY l2 8 24 2 2 50 2 5 7 28 WARNER BROS. 570796/WMN 1 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY TEQUILA SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 3 11 45 3 3 22 3 8 6 8 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 l DAN + SHAY LUKE COMBS DRUNK ME BEAUTIFUL CRAZY CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 4 10 21 4 4 35 4 9 8 192 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 3 1 l MITCHELL TENPENNY LUKE COMBS SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK 11 16 69 THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGES 1 l5 13 21 l5 5 19 l5 VALORY TR0300A/BMLG 1 LUKE COMBS JAKE OWEN LOSE IT MEANT TO BE KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 6 14 30 6 10 58 6 10 11 109 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1 l KANE BROWN l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE TENNESSEE WHISKEY MISS ME MORE JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN 7 12 91 7 21 9 7 12 14 38 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG 0 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON l KELSEA BALLERINI HEAVEN SIMPLE MITCHELL TENPENNY TELLING ALL MY SECRETS 8 15 61 8 18 28 8 14 5 3 RISER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 587662*/SMN 5 l KANE BROWN l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE BEAUTIFUL CRAZY TENNESSEE WHISKEY CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTY 9 16 35 9 8 156 9 7 12 16 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028557*/UMGN 0 1 l LUKE COMBS CHRIS STAPLETON BEST SHOT DRUNK ME 19 20 99 BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG 2 10 18 15 10 6 24 l10 BMLG BY0100A* 1 l JIMMIE ALLEN MITCHELL TENPENNY YOU MAKE IT EASY LOSE IT KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 11 21 49 11 7 27 11 16 19 35 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 1 l JASON ALDEAN KANE BROWN IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW BURNING MAN BRETT YOUNG TICKET TO L.A. 12 20 114 12 11 21 12 18 10 4 BMLG BMBY200A* 1 l BRETT YOUNG DIERKS BENTLEY FEAT. BROTHERS OSBORNE RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER MILLIONAIRE ERIC CHURCH DESPERATE MAN 13 4 35 13 17 14 13 15 17 13 EMI NASHVILLE 028733*/UMGN 1 GENE AUTRY l CHRIS STAPLETON ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE WHAT IFS 25 25 157 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES 1 14 2 37 14 RE-ENTRY l14 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN 7 BRENDA LEE l KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA WHAT IFS SIXTEEN 30 27 133 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE 1 15 22 87 15 15 5 l15 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 l KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA THOMAS RHETT BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD GIRL LIKE YOU 40 35 161 TAYLOR SWIFT RED 1 16 23 100 16 16 12 l16 BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG 7 l SAM HUNT JASON ALDEAN MERCY HEAVEN CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 17 25 41 17 12 56 17 17 15 87 MERCURY 026379*/UMGN 1 1 l BRETT YOUNG KANE BROWN JINGLE BELL ROCK RUMOR 32 36 180 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 18 1 33 18 24 3 l18 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG BOBBY HELMS l LEE BRICE JIMMIE ALLEN MERCURY LANE HURRICANE BEST SHOT 43 — 10 11 19 RE-ENTRY 19 14 15 l19 STONEY CREEK/BMG 538411072/BBMG l LUKE COMBS JIMMIE ALLEN FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE DIG YOUR ROOTS DIE A HAPPY MAN WHISKEY GLASSES 39 42 123 1 20 RE-ENTRY 20 20 6 l20 BMLG 0300* 1 l THOMAS RHETT MORGAN WALLEN BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS THIS IS IT 21 RE-ENTRY 21 22 3 21 27 29 167 WARNER BROS. 551788/WMN 2 l LUKE COMBS SCOTTY MCCREERY LUKE BRYAN WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY HERE TONIGHT GOOD GIRL 22 NEW 22 23 6 22 23 24 56 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 027589*/UMGN 1 l BRETT YOUNG DUSTIN LYNCH ELVIS PRESLEY ELV1S: 30 #1 HITS MARRY ME PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT 23 RE-ENTRY 145 1 23 RE-ENTRY 23 13 2 l RCA 68079*/LEGACY 6 l THOMAS RHETT FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (EP) ONE NUMBER AWAY LOVE WINS 24 RE-ENTRY 14 10 24 RE-ENTRY 24 RE-ENTRY l BMLG DIGITAL EX l LUKE COMBS l CARRIE UNDERWOOD KELSEA BALLERINI UNAPOLOGETICALLY SMALL TOWN BOY YOU MAKE IT EASY 25 37 48 49 3 25 RE-ENTRY 25 25 37 l BLACK RIVER 2017 l DUSTIN LYNCH JASON ALDEAN 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 2018,2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2019, 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 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 2 2 138 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 3 1 MUMFORD & SONS DELTA 2 1 1 7 GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD 0240*/GLASSNOTE 1 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 3 3 4 40 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 1 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 4 4 3 87 MERCURY NASHVILLE 026379*/UMGN 1 1 7 8 184 HOZIER HOZIER 1 l5 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 6 6 9 101 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 22 9 11 143 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA 1 The ballad is the first single from Young’s l7 DUALTONE 1738* 1 second LP, Ticket to L.A., which arrived 8 5 5 57 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 1 MERCURY NASHVILLE 027408*/UMGN 0 as his first No. 1 on Top Country Albums 15 6 5 DOLLY PARTON DUMPLIN’ (SOUNDTRACK) 4 BRETT (Dec. 22, 2018). The track debuts on Country l9 DOLLY/RCA NASHVILLE 589908/SMN YOUNG Streaming Songs at No. 22 with 4.5 million 13 19 70 JAMES TAYLOR GREATEST HITS 9 Here l10 WARNER BROS. 78094/RHINO U.S. streams (up 19 percent). Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, Tonight based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. 2018 NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC. MEDIA, NBCUNIVERSAL 2018 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 18 OF 23
MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Russell Dickerson Finds A Big, Wide Sound In New Single ‘Every Little Thing’
Russell Dickerson’s sophomore single, “Blue Tacoma,” focused on a very hot coffee/red wine dichotomy in Kailey Dickerson’s tastes, while Natalie specific territory, as the song followed a couple on a drive up the California coast. Brown’s verbal gaffes led to another image. Its successor, “Every Little Thing,” goes all over the map. Lyrically, it details a “There’s a line in the first verse — ‘When she forgets the punchline, it still gets woman with competing consumption interests: She’s a fan of coffee’s amperage me every time’ — which is inspired by Casey’s wife, who always says common and of red wine’s chill effect. Musically, it relies on an almost whimsical whistle phrases wrong,” observes Welling. “If it’s like a popular idiom or phrase that at the outset, but blows into a big, fat sonic blast in the chorus. And stylistically, people would say, she always gets it wrong, and it’s always hilarious.” it incorporates a country-fed banjo jangle It didn’t have a title when they started, but alongside a funk-inspired bass and alt-rock Dickerson used a semi-stuttered effect to lead guitar solo. In reality, it’s a simple song — not them to its branded hook. a whole lot of lyrics and big effects from a “I was singing, ‘Every little, every little,’ small number of instruments — but it deftly and that’s all I had,” he remembers. “I was celebrates the complexities that emerge in just kind of mumbling the rest, and we any human relationship. kind of collectively were like, ‘I love every “This song is 100 percent me,” says little thing about her love.’ As soon as we Dickerson. “It’s my sound, my energy, my discovered that, we just kind of dove into vibe, bragging on my wife lyrically, upbeat, all these specific things.” uptempo, a little synth in there, poppy-ness on While the whistle/banjo/slide top of the super-country banjo and country- combination created a lively sonic intro, the leaning lyrics. That’s down the middle for chorus got its own unique sound with one me because I love country music, I love pop big supporting note — the bass, guitars and music, I love rap music — I love it all, and it’s a synth all stacked together — that swells and all kind of formed together in this song.” recedes into and out of the beat to create a While it’s 100 percent Dickerson, adding powerhouse effect. to the song’s complexity is that it’s also Dickerson added a nimble, repetitive 100 percent a reflection of the songwriting guitar solo that provides yet another triumvirate at the heart of his early success. earworm to a string of hooks, and they pulled Parker Welling and Dickerson’s producer, together a dynamic demo that day with Casey Brown, co-wrote each of Dickerson’s Dickerson singing lead, not even bothering first three singles with him — and, oddly to clean up the pop on the “P” sound in that DICKERSON enough, in the order of their release. “Yours” “punchline” lyric. was fashioned at Brown’s home in January “Every time we’re comping a vocal, me and 2014, while “Blue Tacoma” and “Every Little Thing” came in the months Casey, I just listen for personality,” says Dickerson. “I don’t listen for perfection afterward, the latter one emerging at Brown’s office in the suburban-corporate or even perfect notes or perfect pitch. I want anything that gives me a little atmosphere of Provident Music Group in Franklin, Tenn. smirk or gives me a little chill or any personality that comes through. I’ll take “He had a little room that had a bunch of windows in it,” notes Welling. “It that over a perfect vocal any day.” was a small room, maybe like 10 foot by 10 foot, and he had a piano and his At least half the vocal from that demo remained when they cut the final desk in there, so it was pretty small. But we wrote a lot of songs off of Russ’s version, estimates Dickerson, and that includes that “P” pop. He simplified first record in that room.” the guitar solo a hair, paring a repetitive triplet pickup down to just one or two They had a snap-and-clap percussion loop running to establish some sort notes. And somewhere along the way, Welling’s publisher at the time — 3 Ring of tempo when they penned the third single, and Dickerson casually whistled Circus founder-songwriter Jeffrey Steele (“Hell Yeah,” “Raise ’Em Up”) — a bouncy lick that caught Brown’s attention. He asked Dickerson to repeat it, convinced them to separate the Alabama/Commodore references and slide and the snippet morphed into “Every Little Thing.” He doubled the hook with a new lyric into the first verse. a banjo and a slide for texture. “Every Little Thing” always seemed like it had potential as a single, and “I played the exact same thing over those whistles, and that became the after “Yours” and “Blue Tacoma” both ascended to No. 1 on Country Airplay, intro hook,” says Dickerson. “It’s the same as the verse melody, so that’s a crowd reaction cemented those projections. huge motif in that song.” “When ‘Blue Tacoma’ was out this past year, I got to go out with Russ a While Dickerson and Brown cobbled those layers together, Welling toyed bunch on the road to write for the next record,” says Welling. “Watching people with words that might work with that foundational melody. “My baby, she’s respond to ‘Every Little Thing’ almost as strongly as they had been to ‘Yours’ Alabama/A ‘Dixieland Delight’ ” used a reference to a Country Music Hall and ‘Blue Tacoma’ made it really clear that was going to be the next single.” of Fame band and one of its signature songs, connecting it with the “easy Triple Tigers released it to country radio via PlayMPE on Nov. 14, 2018, like Sunday morning” hook from a Commodores song to set up some of the and it’s currently No. 47 in its fifth charted week on the Country Airplay list woman’s built-in contradictions. dated Jan. 12. “We get crazy on a Saturday night,” says Dickerson, referencing another In the end, the song’s simple appreciation for a complex woman and its lyric, “but ‘easy like Sunday morning’ is such a perfect inverse to that ability to distill a battery of influences into a coherent core seems to make a description of her.” direct connection. The pieces in “Every Little Thing” may come from all over The three songwriters and their spouses were all friends during their tenure the map, but they fit together in a unified way as Dickerson plays at the edges at Nashville’s Belmont University, and pieces of the lyric pointed to quirks of country’s commercial box. in each of their relationships: A “Seattle and Sonoma” couplet played up the “I want to push the boundaries,” he says. “I’m not afraid to do that.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 19 OF 23 Country Indicator
AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l1 5 35 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Dustin Lynch 4928 +680 7.976 l2 1 21 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 4909 +237 8.081 l3 2 27 BURNING MAN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Brothers Osborne 4877 +377 7.613 l4 4 16 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett 4826 +550 7.675 l5 3 51 LAST SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore 4760 +381 7.316 l6 6 17 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 4354 +502 6.733 l7 7 25 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 4073 +554 6.325 l8 8 12 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 4004 +629 6.374 l9 9 37 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton 3699 +390 5.421 l10 12 33 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 3472 +515 5.233 l11 13 37 BURN OUT Big Machine Midland 3324 +393 4.854 l12 14 22 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud Jake Owen 3237 +406 4.777 l13 15 22 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green 3025 +450 4.374 l14 17 20 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 2650 +262 3.692 l15 20 17 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 2617 +451 3.916 l16 16 14 NEON CHURCH McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 2613 +190 3.927 l17 19 23 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 2604 +378 3.820 l18 18 12 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 2595 +335 3.880 l19 21 19 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 2307 +260 3.217 l20 22 15 HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young 2078 +426 2.520 l21 26 6 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville HH Most Increased Plays/Most Added HH Luke Combs 2009 +720 2.984 l22 23 20 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 2002 +446 3.000 l23 27 12 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1518 +263 1.804 l24 25 29 THE DIFFERENCE Valory Tyler Rich 1499 +191 1.953 l25 28 22 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 1395 +191 1.801 l26 29 10 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Florida Georgia Line 1128 +173 1.379 l27 30 24 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 1080 +259 1.156 l28 35 36 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Feat. The Fisk Jubilee Singers 833 +99 1.131 l29 34 15 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 815 +69 0.970 l30 33 8 BUCKED OFF Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 805 +48 1.013
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 JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 20 OF 23 Country Indicator
AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l31 32 21 AMERICAN GIRLS Sea Gayle CJ Solar 787 +28 0.925 l32 38 17 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 777 +107 0.738 l33 36 31 FRIENDS DON’T Mercury Maddie & Tae 774 +96 0.858 l34 31 16 BRING IT ON OVER Mercury Billy Currington 774 +8 0.842 l35 42 12 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 657 +164 0.913 l36 40 16 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse LOCASH 649 +76 1. 011 l37 41 23 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Feat. Hillary Lindsey 628 +94 0.767 l38 39 26 YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 622 +33 0.587 l39 46 6 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 528 +153 0.603 l40 43 25 YOU’RE IN IT Wheelhouse Granger Smith 461 +12 0.506 41 37 13 MUST BE THE WHISKEY Rounder/Concord Cody Jinks 430 -244 0.463 l42 44 9 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 412 +7 0.412 l43 54 6 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 399 + 113 0.509 l44 47 11 I THINK TOO MUCH Southern Halo Southern Halo 378 +5 0.394 l45 45 15 THE IN BETWEEN Captain & Bear Cash Campbell 378 +1 0.405 46 48 10 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 348 -24 0.335 l47 53 5 ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Buena Vista/Capitol Nashville Adam Hambrick 342 +54 0.267 l48 49 5 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 334 +21 0.332 l49 50 8 FINE BY ME Dreamlined/Nightlife Marty Heddin 319 +13 0.381 l50 51 7 NOW WE’RE GETTIN’ SOMEWHERE Bison Creek James Robert Webb 318 +12 0.343 l51 NEW WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory HH Hot Shot Debut HH Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell 303 +138 0.381 l52 52 4 AIN’T IT BABY Josh Ward Josh Ward 303 +14 0.376 l53 59 4 STRONGER THAN ME Pearl Garth Brooks 289 +52 0.527 l54 55 6 WONDER WOMAN Show Dog Nashville Waterloo Revival 280 +5 0.311 l55 NEW DON’T LET THE OLD MAN IN Show Dog Nashville Toby Keith 275 +84 0.375 l56 57 7 WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 270 + 11 0.253 l57 60 4 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 256 +30 0.276 58 56 8 TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD White Knuckle Frank Ray 253 -15 0.255 l59 NEW A LITTLE ON THE REDNECK SIDE Dream Walkin’ Smith & Wesley 235 +15 0.266 60 58 11 ONE MORE RED LIGHT Awake Cassadee Pope 223 -31 0.226
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 149 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 JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 21 OF 23 Country Airplay Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. E LAST SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break R (Songwriter) Chart Position Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs, From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ 90’S COUNTRY Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 9 Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., America, Inc., BMI/Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/Songs And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 31 Of Smack, BMI/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/LYRX (R.Dickerson, P.Welling, C.Brown) 47 LOSE IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Publishing, LLC, BMI (W.Hayes, S.McAnally, LYRX) 58 Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane S EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track B Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGill, SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Big Music CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ W.Weatherly) 8 Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Publishing, BMI/Little Extra Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 29 LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/No Cats Round Here Music, Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion ASCAP/Heart Scarred Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- F Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Publishing Corp., BMI/Super LCS Publishing, BMI (L. Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Combs, R.Snyder, C.Wilson) 5 BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, FEELS LIKE A PARTY ole Purple Cape Music, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, F.Wilhelm) 37 BMI/Mars Marley Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ S.McAnally) 30 SIXTEEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/WB The Line, BMI/Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI/Eastman Pond BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Publishing, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Brodsky Spensive Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (P.Brust, C.Lucas, T.Hubbard, Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing C.Crowder) 35 Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Joe London) 3 Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B. R.Williford) 19 FRIENDS DON’T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 28 SOME OF IT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified Machine Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, Corp., SESAC (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 38 ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, J.London, J.P.Williams) 4 ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, C.Daniels, B.Pinson) 54 G Brett James) 17 BRING IT ON OVER Round Hill Compositions, SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Songs Of Song Factory, LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/WB Music BMI/Universal Tunes, SESAC (A.McBryde, J.Bussey) 60 BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/ Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz Road Publishing, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, Michael Ray, So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Kinney) 42 L.Veltz) 1 B.Hayslip, J.Frasure) 46 SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) 6 M STRONGER THAN ME Terry And Tom Music, BUCKED OFF New House Of Sea Gayle Music, GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ ASCAP/Bedroll Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB ASCAP 51 Publishing, ASCAP 50 Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ (R.W.Terry, M.A.Rossi) (B.Paisley, C.DuBois, K.Lovelace) Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, T BURNING MAN Emileon Songs, BMI/Little Louder What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ TAKE IT FROM ME Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 55 Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Track Guy Music, BMI (L.Dick, B.Pinson) 7 Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/ MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner- We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 13 BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 18 TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Albert) 2 MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 12 ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 14 GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK Sony/ATV Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Monroe MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 33 Suede Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, America, Inc., BMI/Mountain Girl Songs 3, ASCAP (M. Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/ Lambert, A.Monroe, A.Presley) 59 ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 26 Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music H BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 15 Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/ N Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/ THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, NEON CHURCH BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Go For BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/ Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Songs Of Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 39 SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, Music, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 10 Publishing, LLC, BMI (B.Goldsmith, R.E.Lipsey, B.M.Stennis) 23 C B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 24 W NEVER COMIN DOWN Songs Of Universal, Inc., CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music HOW DOES IT SOUND Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Songs For BMI/MAROMA Music, BMI/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/ WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, Whistlepig Winners, ASCAP/James Abrahart Publishing ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner- Buddy.ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/WB Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Schneider, J.Johnston, C.Crowder) 52 Designee, SESAC/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of I Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, M.Walker) 32 Of What Publishing, PRS/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lets R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 40 Get Brunch Publishing, BMI (K.Urban, J.Kear, J.Abrahart, CLOSER TO YOU BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Shy Carter) 21 Songs, ASCAP/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/ ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Low Z Music, BMI (H. ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike Lindsey, G.Sampson, T.Verges) 44 Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, B.Montana) 22 A.Gorley) 11 D J.Rodgers) 56 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) O WHAT WHISKEY DOES EMI Blackwood Music DAY DRUNK Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/Little Britches Music, BMI/Gattis Music, BMI/ BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/ THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Words And Music, ASCAP/Hey Kiddo Music, ASCAP/ Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, ASCAP (R.Houser, K.Gattis, H.Lindsey) 36 Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/ Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood DeStefano, L.Robbins) 43 Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (J. Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Osborne, T.J. Osborne, M.Dragstrem, S.McAnally) 53 BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 49 Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over- Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/ I WON’T BE SORRY Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/ Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B. Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., Burgess, K.Kadish) 34 D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 27 BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (D.L.Murphy, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, P.Jenkins, J.Sellers) 57 ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Y DON’T LET THE OLD MAN IN Tokeco Tunes, Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, BMI (T.Keith) 41 L ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP YADA YADA YADA Mid South Mood Maker (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 20 Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hill LADIES IN THE ‘90S Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI/Songs Of Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Universal, Inc., BMI (B.Lay, H.Morgan, M.Reeves) 45 Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/ Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/ Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cookie Jar Music LLP, PRS External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music (Lauren ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 25 Group Ltd., GMR (R.Clawson, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 16 Alaina, J.Frasure, A.Wadge) 48 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 22 OF 23 Hot Country Songs Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/ SIXTEEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On (Songwriter) Chart Position SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, The Line, BMI/Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI/Eastman Pond ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Brodsky Spensive B 12 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Publishing, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music Joe London) 8 BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 3 Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 15 So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, F.Wilhelm) 50 BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 42 L.Veltz) 1 MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner- Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt STRONGER THAN ME Terry And Tom Music, Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Bedroll Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, ASCAP (R.W.Terry, M.A.Rossi) 40 Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 23 R.Williford) 11 ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Albert) 10 T N BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified H TAKE IT FROM ME Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio NEON CHURCH BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Go For Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/ The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Songs Of MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ J.London, J.P.Williams) 6 Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 16 ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, Music, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns BRING IT ON OVER Round Hill Compositions, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do Publishing, LLC, BMI (B.Goldsmith, R.E.Lipsey, B.M.Stennis) 32 TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/WB Music B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 20 NEVER COMIN DOWN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky BMI/MAROMA Music, BMI/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/ Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 Road Publishing, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Whistlepig Winners, ASCAP/James Abrahart Publishing Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Akins, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Designee, SESAC/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 29 B.Hayslip, J.Frasure) 47 BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, BURNING MAN Emileon Songs, BMI/Little Louder SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Of What Publishing, PRS/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lets ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner- Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, T.Phillips) 45 Get Brunch Publishing, BMI (K.Urban, J.Kear, J.Abrahart, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Shy Carter) 30 BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 2 Track Guy Music, BMI (L.Dick, B.Pinson) 9 I NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, B.Montana) 26 BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 24 Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music O THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/ ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rodgers) 35 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 21 BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, C L ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 14 ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music LAST SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, TURNIN’ ME ON Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Damn Country Music ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner- From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 27 Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Anderson Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 13 ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Shelton, J.L.Alexander, M.Walker) 39 Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/ J.Osborne) 41 LOSE IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, D Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 25 W Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGill, P Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/ W.Weatherly) 5 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT Relative Music Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 34 Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder (B.Gilbert, Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/BIRB Music, R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 44 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hill Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.Hardy, M.Holman, Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, H.Lindsey) 46 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story S.McAnally) 38 Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/ Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/ LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP Group Ltd., GMR (R.Clawson, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 18 Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (M.Stell, A.Bowers, (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV A.Veltz) 37 A.Gorley) 17 DRUNK ME Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/WB Music Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B. Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 36 R WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG RULES OF BREAKING UP Kobalt Songs Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over- Silver Songs, SESAC (M.Tenpenny, J.M.Schmidt, J.T.Wilson) 7 LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Haus Of Kings, ASCAP/ Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven E ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, Twin Spires, ASCAP/King Pen Songs, SESAC/Kobalt Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B. ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Porchlight, SESAC/BMG Burgess, K.Kadish) 31 EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Brett James) 19 Platinum Songs, BMI/7189 Music Publishing, BMI/Music Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Of Big Deal, BMI/Songs Of Downtown, SESAC/Garda Y CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ M Songs, SESAC (B.Ratcliff, A.J.Babcock, busbee, P.Good) 43 YOU’RE IN IT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Tunes, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Block Of Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 33 MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ Marble Music, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI/Rizer Point F Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., Publishing, BMI (F.Rogers, J.Adams, M.Nesler) 48 ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 28 FRIENDS DON’T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ S Machine Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/ Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Big Music Corp., SESAC (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 49 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 22 Publishing, BMI/Little Extra Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs G Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/No Cats Round Here Music, ASCAP/Heart Scarred Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Super LCS Publishing, BMI (L. Combs, R.Snyder, C.Wilson) 4 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2019 | PAGE 23 OF 23 CODA 75 Years Ago ‘Pistol Packin’ Mama’ Was No. 1 With A Bullet On The First Country Chart The tune became a favorite among the armed forces during World War ll
On Jan. 8, 1944, Billboard published its by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Billboard added a country song first version of a country songs chart, Sisters; Al Dexter, the song’s writer; sales survey in 1948 and a disc jockey with multiple recordings of “Pistol and Don Baxter. “Mama” became ranking in 1949 before unveiling the Packin’ Mama” leading the then- a wartime anthem, with many U.S. all-encompassing Hot C&W Sides named Most Played Juke Box Folk troops christening their fighter planes, chart in 1958. Top Country Albums Records list. The chart was subtitled cannons and tanks “Mama.” Notably, premiered in 1964, the Nielsen “Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, a group of female fighter pilots — the Music-powered Country Airplay Etc.” and ranked “the most popular Women Airforce Service Pilots — chart launched in 1990, and Hot Folk records on automatic phonographs decorated their B-17 bomber after Country Songs adopted its current thruout [sic] the nation.” the song. Several other acts also have airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Three interpretations of the song recorded “Mama,” including Tex Ritter methodology in 2012. showed atop the inaugural tally, and Frank Sinatra. —JIM ASKER and GARY TRUST
REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS
The Andrews Sisters with Crosby in a scene from the
1947 movie The Road to Rio. IMAGES COLLECTION/GETTY DONALDSON