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MUSIC ™ TOP COUNTRY

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9#1 WKS TAKE YOUR TIME 0 Sam Hunt 123 #11 WK 1 Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,J.OSBORNE,S.MCANALLY) MCA NASHVILLE CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN HOMEGROWN Zac Brown Band LUKE BRYAN Spring Break... Checkin’ Out 4 213 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN J.JOYCE,Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,W.DURRETTE,N.MOON) VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/BMLG/SOUTHERN GROUND billboard SAM HUNT Montevallo 23 AIN’T WORTH THE WHISKEY Cole Swindell 327 MCA NASHVILLE/UMGN DG M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,A.SANDERS,J.MARTIN) WARNER BROS./WMN VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards: 50 Years 1 LONELY EYES Chris Young 429 UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC/UME J.STROUD (J.BULFORD,J.MATTHEWS,L.VELTZ) RCA NASHVILLE JASON ALDEAN ¡ Old Boots, New Dirt 26 GIRL CRUSH Little Big Town 318 GG BROKEN BOW/BBMGx ,At0 tttts0000 0 000000 00 J.JOYCE (L.ROSE,L.MCKENNA,H.LINDSEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 000000 VARIOUS ARTISTS 2015 Academy Of Awards ZinePak 2 DRINKING CLASS 532 ZINEPAK ;-, Rucker 0000000 q4g00000s00000001300000M.MCCLURE,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (J.KEAR,D.FRASIER,E.M.HILL) CURB 00 00000sp0000po FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 0 Anything Goes 25 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG SAY YOU DO Dierks Bentley 725 Rules :ogfat0:000000000000000,0000000:00000-00-0000R. COPPERMAN (M.RAMSEY,S.MCANALLY,T. ROSEN) CAPITOL NASHVILLE ERIC CHURCH ¡ The Outsiders 60 EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN Darius Rucker 632 F.ROGERS (D.RUCKER,C.KELLEY,N.CHAPMAN) CAPITOL NASHVILLE Again LITTLE BIG TOWN Pain Killer 24 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR 928 Darius Rucker (above) J.CATINO,J.KING (M.PEIRCE,J.SINGLETON,B.TURSI) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 0 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 17 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN debuts at No. 1 on Top RAISE ‘EM UP Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church 10 11 Country Albums as his SG N.CHAPMAN,K.URBAN (J.JOHNSTON,JEFFREY STEELE,T.DOUGLAS) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE Ignite The Night 33 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/DACK JANIELS Southern Style starts with DON’T IT Billy Currington 11 20 52,000 first-week copies AG D.HUFF (J.JOHNSTON,A.GORLEY,R.COPPERMAN) MERCURY LUKE BRYAN 2 Crash My Party 87 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN sold, according to Nielsen SMOKE A Thousand Horses 10 13 0 Music. The set marks D.COBB (M.HOBBY,J.M.NITE,R.COPPERMAN) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE MIRANDA LAMBERT Platinum 44 RCA NASHVILLE/SMN Rucker’s fourth No. 1 in

SIPPIN’ ON FIRE Florida Georgia Line 10 10 COLE SWINDELL Cole Swindell 59 as many tries on the tally, J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,M.DRAGSTREM,C.TAYLOR) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE WARNER BROS./WMN counting only his studio VARIOUS ARTISTS The week’s top-downloaded The week’s LITTLE RED WAGON Miranda Lambert 513 Nashville: On The Record, Volume 2 2 albums; his prior release, Country F.LIDDELL,C.AINLAY,G.WORF (A.MAE,GINSBERG J.) RCA NASHVILLE ABC STUDIOS/LIONS GATE/BIG MACHINE/BMLG 0 the seasonal Home for the LITTLE TOY GUNS Carrie Underwood 15 11 Just As I Am 46 Holidays, reached No. 3 in M.BRIGHT (C.UNDERWOOD,C. DESTEFANO,H.LINDSEY) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE VALORY/BMLG eleased titles, or songs receiving widespread eleased titles, or songs receiving December 2014. Rucker GARTH BROOKS ¡ Man Against Machine 21 SHE DON’T LOVE YOU Eric Paslay 15 22 PEARL/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN first reached the chart with M.ALTMAN (E.PASLAY,J.WAYNE) EMI NASHVILLE the No. 1 in COUNTRY DIGITAL SONGS: DIGITAL COUNTRY ZAC BROWN BAND Greatest Hits So Far... DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn 21 2015 17 10 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC/AG 2008 and followed with B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.LAIRD,B.DEAN,J.SINGLETON) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE TIM MCGRAW Sundown Heaven Town 28 fellow leaders Charleston, April 18 18 April WILD CHILD Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter 18 9 MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE/BMLG B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE SC 1966 (2010) and True KENNY CHESNEY The Big Revival 28 Believers (2013). All four of ined as current if they are newly-r if they are ined as current LOVE YOU LIKE THAT Canaan Smith 19 27 BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN B.BEAVERS,J.ROBBINS (C.SMITH,B.BEAVERS,J.BEAVERS) MERCURY his No. 1s have started at LEE BRICE I Dont Dance 30 the summit. LIKE A WRECKING BALL Eric Church 20 7 CURB J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD) EMI NASHVILLE While Rucker’s run is BLAKE SHELTON 0 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE 27 WARNER BROS./WMN impressive, he doesn’t LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT Kelsea Ballerini 21 19 elsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. F.G.WHITEHEAD (K.BALLERINI,J.KERR,F.G.WHITEHEAD,L.CARPENTER) BLACK RIVER hold the record for the STURGILL SIMPSON Metamodern Sounds In Country Music 47 PS HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN/THIRTY TIGERS most studio albums an I SEE YOU Luke Bryan 123 J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,L.LAIRD,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE SHANIA TWAIN artist has taken to No. 1 Still The One: Live From Las Vegas 6 ;- !!! gea 00000000000 MERCURY/UMGN 0 -0g on0000 , 0c o0Oo0 su00000 LONELY TONIGHT Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe 223 S.HENDRICKS (B.ANDERSON,R.HURD) WARNER BROS./WMN JON WOLFE Natural Man 1 dating to a first entry on the FOOL HEARTED PRODUCTIONS/TONE TREE/THE FUEL 000z00z00000000-0-00-0-JUST GETTIN’ STARTED Jason Aldean chart. That mark belongs 524 0=00z0-00.0=0-00-00--0 M.KNOX (C. DESTEFANO,R.AKINS,A.GORLEY) BROKEN BOW to Glen Campbell, who, from 1967 to 1969, sent his BABY BE MY LOVE SONG Easton Corbin 25 22 C.CHAMBERLAIN (J.COLLINS,BRETT JAMES) MERCURY first seven sets to the top. COUNTRY DIGITAL SONGS™ Meanwhile, Tim McGraw CRUSHIN’ IT 26 9 L.WOOTEN,B.PAISLEY (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE,L.T.MILLER) ARISTA NASHVILLE LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON (1994-2001) and Miranda WEEK WEEK CHART GAMES Luke Bryan IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL Lambert (2005-14) share

ey are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. in the Billboard 200’s less than 18 months old or older but still residing ey are 23 6 J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE the record for debuting at 11#1 WKS TAKE YOUR TIME Sam Hunt 23 MCA NASHVILLE/UMGN ONE HELL OF AN AMEN Brantley Gilbert 28 14 No. 1 with the most studio D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,M.DEKLE,B.DAVIS) VALORY GIRL CRUSH Little Big Town 15 albums from a first chart LAY LOW Josh Turner CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN appearance: five each complete rules and explanations. © 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Ni Global Media, LLC © 2015, Prometheus complete rules and explanations. 28 20 F.ROGERS (R.COPPERMAN,T.MARTIN,M.NESLER) MCA NASHVILLE AIN’T WORTH THE WHISKEY Cole Swindell 26 (with Lambert’s streak still WARNER BROS./WMN KISS YOU IN THE MORNING Michael Ray 30 4 active). S.HENDRICKS (J.WILSON,M.WHITE) WARNER BROS./WEA HOMEGROWN Zac Brown Band 12 VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG/REPUBLIC Of course, Rucker’s chart YOUNG & CRAZY Frankie Ballard 31 6 history far predates his M.ALTMAN,S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY,R.AKINS) WARNER BROS./WAR LIKE A WRECKING BALL Eric Church 8 EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN résumé on Top Country s data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. def Songs are tracked activity data by online music sources s data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming HARD TO BE COOL Joe Nichols 32 17 Albums. His country-tinged M.J.CONES (R.HATCH,J.SELLERS) RED BOW SIPPIN’ ON FIRE Florida Georgia Line 6 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG pop-rock band Hootie & BISCUITS Kacey Musgraves 28 3 The Blowfish placed seven K.MUSGRAVES,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY (K.MUSGRAVES,S.MCANALLY,B.CLARK) MERCURY SMOKE A Thousand Horses 10 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG

as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if th as compiled by Nielsen Music. defined as current Albums are entries on the Billboard TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU Jason Aldean 85 LOVE YOU LIKE THAT Canaan Smith 23 200 between 1995 and a week. for See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend M.KNOX (D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,A.GORLEY) BROKEN BOW MERCURY/UMGN 2005, including the No. 1s GOING OUT LIKE THAT Reba 28 13 LITTLE RED WAGON Miranda Lambert 12 (1995) T.BROWN (B.HAYSLIP,R.AKINS,J.SELLERS) NASH ICON/VALORY RCA NASHVILLE/SMN and Fairweather Johnson SANGRIA Blake Shelton 35 3 LITTLE TOY GUNS Carrie Underwood 11 (1996), the group’s first S.HENDRICKS (J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE,T. ROSEN) WARNER BROS./WMN 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN two LPs. Rucker also has DRINKING CLASS Lee Brice HELL OF A NIGHT Dustin Lynch 36 13 30 charted a solo R&B , M.J.CONES (Z.CROWELL,A.SANDERS,J.BOYER) BROKEN BOW CURB , which FLY Maddie & Tae A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR Tyler Farr 20 38 7 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN reached No. 42 on Top D.HUFF (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,T.VARTANYAN) DOT R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in HOMEGROWN HONEY Darius Rucker 28 I’M TO BLAME Kip Moore 31 9 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN B.JAMES (K.MOORE,J.WEAVER,W.DAVIS) MCA NASHVILLE 2002. —Gary Trust LONELY EYES Chris Young 24 The week’s most popular country by sales data albums, ranked The week’s RIOT Rascal Flatts 37 13 RCA NASHVILLE/SMN J.DEMARCUS,RASCAL FLATTS (J.BOYER,S.HAZE) BIG MACHINE . Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days 7 days 24 hours a day, monitored electronically . Stations are songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, as measured sale audience impressions airplay by radio songs, ranked DON’T IT Billy Currington 8 RIDE Chase Rice 38 7 MERCURY/UMGN C. DESTEFANO (J.SOMERS-MORALES,D.C.TARPLEY JR.) DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT Kelsea Ballerini 8 I GOT THE BOY Jana Kramer 33 7 BLACK RIVER S.HENDRICKS (T.NICHOLS,C.HARRINGTON,J.L.SPEARS) ELEKTRA NASHVILLE/WAR TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS: COUNTRY TOP SHE DON’T LOVE YOU Eric Paslay 16 EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN TROUBLE Gloriana 42 14 M.SERLETIC (R.REINERT,M.GOSSIN,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) EMBLEM/WARNER BROS./WAR WILD CHILD Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter 6 BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN Chase Rice 34 13 C. DESTEFANO (S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE,J.ROBBINS) DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOL Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn 7

The week’s most popular current country most popular current The week’s MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE/BMLG BREAK UP WITH HIM Old Dominion 45 4 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,G.SPRUNG,W.SELLERS) REESMACK/CRESCENDOMUSICPROJECTS RAISE ‘EM UP Keith Urban Feat. Eric Church 11 HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE BACKROAD SONG Granger Smith 25 2 F.ROGERS,G.SMITH (G.SMITH,F.ROGERS) PIONEER SAY YOU DO Dierks Bentley 15 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN

HOT COUNTRY SONGS: COUNTRY HOT sales activity for the first time. and/or airplay country by sales data as compiled Nielsen Music songs, ranked SPEAKERS Sam Hunt 40 11 Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,B.HOOD,K.SACKLEY) MCA NASHVILLE RIDE Chase Rice 13 DACK JANIELS FOR A BOY RaeLynn 32 4 J.MOI (RAELYNN,L.VELTZ) VALORY MEAN TO ME Brett Eldredge 31 ATLANTIC/WMN NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU Dan + Shay 49 1 SUN DAZE Florida Georgia Line 28 C. DESTEFANO (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,A.GORLEY,C. DESTEFANO) WARNER BROS./WAR REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG

SPRING BREAKDOWN Luke Bryan 33 6 CHICKEN FRIED Zac Brown Band 171 J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HOME GROWN/ATLANTIC/BIGGER PICTURE SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING & STREAMING SALES, AIRPLAY DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED DATA WorldMags.net Data for week of 04.18.2015 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data 65