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BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 1 OF 18

INSIDE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE [email protected]

McCreery Gets Jump ’s Music Row Reflects National On The Pack >page 4 Concern For Social Justice, Racial Parity

Songwriter Creates . discovered Warlick online, setting off a chain of events that or- Wheelchair Tech As Americans rallied on June 19 from Boston to Oakland, ganically brought the two together. >page 10 Calif., the date symbolized a dramatic change of awareness. “I told him how little I knew about his genre, and he told me Many white adults had not previously heard of Juneteenth, how little he knew about mine, which really made it special to which marks the anniversary of the last slaves discovering me,” says Smith. they had been freed, yet scores That pairing is one of four bi- Flatts, Turner Prep of Caucasians participated racial tracks being worked that New Releases in the demonstrations, feature a country artist from >page 11 awakened to racial inequality Wheelhouse’s parent com- by a recent series of murders pany, BBR Music Group. The of Black citizens, primarily company also has two Blanco the May 25 killing of George Brown recordings with white Judds, Yearwood Floyd in Minneapolis while in acts — one blended with Par- Take A Walk police custody. malee on the inclusive “Just >page 11 Count the predominantly the Way” and one with EDM SMITH GUYTON white industry artist Diplo on the pop/dance among the sensitized. Over 700 track “Do Si Do” — plus a Jim- Makin’ Tracks: people tuned in for the first of two Zoom panels, “A Conversation mie Allen duet with pop singer Noah Cyrus, “This Is Us.” Jordan Davis’ on Being African-American in the Nashville ,” as All of those cuts had been completed before national events ‘Maybes’ the business observed Blackout Tuesday on June 2. Numerous in the last month turned a spotlight on racial tension, in part >page 15 companies took Juneteenth off to focus on inequality and to because the label already was focused on the problem. BBR ex- stand in solidarity with Black fellow citizens. Capitol Nashville ecutive vp Jon Loba had noticed the successful pairings of Tim released ’s illuminating “Black Like Me” to radio McGraw and on “Over and Over” and and via PlayMPE on June 5, RCA Nashville issued ’s on “.” So when he took BBR’s top Country Coda: unifying “Worldwide Beautiful” on June 3, and Wheelhouse label job when BMG acquired the company in 2017, Loba felt ’s unveiled a remix of Granger Smith’s “That’s Why I Love Dirt strongly that the Nashville division should have its own Black ‘Tornado’ Roads” — featuring Black Christian rapper Lathan Warlick — artists. Allen, who lived out of his car for several months when >page 18 on June 4. he first moved to Nashville, naturally caught Loba’s attention. The Smith/Warlick collaboration was particularly significant. “As soon as I heard Jimmie’s music, I lost my mind,” says Loba.

Neither artist was aware of the other until Smith’s wife, Amber, “I went and saw him perform [and] lost my mind further. And THOMPSON CHELSEA GUYTON: ROY, PHILIP SMITH: KAVIAR, J. BROWN: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 18 then when I heard his story, it’s like, ‘This is what I want to say as my first of- ficial signing under the BMG label.’ I wanted to say, ‘Things are different.’ ” They certainly have improved. Following player Deford Bailey’s introduction via the in the 1920s, country waited another 40 years before emerged as its first hit-making Black singer. An- other African-American artist didn’t achieve mainstream success in the genre until stepped out from Hootie & The Blowfish as a solo artist in 2008. Since then, Allen, Kane Brown and Blanco Brown all have notched legiti- mate hits on the Country or charts, while ’ pairing with Lil Nas X on “Old Town Road” became a 2019 signature and a Country Music Association Award-winner. But things are still not equal. The country business has only a handful of Black executives, likely a function of long-standing separatism, established when the (right) interviewed Reba McEntire on June 17 for Clark’s then-fledgling record industry targeted poorer demographics by marketing weekly YouTube series, You Can’t Come Over (But You Can Come In). “hillbilly” music to rural whites and “race records” to Blacks. Those distinc- tions became self-perpetuating cycles, particularly for Black professionals who might not expect to be welcome on Music Row. “If they don’t see themselves, why would they want to work there?” asks Guy- ton rhetorically. “I think if more applied, they would get jobs here.” Efforts are being made to level the proverbial playing field. BMG has man- dated a diversity program, and Loba predicts an increase in minority hires in Nashville’s business over the next three years. “There will be mechanisms in place to fix that,” he says. “I think the country community’s really good about doing the right thing, and I think there will be focus there now.” The synergy is already there at Nashville. RCA Inspiration se- nior vp/GM Phil Thornton — while speaking on a June 17 Zoom panel, “The Sounds of Social Justice,” presented by Music Biz — noted enthusiastically that SMN president/CEO Randy Goodman sought his involvement for an upcom- ing event involving an unspecified TV network. Thornton appreciated “being a part of that conversation and not being limited to just, ‘You can only do gospel’ — They’re like, ‘No, come into country music. You have valuable input,’ ” he said. “To see that input now being implemented, it’s inspiring. It’s encouraging.” Corporate initiatives and increased sensitivity may not be the only reason country sees more racial overlap in the . The National Museum of African- discussed his new release, “Single Saturday Night,” with American Music is set to open this fall across the street from the historic Ryman media during a virtual round table on June 17. Clockwise from top left: Auditorium, and the venue aims to be a bridge between the R&B community Premiere Radio Networks senior producer Rosemary Young, freelance and other sectors, including the city of Nashville, Music Row and the American journalist Tricia Despres, Swindell and Billboard contributor Deborah music business in general. Evans Price. “Our job is social change. Our job is to communicate to the community. Our job is to tell stories in ways other than producing records and putting out music,” said NMAAM president/CEO H. Beecher Hicks III in the Music Biz panel. “What we’re doing right now is trying to figure out how we build that bridge, what it looks like and how we can be the best partner.” The most important aspect in building that bridge might simply be making the connection. Racism is ingrained in the American psyche through decades of marketing, law-making and cultural stereotypes. Its presence was reinforced on June 21 when a noose was found in the garage of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s lone black driver, in Talladega, Ala. And yet when Blanco Brown broke one of those stereotypes, as a black fan attending country shows before he signed his BBR deal, he never felt threatened or out of place. “I remember going to and concerts, and when I walked in the crowd, I just felt comfortable to the point that I forgot about the fact that there was hatred in the world,” he says. “I didn’t have to think like that.” Mary Chapin Carpenter (right) chatted about her forthcoming , Following the rash of recent racially charged murders — of Ahmad Arbery The Dirt and the Stars, with correspondent Amna Nawaz during the in Glynn County, Ga.; of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky.; and of Rayshard June 16 edition of PBS NewsHour. Brooks in — a June Pew Research Center poll showed that two-thirds of Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement. A bundle of acts — including , and — have voiced their support, though Guyton would like to see more chime in. “I’ve been really trying to push for country artists to openly state that they support Black lives,” she says. “It is so important for people to know that racism is not accepted in country music.” Still, nothing makes that statement more obviously than hiring a Black ex- ecutive, signing a Black artist or collaborating with one, as Smith demonstrated with the “Dirt Roads” remix. “To be an activist in my way, I just want to show love,” he says. “I want to show that we are all inclusive, that me and Lathan can love each other as broth- and husband Cade Foehner performed her current ers, that we could share in creativity, and we could share in emotion. We could single, “The Good Ones,” for media during a June 18 Zoom Q&A share in the deepest levels of humanity because we’re both human beings.” conducted by Red Light Management head of marketing Tom Lord.

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 4 OF 18

ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Scotty McCreery’s ‘In Between’ Makes Biggest Jump To No. 1 On Since 1991; Lands 53rd Top 10

Scotty McCreery notches his third consecutive and total No. 1 on Billboard’s believing in me and my music, and both my management team at Triple 8 Country Airplay chart as “In Between” (Triple Tigers) rockets from No. 8 to and my label team at Triple Tigers for all their hard work day in and day out.” the top of the list dated June 27. “In Between” — which McCreery wrote with Jessi Alexander, Frank In the tracking week ending June 21, the increased by 25% to 26.7 mil- Rogers and — is his 11th charted Country Airplay title. lion audience impressions. It drew its biggest gains on WIVK Knoxville, Tenn. He debuted on the list in June 2011 with his No. 15-peaking Idol coronation (up 324,000 impressions); WKHK Richmond, Va. (up 260,000); WNSH New single, “,” and followed with “The Trouble With Girls” and York (up 247,000); and KSCS Dallas (up 235,000). “Water Tower Town,” which peaked at Nos. 17 The track’s 8-1 flight is the second-greatest to and 38, respectively, in 2012. His next two proper the chart’s summit in the list’s 30-year history. singles became his first two top 10s, both in 2014: On the Oct. 12, 1991-dated survey, another song “See You ” (No. 8) and “Feelin’ It” (No. 10). with “between” in its title leapt 9-1: Ricky Van For “In Between” to cross the finish line in its Shelton’s “Keep It Between the Lines.” (Five songs 63rd week on Country Airplay means that it had to have soared 7-1, all in 1991-94.) provide solid research to radio programmers who “In Between” reaches the Country Airplay apex lean heavily on such scores. “Yes, ‘In Between’ has in its 63rd chart week. It completes the second-lon- been a consistent high-tester for us,” says KKBQ gest ascent to No. 1 after ’s “After Houston program director Johnny Chiang. “Like a Few,” which reached the top in its 65th week on Denning’s ‘After a Few,’ I can’t remember the last the June 13-dated list. The 63 weeks that “In Be- time that ‘In Between’ has been out of our active tween” took to hit the top also marks the second- currents list. It’s incredible the career resurgence most total frames for a title after the 67 for “After Scotty has had since he joined Triple Tigers.” (Mc- a Few,” now at No. 9. Creery signed with the label in August 2017 after McCreery, 26, won in 2011. He leaving Mercury Nashville.) earns his third Country Airplay No. 1, all in suc- CREERY cession from his album Seasons Change, which CHESNEY ‘NOW’ UP TO 53 Kenny Chesney nabs c launched as his third leader on Top Country Al- his 53rd top 10 on Billboard’s airplay-, streaming- bums in March 2018. “Five More Minutes” led for and sales-based chart as “Here a week that month, and “This Is It” reigned for two and Now” (Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/ McCREERY weeks in February 2019. WEA) hops 12-10. “When we released Seasons Change two years The song pushes 4-2 on Country Airplay, up 8% ago, I was hoping I might get my first No. 1 song,” McCreery tells Bill- to 25.2 million in audience. It also drew 6 million U.S. streams and sold 1,000 board. “Now I’ve been blessed to earn three No. 1s, which means more than in the tracking week. I can say. I love that ‘In Between’ has connected with people like it has, espe- Chesney’s run of 53 top 10s, which includes 23 No. 1s, started in June 1995 cially during this time of social distancing. I don’t believe any of us are just with the No. 6-peaking “Fall in Love.” Dating to his first week in the tier, he one thing or the other; I think we’re all somewhere in between.” boasts the most top 10s of any act, ahead of Tim McGraw’s 50 and George

He adds, “I must thank country radio for their support, my fans for always Strait’s 42 in that span. M SCOTTY FOR IMAGES SHEARER/GETTY JOHN A NEW SONG FROM JOHN PRINE "I REMEMBER EVERYTHING"

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BILLBOARD SINGLES CHART ROCK DIGITAL SONG SALES BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 6 OF 18

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 8 63 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Scotty McCreery 26.697 +5.333 7145 117 0 1 l2 4 18 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 25.206 +1.768 6683 413 2 3 3 47 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud 25.115 -0.274 6136 -92 4 l4 7 13 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville 24.891 +2.838 6516 878 3 l5 9 17 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 21.281 +1.717 6025 471 5 6 2 22 River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring 20.891 -4.655 5326 -1259 7 7 5 25 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Duet With 20.689 -2.714 5151 -511 8 l8 10 27 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville 20.151 +0.907 5662 154 6 9 6 67 AFTER A FEW Mercury  Travis Denning 19.552 -3.647 4730 -895 10 10 1 37 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine & 18.104 -11.910 4412 -3588 13 l11 11 58 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse  LOCASH 18.026 +1.160 5130 319 9 l12 17 30 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR 16.611 +2.495 4589 558 12 l13 12 13 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG  Florida Line 16.196 +0.117 4315 48 15 l14 13 12 Valory  Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, , Chris Tomlin & 15.460 -0.228 4227 15 17 l15 14 17 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 15.343 -0.015 4322 46 14 l16 18 46 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury  Maddie & Tae 15.274 +1.337 4595 352 11 l17 15 38 WHY WE DRINK Valory  Justin Moore 15.011 +0.284 4270 145 16 l18 20 9 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 11.076 +0.999 3235 149 19 l19 19 32 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 10.169 -0.033 3258 65 18 l20 21 7 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine HH Airpower HH Tim McGraw 9.659 +0.395 2967 226 20 21 22 51 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow 7.649 -0.081 2756 -49 21 l22 23 31 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 7.214 +0.973 2622 272 22 l23 25 11 Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 6.961 +1.189 2342 400 23 l24 NEW Big Machine HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH  6.656 +6.656 1328 1328 32 l25 24 10 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville 6.069 -0.125 2159 35 24 l26 27 24 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 5.409 +0.551 1659 183 29 l27 26 28 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 5.279 +0.395 2049 71 25 l28 28 41 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville 4.950 +0.114 2047 6 26 l29 29 20 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring & Devin Dawson 4.939 +0.189 1922 123 28 l30 30 11 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb  Lee Brice 4.878 +0.597 1929 254 27

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by Nielsen detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Music. Audience totals on a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER the chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on Nielsen Music’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to Nielsen Music) previous week. A song audience or detections are for stations that do not report © 2020 Prometheus Global Media, will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. LLC if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 18

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 51 2 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 4.541 +3.030 1083 757 37 l32 33 14 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville 3.937 +0.246 1447 21 31 33 32 22 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 3.936 -0.066 1462 -2 30 l34 36 3 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.536 +0.371 871 234 43 l35 34 17 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 3.469 -0.060 1097 59 36 l36 35 9 BMLG  Lady A 3.284 -0.034 1206 73 35 37 38 37 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 2.568 -0.096 1220 -29 33 l38 43 4 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen 2.467 +0.492 679 172 48 l39 41 16 Triple Tigers 2.461 +0.307 1076 90 38 l40 39 18 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow 2.360 -0.045 1071 35 39 l41 42 30 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud HH Breaker HH Chris Lane 2.286 +0.301 913 97 41 l42 40 36 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury  Lauren Alaina 2.282 +0.123 1215 52 34 43 37 8 River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 1.953 -0.712 462 -164 56 l44 46 28 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 1.933 +0.050 1025 -2 40 l45 47 5 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville 1.913 +0.035 661 7 49 46 44 10 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN 1.865 -0.038 827 -9 45 l47 NEW THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown 1.825 +1.796 406 402 59 48 45 19 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 1.747 -0.156 876 10 42 l49 48 12 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.604 +0.021 733 45 46 l50 49 10 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville 1.516 -0.046 538 8 52 51 50 9 NOBODY Curb  Dylan Scott 1.480 -0.080 840 23 44 l52 55 3 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River 1.403 +0.365 505 143 54 53 53 8 LADY BMLG  Brett Young 1.303 -0.028 516 -23 53 54 52 5 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud 1.273 -0.063 428 -22 58 l55 54 26 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse  Granger Smith 1.181 +0.035 686 -14 47 l56 56 3 MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1.167 +0.203 501 52 55 l57 57 8 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 0.900 -0.004 584 33 50 l58 58 5 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek x Blanco Brown 0.870 +0.114 561 114 51 l59 59 2 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 0.833 +0.186 359 80 - l60 60 2 ONLY TRUCK IN TOWN Night Train/Broken Bow 0.829 +0.198 428 38 57

GOING FOR ADDS

6/29 BRYAN FOX FEAT. NAPPY Rich ROOTS Wheelhouse That’s About Me TOMMY ROE Not Listed Dizzy (Covid-19 Country COLE SWINDELL Version) Single Saturday Night Airebelle Warner Music Nashville/WMN 7/6 DARLINGHURST ALLIE COLLEEN So Long So Long Ain’t The Only Hell (My Helium Momma Raised) 24 EMMA WHITE Not Listed That’s Why I Drink CATHERINE ALTOMARE Whitehouse Fields Of Gold Released June 19, when it drew hourly plays LOCKELAND New Notes on participating iHeartMedia stations, the Made For Mornings RASCAL FLATTS song arrives on Country Airplay at No. 24 Grassroots 7/ 1 3 How They (6.7 million impressions). The group equals Remember You PRYOR & LEE its highest entrance, matching eventual Y’allsome Never Have I Ever No. 1 “Take Me There” (No. 24, July 2007). Black River BMLG JASON KEMPIN/GETTY IMAGES KEMPIN/GETTY JASON BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 18

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 76 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 35 EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville  0.746 21 3 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown Zac Brown Band 26 Valory  0.656 38 15 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 20 WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.610 23 0 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 19 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 16 THE STRANGER Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 0.549 16 16 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown 16 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville  0.410 20 10 THE STRANGER Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 16 BUILD ME A DADDY Row Corp/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 0.373 3 3 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 15 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen 12 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 17.442 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 16.164 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts +6.656 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +5.333 3 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 15.115 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +3.030 4 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville  12.332 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.838 5 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 10.982 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +2.495 6 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 9.911 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown Zac Brown Band +1.796 7 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 9.877 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +1.768 8 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 9.673 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +1.717 9 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 9.535 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +1.337 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +1.189 10 Big Loud Morgan Wallen 8.576 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts +1328 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1170 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +878 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +757 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +558 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +471 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +413 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST  Zac Brown Band +402 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +400 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +352 COMBS MORRIS COMBS: DAVIDBERGMAN, MORRIS: HARPERSMITH MORRIS: DAVIDBERGMAN, COMBS: REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING JUNE 21, 2020

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 14 RODEO CLOWN (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1822 48 11 9 27 COWBOY & THE GYPSY (Independent)  Mark Winston Kirk 119 2 -139 l2 3 16 YOU, ME AND A BOTTLE (Independent)  Randy Rogers Band 1746 64 l12 13 23 NO HANDLE (Independent)  The Panhandlers 117 2 0 l3 4 19 FAMILY NAME (Independent)  Cross Rags and Young 1686 6 l13 14 22 WE DON’T CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE (Independent)  Casey Baker 113 2 5 l4 5 18 BURY MY BONES (Independent)  Whiskey Myers 1500 9 l14 17 14 FEELS LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC (Independent)  Jon Wolfe 112 8 45 l5 6 26 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records)  Eleven Hundred Springs 1488 52 15 15 22 RED DIRT TEXAS (Independent)  Hayden Haddock 110 9 -6 6 1 20 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent)  Reckless Kelly 1475 -305 16 16 23 THROUGH THE JUKEBOX (Independent)  Donice Morace 1072 -17 l7 7 14 RADIO COWBOY (Independent)  Jon Stork 1459 52 l17 19 11 EVERYDAYERS (Independent)  James Lann 1049 50 l8 8 10 NEON TOWN (Independent)  David Adam Byrnes 1436 86 l18 18 26 FAR FROM GOOD (Independent)  Triston Marez 1032 14 l9 10 11 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck)  Deryl Dodd 1369 96 19 12 22 EVERY DAMN TIME (Independent)  Drew Fish Band 996 -249 l10 11 9 AS SOON AS YOU (Ten X Music Group)  Bri Bagwell 1305 35 l20 25 5 SPUR OF THE MOMENT (Independent)  Kylie Frey 983 2 11

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Smith at 972-252-8777. Copyright 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 10 OF 18

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

RADIO & RECORDS® Big Machine promoted Kris Lamb to senior vp promotion and digital from vp and extended the contracts of three regional directors of promotion and marketing: Northeast director Brooke Diaz, West director Bill Lubitz and Southeast director Jeff Davis … Country artist Hannah Anders signed a recording deal with Spectra Music Group … SummitMedia installed Randy Chase as senior vp programming, overseeing the chain’s country stations and “Heartache Medication” (left) chatted with serving as WCYQ Knoxville, Tenn., PD. Chase LAMB Billboard Country Update editor Tom Roland about his new wheelchair was Educational Media Foundation vp radio technology, LUCI, on June 19 via Zoom. for the last seven years. He replaces Beverlee Brannigan … WYCZ Nashville has opened a new studio at TopGolf with plans DEAN PUSHES NEW TECH for the station’s format, overseen by producer Polow da Don invent for a living, but Nashville’s Barry Dean (“Heartache (, Kane Brown), to be syndicated at TopGolf outlets across the Medication,” “Pontoon”) ventured into a new realm with the development … WSIX Nashville hired Wayne “Big D” Danielson as afternoon of a wheelchair mobility device that could prevent thousands of injuries to host, InsideRadio.com reported. He was previously KWNR PD/ seniors and disabled people. afternoon personality … East Central Broadcasting has filed paperwork to Dean co-founded LUCI with his Denver-based brother, chief technical of- purchase three Missouri stations from Alma Corp., including country KVMO ficer Jered Dean, launching a smart device with cloud-based alerts that help Vidalia, according to InsideRadio.com … Allyson Hillman is the new NRG prevent users from tipping their wheelchairs or banging into walls and other Media/Waterloo, Iowa, market manager, Talkers.com reported. The five- objects. Wheelchair accidents resulted in more than 175,000 hospital visits station cluster includes classic country KPTY-AM/FM. She had served as in 2010, according to the National Library of Medicine, and 30,000 of those Beasley/Fort Myers, Fla., director of sales … Townsquare/Midland-Odessa, required the patient to be admitted. Texas, hired Robb Rose as director of content/operations The device was a labor of love for Barry. manager, according to Talkers.com. Additionally, Rose Frequent co-writer (“Day will serve as country KNFM PD/morning host. He Drinking,” “Wanted”) had a grandmother previously worked mornings at adult contemporary who suffered multiple injuries in a wheel- WSHE . chair accident, and it raised concerns for Barry, whose 19-year-old daughter, Kath- ’ROUND THE ROW erine Dean, was born with cerebral palsy The Recording Academy promoted Laura Segura and has lived her entire life in a power chair. to MusiCares executive director after seven years Barry hoped he could find an adapter that as the Academy’s vp membership and industry would solve tipping and collision issues, but relations … Visionary Media Group named Tracy Percival none existed. as COO of the multimedia firm. She was most recently “We realized that if this was going to president of Patty Lou, a New Jersey-based wellness happen, we needed to do it,” he says. “It company … Songwriter Jonathan Singleton (“I Hope felt like it had been given to us to do — I You’re Happy Now,” don’t know how else to say it — so that’s “In Between”) signed a when we officially sort of kicked it off and songwriting contract with went to work.” Spirit Music Nashville, Thanks in part to Barry’s contacts in the which acquired a portion music industry and Jered’s product-design of his catalog in the deal. Lady A’s Hillary Scott (right) spent one night history, which includes rockets and dialysis Singleton’s publishing during the week of July 15 as a guest host on machines, they built a team to handle the company, 50 Egg Music, Westwood One’s Nights With Elaina, a syndicated production and legal aspects of LUCI, a sys- will continue to operate program built around host Elaina Smith. tem that attaches to the best-selling power separately … Singer- chairs. It incorporates a sensor, developed songwriter Adam Sanders in tandem with Texas Instruments, that Barry says is the first nonautomotive (“Ain’t Worth the Whiskey,” “Hell of a Night”) SINGLETON millimeter-wave radar device. LUCI uses cloud technology to gauge stability inked a co-publishing agreement with Round TAYLOR MARISA and mobility, and it also provides battery-usage information, which is surpris- Hill Nashville … Anthem Music Publishing and ingly rare in the power-chair industry. Wrensong signed songwriting contracts with recording artist EmiSunshine LUCI has obvious safety benefits, and its accident prevention may extend and her mother, Alisha Hamilton … Singer-songwriter Brett Sheroky joined the life of the wheelchair, too. But it also provides psychological support for the songwriting roster at Sea Gayle Music … The Americana Music Association the user. and the International Bluegrass Music Association both converted their annual “The wheelchair is more than just a thing,” explains Barry. “It becomes a September conferences to virtual events to protect against COVID-19 spread. part of their body image. We know, after three years of study, it’s indepen- The Americana event is slated for Sept. 16-18, while the IBMA Virtual World dence and mobility and freedom. That’s what it represents.” of Bluegrass is on the books for Sept. 28-Oct. 3 … The Grand Ole Opry House The company is marketing LUCI to a network of clinics and taking preorders and will reopen their doors for daytime tours beginning for delivery in the fall with a suggested retail price of $8,445. June 26 with coronavirus-related policies in place … The Grammy Museum Katherine inspired Barry to write “God’s Will,” a song that became his has awarded $200,000 to 13 enterprises in its grant program. The recipients first hit when Martina McBride released it in 2004. Now Katherine is key include the Missouri State University Libraries, which were allocated $18,000 in developing an additional business that brings its own level of inspiration. to assist in digitizing The Ozark Jubilee, an ABC-TV show that aired from 1955- “The clinicians are opening their doors,” notes Barry, “and saying, ‘We 1960 … Songwriter Larry W. Johnson (“Don’t Take the Girl”) died June 12 want this. We’ve been waiting for this.’ ” after battling several illnesses. A full obituary can be found here. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 18

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

A pair of hit-making acts who have laid low of late are prepping new releases. June 23 Rascal Flatts announced a new seven-track EP, How They Remember You, set • 2015 — Mercury releases the Kacey to arrive July 31. The project is named after a new single that was released to Musgraves album Pageant Material. country radio via PlayMPE on June 19, and it closes with a cover of Kenny • 1980 — records “Smoky Rogers’ hit “Through the Years” that previously was introduced during a Mountain Rain” at Woodland Sound CMT tribute to Rogers. Also on the way is Studio in Nashville. ’s , an Aug. 21 release that features new versions June 24 of some landmark country titles — such as • 2017 — Luke Combs debuts at No. 1 on Keith Whitley’s “I’m No Stranger to the Billboard’s Top Country chart Rain” and ’s “Midnight with his first album, This One’s for You. in Montgomery”— plus covers of a few MILSAP deep country tracks. Joining Turner on June 25 the album are , Kris • 2019 — Thomas Rhett picks up a gold Kristofferson, , Chris single from the RIAA for “Look What God Gave Her.” Janson, Allison Moorer, Maddie & Tae • 2018 — Capitol releases the single “Burning Man,” by Dierks Bent- and Runaway June. ley featuring Brothers Osborne, to radio.

The uncertainties of COVID-19 have June 26 led to plenty of date changes for events. • 1977 — performs what proves to be his final at TURNER DAVID MCCLISTER DAVID Jimmy Buffett cited coronavirus in Indianapolis’ Market Square Arena. He becomes ill and is hospital- backing out of plans to make his Grand ized overnight. His last song: “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” Ole Opry debut on June 27. The Band rescheduled the Vol- unteer Jam from Sept. 15 to Feb. 22, 2021, at Nashville’s , June 27 with 38 Special, The Allman Betts Band and artist Cedric Burnside • 2000 — The Nashville Songwriters Association International added to a lineup that already featured Charley Pride, Mickey Gilley, Johnny recognizes as the songwriter of the decade. Lee, Travis Denning and Big & Rich. Kenny Chesney moved Chillaxification Tour dates in 18 stadiums from 2020 to the summer of 2021. And ABC pushed June 28 back the Luke Bryan-hosted CMA Best of Fest special from July 9 to July 13. • 2010 — delivers the national anthem at Milwaukee’s Miller Park, where baseball’s Houston Astros beat the Brewers, 9-5. , and are among the celebrities • 1985 — Gary Morris makes history as the first singer to perform who will have stars added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year. Dates opera on the Grand Ole Opry, with a selection from La Boheme. have yet to be revealed, but they are part of a wide-ranging 2021 musical class. Also being honored: soul group The Chi-Lites, folk/pop artist Don McLean, June 29 hip-hop act Missy Elliott, classic-rock band Jefferson Airplane, Mexican • 2014 — “You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em”: singer Ana Gabriel and icon Charlie Parker. annoys his poker partners by “The Gambler” in a new Geico insurance commercial that debuts on TV. ’s discography includes a song about a bandmate, “Me and Paul.” • 2008 — and Tom T. Hall are officially inducted His book history will soon include a memoir with keyboardist Bobbie Nelson, into the Country Music Hall of Fame during a medallion ceremony Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band. Doubleday has scheduled at the museum’s Ford Theater. its publishing for Sept. 15. Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Top Headlines from .com Click on headlines below for more details

Live Nation Launching Drive-In Concert Series With Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker

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Top Artist Managers And More Launch Black Music Action Coalition

Live Nation Plans To Reduce Payments, Shift Risk To Artists For 2021 Festivals JANICESHEIL Singer-songwriter Sherrie Austin (left) was among the partygoers , Elvis Costello & More Join as the T.J. Martell Foundation presented the first Sunshine Award to New Artist Rights Alliance Council her mother, The Palm restaurant hostess Rae Krenn. They’re joined by Krenn’s husband, Alf Krenn (right) and songwriter Will Rambeaux (“Wild One,” “Nobody’s Gonna Rain on Our Parade”). BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 12 OF 18

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 1 1 68 THE BONES No. 1 (16 weeks) Maren Morris RC 1 G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.M.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 2 2 3 60 I HOPE Digital Gainer Gabby Barrett RC 2 l R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR HARD TO FORGET 3 5 6 19 Sam Hunt 5 3 l Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE 4 3 2 44 CHASIN’ YOU Morgan Wallen 3 2 J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD HH HH 5 11 10 29 BLUEBIRD Streaming Gainer Miranda Lambert 8 5 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE ONE MARGARITA 6 9 9 14 Luke Bryan 4 6 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 7 6 5 36 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 10 5 (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE 8 4 4 23 DOES TO ME Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 6 4 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 9 8 8 27 NOBODY BUT YOU Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 7 2 S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN HERE AND NOW 10 12 11 17 Kenny Chesney 2 10 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 11 10 — 28 HEARTLESS Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen - 10 DIPLO,KING HENRY,CHARLIE HANDSOME,J.MOI (T.W.PENTZ,H.A.ALLEN,M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,R.J.HURD,CHARLIE HANDSOME) MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA HH HH 12 17 15 33 IN BETWEEN Airplay Gainer Scotty McCreery 1 12 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 13 16 16 48 Maddie & Tae 16 13 l J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 14 13 12 25 BEER CAN’T FIX Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi RC 6 D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY 15 14 14 13 I LOVE MY COUNTRY 13 12 C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (K.BROWN,C.CROWDER,R.C.MCGILL,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,W.WEATHERLY) BMLG 16 15 13 12 BE A LIGHT Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 14 13 D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY 17 18 17 16 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Keith Urban 15 14 K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE GOT WHAT I GOT 18 20 19 19 Jason Aldean 23 18 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG 19 21 20 27 LOCASH 11 19 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE WHY WE DRINK 20 22 21 20 Justin Moore 17 20 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY ONE BEER 21 24 23 25 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 29 21 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD DONE 22 29 26 17 Chris Janson 12 22 l C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR COOL AGAIN 23 23 24 9 Kane Brown 18 12 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 24 NEW 1 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Hot Shot Debut Zac Brown Band 47 24 l B.SIMONETTI,M.MANGANO,Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,B.SIMONETTI,A.JAMES) HOM E GROWN ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 25 25 25 25 Ashley McBryde 19 23 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 Tie TW1 W1 WKS ARTISTJOSH THOMPSON   Tie TW1 38W WKSS ARTISTDANN HUFF   2 LUKE COMBS  2 JOEY MOI  3 SHANE MCANALLY  3  4 CRAIG WISEMAN  4  5 MORGAN WALLEN  5  6 MAREN MORRIS  6 SCOTT MOFFATT  7 JONATHAN SINGLETON  7 BUSBEE  WALLEN

8 HARDY  SHEARER JOHN 8 SCOTT HENDRICKS  TIE 9  9  TIE 9 LAURA VELTZ  10 FRANK ROGERS 

The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings). BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 13 OF 18

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 ONE OF THEM GIRLS 26 26 22 10 Lee Brice 30 22 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB 27 34 34 19 Breland - 26 l KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC PRETTY HEART 28 33 39 7 Parker McCollum 26 28 l (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 29 30 28 9 Morgan Wallen 38 12 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD I CALLED MAMA 30 31 30 7 Tim McGraw 20 22 l T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 31 32 27 7 SIX FEET APART Luke Combs 43 10 C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 32 28 — 2 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Kane Brown 34 28 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,SHY CARTER,R.J.HURD,J.M.SCHMIDT) RCA NASHVILLE AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 33 37 33 8 Jon Pardi 32 31 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE SOME GIRLS 34 39 35 13 Jameson Rodgers 22 34 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE BUILD ME A DADDY 35 NEW 1 Luke Bryan - 35 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (J.MITCHELL,J.THOMPSON,B.TYLER) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE CHAMPAGNE NIGHT 36 36 32 10 Lady A 36 27 l S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG 37 35 29 14 SHE’S MINE Kip Moore 28 29 K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE ALMOST MAYBES 38 40 40 5 Jordan Davis 56 34 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MC A NASHVILLE 39 38 31 13 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson 39 31 D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS JUST FOR NOW 40 NEW 1 Maren Morris - 40 l BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,BUSBEE,R.J.HURD) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 41 41 38 19 GETTING GOOD Lauren Alaina 42 33 D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY LADY 42 45 37 7 Brett Young 53 22 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) B MLG JUST THE WAY 43 47 41 18 Parmalee x Blanco Brown 58 31 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK SOME PEOPLE DO 44 48 44 13 Old Dominion 35 39 l S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,J.FRASURE,S.MCANALLY,THOMAS RHETT) RCA NASHVILLE 45 42 36 13 THE OTHER GIRL Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey RC 19 R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER LOVIN’ ON YOU Luke Combs 46 RE-ENTRY 6 31 19 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIV ER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 47 49 46 6 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch 40 46 Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 48 44 45 6 NO I IN BEER Brad Paisley 25 44 L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Kelsea Ballerini 49 RE-ENTRY 2 52 49 l J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER CHEATIN’ SONGS Midland 50 RE-ENTRY 5 33 45 l D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE

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

COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weekly National Music Sales Report

WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2020 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,263,000 1,392,072,000 129,905,000 Album ’19 24.51 million Consumption 24,512,000 27,214,000 11.0% ’20 24.21 million Last Week 1,230,000 1,361,422,000 128,665,000 Album Sales 3,255,000 2,734,000 -16.0% Change 2.7% 2.3% 1.0% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 24,040,543,000 29,180,794,000 21.4% ’19 30.37 billion This Week Last Year 1,110,000 1,115,575,000 289,827,000 ’20 32.52 billion Change 13.8% 24.8% -55.2% Video On-Demand 6,331,641,000 3,342,791,000 -47.2%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending June 18, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams. For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 14 OF 18

SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY 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 I HOPE THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 1 1 34 1 NEW GABBY BARRETT  l ZAC BROWN BAND  1 1 2 32 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1   LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 2 2 44 HEARTLESS 2 1 11 ONE MARGARITA 2 3 4 159 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  LUKE BRYAN  THE BONES BUILD ME A DADDY MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 3 4 50 3 NEW 3 2 3 107 783* 0 2 l MAREN MORRIS  l LUKE BRYAN  HARD TO FORGET HARD TO FORGET 4 6 11 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 1 l4 5 11 4 4 15 l4 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN SAM HUNT  SAM HUNT  CHASIN’ YOU I HOPE 8 10 67 MAREN MORRIS GIRL 1 5 3 24 l5 7 42 l5 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 MORGAN WALLEN  GABBY BARRETT  BLUEBIRD BLUEBIRD 7 9 268 TRAVELLER 1 l6 11 7 l6 6 14 l6 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 MIRANDA LAMBERT  MIRANDA LAMBERT  TENNESSEE WHISKEY I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 7 8 167 7 12 29 7 5 8 27 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON  l CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE  DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OIL 8 7 70 WHISKEY GLASSES 8 9 44 THE BONES 8 6 7 3 MAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA 6 MORGAN WALLEN  MAREN MORRIS  I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BE A LIGHT 9 12 254 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 9 9 19 9 5 12 l9 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG l CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE  THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN  ONE MAN BAND NOBODY BUT YOU DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 10 12 43 10 8 27 10 12 15 104 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1 l OLD DOMINION  BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 11 6 12 DOES TO ME 11 10 20 CHASIN’ YOU 11 10 14 84 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1 LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH  MORGAN WALLEN  AFTER A FEW GOT WHAT I GOT TIM MCGRAW 35 BIGGEST HITS 12 10 10 12 13 8 12 14 — 67 CURB 79413 8 TRAVIS DENNING  l JASON ALDEAN  DOES TO ME KENNY CHESNEY HERE AND NOW 13 13 111 13 11 20 13 13 11 7 BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 631374/WMN 1 l LUKE COMBS  LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH  NOBODY BUT YOU I REMEMBER EVERYTHING 21 25 33 MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD 1 14 14 21 14 NEW l14 VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN l BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI l JOHN PRINE  MEANT TO BE WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD 15 15 134 15 3 3 15 11 13 55 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 0 1 l  & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  KANE BROWN  HERE AND NOW MY TRUCK KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 16 17 3 16 RE-ENTRY 16 15 17 185 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 l KENNY CHESNEY  l BRELAND  ONE MARGARITA ONE OF THEM GIRLS OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 17 20 5 17 19 7 17 16 16 34 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1 l LUKE BRYAN  l LEE BRICE  18 20 66 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 12 18 16 37 10,000 HOURS 18 14 19 BEER CAN’T FIX l18 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 DAN + SHAY &   THOMAS RHETT FEAT. JON PARDI  GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART I LOVE MY COUNTRY 19 21 216 1 19 18 58 19 17 7 l19 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 l LUKE COMBS  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  JASON ALDEAN 9 GOT WHAT I GOT SIX FEET APART 23 18 30 1 20 23 3 20 16 7 l20 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG l JASON ALDEAN  LUKE COMBS  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART TENNESSEE WHISKEY 21 19 2 21 21 226 21 20 22 243 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN 2 l MADDIE & TAE  l CHRIS STAPLETON  JIMMY BUFFETT LIFE ON THE FLIP SIDE MY TRUCK DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 22 NEW 22 RE-ENTRY 22 17 1 3 MAILBOAT 2173 (*) 1 l BRELAND  l MADDIE & TAE  JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE ONE BEER WHY WE DRINK 23 22 26 209 1 23 RE-ENTRY 23 22 4 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 l HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON  JUSTIN MOORE  TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 24 26 29 49 17 24 21 113 TEQUILA 24 23 11 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME l HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS DAN + SHAY  KEITH URBAN  THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH 25 24 28 173 16 25 24 133 HEAVEN 25 NEW FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 86290*/LEGACY (24.98/17.98) 3 KANE BROWN  l GABBY BARRETT  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights charts. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS

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MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

A Difficult Past Is The Perfect Prologue In Jordan Davis’ ‘Almost Maybes’

If practice makes perfect, the guy in Jordan Davis’ “Almost Maybes” is a cheery he admits with a laugh. “This was not them. So I thought that line was kind of graduate who got a passing grade in romance after doing the proper homework. cool and left-footed and obviously kind of personal to me.” And now that he has his degree, he’s able to look back at all his relationship Leading into the “almost maybes” payoff, they found an inventive rhyme failures and find the silver lining: “There wouldn’t be no you and me right — referring to some of the exes as “the weeds that looked like daisies” — that now/If it weren’t for the almost maybes.” is arguably the best line in the song. Before they could finish, they scratched It’s a happy, uptempo look at the same subject as Rascal Flatts’ “Bless the out a bridge that recounted the depths of a breakup — the “all-alones” and Broken Road,” though this version of that all’s-well-that-ends-well story is the “didn’t-work-outs” — and showed that the singer had explored the entire unlikely to become a wedding song or the title for a Christian movie. spectrum in his journey, both “the girls next door and the bat-shit crazies.” “I have gotten that reference from the first time It’s the moment when they walked up to the line I turned it in to somebody on my team,” says Davis. of acceptable commercial country taste without “They pretty much had referenced that and said it’s completely crossing over. a happier ‘,’ but that never “Not only do you have to make sure you’re paint- came up in the [writing] room. We never really ing this singer in a good light, you can’t shit all over thought about it that way.” the exes,” says Frasure. “There’s a lot of thought “Almost Maybes” just celebrated its first that goes into it. The singer needs to look like the anniversary. Davis wrote it on June 17, 2019, with hero and the likable one, but we’re not going to (“It All Comes Out in the Wash,” drag people through the dirt.” “Girl Crush”) and (“Some People Frasure produced the demo, emphasizing the Do,” “One Big Country Song”) at the Rhythm influence with guitar spikes on the upstroke House office on Wedgewood Avenue in Nashville, and several island-flavored drum fills. using ideas from both his co-writers. “There’s a little bit of a -ish aspect Lindsey brought in the two-word title, and to it,” he says. Frasure had a reggae-influenced musical track. A Producer Paul DiGiovanni was impressed with little brainstorming helped them cast the “almost that foundation, though he also was mindful of maybes” as the close calls that weren’t quite right, Davis’ established sound. “Almost Maybes” was the series of heartbreaks and the bad decisions that already a strong contender for the next single, and inevitably become a person’s dating history. Key, he endeavored to give it the right level of Jamaican of course, is that the subject is indeed history and influence during the tracking session at Blackbird DAVIS not current events. Studio in November 2019. Drummer Nir Z “My wife used to always say that her mom told matched live percussion against the programmed her, ‘You have to kiss a few frogs before you find a ,’ ” recalls Davis. “Now rhythm in the chorus, while Derek Wells developed a simple guitar intro to I’m not saying that I’m a prince by any means, but unfortunately, you got to replace the reggae-tipped upstrokes. get through some frogs until you find one that resembles a prince enough to “We added that intro riff just to give it a little fingerprint right off the bat,” where you would stay.” explains DiGiovanni. “I think it’s in the turns and the outro and everything, The three writers kicked off the song from the top, knowing the payoff that just to give it one more signature sound.” awaited them at the end of the chorus. Since it was intended as a tune for Davis It’s thickened with a keyboard counter-melody that DiGiovanni overdubbed to perform, they launched into it by recounting his first major breakup: a re- against it. lationship that came crashing down at a bar in his hometown of Shreveport, “It’s a low-fi, filtered-out keyboard thing, and then there’s also like a Mel- La. The public setting tells the listener everything they need to know about lotron layered on there, too, doing the swirly, -/-sounding thing,” the singer’s introductory lesson. he says. “They’re both playing the same exact thing, just layering each other.” “That’s never a good spot to have a breakup,” says Davis with a laugh. Bassist Tony Lucido aided the reggae aspect, too, with a part that moves The second, a long-distance romance, was likewise from his past, as was around much more than a typical country bass. the third one — dropped in at the start of verse two — which found him split- “We did a couple of passes where it was just super-simple root notes, and ting up with a girl his mom was hoping would become part of the family. Be- then I think the last time we did it, I said, ‘Just go crazy,’ ” recalls DiGiovanni. fore that stanza ends, it turns into a vague summation of all the other loves, “If I needed to fall back on the simplicity, once I pulled it in and started work- leaving some questions about his score card: Were there maybe three or four ing on it, I had those takes there. But I think we used a lot of the stuff from other romances? Did he go through 100 women? That romantic checklist is when he just kind of went crazy.” the trickiest part of “Almost Maybes.” Lindsey added prominent background harmonies, and DiGiovanni threw “You’ve got to do that stuff eloquently. Otherwise, it takes the sweetness a faint male voice in key places underneath. out of things,” notes Frasure. “If you’re not , it’s very difficult to MCA Nashville released “Almost Maybes” to AM/FM country radio on talk about past lovers.” May 11 via PlayMPE, employing one small, but significant edit: It changed Lindsey got the chorus off to its start — “Here’s to the almost, so-close/ “bat-shit crazies” to “out-there crazies.” The single rises to No. 56 on the Coun- It’s over, out-of-the-blues/Here’s to the hey, I-think-we-need-to-talk/And the try Airplay chart dated June 27 in its third week on the list. It ranks at No. 38 it-ain’t-me-it’s-yous.” in its fifth week on Hot Country Songs, benefiting from an easy-going vocal That last part was a bit of a mistake. The cliché breakup line is, of course, that glides much more smoothly than the life’s education the song represents. “It’s not you, it’s me.” And Lindsey suggested that they change it. Davis was “This one was so easy,” says Davis. “The songs like that — ‘’ adamant that it stay as is. or ‘Take It From Me’ — are so effortless and they just fit right in your comfort “I was told one time that they wanted me to know that this was 100% me,” zone. And ‘Almost Maybes’ is definitely right there.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 18 Country Airplay Index

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

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. D   I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, O   (Songwriter) Chart Position Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/ DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/ ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass A   Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner- Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP  AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI J.Mitchell) 21 BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 33 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, D.Ruttan) 13 W.Weatherly) 15 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 19 Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 38 Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 8 Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 12 ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs B   Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, J   BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow JUST FOR NOW International Dog Music, BMI/ Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/7189 Music Publishing, BMI/ M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 6 Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 22 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Universal Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Pub Club, ASCAP (M. ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, G   Morris, busbee, R.J.Hurd) 40 Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, 16 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/ J.Miller, J.Thompson)  GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/ Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 41 Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 25 W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 43 Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter L   ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round R.B.Tedder) 14 BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 17 Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite D.Davidson, L.Brice) 26 Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 42 GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 5 Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo BMI  18 Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer)  Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/17Black Music, Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ H   Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 45 Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 39 HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., P   Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMI (M.Morris, J.M.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) 1 Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 28 BUILD ME A DADDY New Writers Of Sea Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/Red Bandana Stay Creative Music, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV J.McNair) 46 S   Publishing, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/ Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Music Of Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, M   SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of One77, BMI/Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Music Of MAM, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 3 Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP BMI (J.Mitchell, J.Thompson, B.Tyler) 35 HEARTLESS I Like Turtles Music, ASCAP/KMR II Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 37 House Of GT Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music C   Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Duke City Music, BMI/KMR Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing Royalties II SCSp., SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ SESAC/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane B.Simonetti, A.James) 24 Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (T.W.Pentz, H.A.Allen, M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, R.J.Hurd, Charlie Handsome) 11 Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 31 Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 10 Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 47 West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 34 Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 36 S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 49 M.Wallen) 29 Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team I   MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/ On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing Thomas Rhett) 44 Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, C.Wiseman) 4 Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D. W   Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ Breland, T.Taylor, K.Austin, D.Barton, T.Zeigler) 27 CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 30 N   Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J. 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NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Accent, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 32 (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 23 Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 7 ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 48 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 18 CODA On June 24, 1995, Tracy Lawrence Originally from Atlanta, Texas, 25 Years Ago stormed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot and raised in Arkansas, Lawrence, Country Songs chart with “Texas 52, most recently topped Hot Coun- Tornado.” The song’s author, Bobby try Songs on June 23, 2007, with Tracy Lawrence Braddock, also cowrote George “Find Out Who Your Friends Are,” Jones’ iconic 1980 No. 1 “He which surged when stations started Stopped Loving Her Today,” among playing a version with guest vocals by Scored A Hit As other leaders. Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. “Texas Tornado” became Lawrence most recently released the Big As ‘Texas’ Lawrence’s sixth No. 1 of eight to LP Made in America last August, and date on the chart. He has posted he hosted a benefit for the Troy Gen- In 1995, he notched his sixth 22 top 10s, with his first 19 singles try Foundation on Feb. 5 in Nashville. all reaching the top tier. “Sticks The lineup included the late Gentry’s Hot Country Songs No. 1 and Stones” marked his arrival in former partner Eddie Montgomery November 1991 and became his of duo . first No. 1 in January 1992. —JIM ASKER

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