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Combs’ ‘All’ In CMA Video Of The Year Nominees Showcase On Charts Page 4 The State of The Promotional Art

Songwriters Hall Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber sing “10,000 Hours” among tell it so that they hopefully feel another layer, something that is Adds Five 10,000 flowers. not just so obvious in the lyric.” Page 10 Miranda Lambert is a beautiful caged creature in a turn-of- With “Bluebird,” Lambert’s 10th video to earn a CMA nom- the-century vaudeville venue. ination for Fanjoy, she creates a gorgeous palette (Lambert is Carly Pearce and Lee Brice perform “I Hope You’re Happy adorned in blue feathers and Swarovski crystals) and an unspo- Now” as former lovers bump into each other in a parking lot. ken tension while capturing the hope at the heart of the song. Maren Morris’ Jake Owen re-creates the World War II love story of his Along with its four competitors vying for a win at the CMA’s Two TV Gigs grandparents. Nov. 11 ceremony, “Bluebird” neatly underscores the creative Page 11 Chris Stapleton becomes a Lego superhero, destroying a sea advance in production since the August 1981 debut of MTV ush- monster with sonic waves in the middle of an animated concert. ered in the video age nearly 40 years ago. The five finalists The industry’s for the Country Music earliest efforts were Musicians On Call Association’s video of the frequently referred For Vets year award are all distinctly to as “promotional Page 11 different. But those efforts videos” — they were have one thing in common: distributed for free to Each of them conveys and promote the song and Makin’ Tracks: enhances the core emotion artist on TV — though ‘Divine’ McBryde of the song they promote. the sophistication Single “The very best videos around them is more Page 15 make you experience and uniform in the current feel another layer of the age. They are much song emotionally,” says more ubiquitous, Trey Fanjoy, director of available on demand Country Coda: Lambert’s “Bluebird” clip. at multiple sites and Nelson’s 40-Year “Sometimes I’m a very integrated more ‘Road’ narrative storyteller, but thoughtfully into the Page 18 sometimes I like better Stapleton was reimagined as a Lego character in his “Second marketing of an artist, visual metaphors than I do To Know One” video (left), while Lambert offered a conceptual both on a creative level

straight on the nose. I like to interpretation for her song “Bluebird.” and as a branding tool. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 18

“Every video is an opportunity to sort of enhance the brand of the artist and allow that to be an opportunity if you want to deliver a slightly different viewpoint of the artist,” says Patrick Tracy, who directed “10,000 Hours.” “If you want to stamp a new era, we’ve done that with Dan + Shay throughout various album cycles with different colors. You’re evolving the brand through those visual impressions, but at the same time, you also have to think about the song itself and make sure you’re doing justice as a one- off, stand-alone piece.” Directors use three standard methods to create those pieces: the narrative video, which conveys a story; the concept video, featuring a series of images that add up to an emotion or provide a sense of what the song is about; and the performance video. Most videos employ at least two of those approaches, as “I Hope You’re Happy Now” does with a pair of actors playing out the song’s post-relationship narrative while Pearce and Brice re-create a performance in a small club. “You don’t want to be on the nose with a video,” says “Hope You’re Happy” director Sam Siske. “When you’re watching the video, you [usually] know the song, you follow the artist, so when you want to see the video, you want it to bring something new to that thought, but in a positive way and not de- tract from it. One thing I saw in each director’s work this year was, ‘How can we progress this song?’ ” Owen’s “Homemade,” directed by Several country artists participated on Oct. 27 in the second annual Justin Clough, brings out the old- Catchin’ Deers Mike Fisher Celebrity Clay Shoot for the Nashville fashioned values — dedication, sim- Predators Foundation. From left: High Valley’s Curtis Rempel, Jordan plicity, congeniality — at the heart of Davis, Dan + Shay’s Shay Mooney, Fisher and High Valley’s Brad Rempel. the song with a plot based on his grand- father’s sweet, but persistent, pursuit of his grandmother in the 1940s. Stapleton’s “Second To Know One,” directed by Pure Imagination Studios’ David Coleman, utilizes Lego anima- tion to make a cartoonish adventure out of a burning track. Both the song and the clip are built on conflict, though the OWEN

MATTHEW PASKERT MATTHEW video puts a lighter spin on the recording’s fiery emotion. The video drops a number of Easter eggs: details that reward Stapleton superfans or might inform more casual listeners. For example, a stage crasher is inspired by an incident from a real-life Stapleton concert, a Picasso-like painting of him draws from the lyrics of his 2017 album cut “Up To No Good Livin’,” and a bird of prey is a nod to the mascot at Stapleton and Coleman’s high school alma mater in Kentucky: the Johnson Central Golden Eagles. Blasts from Stapleton’s animated guitar also embrace the value in his vocation. “The power of music can defeat this giant entity, this thing that seems in- Curb Records awarded Lee Brice a plaque acknowledging his surmountable, this thing that looks overwhelming,” says Coleman. “Music recent No. 1 single, “One of Them Girls,” as well as additional career helps you get through that, and especially the kind of music that Chris makes.” achievements. Participating were executives from exterior renovation The power of music is central to the power of the video, too. company Window World. From left: Curb vp promotion R.J. Meacham “You can make the most amazing video, but if it doesn’t have a song to and vp artist development and A&R Laurel Kittleson-Cobb, Brice and support it, it’s not going to have the impact that it needs to have,” observes Window World chairman/CEO Tammy Whitworth and board member Siske. “It’s not going to be the piece of art that it needs to be.” Jamie McBride. One way to judge a hit video is similar to the test of a hit song: It needs to wear well with successive exposure. “The replay value” is key, says Tracy. “If you watch a video once and it’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, it’s what the lyrics are talking about,’ you might as well just close your eyes and listen to the song. I think when videos are able to tap into a different interpretation of it, it leaves the viewer with a little bit more to sink their teeth into.” That includes the artist’s personality. In each of the nominated videos, the act had some very specific ideas about how to present the story and imagery in the project, reflecting their own history and experiences. In Stapleton’s case, he sought out the Lego involvement, a fantasy approach that fits with his surprise appearance in an episode of Game of Thrones. “Chris likes to push boundaries,” notes Coleman. “He likes to do new things and to create sounds that are unique to him. We tried to do that same kind of thing in the video.” Ultimately, as the video business evolves, this year’s CMA trophy will as- suredly go to a project that does what a great video should — supply a stellar song with a clip that lifts it to another level. Kelsea Ballerini performed “Girasoles” with Latin singer Luis “I am definitely of that MTV generation,” says Fanjoy. “I have to have Fonsi during the Oct. 26 CBS special Essential Heroes: A Memento enough to hold my attention.” Latino Event.

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | PAGE 4 OF 18 ON STHEa CHARTSmH JIMunt ASKER’ [email protected] Southside Rules Top Country ACombslbums; Debuts Brett Young At Hot ‘Catc Countryh’-es Fifth Songs Airplay Peak, HoldsLeader; At Travis No. 1 On Denning Top Country Makes Albums;History Stell Scores Second Country Airplay Leader Sam Hunt’s second studio full-length, and first in over five years, Southside sales (up 21%) in the tracking week. On Country Airplay, it hops 18-15 (11.9 mil- (MCA Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville), debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s lion audience impressions, up 16%). Top Country Albums chart dated April 18. In its first week (ending April 9), it Luke Combs’ “Forever After All” (River House/Columbia Nashville) blasts Streaming Songs survey, where it’s his highest-charting hit. 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It follows “Beautiful Crazy,” three weeks and the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs the most weeks it has taken to penetrate the Country Airplay top 10 as “After which reigned for 11 weeks beginning in March 2019, and ‘ON’ TOP AGAIN Matt Stell notches his second straight chart for a then-record 34 frames. It now ranks second only to Bebe Rexha and a Few” (Mercury Nashville) climbs 12-10 in its 57th week, up 4% to 21.4 mil - “When It Rains It Pours,” which led for two frames starting in November 2017. career-opening Country Airplay No. 1 as “Everywhere but On” (RECORDS/ Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” (50 weeks atop the latter list in 2017-18). lion in radio reach. The track is among the new selections included on the deluxe version of Arista Nashville) leaps 5-1 in its 47th week, up 21% to 31.7 million impressions “Downtown’s Dead,” which is also on the new set, reached Nos. 14 and 15 The song surpasses two tracks that took 50 weeks each to enter the top 10: Combs’ second LP, What You See Is What You Get, which was reissued Oct. 23. in the week ending Nov. 1. It’s the biggest hop to the pinnacle since Scotty on Hot(It has Country been dubbed Songs and What Country You See Airplay, Ain’t Always respectively, What You in Get June in 2018. its 23-track “Kin- EastonMcCreery Corbin’s “In’s Between” “A Girl Like leaped You,” 7-1 which on June reached 27. No. 10 in January 2018 be- folks”deluxe led Countryform.) Airplay on Feb. 29, becoming Hunt’s seventh No. 1. 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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l1 5 47 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week)/Most Increased Audience HH Matt Stell 31.754 +5.656 7565 1201 1 l2 4 35 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 31.613 +3.990 7158 1041 2 3 3 30 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 29.712 -1.684 6354 -272 3 4 2 30 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 26.860 -4.825 6206 -1033 4 l5 7 23 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 26.183 +0.713 6021 163 6 l6 8 15 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 25.962 +1.384 6166 226 5 7 1 50 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 25.445 -7.423 5551 -1988 8 l8 9 39 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 24.687 +0.848 5918 133 7 9 6 21 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 24.507 -1.433 5289 -162 9 l10 10 43 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 21.160 +1.008 4877 308 11 l11 11 49 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 20.343 +2.248 5095 512 10 l12 12 33 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 18.269 +1.024 4342 225 12 l13 13 16 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 17.877 +0.874 4169 154 13 l14 14 14 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 16.339 +1.025 4128 247 14 l15 15 28 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 15.825 +2.660 3813 615 15 l16 16 22 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 12.492 +1.247 3580 403 16 l17 21 5 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 11.314 +2.548 2625 521 22 l18 18 10 STARTING OVER Mercury Chris Stapleton 11.212 +1.342 2895 286 19 l19 20 13 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 10.810 +1.817 3037 337 17 l20 19 29 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 10.375 +1.254 2927 362 18 l21 23 20 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 9.848 +1.683 2850 293 20 l22 22 37 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 9.035 +0.936 2726 214 21 l23 25 8 LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line 8.010 +0.631 2310 65 23 l24 29 3 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville HH Breaker/Most Added HH Luke Bryan 6.239 +1.563 1574 566 29 l25 26 11 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 5.815 +0.316 1636 88 28 l26 27 38 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 5.678 +0.450 2140 109 24 l27 28 22 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 5.062 +0.377 1897 107 25 l28 31 28 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 4.664 +0.546 1793 18 27 l29 30 24 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 4.511 +0.166 1843 135 26 l30 32 27 LADY BMLG Brett Young 4.006 +0.426 1222 121 33

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 NOVEMBER 2, 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 35 21 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 3.979 +0.869 1469 241 30 l32 33 24 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 3.839 +0.579 1367 89 32 l33 37 4 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 3.636 +0.672 1040 210 37 l34 34 6 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 3.576 +0.272 115 7 142 35 l35 38 31 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 3.226 +0.539 1444 234 31 l36 36 14 BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift 3.084 +0.069 1201 56 34 l37 39 20 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 2.686 +0.165 1049 39 36 l38 56 2 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 2.476 +1.715 442 279 52 l39 41 6 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 2.463 +0.266 763 107 42 l40 40 15 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 2.358 +0.099 916 35 39 l41 43 24 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 2.330 +0.412 803 109 41 l42 45 6 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Priscilla Block 2.005 +0.132 597 68 47 43 24 2 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 1.946 -5.526 697 -656 44 l44 44 8 DEAR RODEO CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson & Reba McEntire 1.939 +0.150 396 16 56 l45 49 11 WHAT DO I KNOW Arista Nashville HH Breaker HH Robert Counts 1.575 +0.016 674 35 45 l46 47 18 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 1.558 -0.039 618 9 46 47 46 18 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.538 -0.070 929 54 38 l48 48 6 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 1.488 +0.129 549 21 48 l49 55 2 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory Justin Moore 1.343 +0.472 451 161 51 l50 50 27 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.317 -0.008 847 9 40 l51 51 9 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 1.262 +0.123 543 46 49 l52 NEW WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Kane Brown 1.047 +0.680 344 204 - l53 54 7 WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 0.927 +0.079 413 44 53 54 52 7 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse LOCASH 0.836 -0.096 393 15 58 l55 60 4 MY BOY Wheelhouse Elvie Shane 0.806 +0.084 497 35 50 l56 NEW FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 0.762 +0.749 194 192 - l57 RE-ENTRY ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.744 +0.106 719 25 43 l58 59 3 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS BMLG Riley Green 0.740 +0.031 323 46 - 59 57 4 WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.719 -0.015 352 -3 60 60 58 10 A SONG TO REMEMBER Low Country Sound/Elektra/WEA A Thousand Horses 0.715 -0.029 407 -3 55

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11/9 JASON ALDEAN Blame It On You Broken Bow TIFFANY WOYS Do Ya Tiffany Woys

11/16 STEPHANIE NASH Time Changes 55 Stephanie Nash TROY CARTWRIGHT Hung Up On You Kentucky-born singer-songwriter Warner Music Nashville/WAR ELVIE SHANE Shane’s (right) first Country Airplay My Boy WARD DAVIS entry jumps 60-55 in its fourth week Ain’t Gonna Be Today on the chart, up 12% to 807,000 Ward Davis/Thirty Tigers audience impressions. WOYS BY ROBERT CHAVERS ROBERT BY RICK DIAMOND/GETTY IMAGES FOR CMS BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 18

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 30 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 25 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 0.655 25 3 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner/WEA Michael Ray 25 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice 0.654 12 11 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 19 HELL OF A VIEW BigEC/EMI Nasvhille Eric Church 0.641 11 6 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 15 BROKEN UP Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 14 SHALLOW Pearl Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 0.612 6 5 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 13 CLASSIC RCA/Triple Tigers Cam 0.526 45 1 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice 11 SALTWATER GOSPEL Valory Eli Young Band & Jimmy Buffett 0.511 20 1 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 10 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory Justin Moore 10 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 15.852 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 14.766 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +5.657 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +3.990 3 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 14.704 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A +2.660 4 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 13.837 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +2.548 5 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 12.525 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane +2.248 6 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 11.504 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker +1.817 7 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 10.973 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray +1.715 8 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 10.562 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts +1.683 9 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 8.797 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +1.563 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +1.384 10 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 8.576 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +1201 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +1041 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A +615 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +566 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +521 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane +512 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini +403 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon +362 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker +337 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum +308 LADY A DOVE SHORE DOVE TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 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 22 PROJECT (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Mark Powell 1905 98 l11 14 8 HEART TO STEAL TONIGHT (Independent) Jon Wolfe 116 5 128 l2 3 21 I’D LOOK GOOD ON YOU (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. 1827 47 l12 12 19 THE LUCKIEST (Independent) Josh Abbott Band 114 5 31 3 4 28 LIKE A COWBOY (Independent) Parker McCollum 1707 -21 13 7 17 HEY COWGIRL (Independent) Randall King 112 0 -292 l4 5 23 WHEN SHE’S DRINKIN’ (Independent) George Navarro 1647 50 l14 16 6 I DO THING (Independent) Kylie Frey 1037 115 l5 8 9 BAD GUY (Independent) Casey Donahew 1512 147 l15 17 9 DEAR RODEO (COJO/Warners Nashille) Cody Johnson 1025 104 l6 6 20 LONESOME, ON’RY AND MEAN (S.O.T.) Jody Booth and Tracy Byrd 1461 36 l16 21 14 TOO MANY LOVE SONGS (Independent) Kaitlyn Kohler 993 129 l7 9 17 GRAVITY & YOU (Jake Bush Music) Jake Bush 1421 58 l17 24 11 ANOTHER TOWN (Independent) Jon Stork 988 144 8 1 13 COWBOY’S COWGIRL (King Hall Music) Chad Cooke Band 1322 -650 18 15 32 WHAT WOULD DOLLY DO (LuckySky Music) Tori Martin 974 -19 l9 11 10 WANT TO WITH YOU (Independent) Jamie Richards 1310 111 l19 18 12 MISSIN’ YOU, MISSISSIPPI (Independent) Dustin Sonnier 967 73 10 10 25 HERE I GO AGAIN (Independent) Clay Hollis 1243 -74 l20 19 5 FOOL’S LOVE AFFAIR (117 Music) Randy Travis 964 93

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includes country WJOD … Townsquare/Killeen-Temple, Texas, named Ishmael Johnson its market president/chief revenue officer. He retains the same position in the chain’s Lufkin territory. Country signals under his lead include KUSJ Killeen and KYKS Lufkin … Cox Media Group/Tulsa, Okla., hired director of sales Cody Welling, RadioInk.com reported. He was previously Ohio News Network general sales manager. CMG properties include country KWEN … Entercom/Phoenix promoted Chris Hernandez to operations manager from top 40 KALV PD, according to RadioInk.com. The cluster includes country KMLE … Entercom/Miami senior vp/market manager Keriann Worley resigned after three years in the position, RadioInsight.com reported. Regional president Claudia Menegus takes the interim reins. Affected stations include country WKIS … WKLI Albany, N.Y., welcomed Sean McMaster and Andrea Phillips McMaster as morning co-hosts on Nov. 2, according to RadioInsight.com. McMaster moves from mornings at adult contemporary sister WYJB. Former WKLI morning talent Pete Kelly shifts to afternoon drive, replacing operations manager/PD Jon Reilly, who takes afternoons at WYJB … SiriusXM launches Arista Nashville artist Adam Doleac held a virtual meeting with 17 holiday channels for 2020, including Country Christmas. The station will consultant Joel Raab while promoting his new single, “Whiskey’s start broadcasting on Channel 58 Dec. 3-26, and is currently available on Fine.” Clockwise from top left: Arista vp promotion Josh Easler, the SiriusXM app. Sony Music Nashville vp national promotion Lauren Thomas, Raab and Doleac. ’ROUND THE ROW Digital marketing and services firm Bubble Up promoted Scott Heuerman to SONGWRITERS HALL ADDS FIVE GM from vp marketing. Reach him here … Apple Music hired Australia-based Singer-songwriters Bobbie Gentry and Steve Earle, whose recordings of Tim Daley as a country music editor. He spent 18 years at CMC Australia, “Ode To Billie Joe” and “Guitar Town” were genre-changing titles during where he served as group program manager until the channel was discontinued their respective eras, lead the newest class of Nashville Songwriters Hall of in June … Producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile) signed a Fame members, announced Nov. 2. songwriting deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Nashville … Sony/ATV The reclusive Gentry and Americana icon Earle are joined in the honor by Nashville added singer-songwriter Brad Cox to its songwriting roster … Singer- full-time songwriters Kent Blazy (“If Tomorrow Never Comes,” “Ain’t Goin’ songwriter Jason Nix (“Things a Man Oughta Know”) agreed to a publishing Down Til the Sun Comes Up”) and Brett James (“Jesus, Take the Wheel,” contract with Jody Williams Songs … Teen country singer-songwriter Liam “I Hold On”). Also due for induction is Spooner Oldham (“Cry Like a Baby,” Coleman of Charlton, Mass., signed a management contract with Peter “Lonely Women Make Good Lovers”), who started his career as a Muscle Shoals Strickland’s Marathon Talent … Billboard executive editor, West Coast and session keyboardist, supporting hits by Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin. Nashville Melinda Newman received the Country Music Association’s Originally scheduled to be formally inducted this fall, their ceremony was media achievement award … The CMA launched a seven-part webinar series delayed by the coronavirus shutdown. They will be honored Nov. 1, 2021, at on Oct. 30 to support music industry members grappling with coronavirus- Nashville’s Music City Center along with next year’s class of new members. era issues. Topics include health, finances and reopening prospects. Go here for details … Musically Fed partnered with World Central Kitchen, Second RADIO & RECORDS® Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee and Rhino Staging to distribute food Big Machine Label Group made four staff moves, led by BMLG Records senior to 100 Nashville-area families, focused on members of the music industry vp Matthew Hargis’ shift to senior vp promotion and marketing from senior adversely affected by the live-music shutdown … Singer-songwriter Billy Joe vp promotion. The label group also promoted Mitch Beard and Megan Bragg Shaver died Oct. 28. A key figure in country’s outlaw era, he maintained a solid to senior accountant from accountant, while Carolyn Szymanski joined as touring career while penning such titles as Waylon Jennings’ “Honky Tonk accounting coordinator … Universal Music Group Nashville promoted Damon Heroes,” John Anderson’s “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be Moberly to Mercury Nashville senior vp promotion from vp … Big Loud hired vp a Diamond Someday)” and his own “I Been To Georgia on a Fast Train.” Shaver business affairs Jeff Tanner, who returns to Nashville after serving as a Dallas- joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004 … Songwriter-producer- based Raytheon supply-chain legal advisor. He was Sony Music Nashville musician Stan Kesler died Oct. 26 in Murfreesboro, Tenn., The Memphis associate director of legal and business affairs as recently as 2014. Reach Commercial Appeal reported. Working primarily in Memphis, he played bass Tanner here … Singer-songwriter Catie Offerman signed a recording deal on recordings by Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, including “Great Balls with Universal Music Group … Logan Tucker joined Banner Music’s Banner of Fire”; produced Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs’ pop hit “Wooly Bully”; Believers program, a label-like deal that applies to a single song, “Back To My and authored several Elvis Presley cuts, including “I Forgot To Remember To Boots” … Luke Combs notified the Country Music Association’s Broadcast Forget,” a No. 1 country single released in 1955. Awards winners. Broadcast personality victors include Chris Carr, Kia Becht and McKaila Granning, KEEY Minneapolis-St. Paul (major market); “Big Dave” Chandler, Chelsie Shinkle, Jason Statt and Ashley Hempfling, WUBE Cincinnati (large); Clay Moden, Rob Banks and Val Townsend, WYRK Buffalo, N.Y. (medium); “Officer Don” Evans and DeAnn Stephens, WBUL Lexington, Ky. (small); and Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton (national). Radio station of the year winners include KSCS Dallas-Fort Worth (major); KNCI Sacramento, Calif. (large); WUSY Chattanooga, Tenn. (medium); and WKXC Augusta, Ga. (small) … Six sessions were revealed for the virtual edition of the Country Radio Seminar Feb. 16-19, 2021, including panels on handling anxiety, applying data and the pandemic. Go here for details … Former Westwood One on-air personality Chuck Wicks launched the Talk To Chuck podcast on Oct. 29 on Bobby Bones’ Nashville Podcast Network … Meanwhile, Bones signed a development deal with BBC Studios’ Los Angeles production Kylie Frey (left) gave a socially distanced Frey-day performance during division to develop TV projects … Townsquare/Dubuque, Iowa, promoted an office visit at the home of Billboard Country Update editor Tom

Jeff Robb to market president from senior account executive. The cluster Roland in October, with fiddler Aria Stiles in support. MASON RACHEL BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 18

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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Maren Morris has key TV performances on the Nov. 3 way in two separate multi-artist events. She’s in • 1990 — Reba McEntire collects a No. 1 country single in Billboard the lineup for the Country Music Association’s with “You Lie.” 54th annual awards on Nov. 11, alongside ap- • 1960 — Merle Haggard is released from San Quentin Prison and al- pearances by Lady A, Florida Georgia Line, lowed to complete the two-plus years remaining of his sentence on parole. Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Rascal Flatts and Thomas Rhett, who’ll be joined by Nov. 4 Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin and Reba McEn- • 2015 — Chris Stapleton wins three trophies — male vocalist of the

ALYSSE GAFKJEN ALYSSE tire. (It has not been announced, but it’s a sure year, new artist and album, for Traveller — during the 49th annual THE HIGHWOMEN bet that the last performance will be a rendition Country Music Association Awards, telecast by ABC from the Bridge- of “Be a Light.”) Morris is also scheduled as a soloist — and as a member of stone Arena in Nashville. The Highwomen — on the Dec. 5 CBS special Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change. They will share the bill with Sheryl Crow, Yola, Nov. 5 Bon Jovi and Andra Day, among others. Also coming up on the tube is Kane • 2018 — Carly Pearce sings “Every Lit- Brown’s halftime performance during the Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving tle Thing” and LANCO performs “Born Day football game, launching the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign. To Love You” on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, featuring contestants Bobby Bones Musicians On Call is hitting the hospitals during the week of Veterans Day, and John Schneider, who is eliminated. with numerous artists participating in a virtual bedside concert program at Also performing are Cole Swindell, Lau- VA hospitals across the nation. Scotty McCreery, Chris Janson, Michael ren Alaina and Chris Janson, who covers Ray, Jimmie Allen, Leon Bridges and Charles Esten will take part in the “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” event, beginning Nov. 9. SCHNEIDER Nov. 6 Collin Raye has his first all-new project in over a decade set for Nov. 20 release. • 2017 — Big Loud releases the Morgan Wallen single “Up Down,” The Americana-leaning Scars features guests Miranda Lambert and Vince featuring Florida Georgia Line, to radio. Gill. It’s produced by David Ferguson (John Prine, Margo Price), with The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach on guitar. Other newly announced projects Nov. 7 on the way include a Big Machine/CreatiVets collaboration, Veterans Day • 2000 — Naturalized American citizen Terri Clark stands in line for Special, with Love and Theft, Kalsey Kulyk and Brantley Gilbert, Nov. 6; two hours so she can cast a presidential vote for the first time. BlackHawk’s Just About Right: Live From Atlanta, Nov. 13; Sarah Buxton’s • 1995 — The RIAA certifies Shania Twain’s The Woman in Me triple- Signs of Life EP, Nov. 20; the physical version of Margie Sington’s Never Mind platinum exactly nine months after the album’s arrival. EP, Nov. 20; Kelsey Waldon’s They’ll Never Keep Us Down EP, Nov. 20; Granger Smith’s Country Things, Vol. 2, Nov. 27; and Kip Moore’s Wild World Deluxe, Nov. 8 Feb. 12, 2021. • 2019 — Columbia releases Luke Combs’ album What You See Is What You Get. Look for back-to-back livestream concerts from key Nashville venues • 2010 — The movie Country Strong, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Nov. 18-19. Charlie Worsham offers an Every Damn Five Years event from Tim McGraw, premieres at Nashville’s Green Hills 16 theaters, draw- the Brooklyn Bowl with Devin Dawson, Tenille Townes, Morgan Evans, ing Luke Bryan, Sara Evans, Dierks Bentley, Mark Collie, Jerrod Wendy Moten, Jillian Jacqueline, Ketch Secor and Molly Tuttle. Terry Niemann and Little Big Town. McBride will offer a writers round on Nov. 19 from the Bluebird Cafe with fellow songwriters Luke Laird (“Pontoon”), Brice Long (“Heartache on the Nov. 9 Dance Floor”) and Marv Green (“I Called Mama”). • 2005 — Jamey Johnson, Bill Anderson and Buddy Cannon write a future George Strait hit, “Give It Away.” • 1970 — Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn record “After the Fire Is Top Headlines from .com Gone” during an evening session at Bradley’s Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tenn. Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Touring In A Pandemic: How Country Artists Have Been Leading The Way

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Ticketmaster Tech Used To Fight Scalpers Will Now Shawn Parr’s Across America host Shawn Parr (left) hung with REO Be Deployed Against COVID-19 Speedwagon drummer Bryan Hitt (center) and Larry the Cable Guy during the David Wells Perfect 33 Foundation Charity Golf Tournament Oct. 23-24 at the Singing Hills Golf Resort in El Cajon, Calif. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2, 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 NEW 1 FOREVER AFTER ALL No. 1 (1 week)/Hot Shot Debut Luke Combs 56 1 l CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 2 1 1 79 I HOPE Gabby Barrett RC 1 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 3 2 2 38 GOT WHAT I GOT Jason Aldean 4 2 M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 4 4 4 28 Morgan Wallen 5 4 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 5 3 3 29 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Lee Brice 3 2 B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB BETTER TOGETHER Luke Combs 6 RE-ENTRY 21 17 6 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE ONE BEER 7 6 6 44 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 8 6 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO 8 7 11 32 Russell Dickerson 2 7 l D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS LOVIN’ ON YOU 9 10 7 25 Luke Combs 9 3 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE PRETTY HEART 10 9 10 26 Parker McCollum 10 9 l JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 11 5 5 32 SOME GIRLS Jameson Rodgers 7 5 C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVE R HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HAPPY ANYWHERE 12 11 9 14 Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 6 9 l S.HENDRICKS (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,M.JENKINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN HH HH 13 12 14 31 EVERYWHERE BUT ON Airplay Gainer Matt Stell 1 12 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) R ECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE 14 8 8 14 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Dan + Shay 14 7 D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,S.M.DOUGLAS,J.G.EVIGAN) W ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 7 SUMMERS 15 13 12 11 Morgan Wallen 25 1 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD STARTING OVER 16 15 15 10 Chris Stapleton 18 10 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE 17 14 13 27 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Jon Pardi 12 13 B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE BIG, BIG PLANS 18 16 17 35 Chris Lane 11 16 l J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD THE OTHER GUY 19 NEW 1 Luke Combs - 19 l CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.KINNEY,R.WILLIFORD) R IVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 20 45 46 6 WITHOUT YOU Streaming & Digital Gainer Luke Combs Featuring Amanda Shires - 15 l L.COMBS,CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,D.ISBELL) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 21 17 19 22 GOOD TIME Niko Moon 20 17 N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE COLD AS YOU 22 NEW 1 Luke Combs - 22 l CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,S.MINOR,R.MONTANA,J.D.SINGLETON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HOLE IN THE BOTTLE 23 20 20 20 Kelsea Ballerini 16 20 l J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER CHAMPAGNE NIGHT 24 22 23 29 Lady A 15 20 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 25 18 22 15 HAPPY DOES Kenny Chesney 13 18 B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 12 WKS LUKE COMBS 1 26 WKS JOEY MOI 2 ROBERT “ROB” WILLIFORD 2 SCOTT MOFFATT 3 DREW PARKER TIE 3 JONATHAN D. SINGLETON 4 HARDY TIE 3 JOSEPH “CHIP” MATTHEWS TIE 5 GABBY BARRETT TIE 3 LUKE COMBS TIE 5 ZACH KALE 7 ROSS COPPERMAN 7 JON NITE 8 MICHAEL KNOX 8 THOMAS ARCHER 9 ZACH KALE 9 JAKE MITCHELL 10 JON RANDALL 10 JOSH OSBORNE SINGLETON MARISA TAYLOR MARISA

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 NOVEMBER 2, 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 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY 26 23 27 13 Little Big Town 40 23 l LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE MY KINDA FOLK 27 NEW 1 Luke Combs - 27 l CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,J.DAVIS,R.FULCHER,D.ISBELL,D.NUNLEY) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 28 21 21 7 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 34 13 K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 29 24 24 19 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett 31 23 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR LIL BIT 30 NEW 1 Nelly & Florida Georgia Line - 30 l J.M.SCHMIDT (T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,B.REDFERRIN,C.HAYNES, JR.) RECORDS/COLUMBIA LONG LIVE 31 27 29 8 Florida Georgia Line 23 27 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG 32 25 28 24 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 27 25 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 33 28 31 12 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Darius Rucker 19 25 R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 34 29 34 23 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch 22 29 Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 35 31 33 26 LADY Brett Young 30 22 D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 36 30 35 13 WHO YOU ARE TO ME Chris Tomlin Featuring Lady A - 30 C.TOMILN,C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.TOMLIN,C.KELLEY,D.HAYWOOD,H.SCOTT) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 37 32 32 37 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown 32 29 D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU 38 44 37 8 Rascal Flatts 21 37 l D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE 1, 2 MANY Luke Combs & Brooks & Dunn 39 RE-ENTRY 16 - 20 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,T.KING,D.PARKER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE GONE 40 46 — 2 Dierks Bentley 43 40 l D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE TO HELL & BACK 41 37 38 21 Maren Morris 35 35 l BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 42 33 25 11 ALL NIGHT Brothers Osborne 29 25 J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,A.DEROBERTS) EMI NASHVILLE REFRIGERATOR DOOR Luke Combs 43 RE-ENTRY 11 - 20 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,J.BROOKER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 44 34 36 14 BETTY Taylor Swift 36 6 A.DESSNER,J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,W.BOWERY) REPUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE SHALLOW 45 NEW 1 Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood - 45 l G.BROOKS (S.G.GERMANOTTA,M.D.RONSON,A.ROSSOMANDO,ANDREW WYATT) PEARL DOWN TO ONE Luke Bryan 46 RE-ENTRY 2 24 34 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (K.FISHMAN,D.DAVIDSON,J.EBACH) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 47 41 50 4 SETTLING DOWN Miranda Lambert 39 41 J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N. HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 48 39 41 5 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Tenille Arts 26 39 A.KLINE (T.ARTS,A.KLINE,A.M.CRUZ) 19TH & GRAND MOON OVER MEXICO Luke Combs 49 RE-ENTRY 7 - 21 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,D.ISBELL,J.D.SINGLETON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE NOTHING LIKE YOU Luke Combs 50 RE-ENTRY 4 - 41 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE

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 1,178,000 1,296,234,000 133,375,000 Album ’19 45.47 million Consumption 45,477,000 50,297,000 10.6% ’20 50.29 million Last Week 1,162,000 1,293,102,000 129,078,000 Album Sales 8,416,000 6,977,000 -17.1% Change 1.4% 0.2% 3.3% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 45,355,170,000 55,212,476,000 21.7% ’19 56.96 billion This Week Last Year 994,000 1,028,683,000 265,401,000 ’20 61.03 billion Change 18.5% 26.0% -49.7% Video On-Demand 11,612,968,000 5,826,269,000 -49.8%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending October 29, 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 NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | PAGE 14 OF 18

SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

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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

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ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 16 15 63 HEARTLESS 16 2 13 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED 16 19 18 273 HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG 3 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN DAN + SHAY SOME GIRLS GONE DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 17 13 6 17 NEW 17 23 22 123 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1 JAMESON RODGERS l DIERKS BENTLEY THE OTHER GUY 7 SUMMERS ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 18 NEW 18 13 11 18 20 21 85 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12 l LUKE COMBS MORGAN WALLEN BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY CHASIN’ YOU GOOD FOR SOMEBODY 19 9 43 19 NEW 19 22 19 46 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1 MORGAN WALLEN l KAITLYN BRISTOWE KANE BROWN KANE BROWN WITHOUT YOU ONE TOO MANY 20 RE-ENTRY 20 11 7 20 25 23 204 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 l LUKE COMBS FEAT. AMANDA SHIRES KEITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK

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MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

Ashley McBryde Brings Sinister ‘Martha Divine’ From Rural Kentucky To Country Radio

When Ashley McBryde co-hosted the CMT Music Awards on Oct. 21, three singalong quality. of her band members wore black face masks with a strip of duct tape during “Going to that major one chord there kind of took her to that melody,” says their blistering version of “Martha Divine.” Spillman. “That chorus melody, to me, feels like 1975 country music gold.” The silver adhesive raised some eyebrows among viewers who failed to The shovel from the opening verse came back into play at the end of connect that detail to the song’s video, including one who assumed it was “Martha Divine,” as the singer tells Jezebel, “It ain’t murder if I bury you a political statement. alive.” McBryde considered the shovel’s impact, and the depth of the victim’s “Somebody on Twitter was talking about some sort of liberal agenda, and likely physical injuries, in gruesome, meticulous detail. blah, blah, blah, and how lame it was,” says McBryde with an audible smirk. “Seriously,” she says with a laugh, “I’ve got to stop listening to murder “I was like, ‘Wow, interesting take.’ It’s just from the music video, and you podcasts.” can go check it out here, and thanks for tuning in. We didn’t put that much Spillman commandeered the demo, loaded with ghoulish guitar tones and thought into putting duct tape on, other than it would look cooler than just a steady electrified pulse. McBryde, in turn, introduced it to her band during having plain black masks on.” preproduction for Never Will, conducted at the Co-Op in East Nashville. The tape is important in the video — it’s essential to keep a victim quiet Producer Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Miranda Lambert) checked in periodically when stuffing them in the trunk — and it thus underscores the darkness during that process, and between those rehearsals and the actual recording in “Martha Divine.” The song captures a session, they created distinct peaks and vengeful death in progress, adding to the valleys for “Martha Divine.” lineage of country songs in which a character “That was really tricky,” says McBryde. “It is killed: The Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl,” Marty was trying to make the song go somewhere Robbins’ “El Paso,” Reba McEntire’s “The knowing that the chords didn’t change. And Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” and we thought we had developed enough of the the extended version of Garth Brooks’ “The musical arcs, but of course, Jay was happy Thunder Rolls,” to name a few. to increase that and really exaggerate it “I think Ashley’s one of those artists who with us.” is going to matter in 20 or 30 years,” predicts Most obvious in that final version is an “Martha Divine” co-writer Jeremy Spillman extended drums-only opening (Spillman (“Arlington,” “Hell on the Heart”). “I think compares drummer Quinn Hill’s rhythms to she’s got that thing like Merle [Haggard], Marilyn Manson’s “The Beautiful People”), like all those old cats did, where she’s mak- followed by a spiky guitar section and ing good music, and you’ll pull up ‘One Night eventually a down verse before it revs back Standards’ in 2050 and go, ‘Man, that was a up to its forceful conclusion. Guitarist Chris good song.’ ” Harris added a unison voice in a lower octave “Martha Divine” is a good one, too, carved during the second verse to yield a subliminal out during a nighttime cowrite three or four haunting element. years ago in Spillman’s small, blue-lit base- “The character of the song, she’s contem- ment writing room at the St. Charles Studio plating, going back into her mind, remember- in East Nashville. It was the composers’ first ing why she’s doing this: ‘Honor thy father, co-write, but instead of treating the appoint- honor thy mother,’ ” explains McBryde. “So McBRYDE ment with kid gloves, McBryde announced Chris, I guess you could say he’s almost her she was in a mood to go dark. With Spillman’s father’s voice or that Bible-beating thing that encouragement, she started sharing stories about urban legends in Arkan- never leaves your mind.” sas. In turn, Spillman told her about Martha Divine Hole, a rural swimming McBryde delivered her vocal live during the tracking session, with the spot a few miles outside of Glasgow, Ky., that he splashed in during his youth. band set up in a circle outside the drum room. She was positioned so that A young girl, Martha Devine, allegedly drowned there in the 1800s, and a her voice did not project toward Hill. variety of ghostly phenomena have scared visitors after dark over the years. “They usually have to either point my face away from the drum room or just “We combined that with the fact that when I was 17, there was this woman make sure there’s plenty of baffling,” she says. “Whereas most of the time that my dad was dating that I absolutely could not stand,” recalls McBryde. drums have a tendency to leak into vocal mics, on this record and the first “The name ‘Martha Divine’ was just so much fun to say, and what if this record, I’m so damn loud that it would start to bleed into the drum room.” was kind of the other side of what ‘Jolene’ could have sounded like? Instead The album’s first single, “One Night Standards,” reached a personal best, of ‘Please don’t take my man,’ it would be, ‘Now that you’ve taken him, I’m No. 11, on Country Airplay and was also certified gold by the RIAA. With going to break your face.’ ” the unconventional drum section, neither McBryde nor Spillman thought McBryde offered the menacing first lines, “I got this feeling/And I got “Martha Divine” had a shot at ever becoming a single. But Warner Music this shovel,” over an A-minor chord and filled out an opening verse in which Nashville went the risky route, betting on her uniqueness by releasing it to the singer identifies the cheater who has lured her daddy. Her name, Martha country radio via PlayMPE on Sept. 23. Divine, became the driver for a chorus loaded with threatening anger, “It wasn’t my idea, but it seems like the right one,” she says. “Do you justifying — in the singer’s mind, anyway — the impending death of this know how happy I would be if I had a ‘Martha Divine’ gold record plaque Jezebel, addressed with coarse language and the threat of eternal damnation. in my house? Like, the most unlikeliest of singles — I would just be abso- Spillman convinced McBryde to shift into a related key, C-major, during lutely tickled.”

that chorus, creating a sonic lift and giving all that vitriol an improbable Which is, of course, better than spooked. KAUSS KATIE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 18 Country Airplay Index

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Hemby) 39 Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, F ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs J.Osborne) 25 BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L. Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, A Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 56 Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic G BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. 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Music, BMI/Lee Starr Publishing, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 13 (E.Shane, R.Sutton, N.Columbia, L.Starr) 55 W Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, W.Bowery) 36 HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., N WAITIN’ ON 5 ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, NEVER BE SORRY WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 37 Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smackville Songs LLC, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs Of Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/ US, BMI (C.Janson, Shy Carter, T.Cecil, C.Wiseman) 53 E.K.Smith) 11 Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Universal Music Corp., BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Sony/ATV Cross ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sullivan S Guns Music, Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/ BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Tunes ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, From The Red White And Blue School, ASCAP/Anthem Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 16 B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 51 Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud J.S.Stover) 49 Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric WE WERE RICH EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 33 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Music, GMR/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs C LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, ASCAP (C.Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 48 II, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (R. J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 21 Copperman, A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 47 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane I Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ WHAT DO I KNOW Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Publishing, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Dos BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS Peermusic III, 28 Hobos Music, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS Ltd., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Back 40 Publishing Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean International, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., O Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI (R.Counts, Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan, R.Montana) 58 M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 45 Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass WHERE I FIND GOD Warner-Tamerlane Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Music, BMI/Sony/ Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Fleet, C.R.Harrington) 59 Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ 8 Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum J.Mitchell) ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 14 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 38 R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 15 J Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, D JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Publising, BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll D.Davidson, L.Brice) 3 Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- Music, ASCAP (P.Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 42 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, DEAR RODEO Songs From The Couch, BMI/Cori’s ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Daddy’s Publishing, BMI (D.Couch, C.D.Johnson) 44 JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 40 Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ (D.H.Davidsen, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 34 WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 32 Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb P Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K. SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 24 PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 52 Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 10 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 18 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. D J ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, (Songwriter) Chart Position ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin 1, 2 MANY Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Countryside, BMI/Copyright Control/Works Of RHA, Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K. W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 37 D.Davidson, L.Brice) 5 BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Oak Tree Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 46 L ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Swing Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L. E 39 LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Combs, D.Isbell, T.King, D.Parker) LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, (D.H.Davidsen, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 28 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 35 Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackstreet Music, GMR/ THE OTHER GUY Big Music Machine, BMI/Straight 13 Dimes Publishing, BMI/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, LIL BIT Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, Tub Music, BMI/Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob F BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Music, BMI (L.Combs, B.Kinney, R.Williford) 19 J.Osborne) 15 Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP/ FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (T.Hubbard, P A BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ J.M.Schmidt, B.Redferrin, C.Haynes, Jr.) 30 Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L. PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 1 LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 10 BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 17 G Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit R ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., REFRIGERATOR DOOR Big Music Machine, Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 31 New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Station West, Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 42 Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music ASCAP (L.Combs, J.Brooker) 43 Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ B.Johnson, N.Moon) 40 S Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 8 Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 32 McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 29 LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 47 B Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon SHALLOW Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC Creative Music, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 9 Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, M Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 21 (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 45 33 MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 3 A.M.Cruz) 48 Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 34 R.Montana) 6 H SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of MOON OVER MEXICO Big Music Machine, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, 44 Works Of RHA, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., W.Bowery) Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 11 My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Jett Music, ASCAP/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Sony/ BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Five, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, D.Isbell, Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 12 J.D.Singleton) 49 Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 16 Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., 18 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative E.K.Smith) BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big T BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, C Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ (B. Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 25 Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 4 America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ MY KINDA FOLK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 41 Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS Bootleg Lyrics, BMI/Lunkertown Music, BMI/Keep Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Choppin Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/DS JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, W Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Nunley Music, ASCAP (L.Combs, J.Davis, R.Fulcher, D.Isbell, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill D.Nunley) 27 Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, WHO YOU ARE TO ME Capitol CMG Paragon, G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 23 BMI/S.D.G. Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo N Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/ Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron NOTHING LIKE YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Of RHA, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ (C.Tomlin, C.Kelley, D.Haywood, H.Scott) 36 ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, D.Parker, Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 38 R.Williford) 50 R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 24 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, I O BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, COLD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 26 Bootleg Lyrics, BMI/Cowboy Revival Music, BMI/No I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Man Can Eat 50 Eggs Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass WITHOUT YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Spirit Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Island South, Two Nashville, ASCAP/Prestige Countrywide, ASCAP (L. (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 2 Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, SESAC/Rosest Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI Combs, S.Minor, R.Montana, J.D.Singleton) 22 J.Mitchell) 7 (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, D.Isbell) 20 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 14 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 18 CODA On Nov. 8, 1980, Willie Nelson’s major force in the ’70s country 40 Years Ago “On the Road Again” topped outlaw movement and was later in- Billboard’s Hot Country Songs ducted into the Country Music Hall chart. He wrote the classic for the of Fame in 1993. Willie Nelson film Honeysuckle Rose, in which In July, Nelson posted his record- he starred as country singer extending 53rd top 10 on Top Took The Buck Bonham. Country Albums with First Rose of The song became Nelson’s ninth Spring. The set made him the first of 21 Hot Country Songs No. 1s (tal- artist with top 10s in every decade, ‘Road’ To No. 1 lied between 1975 and 2003) and starting in the ’60s. He has since crossed over to No. 20 on the all- been joined by Dolly Parton, whose His mass-appeal smash from genre Billboard Hot 100, where it Holly Dolly Christmas launched atop marked his highest-charting hit the Oct. 8-dated list. 1980 film Honeysuckle Rose to that point. It won the Grammy A longtime political activist, Nel- crowned Hot Country Songs Award for best country song in 1981. son recently released an animated Nelson, 87, has mounted a career video for his 2018 track “Vote of legendary status. He became a ’Em Out.” —JIM ASKER

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS

Nelson onstage in New York in 1980. MICHAEL PUTLAND/GETTY IMAGES PUTLAND/GETTY MICHAEL