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September 21, 2015, Issue 466 Country Comes To Town Cruisin’ Main, knowing everybody, parades, pies and peace and quiet are what small towns are known for. Concerts from country’s most buzzed about new artists? Probably not unless you live in Longview, WA and listen to Washington Interstate’s 700W Class A KUKN (Cookin’ Country). Former Westwood One VP/ Programming and Longview native John Paul returned home as the station’s GM last year (CAW 7/21/14) and he’s using some big city radio tricks to shake things up. KUKN launched its quarterly New Faces Of Nashville concert series last December and it’s fast becoming the hottest ticket around while adding nicely to the station’s bottom line. Missing A Beat: “We just don’t get many shows,” Paul explains, citing Longview’s Blake Effect Show: Warner Bros./WMN’s Blake Shelton (c) with proximity to both Portland and Seattle. (l-r) the label’s Kevin Herring, iHeartMedia’s Maynard and “That’s where most people go. But we have Rod Phillips, WMN’s Kristen Williams, KWNR/Las Vegas’ JoJo Turnbeaugh and iHeartMedia’s Hartley Adkins and John Ivey at John Paul a beautifully restored vaudeville theater that’s been turned into a performing arts center and the iHeartRadio Music Festival. it made sense to consider renting it for some acoustic concerts.” Based on the population of KUKN’s service area (roughly 115,000; United We Band 36,000 within the city limits) and other considerations, Paul figured After the local shooting of a Navy sailor and four Marines July 16, the market could support four shows a year. iHeartMedia/Chattanooga SVP/Programming and WUSY PD Gator The venue is the 800-seat Columbia Theatre, a 90-year- Harrison had an idea to put together a small acoustic benefit show old landmark that has its own story. The facility had fallen into to try and raise a few thousand dollars for their families. What it disrepair and was tapped for demolition in 1980. But an hour turned into was Wednesday’s (9/16) Chattanooga Unite: A Tribute On from town and the day before the job was to begin, Mount St. The River, a celebrity-filled event for 80,000. The money – now in the Helens blew. Demo equipment was diverted for disaster relief, hundreds of thousands – is still rolling in. Country Aircheck talked to which gave supporters time to organize a reprieve for the old Harrison and Valory’s Brantley Gilbert to see how it all went down. building. They did, and 30 years later the Columbia finally “We just wanted to do what we could,” says reopened after extensive renovations. Harrison. “Knowing Brantley’s passion for the Seeing Stars: Venue in place, Paul began reaching out to military, I went to the label to see if he’d do it.” labels. “I explained that we would be willing to pay artists who At the same time, Gilbert told his manager, were otherwise doing conference room radio tour shows in “I want to do something.” And he wanted to Portland and Seattle for free,” he says. “We’re right off I-5 and do it big. “We just decided that the families they have to come through here anyway. Why not stay a little and the community deserved more of a grand longer, perform a 45 to 60-minute acoustic show and meet our gesture,” he says. Gilbert decided to bring listeners afterwards? (continued on page 8) his full band, and he paid them himself. “It Gator Harrison

September 21, 2015 Page 3 wasn’t anybody else’s responsibility to pay, and if we’re calling it a benefit show, it ought to be a benefit show,” he says. “I know my PAGE THREE PIC guys probably would have done it anyway, but it was something I really wanted to do.” The search for a venue that could hold a Gilbert-sized crowd led Harrison to the Riverbend Festival stage, where nine days of concerts bring major crowds every summer. “It was the perfect setup,” he says. “Those shootings happened just up the road on the same river, so if we can bring healing so close to where it happened, it’s very poetic.” Harrison met with the Friends of the Festival event management team, who had also been mulling an event acknowledging the tragedy. A committee that included military personnel and representatives of the City of Chattanooga formed under the name Chattanooga Unite, meeting once a week to plan the date and the mission. “The families had already been through several memorials,” says Harrison. “But there wasn’t any kind of celebration of life. So that’s where we started.” Vault Disney: Stylish and freshly introduced Lyric While committee members were calling their connections –military Street artists Rascal Flatts with equally stylish officials, a personal friend of Samuel L. Jackson, the lawyer of Harry WBBS/Syracuse part-timer JJ Ryan during an Connick, Jr. – Gilbert was calling his. “The hardest part is, this time early incarnation of the CMT Live Tour. Pictured of year a lot of folks play private events, and you know how far out (l-r) are the band’s Gary LeVox, Ryan, and RF’s we get booked,” he says. “So many people wanted to do it and just Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus. Send your old couldn’t make it happen. Urban, Darius, McGraw – across the board mugs to [email protected]. people really wanted to help and be part of it. I think just about everyone we reached out to made private donations. And if we’d had says Gilbert. “With something that size that happened in such a short bigger screens out there, they wanted to do videos, too.” time, there were more opportunities for everything to go haywire, but When it all came together, the free event included an armed everything just fell into place. I was real proud of the whole night.” forces parade, a memorial service and remembrance, a Reach Harrison here. Learn more and donate here. –Jess Wright performance by the Chattanooga Combined Church Choir, a flyover in “missing man formation” by the Blue Angels, and Chart Chat performances by Connick, Gilbert, Trace Adkins, Colt Ford and Congrats to Chris Janson, Kevin Aaron Watson, all Herring, Chris Palmer, Tom Martens and emceed by Jackson. the whole WAR promotion team on landing Donations were made this week’s No. 1 with “Buy Me A Boat.” The privately and in buckets song is Janson’s first chart-topper; his album placed around the event by the same title arrives Oct. 30. benefitting the National And kudos to Katie Dean and everyone Compassion Fund, which else workin’ for MCA on securing 44 adds will help the families of for Sam Hunt’s “Break Up In A Small Town,” Chris Janson those killed. Harrison topping this week’s board. says the projection is for close to $500,000. And the event itself News & Notes One Hell Of An Amen: Gilbert went off without a hitch. Sun Broadcast Group’s The Fitz Show has been added to with a crowd of 80,000. “That was a God thing,” WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA; the Nashville Music Minute With Fitz ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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Artist News MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Singer/songwriter Brian Collins will launch the first annual MCA’s Clare Dunn discusses her most Shine A Little Love Festival Oct. 23-24 at 30A in Panama City influential music: Beach and Santa Rosa Beach, FL. Collins will be joined by Wynn 1. Keith Urban: He’s one of the most Varble, Zac Brown Band’s John Driskell Hopkins and others. phenomenal artists and entertainers of Proceeds benefit theWounded Warrior Project and Wesley our time. He’s so gifted that he makes Burnham Foundation. Tickets here. what he does look like a walk in the Winners at the Sept. 13 2015 Canadian Country Music Awards park. And I’m here to tell you, there’s included Royalty’s Gord Bamford (Male, Single and Songwriter nothing easy about what he does. for “Where A Farm Used To Be”) and Blaster’s Dallas Smith 2. Mariah Carey: Her music and her (Album for Lifted). Winners list here. Clare Dunn voice were huge influences. The Grand Ole Opry will celebrate its 90th birthday with an all-star 3. Eric Clapton: His was the first real concert I ever went to. I birthday bash Oct. 2 & 3 featuring Carrie Underwood, Little Big walked in and thought it was over in 15 minutes. I never moved Town, Trace Adkins and The Oak Ridge Boys. Details here. from my seat. It was that captivating. Daryle Singletary will hit 10 cities on the Campbell’s Soup 4. Bob Seger: His writing and what he stands for, the career Country Concert Tour beginning Sept. 24 in Chickamauga, GA. path he’s taken – he was always true to his artistry. And here he Dates here. is, 70 years old and still out there doing it. Jamey Johnson will headline the Nikki Mitchell 5. Rolling Stones, Nashville 2015: It was unbelievable – a Foundation benefit concert Sept. 23 at Nashville’s Marathon moment in my life I will never forget. Music Works, featuring Jerrod Niemann, Randy Houser, • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: Shooter Jennings and Jessi Colter, among others. Tickets and Even though I’m a Beck fan, I haven’t heard his latest album more info here. Morning Phase. MCA’s Sam Hunt will join the previously reported Jake Owen • An “important” piece or style of music you just and Old Dominion as a headliner of Jam In The Valley June 30- don’t get: I can get into any genre of music if it’s good. I July 2 in Varysburg, NY. More here. even love opera. • An album you listened to incessantly: Lately one of my favorites is Miguel’s Wildheart. • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: John Lennon’s cover of Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That A Shame.” • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I make country music but I do enjoy listening to R&B, like Miguel. was added to WNTO/Racine, OH; and The Country Club With Dee Jay Silver was added to WNTO, WQHK/Fort Wayne, IN and WKML/Fayetteville, NC. Music City Roots will honor the late Jeff Walker (Aristo Media) during the annual Aussie night Wednesday (9/23) at The Stacking The Decades: SiriusXM and the Grand Ole Opry partner Factory in Franklin, TN. More here. for a Town Hall event celebrating the Opry’s 90th anniversary. Tuatara Capital will lead an investor group financing the Pictured (l-r) are the Opry’s Dan Rogers and April Hyde, development of Willie Nelson’s cannabis brand Willie’s Reserve. Straight8’s Lee Willard, SiriusXM’s Mike Terry, Bill Anderson, Songwriter/producer Alysa Vanderheym has signed an Vince Gill, SiriusXM’s Randy Dry and John Marks, Keith Urban, exclusive songwriting deal with Major Bob. Borman’s Elizabeth Ashley and Fitzgerald Hartley’s Terry Elam.

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OFF THE RECORD: Jewel Sugar Hill’s Jewel puts an industry spin on the artist interview: My best memory from my Country radio tour was the fact that I was actually being asked about lyrics. Prior to that on the pop side, people would ask me what my favorite nail color was, typically. As a songwriter and lyricist it was such a pleasure to have people in Country radio ask, “Why did you write that song? What Columbia Theatre Jewel does that lyric mean?” That they were so song-driven thrilled me and made me feel very at home. My worst memory, which I think is kind of funny, is when Power Plays: Having flexibility with the playlist also works to I was in a big city at a Country station. There was a gentleman the advantage of the station and headliner. “They get played,” with his arms crossed, looking at me. He said, “What makes Paul asserts. “We’re 100% locally programmed, so I can make you country?” And I remember thinking, “I was raised eating these artists stars here. Joey Hyde was the first to play the series squirrel stew and you’re in a big city. What makes you country?” and the audience was singing his songs back to him even though But I minded my manners and sang my songs. his single hadn’t been released yet.” UPDATE The series has benefited from good timing and press, too. My favorite road companion was my little half-pound Shih Tzu George, who’s passed away. He was an awesome road dog. Guyton played the Columbia in February. “A week later she I recently had dinner with Loretta Lynn. She’s a longtime was on Good Morning America, which allowed us to get on the hero of mine. I don’t think I said two words. She must think I’m a air and say, ‘Remember the girl you saw at Columbia Theatre? simple-minded country girl (laughs). I couldn’t think of anything to She’s going to be on GMA tomorrow.’ And the local newspaper say. I was just in awe of her. I don’t remember what we ate. I just usually interviews the artist, so we end up on the front page of the remember staring at her. I might have made her uncomfortable. entertainment section. We look way bigger than we are and we’re My lifelong goal has been to be a great singer/songwriter, making money.” so that’sUPDATE what I’ve tried to stay true to. This new record Picking Copy That: The model is obviously replicable, but there are Up The Pieces is very emotional, raw and stripped-down. I tried things to keep in mind. “We’re getting graded on the reporting to produce it in a way that felt like there’s something going markets and we have to be mindful of that, but we sell records from my veins directly into your veins, so you would have a very all over the country,” Dean acknowledges. “It makes sense for us strong, visceral reaction. to help build a touring base for the artists, and labels are more My impulse buys are usually clothing – and shoes, lately. active in that regard than they used to be. That said, you obviously I’m really bad. If I find one shoe I like, I get it in several colors. need a venue and somebody who’s very promotionally minded to I never cut outside songs but on this record I cut a song make an event like this work. It was easy for us to pull the trigger called “Pretty Face Fool” written by Kip Moore. He and I are in this case because it was a win for both partners.” really good friends and he wrote me a beautiful song. It felt like KUKN will be four shows in to New Faces Of Nashville by the one I would’ve written. end of the month. Hate & Purchase/Thirty Tigers’ Love And Theft If I had to be stuck somewhere other than home, I’d want appeared in April and Blaster’s James Otto performs Sept. 30. it to be San Diego, my old home. I miss surfing. Reach Paul here and Dean here. –Russ Penuell

Country Comes To Town (continued from page 1) I understand that we’re small and don’t matter in the grand scheme of things, but we’ve got green money.” Then-UMG/Nashville VP/Radio Marketing Katie Dean (now MCA VPP) was the first to say yes and helped bring in Capitol’s Joey Hyde and Mickey Guyton. “What struck me most when John Paul called was how much sense it made,” she says. “It was also a way to offset radio tour costs because it routed so perfectly. We can go visit the guys in Portland, go do John Paul’s theatre and then go on to Seattle. It didn’t feel like we were taking an extra step or doing something that wouldn’t have already been part of the plan.” Katie Dean The mechanics are pretty simple. “The artists and theatre get paid and we sell sponsorships Kiss & Wake Up: The “Kiss Me In The Morning” crew and tickets,” Paul explains. Prices are $15 in celebrates the song’s No. 1 ascension today in Nashville, a first for both Michael Ray and Team WEA. Pictured (l-r, front) advance, $20 day-of and each show so far has sold out or come songwriter Michael White, WMN’s Rebekah Gordon, Ray, close. The station avoids the outside expense of lighting and sound writer Justin Wilson; (back, l-r) Team WEA’s Jordan Pettit, because it’s provided by the Columbia, and Paul works with a local Country Aircheck’s Chuck Aly, WMN’s Kevin Herring, John hotel if overnight accommodations are needed. “What’s great is we’ve Esposito, Scott Hendricks, Cris Lacy and Chad Schultz, WEA’s done enough of them now that it’s an easy sell,” he says. Stephanie Holzer and CA’s April Johnson.

September 21, 2015 Chart Page 1

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

2 1 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 28531 2013 8490 617 54.684 2.804 154 0

3 2 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 27510 1130 8077 324 52.91 1.729 154 0

5 3 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔ 27332 2393 7938 709 55.03 4.351 154 0

4 4 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 26518 1414 7869 419 50.896 2.729 154 0

1 5 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 23247 -4959 6796 -1462 45.738 -10.039 153 0

9 6 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) ✔ 20458 2911 5969 896 41.564 7.413 154 0

11 7 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) ✔ 19385 2746 5739 872 37.928 4.144 153 0

10 8 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) ✔ 19326 2159 5696 743 37.739 3.496 153 0

8 9 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 19120 1392 5501 441 38.002 3.325 154 0

15 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) ✔ 17833 3215 5101 996 35.379 5.943 154 0

12 11 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 17809 1297 5276 477 35.348 2.772 153 2

13 12 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 17382 1429 4960 503 32.126 2.708 153 1

14 13 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 16306 1059 4682 362 31.897 2.241 153 0

16 14 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 15605 1726 4413 432 31.128 2.326 154 0

6 15 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 14796 -7968 4209 -2335 29.867 -14.921 153 0

17 16 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 13356 175 3784 -16 25.646 0.585 150 0

21 17 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 13065 1825 3707 540 24.283 4.179 139 2

18 18 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 12944 72 3643 51 24.997 -0.489 154 0

20 19 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 12317 71 3689 30 23.322 0.948 152 1

22 20 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 12004 1044 3539 378 20.622 1.081 154 0

23 21 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 11239 389 3377 103 20.451 0.695 150 0

27 22 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 10538 1439 3112 442 18.27 2.989 148 12

26 23 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 10337 767 3029 237 19.969 2.447 139 1

25 24 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 10022 394 3103 110 17.791 0.968 149 0

28 25 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 8531 1138 2494 308 15.457 1.78 143 5

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

29 26 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 7696 609 2312 179 13.935 1.097 147 2

30 27 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 7185 566 2087 162 14.004 1.083 143 1

19 28 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 6937 -5688 1966 -1728 16.976 -8.685 153 0

31 29 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 6481 574 2025 209 12.258 1.538 118 5

32 30 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 4987 275 1550 99 6.616 0.542 128 2

35 31 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 4662 477 1336 184 7.316 0.898 112 5

34 32 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 4601 160 1446 20 5.757 0.136 134 6

24 33 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 4572 -6089 1300 -1923 8.648 -10.736 152 0

37 34 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No)... (Republic Nashville) 4371 246 1300 113 6.634 0.469 114 4

33 35 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 4227 -232 1197 -49 8.987 -0.403 122 0

36 36 DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 4152 -27 1207 3 5.642 -0.007 120 3

40 37 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 3860 496 1232 120 6.381 2.287 114 9

39 38 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 3855 481 1153 140 5.435 0.698 117 3

38 39 JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (Sea Gayle/Arista) 3534 23 1120 12 4.913 0.108 113 3

42 40 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 2982 163 880 44 3.843 0.287 110 2

43 41 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) 2879 99 928 22 3.149 0.091 100 0

41 42 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 2859 10 950 14 3.029 -0.006 114 2

BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 2842 1719 860 554 4.579 2.773 104 24

44 44 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 2431 306 686 85 3.48 0.679 78 3

46 45 RONNIE DUNN/Ain't No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) 2004 116 517 10 5.121 -0.028 23 1

Debut 46 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 1809 1373 602 484 2.982 2.271 66 32

47 47 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 1770 27 596 -1 2.02 0.013 77 1

50 48 WATERLOO REVIVAL/Bad For You (Big Machine) 1725 163 551 69 1.758 0.245 71 5

49 49 CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) 1703 92 543 20 1.663 0.087 81 2

48 50 ANDY GRAMMER & ELI YOUNG BAND/Honey... (S-Curve/Valory) 1562 -106 314 -15 2.657 -0.235 37 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] September 21, 2015 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 44 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 1848 ✔ ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 42 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 1544 ✔ RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 32 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 1264 ✔ CRAIG MORGAN/When I'm Gone (Black River) 27 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 24 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 1208 ✔ JOE NICHOLS/Freaks Like Me (Red Bow) 24 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 974 ✔ THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 17 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 819 MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus (Atlantic/WEA) 16 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 785 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 12 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 775 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots (Capitol) 9 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 9 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 770 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Southern Belle (19/Interscope/Mercury) 9 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 768 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 3215 ✔ LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 350 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 2911 ✔ CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 307 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 2746 ✔ FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 236 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 2393 ✔ TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) 223 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 2159 ✔ CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 181 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 2013 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 166 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 1825 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 160 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 1726 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 151 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 1719 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 151 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 1439 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 134

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) 996 SAM HUNT/House Party (MCA) 16907 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) 896 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Atlantic/WEA) 10835 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 872 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 10645 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 743 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 8591 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 709 ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving You... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 8490 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 617 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 7911 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 554 LUKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 7851 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 540 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 7563 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 503 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 7088 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 484 BLAKE SHELTON/Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) 7033

©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] September 21, 2015 Chart Page 4 COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY A D D D AT E S RONNIE DUNN/Ain’t No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) Moves 46-45* SEPTEMBER 28 2,004 points, 517 spins ABI ANN/Truck Candy (in2une) 1 add: WGNA AARON WATSON/Getaway Truck (BIG Label/Thirty Tigers) DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader (Broken Bow) RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) LAUREN ALAINA/Next Boyfriend (19/Mercury/Interscope) Debuts at 46* 1,809 points, 602 spins SARABETH/Runnin’ Outta Lipstick (Circle S) 32 adds including: KATM*, KBEQ, KDRK, KHEY, KIIM*, THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) KIZN*, KJKE, KKBQ*, KKIX, KRYS OCTOBER 5 DAVID NAIL/Night’s On Fire (MCA) GRANGER SMITH/Backroad Song (Wheelhouse) Remains at 47* 1,770 points, 596 spins OCTOBER 12 None Listed 1 add: WQDR Send yours to [email protected] WATERLOO REVIVAL/Bad For You (Big Machine) Moves 50-48* CHECK OUT 9/25 1,725 points, 551 spins 5 adds: KAWO, KTTS, KYGO, WHKO, WZZK Thomas Rhett Tangled Up (Valory) Rhett’s second album includes singles “Crash And CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) Burn” and “Die A Happy Man” and is a mix of his Remains at 49* country, pop, R&B, rap and rock influences. He co- 1,703 points, 543 spins wrote seven of the 13 tracks and producers are Dann 2 adds: KTST, WKMK Huff, Jesse Frasure, Chris DeStefano and Joe London. ANDY GRAMMER & ELI YOUNG BAND/Honey, I’m Good Don Henley Cass County (Capitol) (S-Curve/Valory) The Eagles icon honors his Texas roots with his first solo Moves 48-50 album in 15 years, featuring Martina McBride on single 1,562 points, 314 spins; No adds “That Old Flame” plus guests including Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Miranda Lambert and Mick Jagger. TYLER FARR/Better In Boots (Columbia) 1,497 points, 461 spins Clint Black On Purpose (Thirty Tigers) 6 adds: KFGY, KSD, KUZZ, KZSN, WQMX, WYRK It’s album No. 21 for Black, who’s back with 14 new songs including “You Still Get To Me,” his third duet LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) with wife Lisa Hartman Black. The album was self- 1,496 points, 508 spins produced and recorded at Black’s Nashville studio. 7 adds: KAWO, KJKE, KKWF, KWJJ, WEZL, WQYK, Kenny Rogers Once Again It’s Christmas (Warner WXCY Bros./WMN) Rogers’ first holiday album in 17 years welcomes guests MO PITNEY/Boy & A Girl Thing (Curb) Jennifer Nettles, Alison Krauss and Jim Brickman. Songs 1,432 points, 362 spins include “That Silent Night” and “The Light,” which 2 adds: KRTY, WGTY Rogers co-wrote with Steve Glassmeyer and Warren Hartman.

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

1 1 KEITH URBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 12828 506 2497 104 56 0 5 2 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 12170 642 2329 101 56 0 4 3 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy Day (Blue Chair/Columbia) 12155 581 2374 116 56 0 2 4 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 11890 -228 2284 -52 56 0 7 5 LUKE BRYAN/Strip It Down (Capitol) ✔ 10535 1848 2042 350 56 1 3 6 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 10129 -1979 1907 -414 49 0 10 7 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) ✔ 8961 1208 1737 236 55 1 12 8 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) ✔ 8645 974 1703 181 52 1 9 9 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 8563 785 1669 160 56 0 17 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Smoke Break (19/Arista) ✔ 8065 1544 1563 307 55 1 11 11 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 7965 284 1562 78 50 0 13 12 BLAKE SHELTON/Gonna (Warner Bros./WMN) 7480 449 1452 85 56 0 15 13 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 6786 182 1306 36 53 2 18 14 CHRIS YOUNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 6762 654 1315 113 55 0 20 15 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 6747 819 1329 166 53 0 14 16 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 6676 -188 1289 -54 53 0 19 17 CAM/Burning House (Arista) 6603 547 1301 128 54 1 6 18 DUSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 6493 -3077 1236 -622 42 0 22 19 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 6370 501 1231 92 52 0 23 20 TIM MCGRAW/Top Of The World (Big Machine) ✔ 5925 1264 1164 223 52 3 24 21 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 5020 722 933 130 55 2 25 22 JASON ALDEAN/Gonna Know We Were Here (Broken Bow) 4877 768 962 151 53 6 16 23 ERIC CHURCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 4590 -1938 862 -365 39 0 26 24 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs (Black River) 4332 408 828 77 53 4 27 25 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 3879 155 751 32 46 1 30 26 THE BAND PERRY/Live Forever (Republic Nashville) 3747 775 708 134 50 3 28 27 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 3562 72 693 15 41 1 31 28 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 3308 556 626 98 45 2 29 29 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 2920 -146 549 -35 46 1 35 30 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 2609 457 423 77 36 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 33 31 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 2549 229 553 47 44 0 32 32 HUNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 2536 7 479 -4 39 0 34 33 RANDY HOUSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 2512 340 473 74 42 2 36 34 A THOUSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) 2151 130 410 35 41 3 40 35 BRAD PAISLEY/Country Nation (Arista) 2058 770 399 151 32 14 38 36 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 1815 128 371 21 33 6 37 37 DARIUS RUCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 1800 -121 333 -23 38 0 39 38 JERROD NIEMANN/Blue Bandana (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1695 279 348 42 37 3 42 39 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 1216 67 240 15 28 0 41 40 BILLY CURRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 1207 -49 260 -12 27 0 45 41 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pain Killer (Capitol) 1104 119 227 21 21 1 44 42 RONNIE DUNN/Ain't No Trucks In Texas (Nash Icon/Valory) 1096 32 223 6 12 0 43 43 OLIVIA LANE/You Part 2 (Big Spark/Star Farm) 1064 -52 199 -13 18 0 47 44 SAM HUNT/Break Up In A Small Town (MCA) 1010 433 180 90 21 8 46 45 EASTON CORBIN/Yup (Mercury) 902 216 169 35 17 1 57 46 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober (Valory) 690 299 137 55 11 2 49 47 CLARE DUNN/Move On (MCA) 629 90 95 10 10 0 48 48 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 595 32 78 3 9 0 Debut 49 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful Drug (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 570 392 101 67 12 5 Debut 50 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That (Big Machine) 534 433 115 95 8 5 52 51 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 505 57 83 8 10 0 51 52 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire (MCA) 494 8 98 0 12 0 50 53 BRIAN COLLINS/Shine A Little Love (Blue Light) 479 -37 81 -9 10 1 53 54 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Tomorrow Tonight (Red Bow) 452 14 84 10 10 1 56 55 OLD DOMINION/Nowhere Fast (RCA) 410 10 41 1 1 0 55 56 ADAM SANDERS/Somewhere That You Don't Go (Big Yellow Dog) 400 -10 40 -1 1 0 Debut 57 MO PITNEY/Boy & A Girl Thing (Curb) 377 181 67 39 13 2 59 58 BOONE/Summer Girls (Supergroup/Nine North) 377 15 69 0 9 0 Debut 59 JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Amnesia (Pretty Damn Tough) 376 47 47 13 4 0 58 60 REBA/Until They Don't Love You (Nash Icon/Valory) 365 -22 71 -1 5 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]