Country Update
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Bentley “Living” It Up On Chart Cody Johnson, “God’s Country” And The >page 4 Evolution Of The Classic Country Song
Chuck Dauphin Remembered When the Nashville Songwriters Association International his second Warner Music Nashville album, Durango — owned >page 10 (NSAI) gave out its annual awards on Sept. 17, songwriter of by Howie Edelman — decided that throwing a party for some the year Josh Osborne (“Hotel Key,” “Kiss Somebody”) and of the old guard might familiarize them with Johnson’s music the trio that penned song of the year “Break Up in the End” — and inspire them to dig into their catalogs for the gems that Chase McGill, Jessie Jo Dillon and Jon Nite — claimed their never quite got cut. Brantley Gilbert’s trophies on the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium. Durango A&R executive Scott Gunter specifically asked Tootsie’s Role But when Durango Management held a Sept. 18 event to for songs that were written before 2000, and by the next day, >page 12 find songs for untapped music Cody Johnson, and thankful those current notes were hitmakers were already rolling in Luke Bryan Switches not on the invite from the likes of It Up list. Instead, the Allen Shamblin >page 12 aptly named ( “ T h e H o u s e
back-alley That Built Me”), h a n g o u t O l d Steve Bogard Makin’ Tracks: Glory filled up (“Carried Away”) Chris Young’s with writers such and Kerry Kurt as Mike Reid Phillips ( “ I “Drowning” STRAIT JOHNSON OSBORNE >page 17 (“Stranger in Don’t Need Your My House”), Jim Rockin’ Chair”), McBride (“Chattahoochee”), Michael P. Heeney (“God Must the go-to guys on Music Row at the end of the 20th century. Be Busy”) and Aaron Barker (“Love Without End, Amen”) — “I’ve never had that request before,” says independent Country Coda: writers whose work in the 1980s, ’90s and 2000s made them song plugger Sherrill Blackman of the pre-2000 guideline. Joe Diffie’s the darlings of the NSAI at the time. “That’s what made it so intriguing: that they don’t want any of “Third Rock” Durango has no issue with the 2019 winners, who also the modern stuff. Scott was in publishing for years. He knows >page 23 include David Garcia (“Meant to Be”), Luke Dick (“Burning — as we all know — there are some great songs tucked away in Man”) and Kevin Kadish (“Whiskey Glasses”). But Johnson has these catalogs, and it’s going to take some of the older people a thing for traditional country, and not much of that gets pitched that have been around to know how to find them.”
anymore. Thus, as the Texas-bred singer assembles material for Gunter, who worked for Universal Music Publishing before DAVIS. JASON OSBORNE: STRAIT, BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 2 OF 23 shifting into management, used to get 100 new songs a week from the Universal staff. That volume makes it difficult for new publishing hires to catch all the good tunes, or to unearth hidden titles that slipped through the cracks. Thus, publishers invariably pitch new songs from current writers to current artists, and for a guy like Johnson — who was heavily influenced by 1990s country — those songs often don’t fit his format. “What Cody is drawn to is a more classic lyric,” says Gunter. “It’s classic songwriting without the current terminology, without the current phrasing.” The contrast between the NSAI awards and the Johnson song-pitch event is a real study in the evolution of country songs. Two of the titles honored by NSAI members this year in their 10 Songs I Wish I’d Written category — “Drowns the Whiskey” and “Some of It” — use the classic wordplay and simple chord structure that are hallmarks of a previous era. But many of the other winners — particularly the crossover titles “Meant to Be” and “Tequila” — use more Luke Combs performed Sept. 19 in Los Angeles in his first appearance free-flowing melodies and syncopation than were found in earlier decades. at the annual All for the Hall series of fundraisers for the Country Music And where classic country songs are strictly verse-melody constructions, Hall of Fame and Museum. From left: Emmylou Harris, Combs, Sheryl sometimes with a bridge section as a bonus, the current crop of material segues Crow and Vince Gill. frequently between different sections of a song with pre- or post-choruses; it’s designed to have an ever-changing dynamic. “The songs today have more almost ‘tricks’ in them because the attention spans are different,” says Osborne. “You start back in the ’60s, the people that were writing [songs] were poets. As it morphed into the ’80s, you still had a lot of that in there, but suddenly they were adding more musical elements. And it just continues to evolve. It literally is like comparing apples and oranges.” The current generation of songwriters, of course, grew up with hip-hop and naturally employ what Blackman calls “jagged or staggered phrasing” instead of more straight-laced melodic rhythms. And with songs increasingly composed over programmed loops or prebuilt tracks, writers are practically building the song and the arrangement at the same time. “There’s songs in this new age that are just a ‘vibe,’ ” says Nicolle Galyon, one of the “Tequila” co-writers. “That’s something that I never heard 20 years Rodney Crowell and guitarist John Jorgenson performed during a ago when I moved to Nashville. It’s like, ‘Oh, that may not be the best song, September launch party at Nashville’s Parnassus Books for Witch but it’s a vibe.’ People say that all the time, and I totally get it because there Hairs: Mirth, Miracles, Mayhem & Music, penned by former music are songs that I just clean my house to, and I totally understand the purpose executive Dixie Gamble. From left: Crowell, Working Title Farm of that. It doesn’t degrade or demean the value of the song to me at all.” publisher Shari Smith, Gamble and Jorgenson. Songs tend to reflect the times in which they’re created. Thus, Loretta Lynn — honored this year with the NSAI’s Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award — would likely not have written “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in 2019. “There’s not many coal miners anymore,” observes HARDY, who co-wrote “God’s Country,” one of the NSAI’s 10 Songs I Wish I’d Written. “God’s Country” is its own example of changing dynamics. Though it has a throwback outlaw attitude, one of Devin Dawson’s contributions — an esoteric line about “the dogs runnin’ ” — might have been kept out of the song in an earlier era. The phrase suggests a mood, but it doesn’t follow the literal story- telling approach that dominated the genre as recently as the ’80s and ’90s. “It’s our job to capture a moment,” says Dawson, “and the moment in 1981 is completely different than the moment in 2019” — which is why Johnson turned to those classic writers and their publishers. “Up Down,” another NSAI winner for HARDY, references “B.F.E.” — an abbreviation for the fictitious “Bumfuck, Egypt” that never would have survived country radio censors in, say, 1969. And the new Florida Georgia Kaleb Lee (center) signed a booking agreement with APA Nashville. Line single, “Blessings,” celebrates a “lucky fam” — another verbal shortcut He’s joined by APA agent Seth Meganchk (left) and co-head of that can currently be found in the Urban Dictionary but would have sounded worldwide music Steve Lassiter. goofy at another time. “There’s probably lingo from back then that we don’t know,” says “Up Down” co-writer C.J. Solar. “You know, Rolling Stones, ‘It’s a gas’ — nobody says that anymore. There’s so many little sayings like that, that are just very timely. You just sing them and you go, ‘Well, who would ever say that these days?’ I’m sure in 50 years no one will say ‘fam.’ ” George Strait received the President’s Keystone Award during the NSAI event, recognizing his key role in the lives of Nashville songwriters, and he symbolizes why digging into those catalogs has value. He provided a traditional counterbalance in country’s pop-leaning Urban Cowboy era, intermittently stocking his hit list with titles that were 20-40 years old at the time, such as “Right or Wrong,” “Drinkin’ Champagne” and “If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’).” Thus, Durango and Johnson are not necessarily out of step as they search for songs not from this era. “There’s a duality about traditional versus contemporary,” says Blackman. Loretta Lynn (right) received the second Cracker Barrel country legend
“As we know, it’s always been going on.” award, presented to her by Trisha Yearwood. IMAGES) GETTY CARLSEN BRETT LYNN: HELLER. DAN CROWELL: IMAGES. GETTY WINKELMEYER MATT COMBS:
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A Lot About ‘Living’: Dierks Bentley Scores 17th Country Airplay No. 1
Dierks Bentley earns his 17th No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as STELL’S FIRST TOP 10 Matt Stell earns his first Hot Country Songs top 10 as “Living” (Capitol Nashville) lifts 2-1 on the list (dated Sept. 28), up 12% to his debut charting single, “Prayed for You” (Wide Open/RECORDS/Good 39.5 million audience impressions in the week ending Sept. 22, according to Company/Arista Nashville), climbs 11-9 in its 36th week on the tally. On Nielsen Music. Country Airplay, “Prayed” hops 9-6, up 19% to 29 million in radio reach. On the Hot Country Songs chart, which is fueled by It also drew 4.7 million U.S. streams and sold 5,000 airplay, streaming and sales data, “Living” rises 8-6. downloads in the tracking week. “The dream is to write and record songs that are authentically personal to me, but also have commercial COMBS & BROOKS & DUNN Also on Hot Country Songs, success; I want both,” Bentley tells Billboard. “Usually, Luke Combs’ new single, “Even Though I’m Leaving” you wind up with a little bit of one and a little bit of the (River House/Columbia Nashville), flies 20-10, marking other. But with ‘Living,’ I got it both ways. I got to write his seventh top 10. After its official video arrived Sept. something that has deep meaning for me, a song with 9, the song scored 7.1 million U.S. streams (up 34%) the importance of gratitude at its core. And I get to go and 9,000 downloads sold (up 34%) in the Sept. 13-19 out there onstage and pound my chest and sing it at the tracking week, On Country Airplay, “Leaving” leaps top of my lungs along with all our fans, who know it by 21-16 (14.8 million in audience, up 44%). heart thanks to country radio. That is the dream, and it Meanwhile, the latest sample of Combs’ sophomore came true with this one.” LP, What You See Is What You Get (due Nov. 8), is the 90’s- The singer-songwriter co-authored “Living” with country-inspired “1, 2 Many” (River House/Columbia Ashley Gorley, Jon Nite and Ross Copperman. It’s Nashville/Sony Music Nashville), with Brooks & Dunn. the third single from Bentley’s ninth full-length, The Released Sept. 12, the track sold 16,000 downloads in its Mountain, which was produced by Copperman and Jon first full week and launches at No. 1 on Country Digital Randall, and launched as Bentley’s seventh No. 1 on the Song Sales. The coronation marks his fourth on the Top Country Albums chart in June 2018. survey and Brooks & Dunn’s first. The set’s lead single, “Woman, Amen,” led Country Due to earning 4.4 million U.S. streams in its first full Airplay for a week in June 2018. Second single “Burning BENTLEY week, the track debuts at No. 20 on Hot Country Songs, Man” (featuring Brothers Osborne) reached No. 2 representing Brooks & Dunn’s highest-career entrance in February. among 64 appearances starting in 1991. Combs and the Bentley landed his first Country Airplay leader with his debut single, “What duo chart their second shared entry on the survey: Their collaborative update Was I Thinkin’,” for a week in September 2003. He’s the 13th artist with as of Brooks & Dunn’s debut No. 1, “Brand New Man,” bowed and peaked at many as 17 No. 1s since the chart launched in January 1990. Kenny Chesney No. 30 in February. leads all acts with 30 chart-toppers. Concurrently, Combs’ first LP, This One’s for You, rebounds 2-1 on Top As “Living” crosses the finish line in its 30th week on Country Airplay, he Country Albums (20,000 equivalent album units, up 6%). The set scores a 48th ties the ascent of “Say You Do” (2014-15) for his second-longest journey to week at No. 1 and is now only two weeks from potentially tying the record for the summit; “I Hold On” took a 31-week trip to the top in 2013-14. He made the longest reign in the chart’s history (which dates to 1964). Shania Twain’s
his speediest sprint to No. 1 with “Somewhere on a Beach”: 16 weeks, in 2016. Come On Over ruled for 50 weeks beginning in 1997. IMAGES KEMPIN/GETTY JASON ...one of country’s most revered working artists and a paragon of organic talent and grace.“ – ROLLING STONE ” tenor kissed by angels and the guitar prowess of a man who made a deal with the devil “– ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ”
Okie reveals a lot about Gill’s core truths, whether it’s spiritual or life lessons or wisdom “he’s gained from other songwriters like Guy Clark and Merle Haggard.” – AP Each of the dozen tracks that unwind over 50 minutes is beautifully produced with exquisitely“ subdued backing and Gill pouring out his heart with the restrained and honest intensity of his always authentic voice.” – AMERICAN SONGWRITER VINCE GILL OKIE The only country artist to win a GRAMMY® award for 10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS The MOST GRAMMY® WINS for a male country artist 45 CAREER GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS 18 CMA Awards (3rd most awarded artist in CMA history), 8 ACM Awards, 2014 BMI Icon Award 2007 Induction into the Country Music Hall Of Fame, 1991 Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry 2000 NSAI Songwriter/Artist Of The Decade 1990-1999
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION BEST COUNTRY ALBUM - OKIE BEST COUNTRY SONG - “Forever Changed” BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE - “Forever Changed” BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE “I Don’t Wanna Ride The Rails No More” BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG “I Don’t Wanna Ride The Rails No More”
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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 2 30 LIVING Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Dierks Bentley 39.521 +4.168 7971 921 1 l2 3 44 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 34.779 +2.711 6835 417 2 3 1 26 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 31.263 -7.623 5390 -2170 8 l4 6 22 SOUTHBOUND Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 29.441 +2.416 6165 539 3 5 4 46 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 29.100 -1.845 5518 -769 7 l6 9 35 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville HH Most Increased Audience HH Matt Stell 29.011 +4.716 5951 957 4 l7 7 43 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 27.528 +2.930 5718 323 5 l8 10 30 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 27.037 +3.344 5579 697 6 9 5 20 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 26.825 -3.267 4880 -608 10 l10 11 41 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 25.520 +2.373 5246 274 9 l11 12 42 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 23.159 +2.275 4573 308 11 l12 13 19 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 21.599 +1.564 4547 410 12 l13 14 11 TIP OF MY TONGUE Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 18.309 +0.890 3873 206 13 l14 15 19 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum 17.449 +1.884 3698 174 14 l15 16 12 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett 16.769 +2.145 3536 263 15 l16 21 7 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville HH Airpower/ Most Added HH Luke Combs 14.829 +4.528 2787 903 20 l17 18 15 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 14.375 +2.996 3236 500 16 l18 17 10 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 14.057 +1.005 3158 98 17 l19 20 34 THOUGHT ABOUT YOU McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 11.823 +0.836 3018 118 18 l20 19 14 DIVE BAR Pearl HH Airpower HH Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton 11.634 +0.528 2891 89 19 l21 22 17 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 9.938 +1.690 2496 358 21 l22 23 26 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 8.958 +1.154 2150 142 24 l23 24 35 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 8.109 +0.642 2299 146 23 l24 26 24 MR. LONELY Big Machine Midland 7.950 +0.968 2366 234 22 l25 28 6 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins 6.969 +0.623 1893 284 25 l26 27 13 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 6.842 +0.241 1593 129 29 l27 29 7 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 6.585 +1.090 1258 201 33 28 25 2 WE BACK Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 6.443 -0.652 1316 130 32 l29 30 30 SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW ZB Collective/BMG/Wheelhouse Zac Brown Band 6.411 +0.934 17 11 181 27 l30 33 31 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 5.939 +0.816 1419 110 31
BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 148 STATIONS Akron, OH WQMX Des Moines, Iowa KHKI Madison, Wis. WWQM Reno, Nevada KBUL Albany, N.Y. WGNA Detroit WDRQ WMAD KOLC Albuquerque, N.M. KBQI WYCD McAllen, Texas KTEX Richmond, Va. WKHK KRST El Paso, Texas KHEY Memphis WGKX Riverside, Calif. KFRG Allentown, Pa. WCTO Ft. Myers, Fla. WCKT WLFP Roanoke, Va. WSLC Atlanta WKHX WWGR Miami WKIS Rochester, N.Y. WBEE WUBL Ft. Wayne, Ind. WQHK Milwaukee, WI. WMIL Sacramento, Calif. KNCI Augusta, Ga. WKXC Fresno, Calif. KSKS Austin, Texas KASE Gainesville, Fla. WOGK Minneapolis KEEY St. Louis KSD Bakersfield, Calif. KUZZ Grand Rapids, Mich. WBCT KMNB WIL Baltimore WPOC Greensboro, N.C. WTQR Mobile, Ala. WKSJ Salt Lake City KSOP Baton Rouge, La. WYNK Greenville, S.C. WSSL Monmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMK KUBL Birmingham, Ala. WDXB Harrisburg, Pa. WRBT Monterey, Calif.. KTOM San Antonio, Texas KAJA WZZK Hartford, Conn. WWYZ Nashville WKDF KCYY Boise, Idaho KAWO Houston KILT WSIX San Diego KSON KIZN KKBQ Nassau, N.Y. WJVC San Jose, Calif. KRTY Boston WBWL Huntsville, Ala. WDRM New Bern, N.C. WRNS Sarasota, Fla. WCTQ WKLB Indianapolis WFMS New Orleans WNOE Seattle KKWF Buffalo, N.Y. WYRK WLHK New York WNSH KNUC Charleston, S.C. WEZL Jacksonville, Fla. WGNE Norfolk, Va. WGH Spokane, Wash. KXLY WCKN WQIK WUSH Springfield, Mass. WRNX Charlotte, N.C. WKKT Johnson City, Tenn. WXBQ Oklahoma City, Okla. KJKE Stockton, Calif. KATM WSOC Kansas City KBEQ KTST Syracuse, N.Y. WBBS Chattanooga, Tenn. WUSY WDAF Omaha, Neb. KXKT Tampa, Fla. WFUS Chicago WEBG KFKF Orlando, Fla. WWKA WQYK WUSN Knoxville, Tenn. WIVK Oxnard-Ventura, CA KHAY Tucson, Ariz. KIIM Cincinnati WUBE Philadelphia WXTU Tulsa, Okla. KTGX Cleveland WGAR Lafayette, La. KMDL Phoenix KMLE KVOO Colorado Springs, Colo. KATC Lakeland, Fla. WPCV KNIX KWEN KCCY Lancaster, Pa. WIOV Pittsburgh WDSY Visalia, Calif. KJUG Columbia, S.C. WCOS Las Vegas KCYE WOGI Washington, D.C. WMZQ Columbus, Ohio WCOL KWNR WPGB West Palm Beach, Fla. WIRK Corpus Christi, Texas KRYS Lexington, Ky. WBUL Portland, Maine WPOR Wichita, Kan. KFDI Dallas KPLX Little Rock, Ark. KSSN WTHT KZSN KSCS Los Angeles KKGO Portland, Ore. KUPL Wilkes Barre, Pa. WGGY Dayton, Ohio WHKO Louisville, Ky. WAMZ KWJJ Wilmington, Del. WXCY Denver, Colo. KYGO WQNU Providence, R.I. WCTK York, Pa. WGTY KWBL Raleigh, NC WQDR BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 7 OF 23
AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 32 22 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 5.694 +0.631 1847 187 26 l32 34 17 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 5.645 +0.953 116 9 147 36 l33 36 3 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River Kelsea Ballerini 5.164 +1.235 118 6 276 35 l34 31 16 EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Gwendolyn/Pearl Trisha Yearwood 5.120 +0.039 1595 133 28 l35 35 7 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 4.215 +0.278 112 3 54 39 l36 37 28 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 3.834 +0.183 1202 23 34 l37 38 36 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Dylan Scott 3.754 +0.277 1464 62 30 l38 41 16 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 3.648 +0.784 850 85 41 l39 39 5 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 3.552 +0.422 655 39 45 l40 40 18 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 3.463 +0.466 114 7 116 37 l41 42 23 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 3.184 +0.338 864 36 40 l42 43 24 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 3.093 +0.349 112 5 73 38 l43 44 14 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 2.499 +0.118 706 -15 44 l44 48 8 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 2.053 +0.329 522 38 51 l45 46 11 THE GIT UP TrailerTrapMusic/BBMG/BMG/Wheelhouse/Stoney Creek/Broken Bow Blanco Brown 2.020 +0.141 535 -5 50 l46 45 10 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 2.020 -0.007 708 36 43 l47 47 12 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow HH Breaker HH Chase Rice 1.759 -0.084 623 46 46 l48 49 8 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 1.691 +0.213 502 50 52 l49 53 3 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 1.556 +0.302 568 119 47 l50 50 23 WORLD FOR TWO 24 Entertainment/Stoney Creek King Calaway 1.488 +0.011 744 12 42 l51 52 7 DETAILS Mercury Billy Currington 1.359 +0.034 422 23 55 52 51 22 SLOWER Curb Filmore 1.322 -0.083 565 -9 48 l53 54 4 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 1.148 +0.162 445 64 54 l54 58 2 THANK GOD FOR YOU Curb Rodney Atkins 1.008 +0.294 465 46 53 l55 60 2 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 0.782 +0.117 371 42 58 l56 57 4 DON’T LET HER Monument/Arista Nashville Walker Hayes 0.751 +0.022 344 34 59 57 56 4 NOTHIN’ ON YOU CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 0.745 -0.016 289 -2 - l58 NEW I DO FOR YOU Riser House HH Hot Shot Debut HH Dillon Carmichael 0.704 +0.083 409 97 56 59 55 10 CHASIN’ ME True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.697 -0.087 548 -5 49 l60 NEW BREAK IT IN Valory Eli Young Band 0.674 +0.238 319 97 -
GOING FOR ADDS
9/30 Tripple Shoes CJ SOLAR LAUREN ALAINA Coming My Way Getting Good Sea Gayle Mercury Nashville GEORGE STRAIT NED LEDOUX The Weight Of The Badge Old Fashioned MCA Nashville Powder River/Thirty Tigers JUSTIN MOORE Why We Drink 10/14 Valory CORT CARPENTER TENILLE TOWNES Dollar Store 2 Jersey On The Wall (I’m CCC Just Asking) PENNY JAYNE BLACK In its 44th frame on Country Airplay, the Columbia Nashville Gone single hits a new peak (3-2), up 8% to Evolution CHRIS 34.8 million audience impressions. On 10/7 LANE THE HIGHWOMEN I Don’t Know Hot Country Songs, it pushes 5-4, also a CRAIG MORGAN Redesigning Women About You new high. The Father, My Son, And Low Country Sound/Elektra/WMN The Holy Ghost ERIKA GOLDRING/GETTY IMAGES GOLDRING/GETTY ERIKA BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 8 OF 23
AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 32 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS WE BACK Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 31 THE FATHER, MY SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST Tripple Shoes Craig Morgan 0.667 4 4 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Dillon Carmichael 16 ALL MY FAVORITE PEOPLE Columbia Nashville Maren Morris Feat. Brothers Osborne 0.651 1 0 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 12 REALLY SHOULDN’T DRINK AROUND YOU Monument/Arista Nashville Teddy Robb 0.649 28 4 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River Kelsea Ballerini 9 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 8 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 0.645 34 2 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Feat. Trace Adkins 8 SOME GIRLS River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 0.614 34 0 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 7 OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 0.589 8 6 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 6 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 24.196 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 ALL TO MYSELF Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 17.948 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +4.716 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +4.528 3 GOD’S COUNTRY Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton 17.588 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +4.168 4 REARVIEW TOWN Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 17.008 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +3.344 5 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 15.528 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion +2.996 6 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 14.792 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell +2.930 7 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 14.252 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane +2.711 8 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 14.001 SOUTHBOUND Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood +2.416 9 SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church 13.667 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell +2.373 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +2.275 10 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 13.651 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +957 $1,963,973 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 26,698 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +921 $109.25, $35.25 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Ill./Aug. 9 26,698 LIVE NATION EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +903 $1,922,843 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 30,449 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +697 $109.25, $35.25 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pa./Aug. 17 30,449 LIVE NATION SOUTHBOUND Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood +539 $1,829,051 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 23,394 $109.25, $35.25 Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, Va./Aug. 3 23,394 LIVE NATION ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion +500 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane +417 $1,534,185 THOMAS RHETT 19,714 $109.25, $35.25 XFINITY Center, Mansfield, Mass./Aug. 2 19,714 LIVE NATION WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +410 $1,488,410 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 22,465 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +358 $109.25, $35.25 KeyBank Pavilion, Burgettstown, Pa./Aug. 2 22,465 LIVE NATION LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell +323 Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email ([email protected]). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
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 4 18 SOME OL’ BAR IN THE 90’S (Independent) HH 1 Weeks At 1 HH Jon Wolfe 1817 63 l11 11 19 YEAH BUDDY (Dubya) Wynn Williams 1284 16 2 3 19 LET’S MAKE A LOVE SONG (Almost Country) Casey Donahew 1668 - 116 l12 13 19 CINNAMON SHORE (Independent) Mark McKinney 118 6 17 l3 5 19 THE WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN BLUES (Independent) Turnpike Troubadours 1649 43 13 10 16 HILL COUNTRY BOOGALOO (One Chord Song/ Smith Music) Stoney LaRue 117 5 -153 l4 6 23 CLOSE ENOUGH TO WALK (Dean Dillon’s Wildcatter ) Sundance Head 1585 31 l14 17 18 DEVIL YOU KNOW (Independent) Drew Fish Band 112 9 94 l5 8 11 I’LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1562 42 15 1 19 GOOD COUNTRY SONG (Independent) Robert Ray 112 0 -770 l6 7 27 JUST FOR A MINUTE (Independent) Frank Ray 1532 5 l16 16 17 BETWEEN THE STONES AND JONES (Independent) Dustin Sonnier 110 0 52 7 2 16 STILL (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1516 -357 l17 18 17 LIFE OF MY LOVE (S.O.T.) Jody Booth 1074 57 l8 9 10 BETTER WITH BEER (Independent) Kevin Fowler 1455 72 l18 20 7 FLATLAND HILLBILLIES (RC1) Rodney Crowell (f/ Randy Rogers & Lee Ann Womack) 1056 82 l9 12 13 THIS BAR NEEDS A TOWN (Independent) Mark Powell 1330 70 l19 25 10 NOTHIN’ ON YOU (Independent) Cody Johnson 910 68 l10 15 11 ROLLING STONE (Independent) Whiskey Myers 1284 133 20 14 20 STAY (Independent) William Clark Green 909 -250
Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 817-283-7984. Copyright 2019, Texas Regional Radio Report
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from Washington, D.C., vp sales, according to InsideRadio.com … Brent Johnson joined iHeartMedia/ Louisville as general sales manager for its four music stations, including country station WAMZ, Talkers.com reported. He was already in market as OOHology Advertising vp marketing … Kenny Chesney will receive the Country Radio Broadcasters’ artist humanitarian award on Feb. 19 during the Country Radio Seminar’s kickoff luncheon ALAN TAYLOR ALAN hosted by Warner Music Nashville. Tim McGraw (left) caught up with Jamey Johnson (left) surprised Colt Ford at the Grand Ole Opry on Chesney will also perform. Danny Wimmer Presents owner Sept. 17 with an RIAA-certified gold album for Ford’s 2008 record Ride Danny Wimmer when he headlined Through the Country. ’ROUND THE ROW the first date of the inaugural Three months after Will Ward Hometown Rising festival on REMEMBERING CHUCK DAUPHIN founded Fourward Nashville, the Sept. 14 in Louisville, Ky. Billboard contributor Chuck Dauphin spent his final days at Alive Hospice company announced a publishing in Nashville with WSM-AM Nashville blaring in his room. division, Fourward Music, with Shannan Hatch installed as president. Hatch Saying a final goodbye over Brooks & Dunn’s “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” would concludes a 17-year run with SESAC, where she was most recently vp creative be out of place in most circumstances, but it seemed apropos with Dauphin. services. Reach her here … WME named partner Becky Gardenhire a co-head The station, which hosts the Grand Ole Opry, was an aspirational influence of the agency’s Nashville office, a post she shares with Scott Clayton, Joey on Dauphin’s youth in nearby Burns, Tenn., as was Billboard — he apparently Lee and Jay Williams. The division also hired Travis Wolfe as an agent. He snuck the magazine into his classroom in the eighth grade because he was was previously an APA Nashville vice president … Anthem Entertainment, consumed by the music industry. formerly ole, hired Tim Wipperman as music publishing Nashville president. Dauphin died Sept. 18 following a two-year battle with complications from The publishing veteran co-founded Rezonant Music in 2016. Additionally, diabetes, and his enthusiasm for country influenced his music colleagues’ Anthem acquired 50% of Ree Guyer’s Wrensong catalog and partnered experiences in the immediate aftermath. His passing was announced via email through a co-venture for future copyrights. Anthem also joined with Jeremy in the midst of Marty Stuart’s second artist-in-residence show at the Country Stover’s RED Creative Group to extend their co-publishing agreement with Music Hall of Fame’s CMA Theater. It was easy to view Stuart’s fluid playing, Adam Hambrick … Dallas Davidson’s Play It Again Music signed singer- Buck Trent’s artful banjo work, and Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman’s songwriter Walker Montgomery to a publishing deal … Dallas Wayne, best captivating take on “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” as the kinds of moments that known for his air shift on the SiriusXM channel Willie’s Roadhouse, inked Dauphin sought out and would have been angry he missed. a concert booking contract with Leroy Van Dyke Enterprises … Ohio-bred Dauphin likely would have been cheered to have seen the full 16+ hours traditional country singer Carter Winter signed a management deal with Peter of PBS’ Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns. And he would have greatly Strickland’s Marathon Talent … UTA Nashville signed a lease at 225 Polk, the appreciated the upbeat tone of a Sept. 22 memorial in his hometown, where former downtown library, which will be renovated and ready for occupancy in John Berry delivered a respectful “How Great Thou Art.” Sylvia and drummer the first quarter of 2020 … The Academy of Country Music recognized Rhett Billy Thomas (Vince Gill, The Time Jumpers) joined a large contingent of Akins (“Dirt on My Boots,” “Honey Bee”) as the songwriter of the decade and music executives for the service, which featured hand-picked recordings, Chris Stapleton as the artist-songwriter of the decade … Songwriter David including Randy Travis’ “Amazing Grace,” Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Garcia (“Meant to Be,” “Love Wins”) was celebrated Sept. 16 as the ASCAP Kind” and Dauphin’s on-air signoff: Jim Reeves’ “Adios Amigo.” Christian music songwriter of the year … The Nashville Songwriters Hall Despite his personal setbacks, Dauphin always felt privileged to be connected of Fame will honor the late Ralph Murphy (“Half the Way,” “He Got You”) to the music he loved. It’s an attitude worth remembering and emulating. with the Frances Williams Preston Mentor Award during its induction dinner Oct. 14 … Billboard associate production director Anthony Stallings died RADIO & RECORDS Sept. 10 in New York. He had taken a leave of absence after working more Warner Music Artist Services promoted Andrew Peterson to vp tour and than nine years as the original production director for the Billboard Country artist services, a concert merchandising wing of Warner Music Group. The job Update … Music executive Phran includes oversight of WMAS’ Nashville operations. Peterson was previously Galante died Sept. 23 following a director of tour merchandise … Cold River founder Pete O’Heeron announced lengthy battle with lung cancer. She the label is closing, allowing him to refocus on his biologics enterprise. The worked at RCA Nashville, BMG Kidz company’s artist roster included Drew Baldridge and Dylan Schneider. Cold and was an original member of the River senior vp John Ettinger and eight other employees on the firm’s “About” Arista Nashville staff, but shifted her page are moving toward their next opportunity … Key Networks, a syndication attention in later years to community company owned by Sun & Fun Media, hired president Jim Higgins and work. That included founding United executive vp advertising sales Rich Baum. Higgins was previously president/ Partnerships in Animal Welfare. COO of United Stations, with oversight of six country products. Baum was Industry-employed survivors include United Stations’ executive vp sales. The initial Key offerings are news/talk husband Joe Galante and sister titles. Reach Higgins here and Baum here … WCYQ Knoxville added The Bobby Debbie Linn. A celebration of life Bones Show in mornings as the station rebrands as “The Wolf” … Two new market is set for Oct. 23 at Congregation presidents were appointed by iHeartMedia, according to InsideRadio.com: Micah in Brentwood. Donations Madison, Wis., president Drew Lauter and Baltimore president Lynn Polovoy. may be made in Phran’s memory to Lauter was a co-founder of gadget company LynQ and takes over a market Carrie Underwood (left) chatted the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Phran that includes country station WMAD. Polovoy is promoted from Baltimore vp with SiriusXM host Jenny Galante Memorial Fund for Lung sales, a job that includes work with country station WPOC … Danny Bortnick McCarthy in a town hall on the Cancer Research here or to the Pet
was promoted to iHeartMedia/Washington-Baltimore region senior vp sales satcaster’s The Highway channel. Community Center here. PHAN THIEN MCGRAW: FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 12 OF 23
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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
With interest and curiosity about Sept. 24 country’s roots being heightened by • 2018 — The Thomas Rhett single the PBS series Country Music: A Film by “Marry Me” is certified double Ken Burns, Brantley Gilbert picked a platinum by the RIAA. perfectly synergistic moment to throw an • 2004 — Loretta Lynn is a double album launch party at historic Tootsie’s winner during the Americana Orchid Lounge in Nashville. Gilbert will Music Awards, held at the Nashville headline the honky-tonk’s 59th birthday Convention Center. bash on Oct. 9, partying in the street with guests Jon Pardi, Randy Houser, Sept. 25 Terri Clark, Darryl Worley, Lee Brice, • 1999 — “Something Like That” Montgomery Gentry and Payton takes Tim McGraw to No. 1 on the Smith. Tootsie’s is part of the Ken Burns Billboard country singles chart for RHETT story of Willie Nelson’s song “Crazy,” the first of five weeks. GILBERT a hit for Patsy Cline. Other Tootsie’s NELSON JEFF regulars in that era included Mel Tillis, Sept. 26 Marty Robbins, Faron Young and Jim Reeves. Gilbert’s new album, Fire & • 1979 — Simon & Schuster publishes Tammy Wynette’s Brimstone, is due Oct. 4. autobiography, Stand By Your Man, co-written by Joan Dew.
The 10th annual CMT Artists of the Year takes place Oct. 16 with Dan + Sept. 27 Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett • 2016 — Luke Combs signs a recording contract with Columbia at a all earning props for outstanding years. The 90-minute special, which airs tour stop at the Top Hat in Missoula, Mont. live from Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, has become a forum • 2011 — Vince Gill invites Rascal Flatts to join the Grand Ole Opry for unusual collaborations, with such non-country guests as Adele, Maroon 5 during a Tuesday edition of the show. The group teams with Gill on and Andra Day. “Whenever You Come Around.”
Luke Bryan takes part in the fight against breast cancer on Oct. 22 when he Sept. 28 flips the switch on the Grand Ole Opry’s red barn backdrop and the Opry Goes • 2014 — Dierks Bentley raises $335,000 for charity with his annual Pink. The night’s lineup also includes Anita Cochran, Sara Evans, Craig Miles & Music for Kids motorcycle ride and concert in Nashville. The Morgan and The Oak Ridge Boys. Previous switch-flippers include Kellie lineup also features Chris Young, Kip Moore, Randy Houser and Pickler, Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves and Jason Aldean. Jon Pardi. • 1982 — Alabama records “Dixieland Delight.” Fifty years after Bob Dylan made a historic appearance on ABC’s The Johnny Cash Show, Columbia/Legacy is releasing a three-disc compilation that includes Sept. 29 his collaborations with the Man in Black, Bob Dylan (featuring Johnny Cash) — • 2009 — Columbia releases the Miranda Lambert album Revolution. Travelin’ Thru, 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15. Due Nov. 1, the package • 1969 — Capitol releases Merle Haggard’s single “Okie From covers the two artists’ sessions for Dylan’s Nashville Skyline, plus some Dylan Muskogee.” solo work recorded in Nashville, supplemented with alternate takes, studio chat and Dylan recordings with Earl Scruggs. LeAnn Rimes has also announced her Sept. 30 first concert album, Rimes: Live at Gruene Hall, due Sept. 25. Just out are Ryan • 2017 — Blake Shelton receives a key to the city as he headlines a Hurd’s five-song EP, Platonic, and John Berry’s 40th-anniversary re-release of grand-opening concert at Ole Red in Tishomingo, Okla., joined by his debut album, Humble Beginnings, available on vinyl through Berry’s website. RaeLynn, Ronnie Milsap, John Conlee and Jeannie Seely.
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SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY
TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 1 1 16 THE GIT UP No. 1 (11 weeks) Blanco Brown 45 1 l BLANCO BROWN (B.A.III) TRAILERTRAPMUSIC/BBMG/BMG/WHEELHOUS E/STONEY CREEK/BROKEN BOW 2 2 2 25 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Luke Bryan 3 2 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (H.LINDSEY,G.SAMPSON,J.M.NITE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 3 3 3 20 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART Luke Combs 9 2 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU 4 5 9 50 Chris Lane 2 4 l J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.RODGERS) BIG LOUD 5 4 5 49 WHISKEY GLASSES Morgan Wallen RC 1 J.MOI (B.BURGESS,K.KADISH) BIG LOUD LIVING 6 8 11 24 Dierks Bentley 1 6 l R.COPPERMAN,JON RANDALLL (R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE,A.GORLEY,D.BENTLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE ONE THING RIGHT 7 6 4 11 Marshmello & Kane Brown - 4 l MARSHMELLO (MARSHMELLO,K.BROWN,J.FRASURE,M.MCGINN) JOYTIME COLLECTIVE/RCA NASHVILLE 8 7 6 26 GOD’S COUNTRY Blake Shelton RC 1 S.HENDRICKS (M.W.HARDY,J.M.SCHMIDT,D.DAWSON) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN HH HH 9 11 12 36 PRAYED FOR YOU Airplay Gainer Matt Stell 6 9 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,A.BOWERS,A.CRUZ) WIDE OPEN/RECORDS/GOOD COMPANY/ARISTA NASHVILLE HH HH 10 20 28 15 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Digital Gainer Luke Combs 16 10 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.FULCHER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE SOUTHBOUND 11 12 13 19 Carrie Underwood 4 11 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 12 9 8 26 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Justin Moore 5 7 J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,P.DIGIOVANNI,C.MCGILL,J.S.STOVER) VALORY LOVE YOU TOO LATE 13 13 14 30 Cole Swindell 7 13 l M.R.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.R.CARTER,B.KINNEY) W ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN ONE MAN BAND 14 14 15 25 Old Dominion 17 14 l S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE GOOD VIBES 15 16 17 21 Chris Janson 8 15 l Z.CROWELL,C.JANSON (C.JANSON,Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR EVERY LITTLE THING 16 19 22 26 Russell Dickerson 11 16 l C.BROWN (R.DICKERSON,P.WELLING,C.BROWN) TRIPLE TIGERS WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN 17 21 18 40 Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 10 17 l D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,R.AKINS,B.BERRYHILL,J.DUNNE) VALORY TIP OF MY TONGUE 18 18 16 11 Kenny Chesney 13 14 l R.COPPERMAN,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,E.C.SHEERAN) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU 19 24 23 18 Lady Antebellum 14 14 l D.HUFF (S.ELLIS,J.GREEN,R.J.HURD,L.VELTZ) BMLG HH HH 20 NEW 1 1, 2 MANY Hot Shot Debut Luke Combs & Brooks & Dunn - 20 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,T.KING,D.PARKER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE WE WERE 21 22 21 19 Keith Urban 12 18 l D.HUFF,K.URBAN (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,R.TYNDELL) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE REMEMBER YOU YOUNG 22 25 25 10 Thomas Rhett 15 22 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) VALORY THE BONES 23 23 20 29 Maren Morris 39 20 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH 24 27 24 10 Miranda Lambert 18 24 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,H.LINDSEY,L.MCKENNA,L.ROSE) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 25 15 — 2 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Kelsea Ballerini 33 15 J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) BLACK RIVER
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The track vaults 40-27 in its second frame on Co-penned by Andress, her debut single Hot Country Songs, powered by 3.8 million ranks at No. 36 on Hot Country Songs. It JASON U.S. streams and 5,000 sold in its first INGRID rises 27-26 on Country Airplay, up 4% to ALDEAN ANDRESS We Back full tracking week. The single introduces More Hearts 6.8 million in audience, while also sporting Aldean’s album 9, due Nov. 22. Than Mine 2,000 sold (up 5%). FRANCIS SPECKER/CBS VIA GETTY IMAGES GETTY VIA SPECKER/CBS FRANCIS IMAGES GETTY VIA BANK PHOTO BISHOP/NBC/NBCU LLOYD BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 15 OF 23
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY
TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HEARTLESS 26 28 26 5 Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen - 15 l DIPLO,KING HENRY,CHARLIE HANDSOME,J.MOI (T.W.PENTZ,H.A.ALLEN,M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,R.J.HURD,CHARLIE HANDSOME) MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA HH HH 27 40 — 2 WE BACK Streaming Gainer Jason Aldean 28 27 l M.KNOX (B.D.WARREN,B.WARREN,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT) MACO N/BROKEN BOW 28 26 31 5 HELL RIGHT Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins 25 26 S.HENDRICKS (D.A.GARCIA,B.TYLER,M.W.HARDY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN HEARTACHE MEDICATION 29 30 34 15 Jon Pardi 21 29 l J.PARDI,B.BUTLER,R.GORE (J.PARDI,BARY DEAN,N.HEMBY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE DIVE BAR 30 29 29 12 Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton 20 29 l G.BROOKS (M.ROSSELL,B.KENNEDY,T.G.BROOKS) PEARL RIDIN’ ROADS 31 31 33 28 Dustin Lynch 22 26 l Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL) BROKEN BOW HOMESICK 32 32 39 26 Kane Brown 27 24 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT 33 33 37 9 Jordan Davis 31 33 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,L.L.FOWLER) MCA NASHVILLE MAKE ME WANT TO 34 35 38 16 Jimmie Allen 23 34 l A.BOWERS,E.TORRES (J.ALLEN,P.SIKES,J.DENMARK) STONEY CREEK THOUGHT ABOUT YOU 35 36 36 24 Tim McGraw 19 26 l B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.T.MILLER,B.WARREN,B.D.WARREN) MCGRAW/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 36 34 42 11 Ingrid Andress 26 34 l S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 37 39 44 7 Riley Green 35 32 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,L.BONDS,B.GREEN) BMLG SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW 38 42 40 17 Zac Brown Band 29 27 l ANDREW WATT (Z.A.BROWN,A.WOTMAN,N.MOON,B.SIMONETTI,S.MENDES) ZB COLLECTIVE/BMG/WHEELHOUSE 39 38 41 32 TO A T Ryan Hurd 30 35 D.HUFF,A.ESHUIS (R.J.HURD,N.SPICER,L.VELTZ) RCA NASHVILLE 40 37 35 16 MR. LONELY Midland 24 31 D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE CATCH 41 44 45 12 Brett Young 32 41 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) BMLG 42 41 43 21 I HOPE Gabby Barrett 53 31 R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR CHASIN’ YOU 43 45 46 5 Morgan Wallen 44 43 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD THE FATHER, MY SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST 44 49 — 2 Craig Morgan - 44 l NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) TRIPPLE SHOES/BROKEN BOW DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 45 48 50 11 Maddie & Tae 48 43 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 46 43 32 4 SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER Taylor Swift Featuring Dixie Chicks - 10 J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,J.M.ANTONOFF) REPUBLIC FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE 47 NEW 1 Miranda Lambert Featuring Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack & Elle King - 47 l J.JOYCE (E.BISHOP) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE NOTHING TO DO TOWN Dylan Scott 48 RE-ENTRY 30 37 35 l M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,M.ALDERMAN,C.TAYLOR) CURB 49 47 48 3 FAMILY TREE Caylee Hammack 40 47 M.REAVES,C.HAMMACK (C.HAMMACK,T.VERGES,G.SAMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HOMEMADE 50 NEW 1 Jake Owen 38 50 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (B.GOLDSMITH,J.MULLINS,D.PARKER,B.PINSON) BIG LOUD
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WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR
ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2018 2019 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,009,000 1,029,451,000 271,726,000 Album ’18 35.54 million Consumption 35,543,000 37,674,000 6.0% ’19 37.67 million Last Week 1,026,000 1,011,838,000 265,176,000 Album Sales 9,986,000 7,087,000 -29.0% Change -1.7% 1.7% 2.5% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 29,670,803,000 37,346,632,000 25.9% ’18 37.25 billion This Week Last Year 849,000 787,796,000 202,481,000 ’19 45.13 billion Change 18.8% 30.7% 34.2% Video On-Demand 7,580,768,000 9,779,335,000 29.0%
All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending Sept. 19, 2019. 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.
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SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY
COUNTRY COUNTRY TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS STREAMING SONGS DIGITAL SONG SALES
TITLE TITLE AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART WEEKS WEEKS
ON CHT ARTIST ARTIST 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL THE GIT UP 1, 2 MANY LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 1 1 15 1 NEW 1 2 1 120 1 l BLANCO BROWN l LUKE COMBS & BROOKS & DUNN l RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 2 ONE THING RIGHT THE GIT UP DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY l2 2 11 2 1 16 2 3 3 65 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 0 1 MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN BLANCO BROWN BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART THE FATHER, MY SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST LUKE COMBS THE PREQUEL (EP) 3 4 19 3 4 2 6 7 15 1 l LUKE COMBS l CRAIG MORGAN l3 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595688 EX/SMN WHISKEY GLASSES ONE THING RIGHT 5 4 68 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 3 l4 6 31 4 3 11 l4 BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX MORGAN WALLEN MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN KNOCKIN’ BOOTS EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING THE HIGHWOMEN THE HIGHWOMEN 5 3 17 5 6 10 5 1 — 2 LOW COUNTRY SOUND/ELEKTRA 86174/EMG 1 l LUKE BRYAN l LUKE COMBS SPEECHLESS BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 6 5 61 6 7 20 6 7 6 229 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l DAN + SHAY l LUKE COMBS BEAUTIFUL CRAZY FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN 7 7 72 7 NEW 7 8 8 75 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1 l LUKE COMBS l MIRANDA LAMBERT TENNESSEE WHISKEY KNOCKIN’ BOOTS KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 8 9 128 8 5 25 8 10 9 45 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON LUKE BRYAN GOD’S COUNTRY ONE MAN BAND 11 10 16 THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD 1 9 8 24 9 9 14 l9 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG l BLAKE SHELTON l OLD DOMINION MEANT TO BE GOD’S COUNTRY MAREN MORRIS GIRL 10 10 95 10 8 25 10 12 12 28 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 1 l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE BLAKE SHELTON GEORGE STRAIT STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU WE BACK RE-ENTRY 105 9 11 16 8 11 12 2 l11 MCA NASHVILLE 111263/UMGN (39.98/49.98) 8 l CHRIS LANE l JASON ALDEAN EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING PRAYED FOR YOU KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 12 24 3 12 10 6 12 13 13 146 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1 l LUKE COMBS MATT STELL HEARTLESS HELL RIGHT ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 13 17 5 13 11 5 13 14 11 217 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3 l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. TRACE ADKINS ONE MAN BAND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY 14 15 4 14 13 12 14 16 14 31 BMLG FGL0400* 1 l OLD DOMINION l CHRIS LANE HEAVEN I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 35 17 28 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 15 15 14 98 15 15 7 l15 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP /LEGACY (25.98) 1 l KANE BROWN l RILEY GREEN RUMOR SPEECHLESS KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 16 13 31 16 14 65 16 17 18 72 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 l LEE BRICE DAN + SHAY TEQUILA TENNESSEE WHISKEY CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTY 17 19 82 17 19 192 17 15 20 53 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028557*/UMGN 0 1 l DAN + SHAY l CHRIS STAPLETON
JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE 18 12 86 YOU MAKE IT EASY 18 17 10 TIP OF MY TONGUE 18 18 16 170 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 1 JASON ALDEAN KENNY CHESNEY THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGES ALL TO MYSELF BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 19 19 106 1 19 11 20 19 RE-ENTRY l19 VALORY TR0300A/BMLG 1 DAN + SHAY l LUKE COMBS GEORGE STRAIT STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX: PART 2 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME REMEMBER YOU YOUNG RE-ENTRY 10 3 20 22 58 20 RE-ENTRY l20 MCA NASHVILLE 025678 WMEX/UMGN l LUKE COMBS l THOMAS RHETT BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG THE BONES WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU 21 23 24 136 2 21 21 12 21 24 12 l BMLG BY0100A* 1 MAREN MORRIS l LADY ANTEBELLUM BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS GOOD AS YOU HOMECOMING QUEEN? 22 23 31 22 2 2 22 21 22 204 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN 2 l KANE BROWN KELSEA BALLERINI TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD WHISKEY GLASSES 23 20 21 189 6 23 RE-ENTRY 23 20 43 CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 l SAM HUNT MORGAN WALLEN CHRIS LANE LAPS AROUND THE SUN 24 30 34 18 8 24 20 2 HOMECOMING QUEEN? 24 22 5 THE BONES l BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX KELSEA BALLERINI MAREN MORRIS TAYLOR SWIFT RED 25 25 25 198 1 25 25 151 HURRICANE 25 25 9 LIVING BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG (18.98) 7 l LUKE COMBS DIERKS BENTLEY Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. SALES DATA COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS
AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 NEW 1 THE LUMINEERS III 1 l DUALTONE 5127* THE HIGHWOMEN THE HIGHWOMEN 2 1 — 2 LOW COUNTRY SOUND/ELEKTRA 86174/EMG 1 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 3 2 3 175 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 4 4 4 77 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 10 10 180 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA 1 l5 DUALTONE 1738* 1 6 6 5 138 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 7 The remake of Elvin Bishop’s 1976 No. 3 HOZIER HOZIER Billboard Hot 100 hit finds joined 7 7 6 221 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1 Lambert by fellow Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour 8 8 11 137 JOHN MAYER CONTINUUM 6 AWARE/COLUMBIA 27976*/LEGACY (18.98) 4 2019 acts Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, MIRANDA 9 5 2 6 BON IVER I,I 1 Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack and Elle JAGJAGUWAR 350* (350) LAMBERT Fooled Around King. It enters Country Digital Song Sales at 10 NEW 1 CHELSEA WOLFE BIRTH OF VIOLENCE 10 l SARGENT HOUSE 216* and Fell in Love No. 7 (7,000 sold). Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. RICH FURY/ACMA2019/GETTY IMAGES FOR ACM FOR IMAGES FURY/ACMA2019/GETTY RICH BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 17 OF 23
MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Chris Young’s Personal “Drowning” Surfaces With A Universal Message
When Chris Young played the Grand Ole Opry on June 6, he found himself “[We made it] personal for Chris to sing, but also open-ended enough in an awkward position in front of a house packed with tourists in Nashville where people could actually relate to it and apply their own story to it,” says for CMA Fest. Crowder. “It’s just vague enough to where it could be applicable to whatever He pulled out “Drowning,” a ballad he’d not played previously on the your specific scenario was.” WSM-AM show. From the outset, his voice was noticeably shaky. As the song They also let the details of the loss unfold slowly. It’s clear in the opening that progressed, he missed a few notes, grew pink — then red — in the face and the singer is missing someone, but even when the word “grieve” is introduced finally just walked away from the microphone two lines in the sixth line, it could still apply to a broken romance. into the final chorus. The band finished out the song Cleverly, they wait to introduce a few clichés — phrases while Young leaned over, hands on his knees, slowly writers would usually try to dodge — in small doses, fully regaining his composure. When he returned to the mic, revealing the cause behind the pain. “You were taken he apologized to the crowd, then noted that he’d never way too soon” and “I know you’re in a better place” before received a standing ovation for a song he never transmit a loss of life without using the word “death.” completed. As it came together, Crowder worked up a track that “I’m not a crier,” he says in retrospect. “I just don’t, utilized pulsing keyboard sounds, offsetting the weight but that one got me.” of the topic with subtle movement. It makes sense. The Opry’s physical home, the Grand “It’s a little tricky when you do songs like this,” observes Ole Opry House, is the star attraction in the complex Hoge. “They tend to be super slow and draggy, but the where Young’s career got its start. He signed with RCA music that Corey and Chris created underneath it is very in May 2006, a day after he won the USA Network commercial for a type of song like this.” talent contest Nashville Star, which filmed at the Opry- Crowder called on drummer Miles McPherson, affiliated Acuff Theatre. Contestants were housed at bassist Tony Lucido, keyboardist Dave Cohen and the Opryland Hotel, and Young — whose home was just guitarist Rob McNelley for a session at the Tracking 37 miles away — developed cabin fever as the season Room, where they played along with the programmed YOUNG wore on. “Even though I lived in Murfreesboro [Tenn.], sounds Crowder had built into the demo. Alex Wright they didn’t even want me to go home to wash clothes,” overdubbed additional keyboard parts later. Crowder remembers Young. “They wanted me on-site.” and Young eventually settled on a mix that started with the synthetics and His best friend, Adam, served as an informal, unpaid roadie and was a huge gradually used the real instruments to enhance the sound and provide some help in getting through the inescapable tension. “When I was just like, ‘Man, change in texture as the song moved along. I gotta go somewhere where I’m not inside Opryland Hotel,’ ” says Young, Young’s previous ballads — including “Tomorrow” and his Cassadee Pope “he would drive over and sit in the parking lot with me and just hang out and collaboration, “Think of You” — reach high-energy crescendos by their finales. listen to music.” But “Drowning” remains comparatively sedate, relying more on those supporting Adam (Young has chosen not to reveal his last name) died in a car accident sonic changes and a few judicious vocal runs to heighten the intensity. when both men were in their 20s. He was — for Young, anyway — the inspiration “We did that a lot on this record,” says Crowder. “This record doesn’t behind “Drowning.” shoot the moon in that way as many times as we have in the past. This song in But his two co-writers have their own personal connections to the song. particular didn’t feel like it was appropriate. It just felt like this was more about Josh Hoge (“Losing Sleep,” “Used to Love You Sober”) had lost a friend, pulling out pictures and reminiscing on somebody that you lost.” Jason Coole, and happened to be talking about him on Dec. 5, 2017, over Even before it emerged as a single, fans began singing along and lighting breakfast at the Alley Pub, a Nashville restaurant Coole and Hoge used to arenas with their cellphones during “Drowning,” creating an early sense that frequent. After the meal, Hoge headed to the home studio of Corey Crowder it could become for Young what “I Drive Your Truck” is for Lee Brice and “You (“Raised on Country,” “Famous”), who that same morning had heard someone Should Be Here” is for Cole Swindell. mention— on either a podcast or talk radio — how the emotions from a breakup “Those are songs that are going to be around for a long, long time,” says come in waves. Hoge. “This isn’t like writing a truck song or a beer-drinking song or something “I was kind of sitting there reflecting on it,” recalls Crowder. “It hit me like that where it’s flavor-of-the-month. Unfortunately, people are always going that that would be a crazy way to write a song about death, because if missing to experience loss.” you comes in waves, then I’m drowning. The image hit me like a giant wave RCA released “Drowning” to country radio via Play MPE on Aug. 27 with an crushing you.” add date of Sept. 23, the same day the video premiered. The clip uses pictures Crowder brought that idea up once his co-writers arrived, and they dug in, that fans contributed of people they’ve lost. And, naturally, it includes an with each of them drawing on their own histories: Young and Hoge recalling image of Young’s friend. their friends, Crowder channeling his mother’s thoughts about her own “The photo that I used of Adam is him making this completely just goofy- deceased mom. as-hell face,” says Young. “It was his personality, and I can look at that photo “It was very heavy and emotional, but in a good way, kind of a cathartic and be happy and sad at the same time.” way,” says Young. “And we were putting together a puzzle because we wanted That’s the magic of “I Drive Your Truck” and “You Should Be Here”— and this to be right. Writing a song about people that you’ve lost, you want it to be, “Drowning,” as well: They emphasize the gap that’s left in the world when you know, written to the wall.” someone close passes away, but also serve as a reminder of how much those They approached it very deliberately, holding the “best friend” reference people added to life while they were here. until the final verse, which gives the listener time to apply their own sense “I use the word ‘special’ a lot when I’m talking about this,” says Young, of loss to someone in their life. Even if that person is a parent, a sibling or a “but it is really something that is a piece of me in song form. That’s always
spouse, sometimes they’re a best friend, too. what you’re looking for.” BERINATO MATTHEW
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 19 OF 23 Country Indicator
AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l1 1 30 LIVING Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Dierks Bentley 5474 +96 8.831 l2 2 22 SOUTHBOUND Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 5131 +255 7.648 l3 3 36 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 4995 +329 7.850 l4 6 37 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 4500 +255 6.813 l5 7 28 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 4197 +288 6.457 l6 11 23 PRAYED FOR YOU RECORDS/Arista Nashville HH Most Increased Plays HH Matt Stell 3966 +590 6.066 l7 9 19 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 3908 +138 5.794 l8 10 38 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell 3605 +186 5.587 l9 12 19 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum 3457 +94 5.086 l10 13 11 TIP OF MY TONGUE Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 3308 +129 5.028 l11 15 11 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett 3099 +166 4.567 l12 14 35 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 3056 +18 4.717 l13 16 10 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 2993 +240 4.309 l14 17 14 DIVE BAR Pearl Garth Brooks Feat. Blake Shelton 2511 +18 3.535 l15 18 15 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 2413 +238 3.307 l16 22 4 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 2373 +560 3.450 l17 19 6 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Feat. Trace Adkins 2214 +169 3.352 l18 20 24 MR. LONELY Big Machine Midland 2148 + 118 2.794 l19 21 17 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 2080 +148 2.643 l20 23 21 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1566 + 118 1.732 l21 26 16 EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Gwendolyn/Pearl Trisha Yearwood 1324 +151 1.707 l22 24 6 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 1302 +80 1.828 l23 25 25 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 1256 +34 1.514 l24 29 25 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 1184 + 114 1.608 l25 27 8 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 1179 +43 1.591 l26 28 16 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 1137 +61 1.220 l27 33 3 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1123 +375 1.513 l28 31 28 SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW ZB Collective/BMG/Wheelhouse Zac Brown Band 1082 +134 1.690 l29 30 31 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 1034 +31 1.109 l30 39 2 WE BACK Macon/Broken Bow HH Most Added HH Jason Aldean 990 +441 1.470
BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS
Abilene, Texas KEAN Fargo, N.D. KBVB Laurel, Miss. WBBN San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG Alexandria, La. KRRV WSTH Lebanon, N.H. WXXK Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ Amarillo, Texas KGNC Fayetteville, N.C. WKML Lincoln, Neb KFGE Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI Asheville, N.C. WKSF Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFF Longview, Texas KYKX Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Atlantic City, N.J. WPUR Flint, Mich. WFBE Lubbock, Texas KLLL Savannah, Ga. WJCL Beaumont, Texas KYKR Florence, Ala. WXFL Lufkin, Texas KYKS WUBB Beckley, W. Va. WJLS Florence, S.C. WEGX Marshalltown, Iowa KXIA Shreveport, La. KXKS Biloxi, Miss. WZKX Ft. Collins, Colo. KUAD Mason City, Iowa KIAI Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX Bloomington, Ill. WIBL Ft. Smith, Ark. KTCS Medford, Ore. KRWQ South Bend, Ind. WBYT Bluefield, W. Va. WHKX Frederick, Md. WFRE Meridian, Miss. WOKK Springfield, Ill. WFMB Burlington, Vt. WOKO Fredericksburg, Va. WFLS Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Springfield, Mo. KTTS Cape Girardeau, Mo. KEZS Green Bay, Wis. WNCY Montgomery, Ala. WLWI Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Charleston, W. Va WKWS Hagerstown, Md. WAYZ Morgantown, W. Va. WKKW Topeka, Kan. WIBW WQBE Hot Springs, Ark. KQUS Muskegon, Mich. WMUS Traverse City, Mich. WTCM College Station, Texas KAGG Huntington, Ky. WDGG New London, Conn. WCTY Tupelo, Miss. WWZD Colorado Springs. KCCY Huntington, W. Va. WTCR Odessa, Texas KHKX Utica, N.Y. WFRG Columbia, Mo. KCLR Idaho Falls, Idaho KTHK Palm Springs, Calif. KPLM Victor Valley, CA. KATJ Columbus, Ga. WKCN Jackson, Miss. WMSI Pensacola, Fla. WXBM Waco, Texas WACO WSTH WUSJ Peoria, Ill. WXCL Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQ Janesville, Wis. WJVL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWD Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK Dothan, Ala. WTVY Jonesboro, Ark. KDXY Rapid City, S.D. KOUT Williamsport, Pa. WILQ Duluth, Minn. KKCB Joplin, Mo. KIXQ Rockford, Ill. WXXQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Eau Claire, Wis. WAXX Kalamazoo, Mich. WNWN Rocky Mount, N.C. WDWG Youngstown, Ohio WQXK Elizabeth City, N.C. WRSF Kalispell, Mont. KDBR Saginaw, Mich. WCEN WWGY Erie, Pa. WTWF Kingmah, Ariz. KFLG St. Cloud, Minn. KZPK Westwood One HOT COUNTRY Eugene, Ore. KKNU Lafayette, Ind. WKOA Salina, Kan. KYEZ MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Evansville, Ind. WKDQ Laredo, Texas KRRG Salisbury, Md. WKTT Music Choice TODAY’S COUNTRY Lansing, Mich. WITL San Angelo, Texas KGKL Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 20 OF 23 Country Indicator
AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l31 36 5 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 875 +209 1.170 l32 32 18 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 810 +50 0.973 l33 38 3 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 771 +181 0.986 l34 35 9 NOTHIN’ ON YOU CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 769 +37 0.985 35 34 16 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 672 -64 0.787 l36 37 15 LET’S MAKE A LOVE SONG Almost Country Casey Donahew 637 +8 0.738 l37 40 13 SUNSHINE Southern Halo Southern Halo 519 +32 0.651 l38 42 14 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Nashville Maddie & Tae 500 +28 0.601 l39 44 20 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 491 +39 0.533 l40 41 12 IN AMERICA Dylan Jakobsen/IAE Dylan Jakobsen 491 +19 0.576 l41 43 7 DETAILS Mercury Billy Currington 466 +3 0.549 l42 45 8 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 461 +33 0.542 l43 48 4 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 424 +55 0.524 44 46 16 THAT’S COUNTRY BRO Show Dog Nashville Toby Keith 409 -7 0.499 l45 47 7 MADE IN AMERICA Lawrence Tracy Lawrence 375 +4 0.440 l46 52 10 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 344 +51 0.250 l47 NEW BLESSINGS BMLG HH Hot Shot Debut HH Florida Georgia Line 343 +196 0.435 l48 51 3 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 337 +29 0.237 49 50 9 TO BE WITH YOU Dream Walkin’ Smith & Wesley 324 -12 0.384 l50 53 5 COUNTRY ROAD DDS Entertainment Tony Jackson 297 +16 0.356 l51 NEW OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 296 +127 0.387 l52 55 5 A LITTLE LESS LONELY Dreamlined/Nightlife Marty Heddin 292 +20 0.409 l53 54 3 APRIL MAY Bison Creek James Robert Webb 290 +12 0.347 l54 60 2 BACK AGAIN Mac Powell/Thirty Tigers Mac Powell & The Family Reunion 273 +32 0.311 l55 56 2 ANOTHER LOVE SONG Fleur de Magnolia James Dupre 270 +13 0.353 l56 57 8 BACKYARD Studio2Bee/Star Farm Nashville Chance McKinney 260 +7 0.309 l57 NEW COUNTRY RADIO BIG Label Aaron Watson 258 +84 0.372 l58 58 2 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 251 +2 0.233 l59 NEW BREAK IT IN Valory Eli Young Band 249 +91 0.325 l60 NEW WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 226 +5 0.231
CHARTS LEGEND RANKINGS station downtime for the format. gaining enough audience points MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ Country Airplay is ranked by Titles that decline in audience to bullet or if they rank below No. PLAYS total audience impressions but increase in detections will 10 and post a third consecutive Most Increased Audience on for the week ending Sunday also receive a bullet if the total week of (non-bulleted) audience Country Airplay and Most based on monitored airplay of audience erosion for the week decline, regardless of total chart Increased Plays on Country 149 stations by Nielsen BDS. does not exceed 3%. Bullets are weeks. On Country Indicator, Indicator list the songs with the Audience totals on the chart are awarded on Country Indicator to descending, non-bulleted titles greatest week-to-week increases derived, in part, using certain titles gaining plays or remaining below No. 10 are moved to in total audience or plays, Arbitron Inc. copyrighted flat from the previous week. recurrent after 20 weeks or if they respectively. Persons 12+ audience post a third consecutive week of estimates (under license © TIES decline in plays after 10 weeks. AIRPOWER 2019, Arbitron Inc.) Country On Country Airplay, if two songs Awarded on Country Airplay to Indicator is tabulated using are tied in total audience, the song HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in reported playlists and Nielsen with the larger increase in audience Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for BDS-monitored airplay at 109 is placed first. On Country Indicator, new entry on Country Airplay and the first time, with increases in stations, ranked by total plays. if two songs are tied in total plays, Country Indicator, respectively. both plays and audience. the song with the larger increase in BULLETS plays is placed first. MOST ADDED BREAKER l Awarded on Country Airplay The total number of new adds Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or RECURRENTS officially reported to Billboard by to titles achieving airplay (at remaining flat from the previous On Country Airplay, descending each reporting station, or by an least one detection) at 60% of week. A song will also receive titles below No. 10 in either automatic-add threshold (seven plays reporting stations for the first a bullet if its percentage loss audience or detections are moved for the first time in a chart tracking time. in audience does not exceed to recurrent after 20 weeks, week, according to Nielsen BDS) for the percentage of monitored provided that they are not still stations that do not report adds. © 2019 Prometheus Global Media, LLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 21 OF 23 Country Airplay Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. G LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red (Songwriter) Chart Position BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase THE GIT UP Blanco Theory, SESAC (B.A.III) 45 Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, WB Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 31 A GOOD VIBES ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Spirit Two H.Phelps) 47 Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Round Hill SLOWER Cry Angel Songs, BMI/Anything But Typical AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (C.Janson, LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Music, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Son Of Austin Songs, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 8 BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys ASCAP/Curb Wordspring Music, SESAC/Word Music, Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, M.R.Carter, SESAC (T.Filmore, S.D.Jones, J.Ebach) 52 ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP H B.Kinney) 7 (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 36 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Weimerhound Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ M Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach B Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative Music Tunes, SESAC/Andrew Watt Music, BMI/Songs Of Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Siva Moon BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART Big MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 21 Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti Machine Music, ASCAP/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Music Publishing, ASCAP/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mendes Music, BMI HELL RIGHT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz (Z.A.Brown, A.Wotman, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, S.Mendes) 29 BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 23 Jett Music, ASCAP (L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 9 Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer SOUTHBOUND Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, (D.A.Garcia, B.Tyler, M.W.Hardy) 25 BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Jack ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 49 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, J.Miller) 4 Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Songs Of BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 39 Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/ Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 43 Songs For A Stone Heat, BMI/Universal Music Corp., T BREAK IT IN Plaid Flag Music, BMI/McCarty And ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, Blake, LLC, BMI/South By Sea Music Publishing, BMI/ HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, D.Southerland) 26 THANK GOD FOR YOU Mighty Jon 007 Music, Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ BMI/Spark Lark Music, BMI/Rare Spark Media Group, Music Machine, BMI/Florida Sogns Vibez, BMI/I Finally Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing MR. LONELY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Got Some Publishing, BMI/Riser House Tunes, SESAC (B. Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- BMI/ole Songs Of Parallel, ASCAP/Year Of The Dog Music, Davis, B.Day, D.Ross, M.Whitworth) 60 N.Galyon) 33 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Publishing, BMI (B.Chaffin, J.McElroy, L.Mize, R.Montana) 54 C HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Cross Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ THOUGHT ABOUT YOU Warner-Tamerlane CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/ BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea J.Osborne) 24 Big Loud Brad Music, BMI/Big Loud Brett Songs, BMI Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, (L.T.Miller, B.Warren, B.D.Warren) 19 ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 32 J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 38 N TIP OF MY TONGUE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, CHASIN’ ME True To The Song, BMI (C.D.Jones) 59 HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Songs, ASCAP/ BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Music Good Vibes Rezolant Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Publishing, BMI/Good Times Music, SESAC/Universal Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Ed Sheeran Limited, PRS Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (D. (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, E.C.Sheeran) 13 BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Scott, M.Alderman, C.Taylor) 37 Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, T.Phillips) 27 TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan C.Wiseman) 44 NOTHIN’ ON YOU Gray Dog Music, BMI/WB Music Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ I Corp., ASCAP/Whiskey Holler Music, ASCAP (B.Baber, Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, T.W.Willmon) 57 ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good D Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 30 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Tunes, SESAC/Golden DETAILS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Walls Music, SESAC/The Song Factory LLC, SESAC/Double O Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Gobble Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (M.D.Carmichael, W BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ J.Melton) 58 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 51 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 41 Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Jett Music, Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (B.D.Warren, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, H.Phelps, ONE MAN BAND WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 28 ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Rodgers) 2 Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 48 Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, WE WERE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/Roy Rivers Publishing, BMI/Cowboy Hat Trick, ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Harolds Purple Heart ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/No Fences Music, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 53 ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, R.Tyndell) 12 ASCAP (M.Rossell, B.Kennedy, T.G.Brooks) 20 Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, J.Osborne) 17 IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, DON’T LET HER Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/ Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Songs Of Smack, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space America, Inc., BMI/DTCM Ave, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/ Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves) 46 Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (W.Hayes, F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 42 BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, 56 ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 5 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN A.DeRoberts, S.McAnally) Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Sony/ P Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, E ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/ BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Maps And Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Big Music Records Music, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/ R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 10 Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, BMI/ Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Lambert, Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, Publishing, BMI/Big Machine Music, ASCAP/Island South, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP 6 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU SESAC/Rosest Music, SESAC/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/ H.Lindsey, L.McKenna, L.Rose) 18 (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Cruz) Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works For RHA ASCAP/Dalmatian Music, PRS/Universal-PolyGram Int. Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Fulcher) 16 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- R Tunes, Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurd- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing jamz, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Goes Something Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 35 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG EMI Blackwood Music Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, J.Green, R.J.Hurd, L.Veltz) 14 Like THIS Music, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Music, K Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, WORLD FOR TWO EMI Blackwood Music BMI (C.Smith, Erik Dylan, C.Harrington) 34 BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/ KNOCKIN’ BOOTS BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs, Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Woman, ASCAP/ II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/EMI April J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 15 Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Lets Get Brunch Publishing, Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (H.Lindsey, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI (R.Copperman, And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC G.Sampson, J.M.Nite) 3 RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ J.Osborne, J.Abrahart) 50 (R.Dickerson, P.Welling, C.Brown) 11 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two L Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda F Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 22 LIVING EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane FAMILY TREE Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sounds Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., Like Chet Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Combustion Engine S BMI/Low Z Music, BMI/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing II, ASCAP/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of LLC, ASCAP (C.Hammack, T.Verges, G.Sampson) 40 Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, A.Gorley, Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Songs From D.Bentley) 1 The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 55 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 | PAGE 22 OF 23 Hot Country Songs Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. GOOD VIBES ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Spirit Two LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Weimerhound (Songwriter) Chart Position Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Round Hill BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (C.Janson, Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, Music Tunes, SESAC/Andrew Watt Music, BMI/Songs Of 1, 2 MANY Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/ Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 15 Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, M.R.Carter, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Siva Moon Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, B.Kinney) 13 Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti BMI/Copyright Control/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/ H Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Oak Tree M SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mendes Music, BMI HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV (Z.A.Brown, A.Wotman, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, S.Mendes) 38 Swing Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, T.King, D.Parker) 20 Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ B Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER Sony/ATV Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman Tree Publishing, BMI/Taylor Swift Music, BMI/Sony/ BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART Big MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 29 Music Publishing, ASCAP/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Ducky Donath Music, BMI (T.Swift, Machine Music, ASCAP/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 34 J.M.Antonoff) 46 Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., HEARTLESS I Like Turtles Music, ASCAP/KMR Music BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/ Royalties II SCSp, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Songs Of SOUTHBOUND Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Jett Music, ASCAP (L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 3 LLC, ASCAP/Duke City Music, SESAC/KMR Music Royalties Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/ Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D II SCSp., SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/ Songs For A Stone Heat, BMI/Universal Music Corp., Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Jack THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/ ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (T.W.Pentz, H.A.Allen, M.Wallen, D.Southerland) 36 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ E.K.Smith, R.J.Hurd, Charlie Handsome) 26 J.Miller) 11 Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise MR. LONELY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., HELL RIGHT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- T BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 23 Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, THOUGHT ABOUT YOU Warner-Tamerlane C Music, BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Cross Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western Music, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/ CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, (D.A.Garcia, B.Tyler, M.W.Hardy) 28 Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Big Loud Brad Music, BMI/Big Loud Brett Songs, BMI ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, (L.T.Miller, B.Warren, B.D.Warren) 35 BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, J.Osborne) 40 Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ TIP OF MY TONGUE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 41 Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing N BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, Rezolant Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team N.Galyon) 25 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Ed Sheeran Limited, PRS Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Music Good Vibes (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, E.C.Sheeran) 18 BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Publishing, BMI/Good Times Music, SESAC/Universal Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (D. TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan C.Wiseman) 43 It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- Scott, M.Alderman, C.Taylor) 48 Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, D BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea O ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 39 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 50 ONE MAN BAND WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ W Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Jett Music, HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 45 Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/ Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, T.Phillips) 32 Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. 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His debut hit, 3-1 on Billboard’s Hot Country “Home,” became his first leader. Songs chart for its first of two weeks Earlier this year, the 60-year-old Diffie’s ‘Third on top. Diffie, who still tours and records Penned by John Greenebaum, regularly, joined the airstaff of Rock’ Orbited Tony Martin and Sterling Whipple, Tulsa’s country station KXBL as the madcap story of infidelity gone midday personality, voice-tracking wrong was released as the lead single his shift from Nashville. At No. 1 from Diffie’s same-named LP, which In Chris Young’s “Raised on hit No. 6 on Top Country Albums, Country,” which hit No. 5 on In 1994, “Third Rock From marking his highest career peak. Country Airplay and No. 10 on Born in Tulsa, Okla., Diffie Hot Country Songs in August, he the Sun” fittingly was his third became known for his blend of name-checks artists that inspired Hot Country Songs leader traditional country music and him: “Got my honky-tonk attitude often amusing lyrics. He scored five from Joe Diffie. Daddy did, too.” No. 1s on Hot Country Songs among —JIM ASKER
REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS
Diffie at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Universal City, Calif.,
in 1994. IMAGES GETTY VIA COLLECTION GALELLA LTD./RON GALELLA, RON