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Parton’s Chart Country’s New Kids Are Back On ‘Holly’-Day >page 4 The Block, And Headed To Radio
Altadena Tweaks The COVID-19 quarantine for new country artists at radio ap- “Most stations seemed to tighten up, play big hit records Artist Development pears to be over. from the recent past and also uptempo, fun records that were >page 11 When the coronavirus led many Americans to self-isolate and current singles by superstars,” says Universal Music Group change the way they work, the genre’s labels placed an informal Nashville executive vp promotion Royce Risser. “The majority moratorium on introducing brand-new acts to broadcasters. of programmers felt that radio’s best strategy was to be an But the handcuffs are now off. Two of the top three of the titles escape for those who were stuck at home. If they jumped in Quartz Hill’s debuting on the Country Airplay chart dated Oct. 17 — Elvie the car, it was probably a good thing to listen to radio and just, First Hirings Shane’s “My Boy” (No. 56) and for a moment, forget about what >page 11 Larry Fleet’s “Where I Find they were seeing on television God” (No. 58) — are by artists in their homes. In that period of being worked to AM/FM radio time, hearing big hit songs from for the first time. your favorite artists was more CMT Video Finalists Likewise, TikTok phenom important than ever. While it was Named Priscilla Block’s “Just About Over tough on some of the newer artists >page 12 You” owns the No. 51 position, in the format, it was also sort of while Pryor & Lee’s “Y’allsome” understandable.” occupies the No. 2 spot on New & But the audience was not the Makin’ Tracks: Active. Meanwhile, Warner Music only issue. The shutdown created Elvie Shane’s ‘My Boy’ Nashville artist Shy Carter has infrastructure problems — in both >page 18 launched a socially distanced tools and manpower — and it was radio promotion tour, a marketing not an atmosphere in which new FLEET BLOCK step that frequently precedes an artists would be set up to succeed. artist’s debut on the airwaves. Virtual platforms are perfect for Country Coda: It is, perhaps, a sign that record labels and their radio part- a programmer and artist with an existing relationship to recon- Williams Made Us ners are finally feeling a sense of adjusted normalcy after a nect. But they are less than ideal for two strangers to bond over ‘Believe’ lengthy period of professional turmoil and national instability. an acoustic guitar performance. >page 21 With fewer people commuting to work, in-car listening de- “Everybody was experimenting with everything from Zoom clined and radio stations adopted a safer posture. Labels, in to Microsoft Teams to whatever,” says BBR Music Group senior
turn, held back the release of numerous debut singles until vp promotion Carson James. “And it was just really hard to be PASKERT MATTHEW FLEET: conditions became more favorable. able to translate the passion.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 12, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 21
Even if they could, radio staffs were under siege with layoffs, furloughs and empty office buildings. “They couldn’t focus on the new artists,” notes James. “They were worried about still having a job or having to work out of their house, or how do we keep the transmitter on? Or can we keep these listeners listening when everybody’s at home and watching TV? They’ve got all these other things on their mind. Whereas my top priority is getting my record played, that wasn’t necessarily theirs during that time because they were trying to adapt.” Starter acts that had already released their debut single or completed much of their radio promotion tours still got worked. Jameson Rodgers, Niko Moon, Parker McCollum and Robert Counts have made progress during the shutdown. Brad Paisley appeared Oct. 6 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Meanwhile, the conditions have changed among both the audience and the business. In some cases, labels have developed new means of introducing their artists to broadcasters. Carter has undertaken his promotion tour via bus, bran- dishing face masks for safe personal contact. And BBR designed a virtual format that allowed Shane to perform with a full band from a Nashville studio, then chat with programmers in small groups online. But as country listeners have spent more time streaming during the COVID-19 era, a handful of singles have demanded to be released to radio. Fleet’s “Where I Find God,” originally worked to digital partners in an Easter campaign, con- sistently outperformed Big Loud’s established internal metrics, convincing the label it was an unexpected hit. Fleet conducted an average of three Zoom vis- its with stations per day in September to support the song, which had enough of an audience story to create anticipation for both parties at that first artist/ programmer meeting. Songwriter Jon Nite (“I Hope,” “What She Wants Tonight”) signed with “If we walk into a radio station and we have to introduce you to the PD and SESAC for performing rights representation. He is flanked by SESAC they have no idea who you are, we’re losing,” says Big Loud CEO Seth England. senior director of creative services Lydia Schultz (left) and president If country labels arise from the pandemic era with higher consumption thresh- Kelli Turner. olds for their singles, England believes it could transform the way that singles work their way up the chart by reducing the volume of underperforming titles. “It’s possible for record labels to exhaust a young artist who might have a slightly fringy hit, maybe not a big hit — and obviously not a dud — but just something that could theoretically go 63 weeks,” says England. “We have to exhaust that artist to achieve that, versus waiting and following what the fans are asking for.” Block, meanwhile, piled up huge audience numbers: 400,000 TikTok followers, who helped propel “Just About Over You” to the top of the iTunes all-genre chart in a scant 12 hours. Multiple labels competed to sign her, and none of them hesitated about pushing that debut single. “The only reason I signed to a major label was to go to radio,” she says. “That was kind of the next thing that I really needed. And so all the conversations Niko Moon was presented with a surprise RIAA-certified plaque for that we were having with every label, they were like, ‘We’ll take you to radio his gold single “Good Time” during an Oct. 6 interview with CMT tomorrow.’ ” personality Cody Alan. From left: Sony Music Nashville chairman/ Thus, while the battle against the coronavirus is not over, some new artists CEO Randy Goodman, Moon, River House Artists founder/owner Lynn are beginning to find that their path to radio is no longer on hold. Oliver-Cline and Alan.
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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Dolly Parton’s A Holly Dolly Christmas Jingles In Atop The Country And Holiday Album Charts
Dolly Parton’s first holiday LP in 30 years, A Holly Dolly Christmas (Butter- four in the ’60s, 18 in the ’70s, 11 in the ’80s, five in the ’90s, three in the fly Records/12 Tone), arrives in the penthouse of Billboard’s Top Country 2000s, four in the ’10s and one in the ’20s. Albums and Top Holiday Albums charts dated Oct. 17. The new Kent Wells-produced LP includes collaborations with Nelson In its first week, ending Oct. 8, the collection (released Oct. 2) earned 27,000 (“Pretty Paper”), Michael Bublé (“Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas”), equivalent album units, with 26,000 in album sales, according to Nielsen Billy Ray Cyrus (“Christmas Where We Are”), Miley Cyrus (“Christmas Is”), Music/MRC Data. Jimmy Fallon (a cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want “I am so proud and humbled to have my album for Christmas Is You”) and Parton’s younger brother reach No. 1 on the Billboard country and holiday Randy (“You Are My Christmas”). charts,” says Parton. “Boy, what a great early Christ- Most of the singing partners recorded their parts mas present for me! Thanks to Billboard and the fans.” separately from Parton, who finished the project with This week marks the second in a row that holiday Wells after the COVID-19 pandemic started. titles have debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, a first since the list launched in 1964. On the Oct. 10- THREE FOR ‘ONE’ Lee Brice’s “One of Them Girls” dated tally, Carrie Underwood’s My Gift arrived at (Curb) rules Country Airplay for a third week, with the peal with 43,000 units. 34.5 million audience impressions (down 7%) in the Parton adds her eighth No. 1 on Top Country week ending Oct. 11. Albums and her first on Top Holiday Albums. Her His seventh Country Airplay chart-topper is his new release also opens at No. 16 on the all-genre first three-week leader. He boasts one other multiple- Billboard 200. frame No. 1: “Hard To Love,” for two weeks in A Holly Dolly Christmas is Parton’s third holiday- November 2012. themed LP, after Home for Christmas, which peaked Brice scores Curb’s first three-week Country Air- at No. 74 on Top Country Albums in December 1990, play No. 1 since Tim McGraw’s “Felt Good on My and Once Upon a Christmas, with Kenny Rogers Lips” in January 2011. (McGraw was signed to Curb PARTON (No. 12, January 1985). Also in her catalog of carols for over two decades, beginning in 1990.) is “Hard Candy Christmas,” originally from the 1982 Coincidentally, McGraw — who now records musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which starred Parton. It hit No. 8 for Big Machine Records — climbs 5-2 on Country Airplay with “I Called on Hot Country Songs in January 1983. Mama” (33 million, up 28%). On Hot Country Songs, which is powered by The last time Parton logged a Top Country Albums No. 1 was when Pure & airplay, streaming and sales data, the track becomes his 56th top 10 as it Simple hit the pinnacle in September 2016. Prior to that, the icon hadn’t led ascends 13-8. It also drew 4.6 million streams (up 38%) and sold 1,000 in the chart since Eagle When She Flies in May 1991. the tracking week. Meanwhile, Parton banks her 46th Top Country Albums top 10. Having McGraw first hit the Hot Country Songs top 10 in March 1994 with the first reached the region in 1968 with Just Between You and Me, with Porter No. 8-peaking “Indian Outlaw” and sports the most top 10s among all acts
Wagoner, she joins Willie Nelson as the second artist, and the first female, to since then. Kenny Chesney ranks second with, 53 top 10s in that span, fol- IMAGES GETTY VIA BANK PHOTO BISHOP/NBC/NBCU LLOYD achieve top 10s on the chart in each decade starting in the ’60s. She charted lowed by George Strait, with 47. FOR YOUR CMA CONSIDERATION
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WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK 1 1 27 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb HH No. 1 (3 weeks) HH Lee Brice 34.476 -2.398 7683 -915 2 l2 5 23 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine HH Most Increased Audience HH Tim McGraw 32.982 +7.160 8038 1828 1 l3 3 27 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 32.405 +0.329 7604 75 3 4 2 18 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 30.945 -2.728 6771 -645 4 l5 4 47 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 28.022 +1.379 6695 308 5 l6 10 32 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 23.645 +2.448 5460 532 7 l7 6 44 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 23.389 +0.255 5680 40 6 l8 7 12 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 23.257 +0.977 5410 215 9 l9 9 20 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 23.187 +1.748 5156 350 10 l10 11 36 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 21.745 +0.951 5451 287 8 l11 12 40 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 18.706 +0.498 4405 95 11 l12 13 30 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 16.579 +0.326 4138 25 12 l13 14 46 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 15.982 +0.662 3999 145 13 l14 15 13 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 15.803 +1.822 3827 369 14 l15 16 11 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 14.513 +0.891 3821 160 15 l16 17 25 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 12.321 +0.901 3241 158 17 l17 18 57 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 10.836 +0.560 3295 220 16 l18 19 19 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 9.826 +1.149 2980 242 18 l19 20 7 STARTING OVER Mercury Chris Stapleton 8.972 +0.390 2387 111 20 l20 21 10 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville HH Airpower HH Darius Rucker 7.845 +0.550 2431 177 19 l21 23 34 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 7.498 +1.013 2340 114 21 l22 22 26 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 7.297 +0.741 2321 103 22 l23 24 17 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 6.829 +0.379 2222 88 23 l24 26 5 LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line 6.561 +0.915 1820 197 26 l25 25 16 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 6.442 +0.414 2204 122 24 l26 27 8 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 4.587 -0.123 1396 154 30 l27 28 35 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 4.392 +0.716 1828 230 25 l28 29 19 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 4.286 +0.629 1642 126 27 l29 30 21 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 3.881 +0.530 1527 120 29 l30 31 25 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 3.653 +0.354 1628 122 28
COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND
RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by Nielsen detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Music. Audience totals on a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER the chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on Nielsen Music’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to Nielsen Music) previous week. A song audience or detections are for stations that do not report © 2020 Prometheus Global Media, will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. LLC if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 12, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 21
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 33 24 LADY BMLG Brett Young 3.325 +0.365 1046 86 35 l32 32 11 BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift 3.226 +0.193 1220 9 31 l33 34 21 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 3.146 +0.306 114 2 59 34 l34 37 3 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 2.830 +0.647 796 177 41 l35 36 18 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 2.754 +0.271 118 6 127 33 l36 35 28 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 2.591 -0.060 118 7 -3 32 l37 38 26 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 2.309 +0.127 1016 -8 36 l38 57 2 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 2.270 +1.551 573 375 47 l39 41 12 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 2.207 +0.223 812 15 39 l40 42 3 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 2.181 +0.280 632 91 45 l41 40 21 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud HH Breaker HH Jake Owen 2.175 +0.115 722 17 42 l42 39 17 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 2.173 +0.092 971 33 37 l43 43 5 DEAR RODEO CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 1.753 +0.027 361 32 54 l44 45 15 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 1.700 +0.047 618 46 46 l45 44 15 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.683 -0.022 905 69 38 46 46 8 WHAT DO I KNOW Arista Nashville Robert Counts 1.448 -0.134 639 20 43 47 48 3 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 1.339 -0.049 477 41 48 48 49 24 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.129 -0.063 803 -22 40 l49 50 16 EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 1.076 -0.023 444 19 49 l50 52 6 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 0.947 +0.002 428 5 50 51 51 3 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Priscilla Block 0.933 -0.083 345 156 56 l52 54 4 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse LOCASH 0.908 +0.119 339 18 57 l53 53 4 WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 0.860 +0.033 351 23 55 54 56 8 A SONG TO REMEMBER Low Country Sound/Elektra/WEA A Thousand Horses 0.701 -0.026 385 10 52 l55 NEW BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Sam Hunt 0.697 +0.284 196 96 - l56 NEW MY BOY Wheelhouse HH Most Added HH Elvie Shane 0.672 +0.278 427 186 51 57 55 11 ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.654 -0.080 634 -27 44 l58 NEW WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.606 +0.184 182 85 - l59 NEW LADY LIKE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 0.603 +0.447 207 129 - l60 NEW WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 0.592 +0.243 303 21 60
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10/19 ASHLEY MCBRYDE Martha Divine Warner Music Nashville/WAR JUSTIN MOORE We Didn’t Have Much Valory
10/26 MEGHAN PATRICK My First Car 55 Riser House MICHAEL RAY Whiskey And Rain Warner/WEA SAM HUNT Co-written by Hunt, the single follows Breaking Up Was “Hard to Forget,” which became his seventh Easy in the 90’s Country Airplay No. 1 in July. His latest enters at No. 55 with 697,000 impressions. MOORE J MEYERS J PHOTO BY RICH FURY/GETTY IMAGES FOR VISIBLE
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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL MY BOY Wheelhouse Elvie Shane 25 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 22 SALTWATER GOSPEL Valory Eli Young Band & Jimmy Buffett 0.543 23 0 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU InDent/Mercury Priscilla Block 16 Y’ALLSOME Black River Pryor & Lee 0.434 30 1 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet w/ P!nk 15 I CAN’T Monument Caitlyn Smith Feat. Old Dominion 0.412 1 0 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 10 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 9 BROKEN UP Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.402 27 0 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 9 HEAVEN ON DIRT Monument Teddy Robb 0.393 26 0 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 8 CLASSIC RCA/Triple Tigers Cam 0.389 32 5 7 SUMMERS Big Loud/Republic Morgan Wallen 7 NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Show Dog Nashville Clay Walker 7 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 17.154 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 17.058 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +7.160 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +2.448 3 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 16.544 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +1.822 4 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 16.163 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +1.748 5 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 14.728 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.551 6 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 14.059 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers +1.379 7 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 13.318 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini +1.149 8 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 12.673 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +1.013 9 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 10.049 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +0.977 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson +0.951 10 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 9.788 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +1828 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +532 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +375 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +369 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +350 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers +308 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson +287 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini +242 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts +230 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore +220 DICKERSON WATSON WATSON: JOSEPH LLANES JOSEPH WATSON: TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 11, 2020
THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 16 WHISPER MY NAME (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Aaron Watson 2036 111 l11 12 14 GRAVITY & YOU (Jake Bush Music) Jake Bush 1238 74 l2 3 14 HEY COWGIRL (Independent) Randall King 1802 134 l12 9 30 NOT GIVE A DAMN (Independent) Sundance Head 1228 15 l3 6 10 COWBOY’S COWGIRL (King Hall Music) Chad Cooke Band 1720 148 13 10 24 COUNTRY TO THE BONE (Independent) Darrin Morris Band 112 4 -55 l4 4 25 LIKE A COWBOY (Independent) Parker McCollum 1663 4 l14 17 7 WANT TO WITH YOU (Independent) Jamie Richards 1093 159 l5 7 19 PROJECT (Independent) Mark Powell 1637 81 15 16 25 THE LUCKIER YOU GET (New West) American Aquarium 1016 -25 l6 5 18 I’D LOOK GOOD ON YOU (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. 1626 19 l16 20 16 THE LUCKIEST (Independent) Josh Abbott Band 1015 165 7 1 21 POOR (Independent) William Clark Green 1555 -503 l17 18 29 WHAT WOULD DOLLY DO (LuckySky Music) Tori Martin 980 66 l8 8 17 LONESOME, ON’RY AND MEAN (S.O.T.) Jody Booth and Tracy Byrd 1336 64 l18 21 6 BAD GUY (Independent) Casey Donahew 978 158 l9 14 20 WHEN SHE’S DRINKIN’ (Independent) George Navarro 1281 158 l19 19 17 FALLIN’ IN LOVE (Independent) Will Carter 953 97 l10 13 22 HERE I GO AGAIN (Independent) Clay Hollis 1246 87 20 15 19 GHOST TOWN (Independent) Mike Ryan 951 -147
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 972-252-8777. Copyright 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report
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team at WYCD Detroit. It’s a return to the market following a four-year stint in afternoons at WIL St. Louis … Townsquare/Amarillo, Texas, hired market president/chief revenue officer ReBecca Via. She moves crosstown from KFDA-TV, where she served as director of sales. The Townsquare cluster includes country KATP … Townsquare/Killeen-Temple, Texas, promoted Shannon Brazier to director of content for the five-station group, including country KUSJ. He was already brand manager for hip-hop KOOC and R&B KSSM … Ben Ponzio is joining Entercom/Chicago as general sales manager, with country WUSN among the relevant properties. He arrives after four years as a Hubbard/Chicago senior account executive … Entercom/Kansas City senior vp/market manager Dave Alpert parted ways with the company after 13 years, RadioInsight.com reported. The cluster’s signals include country WDAF … Milko Villarreal Jr. joins Midwest Communications/Wausau, Wis., on Nov. 2 as vp/market manager, according to Talkers.com. He will handle The Grand Ole Opry renewed reduced-seating audiences for the first five stations, including country WDEZ. Villarreal is currently a consultant to time in seven months during the Oct. 3 edition of the WSM-AM Nashville Laredo, Texas-based International Business & Marketing. show. From left: Terri Clark, Lorrie Morgan and Dierks Bentley. ’ROUND THE ROW ALTADENA REVISES ARTIST DEVELOPMENT Jenny Methling joined 615 Leverage + Strategy as director of strategic partner- A year after the death of songwriter-producer busbee (Carly Pearce, Maren ships. She was most recently Los Angeles-based iHeartMedia director of client Morris), the company he left behind, Altadena, is carrying on his artist-friendly partnerships and activation. Reach her here … Songwriter Jon Nite (“I Hope,” legacy with a revolutionary artist development program that funds the startup “Knockin’ Boots”) joined SESAC … Warner Chappell Nashville and King Pen efforts of new acts while allowing them to retain ownership of their content. Music signed a publishing deal with singer-songwriter Ava Suppelsa, who has Singer-songwriter Carter Faith is the first beneficiary. Altadena issued had songs recorded by Keith Urban and Temecula Road … Tree Vibez added her first song, “Leaving Tennessee,” to digital service providers on July 30. songwriter Chris Loocke to the roster after discovering him as a road guitarist A gripping second track, “Sinners in a Small Town,” will be released Oct. 16 with Chase Rice … Global Eyes Entertainment’s Los Banditos Music/Pierce with a video following later in the month. Sullivan Music signed Jericho Rose members Hannah Huntley and James Under the program, an investor pays the upfront costs and Altadena provides Jericho to a publishing deal … Tim McGraw becomes the third recipient of the sweat equity to build a new artist’s catalog and make initial marketing the Elizabeth Dole Foundation’s Tom Hanks Caregiver Champion Award on inroads. In the best circumstances, the act develops enough to field competi- Oct. 20… Music Health Alliance is scheduling virtual appointments to assist in tive offers from labels, publishers and/or booking agencies. The investor and open enrollment for Medicare Oct. 15-Dec. 7 and insurance Nov. 1-Dec. 15. Altadena participate contractually in early royalties, but do not participate The agency will also hold a Medicare 101 seminar on Oct. 19 and a What the in long-term revenue under that deal. The artist retains the masters, videos Health panel on Oct. 27 via Zoom. Go here for more info … The Grand Ole Opry and other content. will reinstate Friday editions of the WSM-AM Nashville show on Nov. 6 for the In theory, when the artist is ready for that bigger contract, the value of their first time since COVID-19 erupted in March. Opry shows will likewise expand work is more apparent. The artist receives larger advances while their long- to two hours … Songwriter-producer/label executive Ray Pennington died term partners see a quicker return on their investment. Altadena and the fi- Oct. 7 in a house fire outside of Nashville, The Tennessean reported. The one- nancial investor get a smaller piece of a bigger pie while establishing the act time owner of Step One Records, Pennington wrote Waylon Jennings’ “I’m in a professional manner. a Ramblin’ Man” and Ricky Skaggs’ “Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown.” He “It’s a model that is not meant to be anti-major label, anti-major publisher, also produced Jennings’ duet with Willie Nelson, “Good Hearted Woman,” anti- anything,” says Altadena president Daniel Lee. “What it’s really meant plus a number of Ray Price recordings. to do is to put everybody in a position where they can choose to partner at the right time for the right reasons. And they really know what they’re getting into in terms of the creative, but also in terms of the team on the other side.” The artist development program comes in addition to Altadena’s existing publishing relationships with Warner Chappell and BMG, and its label rela- tionship with Los Angeles-based Warner Records. RADIO & RECORDS® Quartz Hill — the label that former BBR Music Group owner Benny Brown, BBR CFO Paul Brown and songwriter Jason Sellers announced in July — named its initial five staff members. Three of them are promotion and marketing executives — vp April Rider, national director Matt Galvin and national director of analytics and strategic marketing Clay Henderson — plus vp publicity and integrated marketing Natalie Kilgore and coordinator of A&R creative and administration Josh Brown. Rider, a former Stoney Creek GM, was most recently Foundry vp marketing and promotion; Galvin spent 15 years as RCA Nashville director of promotion and marketing; and Henderson’s previous role was as Reviver national director of strategic marketing. Kilgore, a former BBR vp publicity, segues from the Mechanical HELLMAN SETH Licensing Collective head of PR, and Josh shifts from BMG North America Riley Green (left) received an coordinator of A&R administration. Reach Rider here, Galvin here, Henderson Warner Music Nashville artist RIAA-certified platinum award here, Kilgore here and Josh here … Kalie Shorr signed a recording deal with Shy Carter (front) met up with for his single “I Wish Grandpas New York-based tmwrk … Chuck Wicks joined the roster at Verge with a new WKKT Charlotte, N.C., PD Chuck Never Died.” He’s photographed at single, “Solid Gold,” due Oct. 23 … Warner Music Nashville signed singer- “DZL” Thompson during a socially a safe distance with Big Machine songwriter Robyn Ottolini … Southern gospel act Karen Peck & New River distanced radio promotion Label Group senior vp promotion re-signed with Daywind Music Group … Josh Holleman joined the morning tour stop. Matthew Hargis. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 12, 2020 | PAGE 12 OF 21
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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Finalists for the CMT Music Awards video of the year trophy were narrowed Oct. 13 down on Oct. 12 to six candidates: Carrie Underwood’s “Drinking Alone,” • 2017 — Big Machine releases the Carly Keith Urban’s “Polaroid,” Luke Combs’ “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” Mi- Pearce album Every Little Thing. randa Lambert’s “Bluebird,” Tanya • 1980 — George Jones wins two times dur- Tucker’s “Bring My Flowers Now” and ing the 14th annual Country Music Associa- Kelsea Ballerini’s “homecoming queen?” tion Awards at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry Winners will be announced during the House. He earns male vocalist and single
Oct. 21 telecast, which will feature Kane LLANES JOSEPH of the year for “He Stopped Loving Her PEARCE
Brown and actress Sarah Hyland (Mod- Today,” which also wins song of the year. SMITH HARPER ern Family) as hosts. Also look for Brown in the Oct. 14 NBC broadcast of the Bill- Oct. 14 board Music Awards, teamed with Swae • 2019 — Dwight Yoakam and Larry Gatlin join the Nashville Song- Lee and Khalid on “Be Like That.” writers Hall of Fame during an event at the Music City Center. The 2019 class also includes composers Rivers Rutherford, Marcus Luke Bryan’s “One Margarita” and Mad- Hummon, Sharon Vaughn and Kostas. die & Tae’s “Die From a Broken Heart” • 2015 — Cam’s “Burning House” receives a gold single from the RIAA. are among the 21 multigenre tracks fea- tured in NOW That’s What I Call Music! Oct. 15 BROWN Vol. 76, set for release on Oct. 23. Other • 1960 — Loretta Lynn makes her first appearance on the Grand Ole upcoming releases that have been newly Opry, singing “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl” at the Ryman Auditorium in announced include Emily Rose’s The Heart EP, Oct. 23; Sam Grow’s Me and Nashville. She receives an invitation to tour with Johnny Horton, Mine EP, Oct. 30; Sean Harrison’s Halfway From Nashville, Nov. 6; and Pat- but he dies just three weeks later. rick Davis’ Couch Covers, Dec. 4. Oct. 16 As Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman issues A Dolly for Christmas: The • 2016 — Randy Travis, Charlie Daniels and Monument Records True Story of a Family’s Christmas Miracle, readers are excused for think- founder Fred Foster are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. ing it might have some participation from Dolly Parton. But they would • 2010 — Kenny Chesney occupies the pole position on the Billboard be wrong. It’s actually a children’s book about a family hoping to expand Top Country Albums chart with Hemingway’s Whiskey. with an adoption. Schlapman penned the book with illustrations by Morgan Huff. Other holiday plans are being made by Ronnie Milsap, who will re- Oct. 17 lease “Merry, Merry Christmas Baby” — a holiday version of “Happy, Happy • 1990 — Naomi Judd tells reporters she has hepatitis and will have Birthday Baby,” formerly a No. 1 single for Milsap — on Oct. 16. Addition- to give up performing. She and Wynonna hold the press conference ally, Phil Vassar will host the annual Christmas 4 Kids concert as a virtual in the same room in which they auditioned for RCA in 1983. event this year, on Nov. 23. Oct. 18 “More Hearts Than Mine” claimed song of the year for Ingrid Andress and • 2005 — Arista releases Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel.” co-writers Sam Ellis and Derrick Southerland in the Nashville Songwriter • 1972 — Fourteen-year-old Marty Stuart makes his recording debut Awards, announced virtually this year as a result of the pandemic. Billboard as a member of Lester Flatt’s band at Nashville’s RCA Studio B. The assisted in unveiling the honors, including the recognition of Ashley Gorley session includes a performance of “Don’t Get Above Your Raising.” as songwriter of the year for the fifth time and Luke Combs as songwriter/ artist of the year. Oct. 19 • 1985 — Reba McEntire sings the national anthem prior to the first game of the World Series at Royal Stadium in Kansas City. The Car- Top Headlines from .com dinals beat the Royals, 3-1. Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Will Live Events Return? There May Be No ‘Back To Normal’
Newly Formed #SaveLiveEventsNow Group Urges Federal Action On Pandemic Relief For Concert Workers
BMG Eliminates ‘Unacceptable’ Royalty Deduction, Other Labels Urged To Follow
Taylor Swift Totally Belongs With Joe Biden
In ‘Late Show’ Spoof SCHOENY JON-MICHAEL High Valley received a gold single for “She’s With Me” as the duo christened The Mulehouse, a Columbia, Tenn., venue owned by radio Good News For Livestreams: veteran Blair Garner, with a socially distanced Oct. 1 performance. Half Of Music Fans Want Virtual Concerts From left: High Valley’s Curtis Rempel, Garner and High Valley’s Brad Rempel.
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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 76 I HOPE No. 1 (12 weeks) Gabby Barrett RC 1 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR HH HH 2 2 3 26 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Digital Gainer Lee Brice 1 2 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB GOT WHAT I GOT 3 3 2 35 Jason Aldean 3 2 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 4 5 6 25 Morgan Wallen 9 4 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 5 4 4 22 LOVIN’ ON YOU Luke Combs 4 3 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE SOME GIRLS 6 6 8 29 Jameson Rodgers 5 6 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 7 9 9 41 ONE BEER Streaming Gainer HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 10 7 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD HH HH 8 13 14 23 I CALLED MAMA Airplay Gainer Tim McGraw 2 8 l T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED 9 7 7 11 Dan + Shay 15 7 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,S.M.DOUGLAS,J.G.EVIGAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR HAPPY ANYWHERE 10 10 10 11 Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 8 10 l S.HENDRICKS (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,M.JENKINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN PRETTY HEART 11 11 12 23 Parker McCollum 11 11 l JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 7 SUMMERS 12 12 11 8 Morgan Wallen 26 1 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO 13 15 17 29 Russell Dickerson 6 13 l D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 14 8 5 25 COOL AGAIN Kane Brown RC 5 D.HUFF,L.RIMES (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RC A NASHVILLE AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 15 16 18 24 Jon Pardi 12 15 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE EVERYWHERE BUT ON 16 17 19 28 Matt Stell 7 16 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE 17 14 16 7 STARTING OVER Chris Stapleton 19 10 D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY BIG, BIG PLANS 18 18 22 32 Chris Lane 13 18 l J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD GOOD TIME 19 19 21 19 Niko Moon 22 19 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE CHAMPAGNE NIGHT 20 21 26 26 Lady A 16 20 l S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG HOLE IN THE BOTTLE 21 22 23 17 Kelsea Ballerini 18 21 l J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER HAPPY DOES 22 23 27 12 Kenny Chesney 14 22 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BL UE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA THE GOOD ONES 23 25 30 16 Gabby Barrett 35 23 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 24 20 13 4 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 34 13 K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE SHE’S MINE 25 24 28 30 Kip Moore 17 24 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE
COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM
#1 #1 1 7 WKS HARDY 1 23 WKS JOEY MOI TIE 2 GABBY BARRETT 2 ROSS COPPERMAN TIE 2 ZACH KALE 3 MICHAEL KNOX 4 JON NITE 4 DANN HUFF 5 THOMAS ARCHER 5 ZACH KALE 6 JOSH OSBORNE 6 SCOTT MOFFATT 7 JAKE MITCHELL 7 JAY JOYCE 8 MORGAN WALLEN 8 DAN SMYERS 9 ASHLEY GORLEY 9 SCOTT HENDRICKS
10 LANCE MILLER JOYCE 10 JON RANDALL MARK LEVINE MARK
The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings). BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 12, 2020 | PAGE 15 OF 21
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 ALMOST MAYBES 26 30 32 21 Jordan Davis 28 26 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 27 26 24 16 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Eric Church 25 23 J.JOYCE (D.NAISH,JEFFREY STEELE) EMI NASHVILLE WINE, BEER, WHISKEY 28 28 31 10 Little Big Town 39 28 l LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE LONG LIVE 29 34 33 5 Florida Georgia Line 24 27 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG 30 29 37 34 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown 33 29 D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK BEERS AND SUNSHINE 31 33 34 9 Darius Rucker 20 25 l R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 32 NEW 1 HELL OF A VIEW Hot Shot Debut Eric Church - 32 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) BI GEC/EMI NASHVILLE LADY 33 36 39 23 Brett Young 31 22 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 34 27 20 11 BETTY Taylor Swift 32 6 A.DESSNER,J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,W.BOWERY) RE PUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE MOMMA’S HOUSE 35 37 38 20 Dustin Lynch 21 35 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 36 35 36 10 WHO YOU ARE TO ME Chris Tomlin Featuring Lady A - 35 C.TOMILN,C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.TOMLIN,C.KELLEY,D.HAYWOOD,H.SCOTT) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 37 40 40 5 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Rascal Flatts 23 37 D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE 38 32 15 3 WITHOUT YOU Luke Combs Featuring Amanda Shires - 15 L.COMBS,CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,D.ISBELL) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE ALL NIGHT 39 49 47 8 Brothers Osborne 29 39 l J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,A.DEROBERTS) EMI NASHVILLE BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT 40 NEW 1 Maren Morris - 40 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,J.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER 41 41 41 12 Garth Brooks - 41 l G.BROOKS (S.DAVIS) PEARL BURN ‘EM ALL 42 42 — 2 Kameron Marlowe - 42 l B.HILL (KMARLOWE,B.ADDINGTON,A.ESHUIS,J.HYDE) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT 43 44 42 12 Cole Swindell 44 42 l M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.L.HOLMAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN DEAR RODEO 44 NEW 1 Cody Johnson & Reba McEntire 43 44 l T.W.WILLMON (D.COUCH,C.D.JOHNSON) COJO/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN SIX FEET APART 45 50 44 20 Luke Combs RC 10 l CHIP MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 46 46 43 5 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL HARDY - 29 J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,H.PHELPS) B IG LOUD TALKIN’ TENNESSEE Morgan Wallen 47 RE-ENTRY 10 - 42 l J.MOI (J.HYDE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD HARD DAYS Brantley Gilbert 48 RE-ENTRY 2 42 27 l D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,J.BELL,B.BERRYHILL,J.BRUNSWICK,L.WALL) VALORY SETTLING DOWN 49 NEW 1 Miranda Lambert 40 49 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N. HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE GABRIELLE Brett Eldredge 50 RE-ENTRY 9 37 29 l D.TASHIAN,I.FITCHUK (B.ELDREDGE,I.FITCHUK,D.TASHIAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN
The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.
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WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR
ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2020 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,157,000 1,303,548,000 125,879,000 Album ’19 42.33 million Consumption 42,338,000 47,405,000 12.0% ’20 47.40 million Last Week 1,169,000 1,306,958,000 129,150,000 Album Sales 7,869,000 6,525,000 -17.1% Change -1.0% -0.3% -2.5% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 42,129,599,000 51,323,523,000 21.8% ’19 52.91 billion This Week Last Year 1,087,000 1,086,035,000 281,243,000 ’20 56.76 billion Change 6.4% 20.0% -55.2% Video On-Demand 10,790,152,000 5,437,645,000 -49.6%
All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending October 8, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams. For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 12, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 21
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 GOT WHAT I GOT HELL OF A VIEW DOLLY PARTON A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS 1 1 19 1 NEW 1 NEW 1 1 l JASON ALDEAN l ERIC CHURCH l BUTTERFLY RECORDS 23435/12TONE I HOPE ONE OF THEM GIRLS LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET l2 2 50 l2 5 23 2 2 2 48 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 1 GABBY BARRETT LEE BRICE ONE OF THEM GIRLS I HOPE MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 3 3 17 3 3 58 3 3 123 1 l LEE BRICE GABBY BARRETT l3 BIG LOUD 783* 1 7 SUMMERS GOT WHAT I GOT LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 4 4 8 4 7 24 4 4 4 175 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 l MORGAN WALLEN JASON ALDEAN MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN CARRIE UNDERWOOD MY GIFT 5 7 22 5 9 16 5 1 — 2 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 032601/UMGN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN l MORGAN WALLEN TENNESSEE WHISKEY STARTING OVER KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP) 6 5 183 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 RCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/SMN 2 l CHRIS STAPLETON CHRIS STAPLETON CHASIN’ YOU HAPPY ANYWHERE CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 7 8 40 7 10 11 7 7 7 284 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l MORGAN WALLEN BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI WHISKEY GLASSES BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 8 9 86 8 NEW 8 8 8 16 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 l MORGAN WALLEN l MAREN MORRIS THE BONES 7 SUMMERS NEW 1 RASCAL FLATTS TWENTY YEARS OF RASCAL FLATTS: THE GREATEST HITS 9 9 10 66 9 15 8 l9 LYRIC STREET/BIG MACHINE RF0650A*/BMLG l MAREN MORRIS l MORGAN WALLEN ONE BEER ONE TOO MANY 11 9 5 HARDY A ROCK 4 10 20 18 10 8 4 l10 BIG LOUD 836* l HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON KEITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK HEARTLESS WINE, BEER, WHISKEY JASON ALDEAN 9 11 11 60 11 12 14 11 9 11 46 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1 l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN LITTLE BIG TOWN SOME GIRLS I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED KEITH URBAN THE SPEED OF NOW, PART 1 12 17 3 12 11 10 12 6 1 3 HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 032456/UMGN 1 l JAMESON RODGERS DAN + SHAY BEAUTIFUL CRAZY ONE BEER SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 13 13 127 13 13 11 13 12 14 27 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 l LUKE COMBS HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON COOL AGAIN LOVIN’ ON YOU MAREN MORRIS GIRL 14 12 10 14 14 13 14 14 13 83 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1 l KANE BROWN LUKE COMBS LOVIN’ ON YOU DEAR RODEO TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 15 6 11 15 RE-ENTRY 15 15 12 65 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 12 LUKE COMBS l CODY JOHNSON I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED BETTER TOGETHER BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 16 15 10 16 25 15 16 16 15 43 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1 l DAN + SHAY l LUKE COMBS ONE MAN BAND PRETTY HEART LUKE BRYAN BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE 17 16 59 17 21 6 17 13 10 9 ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN 1 l OLD DOMINION l PARKER MCCOLLUM PRETTY HEART THE GOOD ONES ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 18 18 9 18 NEW 18 18 20 82 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12 l PARKER MCCOLLUM l GABBY BARRETT JON PARDI HEARTACHE MEDICATION STARTING OVER COVER ME UP 34 38 48 2 19 19 6 19 RE-ENTRY l19 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 030574*/UMGN l CHRIS STAPLETON l MORGAN WALLEN ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 20 14 18 20 RE-ENTRY 20 17 16 270 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3 MADDIE & TAE l JON PARDI KANE BROWN KANE BROWN MEANT TO BE BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 21 21 149 21 RE-ENTRY 21 19 19 201 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE l LUKE COMBS TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS HAPPY ANYWHERE STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG 22 23 22 231 6 22 RE-ENTRY 22 17 12 l CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 l BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI ERIC CHURCH DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY COVER ME UP TENNESSEE WHISKEY 23 21 18 120 1 23 24 2 23 24 241 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN CHRIS STAPLETON DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OIL BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART SOME GIRLS 24 20 17 19 6 24 22 73 24 RE-ENTRY MAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA LUKE COMBS l JAMESON RODGERS GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY GOOD TIME 25 10 21 232 1 25 NEW 25 RE-ENTRY MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 l JON PARDI l NIKO MOON Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights charts. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS
AGO AGO POS. POS. THIS THIS THIS LAST LAST LAST PEAK PEAK CERT. CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 1 2 230 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 1 NEW 1 NICKEL CREEK LIVE FROM THE FOX THEATER, OAKLAND, CA, MAY 19TH, 2014 1 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 l NICKEL CREEK DIGITAL EX 4 — 2 SUFJAN STEVENS THE ASCENSION 2 1 1 54 BILLY STRINGS HOME 1 l2 ASTHMATIC KITTY 150* l2 ROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD 3 2 5 82 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 2 4 — 2 HILLARY KLUG HOWDY Y’ALL 3 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS l3 HILLARY KLUG 1739 WS EX 5 7 276 HOZIER HOZIER 1 4 2 3 14 GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 1 l4 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 STRETCH GRASS 4050 NEW 1 DAWES GOOD LUCK WITH WHATEVER 5 5 3 2 16 YO-YO MA/STUART DUNCAN/EDGAR MEYER/CHRIS THILE NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEO 1 l5 HUB/ROUNDER 610102*/CONCORD SOUND POSTINGS/SONY CLASSICAL 973855*/SONY MASTERWORKS KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR CHOSEN ROAD APPALACHIAN WORSHIP: DELUXE EDITION 8 8 132 1 RE-ENTRY 15 5 l6 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 l6 SONG GARDEN 1255 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 7 7 10 235 DUALTONE 1738* 1 1 7 5 5 52 SIX SHOOTER 129* 1 8 9 9 193 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 7 10 35 THE STEELDRIVERS BAD FOR YOU 1 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY l8 ROUNDER 610080*/CONCORD JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS STEEP CANYON RANGERS NORTH CAROLINA SONGBOOK 9 10 12 187 5 RE-ENTRY 27 1 JACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC 2 l9 YEP ROC 2667* 10 3 6 3 FLEET FOXES SHORE 3 11 6 25 THE WHITE BUFFALO ON THE WIDOW’S WALK 1 ANTI- /EPITAPH l10 SNAKEFARM 862780* Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming album sales. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]
Elvie Shane Inspires Cleansing Tears With His Debut Single, ‘My Boy’
“My biological father left me, and the man that raised me sent this to me. to pull me out of the slump that I was in. Not only was I super-attracted to this And I’m now in tears.” girl and falling in love with her, but she had a son and his father wasn’t in the That reaction to Elvie Shane’s “My Boy,” posted in the video’s YouTube picture, and I was like, ‘Well, there’s a reason.’ ” comments by a fan identified as FourthHat 74, is becoming familiar. Shane From the outset, Shane saw “My Boy” as an important song, and he put every has received numerous messages from fans indicating that his debut single spare cent into it. He estimates spending more than $30,000 to record eight has made them cry. It did the same to BBR Music Group senior vp promotion different versions of it, always seeking to re-create the emotion they felt while Carson James the first time he heard it, and writing it. When he met with BBR executive vp it sparked the same emotion even as it was cre- Jon Loba, “My Boy” single-handedly earned ated on a back porch in Hendersonville, Tenn. Shane a record deal. When it came time to hire “We spent six hours out on that porch that a producer, Shane persuaded Loba to let him night,” recalls Shane, “four grown-ass men use a former bandmate, Oscar Charles, who in their mid- to late 20s, sobbing and writ- never had listened to the previous recordings ing this song.” but had a specific goal. The night was June 30, 2014. Shane was “He told me that the problems he had had renting a bedroom for $200, and fellow was [the other versions were] too pretty,” says writers Russell Sutton and Nick Columbia Charles. “He’s like a raw hillbilly, tells the “planned to just drink some Coors Lights and truth, vulnerable, and I guess the production see if a song idea came along,” says Shane. was masking his honesty. We were writing They also convinced guitarist Lee Starr, who at the time, and the label was really loving had wrapped work at a studio in the house, the kind of classic rock-inspired stuff that we to stay. were doing, and so we just went in a rock’n’roll As conversation brewed, Shane brought up direction with the song.” a Facebook post that had hit him particularly Loba rejected that version, telling Shane hard in the middle of a rough patch with his he should look for a middle ground be- wife, Mandy, and then-7-year-old stepson, tween the recording’s heavy sound and the Caleb. “I don’t have a stepson,” the Facebook sweeter approaches that preceded it. Shane post read. “I have a son that was born before and Charles subsequently spent an entire I met him.” day on “My Boy” at Zac Brown’s Southern Columbia asked Shane about his relation- Ground Studio, tracking a performance that SHANE ship with Caleb. relies on a series of keyboards — including a “He just sort of obviously said, ‘Well, he’s Wurlitzer, acoustic piano, Mellotron, pump my boy,’ in that Kentucky accent that Elvie has,” notes Columbia. “That was organ, Hammond B-3 and Juno synthesizer, all played by Matt Nolen — to kind of the moment that set it off. We didn’t really have much trouble from establish an arc. then on because it came from a very honest place.” But they felt that version was still missing something, so they enlisted Starr Shane spun the opening line — “He ain’t got my smile, that don’t bother me a to apply his acoustic guitar in the intro, replacing the Wurly in that section. bit” — and they crafted a couple of actions that demonstrate commitment that Starr established an emotional tone that assisted Shane when he delivered the goes both ways in the relationship: the man attending Little League games, final vocal, recorded with the lights turned out in the home studio of engineer the boy drawing a stick-figure sketch of a blended family. Jordan Rigby, using a Shure SM7 microphone that Shane had been gifted. The verses used conversational phrasing to create a sense of ease, while the “He makes a lot of choices based off emotion, which I think is really power- chorus kicked into a gently driving pace, moving steadily toward the payoff ful,” says Charles. “We could have used a multi-thousand-dollar condenser hook: “He ain’t my blood, but he’s my boy.” mic and gotten the purest sound, but I think having that mic of his in there But the setup line — “He’s my son, and that’s my choice” — is arguably kind of helped draw something extra out of him.” the most important one in the song, the one that spells out to the kid that he Shane was “nervous as a cat” when the label decided to make “My Boy” was handpicked. the first single, going with an unconventional choice instead of an uptempo “That was the one line that I fought tooth and nail for when we wrote it,” introduction. But his feelings evolved. says Shane. “The boys wanted ‘He’s my son, my pride and joy/He ain’t my “When 2020 hit, and COVID, social unrest, racial tension, there is so much blood, but he’s my boy.’ And I said, ‘Guys, when you meet a woman who has a negativity in the world,” he says. “I wasn’t hearing much love in the world, and child, if you love that woman, you have to make a very, very important choice I’m like, ‘Dang, man, maybe this song can cut through.’ ” of whether or not you’re going to try to be a father figure to that child as well.’ Based on the emotional messages and videos it engendered online, Wheel- And if you’re not willing to do that, then you best keep your ass away.” house released “My Boy” to country radio via PlayMPE on Sept. 1. It ranked “I didn’t realize until a couple of years after we wrote the song just how among the top five on Billboard’s New and Active list dated Oct. 10 and No. brilliant that line was,” says Columbia. 58 on the Oct. 17 Country Airplay list, bolstering the conviction Shane has Shane guided the bridge, switching the focus from the commitments to the had in the song since Caleb gave him a reason to write it in 2016. boy’s effect on the narrator: “He’s makin’ me a better man.” The sentiment “This is a long road to get to where we are today, but every freaking step is authentic, a reflection of the impact Caleb had on Shane after he first met was worth it,” says Shane. “Every time I open up my phone and see a video Mandy at the Overtime Bar & Grill in Bowling Green, Ky. of somebody sitting there with their stepfather or their stepchild, just seeing “I was just living a real stupid life,” confesses Shane. “It was a lot of drink- honest love — damn, what more could we ask for as a songwriter or an artist ing, a lot of partying; I’d been to jail. I needed something bigger than myself than to see our song be something like that?” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 12, 2020 | PAGE 19 OF 21 Country Airplay Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. E L S (Songwriter) Chart Position EVERY OTHER MEMORY Songs Of Universal, LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Inc., BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Spicer And Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/No Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 31 Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackstreet Music, GMR/ Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, C.Taylor) 49 Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 40 Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, LADY LIKE Not Listed (Not Listed) 59 ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of J.Osborne) 26 ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) 7 Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP A Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 17 G Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner- Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 12 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/ BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/ Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 24 Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 37 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla M.L.Holman) 44 Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 29 ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, ALL OF THE BOYS Bare Feet Publishing LLC, McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 6 SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC (C.D.Jones, House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 35 A.M.Cruz) 27 Z.Brown) 57 LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Creative Music, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 4 ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 5 Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 28 J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 22 M A SONG TO REMEMBER Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Carolina June Publishing, BMI/ B GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Greatshakin Music, BMI/Big Loud Shirt Industries, MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a ASCAP/Moody Producer Music, BMI/Meaux Mercy, BMI BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Carl Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., (M.Hobby, B.D.Warren, B.Warren, C.Stevens) 54 ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 3 ASCAP (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 41 Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ H MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 19 Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill 20 BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, BMI/Do Write BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Warner-Tamerlane My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 21 Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Ole Five, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Steele) 25 Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 8 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, J.S.Stover, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big T P.DiGiovanni) 52 HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 9 Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 14 MY BOY Not Listed (Not Listed) 56 Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone R.Montana) 38 Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., N Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (N. Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, NEVER BE SORRY WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 48 W.Bowery) 32 J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 42 Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/ Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Sony/ATV Cross Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI E.K.Smith) 13 BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/ (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 36 Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 18 B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 50 W Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV WAITIN’ ON 5 ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Music, GMR/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, Songs LLC, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs Of Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, ASCAP (C.Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 47 XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 55 J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 23 US, BMI (C.Janson, Shy Carter, T.Cecil, C.Wiseman) 53 NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good C I Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ WANT ME BACK Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/ CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ 30 Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/EMI Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/McGinntellectual Property, Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Working O SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/True Blue BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, Works, SESAC (L.Ell, K.Brown, L.Rimes, M.McGinn) 60 Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 2 ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass WE WERE RICH EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., J.Mitchell) 10 II, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (R. Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Copperman, A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 45 Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 15 ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation WHAT DO I KNOW Sony/ATV Cross Keys Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Publishing, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Dos ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Hobos Music, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Global Two, GMR J Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI (R.Counts, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 16 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop D.Davidson, L.Brice) 1 Publising, BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 46 Music, ASCAP (P.Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 51 ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing D LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, WHERE I FIND GOD Warner-Tamerlane JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Music, BMI/Sony/ DEAR RODEO Songs From The Couch, BMI/Cori’s Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin (D.H.Davidsen, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 34 ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Fleet, C.R.Harrington) 58 Daddy’s Publishing, BMI (D.Couch, C.D.Johnson) 43 Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 33 P WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 11 S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 39 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 12, 2020 | PAGE 20 OF 21 Hot Country Songs Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. D I ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (Songwriter) Chart Position LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, DEAR RODEO Songs From The Couch, BMI/Cori’s I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Daddy’s Publishing, BMI (D.Couch, C.D.Johnson) 44 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree (D.H.Davidsen, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 24 Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Working Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ E Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackstreet Music, GMR/ For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, P SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 8 Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns 12 J.Osborne) SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 11 16 A Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI S G (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 1 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner- I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/ And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 15 Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/ Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 49 McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 50 Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 9 SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Relative Music J Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 39 Group, BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/8 Minutes Twenty JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 25 ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Seconds Publishing, BMI/Artist Publishing Group West, Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 30 II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane WC Music Corp., ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold H.Phelps) 46 L Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 26 Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, B Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, M.L.Holman) 43 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 33 SIX FEET APART Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 23 Bootleg Lyrics, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit 31 BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 45 Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT Songs Of Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI/Big ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Music Machine, BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/ J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 19 Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 29 Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/Muse Magic, GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 6 ASCAP/Big Machine Music, LLC, ASCAP/Millicent Hill MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Music, ASCAP 40 (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, J.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 3 SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 17 Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, H 34 Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 13 W.Bowery) STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, BMI/Do Write BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Steele) 27 My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, Five, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation T E.K.Smith) 18 Creative Music, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 10 R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 5 TALKIN’ TENNESSEE Mammaw’s Fried Okra BURN ‘EM ALL Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Idiot HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., M Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, Circle Publishing LLC, BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/ BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud LLC, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (KMarlowe, Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music B.Addington, A.Eshuis, J.Hyde) 42 Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Hyde, M.Wallen, Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill C.Wiseman) 47 C Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 22 Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG W CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 35 WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER Recluse Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI (S.Davis) 41 Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 48 Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big WHO YOU ARE TO ME Capitol CMG Paragon, Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of HELL OF A VIEW Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ BMI/S.D.G. Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/ Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, 4 Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. (C.Tomlin, C.Kelley, D.Haywood, H.Scott) 36 Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo O Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 32 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 28 Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, J.Mitchell) 7 E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill WITHOUT YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 20 Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Island South, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 21 SESAC/Rosest Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round 38 Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, D.Isbell) Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ D.Davidson, L.Brice) 2 SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 14 LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 37 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 12, 2020 | PAGE 21 OF 21 CODA 40 Years Ago Don Williams Scored His Biggest Crossover Hit “I Believe in You” crowned Hot Country Songs and hit the Billboard Hot 100
On Oct. 18, 1980, Don Williams’ “I Believe in You” ascended was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010. 2-1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The Floydada, Texas, native died after a short illness on The song — written by Roger Cook and Sam Hogin, and Sept. 8, 2017, at age 78. produced by longtime Williams collaborator Garth Fundis Just hours after Williams’ death, during a concert stop in — became Williams’ 11th of 17 leaders on the chart among Athens, Ohio, Brothers Osborne paid tribute to him with a 45 top 10s that he tallied in 1974-91. It also sparked his only cover of his 1979 No. 1 “Tulsa Time.” In October 2019, the appearance on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, where it Nashville Symphony presented Don Williams Music & Mem- reached No. 24, and became his lone Adult Contemporary ories over three nights at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. top 10, hitting No. 8. Keith Urban curated the journey through Williams’ music. The “Gentle Giant,” who was revered for his warm baritone, —JIM ASKER
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REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS DAVID REDFERN/REDFERNS DAVID