Country Update

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INSIDE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE [email protected]

Wallen Swarms What’s New In 2021? 13 Country Acts Hot Country >page 4 With Debut Projects Through June

Garth Brooks On It’s a new year, thankfully, and it may turn out to be a signifi- says Barnes. “I had an amazing life, but I knew in my heart this Insurrection, Healing cant one for several new artists taking important first steps in is where I needed to be. God put all this together in the right >page 12 their career paths. time, and I had to say yes to it.” At least 13 acts have their first or EP set for release Release schedules can change, but here’s a look at 13 country during the first half of the year, with the field including a couple artists planning their first album or EP for a label of significance of former contestants from , a teenage female who before June 30: : earned attention by posting bedroom vocal performances on • Nate Barnes (Quartz Hill) — Signed to former BBR founder Super Man Facebook and a singer- who caught Nashville’s ears Benny Brown’s new label, Barnes owns a classic country voice >page 14 with a good old-fashioned with a reedy filter shading appearance on a heritage ’s tone. He media platform: terres- weaves Southern rock in- trial radio. fluence and a touch of Paisley, Shelton, With streaming pro- modern programming Opry Hit TV viding more means of into a mainstream coun- >page 14 exposure, the volume of try framework. The sin- individual, introductory gle “You Ain’t Pretty” pre- tracks released by labels cedes a debut EP. CLARK CARTWRIGHT HOOT Makin’ Tracks: and indie acts is way up, • Troy Cartwright HARDY, ‘Heaven’ but many of those come (Warner Music Nashville) And ‘Hell’ and go after one or two releases. This list specifically looks — Emerging from the Texan club circuit, Cartwright applies a >page 20 at artists who have inspired enough confidence that a label is slight snarl to a variety of sounds: burning Southern blues in committing to a first album or EP. “Hammer,” light pop-country in “Hung Up on You” or Doobie- The class features plenty of quality, from the self-proclaimed like rhythms in the dance track “Cake for Breakfast.” Look for “bell-bottom country” of to the western-fused an EP, perhaps in April. Country Coda: percolations of Ian Munsick to the smooth centrist sound of • Callista Clark (Big Machine) — A 17-year-old from When Nail Tacked Up Nate Barnes, who ended the last year by releasing his debut Zebulon, Ga., Clark has amassed over 65 million views on A No. 1 single, “You Ain’t Pretty.” Facebook, many featuring inventive, unpredictable mash- >page 23 New artists are a roll of the dice for labels, but the career ups. With Aretha Franklin and among her

path is likewise enveloped in uncertainty and risk for the acts. icons, she puts a fresh spin on soul phrasing, leading to her YVEASSAD CARTWRIGHT: FAIRCHILD, FORD CLARK: “I left an amazing career working at a nuclear power plant,” first EP in March. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2021 | PAGE 2 OF 23

• Hannah Dasher (Sony Music Nashville) — Dasher was still working at Bass Pro when she earned her first cut as a songwriter on a project. Her ability to twist a phrase — “Guys buy the drinks, girls call the shots” — mirrors Paisley’s, and she brings a stark country resonance to her first EP. • Alex Hall (Monument) — Hall’s smoky tones convey a brightness and optimism, mixing blues and pop influence with his brand of country. He has definitely engaged fellow Nashville musicians: Guests on his Six Strings EP, due Feb. 5, include , Tenille Townes, Old Dominion’s Brad Tursi and guitarist John Osborne. • Joey Hendricks (Sony Music Nashville) — The influence of modern trou- badours and is evident in Hendricks’ first single,

“Yours or Mine,” which was unleashed last July. A former Phoenix club singer, KUPERSMITH SETH Hendricks won a Parallel publishing deal before landing his Sony contract. Brett Young (left) will roll out the BY40 Challenge on Jan. 25, An EP is currently in the works. encouraging fans to join the 10-week fitness program, featuring • Jake Hoot (self-released) — “Soy capitan!” A 2019 winner on The Voice, celebrity trainer Don Saladino (Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Blunt). Hoot certainly takes command in a remake of “La Bamba,” a highlight from his debut EP, Love Out of Time, arriving Jan. 27. Hoot’s roots are undeniably country, and his voice is big, illustrated in a duet, “I Would’ve Loved You.” • Ian Munsick (Warner Music Nashville) — Wyoming-bred with a tinge of Josh Abbott twang, Munsick ties country, western, J.J. Cale pulse and modern pop phrasing into an inventive ball of ragged hooks. His first album, Coyote Cry, is due Feb. 26 and compelling enough to keep feet stomping until at least July. • Pryor & Lee (Black River) — Roommates while competing on NBC’s The Voice in 2018, Pryor Baird and Kaleb Lee lit a Southern-rock fire in their label debut, “Y’allsome.” Their affinity for Brooks & Dunn and Montgom- ery Gentry points to more burning country in other forthcoming material, expected in a March EP. • Restless Road (Sony Music Nashville) — The harmony-based trio made its welcomes , and Old Dominion’s arena debut opening for last January, only to see the pandemic Matthew Ramsey among his guests for season three of Phil Vassar’s shunt its tour exposure. The group quietly released an indie EP, but is about to Songs From the Cellar podcast, which launched Jan. 15. From announce a signing with Brown’s imprint and plans its first album during Q2. left: Lonestar’s Dean Sams, Vassar and Lonestar members Richie • Teddy Robb (Monument) — His sophomore radio single, “Heaven on Dirt,” McDonald, Keech Rainwater and Michael Britt. rides the chart at No. 54, putting a nostalgic spin on Robb’s subtle scratch. Arriving in Nashville after honing his live chops in Colorado, his easy-going vocal confidence landed a 2020 debut EP. A first full album is in production. • Heath Sanders (Valory) — An Arkansas-bred oil worker, Sanders addresses music with a natural blue-collar grit. Produced by (, Brantley Gilbert), Sanders got his break when iHeartMedia’s spotted a video and brought the then-unsigned singer onto his show. A debut EP, Common Ground, will arrive Jan. 29. • Lainey Wilson (BBR) — Raised on a farm in northeast Louisiana, Wilson inherited her Southern accent and her get-it-done attitude naturally. Produced by Jay Joyce (, Eric Church), she has a prior indie album (left) appeared in the Jan. 11 edition of USA Network’s under her belt, but her first with an established label arrives Feb. 19. Straight Up With Steve Austin. FOR YOUR ACM® CONSIDERATION

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Wallen Makes Record-Setting Start With Dangerous: The Double Album; It Gets Even ‘Better’ For Combs On Country Airplay

Morgan Wallen’s second LP, Dangerous: The Double Album (/ sold, and flies in atop Country (marking his fifth No. 1) and Republic), blasts in atop the all-genre and Top Country Country Digital Sales (third). charts dated Jan. 23. Wallen makes even more history by swarming the top The 30-song set, released Jan. 8, launches with 265,000 equivalent album 10 with a one-week record six titles, all from Dangerous. Previously, seven acts units earned in the week ending Jan. 14, according to MRC Data. (including Wallen) placed as many as three tracks in the top 10 at once. Join- Wallen earns his first Billboard 200 leader, after his ing “Wasted,” “” ranks at No. 3, inaugural LP, If I Know Me, debuted in May 2018 and reached followed by “” (No. 4), “Somebody’s Problem” No. 13 in August 2020. With Dangerous, he adds his second (No. 6), “Sand in My Boots” (No. 8) and “Warning” (No. 10). No. 1, with If I Know Me having reached Wallen has now earned 11 such top 10s. the summit last August in its record-breaking 114th week; Overall, 27 of Dangerous’ 30 tracks chart on the on the latest list, it ranks at No. 5 (17,000, up 6%). 50-position Hot Country Songs list, also a new weekly “This is absolutely insane,” Wallen tells Billboard. best. Previously, Combs claimed the most with 16 “When we decided to go for it with a double album, I knew (Nov. 23, 2019). taking a risk, but I believed in the music.” Of the 265,000 opening-week units, streaming equiva- ‘BETTER’ IS BEST Luke Combs banks his record-extending lent albums comprise 184,000 (equaling 240.2 million on- 10th consecutive career-opening No. 1 on Country Airplay demand streams of Dangerous’ songs), album sales contrib- (encompassing his properly promoted singles) as “Better ute 74,000, and track-equivalent albums equal 7,000. The Together” (River House/Columbia Nashville) rises 2-1. It set scores the largest streaming week for a country album, gained by 7% to 29.4 million audience impressions in the more than doubling the 102.3 million streams that Luke week ending Jan. 17. WALLEN Combs’ second LP, What You See Is What You Get (Nov. 7, The Combs, Dan Isbell and Randy Montana co-write 2020), achieved. is the fifth single from Combs’ What You See Is What You Dangerous also boasts the biggest week for a country album since Car- Get. The set dips to No. 2 on Top Country Albums after 37 weeks at No. 1. rie Underwood’s arrived with 266,000 units in September 2018. Combs now has five Country Airplay No. 1s from the album, matching the Wallen achieves the largest week for a solo male since ’s Kill the five leaders from his first LP, This One’s for You. Luke Bryan’s six No. 1s from Lights opened with 345,000 in August 2015. 2015’s Kill the Lights remain the most from one album. Meanwhile, Wallen becomes the first artist ever to debut simultaneously at Combs’ last Country Airplay No. 1, “Lovin’ on You,” reigned for four weeks No. 1 on Top Country Albums and the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot starting last September. His latest leader reaches the top in its 16th week, wrap- Country Songs chart, where Dangerous track “Wasted on You” launches at the ping the speediest coronation since “Lovin’,” which needed just 12. peak. He’s also the only artist with multiple No. 1 Hot Country Songs debuts in the chart’s 62-year history, as the new set’s “7 Summers” opened in the top spot ‘DOWN’ IS UP Luke Bryan lands his 31st Country Airplay top 10 as “Down on Aug. 25, 2020. With “Wasted,” Wallen earns his third chart-topper; he first to One” (Capitol Nashville) ascends 11-9 (19.3 million impressions, up 8%).

led with “” for two weeks starting in May 2019. Bryan ties for the 13th-most top 10s since the chart launched AUDITORIUM RYMAN FOR IMAGES SHEARER/GETTY JOHN “Wasted” begins with 17.9 million U.S. streams and 10,000 downloads in January 1990. leads with 61.

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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 16 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Luke Combs 29.426 +1.867 7060 728 2 l2 4 25 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 29.211 +2.866 7382 940 1 3 3 46 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers 23.397 -3.401 4915 -637 8 l4 7 27 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA 23.140 +0.013 5959 221 3 5 1 39 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG  22.278 -8.421 5 111 -2205 7 6 5 26 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Featuring 21.415 -3.376 4850 -715 9 l7 9 24 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville 21.392 +0.464 5519 403 5 l8 8 33 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Ballerini 20.898 -0.094 5683 133 4 l9 11 14 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 19.340 +1.465 4673 370 11 l10 10 40 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 19.259 +0.547 5 115 262 6 l11 13 10 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory  Thomas Rhett 17.508 -0.061 4305 163 13 l12 14 35 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek x Blanco Brown 17.410 +1.001 4715 510 10 l13 12 21 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville 17.273 -0.088 4489 125 12 l14 15 19 LONG LIVE BMLG  Florida Line 15.721 -0.433 3957 77 15 l15 16 48 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow 14.359 -0.058 3973 156 14 l16 17 31 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 12.749 +0.163 3612 79 16 l17 21 22 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud HH Airpower HH 12.337 +2.573 3109 602 20 l18 18 38 LADY BMLG  Brett Young 11.954 +0.793 3231 365 18 l19 NEW UNDIVIDED McGraw/Big Machine HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 10.338 +10.338 2120 2120 25 l20 19 49 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand 10.271 +0.253 3176 99 19 l21 22 32 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR 10.236 +0.965 3381 362 17 l22 20 39 NOBODY Curb  9.777 -0.114 2883 60 22 l23 23 33 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 8.957 +0.386 2921 140 21 l24 24 11 EMI Nashville Eric Church 6.888 +0.460 2351 152 23 l25 27 35 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud 6.590 +0.755 2044 240 28 26 25 35 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 5.864 -0.515 2230 -59 24 l27 29 13 GONE Capitol Nashville 5.729 +0.114 2086 136 26 28 26 17 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 5.713 -0.250 2057 35 27 l29 28 15 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville 5.657 +0.098 1957 54 29 l30 30 17 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 5.524 +0.769 1797 248 30

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 MRC detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Data. Audience totals on the a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER 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 © 2021, 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 MRC Data’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 MRC Data) for previous week. A song audience or detections are stations that do not report © 2021 Billboard Media, LLC will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2021 | PAGE 8 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 31 10 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow 4.138 +0.042 1267 98 33 l32 33 13 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory  Justin Moore 3.676 +0.303 112 0 41 37 l33 32 31 HARD DAYS Valory  Brantley Gilbert 3.518 -0.069 1499 54 31 l34 34 7 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown 3.421 +0.032 894 162 40 l35 NEW MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN HH Breaker HH  Blake Shelton 3.060 +3.060 612 612 48 36 36 17 NEXT GIRL Big Machine 2.730 -0.159 1432 32 32 l37 39 29 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 2.526 +0.196 116 4 75 36 38 35 19 DEAR RODEO CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson & Reba McEntire 2.486 -0.362 449 -8 54 l39 37 26 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville 2.457 +0.064 1234 42 34 l40 40 29 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse  Runaway June 2.400 +0.241 119 2 73 35 l41 42 17 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 2.228 +0.292 724 42 44 42 38 20 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 2.017 -0.363 914 37 38 43 41 12 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 1.956 -0.087 860 51 41 44 43 7 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Dack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring 1.873 -0.086 781 -1 43 l45 44 15 MY BOY Wheelhouse  Elvie Shane 1.837 -0.018 855 9 42 46 45 11 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 1.603 -0.109 909 31 39 l47 47 22 WHAT DO I KNOW Arista Nashville Robert Counts 1.359 +0.044 671 7 45 l48 50 18 WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR 1.349 -0.038 585 55 49 l49 49 6 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs 1.304 +0.096 444 40 55 l50 48 6 SHALLOW Pearl  & 1.296 +0.010 492 17 52 51 46 11 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb  1.253 -0.306 630 3 46 l52 52 13 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 0.984 +0.021 516 16 51 53 53 18 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse  LOCASH 0.971 -0.174 556 -32 50 54 51 7 HEAVEN ON DIRT Monument  Teddy Robb 0.934 -0.052 624 21 47 l55 54 8 Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA 0.811 -0.024 441 3 56 l56 55 10 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS BMLG  Riley Green 0.767 +0.019 419 30 57 l57 56 4 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Broken Bow Lainey Wilson 0.737 +0.043 413 43 58 58 57 8 WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 0.582 -0.045 384 27 59 l59 RE-ENTRY FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 0.579 +0.001 181 -28 - 60 60 10 WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.556 -0.026 319 -2 -

GOING FOR ADDS

1/25 Hate You Like I Love You Not Listed HARDY Give Heaven Some Hell Big Loud Sober As A Drunk Columbia Nashville SHY CARTER Good Love Warner Music Nashville/WAR

2/1 ERIC LEE Same Dirt Road 30 Blue Hill & BRAD PAISLEY Freedom Was A Highway MIRANDA Stoney Creek LAMBERT The Lambert co-write holds at No. 30 on Settling Down Country Airplay, up by 16% to 5.5 million 2/8 audience impressions. GRANGER SMITH SMITH PHILIP ROY PHILIP LLOYD BISHOP/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY IMAGES BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2021 | PAGE 9 OF 23

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL UNDIVIDED McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 119 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton 31 HOME SWEET Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 0.471 11 5 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young & Kane Brown 12 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Capitol Nashville  0.466 5 5 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 10 MARTHA DIVINE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Ashley McBryde 0.397 20 0 7 SUMMERS Big Loud/Republic Morgan Wallen 9 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 8 WHISKEY’S FINE Arista Nashville Adam Doleac 0.378 21 3 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 7 HUNG UP ON YOU Warner Music Nashville/WAR Troy Cartwright 0.362 10 1 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 6 NO BODY, NO CRIME Republic/MCA Nashville  Feat. Haim 0.336 6 2 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Dack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Feat. Florida Georgia Line 6 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 5 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 21.134 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 21.049 UNDIVIDED McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard +10.338 MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton +3.060 3 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud  20.812 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +2.866 4 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 12.671 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +2.573 5 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 12.467 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.867 6 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 12.361 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +1.465 7 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 11.319 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown +1.001 8 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 11.007 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +0.965 9 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 10.861 LADY BMLG Brett Young +0.793 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +0.769 10 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 10.430 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN UNDIVIDED McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard +2120 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +940 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +728 MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton +612 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +602 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown +510 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker +403 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +370 LADY BMLG Brett Young +365 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +362 DAN + SHAY BARRETT BARRETT: ROBBY KLEIN ROBBY BARRETT: TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING JANUARY 17, 2021

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 3 14 STILL A LITTLE COUNTRY LEFT (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Curtis Grimes 2051 313 l11 11 8 CALLIN’ ALL HEARTS (Independent)  Terry McBride 1403 55 l2 2 13 DRINKING MONEY (Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers)  1927 114 l12 12 21 MISSIN’ YOU, MISSISSIPPI (Independent)  Dustin Sonnier 1271 27 l3 4 19 WANT TO WITH YOU (Independent)  Jamie Richards 1878 150 13 6 17 HEART TO STEAL TONIGHT (Independent)  Jon Wolfe 1239 -353 l4 7 20 ANOTHER TOWN (Independent)  Jon Stork 1639 78 l14 16 14 OLD SCHOOL (Independent)  David Adam Byrnes 119 2 45 5 1 15 I DO THING (Independent)  Kylie Frey 1620 -346 l15 18 22 ONE DAY (Independent)  Triston Marez 114 0 56 l6 9 10 SILVERADO SATURDAY NIGHT (BIG Label )  1599 183 16 15 18 DEAR RODEO (COJO/Warners Nashille)  Cody Johnson 1112 -64 l7 13 12 DEVIL’S RED HOT SAUCE (Independent)  James Lann 1507 273 17 17 18 BAD GUY (Almost Country)  Casey Donahew 1052 -36 l8 8 14 FOOL’S LOVE AFFAIR (117 Music)  1507 58 l18 19 10 OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN (Little Red Truck)  1050 70 9 5 28 THE LUCKIEST (Independent)  1410 -187 l19 20 13 HONKY TONK IN HEAVEN (Independent)  Kin Faux 1027 114 l10 10 21 RHYTHM OF YOU (Independent)  1404 21 20 14 23 TOO MANY LOVE SONGS (Independent)  Kaitlyn Kohler 991 -213

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

in a remix of Granger Smith’s “That’s What I Love About Dirt Roads” … Bea- sley Media/Boston promoted Kari Talieri and Jesse Carbone to general sales manager for the cluster, including country WKLB. Both served as local sales managers for other stations in the group … KNUC Seattle installed Premiere’s as its morning team, RadioInk.com reported … Icicle Broadcasting is selling country KZAL and adult contemporary KOZI, accord- ing to RadioInsight.com. The ownership group is giving preference to local buyers … Trophies for last year’s Country Radio Hall of Fame honorees, whose original inductions were delayed by the pandemic, will now be presented daily during CRS 2021: The Virtual Experience Feb. 17-20 … Former Capitol vp A&R Larry Willoughby died Jan. 14 following a bout with COVID-19. Before working for labels, he served as a songwriter, penning Eddy Raven’s “Opera- tor, Operator,” ’ “The Devil’s on the Loose” and “Building Bridges” by Brooks & Dunn with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill. ’ROUND THE ROW Chris Lane (left) tackled a microphone stand project with woodworker Greg Thompson was named president/partner of Big Loud Management. Ben Napier on the Jan. 13 edition of HGTV’s Home Town. The Los Angeles-based executive was previously Maverick Management president. Reach him here … WME Nashville added Aaron Tannenbaum as COUNTRY WADES INTO POLITICS a partner. He arrives from CAA, where he was a music agent … Mallory Mason An embarrassingly contentious transition of power will end on Jan. 20 when joined King Business & Financial Management as a business manager. She Democrat Joe Biden takes the oath as the 46th president of the United States. segues from Wiles + Taylor, where she was an account manager. Reach her Garth Brooks will perform during the inaugural ceremony, where healing the here … Stephanie Taylor Law made associate attorney Rachel Guttmann nation’s divide will be front and center on the agenda. Brooks, who believes he a partner and changed the company name to Taylor Guttmann. Reach “might be the only Republican” involved in the inauguration, is making a return Guttmann here … Nashville-based PCG Artist Development established performance of sorts. He was part of the lineup for a 2009 concert at the Lincoln an Austin-based branch. Orb Recording Studios co-owner Matt Noveskey Memorial when Barack Obama began his eight-year run in the Oval Office. will act as PCG Austin president, with songwriter Drew Womack (“She’s Obama’s administration began under the dark clouds of a Wall Street-led Got It All,” “Whatever Comes First”) — formerly a member of Sons of the recession, but Biden’s will start during even more ominous circumstances, Desert — tabbed as director of A&R … R&R Bait & Tackle, a Nashville-based after insurrectionists stormed the Capitol in a Jan. 6 demonstration. Brooks, marketing firm whose clients include the Association and in a virtual Jan. 18 press conference, called the attack “misguided,” while Opry Entertainment Group, has been absorbed by parent company FishBait holding out hope that it spurs a national renewal. Marketing as part of a restructuring that creates a new umbrella, FishBait “It felt like it was in some other country, but it was here, and now we deal Solutions, with clients in multiple industries. With the move, R&R partner with it,” he said. “Now we do our best to make sure something like that doesn’t Ron Cook becomes chairman of FishBait Solutions. Rob Temple arrives as happen again.” FishBait CEO, moving from ESPN senior vp programming and acquisitions. Brooks’ appearance is just one among numerous developments in which FishBait founder Rick Jones is retitled as chief creative officer … Little Big country and politics intersected in the last week. They include: Town extended its publishing deal with Warner Chappell Nashville … Singer- • Big Machine released “Undivided,” a Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard songwriter Peytan Porter signed a joint publishing deal with Jody Williams duet with a theme that mirrors Brooks’ sentiments, proclaiming that “it’s Songs and Warner Chappell Nashville … Plaid Flag Music added singer- time to come together.” songwriter Mae Estes to its publishing roster … SOURCE Nashville set its • and Ricky Skaggs each received the National Medal of Arts 2021 board. Top officers include president Kari Barnhart, Regions Bank; vp in a quiet ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 13. The Mallory Mason, King Business & Financial Management; treasurer Greta event occurred just minutes after Donald Trump became the first president Day, Sussman & Associates; and secretary Erica Rosa, FBMM … Lindsay Ell to be impeached twice. became an artist ambassador for the CMA Foundation’s Unified Voices for • Brooks was unveiled among the class of recipients in the Kennedy Center Music Education program … “Wall of Sound” producer Phil Spector, who Honors. Typically handed out in December, this round will be presented in was incarcerated for murder in 2009, died Jan. 16 in a hospital in Stockton, May and turned into a June 6 CBS special. Calif. Known for his work on sessions with The Beatles, The Crystals and • A Tennessee state legislator introduced a bill on Jan. 13 calling for a statue The Righteous Brothers, Spector penned “To Know Him Is To Love Him,” of Dolly Parton that would be placed on the Capitol grounds in Nashville. a pop hit that likewise rose to No. 1 in country through a 1987 single by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. RADIO & RECORDS® Curb bumped R.J. Meacham to senior vp promotion from vp. Reach him here … Warner Music Nashville promoted five executives in multiple depart- ments. Danny Bess was raised to CFO from vp finance, while Brad Walker rose to senior director of finance from director. Jenni Tay was bumped to di- rector of streaming from manager. Mary Catherine Rebrovick was promoted to senior director of publicity from director, and Victoria Chaitoff was upped to director of publicity from manager … Black River handed out promotions to three members of the marketing department. Nikki Abbamont rose to associate director of project management from marketing manager, Ainsley Barry shifted to social media coordinator from copyright and licensing co- ordinator, and Megan Hazeltine was branded marketing coordinator after joining the team as publicity coordinator in January 2020 … Benny Brown’s new Quartz Hill label signed singer-songwriter Ben Gallaher to a recording Seaforth appeared Jan. 14 on iHeartMedia’s syndicated The Bobby contract … RECORDS Nashville/Columbia signed Lathan Warlick to a record- Bones Show. From left: Seaforth members Mitch Thompson and Tom ing deal. Warlick was introduced to the country market through a rap section Jordan, Bones and Bones Show producer Eddie Garcia.

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Eric Church will join R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan to perform the national Jan. 19 anthem before Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7 in Tampa Bay, Fla. The NFL announced • 2016 — Big Machine releases Tim McGraw’s Church’s participation on Jan. 19, making it the eighth time that “The Star- “Humble and Kind” to radio. Spangled Banner” is handled by one • 1971 — The Nashville or more country artists for the event. Association International names Kris The first was in 1974. Kristofferson songwriter of the year. His Others have included Luke Bryan, composition “For the Good Times” receives KRISTOFFERSON Garth Brooks and Dixie Chicks (now song of the year. known as ). Elsewhere in sports, Big Machine Label Group Jan. 20 president/CEO Scott Borchetta • 1981 — and Charley Pride are among the celebrities who established the Big Machine Racing play at inaugural ceremonies for President Ronald Reagan. Others Team, with Nashville driver Jade Bu- include: , , Donny & Marie Osmond, ford competing in NASCAR events. Ray Charles, Patti Page, Pat Boone and Debby Boone.

Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton will Jan. 21 host when NBC airs the two-hour spe- • 2006 — parks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Coun- cial : 95 Years of Coun- try Songs chart for the first of six weeks with “Jesus, Take the Wheel.” try Music, on Feb. 14. The production combines original performances with Jan. 22 CHURCH archival footage and interviews, giv- PUGLIESE JOE • 2020 — The RIAA issues a gold certification for “What Happens in ing the network a fresh show while a Small Town,” by Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell. still observing COVID-19 safety protocols. The special comes three days • 1976 — Reba McEntire has her first recording session for Mercury prior to Paisley’s 20th anniversary as an Opry member. Records at Nashville’s Woodland Sound Studios.

On the heels of her Christmas album, , Carrie Underwood offers an- Jan. 23 other themed project with her next release, embracing gospel hymns with My • 2018 — The World Wildlife Fund launches a campaign to battle the Savior, due March 26. The album reteams her with producer David Garcia poaching of snow leopards, with the Rascal Flatts song “I Won’t Let (, Avenue Beat), who brings an extensive history in contem- Go” providing musical support. porary Christian music. Also on the docket is a deluxe version of ’s • 1996 — Epic releases ’ album The Trouble With Wild West, which enhances the original project with four additional tracks. the Truth. The expanded version arrives Feb. 12. Jan. 24 Adding a hopeful chapter to a tragic storyline, and Loretta Lynn • 2019 — Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors,” Jeannie C. Riley’s both revealed through photos that they had received COVID-19 vaccines. “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the As freelancer Joyce Rizer wrote on Twitter: “Willie got the Dolly vaccine. Christmas Tree” are announced as new entries in the Grammy All is right in the country music world.” Underscoring the dangers that the Hall of Fame. coronavirus represents to the population — and to the concert business — a • 2015 — Thomas Rhett writes “Die a Happy Man” with Joe Sparger woman who knowingly tested positive attended a Cody Johnson concert and Sean Douglas on his bus at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, and may have exposed hundreds of people to the coronavirus, according to Ark., then performs it onstage for the first time the same night. KSAT-TV San Antonio. Jan. 25 • 2011 — Songwriters Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Top Headlines from .com and earn an Oscar nomination for best original song Click on headlines below for more details for “Coming Home,” performed by in the movie .

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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 NEW 1 WASTED ON YOU No. 1 (1 week)/Hot Shot Debut Morgan Wallen - 1 l J.MOI,J.DURRETT (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,J.THOMPSON,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 2 1 1 90 I HOPE Gabby Barrett RC 1 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 3 3 3 39 Morgan Wallen RC 2 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 7 SUMMERS 4 12 13 22 Morgan Wallen 17 1 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BI G LOUD BETTER TOGETHER 5 2 2 32 Luke Combs 1 2 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 6 20 21 8 SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Digital & Streaming Gainer Morgan Wallen - 3 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,R.CLAWSON,J.DURRETT,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD HH HH 7 4 5 25 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Airplay Gainer Dan + Shay 2 4 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,S.M.DOUGLAS,J.G.EVIGAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR SAND IN MY BOOTS 8 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 8 l J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 9 5 4 21 STARTING OVER Chris Stapleton 13 4 D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE WARNING 10 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 10 l J.MOI,CHARLIE HANDSOME (E.K.SMITH,A.GORLEY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD GOOD TIME 11 10 12 33 Niko Moon 10 10 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE STILL GOIN DOWN 12 26 27 8 Morgan Wallen - 8 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,M.W.HARDY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 865 13 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 13 l J.MOI (J.BYRON,B.PENDERGRASS) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 14 9 11 31 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Kelsea Ballerini 8 9 J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER Morgan Wallen 15 RE-ENTRY 23 - 15 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.J.ISBELL) BIG LOUD 16 6 7 25 HAPPY ANYWHERE Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 6 3 S.HENDRICKS (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,M.JENKINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN DANGEROUS 17 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 17 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD NEON EYES 18 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 18 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,M.L.HOLMAN,B.BURGESS) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD MORE SURPRISED THAN ME 19 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 19 l J.MOI (N.MOON,B.BURGESS,L.T.MILLER) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 20 11 10 12 FOREVER AFTER ALL Luke Combs 59 1 CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 21 15 16 26 HAPPY DOES Kenny Chesney 4 15 B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA LIVIN’ THE DREAM 22 40 47 8 Morgan Wallen - 19 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,B.BURGESS,J.DURRETT,M.W.HARDY) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 23 14 15 10 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Thomas Rhett 11 14 D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,P.WELLING) VALORY 24 13 14 23 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Darius Rucker 7 13 R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITO L NASHVILLE 25 19 22 19 LONG LIVE Florida Georgia Line 14 19 C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 5 WKS MORGAN WALLEN  1 37 WKS  2 ERNEST KEITH SMITH  2  3 CHARLIE HANDSOME  3 SCOTT MOFFATT  4 HARDY  4 DAN SMYERS  5  5 ZACH KALE  6  6 JACOB DURRETT  7 JOSH THOMPSON  7 ZACH CROWELL  8  8 SCOTT HENDRICKS  9 BEN BURGESS  9  10 LUKE COMBS  10 DANN HUFF  KALE

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 JANUARY 19, 2021 | PAGE 17 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 26 16 18 13 DOWN TO ONE Luke Bryan 9 16 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (K.FISHMAN,D.DAVIDSON,J.EBACH) CAPITOL NASHVILLE WHISKEY’D MY WAY 27 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 27 l J.MOI (M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,THOMAS RHETT,J.THOMPSON) RE PUBLIC/BIG LOUD YOUR BARTENDER 28 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 28 l J.MOI,M.DRAGSTREM (M.DRAGSTREM,R.AKINS,THOMAS RHETT,J.THOMPSON) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD OUTLAW 29 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen Featuring Ben Burgess - 29 l J.MOI (B.BURGESS,P.DAVIS,J.KERR,J.REYNOLDS) REPUB LIC/BIG LOUD 30 17 19 48 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown 12 17 D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 31 18 20 30 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett 21 18 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR ONLY THING THAT’S GONE 32 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen Featuring Chris Stapleton - 32 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,R.C.MCGILL,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD WONDERIN’ BOUT THE WIND 33 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 33 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD SILVERADO FOR SALE 34 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 34 l J.MOI (D.DAVIDSON,M.GREEN,B.HAYSLIP) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 35 23 28 12 HELL OF A VIEW Eric Church 24 23 J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) EMI NASHVILLE 36 22 25 18 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 28 13 K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37 21 24 34 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch 15 21 Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW ME ON WHISKEY 38 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 38 l J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,M.L.HOLMAN,E.K.SMITH) REPUBL IC/BIG LOUD BEER DON’T 39 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 39 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 40 25 32 37 LADY Brett Young 18 22 D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG REDNECKS, RED LETTERS, RED DIRT 41 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 41 l J.MOI (M.DRAGSTREM,R.C.MCGILL,J.THOMPSON) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD BLAME IT ON ME 42 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 42 l J.MOI (A.GORLEY,CHARLIE HANDSOME,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 43 24 29 35 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 23 24 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 44 27 31 16 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Tenille Arts 20 27 A.KLINE (T.ARTS,A.KLINE,A.M.CRUZ) 19TH & GRAND COUNTRY A$$ SHIT 45 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 45 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,R.C.MCGILL,J.M.SCHMIDT) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD QUITTIN’ TIME 46 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 46 l J.MOI (E.CHURCH,L.LAIRD,J.THOMPSON) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD SOMETHIN’ COUNTRY 47 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 47 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,M.W.HARDY,D.ROSS,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD WHATCHA THINK OF COUNTRY NOW 48 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 48 l J.MOI (D.DAVIDSON,D.DAWSON,K.FISHMAN,M.L.HOLMAN,J.T.WILSON) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 49 30 33 13 GONE Dierks Bentley 27 30 D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 50 32 35 13 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Sam Hunt 29 32 Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,Z.CROWELL,E.K.SMITH,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE

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

COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weekly National Music Sales Report

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

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2021 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,360,000 1,418,742,000 128,444,000 Album ’20 20.37 million Consumption 2,037,000 2,464,000 21.0% ’21 24.64 million Last Week 1,103,000 1,212,723,000 116,860,000 Album Sales 308,000 391,000 26.9% Change 23.3% 17.0% 9.9% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 2,167,453,000 2,632,415,000 21.5% ’20 24.65 billion This Week Last Year 1,000,000 1,070,589,000 148,476,000 ’21 28.77 billion Change 36.0% 32.5% -13.5% Video On-Demand 297,883,000 245,388,000 -17.6%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending January 14, 2021. 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. 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 MRC Data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected]

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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 WASTED ON YOU WASTED ON YOU MORGAN WALLEN DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM 1 NEW 1 NEW 1 NEW 1 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l MORGAN WALLEN  l BIG LOUD 033180*/REPUBLIC SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM 2020 LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET l2 10 8 l2 1 3 2 1 1 62 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 1 MORGAN WALLEN  MITCH ROSSELL  7 SUMMERS SAND IN MY BOOTS BARRY GIBB BARRY GIBB & FRIENDS: GREENFIELDS: THE GIBB BROTHERS SONGBOOK, VOL. I 3 8 22 3 NEW NEW 1 3 l MORGAN WALLEN  l MORGAN WALLEN  l3 CAPITOL 032878*   SAND IN MY BOOTS UNDIVIDED CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER 4 NEW 4 NEW 4 2 3 9 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l TIM MCGRAW & TYLER HUBBARD  MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN BETTER TOGETHER 4 5 137 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 1 l5 5 36 5 6 29 l5 BIG LOUD 783* 1 MORGAN WALLEN  LUKE COMBS  WARNING STARTING OVER LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 6 NEW 6 5 20 6 3 4 189 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  CHRIS STAPLETON  865 THE GOOD ONES CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 7 NEW 7 10 12 7 5 9 298 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l GABBY BARRETT  STILL GOIN DOWN I HOPE LEE BRICE HEY WORLD 8 19 5 8 4 72 8 7 13 8 CURB 79537* 7 l MORGAN WALLEN  GABBY BARRETT  COVER ME UP FOREVER AFTER ALL GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 9 RE-ENTRY 9 3 12 9 6 12 30 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 l MORGAN WALLEN  LUKE COMBS  KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP) 10 2 16 BETTER TOGETHER 10 11 16 GOOD TIME 10 8 14 22 RCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/SMN 2 LUKE COMBS  NIKO MOON  HEARTLESS LIL BIT 25 33 32 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OIL 6 11 17 71 11 2 9 l11 MAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES NEON EYES TENNESSEE WHISKEY RE-ENTRY 244 1 12 NEW 12 8 252 l12 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 l MORGAN WALLEN  CHRIS STAPLETON  MORE SURPRISED THAN ME DANGEROUS SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 13 NEW 13 NEW 13 9 17 41 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l MORGAN WALLEN  DANGEROUS WARNING EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA 14 NEW 14 NEW 14 10 34 157 ASYLUM/ELEKTRA 103*/RHINO (18.98) 5 l MORGAN WALLEN  l MORGAN WALLEN  I HOPE WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG 21 40 15 RASCAL FLATTS TWENTY YEARS OF RASCAL FLATTS: THE GREATEST HITS 9 15 3 64 15 14 9 l15 LYRIC STREET/BIG MACHINE RF0650A*/BMLG GABBY BARRETT  THOMAS RHETT  FOREVER AFTER ALL ONLY THING THAT’S GONE JASON ALDEAN 9 16 1 12 16 NEW 16 14 22 60 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1 LUKE COMBS  l MORGAN WALLEN FEAT. CHRIS STAPLETON 

ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 17 4 20 STARTING OVER 17 16 14 ONE TOO MANY 17 18 20 284 HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG 3 CHRIS STAPLETON  KEITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK 

TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 18 6 20 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED 18 13 5 VILLAIN 18 12 18 79 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 0 12 DAN + SHAY  LILY ROSE  BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY YOUR BARTENDER BUCKET LIST 19 NEW 19 7 2 19 16 23 57 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343*/WMN 0 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  MITCHELL TENPENNY  ELVIS PRESLEY ELV1S: 30 #1 HITS WHISKEY’D MY WAY WINE, BEER, WHISKEY RE-ENTRY 148 1 20 NEW 20 15 28 l20 RCA 68079*/LEGACY (19.98/12.98) 6 l MORGAN WALLEN  LITTLE BIG TOWN  MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD OUTLAW 865 21 NEW 21 NEW 21 19 26 63 VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN FEAT. BEN BURGESS  l MORGAN WALLEN  KANE BROWN KANE BROWN LIVIN’ THE DREAM HOLE IN THE BOTTLE 22 RE-ENTRY 22 22 5 22 20 28 215 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l KELSEA BALLERINI  LUKE BRYAN BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE WONDERIN’ BOUT THE WIND HAPPY ANYWHERE 23 13 21 23 1 23 NEW 23 17 25 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN l MORGAN WALLEN  BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI  KELSEA BALLERINI KELSEA TENNESSEE WHISKEY HELL OF A VIEW 24 24 35 33 2 24 9 197 24 20 6 BLACK RIVER 2020* CHRIS STAPLETON  l ERIC CHURCH  GIRL 25 22 32 97 1 25 NEW ONLY THING THAT’S GONE 25 19 20 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 l MORGAN WALLEN FEAT. CHRIS STAPLETON  DAN + SHAY  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming reports collected and provided by MRC Data. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights 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 NEW 1 BARRY GIBB BARRY GIBB & FRIENDS: GREENFIELDS: THE GIBB BROTHERS SONGBOOK, VOL. I 1 1 1 1 13 STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 1: THE BUTCHER SHOPPE SESSIONS 1 l CAPITOL 032878* HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN 58784*/THIRTY TIGERS (56285) CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH 2 1 1 9 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 2 3 4 28 STRETCH GRASS 4050 1 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 2: THE COWBOY ARMS SESSIONS 3 2 2 244 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1 3 2 2 5 HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN DIGITAL EX/THIRTY TIGERS 2 3 3 290 HOZIER HOZIER 1 4 4 3 68 BILLY STRINGS HOME 1 l4 RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA 309996*/LEGACY 3 ROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY YO-YO MA/STUART DUNCAN/EDGAR MEYER/CHRIS THILE NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEO 5 4 4 96 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 0 2 5 5 5 30 SOUND POSTINGS/SONY CLASSICAL 973855*/SONY MASTERWORKS 1 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA NORA BROWN CINNAMON TREE 6 5 7 249 1 RE-ENTRY 2 6 DUALTONE 1738* 1 l6 JALOPY 007 STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 1: THE BUTCHER SHOPPE SESSIONS LIVE AT THE RYMAN 7 6 6 10 HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN 58784*/THIRTY TIGERS (56285) 1 7 6 11 65 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 98*/OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW 1 8 8 8 207 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 9 7 66 THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 1 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY l8 SIX SHOOTER 129* KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR STRUNG LIKE A HORSE WHOA! 9 7 5 146 1 RE-ENTRY 3 2 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 l9 TRANSOCEANIC 100770107005 NEW 1 AARON FRAZER INTRODUCING... 10 11 15 36 SIERRA HULL 25 TRIPS 1 l10 EASY EYE SOUND 220*/DEAD OCEANS l10 ROUNDER 6100579*/CONCORD Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based on album based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming sales. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2021 | PAGE 20 OF 23

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

HARDY Tackles Eternal Questions In ‘Give Heaven Some Hell’

Google the phrase “paintings of Heaven,” and you’ll encounter a range of whole song of ‘How do you know he’s in heaven?’ And then that bridge hits you.” elaborate images: golden roads, gauzy angels ascending staircases into the Phelps, who practices a more progressive form of Christianity, was not fa- sky or lush, brightly colored meadows. miliar with the evangelical altar call, and his co-writers noticed that he held You won’t spot motorcycles or rednecks doing donuts in muddy fields. back during that section. Those kinds of pictures are reserved for HARDY’s “Give Heaven Some Hell,” “Whenever they were talking about all that stuff,” he says, “I was like, ‘Man, a percussive track about a good ol’ boy who has moved on to the hereafter. I need to freaking get to church more.’ ” The dearly departed was not a particularly Johnson produced a dynamic demo, reverent person in this world, and the song building an intro around a pulsing envisions him remaining a rebel spirit even sound, enhanced with delays, that recalls Pete after his transition. Townshend’s extended organ passage in The “When you get deep into what heaven is and Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Publishers all of that, there’s all kinds of perspectives or started pitching “Give Heaven Some Hell” opinions,” says HARDY. “But I think that peo- immediately, though not everyone agreed ple hope that the people that they miss are up with that decision. there doing what they love.” “Hunter and I talked afterward,” recalls The image of a heavenly hellraiser is a by- Johnson, “and we’re like, ‘Oh, my gosh, no one product of another song: “Truck,” the opening should sing this but HARDY because he’s the track on HARDY’s album A Rock. He co-wrote only one who can pull this vocal off.’ Thank- that piece with Hunter Phelps (“Talk You Out fully, we got an email saying, ‘Stop pitching of It,” “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen”) this. If anyone does this but HARDY, we’re and Track45 member Ben Johnson (“One of going to be pissed.’ That was great.” Them Girls”), and their work on the second When HARDY cut it at Ocean Way with verse yielded a phrase that stood out. producers Joey Moi (Florida Georgia Line, “The original line we threw out was like, ‘I Morgan Wallen) and Derek Wells (Scotty bet there’s stories about his best friend that McCreery, Maddie & Tae), the initial takes he can barely tell/Because he’s givin’ heaven were good, but HARDY and Moi encouraged some hell,’ ” says HARDY. “I can’t remember the band to amp up the rock components sug- who said the line, but we all were like, ‘Whoa, gested in the chord structure. Drummer Jerry whoa, whoa, whoa, give heaven some hell is a Roe took control, delivering a part that Moi HARDY great line. We need to write that song.’” compares with a Dave Grohl workout. They set that line aside, then pulled it back “HARDY’s musical brand has kind of a rock out when they did a two- or three-day mini-retreat a few weeks later at the wrapping paper, which ultimately to me is always very drum-heavy,” says Moi. home of Ashley Gorley (“Dirt on My Boots,” “”), beginning just “We kind of do that on all of his music.” before 10 p.m. on July 15, 2019. And the title pretty much dictated the rest They struggled with the ending, which originally faded after the third cho- of the exercise. rus. But during HARDY’s final vocal session, they decided to tack on another “Everybody just kind of knew where the song was going to go as soon as the version of the bridge. title was out,” recalls Phelps. “I love repeating that to say that he was, again, this good Christian kid, and HARDY kicked into a “droney guitar thing,” as Gorley calls it, creating [the singer] was there when he got saved in church,” says Moi. “They were there a heaviness with a four-chord progression that includes two minor triads. together, and it just felt neat to go back to that at the very end.” “It feels like it’s a chord progression that would have been used a lot in HARDY asked to run that section through an electronic filter, and it gives post-Nirvana grunge stuff or like 2000s rock power-ballad kinds of things,” the final stanza a ghostly, otherworldly effect. notes Johnson. Johnson subsequently played the departed friend in a video directed by And HARDY spilled what became the opening line: “Can’t believe that you Justin Clough that also features HARDY, Phelps and Jameson Rodgers. got me in a suit and tie,” a subtle way to convey that the singer is a casual man, “I wanted to have my friends be in the video,” says HARDY. “And when reluctantly talking to his late friend at the funeral. The opening verse focused we were carrying the casket — that scene — it was weird, man. Like, we didn’t primarily on the singer’s sense of loss, but as “Give Heaven Some Hell” broke say a word, and I think in the back of our minds, we all were kind of thinking, into the chorus, the lens returned to the deceased, picturing him sneaking beer ‘This could be one of us one day.’ ” into the Promised Land and cranking his music at unholy levels. Big Loud released “Give Heaven Some Hell” to country radio via PlayMPE “People pass on, and they do it at random ages,” suggests Gorley. The song on Dec. 10, and it officially goes for adds Jan. 25, taking a powerful swipe at “can be about your high school buddy or your cousin or your dad, or your brother a difficult topic. or sister or anybody like that, that just has that wildfire spirit about them. “The Big Loud team, I love,” says Gorley. “They’re killing it right now, It’s hard to imagine those people on clouds with harps and wings.” and they’re not afraid to take chances. Even from the time we turned that in, The second verse highlights the dead guy building a crew in his new home, there were emails from the label saying this could be a career song for him.” but the bridge makes him a vulnerable man of faith, recalling the moment of “Some people might not necessarily love that we’re using a D-level swear his conversion: “I was there when you raised your hand/Heads bowed sing- word in reference to being in heaven,” adds HARDY, “but we didn’t want to ing ‘Just As I Am.’ ” have to tiptoe around it. If anything, I think it’s real. And I think that there “We had to prove that he’s in heaven in the song, and that’s just the perfect are way fewer people that would be offended than people who would really way to do it,” notes HARDY. “There’s that question while you’re listening to the connect to that.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2021 | PAGE 21 OF 23 Country Airplay Index

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LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI  Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 24 (R.Counts, G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 47 Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/We’re Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/Tempo Investments-Smack Hits, Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Universal Music Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Roc Nation WC Publishing Corp., ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ J.Osborne) 42 Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 5 (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 8 NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 11 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Highly HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. WHERE I FIND GOD Jolly To the Roger, BMI/ Publishing LLC, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 36 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Fleet, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sonofgroceries LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good C.R.Harrington) 60 Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Songs J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 16 Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Castle Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (J.Rodgers, H.Phelps, Brett Tyler, I   22 Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, A.Vanderheym) 49 BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS Peermusic III, O   BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 52 D   Ltd., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Back 40 Publishing International, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music DEAR RODEO Songs From The Couch, BMI/Cori’s BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan, R.Montana) 56 LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- Daddy’s Publishing, BMI (D.Couch, C.D.Johnson) 38 Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 28 S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 39 Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum S   WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Wordspring Music, SESAC (K.Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 9 S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 2 SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ J   Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 43 Nontypical Music, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 30 Publishing, ASCAP/Cale Dodds Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, Publising, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Y   C.Crowder, H.Phelps, C.Dodds) 44 BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll Music, ASCAP (P. Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 41 YOU TIME Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 46 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2021 | PAGE 22 OF 23 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. G   LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb SILVERADO FOR SALE Round Hill (Songwriter) Chart Position Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Sony/ GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Corp., BMI/All Night Linda Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Tempo BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Keys Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackstreet Music, Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP (D.Davidson, M.Green, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. B.Hayslip) 34 ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 25 J.Osborne) 4 B.Johnson, N.Moon) 49 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., M   BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ 865 Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Blake Pendergrass SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, Publishing Designee, BMI  13 ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ ME ON WHISKEY Round Hill Compositions, A.M.Cruz) 44 (J.Byron, B.Pendergrass)  BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/BMG A   McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl Platinum Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Songs Of SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Big Loud House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 31 Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Hark Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Round Hill ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Molman Songs, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Ern Dog Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Music, BMI (R.Clawson, M.L.Holman, E.K.Smith) 38 Work, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI (M. Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Wallen, R.Clawson, J.Durrett, E.K.Smith) 6 Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 43 Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill SOMETHIN’ COUNTRY Big Loud Mountain, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI/Big Machine Music, LLC, B   J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 11 Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG ASCAP/Florida Songs Vibez, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 37 Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (M.Wallen, M.W.Hardy, D.Ross, BEER DON’T Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Relative Music H   E.K.Smith) 47 Group, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West MORE SURPRISED THAN ME W.C.M. Music Pass Music, BMI (M.Wallen, M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 39 HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Warner- STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bump Into Genius Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy Music, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/The Country And Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 9 ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Western Music, BMI (N.Moon, B.Burgess, L.T.Miller) 19 Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC Five, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation STILL GOIN DOWN Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Relative Music Group, Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 16 Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, M.W.Hardy, Charlie 24 HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Handsome) 12 BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 3 W   Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. N   WARNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 21 Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, R.Montana) 5 NEON EYES Big Loud Mountain, BMI/BMG Platinum BMI/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, HELL OF A VIEW Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, BMI (E.K.Smith, A.Gorley, Charlie Handsome) 10 BLAME IT ON ME Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Hark Molman Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/ BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ WASTED ON YOU Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, Bump Into Genius Music, BMI (M.Wallen, M.L.Holman, Wallace Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Ern Dog Music, BMI (A.Gorley, Charlie Handsome, E.K.Smith) BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. B.Burgess) 18 Em Dog Music, BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/MV2 42 Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 35 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, O   J.Thompson, Charlie Handsome) 1 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing WHATCHA THINK OF COUNTRY NOW ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs Rhythm House Music, BMI/Roc Nation WC Publishing Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, Cross Music, BMI/Black Jeans Music, BMI/Play It Again Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 36 Entertainment, BMI/Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/BMG Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 14 Platinum Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Songs Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 50 ONLY THING THAT’S GONE Big Loud Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/ I   Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Hark Molman Songs, BMI/Somebody Play It Again, C   Universal, Inc., BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill SESAC/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/404 I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ Music Publishing, SESAC (D.Davidson, D.Dawson, K.Fishman, COUNTRY A$$ SHIT Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI (M.Wallen, M.L.Holman, J.T.Wilson) 48 Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI R.C.McGill, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 32 BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Schmidt Songs, (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 2 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (M.Wallen, R.C.McGill, OUTLAW Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ J.M.Schmidt) 45 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats This Songs For You Pops, BMI/Patrick Davis Music, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Tunes Of Black River, BMI/BNA Bangers, BMI/WC Music Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs COVER ME UP Fame Publishing Company LLC, Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Corp., ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP (B. Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ BMI/Songs Of Emchant, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Burgess, P.Davis, J.Kerr, J.Reynolds) 29 Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.J.Isbell) 15 Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 7 Q   R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 23 D   J   QUITTIN’ TIME Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ WHISKEY’D MY WAY Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/ DANGEROUS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Publishing, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/We Are ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Music, BMI (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith) 17 Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Creative Nation, GMR/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/MV2 Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Music, BMI (E.Church, L.Laird, J.Thompson) 46 Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Big Music DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 30 Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.Dragstrem, R   J.Miller, Thomas Rhett, J.Thompson) 27 BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/ L   REDNECKS, RED LETTERS, RED DIRT Curb Wordspring Music, SESAC (K.Fishman, D.Davidson, WONDERIN’ BOUT THE WIND Big Loud J.Ebach) 26 LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Songs Universal, Inc., BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/MV2 Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (M.Wallen, F   Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite 33 Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 40 Music, BMI (M.Dragstrem, R.C.McGill, J.Thompson) 41 E.K.Smith)  FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, Y   BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ LIVIN’ THE DREAM Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo S   Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony/ Wallace Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing YOUR BARTENDER Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/ ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, Corp., BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, SAND IN MY BOOTS Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, BMI (L.Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 20 BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI (M.Wallen, B.Burgess, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ J.Durrett, M.W.Hardy) 22 BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, J.Osborne) 8 Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Cricket On The Line, BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI (M.Dragstrem, R.Akins, Thomas Rhett, J.Thompson) 28 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2021 | PAGE 23 OF 23 CODA On Jan. 21, 2012, ’s “Let leader among three top 10s, sand- 9 Years Ago It Rain,” featuring , wiched between “Red Light” (No. 7, rose 2-1 on Hot Country Songs. 2009) and “Whatever She’s Got” The song, which Nail wrote with (No. 2, 2014). David Nail’s , was released “Rain” is Buxton’s sole No. 1 as as the first single from The Sound of an artist, although she has enjoyed ‘Rain’ Hit a Million Dreams. The set debuted a more successful career as a and peaked at No. 8 on Top Coun- songwriter. She has penned two try Albums, becoming Nail’s first Country Airplay chart-toppers No. 1 At Last of three top 10s. among six top 10s: Florida Georgia At the time, the 49-week trek to Line’s “” in 2015 and In 2012, his collaboration with No. 1 for “Rain” marked the longest Chris Lane’s “Fix” in 2016. to the penthouse in the history of the Last December, Nail, 41, inde- Sarah Buxton topped Hot Hot Country Songs chart. The record pendently released the six-song EP Country Songs in its 49th week now belongs to Gabby Barrett’s “I Bootheel, named for the Missouri Hope”: 64 weeks, 2019-20. region in which he grew up. “Rain” remains Nail’s lone —JIM ASKER

Nail at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS FRED HAYES/GETTY IMAGES HAYES/GETTY FRED