Country Update
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Jordan Davis Has COVID-19 Expands The Calendar A ‘Lot’ To Cheer >page 4 For First-Time ACM Nominees
ACM Date Creates Awards Conflict It’s often said that you never forget your first time, and that’s “The ACM is looking at a variety of digital initiatives that >page 10 certainly true for a dozen inaugural Academy of Country Music can support some of the nominees during the summer, a ‘road Awards nominees. up to the ACMs,’ if you will,” says ACM CEO Damon White- Had things gone as planned, CBS would have telecast side. “We want to support the artists. In the long nominations the awards on April 5, and those artists making their debut window, our goal is to create some ways that we could get art- Ronnie Dunn Aces appearance on the academy’s ballot — including Morgan ists to engage with fans and lead up to the Sept. 16 broadcast. Amazon Ad Song Wallen, Gabby Barrett, Riley Green, Cody Johnson and It’s something on our radar, and we had some discussion with >page 10 Tenille Townes — our board.” would already know The ACM, of if they could move course, had plenty from first-time ACM of other issues Cadillac Three nominee to first- to address in the Fashion Statement time ACM winner. past few weeks >page 12 Instead, the due to the COVID-
disruption of the 19 pandemic. COVID-19 corona- Safety and social- Makin’ Tracks: virus leaves those distancing directives Sam Hunt’s artists in limbo for forced a series of Webb Redesign an additional five alternate plans, >page 16 months, with most covered in depth in of them waiting until an April 2 Billboard TOWNES WALLEN BARRETT Sept. 16 to find out if piece. Ultimately, their name is in the the awards were put Country Coda: proverbial envelope. on hold while the virus rages across the world, and the April ‘We’ve Got’ The glass-half-empty version of that scenario is that the win- 5 trophy ceremony was replaced in the CBS lineup by ACM Kenny, Sheena ners are blocked for almost half a year from being named the Presents: Our Country, a two-hour special that leaned on at- >page 19 victors. The glass-half-full view is that all of those nominees home performances of feel-good messages, such as Dierks — whether they win or not — have extra time to be billed as Bentley’s “I Hold On,” Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind,” current contenders. That’s a marketing opportunity that the Florida Georgia Line’s “Blessings” and Luke Bryan’s “Most
academy is poised to use. People Are Good.” KELLY TAYLOR BARRETT: SHEARER. JOHN WALLEN: STEDDOM. JESSICA TOWNES: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 6, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 19
That uplifted attitude still translates to the first-time nominees, even if the revisions muddled their schedules and changed their TV-exposure expectations. “I feel really excited and feel blessed and grateful and a bunch of different things all smashed together,” says Barrett. Those initial nominations are significant in the arc of a career, though art- ists are often uncomfortable exploiting them and reluctant to campaign for a victory or use a nomination to solicit additional media exposure. “I don’t want my team to do that,” says Wallen. “It’s kind of pretentious, in my opinion, so we don’t do any of that.” And yet the nominations mean something. For the first time, Caylee Ham- mack, Ingrid Andress and HARDY all can be billed as ACM nominees in media stories or when the announcer introduces them at a concert. It’s an additional piece of information that suggests to the audience that the artist deserves attention. “I’ve done some radio shows and a few more intimate things that that has Matt Stell earned a platinum single from the RIAA in the RIAA’s first- definitely been brought up,” says HARDY, whose nominations are for song- ever virtual plaque presentation. Clockwise from upper left: RIAA writer of the year and song of the year after co-writing Blake Shelton’s “God’s Nashville vp artist and industry relations Jackie Jones, Wide Open Country.” “And just the word ‘nominated’ — even though I haven’t won one Music president Ash Bowers, Sony Music Nashville chairman/CEO yet, it’s still got a nice ring to it.” Randy Goodman, Stell, RECORDS co-founder/CEO Barry Weiss and Townes does have a winner’s experience, though not yet at the ACMs. RIAA chairman/CEO Mitch Glazier. She earned her first Canadian Country Music Association nomination in 2011 and finally snagged four CCMA awards last year. Townes currently lives in a one-bedroom apartment, and flooding during the past year forced her to place a number of her belongings in storage, including those trophies. But she can foresee a time when having them in view might present a little reminder on her darker days that her music is finding a place and making a difference. “Including them in motivation, I think, is such a cool thing,” she says. “I look forward one day to setting up the house with a music room where those sorts of things can feel more at home, and I can also be able to kind of shut the door to that.” While the ACM nominations carry weight with the artists who are being recognized, those first-timers mean something to the business, too. In addition to the aforementioned names — new female candidates Andress, Barrett, Hammack and Townes; new male contenders Johnson, Green and Wallen; and songwriting candidate HARDY — the current list includes The Highwomen’s Brandi Carlile and Amanda Shires, and two non-country acts, Justin Bieber and Lil Nas X, who are in the mix through their collaborations Nashville songwriter Matt Willis signed a co-venture publishing with Dan + Shay and Billy Ray Cyrus. That group represents a mix of artists agreement with Altadena Music and Warner Chappell. Clockwise with traditional country, folk, pop and hip-hop influences in a genre with from top left, in a photo taken prior to shelter-at-home orders: Ritholz increasingly blurry boundaries. Levy Fields associate Matt Cottingham, Altadena/Nashville creative “Country is forever expanding sonically and in every way possible,” observes director Noreen Prunier, Willis, SESAC Nashville senior director of HARDY. “It’s super cool that everybody can find a place in [it].” creative services Lydia Schultz, Warner Chappell Nashville vp A&R B.J. Thanks to the ACM expanding its calendar to find a place for its show, none Hill, Altadena president Daniel Lee and creative director Julia Keefe of those new nominees will forget their first one. and Warner Chappell Nashville president/CEO Ben Vaughn.
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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Jordan Davis Completes ‘Slow Dance’ To No. 1; Joe Diffie Remembered; Thomas Rhett Shines
Jordan Davis banks his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, as No. 3 in 1993, debuts at No. 7. All three tracks surge from nominal amounts “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot” (MCA Nashville) sways 4-1 in its 50th week (on the week before (and were originally hits prior to the chart’s 2010 inception). the list dated April 11). The song increased by 15% to 33.6 million audience im- Diffie became a staple at country radio in the 1990s and posted 35 entries on pressions in the week ending April 5, according to Nielsen Hot Country Songs, including 17 top 10s, five of which hit No. 1. Music/MRC Data. On Top Country Albums, Diffie’s 16 Biggest Hits (Epic “Seeing ‘Dance’ go to No. 1 is a huge honor, especially as Nashville/Legacy), first released in 2002, earns his all-time a co-writer,” Davis tells Billboard of the track that he penned best rank on the list, entering at No. 4 with 15,000 equiva- with Lonnie Fowler. “I moved to Nashville with the hopes lent album units (up from 1,000). The set is his third top 10 of maybe one day having a No. 1, and this being my second on the list and first sinceThird Rock From the Sun peaked at means the world to me. I have an amazing team around me No. 6 during its 1994-95 run in the region. that makes these things possible. Especially during such a trying time in our country right now, this is uplifting. I’m TOP 10 ‘LADY’ Ingrid Andress’ debut LP, Lady Like very grateful.” (Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WMN), arrives at No. 9 “Dance” is Davis’ third Country Airplay entry. His debut on Top Country Albums (9,000 units). The artist co-wrote all release, “Singles You Up,” led for a week in April 2018 (in eight tracks on the set, including “More Hearts Than Mine,” its 43rd frame) and “Take It From Me” reached No. 2 in which reaches the Country Airplay top five (9-5; 27.1 million, DAVIS March 2019. up 7%) and hits a new high on Hot Country Songs (12-8). “Dance” completes the third-longest trip to the Country Airplay summit, after Jimmie Allen’s “Make Me Want To” (58 weeks; 2019-20) GOOD ‘CATCH’ Brett Young nets his sixth Hot Country Songs top 10 as “Catch” and Chris Young’s “Voices” (51 weeks, 2008-11). (Big Machine Label Group) jumps 13-7. It hauled in 6.1 million streams (up 41%) All three of Davis’ Country Airplay hits are from his debut album, Home and 32.4 million in radio reach (up 7%) as it holds at No. 2 on Country Airplay. State, which arrived at its No. 6 peak on Top Country Albums in April 2018. The 32-year-old from Shreveport, La., co-wrote all 12 songs on the set. WALLEN’S THIRD TOP 10 Morgan Wallen’s “Chasin’ You” (Big Loud) lifts 11-7 On the airplay-, streaming- and sales-fueled Hot Country Songs chart, on Country Airplay (26.7 million, up 16%), becoming his third top 10. The song “Dance” darts 9-6. It drew 6.2 million U.S. streams (up 3%) and sold 2,000 follows his leaders “Whiskey Glasses,” which ruled for three weeks starting in downloads (up 9%) in the week ending April 2. Davis earns his third top-five June 2019, and “Up Down” (featuring Florida Georgia Line), which held the hit on the chart; “Singles” and “Take” each reached No. 4. top spot for a week in June 2018.
CELEBRATING DIFFIE Three classics by Joe Diffie, who passed away on ‘LIGHT’ SHINES Plus, Thomas Rhett’s “Be a Light,” featuring Reba McEntire, March 29 at age 61 due to complications from COVID-19, debut in the top 10 Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin and Keith Urban (Valory), enters Country Digital on the Country Digital Song Sales chart. Song Sales at No. 1 (12,000), Hot Country Songs at No. 19 and Country Airplay “John Deere Green,” which peaked at No. 5 on Hot Country Songs at No. 27 (7.5 million). in 1994, enters at No. 2 with 7,000 sold in the week ending April 2; Rhett co-penned the song in late 2019 with Matt Dragstrem, Josh Miller “Pickup Man,” which reigned for four frames in 1994, bows at No. 5 and Josh Thompson and released it March 31 to provide comfort during the
(6,000 sold); and “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die),” which reached coronavirus crisis. IMAGES VALLE/GETTY DEL DANIELLE
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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 4 50 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Jordan Davis 33.557 +4.360 7222 731 1 l2 2 45 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 32.353 +2.197 7055 531 2 l3 6 32 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 30.895 +2.707 6863 470 3 l4 8 14 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 29.135 +3.480 6337 1001 4 l5 9 41 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 27.071 +1.881 6156 274 5 6 5 35 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 26.743 -2.152 5057 -854 10 l7 11 36 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 26.742 +3.636 5540 547 8 l8 10 15 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 26.384 +2.936 5740 587 6 9 3 44 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 24.528 -5.340 5696 -835 7 10 1 24 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 24.498 -8.436 5216 -1853 9 l11 12 11 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 22.464 +1.276 4819 245 11 l12 14 56 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 20.667 +1.873 4659 380 13 l13 13 26 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 19.961 +0.857 4718 223 12 l14 15 7 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 16.572 +1.545 3782 290 14 l15 16 52 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 13.974 +1.676 3589 333 15 l16 19 22 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 11.280 +2.451 3061 462 16 l17 17 31 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 10.713 +1.434 3034 293 17 l18 22 6 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 10.249 +2.607 2413 547 21 l19 21 6 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville HH Airpower HH Keith Urban 10.162 +2.259 2695 499 20 l20 20 47 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 9.712 +1.271 2741 246 18 l21 25 27 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 8.566 +1.988 2702 518 19 l22 23 35 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 8.237 +1.108 2321 231 23 l23 24 42 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 7.901 +0.938 2349 322 22 l24 27 19 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 7.847 +1.820 2212 532 25 l25 26 16 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 7.726 +1.361 2310 317 24 26 18 2 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 7.631 -1.337 1649 207 29 l27 NEW BE A LIGHT Valory HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 7.542 +7.542 116 0 116 0 34 l28 29 28 DROWNING RCA Nashville Chris Young 6.499 +0.987 1742 223 27 l29 28 40 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 6.443 +0.676 2133 153 26 l30 30 21 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 5.437 +0.703 1594 131 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 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 APRIL 6, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 19
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 31 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 4.984 +0.265 1691 120 28 l32 32 35 DETAILS Mercury Billy Currington 3.357 -0.047 1055 41 35 l33 36 30 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 3.348 +0.449 1251 85 31 l34 35 20 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 3.245 +0.341 118 1 101 33 l35 33 9 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 3.203 +0.127 766 43 42 l36 34 31 FRONT SEAT Legend Entertainment Rayne Johnson 2.887 +0.007 782 -8 41 l37 37 26 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 2.798 +0.247 118 7 79 32 l38 41 3 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 2.694 +0.499 643 136 46 l39 39 11 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 2.578 +0.211 844 47 38 l40 43 17 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 2.278 +0.229 968 109 36 l41 38 13 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 2.273 -0.059 250 14 - l42 42 27 BREAK IT IN Valory Eli Young Band 2.240 +0.137 689 12 44 l43 59 2 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 2.232 +1.325 364 188 58 l44 48 20 HEAD OVER HEELS Wheelhouse Runaway June 2.228 +0.535 828 120 39 45 40 6 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 2.180 -0.081 629 -17 48 l46 46 26 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Dillon Carmichael 2.099 +0.139 785 36 40 l47 44 7 WHAT I’M LEAVING FOR BMLG Lady Antebellum 2.049 +0.114 621 -6 49 l48 45 19 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 1.932 +0.069 674 41 45 l49 47 25 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 1.833 +0.033 913 7 37 l50 51 5 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 1.600 +0.109 496 35 55 l51 53 7 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 1.585 +0.212 601 39 50 l52 54 16 I DON’T LOVE YOU Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 1.551 +0.248 636 33 47 l53 52 17 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 1.503 +0.075 716 11 43 54 49 5 GASLIGHTER Columbia/In2une Dixie Chicks 1.458 -0.231 504 -57 54 55 50 16 FIRE’T UP Valory Brantley Gilbert 1.391 -0.263 565 -29 52 l56 NEW STAY HOME B$R/Thirty Tigers Big & Rich 1.308 +1.308 204 204 - l57 55 17 OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 1.288 +0.036 559 -10 53 l58 NEW TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.075 +0.814 296 205 - l59 57 17 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 1.064 +0.059 456 12 56 l60 58 8 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand/Reviver Tenille Arts 1.028 +0.074 590 42 51
GOING FOR ADDS
4/20 KELSEA BALLERINI The Other Girl Black River
4/27 MACKENZIE PORTER These Days Big Loud
56 Inspired by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s of- fice asking artists to encourage people to practice social distancing, the musical PSA enters Country Airplay at No. 56 with 1.3 mil- BIG & RICH lion audience impressions. The duo charts Stay Home its first entry since 2017’s No. 20-peaking “California.” PORTER NATHAN CONGLETON/NBCU PHOTO BANK/NBCUNIVERSAL BANK/NBCUNIVERSAL PHOTO CONGLETON/NBCU NATHAN IMAGES GETTY VIA IMAGES GETTY VIA DANIELLE DEL VALLE/GETTY IMAGES VALLE/GETTY DEL DANIELLE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 6, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 19
AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 54 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 40 FOR MY MONEY EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 0.939 33 2 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 29 FAMOUS Arista Nashville Adam Doleac 0.857 27 2 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 16 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 0.831 37 5 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 13 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 12 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon Music/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 0.700 7 3 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 11 LIKE I KNEW YOU WOULD Big Machine Payton Smith 0.699 23 2 ONE MARGARITA Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 9 ANYTHING SHE SAYS Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny Feat. Seaforth 0.641 32 2 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 8 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 7 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 26.265 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 24.750 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +7.542 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +4.360 3 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 21.584 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +3.636 4 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 17.699 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani +3.479 5 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 17.698 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi +2.936 6 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 16.947 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +2.707 7 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 14.864 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +2.607 8 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 14.082 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood +2.451 9 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 13.847 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +2.259 CATCH BMLG Brett Young +2.197 10 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 11.686 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +1160 $1,160,358 BLAKE SHELTON 13,032 MESSINA TOURING NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani +1001 $129, $49 Gila River Arena, Glendale, Ariz./March 5 13,032 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +731 $1,098,348 SHANIA TWAIN 8,101 CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi +587 $309, $80 Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Nev./March 13-14 8,651 LIVE NATION CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +547 $1,062,081 BLAKE SHELTON 13,023 MESSINA TOURING $129, $49 The Forum, Inglewood, Calif./March 7 13,023 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +547 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +532 $858,769 BLAKE SHELTON 10,137 MESSINA TOURING $109, $49 Pechanga Arena San Diego, San Diego, Calif./March 6 10,137 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS CATCH BMLG Brett Young +531 $369,292 LITTLE BIG TOWN 4,434 MESSINA TOURING WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore +518 $129, $19 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Ga./March 7 4,434 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +499 Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email ([email protected]). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING APRIL 5, 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 30 EVERY DAY KIND OF LOVE (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Kyle Park 1999 221 l11 12 13 BREAKING THINGS (Independent) Mark Powell 1387 103 l2 3 23 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (One Chord Song) Stoney LaRue 1785 38 l12 13 9 FOUR MINUTES (King Hall Music) Chad Cooke Band 1369 133 3 1 15 ONE MORE SHOT OF WHISKEY (Independent) Josh Ward 1763 -268 13 7 22 SHE LOVES HORSES (Independent) William Clark Green 1261 -293 l4 6 11 RIVER ROAD DREAM (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1634 67 l14 14 12 GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK (Independent) Jody Booth 1240 49 5 4 25 DEAR COUNTRY MUSIC, (Independent) Mike Ryan 1633 0 l15 15 20 UNRUNG (Independent) Turnpike Troubadours 115 6 45 l6 5 22 COME BACK DOWN (Independent) Flatland Cavalry 1609 27 l16 16 15 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records) Eleven Hundred Springs 1115 44 l7 9 12 SHE GONE (Independent) Randall King 1580 79 l17 18 9 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent) Reckless Kelly 1042 65 l8 8 25 I FOUND YOU (Independent) Robert Ray 1571 21 l18 17 22 YOU FEEL LIKE HOME (Way Back) Will Carter 1035 25 l9 10 24 DANCING IN THE RAIN (Independent) Darrin Morris Band 1521 50 l19 19 11 WE DON’T CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE (Independent) Casey Baker 1016 61 l10 11 13 DROVE ME TO THE WHISKEY (Almost Country) Casey Donahew 1495 44 l20 20 29 DOWN TO ONE KEY (Iron Wolf Music) Stetson Walker 979 30
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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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
RADIO & RECORDS® WKAZ Charleston, W.Va., flipped to country from adult hits, InsideRadio.com reported. The station’s on-air staff consists of hosts who already had shifts on West Virginia Radio sister stations. Midday host Billy Brown and afternoon- drive personality Chappel Fisher handle dayparts at classic country WKWS, while nighttime personality ”Cowboy” Woody Woods is shared with top 40 WRVZ … Hubbard/Seattle hired Alex Brewster as chief engineer, according to InsideRadio.com. Beginning April 15, his responsibilities will include country KNUC. He was most recently assistant chief engineer for Entercom/Seattle and Entercom/Portland, Ore. … Bailey Coleman was promoted to iHeartMedia/ New Orleans vp programming from urban WKKV Milwaukee PD, RadioInk. com reported. The New Orleans cluster includes country WNOE … Beasley and Entercom both enacted a series of cuts and furloughs, according to Talkers. com, as stay-at-home orders across more than 90% of the country created a severe drop in advertising revenue. Among the highest-profile departures is Tucker Beathard checked in with KKGO Los Angeles in the midst of a WUSN Chicago PD Kenny Jay. virtual radio tour. Clockwise from upper left: Warner Music Nashville/ WAR national director of radio and streaming James Marsh, WMN/ ’ROUND THE ROW WAR West Coast regional manager of radio and streaming Jenna Independent A&R executive Missi Gallimore founded T.R.U.T.H. Johnson, KKGO PD Michael Levine and Beathard. Management, seeding the enterprise with four initial clients: Shy Carter, Americana artist Sam Williams, Abbey Cone and Track45. The latter two ACMs vs. AMERICANA signed through joint-management ventures with Borman Entertainment … The Some members of the country music community will be forced to pick an awards AMG hired two new managers: Joe Lee and Kaitlin Madewell. Lee was the show this September when the Academy of Country Music and the Americana owner of Rogue Management, while Madewell owned REVYNL. They are Music Association both hold their primary honors events the same night. set to handle day-to-day management of Kameron Marlowe, a new AMG The conflict is a fluky one created by the COVID-19 coronavirus. Thanks to signee. Reach Lee here and Madewell here … Sydney Guilliams joined social-distancing directives, the ACM postponed its April 5 awards show in Las ONErpm Nashville, a YouTube multichannel network, as country music project Vegas. It was rebooked for Sept. 16, a date that would have been agreed upon manager. She previously spent five years with Girlilla Marketing, ending her by the ACM and CBS, which telecasts the show. tenure as an account director … Wendy Pearl Public Relations relaunched. That date falls on the same evening the Americana Music Honors & Awards The initial client list includes Mandy Barnett, the I Believe in Nashville will be held at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, an Americana Association spokes- campaign and the George Music Foundation’s Georgia on My Mind concert person confirmed. The date had not been announced publicly. event … Songwriter Matt Willis signed a joint-publishing deal with Altadena As a result, some managers, publicists and booking agents who have clients and Warner Chappell Nashville … Family band Lindley Creek inked a recording involved in both shows will face some uncomfortable scheduling decisions. The deal with bluegrass label Pinecastle. A new album, Freedom, Love and the Open ACM has not announced a city or venue for the revised awards, which Keith Road, is due June 12 … The Country Music Association canceled this year’s Urban will host. It is uncertain if the academy knew it would conflict with the CMA Music Festival, originally slated for June, in light of safety issues created Americana event. ACM representatives did not respond to two emails about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Next year’s edition is set for June 10-13, 2021. the issue. Additionally, the CMT Music Awards were postponed from June 3 to Oct. The academy did claim nearly 8 million viewers, measured by Nielsen Data, 14 … The Country Music Association and the CMA Foundation pledged $1 for an April 5 replacement special, ACM Presents: Our Country. The show fea- million to MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund. An online auction benefiting the tured social-distancing performances by Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan and same fund was established at CharityBuzz.com with signed items available from Old Dominion, among others. Miranda Lambert, Garth Brooks, Chris Stapleton and more … Songwriter Alex Harvey died April 4, according to a Facebook post by his wife. Among RONNIE DUNN HOLDS AN ACE his credits are Tanya Tucker’s “Delta Dawn,” T. Graham Brown’s “Hell and When Amazon Prime launched a March TV campaign that used the 1975 Ace High Water” and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Somebody New” … John W. Ragsdale classic “How Long,” Ronnie Dunn took notice. died in late March after a fall at his home in Panama, according to a Facebook Dunn recorded the 45-year-old one-hit wonder by the English band for his post by his brother, Ray Stevens. recently released album, Re-Dunn, featuring remakes of two dozen songs by Ragsdale worked as a bookkeeper/ the likes of Tom Petty, Ray Charles and Rodney Crowell. Dunn’s version is MC for Stevens and also worked shrouded in irony: Brooks & Dunn had a similarly titled hit, “How Long Gone,” as a songwriter, earning cuts by and Dunn’s bus driver is also a former driver for Paul Carrack, Ace’s lead singer. Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed and Carrack went on to score a handful of pop and rock hits as a solo artist, but also CeCe Winans … Guitarist Kenny provided a key voice for singles by Squeeze and Mike + The Mechanics. Mims died from a heart attack, “It’s kind of like Phil Collins,” says Dunn of Carrack’s voice. “There’s grit in according to a Facebook post by the plumbing. He’s a soulful cat.” Musicians Union president Dave Dunn’s Oklahoma-bred drawl gives the remake a country slant while remain- Pomeroy. A member of the 1990s ing faithful to the original’s arrangement. The iconic bass part, played by Ace’s band Bonepony, Mims played Terry Comer in the first recording and by Glenn Worf in Dunn’s version, stays on sessions with Dan Seals, Joe mostly the same. It was another element that drew Dunn to record it. Diffie, Kenny Rogers and Hank “I started out as a bass player when I was a kid, and I played through high Williams Jr. … Bluegrass banjoist school and in college and a few bar bands,” he says. “The song kicks off with a Jimmy Henley died March 22 bass doing a solo deal, so I’m into that anyway.” in Broken Arrow, Okla., of throat “How Long” isn’t the only time that Carrack’s work has overlapped with a Riser House artist Jordan cancer, Bluegrass Today reported. A country recording. He charted “Button Off My Shirt” on the Billboard Hot 100 Rager (right) signed with APM child prodigy who was championed in 1988 at the same time that Ronnie Milsap took his version of that song to Management, owned by Andrew by Roy Clark, Henley appeared on No. 4 on Hot Country Songs. Perlowich, in advance of a new Hee Haw during his school years and
single expected May 22. spent 25 years in Clark’s band. SCHULTZ MEGAN
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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Communities across the world are grappling with a difficult issue: How do you April 7 honor the deceased when social-distancing protocol prevents gathering for a • 2019 — Dan + Shay claim memorial? For Kenny Rogers, the quickly assembled CMT Giants special is a three trophies during the 54th perfect answer. Premiering April 8, the event features at-home performances annual Academy of Country from Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Kim Carnes, Dolly Parton, Jennifer Nettles, Music Awards, aired by CBS Lionel Richie and Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, plus songwriter Don Schlitz from the MGM Grand in Las (“The Gambler”) and four men who were part of Rogers’ concert entourage Vegas. They take vocal duo for over 45 years. Actress Rita Wilson, who recently recovered from a bout of the year, while “Tequila” DAN + SHAY with the novel coronavirus, will host the event, with viewers able to donate earns single and song of
to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. the year. DANSHAY2019(BYCATHERINEPOWELL) • 2011 — Chris Young sings the national anthem before the White Sox The Cadillac Three devised a game plan for home opener, a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago’s U.S. its crew that fits them to a T. With the con- Cellular Field. cert shutdown keeping their support team off the road, the band created a $25 #StayHome April 8 poster and a $30 T-shirt to raise money for • 1980 — Kenny Rogers portrays Brady Hawkes for the first time as the crew. The merch features a graphic with CBS airs a TV movie built around his signature hit, The Gambler. all three band members — vocalist-guitarist Jaren Johnson, bassist-lap steel player Kelby April 9 Ray and drummer Neil Mason — in surgical • 2005 — Kenny Chesney’s concert at Rupp Arena in Lexington, masks. The T-shirts were so popular that the Ky., includes a surprise appearance during the encore by Eddie initial shipment sold out within hours after Montgomery. The two deliver a version of Montgomery Gentry’s they were made available here. A second ship- THE CADILLAC “My Town.” ment is expected by April 10. THREE’S T-SHIRT April 10 Sara Evans entered the book world in 2009 with a trilogy of novels — The Sweet • 2012 — Vince Gill invites Keith Urban to join the Grand Ole Opry By and By, Softly and Tenderly and Love Lifted Me — coauthored by Rachel during a benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame at Nashville’s Hauck and published by Thomas Nelson. So it’s no surprise that she returns Bridgestone Arena. with her autobiography, Born to Fly, due Sept. 8 through Simon & Schuster’s • 2000 — Brad Paisley’s Who Needs Pictures brings his first gold album Howard Books. The book covers music, marriage and her Midwestern child- from the RIAA. hood. Trivia buffs may notice that the cover art — with Evans seated backward on a chair — mimics the image on her 2000 album Born to Fly. April 11 • 2017 — Luke Bryan records “Most People Are Good” in the first Stokes Nielson, formerly the lead singer for The Lost Trailers, added his name session for his album What Makes You Country at the Starstruck to the list of artists who’ve been diagnosed with COVID-19. The coronavirus, Recording Studio in Nashville. which claimed Joe Diffie on March 29, also has hit country artists Kalie Shorr and Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel, along with P!nk, Christopher April 12 Cross and Marianne Faithfull. Vanderbilt University Medical Center cleared • 2016 — Hunter Hayes is a surprise guest during pop singer Tori Nielson of infection by March 22. Recognizing the caregiving support of his Kelly’s concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. They duet wife, Maria, he composed “The First Day I Fell for You” in tribute to her. The on “Wanted.” song can be streamed here. Royalties are earmarked for the Federal Enforce- • 2010 — Atlantic releases Zac Brown Band’s “Free” to radio. ment Homeland Security Foundation. April 13 • 2018 — Oh Boy releases the John Prine album The Tree of Forgiveness. Top Headlines from .com • 2013 — Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel” rolls to No. 1 on the Billboard Click on headlines below for more details Hot Country Songs chart.
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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 57 THE BONES No. 1 (5 weeks) Maren Morris RC 1 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 2 3 4 49 I HOPE Gabby Barrett 3 2 l R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 3 2 2 27 10,000 HOURS Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber RC 1 D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.J.DILLON,J.REYNOLDS,J.D.BIEBER,J.BOYD) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 4 5 9 16 NOBODY BUT YOU Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 4 4 l S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 5 11 11 33 CHASIN’ YOU Morgan Wallen 7 5 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD HH HH 6 9 12 37 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Airplay Gainer Jordan Davis 1 6 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,L.L.FOWLER) MCA NASHVILLE 7 13 13 40 CATCH Brett Young 2 7 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) BMLG 8 12 10 39 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Ingrid Andress 5 8 l S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 9 8 7 53 ONE MAN BAND Old Dominion RC 2 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.F.TURSI,J.OSBORNE) R CA NASHVILLE 10 7 6 26 KINFOLKS Sam Hunt RC 3 Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE 11 6 8 24 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Luke Bryan 10 6 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,R.COPPERMAN,H.LINDSEY,J.M.NITE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 12 18 17 14 BEER CAN’T FIX Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 8 12 l D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY 13 16 15 25 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 13 12 l BUSBEE (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE 14 15 16 12 DOES TO ME Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 11 14 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 15 21 19 25 AFTER A FEW Travis Denning 12 15 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,K.ARCHER,J.WEAVER) MERCURY HH HH 16 49 — 2 I LOVE MY COUNTRY Digital & Streaming Gainer Florida Georgia Line 26 16 l C.CROWDER,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (C.CROWDER,E.K.SMITH,R.VOJTESAK) BMLG 17 23 35 8 HARD TO FORGET Sam Hunt 18 17 l Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE 18 22 20 6 HERE AND NOW Kenny Chesney 14 18 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA HH HH 19 NEW 1 BE A LIGHT Hot Shot Debut Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 27 19 l D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY 20 24 21 18 BLUEBIRD Miranda Lambert 25 20 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 21 26 23 22 IN BETWEEN Scotty McCreery 15 21 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS 22 25 22 37 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Maddie & Tae 22 22 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCUR Y 23 28 24 5 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Keith Urban 19 21 l K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 24 27 28 20 MONSTERS Eric Church 17 24 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE) EMI NASHVILLE 25 19 — 2 THE OTHER GIRL Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey - 19 R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER
COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM
#1 #1 1 2 WKS ROSS COPPERMAN 1 35 WKS DANN HUFF 2 JOSH OSBORNE 2 GREG KURSTIN 3 JON NITE 3 ROSS COPPERMAN TIE 4 JIMMY ROBBINS 4 JOEY MOI TIE 4 LAURA VELTZ 5 ZACH CROWELL TIE 4 MAREN MORRIS 6 DAN SMYERS TIE 7 JORDAN DAVIS 7 SCOTT HENDRICKS TIE 7 LONNIE FOWLER 8 JAY JOYCE 9 SHANE MCANALLY 9 SHANE MCANALLY HENDRICKS 10 CRAIG WISEMAN 10 PAUL DIGIOVANNI CONNOR DWYER CONNOR
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 APRIL 6, 2020 | PAGE 14 OF 19
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 32 33 8 MY TRUCK Breland - 26 l KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC 27 37 37 16 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG LOCASH 20 27 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOU SE 28 39 39 9 WHY WE DRINK Justin Moore 21 28 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY 29 34 31 14 ONE BEER HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 35 29 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BI G LOUD 30 38 38 14 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Ashley McBryde 30 30 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 31 40 40 7 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown - 31 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 32 45 45 6 DONE Chris Janson 24 32 l C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 33 36 29 5 GASLIGHTER Dixie Chicks 54 20 J.M.ANTONOFF,DIXIE CHICKS (M.MAGUIRE,E.STRAYER,N.MAINES,J.M.ANTONOFF) COLUMBIA/IN2UNE 34 44 42 8 GETTING GOOD Lauren Alaina 49 33 l D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY 35 41 41 18 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Gone West 31 35 J.KENNEY (C.CAILLAT,J.K.YOUNG,J.REEVES,D.J.REEVES,J.KENNEY) TRIPLE TIGERS LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson 36 RE-ENTRY 2 50 36 l D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS EVERYWHERE BUT ON Matt Stell 37 RE-ENTRY 2 40 37 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE THIS BAR Morgan Wallen 38 RE-ENTRY 12 - 29 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,J.MORGAN,J.SCOTT,E.K.SMITH,R.VOJTESAK,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD SOME GIRLS Jameson Rodgers 39 RE-ENTRY 2 34 39 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE SHE’S MINE Kip Moore 40 RE-ENTRY 3 33 40 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE GOT WHAT I GOT Jason Aldean 41 RE-ENTRY 8 - 34 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW 42 50 48 6 DETAILS Billy Currington 32 42 l M.TRUSSELL (M.TRUSSELL,N.GALYON,S.L.OLSEN) MERCURY 43 47 — 3 THIS IS US Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus - 43 A.BOWERS (N.CYRUS,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,I.JUBER,D.EMILE II) RECORDS/COLUMBIA/STONEY CREEK 44 48 25 3 ONE MARGARITA Luke Bryan 43 25 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE ANYTHING SHE SAYS Mitchell Tenpenny Featuring Seaforth 45 RE-ENTRY 8 - 45 l J.M.SCHMIDT (M.TENPENNY,J.M.SCHMIDT,T.W.JORDAN,A.ALBERT) RISER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE FRONT SEAT 46 NEW 1 Rayne Johnson 36 46 l M.LIGGETT,J.LANE (J.JORDAN) LEGEND ENTERTAINMENT MOMMA’S HOUSE 47 NEW 1 Dustin Lynch 51 47 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW ALL IS FOUND Kacey Musgraves 48 RE-ENTRY 11 - 31 l I.FITCHUK,D.TASHIAN (K.ANDERSON-LOPEZ,R.LOPEZ) WALT DISNEY THE STRANGER 49 NEW 1 Ingrid Andress - 49 l NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN NOTHING LIKE YOU Luke Combs 50 RE-ENTRY 3 - 41 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
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WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR
ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO 2019 2020 CHANGE CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,040,000 1,156,158,000 31,426,000 Album ’19 12.48 million Consumption 12,483,000 13,462,000 7.8% ’20 13.46 million Last Week 1,029,000 1,129,579,000 305,153,000 Album Sales 2,524,000 2,002,000 -20.7% Change 1.1% 2.4% -89.7% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 12,122,222,000 14,366,875,000 18.5% ’19 15.32 billion This Week Last Year 1,087,000 1,025,433,000 265,536,000 ’20 17.99 billion Change -4.3% 12.7% -88.2% Video On-Demand 3,199,714,000 3,630,057,000 13.4%
All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending April 2, 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.
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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 I HOPE BE A LIGHT LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 1 4 23 1 NEW l GABBY BARRETT l THOMAS RHETT FEAT. REBA MCENTIRE, HILLARY SCOTT, CHRIS TOMLIN & KEITH URBAN 1 3 1 21 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 THE BONES JOHN DEERE GREEN LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 2 2 39 2 NEW 2 4 2 148 1 l MAREN MORRIS l JOE DIFFIE l RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 ONE MAN BAND I LOVE MY COUNTRY MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 3 3 32 3 NEW 3 5 3 96 3 l OLD DOMINION l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE l BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX 0 HEARTLESS NOBODY BUT YOU JOE DIFFIE 16 BIGGEST HITS 4 5 33 4 6 16 4 NEW 1 4 l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI l EPIC NASHVILLE 783109/LEGACY 10,000 HOURS PICKUP MAN KELSEA BALLERINI KELSEA 5 1 26 5 NEW 5 2 — 2 BLACK RIVER 2020* 2 DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER l JOE DIFFIE WHISKEY GLASSES I HOPE BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 6 6 59 6 8 31 6 6 4 16 1 l MORGAN WALLEN GABBY BARRETT l WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 CHASIN’ YOU PROP ME UP BESIDE THE JUKEBOX (IF I DIE) KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 7 12 13 7 NEW 7 7 5 73 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1 l MORGAN WALLEN l JOE DIFFIE HOMESICK HARD TO FORGET 8 8 6 257 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 8 7 14 l8 20 4 l MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 KANE BROWN SAM HUNT BEAUTIFUL CRAZY MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 9 NEW 1 INGRID ANDRESS LADY LIKE 9 l9 11 100 l9 24 28 l ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 625123/WMN LUKE COMBS INGRID ANDRESS TENNESSEE WHISKEY WILD WORLD DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 10 10 156 10 NEW 10 11 8 93 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON l KIP MOORE KINFOLKS CHASIN’ YOU MAREN MORRIS GIRL 11 8 24 11 17 9 11 10 7 56 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1 SAM HUNT l MORGAN WALLEN NOBODY BUT YOU BEER CAN’T FIX OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 12 13 10 12 25 8 12 13 9 23 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1 l BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI l THOMAS RHETT FEAT. JON PARDI HOMECOMING QUEEN? THE BONES 13 15 11 44 THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD 1 13 9 20 13 13 33 l VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG KELSEA BALLERINI MAREN MORRIS WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT GOODBYE 14 17 10 174 KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 1 14 14 4 14 NEW l ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 l LUKE BRYAN l KENNY ROGERS SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT DOES TO ME 15 19 18 91 JORDAN DAVIS HOME STATE 6 15 15 5 15 16 9 l MCA NASHVILLE 028014/UMGN l JORDAN DAVIS LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH CATCH THE GAMBLER KENNY ROGERS THE BEST OF KENNY ROGERS: THROUGH THE YEARS 16 NEW 16 1 3 16 1 — 2 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028792/UME 1 l BRETT YOUNG KENNY ROGERS I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 17 19 8 17 NEW 17 18 14 243 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3 l CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE l JOE DIFFIE BRETT YOUNG TICKET TO L.A. 10,000 HOURS 18 33 29 64 1 18 18 4 HOMEMADE 18 19 26 l BMLG BMBY200A* l JAKE OWEN DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS MEANT TO BE I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 19 RE-ENTRY 211 6 19 17 123 19 21 18 l CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART ISLANDS IN THE STREAM 20 20 16 55 12 20 20 47 20 2 2 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 l LUKE COMBS KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES MORE HEARTS THAN MINE HOMESICK 21 12 21 205 1 21 16 9 21 RE-ENTRY MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 INGRID ANDRESS l KANE BROWN KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR HEAVEN ONE MAN BAND 22 21 23 100 1 22 RE-ENTRY 22 RE-ENTRY l MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 l KANE BROWN l OLD DOMINION JASON ALDEAN 9 SPEECHLESS SHIPS THAT DON’T COME IN 23 9 12 19 1 23 25 89 23 NEW MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG l DAN + SHAY l JOE DIFFIE BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS DOES TO ME GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME 24 23 19 232 2 24 24 2 24 RE-ENTRY l WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN l LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH l KEITH URBAN JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN RUMOR DETOURS 25 22 17 103 0 1 25 RE-ENTRY 25 NEW MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) l LEE BRICE l JORDAN DAVIS 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 2 203 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 1 1 1 27 BILLY STRINGS HOME 1 l MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 ROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD 2 NEW 1 WAXAHATCHEE SAINT CLOUD 2 2 11 — 2 JIM LAUDERDALE WHEN CAROLINA COMES HOME AGAIN 2 l MERGE 704* l YEP ROC 2695* 3 NEW 1 BRIAN FALLON LOCAL HONEY 3 3 7 3 8 THE STEELDRIVERS BAD FOR YOU 1 l LESSER KNOWN 73095*/THIRTY TIGERS ROUNDER 610080*/CONCORD 4 3 3 105 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 1 4 NEW 1 APPALACHIAN ROAD SHOW TRIBULATION 4 l MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 l BILLY BLUE 1323 JAMES TAYLOR AMERICAN STANDARD THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 5 2 1 5 FANTASY 00619*/CONCORD 1 5 6 2 25 SIX SHOOTER 129* 1 6 5 4 55 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 3 6 5 7 61 MANDOLIN ORANGE TIDES OF A TEARDROP 1 l HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS YEP ROC 2638* 7 4 5 249 HOZIER HOZIER 1 7 NEW 1 BELA FLECK AND TOUMANI DIABATE THE RIPPLE EFFECT 7 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 l ROUNDER/CRAFT 00287*/CONCORD 8 10 10 132 JAMES TAYLOR GREATEST HITS 7 8 8 5 5 SIERRA HULL 25 TRIPS 1 l WARNER BROS. 78094/RHINO (11.98) ROUNDER 6100579*/CONCORD 9 6 7 166 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 9 NEW 1 GREENSKY BLUEGRASS COURAGE FOR THE ROAD: WINTER 2020 9 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY l BIG BLUE ZOO DIGITAL EX 10 8 8 160 JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS 6 10 10 9 4 THE PANHANDLERS THE PANHANDLERS 1 l JACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC (13.98) 2 THE NEXT WALTZ 004* 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. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 6, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 19
MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Sam Hunt’s ‘Hard To Forget’ Webb Of Classic Country And Modern Production
With “Hard to Forget,” Sam Hunt has given country fans a track that lives up to The opening verse explored the ways in which the singer’s ex was haunting its hard-to-forget title, likely to be remembered for both its progressive nature him when he went out into the world. Nearly every line begins with a similar and its instant country history lesson. phrase — “I saw …,” “I see …,” “I smell …” or “I swear …” — to give the story The single, which is now lodged in the top 20 on both Country Airplay and some structure. Hot Country Songs, is built around a sample of Webb Pierce’s 1953 hit “There “It is so intentional,” says McAnally of the approach, “and that verse was Stands the Glass” and ladled with twangy Hawaiian steel guitar and Pierce’s such a bitch.” pinched vocal timbre. Hunt mulled over a second verse after that day’s “The way Webb Pierce sings that song, even work and eventually recovened with McAnally to if you haven’t heard it, you feel like you’ve heard hash out the specifics. For that stanza, Hunt envi- it before,” says Hunt. “It’s a very familiar, classic sioned the guy being haunted by his ex at home. melody and performance. It sounds like that era He leaves her clothes on the front step for her to of country music.” pick up, but she fails to stop by, creating a nagging Hunt had long been intrigued by the thought of reminder of her absence. applying hip-hop sampling techniques to a coun- “It’s hard to say if she’s actually up to something try classic, but had never found the right vehicle. or it’s all in his head,” notes Hunt. That all changed when songwriter Luke Laird After Laird produced the demo, Hunt brought (“Beat This Summer,” “T-Shirt”) introduced his it to producer Zach Crowell (Dustin Lynch, “There Stands the Glass” sample in the middle of Chris Janson), who sped the song up 10-15 writing a different song, “One Whiskey Away,” beats per minute. He developed his own version that wasn’t working. of a basic track for a handful of musicians to Laird had been creating samples for years out work with in a core session at the Sound Stage of classic country songs, such as Charlie Rich’s studios on Music Row. Then he brought a string “Behind Closed Doors” and John Anderson’s of players — including Laird and fellow guitarists “Swingin’,” though none had found their way into Sol Philcox-Littlefield and Chris LaCorte, the public sphere. The Pierce sample was fortu- fiddler Jenee Fleenor, banjoist Ilya Toshinsky HUNT itous: While Laird was eating breakfast at First and steel guitarist Russ Pahl — to his home for Watch in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood overdub sessions. and listening to Apple Music’s Honky Tonk Essentials playlist, “There Stands “It’s probably the most complicated puzzle I’ve ever been a part of,” observes the Glass” popped up, and he was inspired to create a sample out of it. Crowell. “It’s definitely the most progressive thing I feel I’ve been a part of, but Laird wasn’t expecting the piece to become part of a song. He only played it’s also extremely traditional in the base of the song … and some of the parts in it.” it for Hunt because their writing appointment with Ashley Gorley (“Catch,” In his final run-through on the vocal, Hunt tagged it with one new line. Every “Ridin’ Roads”) had hit a dead end. Hunt asked Laird if he had any other beats previous chorus had the singer lamenting, “You’re breaking my heart.” On the that might fit “One Whiskey Away,” and since “There Stands the Glass” had last pass, he took the closing chorus one more step, admitting, “I’m falling apart.” the same alcoholic theme, it was worth a shot. Hunt asked if he could live with “It seemed to want one last thing to resolve just a little more,” he says. it for a while, and with Laird’s consent, he played with it periodically for what Hunt’s band did some gang-vocal parts, and the loose atmosphere led to a may have been several months. ton of off-the-cuff ad libs; one, near the three-minute mark, sounds as if they’re “He for sure knows when it’s something that’s right for him,” says Laird. “He’s shouting in Spanish. “That’s Sam’s guitar player, Josh Burkett,” notes Crow- got a stamina to work on a song that’s like no one I’ve ever seen.” ell. “Earlier that day, he had got a new apartment, and he’s yelling, ‘Closing on As Hunt toyed with the sample, he thought of matching it with “Hard to that condo.’ He cracked us up.” Forget,” a title he already had worked on with Shane McAnally (“Nobody Gorley subsequently brought his teenage daughter and a few of her friends but You,” “One Man Band”) and Josh Osborne (“Kinfolks,” “Hotel Key”). to Crowell’s studio. They added more vocals — and got a FaceTime thank-you McAnally had brought that title in, twisting the phrase “Playing hard to get” from Hunt for their efforts. into “Playing hard to forget.” Hunt scotched the original version and worked MCA released “Hard to Forget” to country radio via PlayMPE on March 2, with McAnally and Osborne to retrofit the title to the new sample. They sketched and it’s already at No. 18 on Country Airplay and No. 17 on Hot Country Songs. out the chorus melody and a few lyrics, then Hunt brought all four cowriters “I haven’t been this excited about a song coming out in a while — getting to together for one concentrated day of work. The chorus became a lyrical puzzle, use a sample and make a song like this and know that it actually is going to get with “There Stands the Glass” inspiring references to other traditional country heard because of the Sam Hunt vessel,” says Laird. “Some people are probably songs — “Cold, Cold Heart” and “Cold Hard Truth” — and plenty of additional going to hate it, but I know a lot of people love it just from texts I’ve got.” wordplay: “I got a bottle of whiskey, but I got no proof” and “out of sight, out of In practice, “Hard to Forget” introduces contemporary country fans to Pierce, mind” leading to “it’s driving me out of mine.” one of the genre’s most flamboyant characters. The 2001 Country Music Hall “We definitely did ‘cold heart’ because of Hank Williams,” says McAnally. of Fame inductee drove a car with silver dollars embedded in the dashboard, “ ‘Cold hard truth’ was a phonetics play because it sounds just like ‘cold heart.’ had a guitar-shaped swimming pool built and encouraged tourist buses to visit I can’t say for sure if [anyone was] thinking of the George Jones song. Some of his home. If any voice from the past was to journey with Hunt into country’s fu- those little happy accidents along the way were just little blessings.” ture, Pierce might well be the most apt. They also threw in a passing chord under the “got no proof” phrase that cre- “There are going to be people who are bothered by the combination of the ates momentary tension and quick resolution. new and the old,” allows Hunt. “But when you look into Webb Pierce’s charac- “I love going to that little thing,” says Gorley. “I don’t even know if I’m the one ter, you get the feeling that he wouldn’t have minded too much if we sampled that did it, but I’m always a fan of that old-school thing to walk up to that chord.” his song in this way.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 6, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airplay Index
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P (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 12 Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 13 E PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic I LOVE MY COUNTRY Georgia Song Vibez, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 41 BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 38 ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (C. 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DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, N G.Smith) 59 CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team HEAD OVER HEELS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songwriters of Platinum NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing C.Wiseman) 7 SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/Big Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Deal Beats, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, T.Cecil, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of L.J.Veltz) 58 Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/ J.Mullins) 44 Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 4 W Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 14 Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP J.Osborne) 39 B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 37 (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 31 HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, D Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG O WHAT I’M LEAVING FOR Universal Music Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP/BMG DETAILS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 23 ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Platinum Songs US, BMI/Mason Jar Moonshine Music Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Publishing, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Good Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, M.R.Premnath, L.J.Veltz) 47 Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 32 It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- J.Mitchell) 35 WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (T.Howell, Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 9 BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill B.Lancaster, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 53 Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 20 Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood D.Ruttan) 22 BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Of Ham Songs, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ T.Phillips) 6 BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, J.M.Nite) 10 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. I Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 11 (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 43 Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ I DO FOR YOU Riser House Tunes, SESAC/Golden Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ Walls Music, SESAC/The Song Factory LLC, SESAC/Double ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, Gobble Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (M.D.Carmichael, Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third J.Melton) 46 SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, I DON’T LOVE YOU Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 30 C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 21 M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 24 Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Yamomma, ASCAP/Alrighty Den Music, BMI/Songs Of Mojo Two, ASCAP/Songs Of A Carl Music, ASCAP (A.Hambrick, M.Fuller, N.A.Medley) 52 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 6, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit (Songwriter) Chart Position BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love 10,000 HOURS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Shay Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 31 RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 14 SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 30 BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, K DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WC Music Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Warner Geo Corp., ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Met Ric Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ 3 Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, BMI/17Black Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K. J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, J.Boyd) M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 32 Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Ballerini, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 25 Smackborne Music, ASCAP A (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, E J.Osborne) 10 S AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, L SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP 37 Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 40 ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 15 F SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase ALL IS FOUND Wonderland Music Company, Inc., FRONT SEAT Totally Awesome Music, BMI (J. BMI 48 Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 36 Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ (K.Anderson-Lopez, R.Lopez) Jordan) 46 WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 6 M ANYTHING SHE SAYS Sony/ATV Countryside, G SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/ MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane GASLIGHTER Woolly Puddin’ Music, BMI/Songs Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Sauce Songs, BMI/W.C.M. Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Scrapin’ Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Music Corp., SESAC/That’s The Spot Publishing, SESAC/ West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Toast, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/ Compositions, ASCAP/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 39 Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Buzz Light Beer Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Ducky Donath Music, BMI (M. Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG ASCAP (M.Tenpenny, J.M.Schmidt, T.W.Jordan, A.Albert) 45 Maguire, E.Strayer, N.Maines, J.M.Antonoff) 33 Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 47 THE STRANGER Not Listed (Not Listed) 49
B GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer T Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 34 THIS BAR Relative Music Group, BMI/Ransom Quarter On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 24 Note Music, ASCAP/Pie Cost Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Corp., ASCAP/Torches And Pitchforks Music, BMI/Sony/ Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter MORE HEARTS THAN MINE What Is An ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, Ingrid, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From Loud Mountain, BMI (M.W.Hardy, J.Morgan, J.Scott, E.K.Smith, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ The Art Music, BMI/Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/ R.Vojtesak, M.Wallen) 38 J.Miller, J.Thompson) 19 Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 23 ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 8 THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/ Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 41 Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG R.B.Tedder) 12 Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D. Platinum Songs US, BMI (N.Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, H 26 43 BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Breland, T.Taylor, K.Austin, D.Barton, T.Zeigler) I.Juber, D.Emile II) Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ N W Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 20 Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 35 ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 17 R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 4 Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ NOTHING LIKE YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Of Ham Songs, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, L.J.Veltz) 1 Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Of RHA, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, J.M.Nite) 11 C Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 50 ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 18 WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, O Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, I Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Songs, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Combustion I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 7 ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, G.Barrett) 2 J.Mitchell) 29 28 CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill C.Wiseman) 5 Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing D Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 27 Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 13 DETAILS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat ONE MAN BAND WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., I LOVE MY COUNTRY Georgia Song Vibez, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 42 BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (C. Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Crowder, E.K.Smith, R.Vojtesak) 16 ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Rosen, B.F.Tursi, J.Osborne) 9 Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs D.Ruttan) 22 F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 21 BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, ASCAP/ J Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 44 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 6, 2020 | PAGE 19 OF 19 CODA 37 Years Ago Kenny Rogers And Sheena Easton ‘Got’ To No. 1 “His talent made every note seem effortless,” Easton recalls of the late legend
On April 9, 1983, Kenny Rogers and Hot Country Songs leaders and the only he touched my life and made it better. Sheena Easton’s “We’ve Got Tonight” No. 1 on the chart for pop star Easton. He will be missed.” rose 2-1 on Hot Country Songs. Rogers passed away on March 20 Easton, a dual British-American cit- Rocker Bob Seger wrote the ballad; at age 81. “It was a privilege to work izen, has mounted a successful career his original reached No. 13 on the all- with Kenny,” Easton, 60, tells Bill- beyond the charts as an actress in both genre Billboard Hot 100 in 1979. Rogers board. “His voice was unique and his film and theater, most recently portray- and Easton’s take did even better on the talent made every note seem effortless. ing Dorothy Brock in a revival of 42nd Hot 100, hitting No. 6. I learned so much just watching him Street that premiered in March 2017 in The duet became Rogers’ 14th of 21 work and I will be forever grateful that London’s West End. —JIM ASKER
Rogers and Easton
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