Issue 562 Chart Battle: Do You Wanna Fight? Mercury’S Billy Currington Has the No
August 7, 2017, Issue 562 Chart Battle: Do You Wanna Fight? Mercury’s Billy Currington has the No. 1 song this week, but “Do I Make You Wanna” probably deserves a “No. 1+” desig- nation. Last week’s unprecedented (in the Country Aircheck era) chart-topping tie with Keith Urban’s “The Fighter” featuring Carrie Under- wood has an even more remarkable backstory. And it all came down to a Friday afternoon in Norfolk. As noted in last week’s Chart Chat, Urban and Currington both received 24,098 points for airplay of their singles during the week ending July 29. Soul Provider: Arista’s Faith Hill and Tim McGraw welcome an The first tie-breaker, plus-or-minus points, went to Urban, who took iHeartCountry contingent to one of two Nashville shows over the chart’s top spot. Prior to Sunday’s chart reconciliation, howev- the weekend. Pictured (l-r) are WSIX’s Gator Harrison, Hill, er, Currington had the lead. But let’s back up a bit. McGraw, and the station’s Ryan McKiddy and Daniel Baker. See Amidst regular chatter about the controlled and collaborative another group on page 7. nature of the No. 1 glide path, this conver- gence at No. 1 is remarkable – not least Famous In A Small Town because it all played out within one building. Many radio stories follow a familiar arc. For instance: East Coast “We were aware about two weeks in ad- kid moves to the West Coast, becomes a radio junkie, a Texas may- vance,” UMG/Nashville SVP/Promotion Royce or and, yes, PD of a Country station.
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