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Table of Contents 2009—The Year of More...And Less! 1 2009—The Year of by (With Special Thanks to Eric Gross, Andrea Jeitz, MaryAnn Keen, and Anna Maki) More...And Less! 4 Lambert Is Hanging With I get a lot of heat for studying this year. That means each writer’s The Boys 4 Bellamy Brothers Song On only No. 1 records, but strangely work has less total time on the charts. Broadway enough, it doesn't usually come from 2009's longest-running chart records 4 Country Weekly Spotlights the writers, publishers or artists that were ’s “Getting You Country Couture actually have one. My feeling is that Home” and Lady Antebellum’s “I 4 Week-At-A-Glance if the “business” feels it's worth Run To You,” both at 38 weeks. The 4 Spin Zone/Chart Data promoting, bullying or outright times they are a-changing. 6 Programmer Playlist buying a record to the top, they 7 Photos From The Road must be pretty confident in the Race to No. 1 8 CountryBreakout™ Chart foundation that the artist’s career At 10 weeks, Carrie

Respect Intellectual Property: is built upon—the song. So, in line Underwood’s “Cowboy ” MusicRow transmissions in email and with “no one throws a No. 2 party,” and ’s “Then” were file form plus online passwords, are intended for the sole use of active this is a look at what made it to last year's fastest travelers up the subscribers only and protected under No. 1 in 2009. chart. Unfortunately, Underwood the copyright laws of the . Resending or sharing of such intellectual Last year's No. 1 songs was also the fastest off the charts property to unauthorized individuals continued a trend that started at and/or groups is expressly forbidden. —on and gone in 14 weeks, while MusicRow Publications, Inc. reserves the beginning of the decade. For Paisley hung around for a total of the right to cancel, without refund, the account of any subscriber found to be the last ten years, there has been 17 weeks. in violation of this policy. a substantial increase in No. 1 Eight records peaked in 15 weeks Music Row Communications, LLC records. For instance, in 2009, 31 or less. In addition to Carrie and 1231 17th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212 songs went to the top, up from 26 Brad, there were 's 615-321-3617 in 2008, and 21 in 2004. “Out Last Night," 's www..com The number of writers “Big Green Tractor,” ' [email protected] participating in the cheese, shrimp, “,” 's Advertising speeches and backslapping “American Ride,” 's “It [email protected] increased from 49 last year to 71 Happens" and Lady Antebellum's

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“Need You Now.” Interestingly, records seemed to take a little longer than last year to climb the charts. Slightly over one-third of them took over 20 weeks to get to No. 1. As most of these artists have had hits before, it would be easy to attribute their fast rise to star power and fan familiarity, but there were four newcomers to the No. 1 club in 2009—Mac McAnally (although paired with Kenny Chesney), Chris Young, and Lady Antebellum. Two of those newcomers, Young and Moore, took the longest to get to No. 1, so maybe they just had to earn their way. Moore's “ USA” took 33 weeks to get to the top. Winning the prize for longest ascent was Young's “Getting You was in the area for the March 2 release date of Home” at 35 weeks. Those singles also his . He performed, signed autographs and made a lived the longest on the charts at 35 and cool music purchase at the Mall of ’s Best Buy location. 38 weeks respectively, along with 's “Run To You” (38 weeks). Notable is the haste with which records moved off the charts. Two to three weeks after they hit No. 1 seems to be the average amount of time spent in the sun. That's the opposite of what happens to pop songs on Billboard's Hot 100, where records race to the top and hang around for months.

Artist/Writers In 2008, fifty percent of the No. 1s were written or co-written by the artist. That trend accelerated this year, with 19 of the 31 No. 1s written or co-written by the artist. Almost two thirds of all No. 1s were “inside” jobs. How that will affect publishers' business plans will be almost as interesting as watching how non-performing writers respond to this new challenge. 2009 finalist recently joined ASCAP as a writer/publisher member. Little Champion Music's Rachel Thibodeau Tempos has been producing sides for Sarver at Blackbird Studio, including Well, somebody rolled the dice, went with a waltz and the single "Ferris Wheel," co-written by Thibodeau, Curb Publishing's danced all the way to the top. “Already Gone” got the job done Kyle Jacobs and UMG Nashville's . (L-R): Thibodeau, Sarver for Sugarland and gave them the first of two No. 1s for 2009. and ASCAP's Earle Simmons. The other 30 chart-toppers were all in 4/4, with tempos

©2010, MusicRow Communications, LLC—ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [email protected] page 3 Friday, March 12, 2010 almost equally shared between ballads (9 of them), midtempo A Little Advice (12) and up-tempo (10). Let’s get back to that ‘more and less’ thing. Taking the last decade as a template, sales both digital and physical, Intros dropped by 50%, which will negatively affect mechanical Intros were pretty consistently within the 13-18 second income. Media economist Jack Myers recently predicted in range, with only “” by Brad Paisley and Inside Radio that "radio revenues will fall 18.7% this year.” exceeding that, with the -fueled intro going 24 seconds. This will lead to a decrease in performance income forcing “” came in at 24 seconds to be the longest writers and publishers to “split the blanket” (to quote my old intro. At the other extreme, was the Chesney/MacAnally , friend Harlan Howard) much more than they used to. “Down The Road.” 's “Alright” did away with The good news is that the demand for music has never the intro, with the track and vocal starting at almost the same been higher. The bad news is that people don’t pay time. Add all the intros together and average them out, and for it. Well, I’ve got some real news...they never have! you arrive at the old industry standard of 13 seconds. So, if you’re a smart artist, find some great writers to write with. If you’re a great writer, find a great artist to work with. And as you roll that song out remember, we have had a wonderful ride for the last century due to the efforts of our 2009 No. 1 Songs & Writers (Alphabetical by Title) great, great, great grandparents. They put a copyright law in place back in 1909 and then fought every theater, bar and  “Already Gone” , and club to get compensated for their music. Along the way, every  “Alright” Frank Rogers and Darius Rucker new technology that came along needed what writers created  “American Ride” Dave Pahanish and Joseph West and wanted it for cheap (read FREE).  “Big Green Tractor” Jim Collins and “New" technologies like radio, movies and television fought  “Country Boy” for the right to use music for as little money as possible. The  “” , and  “Down The Road” Mac McAnally war going forward today is no different than the war that has  “” , , Brad Warren and Brett Warren always been fought. As creators and copyright owners, we  “Gettin’ You Home (Black Dress Song)” Cory Batten, and Chris Young have been lulled into believing we are part of an industry  “” Toby Keith and Vicky McGehee where all are equal partners in success. Not so.  “Here” Steve Robson and The more that people use what we create to make money,  “Here Comes Goodbye” Clint Lagerberg and the greater appears to be their sense of entitlement. Breaking  “” , , and new ground and finding new uses for our songs is great as  “” Kristian Bush, Jennifer Nettles and Bobby Pinson long as we share in the revenues generated.  “It’s America” Brett James and Angelo Petraglia Remember, it all really does begin with a song.  “It Won’t Be Like This For Long” Chris DuBois, and Darius Rucker  “Need You Now” Dave Haywood, , Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott • • •  “Only You Can Love Me This Way” Steve McEwan and John Reid Ralph Murphy is the author of Murphy’s Laws  “Out Last Night” Kenny Chesney and Brett James of Songwriting (Murphyslawsofsongwriting.com).  “People Are Crazy” and Troy Jones He is a past president of the Nashville  “River Of Love” Billy Brunette, and Dennis Morgan Association, former Nashville  “” and Tommy Karlas chapter president and former national trustee  “She’s Country” Dan Myrick and Bridgette Tatum of the Recording Academy (NARAS). He had his  “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” Jennifer Adan and Cory Batten first hit in 1966 (“Call My Name”—James Royal)  “Sideways” Brett Beavers and Dierks Bentley and has had chart success for five decades. He  “Small Town USA” Brian Dean Maher, Justin Moore and had produced platinum and his songs  “Start A Band” Davidson, Ashley Gorley and have been recorded by , Don  “Sweet Thing” and Keith Urban Williams, , , Ray  “Then” Chris DuBois, Ashley Gorley and Brad Paisley Price and more. Murphy currently serves as vice  “Toes” , Wyatt Durette, John Hopkins and Shawn Mullins president international and domestic membership group of ASCAP and  “” and guest lectures at universities, music industry conventions and sister P.R.O.s SOCAN (), APRA (), and IMRO (Ireland).

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Television, the event will benefit Week-At-A-Glance Musicians On Call. While this year’s lineup of artists is still being firmed up, past participants have included Chris Young, Chuck Wicks, , , and . The doors will open at 11 a.m. with an acoustic show starting at 11:30 a.m., followed by the fashion show at noon. Immediately after the fashion portion of the event, March 12: Melissa Peterman: ?; 10 pm ET, CMT some of the artists will also perform their biggest hits. March 16 Premium seating tickets are available at musiciansoncall.org. Album Release: Travis Rush—Feel (Mason) All other tickets start at $35 and can be purchased at Album Release: —Halfway To Heaven (Average Joes) ticketmaster.com. All tickets include lunch. Spin Zone by Jon Freeman Lambert Is Hanging It’s time for some warmer weather, and also time for a new No. 1 song: Keith Urban’s “‘Til Summer Comes Around” With The Boys has reached the chart’s top spot after a multi-week run by has ’s “Hillbilly Bone.” Urban’s latest is part of a selected a long list of male artists long string of CountryBreakout No. 1s that includes “Only to accompany her on the various You Can Love Me This Way,” “,” “Sweet Thing,” legs of her upcoming Roadside “ In My Shirt,” and “Everybody.” Bars & Pink tour. So far, Following Urban are Capitol labelmates Lady Antebellum Lambert has enlisted James with “” at No. 2, and with “Hell Otto, , Randy On The Heart” at No. 3. ’s “Highway 20 Ride” Houser, Cross Canadian Miranda Lambert has muscled its way to No. 4 with a big gain of 128 spins, Ragweed, Eric Church, Jake and Carrie Underwood’s “” sits tight at Owen, Wade Bowen, and Chris Young. Each No. 5. ’ “Gimmie That Girl,” Justin Moore’s act will join Lambert for select dates throughout the tour. “Backwoods,” and Rascal Flatts’ “Unstoppable” all see large “I like pink guitars and puppies so how scary can I be?” gains in spins and are rewarded with higher positioning laughs Miranda. "Seriously, it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’ve inside the top 10. been on tour with some great male headliners so I thought An abundance of new and quickly-rising singles are skipping it’s only natural that I invite some talented guys on my first over the competition on their way up the chart. Toby Keith’s official headlining tour!” “” is out front, climbing to No. 27 in its second week of activity. Jason Aldean’s “Crazy Town” is Bellamy Brothers Song not far behind at No. 31 and picks up Greatest Spin Gain honors. Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” picks On Broadway up 312 spins and moves to No. 34 after only three weeks. Venerable country duo The Also quickly catching on are relative newcomers ’s Bellamy Brothers recently authorized the use of their song, “” for the upcoming Broadway play Enron. The play is a tragic comedy that #1 follows a group of flawed men and women in a narrative of greed and loss using music, movement and video. Keith Urban The Bellamy’s song has been choreographed using "Til Summer Comes interpretive dance and is featured throughout the production. Enron is directed by Headlong Theater’s Artistic Director Around" Rupert Goold and will debut on April 8 at Broadway’s Capitol Nashville Broadhurst Theater. Signs are showing all around that summer In other Bellamy news, the brothers are celebrating their in Nashville might actually be on its way, 35th Anniversary with the release of The Anthology Vol. 1. but Keith Urban’s “‘Til Summer Comes Around” has already arrived. This week the slow jam takes over the Country Weekly Spotlights CountryBreakout™ Chart’s No. 1 spot with a gain of nearly 70 spins. Urban was recently a guest on a special Oscar night episode of Jimmy Country Couture Kimmel Live, where he performed this song and made a guest The 4th Annual Country Weekly Fashion Show and appearance in a side-splitting skit called “Handsome Men’s Club” Concert is set to take place Tuesday, June 8 at Nashville's alongside Matthew McConaughey, , Ben Affleck, and more. Wildhorse Saloon. Sponsored by Durango and Lifetime

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“Blue Sky” and Jaron & The getting requests for John Long's ‘I Wish I Long Road To Love’s “I Pray Had The Job Paycheck Told Them All to For You,” which move to No. 37 Shove’ and anything Lady Antebellum! Love and 39, respectively. the ‘Groovy Little Summer Song’ from —an excellent test led to an add!” Reporter Comments:  “What's hot is Kenny  “Brad Lee Schroeder's ‘Easy’ is one of Chesney’s ‘Ain't Back Yet,’ the best songs that has hit my desk in a Keith Urban’s ‘‘Til Summer long time!” says Debbie Duncan of KBCR/ Comes Around,’ and Jason Steamboat Springs, CO. “With a simple yet Aldean’s ‘Crazy Town’— catchy lyric and toe-tapping tempo, it's a because anyone who has real feel-good song!” knows its the truth,” says Jim Kay of MusicRow Country KVVP/Leesville, LA. “Katie Armiger’s ‘Kiss Me Now’ is Chart HOT and gettin' hotter, as (3/11/10) are ‘Better Than I Used To Be’ by , Artist This Wk Last Wk ‘Countrified’ by Ken 1. Taylor Swift 2,803,094 2,755,333 An all-star cast of musicians gathered before 2. Kenny Chesney 413,706 408,967 Domash, and ‘Hip To My a sold-out crowd for “Help Live” at 3. 350,428 349,012 Heart’ by .” Nashville’s on February 27, 4. 209,882 208,339 benefitting Compassion International’s Haiti 5. Jennette McCurdy 170,517 169,279  “Hot, Hot, Hot—Lady disaster relief fund. The concert, which 6. Danny Gokey 111,588 109,393 Antebellum's ‘American featured and Union Station 7. 107,486 106,202 Honey’ has phones flashing featuring , , Mat 8. Brad Paisley 99,883 95,105 like a neon sign as the weeks’s Kearney, , , 9. Keith Urban 90,280 88,800 NeedToBreathe, , and Matt Wertz No. 1 request,” says Scott 10. Lady Antebellum 87,335 84,865 was sponsored by Gaylord Entertainment 11. Reba McEntire 82,638 81,459 Soderberg of KAUS/Austin, Company. Photo: Aaron Crisler MN. “The Band Perry’s ‘Hip 12. Blake Shelton 80,447 79,036

To My Heart’ comes in second

while the snow melt is getting some help from Luke Bryan’s ‘.’” BigChampagne Chart Taylor Swift’s dominance of the  “Hot songs here in Big Country include ‘Tell Your Sister BigChampagne Internet Chart continues I'm Single’ by Tyler Dickerson,” says Shelly Marx of for another week, with “Fearless” staying WWBE/Selinsgrove, PA. “And ’ in the No. 1 spot and Valentine’s Day ‘Heart of My Heart’ still has the phones hot and the soundtrack exclusive “Today Was A emails burning.” Fairytale” experiencing a massive activity spike at No. 3. Internet users are also showing love  “Hot requests right out of the box for Jaron & the Long to Carrie Underwood’s “Temporary Home” which moves Road To Love’s ‘I Pray For You’—the phones lit up right up to the No. 6 position, and Eric Church’s currently hot- away!” says Susie Martin of WATZ/Alpena, MI. “Still at-radio “Hell On The Heart” maneuvers into the No. 10 spot for its first top 10 appearance.

Power Chart Debut Jason Mitchell Greatest Spin Gain "Slow And Steady" DMP Jason Aldean Jason’s Mitchell’s smoldering “Slow and "Crazy Town" Steady” is beginning to please the ears of Broken Bow Records programmers, as it moves on to the On his rocking new single “Crazy Town,” CountryBreakout™ Chart at No. 65 and Jason Aldean depicts the insane hustle of our highest debut of the week. The son aspiring country singers in Nashville and of producer/ Dan Mitchell (“If the tough road to stardom. Fortunately, You’re Gonna Play In (You Gotta Have A In The Band)),” that time of stuggle for Aldean seems to Jason Mitchell grew up in Nashville surrounded by the music industry be over as his third album Wide Open is and spent his early years interested in everything but music. His love certified Platinum with three No. 1 hits to its credit. CountryBreakout™ for singing and performing came later, during college, when he landed panelists have given their approval to “Crazy Town,” which earned a singing role in the cast of a local tourist attraction. Soon he had the weeks’ biggest gain of 449 spins and moved to No. 31. Aldean is produced his own CD, as well as raising $25,000 for Vanderbilt currently headlining his own Wide Open tour and will soon join Hospital’s Burn Center. Brooks & Dunn for their Last Rodeo farewell tour.

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BigChampagne Chart Toby Keith/Every Dog Has Its Day/Show Dog-Universal ...... 414 LW TW Artist Song //Capitol ...... 412 1 1 Taylor Swift Fearless Kenny Chesney/Ain't Back Yet/BNA ...... 362 2 2 Uncle Kracker Smile //MCA ...... 350 19 3 Taylor Swift Today Was A Fairytale Miranda Lambert/The House That Built Me/Columbia ...... 312 9 4 Zac Brown Band Highway 20 Ride Martina McBride/Wrong Baby Wrong/RCA ...... 272 3 5 Rascal Flatts Unstoppable 10 6 Carrie Underwood Temporary Home On Deck—Soon To Be Charting 4 7 Justin Moore Backwoods 8 8 Why Don’t We Just Dance Artist/song/label spins 6 9 Keith Urban ‘Til Summer Comes Around Kate Russell/Kick Down the Door ...... 226 13 10 Eric Church Hell On The Heart Bucky Covington/A Father's Love/Lyric Street ...... 220 /Guinevere/Republic/Show Dog-Universal ...... 214 Frozen Playlists: KFLS, KLMJ, KNAH, KUUB, KZPK, WAGI, Neil Hewitt/The Request/ATP Records ...... 212 WDHR Adam Fisher/Cotton Town/Lofton Creek ...... 200 Jayme Lynn Scott/Diggin' In/Big 7...... 189 New On The Chart—Debuting This Week Melanie Denard/Tumblin' Down/WeBlast Records ...... 183 Artist/song/label chart pos. Uncle Kracker/Smile/Atlantic/Bigger Picture ...... 175 Jason Mitchell/Slow and Steady/DMP ...... 65 Emma King & The Heartsets/Broken/PLC ...... 170 Gloriana/The World is Ours Tonight/ //Mercury ...... 167 Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture ...... 67 Ken Domash/Countrified/Thunder Mountain/ Two Week Most Added* Spinville Records ...... 68 Artist/song/label new adds Scott Lindsey/You Only Call Me When You're Drunk/ Little Big Town/Little White Church/Capitol ...... 26 Gray Trailer Music ...... 69 Jason Aldean/Crazy Town/Broken Bow ...... 22 Marty Raybon/Daddy Phone/GrandVista/Nine North ...... 71 Bucky Covington/A Father's Love/Lyric Street ...... 20 /Lover, Lover/Sea Gayle/Arista ...... 72 Jayme Lynn Scott/Diggin' In/Big7 ...... 17 Brady Seals/Been There, Drunk That/StarCity/Spinville ...... 73 Toby Keith/Every Dog Has Its Day/Show Dog-Universal ...... 15 Mike Aiken/Jagger & Jones/Aspirion ...... 74 Miranda Lambert/The House That Built Me/Columbia...... 15 Mustang Creek/Love Makes The World Go Round/Cupit ...... 75 Eli Young Band/Guinevere/Republic/Show Dog-Universal ...... 14 /Get Off On The Pain/MCA...... 14 Lucky Seven Greatest Spin Increase Gloriana/The World is Ours Tonight/ Artist/song/label spin+ Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture ...... 12 Jason Aldean/Crazy Town/Broken Bow ...... 449 *Total Adds rec’d over two weeks

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March 22 Anthony Smith/Love Is Love Is Love/Krankit/Nine North Bucky Covington/A Father’s Love (The Only Way He Knew How)/Lyric Street /Ain’t Much Left Of Lovin’ You/Mercury Eli Young Band/Guinevere/ Republic/Show Dog-Universal /Rollin’ Through The Sunshine/Show Dog - Universal David Bradley/Soak It Up/Gecko /You’re The Reason If others at your station would like to receive the PLAYlist, send their e-mail, station info, title Why/Saguaro Road and name to [email protected]. This e-mail is printer friendly and a perfect way to prepare for music meetings. Programmer PLAYlist arrives every Friday. Discover news and album release info at www.musicrow.com.

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Sarah Buxton stopped by for a visit with during her album launch last week. (L-R): Lyric Street's Big D and caught Dale Turner, Bubba Cody Alan Big D., Buxton, Jedd Hughes CMT Radio Live's recently on and Bubba. Kenny Chesney up with Kenny his tour bus. They talked about his recent Chesney's upcoming movie, Chesney: Summer taping in 3D, with ThePhoto: CMT Crossroads Band and more. Dingo O'Brien

just Jason Sturgeon completed production ona video for his debut single “Simple Life,” directed by award- winning filmmaker and (L) took time from his director Flick Wiltshire. “Meet Me Halfway” campaign to visit Nicki Kretchmer Model listeners of KSMA/Mason City, Ia and made a guest J. Brooks (R). Reba spent time with Rusty Walker Programming the crazy morning host appearance. Consultant JJ Jobe with George Strait. following her Memphis concert

Grant Jaron and The Long Road To Love performed during WIRK/West Palm is currently on his first-ever Beach’s recent listener concert.(L-R): Big Machine’s Jeff Davis, WQYK/Tampa PD Mike Culotta, Jaron and WIRK APD Sammy Cruise. Australian tour. of 2SM (L-R): Radio. Ingram and Goldman

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Repts Power +- # Spins

16 2 1 Keith Urban/Til Summer Comes Around/Capitol 3762/103 2 68 3694 10 3 2 Lady Antebellum/American Honey/Capitol 3513/103 3 115 3398 20 4 3 Eric Church/Hell On The Heart/Capitol 3319/104 2 59 3260 13 6 4 Zac Brown Band/Highway 20 Ride/Atlantic 3277/94 4 128 3149 13 5 5 Carrie Underwood/Temporary Home/Arista 3237/92 2 49 3188 19 1 6 Blake Shelton feat. /Hillbilly Bone/Warner Bros. 3232/91 -13 -496 3728 19 9 7 Joe Nichols/Gimmie That Girl/Show Dog - Universal 3185/103 4 135 3050 21 10 8 Justin Moore/Backwoods/Valory Music 3089/101 3 84 3005 23 8 9 /A Little More Country Than That/Mercury 3060/86 0 7 3053 11 11 10 Rascal Flatts/Unstoppable/Lyric Street 2969/103 6 155 2814 10 12 11 Taylor Swift/Fearless/Big Machine 2906/96 5 136 2770 24 13 12 /Keep On Loving You/Big Machine 2821/98 6 172 2649 5 18 13 Kenny Chesney/Ain't Back Yet/BNA 2442/92 17 362 2080 12 14 14 Alan Jackson/It's Just That Way/Arista 2297/90 6 139 2158 24 7 15 /That's How Country Boys Roll/Mercury 2258/66 -26 -796 3054 7 19 16 Tim McGraw/Still/Curb 2237/99 10 209 2028 13 15 17 /Dancing In Circles/Lyric Street 2216/99 5 112 2104 14 17 18 Chris Young/The Man I Want To Be/RCA 2205/86 6 130 2075 14 16 19 The Band Perry//Republic Nashville 2173/92 4 92 2081 9 21 20 Luke Bryan/Rain Is A Good Thing/Capitol 2162/98 9 179 1983 5 23 21 George Strait/I Gotta Get To You/MCA 2138/87 20 350 1788 21 20 22 Matt Kennon/The Call/BamaJam 2095/96 4 78 2017 7 22 23 Reba/I Keep On Loving You/Valory 1983/95 8 147 1836 16 24 24 Burns & Poe/Don't Get No Better Than That/Blue Steel Records 1850/73 4 64 1786 9 26 25 Martina McBride/Wrong Baby Wrong/RCA 1748/83 18 272 1476

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Repts Power +- # Spins

15 33 26 Gwen Sebastian/Hard Rain/Lofton Creek / Open Road 1394/68 19 225 1169 2 38 27 Toby Keith/Every Dog Has Its Day/Show Dog - Universal 1356/88 44 414 942 11 32 28 Clay Walker/She Won't Be Lonely Long/Curb 1336/68 13 157 1179 9 31 29 /Best Of Both Worlds/Stroudavarious 1314/80 10 124 1190 9 30 30 /This Ain't Nothin'/BNA 1309/75 10 114 1195 2 46 31 Jason Aldean/Crazy Town/Broken Bow 1201/79 60 449 752 8 34 32 Jack Ingram/Free/Big Machine 1148/70 5 51 1097 8 35 33 Jewel/Stay Here Forever/Valory Music 1121/68 8 81 1040 3 49 34 Miranda Lambert/The House That Built Me/Columbia 1051/72 42 312 739 11 36 35 Brad Wolf/Tan Lines/Evergreen 1046/53 4 37 1009 10 37 36 James Wesley/Jackson Hole/Broken Bow Records 1011/64 3 33 978 5 41 37 Emily West with Keith Urban/Blue Sky/Capitol 1008/72 19 160 848 15 44 38 /Love Like Crazy/Curb 979/61 23 183 796 5 43 39 Jaron & the Long Road To Love/I Pray For You/Jaronwood/Univ Rep/Big Machine 957/62 22 174 783 9 40 40 Steve Azar/Sunshine/Ride Records 956/61 11 92 864 12 39 41 /Crazy White Boy/Tenacity Records 955/48 7 61 894 2 58 42 Little Big Town/Little White Church/Capitol 927/72 80 412 515 7 45 43 Katie Armiger/Kiss Me Now/Cold River 817/57 9 69 748 17 27 44 Brad Paisley//Arista 806/26 -44 -633 1439 8 50 45 Danny Gokey/My Best Days Are Ahead of Me//RCA Nashville 804/49 25 162 642 8 47 46 Bellamy Brothers/Heart Of My Heart/Bellamy 787/47 7 52 735 5 53 47 Tyler Dickerson/Tell Your Sister I'm Single/Lyric Street 709/55 22 129 580 9 51 48 Veronica Ballestrini/Out There Somewhere/TimBob 678/40 5 35 643 15 55 49 /Work Hard, Play Harder/Redneck Records 642/37 20 108 534 12 54 50 Darren Kozelsky/Real Superman/Major 7th/Spinville/Nine North 556/38 -3 -20 576 2 61 51 James Otto/Groovy Little Summer Song/Warner Bros. Nashville 547/45 27 115 432 11 56 52 Sean Hogan/Heartbreak Song/Lakeland Heart Records 546/35 1 5 541 8 69 53 Ty Williams/Barn On The Rooftop/Cherry Heart/Lofton Creek 489/29 33 120 369 15 59 54 Billy Joe Royal/Hard Rock to Roll/ 484/28 -1 -3 487 15 60 55 /There Is A God/MCA 471/27 -3 -13 484 2 71 56 Jimmy Wayne with Whitney Duncan/Just Knowing You Love Me/Valory Music 457/36 25 91 366 4 70 57 David Nail/Turning Home/MCA 442/35 20 73 369 2 72 58 Ash Bowers/Ain't No Stoppin' Her Now/Stoney Creek Records 425/37 16 59 366 5 65 59 Sammy Kershaw/Better Than I Used To Be/Big Hit Records 423/27 4 16 407 9 64 60 Anna Garrott/What A Way To Go/Blue Steel Records 417/29 1 6 411 6 67 61 Chris Filer/Joy Ride/Lofton Creek/3 Kidney 409/28 2 8 401 3 75 62 Floyd Tolston/Redneck Cheer/SaMolly 368/26 13 41 327 9 68 63 Jackie Arredondo/Insane/Premier Musical Productions 363/27 -8 -31 394 8 66 64 Zona Jones/Day Off/Rocky Comfort 360/22 -12 -47 407 1 76 65 Jason Mitchell/Slow and Steady/DMP 356/27 17 53 303 4 74 66 Chris Heers/Dirt Rich/Saddlefarm 337/24 1 4 333 1 94 67 Gloriana/The World is Ours Tonight/Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture 331/26 97 163 168 1 85 68 Ken Domash/Countrified/Thunder Mountain / Spinville Records 327/28 45 101 226 1 86 69 Scott Lindsey/You Only Call Me When You're Drunk/Gray Trailer Music 325/29 49 107 218 4 77 70 Johnny Rivers/The American Dream/Soul City 324/24 6 18 306 1 79 71 Marty Raybon/Daddy Phone/GrandVista/Nine North 310/24 4 13 297 1 83 72 Jerrod Niemann/Lover, Lover/Sea Gayle/Arista 308/24 29 69 239 1 82 73 Brady Seals/Been There, Drunk That/StarCity/Spinville 304/30 13 35 269 1 80 74 Mike Aiken/Jagger & Jones/Aspirion 295/21 14 36 259 1 78 75 Mustang Creek/Love Makes The World Go Round/Cupit 293/28 -3 -8 301

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