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Combs’ ‘Better’ Trump Vs. Biden: A Pre-CRS Chart Standing >page 4 Management Checklist

CRS Builds The United States has a new manager, and it’s a good bet as vp on the board for the Country Radio Seminar, set for Virtual Agenda you’ve noticed. Feb. 16-19. A more forceful CEO can bring quick order to a >page 10 The shift from Donald Trump to is likely the most chaotic organization, though if top-down leadership turns into dramatic transition we’ve seen in style between an outgoing micromanaging, it tends to discourage self-starting employees president and an incoming one in the over the long haul. On the other hand, modern era. Forget about which politi- the collaborative executive may inspire Bowl-ing With cal party they’re affiliated with — their more immediate creativity, only to see Bryan, Church approach to the job is distinctly different: employees eventually begin to wander >page 11 Trump is more of a top-down, my-way- from the mission. or-the-highway kind of boss, while Biden The best managers, notes Shomby, are prefers to manage more collaboratively. able to tailor their approach based on the Given the frequency of job-hopping dynamics within the company, leaning Vince Gill In Two or market changes within the music and toward authoritarian in one period, then Upcoming Albums broadcast businesses, most veterans in tilting toward teamwork when the circum- >page 11 either field have experienced a 180-de- stances change. gree change in their work atmosphere, “Managers you see that are sitting at whether they transitioned to a new com- radio stations or clusters for long periods Makin’ Tracks: pany or had a new GM take over. The way of time,” he says, are “usually the ones McCollum’s their new manager leads has a huge im- who are doing that and doing that well.” ‘Loved’ Rant pact on how employees view their roles. Broadcasters and music industry exec- “You notice it right away,” says consul- utives will have a chance to reexamine and >page 16 SHOMBY tant John Shomby, who spent four years refine their own management approaches as Cumulus director of Nash program- when CRS convenes virtually Feb. 16-19. ming before setting out as an advisor for radio talent and re- Several panels are specifically geared toward management is- Country Coda: cording artists under the billing of “Country’s Radio Coach.” sues, including “ ’Til the Wellness Runs Dry: How to Handle Juice Newton’s “Probably the second or third or fourth day in, it’s ‘Oh, my good- the Anxiety of the Music Business,” “PPP: Post-Pandemic Play- ‘Hurt’ ness, I have a different person here, and I have to do this now book” and “TLC: Talent Loving Coaching.” >page 19 rather than that.’ It changes the way you think.” “If you’re in a leadership position at your radio station,

Neither a centralized Trump approach nor a collaborative [those sessions] can help you because you’ll see that other Biden style is necessarily better, says Shomby, who serves people have gone through what you’ve gone through and how BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | PAGE 2 OF 19 they’ve dealt with it,” says Shomby. Americans often learn from others by seeing their own issues mirrored in the national spotlight. The country took COVID-19 more seriously, for example, after actors Tom Hanks and contracted it last March. ’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease raised people’s aware- ness of the disorder and their willingness to discuss it. It is likewise easier to identify and evaluate the consequences of a particular management approach by seeing it play out from a distance, whether that’s in the Oval Office or in a stadium. “You see different [management styles] in different sports all the time when a coach with a different philosophy comes in after someone else,” says Shomby. “The New York Giants were a really good football team for quite some time with Tom Coughlin’s style. He was very much a my-way-or-the-highway type of a guy. But that got old after a while, and the team started to lose. They found some- one else who could bring the team together, but it took them a while to do that.” During Country’s Jan. 29 edition of Today’s Country Radio The following Trump/Biden management checklist — assembled by the With Kelleigh Bannen, chatted about singing at the Super Billboard Country Update and massaged by Shomby — highlights the chasm Bowl and his three forthcoming albums. between the two presidents’ styles, separate from their party affiliations or policy positions. Managers should be able to gauge their own style by looking at the differences between the two leaders, and prospective employees might also benefit from examining particular traits that they desire in a boss when they interview for their next position: • Persona Trump is a bigger-than-life character. Biden is more folksy and grandfatherly. • Messaging Trump is a master at distilling concepts down to short slogans, and he will repeat a message to make it take hold. Biden tends to elaborate more on details and take side trips when explaining a concept. • Workplace culture Trump encouraged competition among team mem- bers on The Celebrity Apprentice, sometimes chiding them for not being more New Warner Music Nashville act Robyn Ottolini paid a visit to WCKN ruthless. Biden has told administration staff that if he sees anyone disrespect Charleston, S.C., as part of her first virtual radio tour. She met with a colleague, he will fire them on the spot. (from left) WCKN afternoon host Hunter Meyer and WMN national • Loyalty Trump famously prioritizes it. Biden does not highlight it. director of radio and streaming James Marsh and Southeast manager • Decision-making Trump trusted his gut instinct first on topics ranging of regional radio and streaming Lou Ramirez. from war tactics to health. Biden is giving his experts more room to speak publicly and has pledged to let science guide policies. • Creating expectations Trump made bold up-front predictions, giving people immediate hope but increasing the likelihood of disappointment. Biden is showing a tendency to make pledges that are more prudent, reducing short-term enthusiasm but improving the chances that he will match or exceed expectations. • Short-term vs. long-term plans Trump’s policies and positions were often presented with a focus on the current moment; Biden usually addresses issues with a nod to the long-term consequences.

• Speed Trump removed hurdles to get COVID-19 vaccines approved faster. GRINER KEITH The jury is out on Biden in terms of swift results, though he has been ultra Singer- Skip Ewing (center) signed a booking deal with quick on executive orders. Kinkead Entertainment. The team includes CEO Bob Kinkead (left) and Go here for details about the CRS agenda. senior vp/head of live performance Greg Scott.

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | PAGE 4 OF 19 ON STHEa CHARTSmH JIMunt ASKER’ [email protected] Southside Rules Top Country AlbuTwoms; Is Brett ‘Better’ Young Than ‘Catc One:h’-es Combs Fifth TopsAirplay CountryLeader; AirplayTravis Denning And Hot Makes Country History Songs; Swift’s ‘Crime’ Has Radio Partners ’s second studio full-length, and first in over years, Southside sales (up 21%) in the tracking week. On , it hops 18-15 (11.9 mil- (MCA Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville), debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s lion audience impressions, up 16%). chart dated April 18. In its first week (ending April 9), it scores his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s chart, ‘CRIME’ PAYS ’s “No Body, No Crime,” featuring HAIM (Republic/ earned 46,000 equivalent album units, including 16,000 in album sales, ac- TRY TO ‘CATCH’ UP WITH YOUNG Brett Youngachieves his fifth consecutive which blends airplay, sales and streaming data, as “Better Together” (River MCA Nashville), holds at No. 60 in its second week on Country Airplay, with cording to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. and total Country Airplay No. 1 as “Catch” (Big Machine Label Group) ascends House/Columbia Nashville) ascends 2-1 in its 34th week on the survey 581,000 impressions. The song is her second entry on the chart since last Southside(dated Feb. marks 6). Hunt’s second No. 1 on the summer; the first, “Betty,” rose2-1, to increasing No. 32 in October. 13% to 36.6 “Crime” million is fromimpressions. Swift’s chart and“Better,” fourth the top fifth 10. singleIt follows from freshman Combs’ secondLP LP, What You See Is What December album evermore, whileYoung’s “Betty” firstwas released of six chart from entries, last July’s “Sleep folklore With. - MontevalloYou Get,, was which co-written arrived atby the the summit artist with in NoDan- Isbell and Randy Montana. “Betty” was Swift’s first topout 40 You,” Country reached Airplay No. hit 2 in as December a lead artist 2016. since He vemberThe set2014 holds and reignedat No. 2 foron nineTop Country weeks. To Albums date, 2013,followed after with which the she multiweek fully segued No. to 1s pop. “In Country Case You Montevalloafter 37 weeks has earned at the peak3.9 million with 30,000 units, equivalent with 1.4 programmersDidn’t Know” playing (two weeks, “Crime” June feel 2017), that “Like she’s I still Loved millionalbum in albumunits earned sales. in the week ending Jan. 28, aYou” built-in (three, draw, January even if2018), she has “Mercy” veered (two, from August the Montevalloaccording hasto MRC spent Data. 267 weeks on the list, tying format2018) and that “Here launched Tonight” her. (two, April 2019). Luke BryanOn Country’s Crash Airplay,My Party as“Better” the sixth-longest- is Combs’ “Taylor“Catch” Swift completes has a deep-rooted his longest connectionjourney to No. to 1, runningrecord-extending titles in the chart’s 10th 56-year consecutive history. career- country.having takenI think 46 it’s weeks only smart to reach for country the apex. radio It toout - Onopening the all-genre No. 1. ItBillboard leads for 200, a third Southside week, withar- remainpaces the in the 30-week Taylor Swift climb business,” of “Here says Tonight.” Johnny rives33 at million No. 5, awarding audience Hunt impressions his second in the top week 10 ChiangOn Hot, director Country of operations Songs, “Catch” for Country pushes Airplay 7-5 for HUNT YOUNG afterending the No. Jan. 3-peaking 31. It also Montevallo drew 10.9. million U.S. reportera new high. KKBQ Houston. Huntstreams first and released sold 4,000 the EP downloadsX2C , which in debuted the week Country stations continue to play her catalog andending peaked Jan. at 28.No. 5 on Top Country Albums in August 2014. Following COMBS ‘DOES’ IT AGAIN Lukein the Combs genre.’ “Does While to “Crime” Me” (River received House/Columbia 195 plays Montevallo“Better”, Between marks histhe fourth Pines: Hot Acoustic Country Mixtape Songs started at its No. 7 high in Nashville), featuring Eric Churchon Country, ascends Airplay 11-8 panelistson Country in the Airplay, week upending 10% to Novemberchart-topper. 2015. He first led with “When It Rains 24.7 million in audience. TheJan. song 31, is it Combs’wasn’t her eighth most-played straight song career-opening at the for- MontevalloIt Pours” for produced two weeks, five starting singles, infour November of which hit the pinnacle of Country top 10, following a record runmat of inseven that span:consecutive Her 2011 out-of-the-gate, hit “Mean” drew properly 210 Airplay:2017, “Leave followed the by Night “Beautiful On,” “Take Crazy” Your (11 Time,”weeks, “House Party” and “Make promoted No. 1 singles. plays. Among her seven No. 1s on the chart, her Youbeginning Miss Me.” in“Break March Up 2019) in a Small and “Forever Town” peaked After at No. 2. Church adds his 15th Countryfirst Airplayleader, 2007’stop 10. “Our Song,” collected 185 HuntAll” (one co-penned week upon all its12 debut,songs onNovember Southside 2020)., including “Body Like a Back plays, followed by 2009’s “You Belong With Me” Tim Mc- Road,”With which “Better” was released controlling in 2017. both The Hot smash Country hit ruled Country Airplay for THAT TOOK QUITE ‘A FEW’(154). MONTHS She last Travis topped Denning the tally shatters assisting the record for Songs and Country Airplay, Combs sports the first Graw on 2013’s “Highway Don’t Care,” which three weeks and the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs the most weeks it has taken to penetrate the Country Airplay top 10 as “After such simultaneous reign in over a year, since the garnered 119 plays in the tracking week. chart for a then-record 34 frames. It now ranks second onlyCOMBS to Bebe Rexha and a Few” (Mercury Nashville) climbs 12-10 in its 57th week, up 4% to 21.4 mil - surveys dated Jan. 25, 2020, when Dan + Shay “Her classics are in rotation,” notes Phathead, Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” (50 weeks atop the latter list in 2017-18). lion in radio reach. and Justin Bieber’s “10,000 Hours” doubled up. program director at Country Airplay reporter “Downtown’s Dead,” which is also on the new set, reached Nos. 14 and 15 The song surpasses two tracks that took 50 weeks each to enter the top 10: WJVC Nassau, N.Y. “I love that we have new music from her that is considered on Hot‘OVER’ Country AND ABOVESongs and Chris Country Stapleton Airplay, nets respectively, his fourth Country in June Airplay 2018. “Kintop 10- Eastoncountry Corbinenough’s for “A the Girl format. Like You,” Taylor which never reached left country. No. She10 in is J aanuary star that 2018 had be - folks”as “Starting led Country Over” Airplay (Mercury on Feb. Nashville) 29, becoming rises 11-10 Hunt’s in seventh its 23rd No.frame, 1. It with hit forean opportunity peaking at No. to capture 6 that February, 100% of andthe world, Aaron and Watson all genres,’s “Outta instead Style,” of justwhich No. 3 on Hot Country Songs. achieved its No. 10 high in December 2017. 17.8 million in audience. He last ranked in the region with “Millionaire,” the piece that country is. Any one of us, and any artist, would do the same.” HOENSCH/REDFERNS FRANK Latestwhich singlehit No. “Hard 2 in March to Forget” 2019. jumpsPreviously, 17-9 “Brokenon Hot Country Halos” led Songs. for a It’sweek his in “After” is Denning’s second Country Airplay entry. “David Ashley Parker eighthMarch top 2018,10, having and “Nobody corralled To 8.2 Blame” million reached U.S. streams No. 10 (up in 96%) April and2016. 5,000 in From Powder—Additional Springs” reporting traveled by Gary to No. Trust, 32 in Billboard September senior 2018. director of charts ETHAN MICHAEL YOUNG: VIA MARTIN/NHLI GETTY HUNT: IMAGES. IMAGES MILLER/GETTY

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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 1 18 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (3 weeks) HH Luke Combs 32.984 -0.162 7943 -3 1 l2 2 29 HAPPY DOES  Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA 25.310 +1.116 6310 108 2 l3 5 26 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville 24.246 +2.323 6037 428 4 l4 3 35 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River 23.637 +1.482 6163 309 3 l5 6 16 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville 23.388 +2.359 5524 347 7 l6 8 37 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek HH Most Increased Audience HH Parmalee x Blanco Brown 22.676 +2.481 5780 460 6 l7 7 42 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 22.180 +1.619 5874 514 5 8 4 48 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 21.647 -0.452 4654 -88 10 l9 9 12 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory  Thomas Rhett 20.620 +0.673 4845 60 9 l10 11 23 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville 17.773 -0.181 4877 83 8 l11 12 21 LONG LIVE BMLG  Florida Georgia Line 16.762 +0.628 4 115 80 11 l12 13 50 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow 14.807 +0.501 4020 -37 12 l13 14 40 LADY BMLG  Brett Young 14.736 +1.448 3757 324 13 l14 15 33 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine 13.255 +0.377 3746 32 14 l15 16 24 Republic/Big Loud 13.159 +0.992 3479 293 16 l16 18 34 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR 12.458 +1.364 3731 192 15 l17 17 51 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 11.622 +0.436 3346 61 17 l18 19 41 NOBODY Curb  Dylan Scott 10.330 +0.128 3050 76 19 l19 20 35 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 9.428 +0.437 3097 161 18 l20 21 37 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 9.178 +1.102 2715 342 21 l21 22 13 HELL OF A VIEW EMI Nashville Eric Church 8.533 +0.755 2817 295 20 l22 25 3 UNDIVIDED McGraw/BMLG/Big Machine Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 6.813 +0.957 1960 236 27 l23 24 19 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville With P!nk 6.241 +0.351 2122 81 23 l24 26 19 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 6.192 +0.478 2065 89 25 l25 23 17 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 6.179 +0.200 2074 -13 24 l26 27 15 GONE Capitol Nashville 5.851 +0.219 2065 9 26 l27 28 37 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 5.484 -0.114 2210 3 22 l28 29 3 MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN 5.070 +0.392 1392 222 31 l29 30 12 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 4.990 +0.547 1455 100 30 l30 31 9 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville + Kane Brown 4.489 +0.084 1270 102 32

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by MRC detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Data. Audience totals on the a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2021, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on MRC Data’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to MRC Data) for previous week. A song audience or detections are stations that do not report © 2021 Billboard Media, LLC will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | 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 32 33 HARD DAYS Valory  Brantley Gilbert 4.199 +0.339 1706 170 28 l32 33 15 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory  Justin Moore 3.999 +0.255 1258 61 33 l33 34 19 NEXT GIRL Big Machine 3.689 +0.713 1626 129 29 l34 35 31 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 2.844 +0.074 1232 21 34 l35 38 28 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville 2.515 +0.211 119 4 -5 35 36 36 21 DEAR RODEO CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson & Reba McEntire 2.401 -0.249 447 2 52 l37 39 31 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse  Runaway June 2.319 +0.093 119 3 17 36 38 37 19 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 2.234 -0.123 698 -26 43 l39 42 17 MY BOY Wheelhouse  Elvie Shane 1.995 +0.090 939 22 37 l40 41 22 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 1.962 -0.033 880 1 40 41 40 14 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 1.936 -0.226 903 -12 39 l42 44 9 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Dack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line 1.785 +0.046 845 64 41 l43 NEW FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Stoney Creek HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH Jimmie Allen & 1.702 +1.328 384 299 57 44 43 13 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 1.679 -0.069 936 -31 38 l45 47 8 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs 1.399 +0.080 459 -15 51 l46 46 24 WHAT DO I KNOW Arista Nashville Robert Counts 1.309 -0.029 666 -23 44 l47 45 8 SHALLOW Pearl  & 1.308 -0.035 569 56 48 l48 48 13 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb  1.293 -0.023 698 49 42 49 49 20 WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR 1.226 -0.063 625 8 46 l50 55 2 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 1.157 +0.309 355 132 58 l51 51 10 Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 1.134 +0.117 506 23 50 l52 50 20 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse  LOCASH 1.070 -0.016 591 0 47 l53 57 2 HOME SWEET Triple Tigers HH Breaker HH Russell Dickerson 1.067 +0.314 443 87 53 l54 52 15 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 1.044 +0.076 563 21 49 l55 54 9 HEAVEN ON DIRT Monument  Teddy Robb 0.911 +0.042 650 38 45 56 53 6 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Broken Bow Lainey Wilson 0.812 -0.070 434 5 54 57 56 12 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS BMLG  Riley Green 0.719 -0.073 433 -21 55 58 58 10 WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 0.615 -0.075 385 -18 56 l59 NEW NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Show Dog Nashville Clay Walker 0.589 +0.050 285 18 60 60 60 2 NO BODY, NO CRIME Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift Featuring HAIM 0.581 -0.034 195 22 -

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2/8 GRANGER SMITH Hate You Like I Love You Wheelhouse Sober As A Drunk Columbia Nashville RICKY PAUL Just A Country Boy Ricky Paul

51 2/15 FILMORE The second single from Andress’ same-named Nothing’s Better set, which debuted at its No. 9 peak on Top Curb INGRID ANDRESS Country Albums in April 2020, holds at No. 51 Lady Like on Country Airplay (up 11% to 1.1 million impressions). Introductory hit “” reached No. 3 last May. MARLOWE MATTHEW BERINATO MATTHEW JASON KEMPIN/GETTY IMAGES FOR CMA BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | PAGE 8 OF 19

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley 20 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton 17 TO BE LOVED BY YOU MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 0.560 14 9 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Big Loud HARDY 15 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Big Loud HARDY 0.520 20 15 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 12 MARTHA DIVINE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Ashley McBryde 0.406 23 0 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young & Kane Brown 11 TO BE LOVED BY YOU MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 9 WOULD HAVE LOVED HER RECORDS Chris Bandi 0.341 24 0 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 8 WASTE OF A WHISKEY DRINK EMI Nashville Gary Allan 0.279 20 0 UNDIVIDED McGraw/BMLG/Big Machine Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 7 OLD SCHOOL’S IN Valory Heath Sanders 0.272 0 0 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 7 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 21.093 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 17.745 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown +2.481 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.359 3 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 17.429 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker +2.323 4 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 16.489 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon +1.619 5 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 12.118 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini +1.482 6 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 12.012 LADY BMLG Brett Young +1.448 7 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG  10.655 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +1.364 8 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 10.648 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley +1.328 9 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 10.299 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +1.115 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen +1.102 10 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 8.966 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon +514 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown +460 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker +428 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +347 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen +342 LADY BMLG Brett Young +324 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini +309 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley +299 HELL OF A VIEW EMI Nashville Eric Church +295 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +293 PARMALEE and BLANCO BROWN (center) REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING JANUARY 31, 2021

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 15 DRINKING MONEY (Tommy Jackson Thirty Tigers)  HH 1 Week at 1 HH Randy Rogers Band 2127 228 11 1 21 WANT TO WITH YOU (Independent)  Jamie Richards 1277 -776 l2 3 22 ANOTHER TOWN (Independent)  Jon Stork 2075 223 l12 14 15 HONKY TONK IN HEAVEN (Independent)  Kin Faux 1249 58 l3 4 12 SILVERADO SATURDAY NIGHT (BIG Label )  Aaron Watson 1868 183 13 8 16 STILL A LITTLE COUNTRY LEFT (Independent)  Curtis Grimes 118 0 -242 l4 5 14 DEVIL’S RED HOT SAUCE (Independent)  James Lann 1704 79 l14 15 24 ONE DAY (Independent)  Triston Marez 116 5 21 l5 6 16 FOOL’S LOVE AFFAIR (117 Music)  1565 39 l15 20 12 I WILL (Independent)  Darrin Morris Band 1011 91 l6 7 10 CALLIN’ ALL HEARTS (Independent)  Terry McBride 1555 51 16 16 20 DEAR RODEO (COJO/Warners Nashille)  Cody Johnson 981 -60 l7 9 23 MISSIN’ YOU, MISSISSIPPI (Independent)  Dustin Sonnier 1485 83 l17 21 15 COWBOY’S DAUGHTER (Independent)  Scotty Alexander 933 18 l8 11 16 OLD SCHOOL (Independent)  David Adam Byrnes 1479 145 18 19 20 BAD GUY (Almost Country)  Casey Donahew 881 -48 l9 10 23 RHYTHM OF YOU (Independent)  1445 60 l19 25 7 LOST IN A KISS (Independent)  George Navarro 864 87 l10 12 12 OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN (Little Red Truck)  Deryl Dodd 1351 111 l20 28 10 BRINGING COUNTRY BACK (King Hall Music)  Chad Cooke Band 858 118

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 2021, Texas Regional Radio Report

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

of his career as a top 40 personality in South Florida. He oversaw eight signals for SummitMedia, including country WZZK. ’ROUND THE ROW Songfluencer, a marketing company focused on promoting music on TikTok, hired three new staffers. Incoming GM Nathan Pyle was previously Monument manager, marketing. Director of European operations Chelsea Kent served most recently as Stefan Dabruck Management/Nashville GM. Songfluencer campaign manager Sydney Kamm is a recent Belmont University graduate … Former Live Nation/Atlanta vp booking Amy Helberg joined Outback Presents as director of Atlanta operations. She can be reached here … Nashville-based royalty-free music provider Soundstripe hired Sourav Scotty McCreery (center) performed a limited-capacity show at Billy Nayak as vp finance. He previously held a similar post for clean-energy startup Bob’s Texas on Jan. 23 and donated $1 from each ticket — $2,100 Arcadia … Nashville-based planner Grey Boroff opened House of Grey Events. total — to the Academy of ’s ACM Lifting Lives. He’s and Big Machine Label Group are among her previous flanked by Billy Bob’s GM Marty Travis (left) and creative director clients. Reach her here … ’s business team was adjusted Terran Flusche. concurrent with the announcement that he had quietly retired after a January 2020 performance. Morris Higham Management was enlisted to manage CRS’ ONLINE FOCUS EXPANDS his estate, while John Kristofferson was appointed manager of the family’s With Country Radio Seminar holding its entire conference via virtual hookup businesses. Tamara Saviano remains PR director and teams with John as for the first time thanks to the pandemic, Country Radio Broadcasters is de- managers of Kris’ independent label, KK Records … Singer-songwriter Skip voting the entire first day of the four-day event to online issues. Ewing signed with Kinkead Entertainment for booking … Peter Strickland’s The all-day Streaming Summit on Feb. 16 will include five back-to-back Marathon Talent added indie duo Presley & Taylor for management … New panels that focus on individual platforms, beginning with Amazon Music and Universal Music Group Nashville artist Priscilla Block reached a publishing followed in order by Pandora, , YouTube and TikTok. deal with Warner Chappell Nashville … Nashville Hall of Fame Making sense of the info is the subject of “Talk Data To Me,” a wonky ex- member Mark James (“Suspicious Minds,” “Always on My Mind”) extended ploration of how to interpret and capitalize on the reams of information that his publishing relationship with Sony/ATV … Back Blocks Music signed streaming yields. Stone Door Media Lab founder Jeff Green will moderate songwriter Blake Pendergrass, who co-wrote Morgan Wallen’s “865,” as its with panelists Matthew Yazge and Haley Jones, both of Nielsen/MRC, and first writer … SMACKSongs signed producer Lalo Guzman (Waterloo Revival, Matt Bailey, Integr8 Research. Spencer Crandall) to a publishing contract … Anthem Entertainment signed YouTube head of culture and trends Kevin Allocca closes the day’s educa- a publishing deal with singer-songwriter Jimmy Thow, of the Canadian duo tional portion in a fireside chat with Billboard executive editor, West Coast Sons of Daughters … Matt Signore was appointed president of the board at and Nashville Melinda Newman. nonprofit artist-counseling agency Porter’s Call. The Franklin, Tenn.-based Amazon Music rounds out the Streaming Summit with Tim McGraw head- organization has offered 55,000 hours of free therapy in its 20-year history. lining an online concert, Country Heat at CRS, that also boasts Kameron Signore was previously Warner Music Nashville COO … The Association of Marlowe, Priscilla Block, Shy Carter and Track45. Independent Music Publishers’ Nashville chapter will host a webinar at 4:30 The Feb. 17 songwriter showcase, “Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley,” has ad- p.m. CT on Feb. 4 about TikTok acts signing record deals. New artists Andrew ditionally been expanded. Joining previously announced host Thomas Rhett Jannakos and Priscilla Block are among the six panelists. Go here for more are Nashville writers Rhett Akins (“Dirt on My Boots,” “I Lived It”) and info … Society of Leaders in Development established its board and officers Parker Welling (“Love You Like I Used To,” “What’s Your Country Song”). for 2021, including president Avery King, Elicity PR; vp Victoria Chaitoff, Go here for more CRS info. Warner Music Nashville; treasurer Luke Pierce, WORKS Entertainment; and secretary Sean Fallon, Indian Moon. Go here for the full board list … The RADIO & RECORDS® Music Business Association established the Music Business Mental Health Show Dog Nashville promoted Blake Nixon to director of promotion and Fund in partnership with Music Health Alliance and the Scars Foundation. streaming from regional manager/Southeast … Easy Eye Sound, a label formed The fund assists COVID-19-affected association members in finding mental by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, established a joint venture with Con- health services … Leadership Music is accepting applications for its next class cord to distribute the label’s new albums and catalog product. That includes through Feb. 28. Go here to apply. music by Marcus King and country veteran John Anderson … Roots Music Exporters closed shop on Jan. 31 after 25 years. The distribution company shipped physical product to outlets on three continents. Founder/president John Lomax III will continue to sell physical recordings through Lomax Global Music at Amazon Marketplace … Sony Music Nashville signed Latin country duo Kat & Alex to a recording deal. They released English and Spanish ver- sions of their debut single, “How Many Times,” in October … Indie artist Jacob Bryant pacted with Snakefarm/Universal Music Group to release Practice What I Preach — Deluxe Edition in the United Kingdom on Feb. 5 … Cox Media Group promoted Rob Babin to senior vp radio, giving him oversight of 65 sta- tions in 11 markets. He was previously regional vp for five markets … Yesenia Bello was promoted to iHeartMedia senior vp diversity and inclusion from senior vp multicultural sales … Radio/promotion vet Jim Quinton returned Feb. 1 to middays at WYYZ Jasper, Ga. He will still double as CDX Nashville new artist advisor … Midwest Communications/Knoxville, Tenn., vp/market

manager Randy Ross died unexpectedly at his home on Jan. 25. He began a LANCASTER DEVON 38-year broadcasting career in Chattanooga, Tenn., and spent nearly two de- LANCO received an RIAA-certified platinum single for “Born To Love cades in Knoxville. Ross ran a four-station cluster that included classic country You” prior to a Jan. 20 livestream performance. Clockwise from top WDKW … SummitMedia/Birmingham, Ala., executive vp programming Bill left: band members Jared Hampton, Chandler Baldwin, Tripp Howell, Tanner died Jan. 27, The Miami Herald reported. Tanner spent a good chunk Brandon Lancaster and Eric Steedly. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | PAGE 11 OF 19

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Much of the preamble to Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7 surrounds veteran quarter- Feb. 2 back Tom Brady and young phenom Patrick Mahomes, but even after the • 2016 — Valory releases Thomas Rhett’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs tangle, a post-Bowl event will “T-Shirt” to radio. bring more talent together for a good cause. Luke Bryan and Eric Church are • 1981 — records his first both in the mix at the Big Concert for Small Business, a Verizon afterparty that’s hit, “Unwound,” at Nashville’s Music set to air on over a dozen platforms and City Music Hall. has pledged $10 million for small com- panies. The lineup also features Church’s Feb. 3 national-anthem partner, Jazmine Sul- • 2020 — Songwriters Jimmy Yeary, Marv RHETT livan, plus , Miley Cyrus, Green and Lance Miller author a Tim SHEARER JOHN H.E.R., Christina Aguilera, Brittany McGraw hit, “I Called Mama,” in Nashville. Howard and Brandi Carlile. The con- cert starts at 11 p.m. ET. Feb. 4 • 2009 — , and session musician Charlie Vince Gill figures in two multi-artist al- McCoy are announced as the year’s inductees in the Country Music bums that have new release dates — one Hall of Fame. in and the other with soul connections. A vinyl version of 1994’s Feb. 5 Rhythm Country & Blues is on the way • 2018 — As Chris Janson headlines Nashville’s historic Ryman Au- Feb. 19, featuring Gill in a Gladys Knight ditorium for the first time, surprise guest Keith Urban invites him collaboration. That project also boasts to become a member. Urban and Janson collaborate BRYAN Reba McEntire, Natalie Cole, Marty WRIGHT JIM on “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident).” Stuart and The Staple Singers. Addition- • 2017 — Luke Bryan sings the national anthem before Super Bowl LI ally, Gill appears among 16 tracks on the March 26 Smithsonian Folkways album at NRG Stadium in Houston, where the New England Patriots down Industrial Strength Bluegrass that boasts Lee Ann Womack, , the Atlanta Falcons, 34-28, in overtime. Zac Brown Band performs Dan Tyminski and Mo Pitney among the participants. Also coming March 26 “My Old Man” during pregame events. are Esther Rose’s How Many Times and Sarah Watkins’ Under the Pepper Tree, which includes a track reuniting her with her bandmates. Feb. 6 • 2014 — Garth Brooks performs “The Dance” and “Friends in Low Two singer-songwriters have online Valentine’s Day efforts underway. Marcus Places” as Jay Leno hosts NBC’s The Tonight Show for the last time. Hummon (“Bless the Broken Road,” “”) will head the 15th annual Also making appearances are , Miley Cyrus, Oprah Greatest Show and Auction in which Nashville songwriters impersonate Winfrey and Larry the Cable Guy. superstars for charity. Past honorees have included Whitney Houston, George • 1971 — scores her first No. 1 country single in Billboard Michael and . Go here for more info. Meanwhile, George with “Joshua.” Ducas (“Just Call Me Lonesome,” “Always the Love Songs”) established a Valentimers Challenge to generate caring messages for seniors who are isolated Feb. 7 amid the pandemic. Details here. • 1996 — ’s The Woman in Me becomes the first non- greatest hits album by a female country artist certified by the RIAA Scotty McCreery is spearheading a pandemic-altered Polar Plunge for for shipments of 5 million copies. Special Olympics North Carolina that is encouraging participants to find frigid waters in safe environs and “plunge in place” while raising money for Feb. 8 Special Olympics. McCreery’s own plunge will be posted online Feb. 21-26. • 2011 — Stoney Creek releases Thompson Square’s self-titled Go here for more info. debut album. • 2006 — + Union Station, featuring , win three trophies during the 48th annual Grammy Awards at the Top Headlines from .com Staples Center in Los Angeles: best country album, for Lonely Runs Click on headlines below for more details Both Ways; best country vocal by a duo or group, for “Restless”; and best country instrumental, for “Unionhouse Branch.” Tony Bennett’s Family Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Super Bowl Halftime History, From Giant Jukeboxes To MJ’s Game-Changer

Sun Records, Iconic & Jerry Lee Lewis Recordings Sold To Primary Wave

The Brexit Effect On European Concerts: ‘Nobody Wins From The Current Situation’ ANDY HEIDT ANDY Billboard Change Agents: Leaders Stepping Up Chris Young (left) and Middle Tennessee State University president Sidney A. McPhee unveiled a new “Famous Friends” mural at the In A Year of Turmoil grand opening of the Chris Young Café on the school’s campus in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Jan. 27.

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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 2 5 34 BETTER TOGETHER No. 1 (1 week) Luke Combs 1 1 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 2 1 2 92 I HOPE Gabby Barrett RC 1 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 3 4 4 24 7 SUMMERS Morgan Wallen 15 1 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 4 5 3 41 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Morgan Wallen RC 2 J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 5 3 1 3 WASTED ON YOU Morgan Wallen - 1 J.MOI,J.DURRETT (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,J.THOMPSON,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD STARTING OVER 6 6 9 23 Chris Stapleton 10 4 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE GOOD TIME 7 10 11 35 Niko Moon 7 7 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE SAND IN MY BOOTS 8 9 8 3 Morgan Wallen - 8 l J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD HOLE IN THE BOTTLE 9 11 14 33 Kelsea Ballerini 4 9 l J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER 10 7 6 10 SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Morgan Wallen - 3 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,R.CLAWSON,J.DURRETT,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD HH HH 11 12 21 28 HAPPY DOES Streaming Gainer Kenny Chesney 2 11 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERR YHILL,G.JAMES) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA BEERS AND SUNSHINE 12 14 24 25 Darius Rucker 3 12 l R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 13 21 30 50 JUST THE WAY Airplay Gainer Parmalee x Blanco Brown 6 13 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK DOWN TO ONE 14 17 26 15 Luke Bryan 5 14 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (K.FISHMAN,D.DAVIDSON,J.EBACH) CA PITOL NASHVILLE WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG 15 13 23 12 Thomas Rhett 9 13 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,P.WELLING) VALORY HH HH 16 25 31 32 THE GOOD ONES Digital Gainer Gabby Barrett 16 16 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 17 15 20 14 FOREVER AFTER ALL Luke Combs - 1 CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE LONG LIVE 18 24 25 21 Florida Georgia Line 11 18 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG 19 16 12 10 STILL GOIN DOWN Morgan Wallen - 8 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,M.W.HARDY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 20 18 15 25 Morgan Wallen - 15 J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.J.ISBELL) BIG LOUD 21 19 10 3 WARNING Morgan Wallen - 10 J.MOI,CHARLIE HANDSOME (E.K.SMITH,A.GORLEY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 22 22 13 3 865 Morgan Wallen - 13 J.MOI (J.BYRON,B.PENDERGRASS) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD LADY 23 27 40 39 Brett Young 13 22 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG MOMMA’S HOUSE 24 26 37 36 Dustin Lynch 12 21 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 25 28 44 18 Tenille Arts 17 25 l A.KLINE (T.ARTS,A.KLINE,A.M.CRUZ) 19TH & GRAND

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 7 WKS MORGAN WALLEN  1 39 WKS  2 ERNEST KEITH SMITH  2 ROSS COPPERMAN  3  3  4 CHARLIE HANDSOME  4 SCOTT MOFFATT  5 HARDY  5 JAY JOYCE  6 ASHLEY GORLEY  6 ZACH KALE  7 LUKE COMBS  7 ZACH CROWELL  8 JON NITE  8 JESSE FRASURE  TIE 9 GABBY BARRETT  9 DAVID FANNING  TIE 9 ZACH KALE  SMITH 10 JACOB DURRETT  DELANEY ROYER DELANEY

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 FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | 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 HELL OF A VIEW 26 30 35 14 Eric Church 21 23 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) EMI NASHVILLE 27 29 36 20 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 23 13 K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE ALMOST MAYBES 28 35 43 37 Jordan Davis 19 24 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 29 31 17 3 DANGEROUS Morgan Wallen - 17 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 30 23 — 2 UNDIVIDED Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 22 23 C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (T.HUBBARD,C.LOOCKE) MCGRAW/BMLG/BIG MACHINE 31 32 18 3 NEON EYES Morgan Wallen - 18 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,M.L.HOLMAN,B.BURGESS) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 32 33 19 3 MORE SURPRISED THAN ME Morgan Wallen - 19 J.MOI (N.MOON,B.BURGESS,L.T.MILLER) REPUBLI C/ BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S 33 45 50 15 Sam Hunt 25 32 l Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,Z.CROWELL,E.K.SMITH,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU 34 46 — 20 Rascal Flatts 14 31 l D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE GONE 35 44 49 15 Dierks Bentley 26 30 l D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE SETTLING DOWN 36 43 — 16 Miranda Lambert 24 32 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N. HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE NOBODY Dylan Scott 37 RE-ENTRY 10 18 36 l M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,M.ALDERMAN,D.WILSON) CURB 38 34 22 10 LIVIN’ THE DREAM Morgan Wallen - 19 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,B.BURGESS,J.DURRETT,M.W.HARDY) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 39 36 28 3 YOUR BARTENDER Morgan Wallen - 28 J.MOI,M.DRAGSTREM (M.DRAGSTREM,R.AKINS,THOMAS RHETT,J.THOMPSON) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 40 37 27 3 WHISKEY’D MY WAY Morgan Wallen - 27 J.MOI (M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,THOMAS RHETT,J.THOMPSON) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD WORSHIP YOU Kane Brown 41 RE-ENTRY 9 41 24 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,A.IZQUIERDO,M.J.MCGINN,CHARLIE HANDSOME) RCA NASHVILLE 42 40 34 3 SILVERADO FOR SALE Morgan Wallen - 34 J.MOI (D.DAVIDSON,M.GREEN,B.HAYSLIP) RE PUBLIC/BIG LOUD MADE FOR YOU Jake Owen 43 RE-ENTRY 4 20 42 l J.MOI (B.DAVIS,J.HYDE,N.A.MEDLEY) BIG LOUD 44 38 29 3 OUTLAW Morgan Wallen Featuring Ben Burgess - 29 J.MOI (B.BURGESS,P.DAVIS,J.KERR,J.REYNOLDS) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD LIL BIT 45 49 — 10 Nelly & Florida Georgia Line - 28 l J.M.SCHMIDT (T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,B.REDFERRIN,C.HAYNES, JR.) RECORDS/COLUMBIA 46 47 — 25 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Little Big Town 35 23 LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 47 39 33 3 WONDERIN’ BOUT THE WIND Morgan Wallen - 33 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 48 41 32 3 ONLY THING THAT’S GONE Morgan Wallen Featuring Chris Stapleton - 32 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,R.C.MCGILL,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 49 50 — 13 SHALLOW Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 47 35 G.BROOKS (S.G.GERMANOTTA,M.D.RONSON,A.ROSSOMANDO,ANDREW WYATT) PEARL ALL NIGHT Brothers Osborne 50 RE-ENTRY 22 27 25 l J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,A.DEROBERTS) EMI NASHVILLE

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

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

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2021 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,222,000 1,376,188,000 131,054,000 Album ’20 41.33 million Consumption 4,133,000 4,946,000 19.7% ’21 49.46 million Last Week 1,252,000 1,386,310,000 131,410,000 Album Sales 651,000 693,000 6.5% Change -2.4% -0.7% -0.3% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 4,360,133,000 5,405,870,000 24.0% ’20 49.59 billion This Week Last Year 1,054,000 1,101,871,000 148,961,000 ’21 59.14 billion Change 15.9% 24.9% -12.0% Video On-Demand 598,942,000 508,448,000 -15.1%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending January 28, 2021. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit.

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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 MORGAN WALLEN DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM 1 1 3 WASTED ON YOU 1 2 3 WASTED ON YOU MORGAN WALLEN  MORGAN WALLEN  1 1 1 3 BIG LOUD 033180*/REPUBLIC 1   LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 2 2 24 7 SUMMERS 2 1 3 UNDIVIDED 2 2 2 64 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 1 MORGAN WALLEN  TIM MCGRAW & TYLER HUBBARD  SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM SAND IN MY BOOTS LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 3 3 10 3 4 3 3 3 6 191 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 MORGAN WALLEN  l MORGAN WALLEN  SAND IN MY BOOTS STEP BY STEP MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 4 4 3 4 NEW 4 4 5 139 BIG LOUD 783* 1 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l BRANDON DAVIS  BETTER TOGETHER BETTER TOGETHER CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER 5 6 18 5 5 31 5 5 4 11 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 l LUKE COMBS  LUKE COMBS  MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN THE GOOD ONES CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 6 5 38 6 8 14 6 6 7 300 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1 MORGAN WALLEN  l GABBY BARRETT  STARTING OVER STARTING OVER GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 7 13 22 7 7 22 7 7 9 32 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 l CHRIS STAPLETON  CHRIS STAPLETON  LEE BRICE HEY WORLD 8 10 14 FOREVER AFTER ALL 8 12 18 GOOD TIME 8 8 8 10 CURB 79537* 7 LUKE COMBS  NIKO MOON  I HOPE I HOPE KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP) 9 12 66 9 10 74 9 9 10 24 RCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/SMN 2 l GABBY BARRETT  GABBY BARRETT  GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES 10 8 7 STILL GOIN DOWN 10 9 31 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 10 11 12 246 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1 MORGAN WALLEN  MORGAN WALLEN  TENNESSEE WHISKEY 7 SUMMERS 13 13 43 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 1 11 16 199 11 11 23 l11 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN l CHRIS STAPLETON  MORGAN WALLEN  ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 12 7 3 WARNING 12 15 14 FOREVER AFTER ALL 12 15 — 97 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 11 MORGAN WALLEN  LUKE COMBS  COVER ME UP WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EAGLES HOTEL 13 11 8 13 17 11 13 14 14 159 ASYLUM/ELEKTRA 103*/RHINO (18.98) 5 MORGAN WALLEN  l THOMAS RHETT  BARRY GIBB BARRY GIBB & FRIENDS: GREENFIELDS: THE GIBB BROTHERS SONGBOOK, VOL. I 14 14 73 HEARTLESS 14 16 254 TENNESSEE WHISKEY 14 10 3 3 CAPITOL 032878* 3 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  CHRIS STAPLETON  865 LIL BIT DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OIL 15 9 3 15 18 11 15 12 11 34 MAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA 6 MORGAN WALLEN  l NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED VILLAIN JASON ALDEAN 9 16 15 22 16 RE-ENTRY 16 16 16 62 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1 DAN + SHAY  l LILY ROSE  GOOD TIME WINE, BEER, WHISKEY ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 17 17 3 17 19 30 17 17 17 286 HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG 3 l NIKO MOON  LITTLE BIG TOWN  GOT WHAT I GOT HELL OF A VIEW TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 18 18 33 18 24 8 18 18 18 81 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 0 12 l JASON ALDEAN  l ERIC CHURCH  MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD ONE TOO MANY 19 19 101 19 21 16 19 21 21 65 VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  KEITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK  TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS HOLE IN THE BOTTLE HOLE IN THE BOTTLE 25 27 243 6 20 20 4 20 23 7 l20 CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 l KELSEA BALLERINI  KELSEA BALLERINI  LUKE BRYAN BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE ONE OF THEM GIRLS WORSHIP YOU 21 22 30 21 RE-ENTRY 21 22 23 25 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN 1 l LEE BRICE  l KANE BROWN  KANE BROWN KANE BROWN BEAUTIFUL CRAZY DOWN TO ONE 22 RE-ENTRY 22 25 3 22 20 22 217 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 l LUKE COMBS  l LUKE BRYAN  BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY CHASIN’ YOU RIDE 23 19 19 59 1 23 RE-ENTRY 23 RE-ENTRY WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343*/WMN 0 l MORGAN WALLEN  l CHASE RICE  KELSEA BALLERINI BALLERINI DANGEROUS BEERS AND SUNSHINE 24 RE-ENTRY 6 9 24 23 3 24 RE-ENTRY l BLACK RIVER DIGITAL EX MORGAN WALLEN  l DARIUS RUCKER  TAYLOR SWIFT RED THE BONES SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM 25 28 26 269 7 1 25 RE-ENTRY 25 20 5 l BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG (18.98) l   MORGAN WALLEN  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming reports collected and provided by MRC Data. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS

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MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

Parker McCollum Stands Out With A Rock-Solid Relationship Rant

Country has earned a reputation as a genre where storytelling reigns, and the lyrics that day as McCollum recounted some of the flashpoints in his one of the key traits is the placement of visible, tangible props around the relationship. In one of those tales, he signed autographs after a show for a songs’ characters. line of fans that ran longer than usual. As a result, he called his girlfriend two “The House That Built Me” features an oak-tree burial plot and handprints hours late, and she didn’t take it well. fossilized in concrete. “The Gambler” employs an almost-empty whiskey bottle “I think a lot of the frustration that Parker and his girlfriend had [was and a crushed cigarette. “Chattahoochee” weaves in Georgia asphalt and a because] she didn’t understand what goes on out there,” observes Akins. “pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight.” “Nothing happens on time, you know. It’s hard That background makes Parker McCollum’s to talk over the phone, and there’s people in “To Be Loved by You” remarkably rebellious. the background. I just think a lot of the song The entire three-minute-18-second foray is relationship frustration from a girl who lives includes just one physical item — a telephone a normal life dating a singer.” in the second verse — beyond the man and There must have been a lot of frustration: woman at the heart of the tale. McCollum estimates he wrote eight verses for Instead, “To Be Loved by You” is a ball of “To Be Loved by You” and ultimately settled emotion, an angst-filled exercise in frustra- on the two most powerful stanzas. tion over a relationship in turmoil. “Why,” he They recorded a guitar/vocal work tape, and asks at the end of the first verse, “does this McCollum brought it to his band, who speeded have to be so hard?” the song up a bit and gave it more of an angry “I feel like everything I’ve written the past framework. year or two — really, everything I’ve proba- In turn, McCollum cut it with producer bly written ever — is in the vein of trying to Jon Randall (Dierks Bentley, Jack Ingram) figure it out, whether it’s love or business or on Nov. 4, 2019, at Zac Brown’s Southern what you do for a living or growing up,” says Ground Studios with a studio band well-suited McCollum. “Whatever it is, I’m always try- to bring out the song’s rock components: ing to figure it out and do it the right way. And guitarists Stanton Adcock (The Wallflowers) I think a lot of that frustration comes out in and Rob McNelley (Bob Seger), drummer those songs.” Doug Belote (The Nevilles), bassist Lex Price It uses an appropriate texture — ’90s (k.d. lang) and keyboardist Jimmy Wallace alt-rock attitude and banging guitars — to McCOLLUM (). underscore the anger, which found its voice Initially, Adcock and McNelley both played in 2019. McCollum and then-girlfriend Hallie Ray Light (whose name became electric guitars, but the sound was so fiercely aligned with The Rolling Stones the title of a song on his Hollywood Gold EP) were at odds, and as he drove to or The Black Crowes that Randall put Adcock on acoustic. McNelley bashed out meet the bus at the start of a tour, he blurted out the hook: “What does a man some repetitive chords that became a simple instrumental hook for the intro, have to do to be loved by you?” and though the attitude leaned a little more country, it still faintly resembled “I genuinely said that out of frustration,” recalls McCollum. “Actually, my Collective Soul or Matchbox Twenty. Like the ’90s rock it approximates, merch guy, Lane Peace, was with me, and he was like, ‘Man, you have to re- the melody and the production are both fairly linear — the only real change member that.’ So I went right to the bus, sat in the back for a couple of hours comes with McNelley’s fuzzed-up guitar solo — but that matches the emotion and just kind of hashed it out.” at the heart of “To Be Loved by You.” McCollum didn’t finish it, but he got the first verse and chorus in place, “The way that he writes is just not what we’re used to, but it works,” says including a series of piercing questions: “Why are you always angry?/Why Randall. “I’m trying not to ‘Nashville’ him too much. He’s got a thing, and are you always quiet?/Why do you sleep alone when I know you don’t like it?” the way he delivers it, it works.” That last question puts McCollum in a vulnerable place — the singer is likely The song was pitched high enough that Randall could not attack the even- the reason she chooses to sleep alone — but that unflattering bit of info is part higher harmonies with any power, so he called on John Cowan (The Doobie of what makes the song so compelling. Brothers) to handle backing vocals. Cowan became a McCollum booster. “It’s so honest, and it’s so how I felt at the time and — probably, honestly — “He spent the whole time on the headphones going, ‘Man, I love this guy’s still feel now,” he says. voice,’ ” recalls Randall. “He was going, ‘Man, this guy’s like the next Tom A short while later, McCollum had his first writing appointment with Rhett Petty.’ That’s exactly what he said.” Akins (“What’s Your Country Song,” “What Happens in a Small Town”), who Originally, “To Be Loved by You” was targeted for the Hollywood Gold EP, let him lead the process. though MCA Nashville was so convicted of the song’s potential that the label “It’s easy to walk into a room and just try to bombard somebody with ideas held it back, believing it could make a bigger splash if it was spotlighted in an- and tell them what you think should happen,” says Akins. “But I try to sit back other way. MCA released it to country radio on Jan. 11 via PlayMPE, expanding for 15, 30 minutes and kind of see where I think they’re at and what they’re beyond the ballad tone of his major-label debut, “Pretty Heart,” which topped doing. I figured out real quick with Parker that he definitely knows who he is Country Airplay on Dec. 26. The sound, and the story, are helping McCollum and what he wants to do. He wasn’t an artist coming into the room hoping that establish his own niche in the format. I had something. He was very confident in what he wanted to say.” “I knew I needed to be on the radio to get where I’m trying to go,” he says, Which made Akins more of a coach or an editor. “but I didn’t necessarily want to come in and sound just like everything else “A Rhett-itor!” he deadpans. and not stand out at all or not really have anything to say. I feel like we’re get- The telephone, that lone tangible item in the song, found its way into ting there.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airplay Index

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Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Dickerson, C.Brown, C.Kelley) 53 Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/We’re Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs C   Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys II, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (R. HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Publishing, ASCAP/Tempo Investments-Smack Hits, Copperman, A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 37 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Highly Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Universal Music Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Corp., ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, WHAT DO I KNOW Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing LLC, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing J.Osborne) 40 Publishing, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Dos Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ LLC, ASCAP/Built On , ASCAP (M.Beeson, Hobos Music, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sonofgroceries J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 14 NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Songs Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI (R.Counts, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Castle I   Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 46 Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (J.Rodgers, H.Phelps, Brett Tyler, For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. A.Vanderheym) 45 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS Peermusic III, Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 33 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Ltd., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Back 40 Publishing Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ D   International, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan, R.Montana) 57 Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs DEAR RODEO Songs From The Couch, BMI/Cori’s Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ Daddy’s Publishing, BMI (D.Couch, C.D.Johnson) 36 J   18 Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop NO BODY, NO CRIME TASRM Publishing, BMI/ R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 9 Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Publising, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (T.Swift) 60 Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll Music, ASCAP (P. WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K. Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 38 O   Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 5 BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 54 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 6 James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- Nontypical Music, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 23 Publishing, ASCAP/Cale Dodds Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, 42 L   BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, C.Crowder, H.Phelps, C.Dodds)  S   S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 35 LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, F   ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX FAMOUS FRIENDS Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 13 Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI  SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Bennett’s (M. LADY LIKE Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/What Is An Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 24 Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, 41 SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Ingrid, BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/Songs For M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome)  ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy SHALLOW Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 51 Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive Y   C.Crowder) 30 Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays YOU TIME Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Not Listed (J. Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Allen, A.Bowers, M.Rogers) 43 Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 47 LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 44 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony/ATV SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., (Songwriter) Chart Position ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Carl Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl ASCAP (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 43 A.M.Cruz) 25 Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Tempo House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 16 Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackstreet Music, MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Big Loud GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill J.Osborne) 3 Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI (M. 865 Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Blake Pendergrass Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 24 Wallen, R.Clawson, J.Durrett, E.K.Smith) 10 Publishing Designee, BMI (J.Byron, B.Pendergrass) 22 ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 7 MORE SURPRISED THAN ME W.C.M. Music A   Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Warner- Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music H   Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bump Into Genius Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 6 ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy Music, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/The Country And McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., STILL GOIN DOWN Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Western Music, BMI  32 Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, (N.Moon, B.Burgess, L.T.Miller)  Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Relative Music Group, Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 50 Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, M.W.Hardy, Charlie Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Handsome) 19 ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 11 Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round U   ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ HELL OF A VIEW Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI UNDIVIDED T Tree Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 4 Publishing Corp., BMI/Straight Outta Georgia Songs, Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music N   SESAC/Tree Vibez Bus Vibez, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 28 Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, SESAC (T.Hubbard, C.Loocke) 30 BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. NEON EYES Big Loud Mountain, BMI/BMG Platinum B   Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 26 Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, W   Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Hark Molman BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ WARNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Bump Into Genius Music, BMI (M.Wallen, M.L.Holman, Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ B.Burgess) 31 BMI/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Roc Nation WC Publishing BMI (E.K.Smith, A.Gorley, Charlie Handsome) 21 Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ WASTED ON YOU Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo 12  (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 9 Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Wallace Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ 37 BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Em Dog Music, BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/MV2 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV O   ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing J.Thompson, Charlie Handsome) 5 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI R.Montana) 1 LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 34 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 27 ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller I   Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, ONLY THING THAT’S GONE Big Loud Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Songs Of II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, 15 Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI Universal, Inc., BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling)  Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 2 Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ WHISKEY’D MY WAY Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/ Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 33 Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI (M.Wallen, Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, J   R.C.McGill, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 48 C   ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM OUTLAW Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood COVER ME UP Fame Publishing Company LLC, Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin This Songs For You Pops, BMI/Patrick Davis Music, BMI/ Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Big Music BMI/Songs Of Emchant, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Tunes Of Black River, BMI/BNA Bangers, BMI/WC Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.Dragstrem, Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.J.Isbell) 20 W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 13 Corp., ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP (B. J.Miller, Thomas Rhett, J.Thompson) 40 Burgess, P.Davis, J.Kerr, J.Reynolds) 44 D   L   WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music S   Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- DANGEROUS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, SAND IN MY BOOTS Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Music, BMI (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith) 29 Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/ S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 46 Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 23 Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (A. DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ Gorley, M.W.Hardy, J.Osborne) 8 WONDERIN’ BOUT THE WIND Big Loud Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ LIL BIT Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Songs Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (M.Wallen, Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K. Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP/ Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs E.K.Smith) 47 Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 14 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (T.Hubbard, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of J.M.Schmidt, B.Redferrin, C.Haynes, Jr.) 45 Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ F   Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 36 Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, LIVIN’ THE DREAM Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, Wallace Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing SHALLOW Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony/ Corp., BMI/This Songs For You Pops, BMI (M.Wallen, Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, B.Burgess, J.Durrett, M.W.Hardy) 38 Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 41 ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays BMI (L.Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 17 LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White Y   Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round G   Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd YOUR BARTENDER Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/ (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 49 Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit SILVERADO FOR SALE Round Hill Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Sony/ Cricket On The Line, BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 18 Corp., BMI/All Night Linda Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross BMI/MV2 Music, BMI (M.Dragstrem, R.Akins, Thomas Rhett, Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music J.Thompson) 39 Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, Keys Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ B.Johnson, N.Moon) 35 M   Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP (D.Davidson, M.Green, B.Hayslip) 42 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | PAGE 19 OF 19 CODA On Feb. 8, 1986, Juice Newton’s ing” (No. 4, May 1981) and “Queen 35 Years Ago “Hurt” topped Hot Country Songs. of Hearts” (No. 2, September 1981). Written in 1954 by Jimmie Crane She subsequently topped Hot Juice Newton’s and Al Jacobs, the song also has Country Songs with “You Make Me been recorded by artists including Want To Make You Mine” in Octo- Timi Yuro and Roy Hamilton, while ber 1985 and “Both To Each Other ‘Hurt’ Hit No. 1 Elvis Presley’s version hit No. 6 on (Friends & Lovers),” with Eddie the chart in 1976. Rabbitt, in October 1986. In 1986, the oft-covered “Hurt” became Newton’s third Born Judy Kay Newton on of four Hot Country Songs No. 1s. Feb. 18, 1952, in Lakehurst, N.J., tune became the pop and She posted nine top 10s on the list the artist — who is now 68 and country star’s third leader on from 1976-89, starting with her based in San Diego — released her the Hot Country Songs chart first chart-topper, “The Sweetest most recent LP, : Friends & Thing (I’ve Ever Known),” in 1982. Memories, which includes collab- The song also marked her third Bill- orations with Glen Campbell and board Hot 100 top 10 — it reached , in 2010. No. 7 — after “Angel of the Morn- —JIM ASKER

Newton at the Hands Across America promotional taping in Taft, Calif., in January 1986.

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