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Thomas Rhett’s Hometown Heroes: Country Ties ‘Light’ Chart Touch >page 4 Emotional Messages To Physical Roots

CMA Streaks: When singer- HARDY drove back to Nash- around the acts’ original residences. , who hailed Lambert, Underwood ville after a visit with his dad in Philadelphia, Miss., sometime the peanut dust and pine trees of his native Leesburg, Ga., in >page 10 in the last two years, his father told him to hit Play on the CD the title track from his 2017 , in the dash at a specific point in the journey. returns to the theme in the title song from his Here His father had queued up Travis Meadows’ reflective “Mis- Live Here Die Here (released Aug. 7). Ballerini docu- sissippi,” and as the track’s storyline unfolded with every-day, ments those who choose to stay, and those who leave, in the Scotty McCreery familial images kelsea album cut “Half Makes ‘Time’ about “the home of My Hometown.” >page 11 I couldn’t wait to ’s “Grew leave behind,” the Up on That,” released journey away from to country radio via his hometown PlayMPE on Aug. 25, Luke Comb’s weighed heavily keys in on tractor Labor Day Triple on HARDY. seats and high school >page 11 “I just lost it,” he sports in La Crete, says. “I completely Alberta, the group’s started crying, and remote Northern I started thinking Canadian homeland. Makin’ Tracks: HARDY RAELYNN LYNCH ’s about how proud ’s ‘Truck’ I was to be from new Sunday Drive >page 15 where I was from. But I don’t know why that is.” closes with “Paris, Illinois,” named after his Midwest birth- Maybe not, but HARDY — like many of his fellow country art- place. ’s current album bears the name of his ists and — frequently explores the topic. He cowrote hometown, Tullahoma, and RaeLynn’s latest, Baytown (released ’s current “” (No. 18, Aug. 14), owes its title to her Texas roots. Country Coda: Country ), a song in which the protagonist chooses his “In Nashville, every artist you meet, we’re all from a little ‘Modern Day’ surroundings over a girlfriend who’s moving away. Alternately, town,” reasons RaeLynn. “We’re all from somewhere special, Dirt Band HARDY’s debut album, (released Sept. 4), features “Hate and we all decided to move here for a big dream, and that’s what >page 18 Your Hometown,” in which he hopes a girlfriend will not make makes it so cool is you bring that little bit of your hometown to a similar choice. this huge city … what’s going to make us stand out in the crowd

There’s a wave of songs and in the genre that are built is not losing that.” DWYER CONNOR LYNCH: FAIRCHILD. FORD RAELYNN: GALLAGHER. TANNER HARDY: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 18

It has worked that way historically. Alabama’s 1980 breakthrough, “My Home’s in Alabama”; Mac Davis’ introspective 1982 midtempo “Texas in My Rear View Mirror”; and ’s 1993 tongue twister “Chattahoochee” all incorporate specific images from the acts’ hometowns. And listeners don’t have to be from Fort Payne, Ala.; Lubbock, Texas; or Newnan, Ga.; to share the artists’ appreciation for their geographic origins. Hearing Randy Owen ruminate on his Southern upbringing can make a Maine native think about the lobster boats from their original home. “It’s a lot of those first-time feelings,” says Lynch. “They never go away, you know? I can’t remember my 100th beer, but I can remember my first one, and I think that has a lot to do with it.” But so does upheaval and the loss of innocence. ’s “The House That Built Me,” an award-winner about reconnecting with lost values, zeroes in on a single structure. But a hometown water tower, school colors or a White (right) played his 25th Wednesday Night Therapy virtual quixotic local comfort food can take an adult back to a simpler time, too, whether event on Sept. 2 from his Whitewood Hollow barn in . Also they knowingly identify the meaning or just feel it subconsciously. on hand were Colbie Caillat and . “I’ve been through a lot of small towns, as well as major cities,” says Lynch, “but the smaller towns, man, everybody is very proud of something. Whether that be the ball team or the barbecue joint or the diner, the brewery — whatever it may be, there’s a sense of pride in all of our hometowns.” That may not be true, however, at every age, and the , in par- ticular, attracts people who might not have fit in where they were raised. It’s tough to make a living from music in Chockie, Okla.; Dixon, Calif.; or Altoona, Iowa; so like-minded members of the music community find their collective way to Nashville. Often, it’s several years after the migration that they come to recognize their hometown had some valuable charms, even if it failed to fulfill presented a surprise $100,000 check to MusiCares for their creative ambition. COVID-19 relief, adding to a previous pledge of all proceeds from his “Sometimes you have to run so far away from that place to realize that that single “” to the charitable campaign. From left: Big Machine place will never leave you,” notes Eldredge. “It’s not like I’m going to pick up my Label Group president/CEO Scott Borchetta, MusiCares executive bags and move back to Paris, Ill., but at the same time, I’m going to go back there director Laura Segura, Recording Academy chair/interim president/ and I’m going to get those feelings. And I’m going to go back there in my mind.” CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and Rhett. Or, in some instances, artists simply stamp it on their album titles. ’s Montevallo, ’s Texoma, ’s Charleston, SC 1966 and ’s Del Rio, Texas 1959 all connect the acts to their hometowns or, in Shelton’s case, the regional reservoir. That doesn’t mean that leaving is a mistake. “My biggest advice to anybody ever, if you can, if you don’t have a family, go travel and live somewhere else,” says HARDY. “See how other people live, and it will open your mind up.” It might also revise whatever feelings the traveler might harbor for their roots. “Especially right now in the pandemic,” says RaeLynn, “the only thing that

makes my heart feel cool and like I’m doing something right is being proud of WOOD. KIT JANSON: where I’m from and having a little bit of my hometown with me.” (right) received a plaque honoring his RIAA-certified That’s a function served in America’s mobile culture by those songs about triple-platinum single “Buy Me a Boat” from Warner Music Nashville our geographical roots: Even when we can’t go home physically, we can make executive vp/GM Ben Kline during an Aug. 28 appearance at a three-minute emotional visit. Nashville’s .

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 4 OF 18 ON STHEa CHARTSmH JIMunt ASKER’ [email protected] Southside Rules ;Thomas Brett Y Rhettoung ‘Catc— Andh’-es Friends Fifth — Airplay ,Leader; Jameson Makes Rodgers History And Tim McGraw Add Top 10s Sam Hunt’s second studio full-length, and first in over five years, Southside sales (up 21%) in the tracking week. On , it hops 18-15 (11.9 mil- (MCA Nashville/ Nashville), debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s lion audience impressions, up 16%). Top Country Albums chart dated April 18. In its first week (ending April 9), it Thomas Rhett’s “Be a Light” — featuring Reba McEntire, , week ending Sept. 3 and arrives atop Country Digital Song Sales, where it’s earned 46,000 equivalent album units, including 16,000 in album sales, ac- TRY TO ‘CATCH’ UP WITH YOUNG Brett Youngachieves his fifth consecutive and (Valory) — enters the top 10 of Billboard’s Stapleton’s second No. 1 and first to enter at the summit, after “Tennessee cording to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. and total Country Airplay No. 1 as “Catch” (Big Machine Label Group) ascends airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Songs chart, jumping 11-7 Whiskey” in 2015. “Starting Over” attracted 6.4 million U.S. streams in the Southsideon the list marksdated Sept. Hunt’s 12. second No. 1 on the week ending Sept. 3 and 3.9 million2-1, increasing in radio reach 13% to in 36.6 the week million ending impressions. Sept. 6. chart andThe fourthsong rises top 4-210. onIt follows Country freshman Airplay, upLP 12% to 29.5 million audience It’s the title track from his upcomingYoung’s LP, firstdue Nov. of six 13. chart entries, “Sleep With- Montevalloimpressions, which in the arrived week at ending the summit Sept. 6, in according No - to Nielsen Music/MRC out You,” reached No. 2 in December 2016. He vemberData. 2014 It also and drew reigned 5.7 million for nine U.S. weeks. streams To date, and sold 3,000 downloads in the THAT’S ‘SOME’ DEBUT Jamesonfollowed Rodgers with thescores multiweek his first No. Country 1s “In Airplay Case You Montevalloweek ending has earned Sept. 3. 3.9 million units, with 1.4 top 10 with his debut entry as “SomeDidn’t Girls” Know” (Combustion/River (two weeks, June 2017), House/Colum “Like I Loved- million“Light” in album was sales. released on March 30 to help comfort listeners amid the COVID- bia Nashville) climbs 12-9 in itsYou” 42nd (three, week, January up 8% to 2018), 19.5 million“Mercy” in (two,audience. August Montevallo19 pandemic. has Rhett, spent 267who weeks cowrote on it the in 2019,list, tying earns his 16th Rodgers, who hails from Batesville,2018) and Miss., “Here and earnedTonight” a baseball (two, April scholarship 2019). to Luketop Bryan 10. That’s Crash sum My includes Party asthe the No. sixth-longest- 1 “,” the University“Catch” of Southern completes Mississippi, his longest has cowritten journey songs to No. 1, runningwhich titles ruled in for the 17 chart’s weeks 56-year in 2015-16. history. for other artists,having takenincluding 46 weeks Chris toLane reach’s “I the Don’t apex. Know It out - On McEntirethe all-genre nets Billboard her 60th 200,top 10 Southside on the list, ar- extending About You,”paces which the led 30-week Country climb Airplay of “Here in October Tonight.” 2019. rivesher at record No. 5, awarding for the most Hunt among his second women. top Dolly 10 Parton “Some Girls”On Hot is the Country first rookie Songs, single “Catch” by a pushesmale artist 7-5 for HUNT YOUNG afterranks the No. second 3-peaking in the Montevallo category, with. 55. to reach thea new Country high. Airplay top 10 in 2020 and the third Huntleads first among released all acts the with EPX2C 86 since, which the debuted chart launched as among all acts, after ’s “I Hope” (which andan peaked all-encompassing at No. 5 on genre Top Country survey in Albums 1958. in August 2014. Following COMBS ‘DOES’ IT AGAINled for Lukea week Combs in April)’ “Does and Ingrid to Me” Andress (River House/Columbia’ “More Hearts Montevallo“Light”, Between is also McEntire’sthe Pines: Acoustic first Hot Mixtape Country started Songs at its No. 7 high in Nashville), featuringThan Eric Mine”Church (which, ascends reached 11-8 No.on Country 3 in May). Airplay, Rodgers up is 10% the to Novembertop 10 of 2015. 2020. She has now collected top 10s in five 24.7 million in audience.first male The tosong send is Combs’a debut Countryeighth straight Airplay career-opening entry to the Montevallostraight decades produced (the five , singles, 1990s, four 2000s, of which 2010s hit the and pinnacle of Country top 10, following a recordtop 10 runsince of Matt seven Stell consecutive, whose “Prayed out-of-the-gate, for You” reigned properly Airplay:2020s) “Leave and is the the Night fourth On,” artist “Take to do Yourso in fiveTime,” distinct “House de- Party” and “Make promoted No. 1 singles.for two weeks in October 2019. cades, joining (’50s-’90s), You Miss Me.” “Break Up in a Small Town” peaked at No. 2. McENTIRE Church adds his 15th Country Airplay top 10. Huntand Parton co-penned (both allfrom 12 thesongs ’60s on to Southside the ’00s). , including “Body Like a Back McGRAW MOVES UP Also on Country Airplay, Tim Mc- Graw Road,”Scott which scores was her released first solo in Hot 2017. Country The smash Songs tophit 10ruled apart Country Airplay for THAT TOOK QUITE ‘A FEW’ banks MONTHS his 58th Travis top 10 asDenning “I Called shatters Mama” the (McGraw/ record for from trio (which boasts 14), and Urban earns his milestone 40th. Tomlin, Big Machine) ascends 11-10 (19.3 million impressions, up 4%). It’s his first 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 who has notched 28 top 10s on the Hot Christian Songs chart, tallies his first. top 10 on the list since “How I’ll Always Be” reached No. 3 in January 2017. chart for a then-record 34 frames. It now ranks second only to and a Few” (Mercury Nashville) climbs 12-10 in its 57th week, up 4% to 21.4 mil - With its five billed acts, “Light” sports most the artists on a Hot Country He scored his first one with his fourth entry, “Indian Outlaw” (No. 8, 1994). Florida Line’s “Meant to Be” (50 weeks atop the latter list in 2017-18). lion in radio reach. Songs top 10 since ’s cover of ’ “Hey Good His next single, “Don’t Take the Girl,” became his first of 29 No. 1s. “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: Lookin’,” with , , Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and McGraw has second-most Country Airplay top 10s, one-upping Kenny on HotStrait Country (No. 8, Songs2004). and Country Airplay, respectively, in June 2018. “Kin- EastonChesney Corbin (57). ’sGeorge “A Girl StraitLike You,” leads which with reached 61 since No. the 10 chart in January launched 2018 in be - folks” led Country Airplay on Feb. 29, becoming Hunt’s seventh No. 1. It hit fore1990. peaking Echoing at No.Reba 6 that McEntire February,’s previously and Aaron noted Watson chart’s longevity, “Outta Style,” “Mama” which No.‘STARTING’ 3 on Hot Country BIG Following Songs. its first full week of tracking, Chris Stapleton’s achievedis McGraw’s its No. first 10 such high hit in Decemberof 2020, granting 2017. him top 10s in four different Latest“Starting single Over” “Hard (Mercury) to Forget” flies jumps 50-10 17-9 on onHot Hot Country Country Songs, Songs. becoming It’s his decades.“After” He is joinsDenning’s three othersecond artists Country who haveAirplay accomplished entry. “David the Ashley feat: Garth Parker HUNT: MICHAEL MARTIN/NHLI VIA GETTY IMAGES. YOUNG: ETHAN MICHAEL YOUNG: VIA MARTIN/NHLI GETTY HUNT: IMAGES. IMAGES MILLER/GETTY eighthhis fourthtop 10, tophaving 10. 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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 13 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH 31.883 +1.228 7301 434 2 l2 4 23 BE A LIGHT Valory  HH Most Increased Audience HH Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 29.452 +3.090 7353 822 1 l3 3 20 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville 27.349 +0.941 6200 208 4 l4 7 22 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb  27.313 +2.625 6271 463 3 5 5 57 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury  Maddie & Tae 24.385 -1.204 4937 -331 8 6 6 24 Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 23.555 -1.430 5271 -134 6 l7 10 22 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow 22.964 +1.510 5503 394 5 8 9 28 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 21.345 -0.360 5152 -177 7 l9 12 42 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 19.471 +1.359 4680 264 12 l10 11 18 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 19.322 +0.680 4712 178 11 l11 13 43 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 19.215 +1.827 4879 576 9 12 2 24 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG  19.042 -10.358 4829 -2423 10 l13 15 7 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring 16.137 +1.338 3631 135 16 l14 14 39 RECORDS/Arista Nashville 15.807 +0.941 3985 106 13 l15 16 62 Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 14.960 +0.708 3758 164 14 l16 17 31 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring & Devin Dawson 14.816 +1.202 3712 151 15 l17 18 35 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 12.898 +0.117 3339 12 17 l18 21 15 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud HH Airpower HH Morgan Wallen 10.888 +1.424 2809 172 20 l19 23 27 Triple Tigers HH Airpower HH 10.734 +2.117 2928 326 19 l20 20 25 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville 10.058 +0.547 2971 147 18 l21 19 6 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 10.031 +0.011 2731 126 21 l22 26 8 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 9.691 +1.070 2384 209 25 l23 22 41 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud 9.252 +0.586 2727 156 22 l24 24 52 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville 8.932 +0.102 2684 -24 23 25 25 21 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville 8.265 -0.530 2558 -107 24 l26 28 20 BMLG  Lady A 7.950 +0.518 2269 33 26 27 29 33 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 5.937 -0.433 1967 48 27 l28 30 21 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville 4.529 +0.230 1396 73 31 l29 32 29 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 4.455 +0.491 1550 87 30 l30 31 11 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville 4.415 +0.384 1666 86 28

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by Nielsen detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Music. Audience totals on a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER the chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on Nielsen Music’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to Nielsen Music) previous week. A song audience or detections are for stations that do not report © 2020 Prometheus Global Media, will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. LLC if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 18

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 33 5 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 4.127 +0.380 1283 158 35 32 27 2 STARTING OVER Mercury  Chris Stapleton 3.945 -3.959 982 -479 39 l33 34 12 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine 3.672 -0.019 1342 30 32 l34 35 45 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury  Lauren Alaina 3.459 +0.132 1560 79 29 l35 37 14 Black River 3.271 +0.354 1313 51 33 l36 36 30 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand 3.103 -0.033 1291 6 34 l37 53 3 Big Loud Morgan Wallen 3.004 +1.661 667 331 49 l38 38 16 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville 2.878 -0.024 1096 10 37 l39 42 6 BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville HH Most Added HH 2.834 +0.623 868 164 41 l40 40 14 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 2.574 +0.008 1021 31 38 41 39 21 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 2.396 -0.100 921 -71 40 l42 41 20 NOBODY Curb  2.318 -0.071 110 5 6 36 l43 46 12 HARD DAYS Valory  HH Breaker HH 2.139 +0.285 732 43 46 44 43 19 LADY BMLG  Brett Young 2.071 -0.086 685 -3 48 l45 47 23 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville 1.963 +0.191 853 50 42 l46 45 13 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 1.937 +0.000 816 15 44 l47 44 16 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek x 1.934 +0.154 829 16 43 48 49 12 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown/19th & Grand 1.665 -0.014 659 -29 50 l49 50 10 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN 1.655 +0.209 477 33 53 50 48 10 RICH Wheelhouse  Runaway June 1.601 -0.077 751 15 45 l51 51 16 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud 1.573 +0.148 491 9 52 52 52 3 WHAT KNOW Arista Nashville Robert Counts 1.234 -0.183 378 27 55 53 54 19 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek & Noah Cyrus 1.196 -0.091 730 -17 47 l54 55 11 EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville 1.172 +0.157 310 4 56 l55 56 7 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville 0.906 +0.050 439 54 54 l56 NEW NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Old Dominion 0.843 +0.555 237 149 - l57 58 6 ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.584 +0.004 561 -12 51 58 57 3 A SONG TO REMEMBER Low Country Sound/Elektra/WEA 0.561 -0.043 214 9 - l59 RE-ENTRY SALTWATER GOSPEL (FINS UP VERSION) Valory  & Jimmy Buffett 0.529 +0.136 118 55 - l60 59 2 NEVER HAVE I EVER BMLG  0.521 +0.054 251 6 58

GOING FOR ADDS

9/14 9/21 CALAMITY JANE ELVIE SHANE The Mountain My Boy Not Listed Wheelhouse CHRIS JANSON HIGH VALLEY Waitin’ On 5 Grew Up On That Warner Music Nashville/WAR Warner Music Nashville/WEA FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE MIRANDA LAMBERT Long Live Settling Down BMLG RCA Nashville 56 Waste Of A Whiskey Drink EMI Nashville ROBERT RAY Think About You OLD The song arrives on Country Airplay at BIG R.I.G. Country DOMINION No. 56 with 843,000 impressions. The Never Be Sorry group adds its 12th entry, a sum that includes seven No. 1s. GARY MILLER/GETTY IMAGES FOR IHEARTMEDIA FOR IMAGES MILLER/GETTY GARY PROMOTION

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift 16 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS 7 SUMMERS Big Loud/Republic Morgan Wallen 16 BROKEN UP Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.412 23 4 STARTING OVER Mercury Chris Stapleton 15 WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek  0.366 27 0 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 12 CLASSIC RCA/Triple Tigers Cam 0.341 21 4 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 7 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 7 SOMETHING YOU AIN’T EVER HAD Show Dog Nashville Waterloo Revival 0.340 23 0 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 6 TO A SMALL TOWN SUNDOWN Night Train/Broken Bow  0.332 24 4 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse LOCASH 6 AIN’T BAD FOR A GOOD OL’ BOY Curb  0.323 16 0 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 5 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 5 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 19.391 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 18.157 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +3.090 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice +2.625 3 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 17.522 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +2.117 4 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 16.644 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde +1.827 5 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 16.477 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Morgan Wallen +1.661 6 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 15.149 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +1.510 7 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 11.637 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen +1.424 8 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 11.156 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers +1.359 9 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 10.835 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +1.338 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.228 10 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 10.749 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +822 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde +576 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice +463 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +434 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +394 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Morgan Wallen +331 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +326 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers +264 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +209 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +208 DICKERSON WALLEN WALLEN: JOHN SHEARER JOHN WALLEN: TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 22 EVERYDAYERS (Independent)  HH 1 Week at 1 HH James Lann 2051 139 l11 13 14 PROJECT (Independent)  Mark Powell 1231 63 l2 3 22 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck)  18 11 79 12 15 26 JUST FOR THE RECORD (Independent)  Cody Hibbard 1095 -19 l3 4 14 GHOST TOWN (Independent)  Mike Ryan 1768 92 13 1 17 LITTLE BIT (Independent)  Curtis Grimes 1048 -1008 l4 7 11 WHISPER MY NAME (Independent)  1672 121 l14 17 19 COUNTRY TO THE BONE (Independent)  Darrin Morris Band 1047 24 l5 6 11 MEET IN THE MIDDLE (One Chord Song)  Stoney LaRue & 1664 94 l15 18 12 LONESOME, ON’RY AND MEAN (S.O.T.)  Jody Booth and Tracy Byrd 1018 65 l6 5 16 POOR (Independent)  William Clark Green 1654 59 16 12 17 AIN’T A TRAIN (Independent)  Cody Jinks 1012 -162 l7 8 20 (Independent)  Parker McCollum 1528 97 l17 20 20 THE LUCKIER YOU GET (New West)  American Aquarium 990 57 l8 14 9 HEY COWGIRL (Independent)  Randall King 1371 206 l18 21 17 HERE I GO AGAIN (Independent)  Clay Hollis 974 93 l9 9 25 NOT GIVE A DAMN (Independent)  1351 100 19 19 21 DAMN YOU WHISKEY (Independent)  Scotty Alexander 931 -6 l10 11 13 I’D LOOK GOOD ON YOU (Independent)  Jesse Raub Jr. 1334 112 20 16 27 COUNTRY’S COMING BACK (Independent)  Josh Grider 913 -150

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 972-252-8777. Copyright 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 10 OF 18

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

personality for country KXLO Lewistown, Mont., and for rock sister KQPZ. Contact GM Phyllis Hall here for details … Skyview Networks will expand B-Dub Radio Saturday Night into weeknight broadcasts beginning Sept. 21, rebranding the show, hosted by Bryan “B-Dub” Washington, as B-Dub Radio … Nebraska-based Eagle Radio purchased two North Platte stations, country KZTL and rock KRNP, from North Platte Hometown Radio, The North Platte Telegraph reported … Sun Broadcast Group founder/CEO Jason Bailey parted ways with the company over the Labor Day weekend, InsideRadio.com reported. The move follows the promotion of Danno Wolkoff to COO from chief development officer … KPLM Palm Springs, Calif., morning host Randy Jordan Davis (left), and performed Houston has left the station, according to InsideRadio.com … WSIX Nashville separately during the Aug. 29 installment of the . welcomed afternoon host Tay Hamilton, according to RadioInk.com. She joins Wayne D in the daypart after doing middays for KWNR . STREAKING CONTINUES AT CMAs When Miranda Lambert piled up seven nominations on Sept. 1 for the 54th an- ’ROUND THE ROW nual Association Awards, she made a dramatic move on the River House hired Alicia Jones as artist manager, overseeing new duo all-time list, too, as her 55 career nods make her the most-nominated female Southerland. The act, consisting of Matt Chase and Chris Rogers, is signed in history and No. 4 among all artists. to a recording deal with Nashville. The duo is booked by WME and But Lambert is still No. 2 in one facet among female vocalist of the year has a publishing contract with Reservoir. Jones was most recently a manager candidates. With the 2020 ballot, she has now appeared among the final five at Fourward Nashville. Reach her here … Major Bob Music signed songwriter 14 years in a row, but she’s surpassed by , who has been a Ben Williams to a publishing deal. In addition to writing country songs, he CMA female contender for 15 straight years. penned Caroline Romano’s pop/EDM single “I Still Remember” … Songwriter In fact, the 2020 list includes five streaks of least 10 years as a finalist in Jay Brunswick (“Hard Days”) joined the publishing roster at Sony/ATV a specific category. Little Big Town enjoys its 15th consecutive appearance Nashville … Rosanne Cash will deliver a Sept. 10 keynote speech as the Antonin among vocal groups, Lady A reaches 13 years in the same field, and steel gui- Scalia Law School’s Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property presents tarist makes it 13 straight years running for musician of the year. a music law conference, The Evolving Music Ecosystem, Sept. 9-11. Go here All of them have a steep road ahead if they hope to reach the highest bar of for conference details … Sarah Jarosz will give a keynote address on Sept. 28 CMA Awards consistency. Guitarist racked up 19 straight in- during the International Association’s business conference, strumentalist of the year nominations from 1967-1985, and Brooks & Dunn part of a larger virtual event, World of Bluegrass, Sept. 28-Oct. 3. Go here for tied that mark in the vocal duo arena in 2010. a complete schedule … Steve Baker’s Visual Image Marketing is celebrating Three other candidates have held down a slot for 15 years running for a its 20th anniversary in video promotion. Clients have included , particular award: Martina McBride, female vocalist, 1998-2012; Diamond Larry Stewart and The Grascals … player Bill Pursell died Sept. 3 in Rio, vocal group, 1991-2005; and guitarist , musician, 2004-2018. Nashville of pneumonia after contracting COVID-19. As an artist, he earned In all, streaks of at least a decade have been registered 26 times in CMA a top 10 single on the with the 1963 “Our history. Following is a breakdown of the 10-year nomination runs: Winter Love.” As a , his credits included ’s • Instrumentalist/musician (six times) — Atkins is the longest, at 19 years. “Ring of Fire,” ’ “Devil Woman,” ’s “Danny Boy” Others: Huff (15), (14), Charlie McCoy (13), Franklin (13) and and Sammi Smith’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night.” In lieu of flowers, (11). donations can be made to the Belmont University School of Music William • Vocal group (six times) — Little Big Town and are tied at 15 Whitney Pursell Scholarship in Composition. years. Others: (14), Lady A (13), Rascal Flatts (10) and (10). • Female vocalist (six times) — Underwood and McBride are the longest, at 15 years. Others: Lambert (14), Reba McEntire (13) and (12). • Vocal duo (four times) — Brooks & Dunn lead at 19 years. Others: (13), & (12) and (11). • Male vocalist (three times) — George Strait leads at 13 years. Others: Keith Urban (11) and (10). • Video — Producer was nominated for 10 straight years. • Instrumental group — Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass were nomi- nated for 11 years. RADIO & RECORDS® BMLG Records and signed alum Laci Kaye Booth to a recording deal. She is produced by Dann Huff (Brett Young, Kane Brown), managed by Red Light’s Rachel Silver and booked by United Talent’s Nick Meinema and Cass Scripps … Turnberry signed Scott Hisey to a two- album recording and management deal … In tandem with Big Machine Label Group’s 15th anniversary, BMLG president/CEO Scott Borchetta and senior vp creative Sandi Borchetta pledged 15 $10,000 grants to nonprofits. Go here for application info … WEBG Chicago flipped from country to classic rock. The website announced the station is “still here,” directing visitors to listen via 95.5 HD2 or the iHeartRadio app … WBEE Rochester, N.Y., Dan + Shay lead vocalist Shay Mooney (front) played a round of golf added Chris Konya to its morning team. It’s a return to Entercom for Konya, at the Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory, Tenn., with (back, left) who left the morning show at adult contemporary sister WBZA in March 2019. Townsquare senior vp programming Kurt Johnson, Warner Music In the interim, he created and produced content for the Rochester Podcast Nashville WAR national director of radio and streaming Michael Chase Network … Montana Broadcast Communications is looking for a morning and WMN vp radio and streaming Tom Martens. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 18

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Quick — name a country single that uses the word “monopolize.” If one Sept. 8 doesn’t come to mind immediately, Scotty McCreery looks to change that. • 2019 — PBS airs Country Music: Live at the It’s embedded in his next single, “You Time,” which he previewed in a Sept. 4 Ryman, a preview to Country Music: A Film appearance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in the venue’s first by Ken Burns. The concert special features with a live audience in six months. McCreery headlined a March 11 show performances by , Dierks at the venue, which became the last concert Bentley, Vince Gill, , Kathy before the coronavirus forced the Ryman to Mattea, and Rosanne close its doors to the public. Seating for the Cash. Asleep at the Wheel celebrates reboot was limited for safety reasons, but the Western swing with “Faded Love.” performance was accessible online. “You • 2005 — Capitol releases ’ YOAKAM Time” is a midtempo song that addresses “” to radio. JOYCE EMILY one of the biggest issues touring artists face: separation from their loved ones. A press Sept. 9 release indicates the single will arrive Sept. 23. • 2015 — Eric Church and Little Big Town score five nominations apiece to top the list of finalists in the 49th annual Country Music Luke Combs’ work received more accolades Association Awards. on Labor Day as he pocketed three trophies at • 2000 — Alan Jackson’s remake of “It Must Be Love” arrives in the the iHeartRadio Music Awards. He was named top spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. McCREERY country artist of the year, while “Beautiful SHEARER JOHN Crazy” took country song and What You See Sept. 10 Is What You Get claimed country album. Morgan Wallen was named best • 1970 — records “Rose Garden” in the evening hours new country artist. Former country act Taylor Swift snagged pop album of at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. the year with Lover. Sept. 11 Fans who love their country music are likely to watch the 55th annual • 2010 — Rascal Flatts sings the national anthem at in Awards on Sept. 16, and they’ll get an appropriate Columbus before the Ohio State Buckeyes defeat the University of performance by Florida Georgia Line of the duo’s current “I Love My Country.” Miami Hurricanes, 36-24. Kenny Chesney is spotted on the side- Eric Church will stay with the theme when he delivers “Stick That in Your lines during the game. Country Song.” Other newly announced performers include Dan + Shay, • 1990 — RCA releases ’ album Love Can Build a Bridge. Kane Brown, , Luke Bryan and Morgan Wallen. If a week is too long to wait for an academy fix, the Sept. 9 guest on the online ACM Wine Sept. 12 Down Wednesday series is . • 1980 — Willie Nelson begins a two-day stay with President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C. The two men jog six miles together, and Kelsea Ballerini is following her most recent album, kelsea, with a reimag- Nelson famously smokes weed on the roof of the White House. ined edition, ballerina, that strips down the material, putting a larger focus on the lyrics than the production. Black River will release the new project Sept. 13 on Sept. 11. Other upcoming albums include songwriter ’s Music • 2009 — Taylor Swift’s “” wins best female video Row, due Sept. 18; Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn’s double-disc live set Alive, during the MTV Video Music Awards, held at New York’s Radio City Sept. 18; and Filmore’s State I’m In, Sept. 25. are planning Music Hall. Rapper Kanye West interrupts her acceptance speech a new version of Saturn Return with added commentary, due Sept. 18. Just to insist that Beyoncé should have won. released are Wade Bowen’s EP The Waiting and Larry Strickland’s Legacy. Sept. 14 • 2018 — Brantley Gilbert writes “What Happens in a Small Town” Top Headlines from .com with , Brock Berryhill and Josh Dunne at the Lakeview Click on headlines below for more details Amphitheater in Syracuse, N.Y.

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SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 1 2 71 I HOPE No. 1 (7 weeks) Gabby Barrett RC 1 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 2 2 3 59 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Maddie & Tae 5 2 J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) ME RCURY LOVIN’ ON YOU 3 4 10 17 Luke Combs 1 3 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RI VER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE GOT WHAT I GOT 4 5 7 30 Jason Aldean 7 4 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW ONE OF THEM GIRLS 5 10 9 21 Lee Brice 4 5 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB COOL AGAIN 6 8 6 20 Kane Brown 3 6 l D.HUFF,L.RIMES (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 7 11 12 23 BE A LIGHT Airplay Gainer Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 2 7 l D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY 8 6 5 25 ONE MARGARITA Luke Bryan 6 2 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9 7 1 3 7 SUMMERS Morgan Wallen 37 1 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG LOUD HH HH 10 50 — 2 STARTING OVER Digital & Streaming Gainer Chris Stapleton 32 10 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED 11 12 15 6 Dan + Shay 21 9 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,S.M.DOUGLAS,J.G.EVIGAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 12 9 11 24 I LOVE MY COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line 12 8 C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (K.BROWN,C.CROWDER,R.C.MCGILL,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,W.WEATHERLY) BMLG MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 13 14 13 20 Morgan Wallen 18 12 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD 14 15 16 27 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Keith Urban 8 13 K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE ONE BEER 15 16 17 36 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 16 15 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD SOME GIRLS 16 19 22 24 Jameson Rodgers 9 16 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 17 20 20 36 Ashley McBryde 11 17 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR PRETTY HEART 18 17 18 18 Parker McCollum 17 17 l (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE HAPPY ANYWHERE 19 18 21 6 Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 13 10 l S.HENDRICKS (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,M.JENKINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 20 13 19 18 I CALLED MAMA Tim McGraw 10 13 T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE LONELY IF YOU ARE 21 21 23 38 Chase Rice 15 21 l C. DESTEFANO,C.RICE (C.RICE,L.RIMES,H.PHELPS) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 22 22 26 19 Jon Pardi 20 22 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE EVERYWHERE BUT ON 23 23 25 23 Matt Stell 14 23 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO 24 24 27 24 Russell Dickerson 19 24 l D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIP LE TIGERS GOOD TIME 25 28 36 14 Niko Moon 28 25 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 10 WKS JOSH THOMPSON  1 18 WKS  2 HARDY  2 DANN HUFF  3  3  TIE 4 GABBY BARRETT  4  TIE 4 ZACH KALE  5 SCOTT MOFFATT  6 THOMAS ARCHER  6 MICHAEL KNOX  7  7 ZACH KALE  8 SHANE MCANALLY  8 DEREK WELLS  9 MATT DRAGSTREM  9 DAN SMYERS  10 MORGAN WALLEN  10 JON RANDALL  ARCHER

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 SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 13 OF 18

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 BIG, BIG PLANS 26 25 28 27 Chris Lane 23 25 l J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD SHE’S MINE 27 26 30 25 Kip Moore 24 26 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE CHAMPAGNE NIGHT 28 27 32 21 Lady A 26 27 l S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG NO I IN BEER 29 29 31 17 Brad Paisley 25 29 l L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE HAPPY DOES 30 35 39 7 Kenny Chesney 22 30 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA HOLE IN THE BOTTLE d31 34 40 12 Kelsea Ballerini 35 31 l J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLA CK RIVER 32 30 34 16 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 40 30 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE THE GOOD ONES 33 32 33 11 Gabby Barrett 46 32 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 34 31 37 11 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Eric Church 30 23 J.JOYCE (D.NAISH,) EMI NASHVILLE 35 33 29 6 BETTY Taylor Swift 39 6 A.DESSNER,J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,W.BOWERY) REPUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE WINE, BEER, WHISKEY 36 36 38 5 Little Big Town 55 36 l LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE JUST THE WAY 37 39 43 29 Parmalee x Blanco Brown 47 31 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK LADY 38 40 41 18 Brett Young 44 22 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG WHO YOU ARE TO ME 39 37 44 5 Chris Tomlin Featuring Lady A - 37 l C.TOMILN,C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.TOMLIN,C.KELLEY,D.HAYWOOD,H.SCOTT) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG BEERS AND SUNSHINE 40 38 45 4 Darius Rucker 31 25 l R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 41 NEW 1 CRAZYLAND Hot Shot Debut Eric Church - 41 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,L.LAIRD,M.P.HEENEY) BIGEC/EMI NASHVILLE TO HELL & BACK 42 43 49 14 Maren Morris 45 42 l ,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MOMMA’S HOUSE 43 44 — 15 Dustin Lynch 29 43 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 44 42 48 8 WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER - 42 G.BROOKS (S.DAVIS) PEARL 45 41 47 13 CHEATIN’ SONGS Midland 27 41 D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE SIX FEET APART 46 47 — 15 Luke Combs RC 10 l C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 47 46 — 7 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Cole Swindell 49 42 M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.HOLMAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 48 45 42 6 TALKIN’ TENNESSEE Morgan Wallen - 42 J.MOI (J.HYDE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD 49 48 — 3 ALL NIGHT Brothers Osborne 38 48 J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,A.DEROBERTS) EMI NASHVILLE GABRIELLE Brett Eldredge 50 RE-ENTRY 7 41 29 l D.TASHIAN,I.FITCHUK (B.ELDREDGE,I.FITCHUK,D.TASHIAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN

The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. 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 2020 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,215,000 1,340,567,000 125,905,000 Album ’19 36.73 million Consumption 36,735,000 41,398,000 12.7% ’20 41.39 million Last Week 1,220,000 1,338,569,000 123,807,000 Album Sales 6,699,000 5,800,000 -13.4% Change -0.4% 0.1% 1.7% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 36,662,691,000 44,677,449,000 21.9% ’19 46.05 billion This Week Last Year 1,050,000 1,065,883,000 268,206,000 ’20 49.47 billion Change 15.7% 25.8% -53.1% Video On-Demand 9,393,539,000 4,796,188,000 -48.9%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending September 3, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams. For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 14 OF 18

SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS DIGITAL SONG SALES

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MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

Tim McGraw And A Late Nashville Banker Drive Devin Dawson’s ‘Truck’

Devin Dawson never met Brian Williams, but Dawson’s newest release, “I single note. The word “truck” — drawn out at the end of the hook line — feels Got a Truck,” owes a debt to the late banker. odd, a little out of place, in the best way. It’s an F sharp, it does not belong in Yes. A banker. It’s not a pursuit that’s often associated with creativity, but the A major chord, and it matches the discomfort in the storyline as the loan Williams was not the average financier. He was one of the first Nashville loan applicant waits for an answer. officers focused on the music part of Music City, a guy known for investing in “I didn’t try to do that; that’s the melody that came out,” says Dawson. struggling creative types through his role as SunTrust Bank Sports and En- “And it’s weird. Sometimes it’s hard to sing because it’s not in the chord, but I tertainment Marketing senior vp/group manager. Williams assisted the likes think it serves as this kind of unresolved feeling. At this point, he hasn’t really of Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson and Sara had the chance to have somebody believe Evans in the early stages of their careers, in him yet. It’s not really like, ‘Thank you at times demonstrating more faith in un- for believing in me.’ It’s like, ‘Will you be- proven talent than was warranted for the lieve in me?’ It’s right before it’s resolved.” collateral in their possession. Dawson’s band helped him work up a Tim McGraw was one of those demo of “I Got a Truck,” and he presented it beneficiaries. When Dawson opened to McGraw as a gift at a later date, receiving for McGraw and during the a stamp of approval in the process. Soul2Soul World Tour, he got to After playing it several times in concert, pick the headliner’s brain before a concert at Dawson worked further on it in November the CenturyLink Center in Bossier City, La., 2019 with producer Jay Joyce (Eric on June 26, 2018. McGraw told him about Church, Miranda Lambert) at the St. Williams — who drowned in July 2006, six Charles Studio in Nashville, using his road years before Dawson moved to Nashville — band: bassist Sam Rodberg, drummer and how the banker’s faith in him was key to Kip Allen, lead guitarist Nick DiMaria his career. When McGraw was at a crucial and guitarist-harmony singer Austin crossroads, low on cash but still driven to Taylor Smith. pursue a very risky dream, Williams took a Joyce toughened up “I Got a Truck,” chance on him with a loan. All that McGraw removing a faint folky, singer-songwriter could put down as collateral was a worn texture and converting it to a sonic jour- pickup truck with more sentimental value ney that feels more like a Keith Urban ef- than blue book value. Williams’ belief in fort filtered through a finale. Some of McGraw, and McGraw’s belief in himself, that came directly from a significant edit. were exercised through a bank draft, a Dawson’s original version featured a wordy contract and a pile of metal and rubber. section in the chorus about a “four-wheel, When Dawson returned to his dressing hand-me-down rust bucket” — an unflat- room, he took his guitar into the shower tering portrait of the collateral truck — but and began strumming — with the water Joyce thought it created a drag on the cho- turned off — inspired to create a story about DAWSON rus. It was worthy material, but instead of gambling on your dreams. Initially, he fo- hearing it during multiple stanzas, he made cused strictly on a gritty chord structure and an appropriate topline. the section a one-time feature by turning it into a bridge. “I definitely was trying to write something for [McGraw], or at least inspired “That’s something that I think is a gift of his,” suggests Dawson. “He just by him and his voice and his melodies, and the way that I’ve come to learn the knows when he’s bored with something or when he needs more of something, way he sings,” says Dawson. “I started it in the shower, in that big walk-in, and and he’s not afraid to just change it.” obviously I was clothed. It’s all reverbing. It sounds great.” With that section out of the way, Joyce focused on that odd F sharp “truck” Dawson recorded that initial piece, then went out to watch McGraw’s per- note and tried it to make it more compatible with the underlying chord. In that formance. The post-show reverie went on a while, so Dawson didn’t return to instance, the change didn’t work and they left it as is. the bus until 1:30 or 2 a.m. He wandered past his band to the vehicle’s back Still, removing a chunk from two choruses freed up a little more time. After room, closed the door and dived into the song, addressing its core theme in the the bridge, Dawson was able to add in a vamp that extends the “I got” motif opening lines: “Everybody needs to be believed in/At least once in their lives.” from the original chorus: “I got a dream and a hope and a prayer” and “I got He penned it in order, each line in that first stanza building the sense that a pink slip.” That latter phrase is not a termination notice, but a reference to the singer is chasing some sort of dream, though the specifics are left to the the color of a car deed in Dawson’s native . In fact, he’s toying with imagination. When he arrived at the chorus, Dawson fashioned an eight-line the idea of calling his next EP Pink Slip, which would effectively title that series of thoughts that led to the title: “I got a song/I got something to say/I project after a title. got a will to survive/I got a dollar to my name…” He specifically avoided the Warner Music Nashville issued “I Got a Truck” to digital service providers word “and,” creating a list of things he has “got” with imaginary commas on Aug. 14, with an eye toward establishing enough on-demand interest among until he reached the payoff: “And I got a truck.” consumers to warrant its release to broadcasters down the line. “It’s [one of] the little propositional things that, as a listener, it tells you “I think ‘Truck’ is a shoo-in single,” predicts Dawson. “It’s got energy, it’s something’s coming because there’s no ‘and,’ ” explains Dawson. “It’s just a got heart, it’s country as fuck. And I wrote it by myself. I don’t know how much subconscious thing of trying to build up this hook.” more honest it gets than that.”

And the “I got a truck” delivers another subconscious reality through a That’s a level of confidence that would make Brian Williams a believer. CONRAD TYLER BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 18 Country Airplay Index

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Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (N. Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 43 Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/ Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 53 G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M. Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 56 TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry NEVER HAVE I EVER Songs Of Universal, Inc., Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/One Voice Global Publishing, BMI/Canal Music America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Publishing BV, BUMA/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Music (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 45 E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 35 Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI (D. R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 26 Bradbery, D.H.Hodges, L.J.Veltz) 60 W   HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good WE WERE RICH EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys 42 Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, LLC, ASCAP/Built On , ASCAP (M.Beeson,  II, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (R. GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 33 Copperman, A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 50 Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J. NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 27 I   ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music WHAT DO I KNOW Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 25 Publishing, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Dos COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Hobos Music, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV O   Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI (R.Counts, Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 52 SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 3 L.Miller, J.Yeary) 10 Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- D   I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, J.Mitchell) 16 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum , BMI/ BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 55 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/ ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner- BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 6 D.Ruttan) 5 W.Weatherly) 12 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, And , ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/ Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/ BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, GMR/Songs Of Harpeth Valley, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 21 Publishing Corp., BMI (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 11 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 18 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. CRAZYLAND Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, (Songwriter) Chart Position Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/ ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace James Songs, GMR/Love Your Records Music, BMI/Little Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner- SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackstreet Music, GMR/ America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, L.Laird, M.P.Heeney) 41 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite D.Davidson, L.Brice) 5 Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, D   (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, P   W.Weatherly) 12 J.Osborne) 9 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns A   I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 18 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum S   BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 22 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, D.Ruttan) 2 11 SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan)  Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein E   J   The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 27 EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 49 Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ 23 W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 37 Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry G   L   Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner- LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, M.Holman) 47 Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/ ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 32 Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/ Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite SIX FEET APART Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 38 Bootleg Lyrics, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s B   (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 50 Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 46 Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ H.Phelps) 21 SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, 7 Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (C.August, M.Carter, Shy LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ J.Miller, J.Thompson)  Carter, J.T.Slater) 14 Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 16 ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 24 Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 10 House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 33 LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG 40 GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, BMI/Do Write Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Steele) 34 Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, Creative Music, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 3 W.Bowery) 35 Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, T   BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, M   J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 25 TALKIN’ TENNESSEE Mammaw’s Fried Okra Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud E.K.Smith) 26 Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Hyde, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 48 C   BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 4 Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 43 H   TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 42 JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI Five, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 13 Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot W   Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 19 N   G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER Recluse Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI (S.Davis) 44 Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 29 WHO YOU ARE TO ME Capitol CMG Paragon, Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. BMI/S.D.G. Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 30 O   Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/ Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 28 Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass (C.Tomlin, C.Kelley, D.Haywood, H.Scott) 39 Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill J.Mitchell) 15 Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 31 ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 36 GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo I   BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J. Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 45 I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 8 COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 20 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/ SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/ (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 6 I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ GMR/Songs Of Harpeth Valley, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI Publishing Corp., BMI (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 17 (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 1 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 18 CODA On Sept. 14, 1985, Nitty Gritty 1985 comprised Bob Carpenter, 35 Years Ago Dirt Band’s “Modern Day Ro- Jimmie Fadden, Jeff Hanna, mance” topped Billboard’s Hot and John Country Songs chart, becoming McEuen. The outfit achieved 16 Nitty Gritty the group’s second of three leaders. Hot Country Songs top 10s in Authored by Kix Brooks and Dan 1983-90, from “” Dirt Band’s Tyler, the song was released as the through “When It’s Gone.” Its other lead single from the band’s LP Part- two No. 1s: “Long Hard Road (The ners, Brothers and Friends. Sharecropper’s Dream)” in 1984 ‘Romance’ The act debuted on the chart and “Fishin’ in the Dark” in 1987. in 1971 with its version of Hank In 2016, Williams’ “I Saw the Light,” after celebrated its rich history with Cir- Ruled At No. 1 scoring its lone Billboard Hot 100 clin’ Back: Celebrating 50 Years, Live top 10 earlier that year with its at the Ryman Auditorium, which In 1985, the act, which launched cover of Jerry Jeff Walker’s reached No. 11 on Top Country Al- in the ’60s, scored its second “Mr. Bojangles.” bums. The group has 22 tour dates Hot Country Songs leader Founded in 1966, the group in planned for 2021. —JIM ASKER

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band onstage in 1986.

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS DAVID REDFERN/REDFERNS/GETTY IMAGES REDFERN/REDFERNS/GETTY DAVID