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TOP SONGWRITER CHART Sunday, December 2, 2018 Sunday, October 14, 2018 TOP SONGWRITER CHART Sunday, December 2, 2018 This Last Songwriter’s Name Song(s) Artist Week Week 1 1 Kevin Welch Millionaire Chris Stapleton 2 2 Laura Veltz Rich Maren Morris Speechless Dan + Shay 3 11 Ashley Gorley Eyes On You Chase Rice I Don’t Know About You Chris Lane Love Ain’t Eli Young Band Rumor Lee Brice What Makes You Country Luke Bryan 4 5 Shane McAnally Burn Out Midland Down To The Honky Tonk Jake Owen Love Ain’t Eli Young Band Make It Sweet Old Dominion 5 6 Josh Osborne Burn Out Midland One That Got Away Michael Ray Turnin’ Me On Blake Shelton 6 8 Luke Combs Beautiful Crazy Luke Combs She Got The Best Of Me Luke Combs 7 9 Bobby Pinson Burning Man Dierks Bentley fea Brothers Osborne 8 10 Luke Dick Burning Man Dierks Bentley fea Brothers Osborne 9 14 Justin Ebach Friends Don’t Maddie & Tae Good Girl Dustin Lynch Here Tonight Brett Young 10 15 Shay Mooney Back To Life Rascal Flatts Speechless Dan + Shay Tequila Dan + Shay 11 19 Brett James Love Wins Carrie Underwood On My Way To You Cody Johnson 12 17 Dan Smyers Speechless Dan + Shay Tequila Dan + Shay 13 18 Jordan Reynolds Speechless Dan + Shay Tequila Dan + Shay 14 16 Jordan M. Schmidt Caught Up In The Country Rodney Atkins w Fisk Jubilee Singers Drunk Me Mitchell Tenpenny 15 12 Eric Church Desperate Man Eric Church 16 13 Ray Wylie Hubbard Desperate Man Eric Church 17 3 Kane Brown Good As You Kane Brown Homesick Kane Brown Lose It Kane Brown 18 20 Rob Snyder She Got The Best Of Me Luke Combs 19 21 Channing Wilson She Got The Best Of Me Luke Combs 20 7 Will Weatherly Good As You Kane Brown Lose It Kane Brown TOP SONGWRITER CHART This Last Songwriter’s Name Song(s) Artist Week Week 21 22 Jimmie Allen Best Shot Jimmie Allen 22 23 JP Williams Best Shot Jimmie Allen 23 24 Josh London Best Shot Jimmie Allen 24 4 Chase McGill Lose It Kane Brown 25 25 Corey Crowder Feels Like A Party LOCASH Hangin On Chris Young 26 28 Jessie Jo Dillon Rich Maren Morris 27 29 Maren Morris Rich Maren Morris 28 26 Josh Hoge Hangin On Chris Young 29 27 Chris Young Hangin On Chris Young 30 30 Justin Wilson Drunk Me Mitchell Tenpenny 31 31 Mitchell Tenpenny Drunk Me Mitchell Tenpenny 32 36 David Garcia Love Wins Carrie Underwood Meant To Be Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 33 33 Casey Brown Blue Tacoma Russell Dickerson 34 34 Parker Welling Blue Tacoma Russell Dickerson 35 35 Russell Dickerson Blue Tacoma Russell Dickerson 36 43 Eric Dylan There Was This Girl Riley Green 37 44 Riley Green There Was This Girl Riley Green 38 37 Frank Rogers This Is It Scotty McCreery You’re In It Granger Smith 39 38 D. L. Murphy Last Shot Kip Moore 40 39 Dan Couch Last Shot Kip Moore 41 40 Kip Moore Last Shot Kip Moore 42 32 Thomas Rhett Sixteen Thomas Rhett 43 41 Sean Douglas Sixteen Thomas Rhett 44 42 Joe Spargur Sixteen Thomas Rhett 45 45 Dustin Lynch Good Girl Dustin Lynch 46 46 Andy Albert Good Girl Dustin Lynch 47 47 Jessi Alexander David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs Travis Denning Turnin’ Me On Blake Shelton 48 48 Blake Shelton Turnin' Me On Blake Shelton 49 50 A. Eshuis This Is It Scotty McCreery 50 51 Scotty McCreery This Is It Scotty McCreery 51 52 Jaron Boyer Girl Like You Jason Aldean 52 53 Michael Tyler Girl Like You Jason Aldean 53 54 Josh Mirenda Girl Like You Jason Aldean 54 49 Tyler Hubbard Feels Like A Party LOCASH Meant To Be Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line Simple Florida Georgia Line 55 55 Jordan Davis Take It From Me Jordan Davis 56 56 Jacob Davis Take It From Me Jordan Davis 57 57 Jason Gantt Take It From Me Jordan Davis 58 62 T. Lane On My Way To You Cody Johnson 59 63 Travis Meadows Better Boat Kenny Chesney fea Mindy Smith 60 64 Liz Rose Better Boat Kenny Chesney fea Mindy Smith.
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