Break On Me Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) Our Story Is Telling CONTENTS Your Story — Charts Dear Readers; CDX continues its drive headlong into 2016. We’re also continuing our progress with the TRACtion chart and monitored panel. As promised, perennial crowd favorite WKSR’s Ed Carter joins the TRACtion monitored panel this week. Also, big congratulations to the following... • This week, Keith Urban and the Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) team stay atop the TRACtion chart at #1 with “Break On Me.” • The Greatest Spin Gainer on the panel this week goes to TIM MCGRAW “Humble and Kind” Big Machine Records (BMLG.) • The most added single on the TRACtion panel this week was DAN + SHAY “From The Ground Up” Warner Bros. Records (WMN.)

PAGE 2-4 Big congrats also to the following making their chart debut this week... — 40 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) Chart Breakouts 53 /Used To Love You Sober/RCA Nashville (SMN) PAGE 5-6 58 RANDY ROGERS BAND, THE/Neon /Thirty Tigers — 60 CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo/MCA Records (UMGN) Currently On CDX 61 SPENCER’S OWN/Livin’ In The Moment/Electric House 68 TARA THOMPSON/Someone To Take Your Place/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) PAGE 6 77 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine/Atlantic (WMN) — 79 SAMMY SADLER/No Place To Land/S Records

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1 1 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 3288 59 100 0 5 2 2 /Heartbeat/Arista Nashville (SMN) 3148 12 101 0 5 4 3 RANDY HOUSER/We Went/Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) 2995 21 99 1 5 5 4 /Confession/Republic Nashville (BMLG) 2861 112 100 0 5 8 5 BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love/Atlantic (WMN) 2779 182 101 1 5 7 6 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful Drug/Varvatos (BMLG) 2601 -11 96 0 5 11 7 COLE SWINDELL/You Should Be Here/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 2527 197 96 1 5 9 8 CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame/Mercury Records (UMGN) 2510 -28 102 0 5 6 9 KELSEA BALLERINI/Dibs/Black River Entertainment 2339 -386 97 0 5 12 10 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 2211 58 95 1 5 13 11 OLD DOMINION/Snapback/RCA Nashville (SMN) 2192 132 98 0 5 17 12 MAREN MORRIS/My Church/Columbia Nashville (SMN) 2174 317 96 0 5 14 13 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You/Curb Records 2144 141 96 0 5 15 14 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You/Red Bow Records (BBRMG) 2032 101 89 1 5 16 15 MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 2005 91 97 1 5 18 16 DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader/Broken Bow Records (BBRMG) 1885 126 95 3 5 22 17 (WITH )/Think of You/RCA Nashville (SMN) 1834 275 98 2 5 25 18 DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 1769 237 95 4 5 19 19 /Better In Boots/Columbia Nashville (SMN) 1740 -4 92 1 5 24 20 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 1731 193 90 3 5 23 21 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 1603 65 91 2 5 20 22 MADDIE & TAE/Shut Up And Fish/Dot Records (BMLG) 1575 -30 90 2 5 26 23 TIM MCGRAW/Humble and Kind/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 1562 340 90 14 5 27 24 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire/MCA Records (UMGN) 1280 72 81 4 5 30 25 CHRIS LANE/Fix/Big Loud Records 1232 148 83 5 5 28 26 FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 1218 30 88 0 5 29 27 JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 1164 76 81 2 5 31 28 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle/Mercury Records (UMGN) 1114 58 80 2 5 33 29 THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 1081 303 75 17 3 32 30 /Running For You/MCA Records (UMGN) 932 151 74 11 5

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34 31 ERIC PASLAY/High Class/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 818 153 67 11 5 35 32 BIG & RICH (FEATURING TIM MCGRAW)/Lovin' Lately/Big & Rich Records 722 90 63 9 5 38 33 DYLAN SCOTT/Crazy Over Me/Curb Records 636 60 54 2 5 46 34 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 611 242 51 22 2 42 35 JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 521 97 47 5 5 41 36 CHRIS JANSON/Power Of Positive Drinkin'/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 517 56 45 4 5 43 37 /Jesus and Jones/Wheelhouse (BBRMG) 480 66 45 3 5 40 38 AARON WATSON/Getaway Truck/Thirty Tigers 455 -8 42 0 5 45 39 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 429 27 42 0 5 -- 40 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 413 291 35 23 1 39 41 CRAIG MORGAN/When I'm Gone/Black River Entertainment 397 -107 38 0 5 50 42 CAM/Mayday/Arista Nashville (SMN) 392 130 38 9 3 47 43 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream/Dot Records (BMLG) 372 34 36 2 5 49 44 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To/Mercury Records (UMGN) 343 77 38 8 5 53 45 LOCASH/I Know Somebody/Reviver Records 315 85 28 5 4 48 46 TOBY KEITH/Beautiful Stranger/Show Dog /Universal 307 -26 28 0 5 51 47 LAUREN ALAINA/Next Boyfriend/Mercury Records (UMGN) 293 34 28 5 5 52 48 RACHAEL TURNER/I Don't Love You/Rustic Records Incorporated 240 7 21 0 5 54 49 LINDSAY ELL/By The Way/Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) 192 16 20 1 4 56 50 JORDAN RAGER (WITH JASON ALDEAN)/Southern Boy/Broken Bow Records (BBRMG) 178 43 19 7 3 58 51 LOVE AND THEFT/Whiskey On My Breath/Thirty Tigers 175 54 16 0 4 55 52 (FT. LITTLE BIG TOWN)/Take Me Down/MCA Records (UMGN) 173 1 15 4 2 -- 53 KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober/RCA Nashville (SMN) 165 143 12 12 1 57 54 OLIVIA LANE/Make My Own Sunshine/Big Spark MusicGroup 136 13 16 1 4 59 55 BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 131 18 12 0 5 60 56 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Love & Rock N' Roll/Creation Lab Records 101 -7 13 1 5 61 57 PRESLEY & TAYLOR/While You Were Gone/SMG Records Nashville 100 6 9 0 3 -- 58 RANDY ROGERS BAND, THE/Neon Blues/Thirty Tigers 94 51 9 5 1 64 59 SARABETH/Runnin' Outta Lipstick/Circle S Records 86 6 9 1 5 -- 60 CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo/MCA Records (UMGN) 80 41 6 3 1

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-- 61 SPENCER'S OWN/Livin' In The Moment/Electric House 78 18 9 2 1 66 62 DALLAS SMITH/Kids With Cars/Blaster Records 77 2 7 0 5 69 63 RACHELE LYNAE/Quicksand/Momentum Label Group 76 12 7 1 5 65 64 CALLIE TWISSELMAN/Hung Me On The Line/Sugar Cube Records 76 -3 7 0 3 73 65 SOUTHERN HALO/Little White Dress/Southern Halo Records 75 18 7 2 4 68 66 DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya/Cold River 73 8 7 0 5 63 67 STICKERS, THE/Countrified/Wodarek Music 72 -9 9 0 5 -- 68 TARA THOMPSON/Someone To Take Your Place/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 69 26 7 2 1 72 69 DAVE AND WHITNEY/Alibi/Chelsea Creek Entertainment 66 7 6 1 5 77 70 SHANE OWENS/Where I'm Comin' From/AmeriMonte Records 65 12 4 0 4 79 71 JERROD NIEMANN/Yellow Brick Road/SMG Records Nashville 64 14 5 0 3 76 72 BROSEPH E. LEE/Right Where She Wants Me/Broseph E. Lee Music 61 7 6 1 5 78 73 SCOTT BRANTLEY/Good Thing Going/Studio Gold Nashville 57 7 6 0 5 74 74 RYAN KINDER/Tonight/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 54 -1 3 0 5 71 75 ROBBY JOHNSON/Hate Me Tonight/Contrast Music Records Nashville 53 -6 8 0 5 70 76 HOMEGROWN BAND/She Loves To Ride/Homegrown Entertainment LLC 53 -8 6 1 5 -- 77 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine/Atlantic (WMN) 52 7 3 1 1 75 78 DIANNA CORCORAN/God Did Good/Krian Music Group 50 -5 3 0 3 -- 79 SAMMY SADLER/No Place To Land/S Records 47 -1 5 1 1 80 80 CHRIS CHITSEY/Just Don't Know It Yet/Premier Nashville Records 46 -3 5 0 5 Number 1 = TRACtion only recognizes detections on songs that have been “fingerprinted.” We do our best to obtain and fingerprint all new releases; songs serviced through CDX are encoded automatically. A Most Added = song .wav file and information can also be sent to [email protected]. Spin Gainer =

Monitored Stations Albany, OR KRKT-FM Grand Forks, ND KYCK-FM Mason City, IA KIAI-FM Superior, NE KRFS-FM Albertville, AL WQSB-FM Grand Island, NE KRGI-FM Mattoon, IL WMCI-FM Tulare, CA KJUG-FM Alexandria, LA KRRV-FM Greenville, MS WDMS-FM Miami, AZ KQSS-FM Tupelo, MS WWMS-FM Altoona, WI WAXX-FM Hardinsburg, KY WXBC-FM Moncks Corner, SC WCKN-FM Union City, TN KYTN-FM Ardmore, OK KKAJ-FM Harrison, AR KHBZ-FM Morgantown, WV WKKW-FM Waltham, MA WKLB-FM Baxley, GA WBYZ-FM Hazard, KY WSGS-FM Mount Hope, WV WTNJ-FM Warrenton, MO KFAV-FM Big Stone Gap, VA WAXM-FM Hoisington, KS KHOK-FM Natchez, MS WQNZ-FM Weatherford, OK KWEY-FM Bowling Green, KY WBVR-FM Honolulu, HI KHCM-FM New Philadelphia, OH WTUZ-FM West Bend, WI WMBZ-FM Bowling Green, KY WGGC-FM Hot Springs, AR KQUS-FM Normal, IL WIBL-FM West Plains, MO KKDY-FM Cadiz, KY WKDZ-FM Hugo, OK KITX-FM Odessa, TX KMRK-FM Worthington, MN KUSQ-FM Cape Girardeau, MO KEZS-FM Huntingdon, TN WEIO-FM Ontonagon, MI WUPY-FM Carterville, IL WOOZ-FM Huntington, WV WDGG-FM Oskaloosa, IA KBOE-FM Charleston, WV WKWS-FM Hyannis, MA WKPE-FM Owensboro, KY WBKR-FM Cheboygan, MI WMKC-FM Idaho Falls, ID KTHK-FM Oxford, AL WHMA-FM Clinton, MO KDKD-FM Iron Mountain, MI WJNR-FM Palestine, TX KYYK-FM Connersville, IN WIFE-FM Jackson, WY KJAX-FM Pikeville, KY WDHR-FM Cottonwood, AZ KVRD-FM Jamestown, ND KYNU-FM Pittsburg, KS KKOW-FM Crossville, TN WOWF-FM Janesville, WI WJVL-FM Platteville, WI WGLR-FM Cumberland, MD WVMD-FM Jonesboro, AR KDXY-FM Pulaski, TN WKSR-FM Danville, VA WAKG-FM Lamar, CO KVAY-FM Ruston, LA KXKZ-FM Dayton, OH WHKO-FM Laredo, TX KRRG-FM Salina, KS KYEZ-FM Decatur, IL WDZQ-FM Lawrence, KS KMXN-FM Salisbury, MD WKTT-FM Destin, FL WHWY-FM Lexington, NE KRVN-FM Sandpoint, ID KICR-FM Dickson, TN WDKN-AM Liberty, NY WDNB-FM Scottsbluff, NE KNEB-FM Douglas, GA WOKA-FM Linden, AL WINL-FM Searcy, AR KCNY-FM Elkins, WV WDNE-FM London, KY WKFC-FM Selinsgrove, PA WWBE-FM Florence, AL WXFL-FM Longview, TX KYKX-FM Shawano, WI WJMQ-FM Flagstaff, AZ KSED-FM Luckey, OH WPFX-FM Sparta, WI WCOW-FM Frankfort, KY WVKY-FM Mankato, MN KYSM-FM Spokane, WA KXLY-FM Franklin, IN WYGB-FM Marion, VA WMEV-FM St. Cloud, MN KZPK-FM Geneva, OH WKKY-FM Marshalltown, IA KXIA-FM State College, PA WFGE-FM Bold= Newly Added Underlined = Frozen this Week WWW.CDXNASHVILLE.COM/CDX-TRACTION “Monitored Radio Airplay” Mar. 2, 2016 | PAGE 4 Most Added Adds DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up/ Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 23 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year/ EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 22 THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt/ Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 17 TIM MCGRAW/Humble and Kind/ Big Machine Records (BMLG) 14 KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober/ RCA Nashville (SMN) 12 KIP MOORE/Running For You/ MCA Records (UMGN) 11 ERIC PASLAY/High Class/ EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 11 BIG & RICH (FEATURING TIM MCGRAW)/Lovin' Lately/ Big & Rich Records 9 CAM/Mayday/ Arista Nashville (SMN) 9 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To/ Kenny Rogers receives 2016 Tony Martell Lifetime Mercury Records (UMGN) 8 Achievement Award at the TJ Martell Foundation Annual Nashville Honors Gala on Feb. 29, 2016 in Nashville, Tenn. (L-R) Kenny Rogers’ publicist, Kirt Webster, President/CEO of Webster Public Relations, Don Henley and Kenny Rogers.

Greatest Spin Increase Increase TIM MCGRAW/Humble and Kind/ Big Machine Records (BMLG) 340 MAREN MORRIS/My Church/ Columbia Nashville (SMN) 317 THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt/ Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 303 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up/ Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 291 CHRIS YOUNG (WITH CASSADEE POPE)/Think of You/ RCA Nashville (SMN) 275 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year/ EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 242 DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach/ Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 237 COLE SWINDELL/You Should Be Here/ Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 197 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots/ Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 193 (L-R) Jake Worthington & Bill Booth at WKDZ in Cadiz, KY. BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love/ Atlantic (WMN) 182

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GENE WATSON/Enough For You/Fourteen Carat Music MATT STILLWELL/Hey Dad/723 Entertainment ALLIE LOUISE/Stilettos/Sixth Beat Productions SMITH & WESLEY/Sweet Life/Garage Door Records MCKENNA FAITH/Obvious/Treble Entertainment JIMMY EUGENE/Suspicion/Whiss Records TIM ELLIOTT/Boom/Boggs River Entertainment JOY FROST/Free To Believe/Constituting America AARON TRACY/Chillbilly/Aaron Tracy Music HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine/WEA CAM/Mayday/Arista ERIC CHURCH/Record Year/Arista VINCE GILL/Take Me Down/MCA (L-R) Here’s Michael Ray meeting his hero Gene Watson. Watson released his 33rd studio album Real.Country.Music. CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo/MCA Feb 26. They recently shared the Opry stage. CDX Volume 630-(building) KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober/RCA /Funnel Of Love/Heartaches By The Number/Sire Records CASEY DONAHEW/Feels This Right/Almost Country Records BRIAN COLLINS/Healing Highway/Blue Light Ent. SIERRA BLACK/Heart On Ice/O.m.g Ent. Bubbling Under Position BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer/EMI Records Nashville STEVEN TYLER/Red, White & You/ 81 SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me/MCA Nashville Dot Records (BMLG) JAKE WORTHINGTON/Just Keep Falling In Love/ JANA KRAMER/Said No One Ever/Elektra Nashville/Warner Music Nashville W3 Music, LLC 82 LONESTAR/Never Enders/ CHASE RICE/Whisper/ 83 DENNIE HALL/Different Just The Same/DH Music Columbia Nashville (SMN) MIKE SMITH/Little Bit Of Us/ 22 Records CAINS, THE/Knock Knock/ GMV Nashville 84 LESLIE COURS MATHER/That Was The Whiskey/Lioneyes Records BROOKE EDEN/Daddy's Money/ Red Bow Records (BBRMG) 85 MACY MARTIN/Baby What Ya Doing/ Go Time Records 86 CDX is the ONLY resource offering digital and CD distribution of new Country music TONY JACKSON/Drink By Drink/ 87 to all key radio programming decision makers, labels, publishing companies and DDS Entertainment music business execs. In addition to our proprietary InstaTrack download delivery JAKE MCVEY/Ya'll Girls/ Purple Cow Records 88 system, mobile app and numerous new music digital blasts, we deliver a compilation ERIC CHESSER/I Can't Read Your Mind/ CD to our entire database on the third Monday of each month. For more information BIG BIG Records Nashville 89 please contact Joe Kelly ([email protected]) or Pam Lovelace ([email protected]) CURTIS BRALY (FT. KIMBERLY CALDWELL)/ 90 615-292-0123 Sooner Or Later/Studio Gold Nashville

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