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New Leaders On The Class Of ’91: A Dozen Former New Kids Three Top Charts >page 4 Have Graduated To Key Influencers

CMA, MHA Staff Up Time, as sang in a classic, marches on. and ; Lawrence and fellow traditionalists Aaron Tippin >page 10 The current time finds Lawrence celebrating 30 years since and ; plus pop- and folk-influenced singers his debut single — “Sticks and Stones,” which first appeared on , and . Billboard’s Songs chart dated Nov. 9, 1991 —and And it really a class, in the sense that all the acts — ar- that anniversary arrives as ’90s country is a big deal again. riving just as Brooks had attracted the national spotlight to the Combs, Rhett, , , , and Mi- genre — experienced their launch with a greater sense of pos- Bentley On ACMs chael Ray are among the modern hitmakers who count music sibility than many of their predecessors were afforded. >page 11 from that era as an “Everything was influence on their new and buzzy and work. exciting,” recalls There’s a good McBride & The case to be made R d e f r o n t m a n Is Back that Lawrence and Terry McBride. >page 11 11 other artists who “There was that debuted the same camaraderie of year, the Class of those artists, sort Makin’ Tracks: ’91, form an under- of a kinship and Caroline Jones’ appreciated founda- friendship that ‘Come In’ tion for the country was being made music that resonates from seeing these >page 16 LAWRENCE TILLISDEAN McBRIDE in 2021. people on the road, BRIDE: JASON LEE DENTON LEE JASON BRIDE: executives have touring together, v long hailed the Class of ’89 as a standout: , Alan doing these things together. It was everybody kind Country Coda: Jackson, and all made their first chart of excited for everybody.” When appearances, while achieved his long-sought coun- Much of the excitement was a direct result of SoundScan. Had ‘The Most’ try breakout with “When I Call Your Name.” Prior to its introduction in the Billboard issue dated May 25, >page 19 But the Class of ’91 was special, too. Headed by 1991, charts were derived from reports by retailers Hall of members Brooks & Dunn, it included harmony acts and distributors. The reliability of that information was sub- , Little and McBride & The Ride; Country ject to the gatherers’ competence, perception and integrity.

Music Association female vocalists of the year SoundScan, which now operates as MRC Data, measured M BRUNO, PAUL JON LAWRENCE: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 5, 2021 | PAGE 2 OF 19 through a computer network that tracked point-of-purchase transactions, and it quickly proved that country was selling better than was generally known. Eighteen country titles moved upward on Top Pop that issue. Sixteen of them jumped at least 10 positions, and 11 titles leaped over 20 spots. An additional nine country albums reentered the chart under the new method- ology. The media, and the music business itself, were forced to pay attention. “When it came out, keeping the lights on up in ,” says Diamond Rio guitarist Jimmy Olander, contrasting Arista with the label’s pop division. “They were hav- ing dismal years. Alan was killing it [in country], Brooks & Dunn, you know — we were really, re- ally doing well. It was nice when the technology affirmed [that], for sure.” While ’90s country sounds traditional in 2021 Warner Music Nashville artist Ian Munsick chatted with KCCY hindsight, much of it was considered progressive Colorado Springs, Colo., staff amidst his first virtual radio at the time. Eagles harmonies and tour. Clockwise from top left: Munsick, WMN Team WEA manager OLANDER guitars were dominant influences on the genre, West regional promotion Ray Mariner, KCCY PD Shawn Patrick and country drum sounds approximated arena-level WMN Team WEA national director of radio and streaming Shari Roth. power and echo for the first time, and tempos were generally faster. The pre- viously ballad-tilted format would yield a line dance craze in 1992. “It kind of went through some of those pop-feeling moments with pro- duction,” reflects McBride. “It was a lot slicker and a little glossier than the hardcore country stuff, like Gary Stewart, that I grew up on. But still the same subjects.” Indeed, 19 of the top 20 songs on the Hot Country Singles chart dated April 6, 1991, were about commitment, love, romantic misery or small- town values. The lone exception — Reba McEntire’s “Fancy,” about a woman who slept her way to being wealthy — at least had small-town imagery and an aspirational attitude. “I’m not seeing the big party vibe in here. I’m seeing a little bit more country value,” says Olander, comparing the music of the Class of ’91 with modern country. “We were doing stuff that spoke to us, and the values in our personal lives were not about the party. It was about relationships.” With the exception of Ketchum, who died in 2020, all of the artists in the Class of ’91 are still working in the music business 30 years later. Lawrence received her second shot of the Moderna COVID-19 hosts a syndicated radio show and is launching an album trilogy, Hindsight vaccine on April 2 at Medical Center in Nashville. 2020, beginning with Volume 1: Stairway to Heaven Highway to Hell on April 23; From left: Dr. Naji Abumrad; Andrea Calhoun, RN; Parton; and Heather Tillis issued a quality project, Looking for a Feeling, O’Dell, Vanderbilt manager, abdominal transplant. in 2020; Olander and Diamond Rio keyboard- ist Dan Truman are collaborating on an instru- mental project; and McBride targeted the Texas red-dirt circuit with a solo album, Rebels & An- gels, while McBride & The Ride is reuniting with a handful of dates starting April 9. Some of that era’s longevity is an extension of an age-old pop-music cycle: Many of their origi-

nal fans have grown up and are now accompanied OLSON PETE at by their kids, who feel connected to TILLIS songs they’ve heard at home for years. But the Class of ’91 is also benefiting from a Seaforth lobbed an April Fools’ Day message about breaking up to speedier chart. The Hot Country Singles top 10 on April 6, 1991, ranged in their fans on social media, setting up the forthcoming release of a age from Alabama’s “Down Home,” which had charted for just six weeks, to new single, “Breakups.” The duo shifted to from Dean’s ironically titled “Only Here for a Little While” logging its 16th week RCA Nashville the same day. From left at Nashville’s Queen Avenue on the list. By comparison, the top 10 titles on the April 5, 2021, Country Collective: The duo’s Mitch Thompson, Arista Nashville vp promotion chart span 21 weeks to 60 weeks. Josh Easler and the duo’s Tom Jordan. “We were getting four singles a year,” notes Lawrence. “A guy like me that had a really solid 10-year run and had a couple of hits as we got into the 2000s, I was able to amass a great body of work that allows me to keep working for a long time. It’s harder for a young artist to really get a body of work. It takes longer to put that together now.” While hip-hop sonic influences and the influx of party songs have changed some of country’s texture, Combs, Pearce and Pardi are still working old-school themes and musical structures in 2021, providing shoutouts to ’90s country that keep that era in mind. Since most of the Class of ’91 kept having hits for to 17 more years, those dozen artists joined the Class of ’89 to create the

backbone of the ’90s country now enjoying a resurgence. VALLE DEL OLIVIA “I people will look back on the early ’90s like they do parts of clas- Scotty McCreery (center) signed a songwriting contract with Universal sic rock’n’roll,” predicts Lawrence. “That stuff’s going to stay around for a Music Publishing Group Nashville. He’s flanked by UMPGN vp A&R long time.” Terry Wakefield (left) and chairman/CEO .

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Good ‘Ones’: , And Florida Line Land New Leaders

Gabby Barrett banks her second career-opening No. 1 single on Billboard’s The twosome passes Rascal Flatts for the second-most leaders among duos airplay-, sales- and streaming-based chart as “The Good and groups in the chart’s 31-year history, after Brooks & Dunn’s 20. Among Ones” (Warner Music Nashville/WAR) tops the April 10-dated list. all acts, leads with 31 No. 1s. Barrett, Zach Kale, Emily Landis and Jim McCormick wrote the track. “Live,” which Hubbard and Kelley wrote with Corey Crowder, David Gar- The song increased by 13% to 25 million audience impressions in the week cia and Josh Miller, marks FGL’s first leader since “Simple” ending April 4, according to MRC Data, as it pushes 6-4 on Country Airplay. in October 2018. In between, “I Love My Country” peaked at No. 2 last Sep- It also attracted 9.1 million U.S. streams and sold 5,000 downloads in the tember. The tandem first led with debut single “Cruise,” which ruled for week ending April 1. three frames in December 2012 and Hot Country “” follows Barrett’s “I Hope,” Songs for 24 weeks. which reigned for 27 weeks starting last July and Meanwhile, Hubbard’s duet with Tim spent a record 99 frames on the tally. She’s the McGraw, “Undivided” (McGraw/BMLG/Big first woman to take her initial two proper sin- Machine), his first solo single, ranks at No. 20 gles that were promoted to the format to the Hot on Country Airplay (11 million, up 6%). Country Songs penthouse since the list adopted its multimetric methodology in 2012. ANOTHER HIT FROM THE ‘VAULT’ ’s “ (Taylor’s Version) ON CLOUD NINE Carrie Underwood lands her (From the Vault),” featuring ninth total and consecutive No. 1 on Top Country (Republic/MCA Nashville), enters Hot Coun- Albums, all of which have launched at the sum- try Songs at No. 6. She scores her 25th top 10, mit, with her spiritual album My Savior (Capitol and Morris adds her seventh. BARRETT UNDERWOOD Nashville/ Nashville). The Swift initially recorded the song solo for set, released March 26, earned 73,000 equivalent 2008’s Fearless, which reigned on Top Country album units (68,000 in sales) in the week ending April 1. Albums for 35 weeks, but the track didn’t make the LP. It’s part of Swift’s re- The LP also bows at No. 1 on , becoming her second recording of the set, Fearless (Taylor’s Version), due April 9. leader on the list. Her first holiday LP, , launched at the peak of both Top “Over” drew 9.2 million streams and sold 12,000 downloads in its first Country Albums and Top Christian Albums last October with 43,000 units. week, as it opens at No. 1 on Country Digital Song Sales. It’s Swift’s record- My Savior extends Underwood’s record for the most career-opening Top extending 16th leader on the list and Morris’ fourth. The track is her second Country Albums No. 1s. The set, which she and co-produced, Hot Country Songs top 10 from the new set, after “Love Story (Taylor’s Ver- comprises 13 traditional Christian hymns, including “Great Is Thy Faithful- sion)” bowed atop the Feb. 27-dated chart. ness,” featuring gospel star CeCe Winans. BUILDING A STRONG ‘HOUSE’ adds his ninth Hot Country ‘LONG’ RUN — the duo of and Tyler Hub- Songs top 10 as “Momma’s House” (Broken Bow) bumps 11-9. On Country bard — earns its 15th Country Airplay No. 1 as “Long Live” (Big Machine Airplay, it lifts 7-6 (22.7 million, up 8%). It also collected 5.6 million streams IHEARTMEDIA, FOR IMAGES MAZUR/GETTY KEVIN BARRETT: CMA. FOR IMAGES KEMPIN/GETTY JASON UNDERWOOD: Label Group [BMLG]) rises 3-1, up 9% to 28.3 million impressions. and sold 1,000 downloads in the tracking week.

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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 3 30 LONG LIVE BMLG  HH No. 1 (1 Week) HH Florida Georgia Line 28.319 +2.291 7500 608 1 2 2 21 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory  28.083 -1.669 7087 -487 2 3 1 49 BMLG  Brett Young 27.956 -3.092 6943 -1203 3 l4 6 43 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 24.974 +2.839 6812 608 4 5 4 46 Stoney Creek x 24.892 -0.077 5824 -105 7 l6 7 59 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 22.666 +1.587 6168 332 5 l7 10 46 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud 21.172 +2.573 5709 498 8 l8 8 32 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville 20.748 +0.698 6071 356 6 9 5 25 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville 20.181 -2.637 4721 -517 10 l10 9 60 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 19.540 +0.550 5541 215 9 l11 11 26 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville 16.540 +1.244 4513 332 13 l12 12 50 Curb  16.082 +1.021 4518 271 12 l13 13 42 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 15.839 +0.793 4629 165 11 l14 14 22 EMI Nashville 15.314 +0.914 4322 170 14 l15 15 44 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 13.373 +1.196 4053 293 15 l16 16 28 Vanner/RCA Nashville 11.902 +0.677 3550 225 16 l17 17 24 GONE Capitol Nashville 11.872 +0.981 3543 150 17 l18 22 12 River House/Columbia Nashville HH Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Luke Combs 11.858 +3.098 3148 796 21 l19 18 28 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Duet With P!nk 11.027 +0.419 3411 126 18 l20 19 12 UNDIVIDED McGraw/BMLG/Big Machine Tim McGraw & 10.998 +0.649 3278 64 20 l21 21 21 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow 10.707 +1.936 3106 517 22 l22 20 12 MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN 10.597 +1.040 3288 176 19 l23 23 18 RCA Nashville + 9.540 +1.173 2901 251 24 l24 24 40 Warner Music Nashville/WMN 8.960 +0.854 2946 231 23 l25 25 9 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 7.801 +0.910 2591 -4 25 l26 26 24 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory  6.296 +0.296 2125 108 28 l27 27 42 HARD DAYS Valory  5.935 +0.391 2183 80 27 l28 28 28 Big Machine Carly Pearce 5.415 +0.231 2477 130 26 l29 29 15 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Broken Bow 4.971 +0.843 1820 250 29 l30 30 26 Wheelhouse  Elvie Shane 3.635 +0.278 1656 109 30

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by MRC detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Data. Audience totals on the a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2021, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on MRC Data’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to MRC Data) for previous week. A song audience or detections are stations that do not report © 2021 Billboard Media, LLC will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 5, 2021 | PAGE 7 OF 19

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 33 18 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Dack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Featuring Florida Georgia Line 3.282 +0.194 1395 53 32 l32 31 17 SHALLOW Pearl  Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 3.277 +0.141 1290 162 35 l33 32 37 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville 3.266 +0.178 1452 33 31 l34 34 23 RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.187 +0.311 1327 94 34 l35 36 22 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 2.648 +0.297 1386 64 33 l36 38 17 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Featuring Luke Combs 2.538 +0.304 955 120 38 37 35 28 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 2.534 -0.101 1022 59 37 l38 39 4 LIKE A LADY BMLG  2.331 +0.203 831 38 42 l39 37 22 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb  2.308 +0.038 1204 52 36 l40 41 10 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Stoney Creek & 1.841 +0.255 908 80 39 l41 45 4 KNOWING YOU  Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 1.814 +0.393 823 132 43 l42 42 24 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 1.785 +0.246 857 12 40 l43 43 19 Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA HH Breaker HH  1.766 +0.271 743 60 46 l44 40 11 Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 1.725 +0.047 844 140 41 l45 46 11 HOME SWEET Triple Tigers 1.616 +0.243 771 131 45 l46 47 5 GETTING OVER HIM 19/Mercury Nashville Duet With Jon Pardi 1.543 +0.193 558 84 50 l47 48 7 TO BE LOVED BY YOU MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 1.447 +0.116 427 28 56 l48 RE-ENTRY WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR 1.303 +0.030 778 99 44 l49 51 5 Arista Nashville HH Breaker HH With Maren Morris 1.261 +0.225 613 113 49 l50 50 29 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse  LOCASH 1.249 +0.183 733 60 47 51 44 7 I CAN’T Monument  Featuring Old Dominion 1.104 -0.356 380 -3 57 l52 56 5 THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE RECORDS/Arista Nashville 0.966 +0.266 438 63 55 53 52 18 WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 0.916 -0.063 192 -103 - 54 49 18 HEAVEN ON DIRT Monument  Teddy Robb 0.875 -0.199 729 2 48 l55 NEW GOOD DAY (2021) Warner Music Nashville/WMN HH Hot Shot Debut HH 0.816 +0.411 313 81 58 l56 53 5 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Big Loud HARDY 0.795 +0.036 479 18 53 l57 57 18 WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.739 +0.059 458 5 54 l58 58 10 NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Show Dog Nashville 0.733 +0.106 543 30 51 l59 55 20 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS BMLG  Riley Green 0.687 -0.017 494 39 52 l60 60 2 IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM Big Machine 0.634 +0.106 230 96 -

GOING FOR ADDS

4/12 DONNY LEE Got Me This Far Donny Lee Music/Grassroots IAN MUNSICK Long Haul /WMN

4/26 LUCAS HOGE Get Lost 18 Forge Entertainment Group

Co-authored by Combs, the song hits the LUKE COMBS Country Airplay top 20, climbing 22-18 with Forever a 35% gain to 11.9 million impressions. It’s After All his 11th career-opening top 20 single —­ with his first 10 having all reached No. 1. HOGE

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 29 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS KNOWING YOU Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/Wea Kenny Chesney 24 OLD SCHOOL’S IN Valory Heath Sanders 0.540 26 5 HOME SWEET Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 16 LOVE STORY (TAYLOR’S VERSION) Republic Taylor Swift 0.488 2 0 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 14 YOU AIN’T PRETTY Quartz Hill Nate Barnes 0.425 26 2 CHASING AFTER YOU Arista Nashville Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 14 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 10 MY MASTERPIECE Capitol Nashville  0.418 21 10 MY MASTERPIECE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 10 ABBY Mercury Nashville  0.415 9 7 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Broken Bow Lainey Wilson 7 GONE TOO SOON RCA Nashville Andrew Jannakos 0.398 24 2 IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM Big Machine Callista Clark 7 ABBY Mercury Nashville Travis Denning 7 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 20.718 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 Curb Lee Brice 17.417 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +3.098 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +2.839 3 Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 16.501 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen +2.573 4 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 12.463 LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line +2.244 5 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 10.328 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +1.936 6 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 9.923 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +1.587 7 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 9.658 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +1.244 8 BIG, BIG PLANS   9.443 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +1.196 9 Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring 9.042 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown +1.173 MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton +1.040 10 Capitol Nashville/Universal Luke Bryan 7.474 MOST INCREASED PLAYS

TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +796 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +608 LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line +599 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +517 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen +498 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton +356 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +332 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +332 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +293 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott +271 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ALDEAN FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE: JOHN SHEARER, SHEARER, JOHN LINE: GEORGIA FLORIDA LLANES ALDEAN:JOSEPH TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING APRIL 4, 2021

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 19 BRINGING COUNTRY BACK (King Hall Music) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Chad Cooke Band 1957 108 l11 15 10 POCKET FULL OF KISSES (Independent)  Bart Crow Band 1262 183 l2 3 12 SETTLE ME DOWN (Independent)  1792 91 l12 22 20 A COWBOY CAN (Independent)  Josh Ward 1221 319 l3 6 16 LOST IN A KISS (Independent)  George Navarro 1503 126 l13 14 23 FINGERS AND THUMBS (Independent)  Teague Brothers Band 119 3 68 l4 8 20 FULL-TIME FOOL (Independent)  The Stateline Band 1444 102 l14 16 18 I BLEED (’s Wildcatter )  1117 153 l5 7 23 RECKLESS (Independent)  Cross Rags and Young 1432 87 15 1 21 OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN (Little Red Truck)  110 0 -822 l6 11 18 WINE WON’T WORK (Independent)  Ariel Hutchins 1377 136 l16 18 13 COME HOME TO YOU (Independent)  Robert Ray 996 56 7 4 24 HONKY TONK IN HEAVEN (Independent)  Kin Faux 1368 -250 l17 23 12 MY HOME IS (Independent)  Saints Eleven 995 102 l8 12 11 I HOPE I’M HOLDING YOU (Independent)  Mark Powell 1365 137 l18 21 10 MAN (Independent)  Creed Fisher 977 61 l9 13 12 BETTER BY THE BEER (Independent)  Jake Bush 1305 110 l19 17 22 LET ME BREATHE (Independent)  Melissa Brooke 967 19 l10 10 24 COWBOY’S DAUGHTER (Independent)  Scotty Alexander 1302 34 l20 24 6 STUCK WITH YOU (10X Music Group)  Brodie Lane 949 119

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 972-252-8777. Copyright 2021, Texas Regional Radio Report

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

’ROUND THE ROW Todd Hartley will join the Country Music Association as senior vp legal and business affairs on April 7, arriving from Bridgestone, where he was senior counsel for , and communications. His hiring coincides with three marketing department promotions: Catherine Frizzell ascends to vp marketing from senior director, Amanda Eckard rises to head of creative and content development from director of creative services, and Pamela Hothorn is upped to senior manager of creative operations from creative content project manager. Reach Hartley here, Frizzell here, Eckard here and Hothorn here … John Marks left his role as USA global head of country programming. Reach him here … Music Health Alliance increased its staff by two executives and promoted four more.

LIBBY DANFORTH LIBBY Suzanne Berg joined as manager of advocacy and Ashley McBryde (left) received the Song Suffragettes Yellow Rose insurance after a run as iHeartMedia Nashville MARKS of Inspiration Award during the Suffragettes’ seventh-anniversary Region account executive. Suzanne Spooner- show and livestream event on March 30 at Nashville’s Listening Room. Faulk was hired as financial administrator and Presenting were Song Suffragettes founder Todd Cassetty and event executive assistant to MHA COO Shelia Shipley Biddy, building on a résumé director Taylor Fair. that includes work as an independent stage manager. Bonita Allen is promoted to senior director of group health and advocacy from director, Nikki Black is RADIO & RECORDS® bumped to senior director of advocacy, insurance and policy from director, Erin South Korean firm HYBE announced the purchase of Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Lancaster is elevated to manager of client and advocate support from manager Holdings, including Braun’s SB Projects and Big Machine Label Group, placing of office and client services, and Jackie Proffit rises to manager of advocacy and BMLG in the stable of the company that oversees BTS. Braun is joining the HYBE insurance from executive assistant to founder/CEO Tatum Allsep … Country board, while remains as BMLG president/CEO … Quartz Hill Music Hall of Fame and Museum director of Kelly McGlumphy signed to a . His first single, “Home Run,” is due left her position on March 31. She is expected to work at a PR agency. Reach her April 23 … Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley unveiled a new label, Nashville here … Publishing Nashville renewed its deal with Tom South, to release solo music in an agreement with Warner Music Nashville. Kelley Douglas (“,” “”) … Round Hill acquired is managed by Full Stop and Why&How … Mega International Records, owned the catalog of songwriter-producer (“,” by artist-executive Doc Holiday, pacted with Creative and Dreams Music for “Good Vibes”), and will represent him going forward in a joint venture with distribution. The catalog includes music by late country artist Big Al Down- Tape Room … Jake Worthington signed a management and publishing ing … Entercom rebranded as Audacy. In conjunction with the new name, the contract with Big Loud … Hayden Haddock signed as the flagship artist with chain’s previous consumer website, Radio.com, is redirecting visitors to Audacy. Forge Management, founded by producer-songwriter Trent Willmon (Cody com … named Keith Lawless CMG/ + Tampa re- Johnson, Granger Smith) … Developing trio Lockeland dissolved after three gional vp, an expansion of his existing role in Tampa, Fla. That places country years on March 30 … Nonprofit Musically Fed plans a one-day -through stations KKBQ and KTHT Houston in his jurisdiction … Jaleigh Long’s interim food distribution event for and music professionals in Austin on April 17 position became permanent when she was appointed Cox Media/ + Ath- and a similar event on May 1 in Orlando, Fla. For more info, reach Musically Fed ens, Ga., vp/market manager. The role includes oversight of country WNGC here … The Association of Publishers’ sixth annual AIMP … Townsquare welcomed Allison Zolot as senior vp/general counsel Nashville Awards will be held April 27 at the Listening Room … AmericanaFest on April 5. She was previously a senior associate in the New York division of returns to Nashville Sept. 22-25. Applications to showcase during the event are law firm Mayer Brown … Townsquare/Casper, Wyo., promoted executives Ian being accepted here through April 30 … The International Delap to assistant director of content from digital managing editor and Bill Association’s Bluegrass Ramble and Business Conference is slated for Sept. 28- Schwamle to operations manager from operations assistant. The cluster in- Oct. 2 in Raleigh, N.C. Showcase applications are being accepted here through cludes country stations KWYY and KKTL … Midwest Communications/Knox- April 30 … CBS will broadcast the 64th annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 31, 2022, ville, Tenn., upped Michael Brody to vp/market manager, filling a vacancy from Angeles’ Staples Center. left by the Jan. 25 death of Randy Ross. Brody was previously director of sales for -station group, including WDKW … Todd Boss took over on April 1 as WCCQ Aurora-Joliet, Ill., content director, a promotion from afternoon drive … WWOJ Sebring, Fla., morning host John Meder retired fol- lowing his April 1 show. He had been on-air with the station since 1986 … Adams Radio/Salisbury-Ocean City, Md., announced the retirement of senior account executive James McHugh, who has worked in the market for 41 years. The cluster includes country WUSX … SuiteRadio’s syndicated Bud & Broadway, featuring Bud Ford and Jerry Broadway, debuted April 1 as the morning show at WMYL Knoxville, Tenn., The Knoxville News Sentinel reported … KFWR Fort Worth, Fla., severed ties with morning host Justin Frazell, according to The Fort Worth Star-Telegram … Charlie Thomas was promoted to iHeartMedia/ Mid-North area president, RadioInk.com reported. The former area president will oversee WQRB and WATQ Eau Clair, Wis., and KMFX Roch- ester, Minn. … Jeff Cochran joined Cherry Creek/St. George, Utah, as opera-

tions manager, according to RadioInk.com. The seven-station group includes KLEIN ROBBY country KIYK. Cochran was previously iHeartMedia/ senior vp worked with Red Bull Skate Stages to turn programming … Broadcasters is accepting applications for the Nashville’s The Exit/In into a skating venue for three days to film a Country Radio Seminar’s 2022 agenda committee here through April 9. Com- for “Bridges,” due in April. On set, from left: TC3 members mittee leadership includes chairman Brent Michaels and vice-chair Joey Tack. Neil , and Kelby Ray. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 5, 2021 | PAGE 11 OF 19

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

With less than two weeks remaining before the 56th annual Academy of Coun- April 6 try Music Awards, the ACM pushed out a list on April 5 of over 25 artists booked • 2020 — The RIAA certifies Gabby Barrett’s single “I Hope” platinum. to play the April 18 CBS telecast. The lineup includes Dierks Bentley, Luke • 1991 — Garth Brooks reaches No. 1 on the Billboard country singles Combs, Dan + Shay, , Ballerini, , chart with “Two of a Kind, Workin’ On a Full House.” Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett and Chris Stapleton, just for starters. Perfor- mances will take place across three Nashville venues: the April 7 House, the and the . • 2019 — Dan + Shay claim three tro- phies during the 54th annual Acad- Alan Jackson will end a six-year span between emy of Country Music Awards, aired albums of new music with the May 14 release of by CBS from the MGM Grand in Las the aptly titled . The project is Vegas. They take vocal duo of the packed with 21 titles, including a cover of “That’s year, while “Tequila” earns single the Way Love Goes” to honor the late Merle Hag- and song of the year. gard. Other new albums and EPs on the way include: • 1971 — performs for Allie Colleen’s Stones, April 9; Jenny Tolman’s de- Queen Elizabeth II as NBC telecasts DAN + SHAY luxe the Neighborhood, April 9; West Royal Gala. The special also features POWELL CATHERINE of Texas’ Heartache, Hangovers & Honky Tonks, Bob Hope, Tom Jones, Petula Clark and Engelbert Humperdinck. JACKSON April 16; Elvie Shane’s debut EP, County Roads, HARRINGTON RUSS April 23; The Infamous Stringdusters’ A Tribute April 8 to , May 28; J.D. Shelburne’s Straight From , June 25; and • 2011 — Carrie Underwood makes her film debut, playing a church ’s Upbringing, July 16. counselor for a youth group as Tristar’s Soul Surfer reaches theaters.

Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are country music’s highest-profile TV judges, April 9 in the midst of the current seasons of NBC’s and ABC’s , • 2018 — Mercury releases the Chris Stapleton single “Millionaire” respectively. They, of course, have business lives beyond mentoring younger to radio. singers. Shelton joined Smithworks on March 31 to launch a Hard Seltzer Lem- • 1994 — sings “Pocket of a Clown” and “Fast As You” onade in three flavors: Classic Lemon, Ripe Strawberry and Southern Peach as the musical guest on NBC’s from New York. Tea. Bryan is working his music with the deluxe edition of Born Here Live Here Die Here due April 9. He is making three key TV appearances to promote it: an April 10 April 7 guest shot on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and April 9 visits to Good Morning • 1995 — records “” and “I Know She America and GMA3: What You Need To Know. Still Loves Me” at Nashville’s Emerald Sound Studios.

The pandemic isn’t quite over, but with anticipation high, the live dates are April 11 starting to pile up. Jason Aldean announced live concerts for May 14-15 at • 2017 — Martina McBride is a surprise guest at Nashville’s The Exit/ the Bonnaroo site near Manchester, Tenn.; will launch a three- In, joining Lauren Alaina on “This One’s for the Girls” during a ’90s- month, Wednesday-night residency at Ole Red Nashville on April 7; and Brett themed show. Dustin Lynch brings out for “That Ain’t Young rescheduled his Caliville Weekend in Palm Springs, Calif., for Sept. 3-6 My Truck” and “.” Shenandoah’s Marty Ray- with at least a half-dozen other acts. The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion is bon and Mike McGuire join Michael Ray for “Two Dozen Roses.” wedging over 100 artists, including and Tanya Tucker, into a • 2006 — ’s new label, Show Dog Nashville, releases its Sept. 10-12 celebration in East ,and Del McCoury’s DelFest has first album, Keith’s . more than two dozen artists booked for Sept. 23-26 in Cumberland, Md. April 12 • 2016 — John Fogerty makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, perform- Top Headlines from .com ing “Lookin’ Out My Back Door,” “Centerfield” and “Proud Mary” Click on headlines below for more details with Brad Paisley.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Revealed: Billboard’s 2021 Top Music Lawyers

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SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 2 2 41 THE GOOD ONES No. 1 (1 Week) Gabby Barrett 4 1 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR STARTING OVER 2 3 4 32 Chris Stapleton 8 2 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE 3 1 1 21 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Thomas Rhett 2 1 D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,P.WELLING) VALORY LONG LIVE 4 8 8 30 Florida Georgia Line 1 4 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG 5 5 7 43 BETTER TOGETHER Luke Combs RC 1 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 6 NEW 1 YOU ALL OVER ME (TAYLOR’S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Hot Shot Debut Taylor Swift Featuring Maren Morris - 6 l A.DESSNER,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,SCOOTER CARUSOE) REPUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE 7 7 10 48 LADY Brett Young 3 7 D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG HH HH 8 10 11 23 FOREVER AFTER ALL Airplay Gainer Luke Combs 18 1 l CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MOMMA’S HOUSE 9 11 13 45 Dustin Lynch 6 9 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 10 6 6 44 GOOD TIME Niko Moon RC 1 N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 11 13 15 27 Tenille Arts 10 11 l A.KLINE (T.ARTS,A.KLINE,A.M.CRUZ) 19TH & GRAND HELL OF A VIEW 12 12 12 23 Eric Church 14 12 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) EMI NASHVILLE BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S 13 16 17 24 Sam Hunt 11 13 l Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,Z.CROWELL,E.K.SMITH,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE 14 9 9 24 DOWN TO ONE Luke Bryan 9 5 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (K.FISHMAN,D.DAVIDSON,J.EBACH) CA PITOL NASHVILLE MADE FOR YOU 15 15 18 13 Jake Owen 7 15 l J.MOI (B.DAVIS,J.HYDE,N.A.MEDLEY) BIG LOUD 16 14 14 12 WASTED ON YOU - 1 J.MOI,J.DURRETT (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,J.THOMPSON,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD SETTLING DOWN 17 22 23 25 Miranda Lambert 16 17 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N. HEMBY) VAN NER/RCA NASHVILLE 18 18 16 46 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 15 16 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 19 17 22 8 GLAD YOU EXIST Dan + Shay 25 16 D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,T.M.PARKS,S.MOONEY,R.L.TAYLOR) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 20 19 20 29 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 19 13 K.URBAN,PHD, (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE NOBODY 21 20 21 19 Dylan Scott 12 20 l M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,M.ALDERMAN,D.WILSON) CURB GONE 22 24 24 24 Dierks Bentley 17 22 l D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE FAMOUS FRIENDS 23 21 28 8 Chris Young + Kane Brown 23 21 l C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER (C.YOUNG,C.R.BARLOWE,C.CROWDER) RCA NASHVILLE 24 23 19 12 SAND IN MY BOOTS Morgan Wallen - 5 J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 25 25 25 19 & Florida Georgia Line - 25 l J.M.SCHMIDT (T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,B.REDFERRIN,C.HAYNES, JR.) RECORDS/COLUMBIA

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 3 WKS TAYLOR SWIFT  1 48 WKS  2  2  3 CHRIS STAPLETON  3  4 LUKE COMBS  4 ZACH CROWELL  5 COREY CROWDER  5 SCOTT MOFFATT  6 MIKE HENDERSON  6 DAVID FANNING  7 ERNEST KEITH SMITH  7 COREY CROWDER  8  8 ALEX KLINE  9 TYLER HUBBARD  TIE 9 CHRIS STAPLETON  10  SWIFT TIE 9  COURTESY PREMIUM PR PREMIUM COURTESY

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 APRIL 5, 2021 | PAGE 14 OF 19

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT 26 30 33 22 Cole Swindell 24 26 l M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.L.HOLMAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN UNDIVIDED 27 28 26 11 Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 20 23 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (T.HUBBARD,C.LOOCKE) MCGRAW/BMLG/BIG MACHINE BLAME IT ON YOU 28 29 31 9 Jason Aldean 21 28 l M.KNOX (K.M.ALLISON,J.EDWARDS,T.KENNEDY,M.TYLER,B.WHITE) MACON/BROKEN BOW HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU 29 27 29 29 Rascal Flatts 13 24 l D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE 30 26 27 9 MINIMUM WAGE Blake Shelton 22 26 S.HENDRICKS (C.CROWDER,N.GALYON,J.FRASURE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) 31 36 43 5 & Miranda Lambert - 21 l M.JOHNSON,B.PADDOCK (ELLE KING,M.JOHNSON) RCA 32 31 30 19 SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Morgan Wallen - 3 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,R.CLAWSON,J.DURRETT,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 33 33 32 34 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Little Big Town 33 23 LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 34 49 49 7 LOVE STORY (TAYLOR’S VERSION) Streaming & Digital Gainer Taylor Swift - 1 l C.ROWE,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT) REPUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE CHASING AFTER YOU 35 42 50 7 Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 49 35 l A.ESHUIS,T.REIMER (B.ADDINGTON,J.FLOWERS) ARISTA NASHVILLE 36 32 34 22 SHALLOW Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 32 30 G.BROOKS (S.G.GERMANOTTA,M.D.RONSON,A.ROSSOMANDO,ANDREW WYATT) PEARL DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. 37 38 46 5 Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line 31 37 l C.CROWDER,C.RICE,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.RICE,C.CROWDER,H.PHELPS,C.DODDS) DACK JANIELS/BMLG/BROKEN BOW 38 34 40 3 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Lainey Wilson 29 34 J.JOYCE (L.WILSON,J.D.SINGLETON,J.NIX) BROKEN BOW 39 35 35 15 NEXT GIRL Carly Pearce 28 31 S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (C.PEARCE,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE 40 37 36 18 WORSHIP YOU Kane Brown 34 24 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,A.IZQUIERDO,M.J.MCGINN,CHARLIE HANDSOME) RCA NASHVILLE WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH 41 47 — 2 Justin Moore 26 41 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (P.DIGIOVANNI,R.MONTANA,J.S.STOVER) VALORY 42 40 37 12 865 Morgan Wallen - 13 J.MOI (J.BYRON,B.PENDERGRASS) REPUBLIC/ BIG LOUD 43 41 38 19 STILL GOIN DOWN Morgan Wallen - 8 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,M.W.HARDY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 44 39 42 10 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Lee Brice 39 38 B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,B.MONTANA,B.DAVIS) CURB MY BOY 45 46 48 4 Elvie Shane 30 45 l O.CHARLES (E.SHANE,R.SUTTON,N.COLUMBIA,L.STARR) WHEELHOUSE HARD DAYS 46 44 47 10 Brantley Gilbert 27 27 l D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,J.BELL,B.BERRYHILL,J.BRUNSWICK,L.WALL) VALORY 47 43 41 12 WARNING Morgan Wallen - 10 J.MOI,CHARLIE HANDSOME (E.K.SMITH,A.GORLEY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) R EPUBLIC/BIG LOUD YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE Chris Stapleton 48 RE-ENTRY 2 - 24 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,A.GORLEY,C.DUBOIS) MERCURY NASHVILLE 49 45 45 12 DANGEROUS Morgan Wallen - 17 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 50 48 44 8 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Priscilla Block 37 40 J.JOHNSON (P.BLOCK,S.JONES,E.K.KROLL) INDENT/MERCURY NASHVILLE

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

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

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2020 2021 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,314,000 1,496,348,000 148,942,000 Album ’20 13.84 million Consumption 13,840,000 16,264,000 17.5% ’21 16.26 million Last Week 1,312,000 1,612,508,000 147,461,000 Album Sales 2,005,000 2,005,000 0.0% Change 0.2% -7.2% 1.0% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 14,862,067,000 18,176,639,000 22.3% ’20 16.74 billion This Week Last Year 1,059,000 1,182,624,000 144,123,000 ’21 19.97 billion Change 24.1% 26.5% 3.3% Video On-Demand 1,873,067,000 1,789,359,000 -4.5%

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

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SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES

TITLE TITLE AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART WEEKS WEEKS

ON CHT ARTIST ARTIST 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL YOU ALL OVER ME (TAYLOR’S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) YOU ALL OVER ME (TAYLOR’S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) CARRIE UNDERWOOD MY SAVIOR 1 NEW 1 NEW 1 NEW 1 1 l TAYLOR SWIFT FEAT. MAREN MORRIS  l TAYLOR SWIFT FEAT. MAREN MORRIS  l CAPITOL NASHVILLE 033355/UMGN STARTING OVER THE GOOD ONES MORGAN WALLEN DANGEROUS: THE l2 1 31 2 1 23 2 1 1 12 BIG LOUD 033180*/REPUBLIC 1 CHRIS STAPLETON  GABBY BARRETT  THE GOOD ONES DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 3 3 7 3 2 5 3 2 2 73 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 2 1 l GABBY BARRETT  l ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT  FOREVER AFTER ALL FOREVER AFTER ALL LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 4 4 23 4 10 23 4 3 3 200 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 l LUKE COMBS  l LUKE COMBS  STARTING OVER MORGAN WALLEN 5 5 208 5 4 31 5 4 4 148 BIG LOUD 783* 1 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON  CHRIS STAPLETON  WASTED ON YOU LIL BIT CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER 6 6 12 6 5 19 6 5 5 20 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG 6 6 309 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 l7 7 6 7 6 20 l7 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 THOMAS RHETT  THOMAS RHETT  BETTER TOGETHER FAMOUS FRIENDS 7 7 7 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 3 l8 8 27 l8 16 5 l8 BMLG FG0500A* LUKE COMBS  CHRIS YOUNG + KANE BROWN  GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 9 2 12 GOOD TIME 9 3 27 GOOD TIME 9 8 8 41 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 NIKO MOON  NIKO MOON  LONG LIVE TENNESSEE WHISKEY GEORGE STRAIT 10 11 6 10 9 263 10 10 — 252 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1 l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  CHRIS STAPLETON  ONE OF THEM GIRLS LOVE STORY (TAYLOR‚ÄÔS VERSION) 12 14 52 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 1 11 14 39 11 RE-ENTRY l11 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN l LEE BRICE  l TAYLOR SWIFT  I HOPE WINE, BEER, WHISKEY LEE BRICE 12 12 75 12 11 38 12 11 9 19 CURB 79537* 7 l GABBY BARRETT  LITTLE BIG TOWN  BETTER TOGETHER 13 12 295 BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 13 13 146 13 8 40 l13 HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG l LUKE COMBS  LUKE COMBS  EAGLES HOTEL 14 10 12 SAND IN MY BOOTS 14 7 83 I HOPE 14 14 13 168 ASYLUM/ELEKTRA 103*/RHINO (18.98) 5 MORGAN WALLEN  GABBY BARRETT  HELL OF A VIEW LADY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 15 19 4 15 12 9 15 16 — 104 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 11 l ERIC CHURCH  BRETT YOUNG  (LIVE FROM THE GRAND OLE OPRY) PURGATORY 16 16 110 16 RE-ENTRY 16 17 16 90 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 0 11 l MORGAN WALLEN  l CARRIE UNDERWOOD  HEARTLESS HELL OF A VIEW TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS 17 15 82 17 13 16 17 19 19 252 CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 6 l  PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  ERIC CHURCH  KANE BROWN KANE BROWN SOMEBODY LIKE THAT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE 18 NEW 18 RE-ENTRY 18 20 21 226 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 l TENILLE ARTS  l CHRIS STAPLETON  BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY MOMMA’S HOUSE ONE TOO MANY 19 NEW 19 14 24 19 22 20 68 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343*/WMN 0 1 l DUSTIN LYNCH  KEITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK  TOBY KEITH MEANT TO BE MADE FOR YOU 23 25 121 1 20 25 155 20 17 5 l20 SHOW DOG-UNIVERSAL 010334/UME (19.98) 1 l  & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  JAKE OWEN  KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP) LADY DOWN TO ONE 21 NEW 21 15 12 21 18 10 33 RCA NASHVILLE 398449 WS EX/SMN 2 l BRETT YOUNG  LUKE BRYAN  CARRIE UNDERWOOD GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 GLAD YOU EXIST CHASING AFTER YOU 22 45 43 232 1 22 17 3 22 25 4 l 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 500876/SMN 1 DAN + SHAY  l RYAN HURD WITH MAREN MORRIS  TAYLOR SWIFT RED ONE MAN BAND GLAD YOU EXIST 23 21 17 278 1 23 22 69 23 22 7 BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG (18.98) 7 l OLD DOMINION  DAN + SHAY  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS THE BONES AMAZING GRACE 24 24 24 284 2 24 23 82 24 NEW l WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN l MAREN MORRIS  l CARRIE UNDERWOOD  MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD 25 26 18 74 1 25 9 8 JUST THE WAY 25 18 3 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S l VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN PARMALEE X BLANCO BROWN  SAM HUNT  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming reports collected and provided by MRC Data. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS

AGO AGO POS. POS. THIS THIS THIS LAST LAST LAST PEAK PEAK CERT. CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 1: THE BUTCHER SHOPPE SESSIONS 1 2 1 20 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 1 1 1 24 HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN 58784*/THIRTY TIGERS (56285) 1 3 2 255 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 2 3 39 GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH 1 l2 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 l2 STRETCH GRASS 4050 NEW 1 YOUNG SHAKESPEARE 3 NEW 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BLUEGRASS: SOUTHWESTERN ’S MUSICAL LEGACY 3 l3 THE OTHER SHOE/REPRISE 643593*/WARNER l3 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS 40238 6 5 301 HOZIER 1 9 — 2 MIKE BARNETT +1 4 l4 RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA 309996*/LEGACY 3 l4 COMPASS 4734 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 2: THE COWBOY ARMS SESSIONS 5 5 6 107 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 0 2 5 4 5 16 HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN DIGITAL EX/THIRTY TIGERS 2 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS THE DEAD SOUTH SERVED LIVE 6 9 7 218 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 3 6 6 6 9 SIX SHOOTER 144* 2 THE LUMINEERS THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 7 11 8 260 DUALTONE 1738* 1 1 7 5 8 77 SIX SHOOTER 129* 1 GOLDEN HOUR -YO MA/STUART DUNCAN/EDGAR MEYER/CHRIS THILE NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEO 8 10 11 157 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 8 7 7 41 SOUND POSTINGS/SONY CLASSICAL 973855*/SONY MASTERWORKS 1 BLACK PUMAS BLACK PUMAS THE STEELDRIVERS BAD FOR YOU 9 7 4 12 ATO 0500* 4 9 11 12 60 ROUNDER 610080*/CONCORD 1 JOHN MELLENCAMP THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978 - 1988 STEEP CANYON RANGERS NORTH CAROLINA SONGBOOK 16 14 122 5 RE-ENTRY 39 1 l10 MERCURY 536738*/UME 3 l10 YEP ROC 2667* Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based on album based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming sales. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 5, 2021 | PAGE 16 OF 19

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

Caroline Jones’ ‘Come In’ Plays Out With Feisty Independence

“I’ll put up with you, but you ain’t gettin’ in my pants.” “I identify with the male character,” reasons Stelling. “I figured she’s giv- Caroline Jones may look like the easy-going girl next door, but give her the ing me the warning signs that this might not go as planned or go as well as I right twisted phrase and a pen, and she’s likely to turn into on intended, and I better be ready for the exit.” steroids. As she did on “Come In (But Don’t Make Yourself Comfortable),” a Jones made that work — it has become one of the song’s signature lines — chicken-pickin’ barnburner that veers from coy to passive-aggressive, in essence and she was quick to give him co-writing credit on “Come In.” warning a potential romantic partner that he’s playing with a ticking time bomb. The verse proved a challenge, so she set it aside for a few weeks, waiting for “It’s very sassy, it’s very fun, and it’s very coun- the answer to show itself. It arrived in the midst try,” says Jones of her new single, which has been of peaceful silence. available through digital streaming partners “You wouldn’t think of all these sassy things since March 12. coming to you while you’re meditating, but Signed to ’s Mailboat label, write a lot when I meditate — or I get inspiration Jones has followed a slow and steady career- and good ideas,” she says. building blueprint. The Connecticut-bred It was then that she worked up the “You ain’t singer-songwriter has taken daily lessons from gettin’ in my pants” declaration. With that a single since she was 9 years old solved, she pieced together a few more ways to and learned to play a stack of instruments along twist welcoming phrases, fitting in “Mi casa ain’t the way. Jones opened for dur- su casa” and mangling a patriotic Woody Guth- ing a three-year run while mixing in road dates rie song into “This land ain’t your land.” with Kenny Chesney, Vince Gill and Tim Mc- That latter one gave her pause, though Guthrie Graw & . And over the last decade, she — who famously printed the statement “This ma- has released five indie albums and an EP. Still, chine kills fascists” on his guitar — had enough she takes a step forward on “Come In,” mixing irreverence that he likely would appreciate it. simultaneous attraction and annoyance with “He was a rebel, for sure,” says Jones. a man who needs to be prepared for extreme During its development, she played versions unpredictability. of “Come In” for manager-producer Ric Wake “I can’t sit at dinner for like three or four (Taylor Dayne, ), and once it was hours,” she says, noting that her own restless- complete, they spent an afternoon at her house ness influenced “Come In.” “I just want the working on the , using her acoustic people to go home, or I want to go home and do guitar to set an energetic pace. something else. Sometimes I get antsy and all “We were trying to figure out a way to make it those things. So I just thought it was a fun way to organically feel natural, but still have a modern JONES say that. I thought about maybe a man who can’t edge,” says Wake. take that hint or who doesn’t get those cues. And They pulled together a session at Nashville’s just started writing.” Southern Ground Studios with — drummer Nir Z, guitarist Danny The spark for that restless expression was a simple, offhand studio wise- Rader, bassist Tony Lucido and fiddler Jason Roller — all masked up for crack. She asked her guitar tech, Jorge Stelling, to rearrange a mic in a tiny COVID-19 precautions. Rader contributed a syncopated, chicken-pickin’ un- studio vocal booth, and when he stuck his head in the door, she told him to come dercurrent; Roller offered a roller coaster fiddle solo; and Lucido and Nir Z in, then blurted out a modifier: “But don’t make yourself comfortable.” Her laid down a propulsive, unforgiving beat. songwriter antenna went up, and she did a little homework to figure out if that “At some point, Nir Z hit the drum so hard that the stick goes flying,” re- phrase had already been written. It had not, and she considered it a challenge. members Stelling. “I just thought it was funny,” says Jones. “Especially if you added in the Most of the version they used came together after just a few takes, and Jones angle of sass and empowerment, it could be a really fun turn of phrase as a sang the bulk of her final vocal with the band. The whole thing was captured hook and a song.” in a video that has been posted to YouTube. She started compiling amusingly snarky ways to balance friendly hospital- “We were doing the basic track, and she nailed it pretty much there,” says ity with a quick boot. In one of the most acidic contrasts, she warns the guy, Wake. “She maybe did a couple little fix-ups here and there, but it’s mostly that.” “Don’t make yourself at home/’Cause you’ll just piss me off.” They added some hand claps for extra energy, getting the sound manually The actual writing took place away from the studio. She started on piano, rather than digging through plug-in libraries. trying to pick out the melody as she formed the foundation for the song, then “It’s all real,” observes Wake. “Everybody really was playing everything.” wrote more at a later date, finally turning to guitar to establish its requisite That includes Jones, who put one of the finishing touches on the song by chord structure. recording a rambunctious Telecaster solo, right after the fiddle solo, during Its larger song structure took on a classic-country motif, one that’s reflected a visit to New Zealand. in the -penned “Crazy” or the Jimmy Webb-authored “Galves- Mailboat released “Come In” to digital service providers on March 12. It’s ex- ton,” songs that place the title and chorus out front and change the words each pected to head to terrestrial radio in April, in time for a tentative April 26 add date. time through the chorus — rather than in the verses — to create the narrative. “It’s super country, it’s hopefully super-infectious and fun, sassy, and has a When she saw Stelling next, she played that basic chorus for him, and he lot of energy,” she reasons. “So it’s kind of a no-brainer. I had two or three other was struck by just how dangerous the song’s female character might be. So he singles that I really love from this forthcoming album, but this one seemed

told Jones the guy should park his truck facing out so he could make a quick just like it raised its hand.” TAIT LAURA getaway if she turned on him. Loretta Lynn will certainly approve. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 5, 2021 | PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. GLAD YOU EXIST Monet Music, BMI/Warner- LIKE A LADY W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC (Songwriter) Chart Position Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Spokane Boy Music, Publishing, SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/50 Year Plan, Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music BMI/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Shay ASCAP/More Hot Sauce Please, ASCAP/Real Johnson Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 8 Mooney Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Publishing, ASCAP (H.Scott, D.M.Barnes, M.Buzz, M.Johnson, A   , ASCAP (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, T.M.Parks, S.Mooney, B.Paddock) 38 T   R.L.Taylor) 25 ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Sony Countryside, Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/Happy Song ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Factory, BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony Story Music Publishing, Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 15 Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs, GMR (J.Pardi, R.Akins, L.Laird) 44 Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. B   B.Johnson, N.Moon) 17 Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 1 THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE New House Of , ASCAP/Music Of MAM, ASCAP/MV2 Music, BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Warner-Tamerlane GOOD DAY (2021) Not Listed (Not Listed) 55 M   BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Ole BMI/ Music, BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI/ Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP/ THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony Tree New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, J.S.Stover, Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Carl BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My P.DiGiovanni) 50 BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP Publishing, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP (S.Ahnquist, McCormick, BMI/Sony Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 7 N.Donley, M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, H.Phelps) 52 BLAME IT ON YOU Makena Cove Music, ASCAP/ BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 4 BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Zona Blue Music, BMI/Lee 45 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Sony Music Publishing, BMI/Irishsonmusic, BMI/BMG Platinum H   Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Accent, ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, Songs US, BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/ Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Sony Countryside, BMI (L.Wilson, J.D.Singleton, SB21 Music Publishing, SESAC/BW Tunes, SESAC HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI/ J.Nix) 29 (K.M.Allison, J.Edwards, T.Kennedy, M.Tyler, B.White) 21 BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Songs About Jack, BMI/Write Or Die Music, BMI/Warner- Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Brice, B.Montana, TO BE LOVED BY YOU Warner-Tamerlane BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 27 B.Davis) 39 Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Ritten Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, By Rhettro, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Akins) 47 ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller HEAVEN ON DIRT Haus Of Kings, ASCAP/Twin MINIMUM WAGE A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Big Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs Spires, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ U   Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud ASCAP/King Pen Songs, SESAC/Smackworks Music, Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony Accent, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Ben Lau, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Crowder, UNDIVIDED T Tree Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Corte, BMI (B.Ratcliff, P.Good, A.J.Babcock, B.Foster) 54 N.Galyon, J.Frasure) 22 Publishing Corp., BMI/Straight Outta Georgia Songs, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 11 SESAC/Tree Vibez Bus Vibez, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., HELL OF A VIEW Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony Cross Keys Publishing, SESAC (T.Hubbard, C.Loocke) 20 C   Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, W   CHASING AFTER YOU Songs Of Mojo Two, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/ Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, ASCAP/Addington Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. WAITIN’ ON 5 ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Highly Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 14 SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 6 Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Sony Songs Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Get Ur Seek On, ASCAP (B. HOME SWEET BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ MY BOY Rome Phrey Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs LLC, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs Of XO, Addington, J.Flowers) 49 Music That Is Russelled, BMI/Blue Corolla , Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rome Phrey Publishing, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/The Best I BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (C.Janson, , T.Cecil, C.Wiseman) 48 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Highly Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (R. BMI/Nick Columbia Publishing, ASCAP/Block Of Marble Music, BMI/Lee Starr Publishing, BMI/SNG Music, Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Dickerson, C.Brown, C.Kelley) 45 WANT ME BACK Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Publishing LLC, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/WC Music LLP, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI (E.Shane, R.Sutton, BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/ Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron N.Columbia, L.Starr) 30 Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/EMI Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sonofgroceries Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony Cross Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/McGinntellectual Property, Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Songs Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack N   SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/True Blue Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Castle Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Works, SESAC (L.Ell, K.Brown, L.Rimes, M.J.McGinn) 53 Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (J.Rodgers, H.Phelps, Brett Tyler, ASCAP/Built On , ASCAP (M.Beeson, J.Osborne, NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Peertunes, A.Vanderheym) 36 A.Shamblin) 13 Ltd., SESAC/Marlow Sinclair Songs, SESAC/Reservoir WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Universal Music Corp., Media Music, ASCAP/Mirendawrites, ASCAP/Raincreek ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sullivan S Guns Music, D   I   Publishing, ASCAP/Espiritu de Leon, BMI (C.Walker, J.Boyer, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Tunes J.Mirenda, G.Birge) 58 From The Red White And Blue School, ASCAP/Anthem DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ I CAN’T Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Noodlehead Publishing, BMI/BMG NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony J.S.Stover) 26 Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb Platinum Songs US, BMI/For The Kids Platinum, BMI/ Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K. Legitimate Efforts Music, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 9 (C.Smith, B.West, S.Wilson Jr.) 51 For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 28 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS Peermusic III, Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Sony Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/ Ltd., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Back 40 Publishing NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, International, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP/ BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan, R.Montana) 59 Songs Of Riser House, BMI/Sony Countryside, BMI (D. II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Cale Dodds Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 12 Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, C.Crowder, H.Phelps, C.Dodds) 31 R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 2 IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM Big Music Machine, BMI/Callista Clark Publishing, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, O   WHERE I FIND GOD Jolly To the Roger, BMI/ F   BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Smells Of Rich Mahogany, BMI Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It (C.Clark, C.Jaymes, L.J.Veltz) 60 ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Better Music, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Fleet, FAMOUS FRIENDS Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, C.R.Harrington) 57 They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music J   Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Bennett’s James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 19 SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, Publising, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, C.Crowder) 23 BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll Music, ASCAP (P. S   BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 42 Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 37 FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, SETTLING DOWN Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ JUST THE WAY Sony Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony Music, BMI/Sony Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI (L. ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 18 Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 5 Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 16 S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 33 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Sony Lakeview, K   SHALLOW Sony Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ SESAC/Red Lining Music, SESAC/Sony Countryside, BMI/ Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Big Spaces Music, BMI/Sony Accent, ASCAP/Nepasongs, KNOWING YOU Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, A.Bowers, M.Rogers) 40 Corp., ASCAP/ Music, BMI/3 Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Ring Circus, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Pompano Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 34 G   Run Music, BMI/Songs For Ellie May, BMI (Brett James, A.James, K.Higgins) 41 (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 32 Y   GETTING OVER HIM Lylas Music, BMI/Warner- L   SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Universal Music II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music YOU TIME Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/WC Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Corp., ASCAP/Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Sony Cross LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Keys Publishing, ASCAP (Lauren Alaina, P.DiGiovanni, Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 35 E.L.Weisband) 46 Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Rednecker Music, Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 3 BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.L.Holman) 24 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Relative Music Group, BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, LADY LIKE Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/What Is An SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/8 Minutes Twenty Ingrid, BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/Songs For BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, Seconds Publishing, BMI/Artist Publishing Group West, A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 43 A.M.Cruz) 10 ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ WC Music Corp., ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, A.Gorley, B.Johnson, H.Phelps) 56 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 5, 2021 | PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. G   M   SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., (Songwriter) Chart Position BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, GLAD YOU EXIST Monet Music, BMI/Warner- MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony Tree SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, 865 Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Blake Pendergrass Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Spokane Boy Music, Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Carl A.M.Cruz) 11 Publishing Designee, BMI (J.Byron, B.Pendergrass) 42 BMI/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Shay Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP Mooney Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 15 SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Big Loud A   Banjos, ASCAP (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, T.M.Parks, S.Mooney, Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Round Hill R.L.Taylor) 19 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Work, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI/ Jimmy Sad Publishing, BMI (M.Wallen, R.Clawson, J.Durrett, Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Songs About Jack, BMI/Write Or Die Music, BMI/Warner- E.K.Smith) 32 Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Brice, B.Montana, Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 18 Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music B.Davis) 44 STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music B   B.Johnson, N.Moon) 22 MINIMUM WAGE A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Big Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 2 Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ STILL GOIN DOWN Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Crowder, Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Relative Music Group, Sony Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim N.Galyon, J.Frasure) 30 BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, McCormick, BMI/Sony Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/Sony Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, M.W.Hardy, Charlie R.Montana) 5 BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 1 MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony Cross Keys Publishing, Handsome) 43 ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, BLAME IT ON YOU Makena Cove Music, ASCAP/ GOOD TIME W.C.M. 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Music Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ (E.Shane, R.Sutton, Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud N.Columbia, L.Starr) 45 SESAC (T.Hubbard, C.Loocke) 27 Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony Accent, Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Corte, J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 46 N   W   Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 13 HELL OF A VIEW Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony WARNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud C   Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ BMI/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Sony Songs LLC, BMI CHASING AFTER YOU Songs Of Mojo Two, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. 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MV2 Music, BMI/Sony Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 21 J.Thompson, Charlie Handsome) 16 D   Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, O   WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Universal Music Corp., DANGEROUS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, J.Osborne, 29 ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sullivan S Guns Music, Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog A.Shamblin)  ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Tunes Music, BMI (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith) 49 J   LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ From The Red White And Blue School, ASCAP/Anthem DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Publising, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 20 J.S.Stover) 41 Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll Music, ASCAP (P. 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Two Nashville, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of 8 Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford)  Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/ External Combustion Music, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (C.Stapleton, A.Gorley, C.DuBois) 48 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 5, 2021 | PAGE 19 OF 19 CODA On April 8, 2006, Gary LeVox, his Flatts has posted a total of 12 No. 1s 15 Years Ago cousin Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don on Hot Country Songs and eight on Rooney — better known as Rascal Top Country Albums. Flatts — began a four-week stay The threesome canceled its 2020 Rascal atop the Hot Country Songs chart farewell tour due to the coronavirus with “,” their pandemic but has left the door open Flatts Had fifth leader. about its future. The members are and Steve Rob- all working on solo projects, with son penned the song, which Mark LeVox’s first sin- The ‘Most’ Wills first recorded in 2003. It gle, “The Distance,” having debuted spun off from Rascal Flatts’ fourth on the April 3-dated Hot Christian LP, , which ruled Songs chart at No. 28. Meanwhile, Popular Hit Top Country Albums for 15 weeks the group’s current single, “How and the all-genre for They Remember You,” ranks at In 2006, the trio banked its fifth three. The track also topped Adult No. 13 on Country Airplay and Contemporary and hit No. 6 on the No. 29 on Hot Country Songs. of 12 Hot Country Songs No. 1s all-genre . Rascal —JIM ASKER STEPHEN LOVEKIN/WIREIMAGE STEPHEN

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS

From left: Rascal Flatts’ Rooney, LeVox and DeMarcus at The Today Show in New York in 2006.