Country Rides out the Cume Storm Updating the Interview: Tim Roberts

September 14, 2020, Issue 722

Country Rides Out The Cume Storm While a cursory glance at Country Aircheck’s August 2020 PPM Scoreboard (here, pg. 14) shows a drop in overall cume – down 1.37% (359,800) compared to the previous month and 21.66% year-over-year – a review of Country and all-format cume data shows a slight rebound occurring from the earlier pandemic- laden months of 2020. Rewind and revisit an in-depth analysis of the early coronavirus cume crater in the May 26 Country Aircheck Weekly, then read on for a look at how the format has performed in recent months. Wave On Wave: Taking a wide-angle look at cume numbers for all formats in PPM rated markets, including HD and streaming stations where monitored, radio listening as a whole was off 31.34% from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 477,823,000 to 328,063,200. Country’s fall-off was notably less severe, dropping 20.03% Sweet Streams (Are Made of This): Columbia’s Tenille Townes and from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 33,758,800 to 26,996,900. Breaking BMLGR’s Riley Green were surprised with their ACM New Male down the all-format cume numbers into AM/FM terrestrial, Artist and New Female Artist trophies Saturday (9/12) during The HD and streaming silos, terrestrial-only decreases match the Opry Livestream. Watch here. Pictured (l-r) are the Opry’s Dan aggregated totals, showing a 31.33% decrease from Nov. Rogers, Warner/WMN’s Ashley McBryde, Townes, Green, Opry ’19-Aug. ’20 – 470,600,700 to 323,167,200. Taking a look at member Mark Wills and the ACM’s Damon Whiteside. HD-only cume numbers, the dip was less severe than terrestrial, showing a 26.65% decline from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 – 5,063,400 to Updating The Interview: Tim Roberts 3,713,800 – while the segment showing the largest cume erosion When he spoke with Country Aircheck for The Interview (in is streaming, which saw a 42.96% decrease from Nov. ’19-Aug. the September print issue here), Entercom Format Captain & VP/ ’20 down to 1,231,400 from 2,158,900. The long-term trend for Country Tim Roberts was in early planning for a format-wide streaming cume is far more telling than earlier views, where results restructuring (Breaking News 9/10) and didn’t from March to April showed a 2.8% increase, up from 1,683,100 broach the subject. With his programming to 1,729,800. team announced earlier today (9/14), Roberts Moving into 2020, radio listening as a whole was off 25.14% offers this supplement to The Interview. January-August (438,224,200 to 328,063,200). During the CA: How did this reimagining of same period, Country formats only experienced a 12.43% Entercom Country unfold, and was it in dip, 30,828,200-26,996,900 compared to all other formats, response to audience changes brought which cumulatively dropped 26.10% from 407,396,000 to on by the pandemic? 301,066,300. A high-level look at all-format totals in terrestrial, TR: No, it’s not at all related to the pandemic. HD and streaming cume numbers show 25.10%, 25.62% and We thought it was time for a really different Tim Roberts 31.29% declines, respectively, from January to August. Of note way of looking at the business and how it’s is an increase in cume for terrestrial (15.24%) and HD (8.35%) changing. People are consuming media differently and we wanted to (continued on page 5) adapt to what listeners want. This was all targeted to the listener. ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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The process was extremely collaborative, as well as complex, if you have the adaptability, there is opportunity. and involved a lot of people from the tech side to programming. Despite tough decisions and a lot of change, it sounds We pulled in different brand managers and other people along the like you’re still bullish on Country radio and country music. way including, of course, the senior leadership team – President/ I’m extremely positive about this business. Our artists are Programming Pat Paxton and EVP/Programming Jeff Sottolano. creating great music fans are excited to hear. And that means What was the listener-focused vision you all came up with? there’s tons of opportunity. It’s really about upgrading talent on every level for a better Read more from Roberts in The Interview here. –Chuck Aly listener experience. Katie Neal in middays will have more artist interaction, offer more fun things to listen to and lots of snackable content for listeners, clients and country fans. It’s just a better way Chart Chat to deliver content and lets us do things we’ve never done before. Congratulations to Luke Combs, Shane For instance, today we have Luke Bryan on every one of our radio Allen, Lauren Thomas and the Columbia stations. That wasn’t possible before. promotion team on landing at No. 1 with Breaking it out, it looks like each station will have local “Lovin’ On You.” The song is the fourth single mornings and afternoons, with national middays and from Combs’ second studio album, What nights with Rob & Holly. Is two live-and-local and two You See Is What You Get. Songwriters are national airshifts the model? Thomas Archer, Ray Fulcher, James Each brand is evaluated differently. I don’t want to make a McNair and Combs. Luke Combs global statement on that. We know the drive time experience is And kudos to Matthew Hargis and very important and understand the value of being live and local in the BMLGR crew on notching 88 adds for Florida Georgia mornings. Afternoon shows will vary by market based on its own Line’s “Long Live,” landing atop this week’s board for a second needs. In a lot of cases that will be local, and in some there will consecutive week. be other great talents hosting from elsewhere. This isn’t meant to be one-size-fits-all, and we’ve kept the local brands in mind with local music, content and imaging across the platform. The way News & Notes we approached this with our team, it was really important to pay Sonia Leigh’s “Jack Is Back” won the Country category of the attention to the needs of the market. Country music in Houston is 2020 Unsigned Only Music Competition, while Buck Twenty different than New York. took home second place for “All I Can Do.” Eight country artists Your team is built around three regions, with a VP and received honorable mentions; full list here. a manager – can you lay out which stations are in each? John Berry and wife Robin’s new podcast, Faith, Family & Not sure I want to get that granular. As for the team, these are Friends, will debut Friday (9/18) here. people with a good understanding of the format, how to execute ... and it’s really an expansion of resources in bringing these centers The Week’s Top Stories of excellence to our individual brands The best people are getting Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. expanded roles and, in some cases, being promoted to handle more • The 2020 Fantasy Label Draft kicked off and the September print responsibility because they’re very good at what they do. There’s a issue was previewed in last week’s (9/8) Country Aircheck Weekly. lot of opportunity for strong, talented people in this company. And, I • Country Aircheck checked in with radio affected by the West have to say, a positive opportunity for a lot of air talent, as well. Coast wildfires. (CAT 9/11) Still a difficult task when it comes to people departing, • Entercom restructured its Country format, resulting in though... layoffs. (CAT 9/10) I have to defer on questions about personnel, but I will say that • WKLB/Boston’s Dawn Santolucito was elevated to APD/ as this business changes, radio means different things. There is Marketing Dir., and Jim Clerkin added MD duties. (CAT 9/9) more opportunity than before, just a different kind. The digital • Sun Broadcast Group Pres./Founder Jason Bailey is division at Radio.com didn’t exist at one time. Podcasting is another departing; Warren Friedland is taking on Pres. role. (CAT 9/8) platform where strong personalities can be recognized and • Chronicle: Bill Pursell, Dave Holmes. monetized. Every time we turn around there’s something new and, ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

120 September 14, 2020 Page 5 120 105 Urban Formats AC Formats 105 Urban Formats Select Aggregate Format News/TAC Formatsalk/Sports Formats 100 92 93 Cume88 Comparisons (in millions) RNews/Tock Formatsalk/Sports Formats 100 92 93 87 News/Talk/Sports Formats 87 88 TRopock 40 Formats News/Talk/Sports Formats 75 Top 40 80 Urban Formats 75 Rock Formats 80 66 ClassicUrban FormatsFormats 62 63 Rock Formats 66 59 59 60 58 CountryClassic Formats Formats 63 56 56 62 56 5560 58 52 59 59 52 RhythmCountry Formats 60 50 49 Rhythm Formats 47 45 56 55 4456 56 5247 46 43 43 43 46 5247 Rhythm Formats 60 45 43 50 45 49 46 Rhythm Formats 47 45 43 42 44 38 41 43 43 47 43 43 40 43 46 47 46 45 43 38 45 39 46 43 42 36 41 43 43 37 35 38 40 40 33 34 33 34 38 39 29 31 30 Classic Formats 32 31 36 37 35 29 25 26 29 29 28 40 33 34 33 34 29 31 30 Classic Formats 32 31 25 26 27 27 29 31 31 25 26 2729 29 28 27 28 23 2426 26 27 2627 26 25 31 31 25 27 Top 40 24 23 24 21 23 27 20 2128 23 24 26 26 26 25 19 19 19 Top 40 24 23 24 21 23 20 21 16 14 19 19 19 16 14 AC Formats 0 AC Formats 0 19-Nov 19-Dec 19-Hol 20-Jan 20-Feb 20-Mar 20-Apr 20-May 20-Jun 20-Jul 20-Aug 19-Nov 19-Dec 19-Hol 20-Jan 20-Feb 20-Mar 20-Apr 20-May 20-Jun 20-Jul 20-Aug Country Formats Country Rides Out The Cume Storm has maintained the greatest consistency in audience levels and has Country Formats (continued from page 1) shown the highest amount of audience retention. All aggregate terrestrial formats began to show a rebound in from May to August, while streaming cume continued to fall (down cume from May to August, and while Country showed the smallest 13.37%) in the same window. percentage of growth (up 10.19%) during that time frame, the Aggregated Format Deep Dive: Drilling down on terrestrial cume statistics, the 57 format has also experienced the least impact on cume – a total of Aggregated Format Nielsen-reported formats have been aggregated into 11 broad 14.21% loss to date – during the pandemic, measured Feb.-Aug. formats: AC, Classics, Country, News/Talk/Sports, Religious, Meanwhile, Country’s most frequent audience share competitors, Rhythm, Rock, Spanish Language, Top 40, Urban and Misc. AC and Top 40, have been among the hardest hit during Looking at those aggregated formats on a terrestrial-only basis, coronavirus, as aggregate AC formats experienced a 41.51% loss Country – an amalgamation of stations reported as Country, – the highest among all aggregate formats – and Top 40 placed New Country or Classic Country by Nielsen – ranks last in cume third with a 30.91% drop. Classic formats, including Classic Hits, loss from Nov. ’19-Aug. ’20 (down 19.76%), Jan.-Aug. (dipping Oldies and ‘80s, were second-most impacted with 37.42% erosion 12.38%) and March-Aug. (dropping 5.35%). As a format, Country in cume during COVID-19. AC (43.79%), Classic (41.20%) and

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Top 40 (35.03%) have also experienced the biggest decreases in All-Format vs. Country terrestrial cume since November. Cume Comparison Among Country’s competitors, Spanish (16.53%), Urban (in millions) (17.33%), Religious (17.49%), Rock (17.91%), News-Talk (18.82%) and Rhythmic (19.81%) each experienced more leveled cume decreases from Feb.-Aug., with Rock claiming the biggest cume increase from May-Aug. with a 19.66% gain. Surf’s Up: All-format terrestrial cume reached its lowest point in April with a total of 266,190,800 but has since rebounded 15.47% to 323,167,200 in August. While no format has hit its pre-pandemic cume levels, audience has been on the rise since totals bottomed out in April and Cume May, during which Country hit lows Comparison of 20,918,500 and 24,297,900, respectively. In a year of rapid change, By Format Country radio continues to outperform (by percentage) radio as a whole, maintaining the steadiest audience levels among all formats during the most volatile months. As reported via the most recent PPM Scoreboard, aggregated Country shares for Feb. through Aug. were 349.7, 355.6, 369.1, 381.8, 387.0, 382.0 and 366.6, showing incremental growth in share throughout the pandemic, as well. Direct questions, concerns or thoughts about Country’s relative strength in the audio entertainment marketplace here. –Monta Vaden

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[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Creative & Imaging 425-999-6127 901-481-2669 [email protected] ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] September 14, 2020 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

LUKE COMBS ✔ 2 1 Lovin’ On You (River House/Columbia) 27112 2328 8519 730 49.922 3.805 155 0

3 2 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 23939 2271 7556 737 44.055 4.653 156 0

4 3 KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA) 22805 1167 7129 366 40.907 1.758 156 0

6 4 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) ✔ 21132 2346 6674 714 38.84 4.988 156 0

10 5 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔ 18669 2513 5863 803 32.928 4.175 156 0

5 6 KEITH URBAN/God Whispered Your Name (Capitol) 17550 -1268 5419 -395 33.158 -3.13 156 0

8 7 TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 17506 952 5528 288 33.644 2.333 156 0

1 8 T. RHETT f/McENTIRE, SCOTT, URBAN & TOMLIN/Be A Light (Valory) 14831 -10396 4906 -3245 28.514 -17.358 155 0

11 9 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 14796 796 4627 222 27.885 1.799 156 0

12 10 CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow) 14303 698 4337 210 24.696 0.864 153 0

13 11 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 14104 1174 4461 407 23.752 1.883 152 0

14 12 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 13943 1242 4404 442 24.801 1.741 156 0

16 13 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 12865 786 4002 326 21.42 0.744 152 1

18 14 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) ✔ 12438 2348 3896 753 23.191 5.128 154 3

19 15 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 11962 1954 3725 709 22.095 3.183 151 1

17 16 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 11526 1328 3754 517 20.85 2.908 154 0 -- 22 17 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 10205 749 3186 181 16.563 1.538 144 5

20 18 KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 10069 172 3178 73 17.325 0.387 153 0

21 19 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 9937 457 3112 178 17.537 1.378 153 1

24 20 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 9908 1413 3026 448 17.379 2.158 151 1

7 21 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WMN) 9476 -7236 2930 -2379 19.325 -9.502 154 0

25 22 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 8579 451 2635 134 13.813 0.923 154 0

9 23 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/I Love My Country (BMLGR) ✔ 7854 -8599 2788 -2834 14.096 -12.644 156 0

23 24 BRAD PAISLEY/No I In Beer (Arista) 6992 -1521 2296 -486 11.167 -2.48 153 0

27 25 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 6843 952 2046 322 10.041 1.445 149 1 ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

Chart Page 1 September 14, 2020

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

28 26 ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville) 6358 565 2084 182 8.463 0.811 145 1

26 27 MIDLAND/Cheatin' Songs (Big Machine) 5950 -1131 1855 -303 9.352 -1.877 148 1

30 28 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 5731 675 1759 247 7.695 0.724 124 7

29 29 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 5610 445 1661 119 8.384 0.818 150 4

32 30 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 5494 882 1714 344 8.731 1.097 140 9

39 31 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 5441 1989 1695 678 9.727 3.394 122 20

33 32 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 5062 582 1612 235 6.994 0.923 143 5

31 33 LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury) 5042 340 1718 94 5.256 0.56 134 0

Debut 34 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 5040 5040 1491 1491 10.497 10.497 88 88

34 35 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 4659 335 1491 60 5.755 0.749 137 2

36 36 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 4082 366 1355 114 5.35 0.479 120 5

35 37 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 4050 212 1300 83 4.546 0.066 120 5

37 38 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 4002 320 1276 111 5.733 0.674 129 10

38 39 BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 3610 85 1090 44 5.346 0.606 109 3

40 40 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 3427 433 1044 165 4.226 0.345 107 8

41 41 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 3062 199 996 72 3.259 0.512 106 3

48 42 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 2994 862 880 237 4.845 1.291 62 18

GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 2886 164 976 71 3.222 0.061 99 7

BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 2851 135 879 37 5.563 0.455 93 1

44 45 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 2759 66 871 51 2.809 -0.056 99 0

45 46 PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 2663 37 956 47 2.953 -0.066 89 4

46 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 2578 -9 829 -6 2.997 -0.126 103 1

47 48 J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 2397 121 825 50 2.105 0.131 94 0

49 49 ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who... (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 2128 72 783 47 2.17 -0.027 73 3

50 50 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 2098 186 612 66 2.796 0.195 64 3

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Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 88 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 1219 ✔ CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR) 26 B. SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 1023 ✔ CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 20 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 970 ✔ MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 18 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 935 ✔ LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 15 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 844 ✔ GARY ALLAN/Waste Of A Whiskey Drink (EMI Nashville) 14 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 830 ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) 14 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 815 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 732 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 9 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 675 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 8 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 626 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 5040 ✔ CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 257 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 2513 ✔ LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 235 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 2348 ✔ FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 188 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 2346 ✔ RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 174 LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia) 2328 ✔ B. SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 170 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 2271 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 161 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 1989 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 147 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 1954 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 141 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 1413 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 119 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 1328 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 109 Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 1491 MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury) 16850 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 803 LUKE BRYAN/One Margarita (Capitol) 15672 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 753 MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 13198 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 737 SAM HUNT/Hard To Forget (MCA) 12076 LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia) 730 GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 12041 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 714 CHRIS JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR) 11632 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 709 B. SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN) 11559 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 678 JUSTIN MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory) 10629 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 517 MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 8163 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 448 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Bluebird (RCA) 8028

Chart Page 3 September 14, 2020 A D D D AT E S COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) September 21 Moves 44-45* HIGH VALLEY/Grew Up On That (Warner/WEA) 2,759 points, 871 spins; no adds MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) CAYLEE HAMMACK/Just Friends (Capitol) Moves 45-46* 2,663 points, 956 spins 4 adds: WBWL, WGAR, WIL, WKSJ September 28 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) Moves 46-47 2,578 points, 829 spins 1 add: *KHKI October 5 REBEL HEARTS/Good To Go (RHR) J. ALLEN & N. CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud) Moves 47-48* INGRID ANDRESS/Lady Like (WMN/WEA) 2,397 points, 825 spins; no adds

ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who Loves You The Most (Home Send yours to [email protected] Grown Music/19th & Grand) Remains at 49* 2,128 points, 783 spins 3 adds: *KHKI, *KUBL, WRNS

COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) Remains at 50* 2,098 points, 612 spins CHECK OUT 9/18 3 adds: KHGE, *KHKI, WBUL Keith Urban The Speed Of Now Part 1 (Capitol) LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) The 16-track project includes a collaboration with 2,083 points, 648 spins Breland and guitarist Nile Rodgers on opening 15 adds including: *KATC, *KATM, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, track “Out The Cage,” a duet with P!nk on “One *KRST, *WCTO, *WDRQ, *WFMS, *WGKX Too Many” and an alternate version of “We Were” featuring the song’s co-writer, Eric Church. JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 1,973 points, 582 spins; no adds Luke Laird Music Row (Creative Nation Records) Despite Laird’s 24 No. 1 country singles and ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) multiple Grammy, ACM and CMA awards, Music 1,820 points, 530 spins Row marks the release of his first-ever record. He 14 adds including: *KATC, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, *KPLX, penned all of the songs included, except “Branch *KRST, *WCTO, *WFMS, *WGKX, *WIVK On The Tree,” which he co-wrote alongside Lori McKenna and Barry Dean.

Chart Page 4 September 14, 2020 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS

1 LUKE COMBS 12103 185 2375 45 47 0 1 Lovin’ On You (River House/Columbia) 2nd Week at No. 1

3 2 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) ✔ 11009 935 2124 235 47 0 4 3 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 9906 472 1921 100 48 0 2 4 T. RHETT f/McENTIRE, SCOTT, URBAN & TOMLIN/Be A Light (Valory) 9748 -2139 1907 -405 46 0 5 5 KANE BROWN/Cool Again (RCA) 9044 -59 1755 -2 45 0 7 6 TIM MCGRAW/I Called Mama (Big Machine) 8642 426 1611 71 46 0 9 7 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) ✔ 8511 844 1607 147 47 0 12 8 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) ✔ 7925 1023 1446 170 48 0 14 9 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 7276 675 1403 141 48 1 13 10 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 6957 208 1329 35 44 0 11 11 KEITH URBAN/God Whispered Your Name (Capitol) 6901 -116 1373 -21 45 0 15 12 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 6785 469 1218 74 47 0 8 13 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WMN) 6609 -1399 1248 -313 46 0 16 14 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 6264 -7 1202 5 47 0 17 15 CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow) 5503 317 1047 63 42 0 6 16 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/I Love My Country (BMLGR) ✔ 5422 -3260 998 -722 42 0 22 17 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 5363 815 1003 161 49 4 20 18 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 5358 552 991 82 47 1 21 19 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 5280 732 975 119 48 3 18 20 KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 5222 142 1002 39 45 2 25 21 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 4543 830 845 174 46 4 23 22 ERIC CHURCH/Stick That In Your Country Song (EMI Nashville) 4526 321 793 54 47 2 19 23 BRAD PAISLEY/No I In Beer (Arista) 4234 -701 817 -139 44 0 24 24 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 4122 37 815 3 46 1 29 25 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) ✔ 3397 1219 621 257 39 11 27 26 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 3372 473 594 80 48 2 26 27 MIDLAND/Cheatin' Songs (Big Machine) 2840 -223 510 -32 42 0 28 28 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 2834 201 599 38 43 1 32 29 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 2099 133 408 46 42 0 31 30 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 1924 -55 382 -11 41 1

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 30 31 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 1877 -139 333 -4 32 1 37 32 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 1783 442 378 100 38 6 33 33 LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury) 1702 63 363 12 35 0 35 34 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 1608 44 275 18 34 1 34 35 BRETT ELDREDGE/Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 1553 -46 283 -5 36 0 39 36 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 1399 217 230 60 21 8 36 37 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 1344 -176 195 -28 15 0 38 38 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 1275 36 255 28 35 4 40 39 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 1086 138 211 30 32 6 42 40 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 1033 211 225 40 36 3 Debut 41 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 1031 970 201 188 26 13 Debut 42 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 1015 626 193 109 16 5 41 43 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 981 155 212 37 37 2 50 44 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 810 212 173 39 34 1 43 45 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 810 1 170 7 24 1 45 46 OLD DOMINION/My Heart Is A Bar (RCA) 720 -10 72 -1 1 0 44 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 704 -47 104 -7 14 2 49 48 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 689 26 153 15 20 3 46 49 JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 651 -24 102 -2 9 0 47 50 ZAC BROWN BAND/The Man Who Loves You The Most (Home Grown/19th & Grand) 633 -36 132 -3 14 1 48 51 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 616 -52 79 -8 8 1 51 52 RANDALL KING/Hey Cowgirl (Warner/WEA) 600 12 115 2 11 0 52 53 KYLIE FREY/Spur Of The Moment (Deep Frey'd) 530 -5 101 -2 9 0 55 54 DANIELLE BRADBERY/Never Have I Ever (Big Machine/BMLGR) 515 42 63 5 4 0 59 55 BRELAND/My Truck (Atlantic) 470 60 47 6 1 0 Debut 56 LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud) 462 75 58 8 11 0 56 57 CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) 445 10 112 3 20 0 53 58 TIFFANY WOYS/Loved By You (Tiffany Woys) 443 -78 78 -18 7 0 58 59 CAM/Till There's Nothing Left (RCA/Triple Tigers) 430 10 43 1 1 0 60 60 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 418 10 78 3 6 0 ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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