Country Update
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Stapleton, Wallen Country By The Glass: The Genre’s Songwriters Reign Page 4 Grapple With Alcohol’s Abundance
Bluegrass Turns 75 Country fans might not see all the world through “Whis- so long. Ironically, drinking is one of them.” Page 10 key Glasses,” but they’re definitely hearing it through Getting drunk is such a stereotypical activity in the genre that alcoholic earbuds. it was listed among the elements of the “perfect country and The 2019 Morgan Wallen hit “Whiskey Glasses” brought western song” in David Allan Coe’s “You Never Even Called Me songwriter Ben Burgess the BMI country song of the year title by My Name,” but alcohol has not always been prominent. When Rhett, Underwood on Nov. 9, and the Country Airplay chart dated Nov. 24 reveals Randy Travis reenergized traditional country in the mid-1980s Make Xmas Special a format that remains whiskey bent, if not hellbound. Seven of while mostly avoiding adult beverages as a topic, the thirst for Page 11 the songs on that list liquor dwindled. The — including HAR- trend turned around DY’s “One Beer” so strongly that three (No. 5), Lady A’s hits in the late-1990s FGL’s Next Album Is “Champagne Night” — Collin Raye’s ‘Wrapped’ (No. 12) and Kelsea “Little Rock,” Dia- Page 11 Ballerini’s “Hole in mond Rio’s “You’re the Bottle” (No. 14) Gone” and Kenny — posit an alcohol Chesney’s “That’s Makin’ Tracks: reference boldly in Why I’m Here” — took ‘Hung Up’ On the title. on 12-step recovery Cartwright Single But the liquor themes. Page 15 flows in more sub- Drinking became tle ways, too. Thir- prominent again YOUNG PEARCE RAMSEY teen of the top 20 in the mid-2000s, songs reference beer, thanks in great part to Country Coda: whiskey, wine, bars or drinking in the verses, as do 25 of the a string of Toby Keith titles, such as “Whiskey Girl,” “I Love Oslin’s ‘Monday’ top 40 singles. This Bar” and “Beer for My Horses.” By the time of the “bro- Appointment Does country have an alcohol problem? It has definitely cre- country” era around 2013, Music Row uncorked a round of Page 18 ated a problem for songwriters committed to staying fresh. songs about small-town field parties, and the genre has kept “It is getting harder to write those songs, and I think it should its buzz going ever since. be,” suggests Burgess. “You can wear something out, and you “Even 10 years ago,” says songwriter Josh Osborne (“San-
know, there’s certain lifestyles you can only keep up with for gria,” “Drinkin’ Problem”), “when you would sneak alcohol BROTHERS. RIKER YOUNG: SHEARER. JOHN PEARCE: BLASK. GUERIN RAMSEY: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 18 into a song, it felt a little more risky or a little more taboo or whatever. But people have a love/hate relationship with [booze], and I think that makes it interesting.” Still, keeping it interesting is more challenging than ever. Certain phrases — “Take a sip,” “Jack Daniel’s,” “Fill your cup up” — are pretty much cliché. That doesn’t mean a songwriter can’t use them, but the context is significant. “There are clichés that come up in songwriting for country music a lot, and I think people like hearing [some of them], too,” says songwriter Jesse Frasure (“Sun Daze,” “Whiskey and Rain”). “We’re just trying to find fresh ways to do it. I worry more about putting trucks in songs than I do alcohol. At least there’s a lot of different ways we can spin the alcohol thing, but man, we Shania Twain (right) discussed her Kelsea Ballerini collaboration, “Hole run out of Silverado and F150 references pretty quickly.” in the Bottle,” with Kelleigh Bannen (left) on Bannen’s Apple Music The artist’s context plays a role in just how much alcohol writers can pour Country show. into a song. Brett Young, who set “Catch” in a bar, is willing to use adult beverages to establish the scene. But he avoids characters that overindulge. “I’m always reminding people, ‘Hey, my brand is PG-13,’ ” he says. “So you can talk about drinking, but we’re not going to talk about getting wasted.” Thanks to cultural double standards, women have to know their limits, too. It’s one of the reasons that men flourished when heavy drinking became prominent in the bro-country era and women did not. “As a listener, I don’t really want to hear it from a woman, but somehow it’s kind of acceptable for a guy,” says “Hide the Wine” singer Carly Pearce. “Stupid, and stupid that I would even feel that way. But I think as women, we want to hold ourselves to [having] some sort of class.” Country may have also overserved beer and wine to its listeners thanks to Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman (left) shared a laugh with NBC a pair of clubs, Winners and Losers Bar & Grill, at the edge of Music Row in host Hoda Kotb during a Nov. 16 appearance on Today in support of her Nashville. Plenty of songwriters have spent time at the bar before a late-night children’s book A Dolly for Christmas. writing session or in an afternoon break from writing, and when they get back into the room, ideas from those rounds of drinking have found their way into such modern successes as Maren Morris’ “I Could Use a Love Song” and Cole Swindell’s “Break Up in the End.” “It truly is the watering hole, and I think one of the heart and souls of this town,” says Burgess of Winners and Losers, noting that COVID-19 has re- duced trips to the bar in 2020. “I’m really not wanting it to go away. As much as the hangovers started hurting a little more, the older I get, I really want to see live music in these bars. Come back, man, as quickly as possible.” Ultimately, the current flood of alcohol references is cyclical. But since songs usually take 18-36 months to hit the radio after they’re written, it’s tough for writers to predict what alcoholic terms will be in vogue by the time a tune reaches programmers’ earbuds. Thus, writers do their best not to get swayed too much by current playlists and simply write the song at hand on a particular day. Big Loud recording artist Ashland Craft joined several female media “The idea is the idea, and if you get an idea that pertains to alcohol, you write figures to celebrate the Nov. 20 release of her single “Two Wildflowers it the best way you can,” says Old Dominion’s Matthew Ramsey. “No matter and a Box of Wine.” Clockwise from upper left: Sweet Talk PR owner what subject that we are writing, we’re trying to avoid the cliché — or exploit the Jensen Sussman, Craft, Make Wake Artists day-to-day manager Sophia cliché — as much as we can. It’s no different with alcohol than with a breakup Sansone, Pandora artist marketing and industry relations manager Alina song or a love song. It just happens to be a tangible and popular subject.” Thompson and People contract writer Nancy Kruh.
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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Stapleton’s Starting Over Starts At No. 1 On Top Country Albums; Wallen Adds Fourth Country Airplay Leader
Chris Stapleton’s fourth full-length, Starting Over (Mercury Nashville/ to 33 million impressions. The song, which Wallen wrote with HARDY, Er- Universal Music Group Nashville), soars in as his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s nest K. Smith and Ryan Vojtesak, is the lead single from Wallen’s 30-song Top Country Albums chart (dated Nov. 28). sophomore LP, Dangerous: The Double Album, due Jan. 8, 2021. In its first week (ending Nov. 19), the set earned 103,000 equivalent album “Thank you, country radio, my incredible fans and my relentless team for units, with 75,000 in album sales. It arrives at No. 3 on the all-genre Bill- making this our fourth consecutive No. 1,” says Wallen. “Also, thank you board 200, awarding him his to my co-writers for collaborat- fourth top 10. It also begins as ing with me on this song and his fourth leader on Americana/ for just being some damn good Folk Albums. friends. Happy Thanksgiving, Stapleton co-wrote 11 of the everybody.” 14 songs on the Dave Cobb- The 26-week trip that produced Starting Over, which “Hometown” took to the list’s arrived Nov. 13. The set follows penthouse was Wallen’s fastest Stapleton’s first three Top Country ride to No. 1. “Chasin’ You” Albums No. 1s. Traveller launched reached the top in its 42nd week at No. 2 on May 23, 2015, and this May; “Whiskey Glasses,” hit the peak that Nov. 21 with which ruled for three weeks in 177,000 units (153,000 in album June 2019, ambled to the apex sales). From A Room: Volume 1 in 40 weeks; and “Up Down,” blasted in atop the May 27, 2017, featuring Florida Georgia Line, list with 219,000 units (202,000 dominated in June 2018 in its in album sales), followed by From 32nd frame. (Wallen debuted A Room: Volume 2 opening at No. 1 on the chart with “The Way I STAPLETON WALLEN on the Dec. 23, 2017, chart with Talk,” which rose to No. 30 in 125,000 units (116,000 in album May 2017.) sales). The releases ruled the chart for 29, eight and four weeks, respectively. On Hot Country Songs, “Hometown” holds at its No. 2 high, also with Starting Over’s title-track first single climbs 11-7, hitting a new high on 10.5 million streams and 6,000 sold. the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart. It drew Meanwhile, Wallen’s “7 Summers” (also set to appear on Dangerous: The 9.7 million U.S. streams (up 55%) in the week ending Nov. 19 and flies 16-3 Double Album), ranks at No. 25 on Country Airplay (6.4 million, down 5%), a on Country Streaming Songs, becoming Stapleton’s fifth top 10. On Country week after reaching its No. 24 best. It lifts 15-14 on Hot Country Songs, also Airplay, the song bullets at No. 17 with 12.3 million in audience. buoyed by 7.4 million streams and 3,000 sold. On the Aug. 29 chart, the track became just the fifth No. 1 debut since Hot Country Songs originated as an ‘HOMETOWN’ NEWS Morgan Wallen earns his fourth Country Airplay No. 1 all-encompassing genre survey in 1958, as well as Wallen’s second leader on
(all in a row) as “More Than My Hometown” (Big Loud) ascends 2-1, up 11% the list, after “Whiskey Glasses” ruled for two weeks in May and June 2019. CMA FOR IMAGES KEMPIN/GETTY JASON WALLEN: ACM, FOR IMAGES KEMPIN/ACMA2019/GETTY JASON STAPLETON:
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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 2 26 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud HH No. 1 (1 week)/ Most Increased Audience HH Morgan Wallen 32.992 +3.240 7714 710 1 2 1 38 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 31.576 -1.660 6910 -602 2 l3 5 42 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 29.406 +1.750 6788 297 4 l4 4 18 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 28.775 +0.891 6799 355 3 l5 6 52 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 28.332 +1.704 6592 321 5 6 3 33 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 27.540 -1.596 6036 -263 6 l7 7 46 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 24.915 +1.116 5758 155 7 l8 9 36 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 21.711 +0.888 5145 129 8 9 8 24 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 21.428 -1.973 4586 -310 10 l10 10 17 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 19.729 +0.491 4902 267 9 l11 11 19 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 18.446 +0.638 4240 95 12 l12 12 31 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 17.709 +0.711 4259 162 11 l13 13 8 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 16.580 +1.508 3822 365 14 l14 14 25 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 14.302 +0.377 3959 128 13 l15 15 16 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 14.043 +0.481 3600 43 16 l16 17 32 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 13.506 +1.379 3641 231 15 l17 16 13 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton 12.276 -0.007 3308 93 17 l18 19 23 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 11.089 +0.479 3 113 131 18 l19 20 40 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 10.766 +0.401 3065 67 19 l20 21 11 LONG LIVE BMLG HH Airpower HH Florida Georgia Line 10.585 +0.488 2873 112 20 l21 22 6 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 9.710 +1.046 2372 302 22 22 18 2 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory HH Most Added HH Thomas Rhett 7.423 -4.254 1728 -351 28 23 23 41 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 6.759 -0.135 2403 -28 21 l24 26 27 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 6.544 +1.021 2007 189 25 25 24 14 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 6.417 -0.372 1705 -82 29 l26 25 25 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 6.143 -0.114 2248 72 23 l27 27 24 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 5.559 +0.387 2001 62 26 l28 29 31 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 5.340 +0.384 2027 124 24 l29 28 27 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 5.152 +0.174 1953 8 27 l30 30 30 LADY BMLG Brett Young 5.041 +0.409 1446 122 32
COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND
RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by Nielsen detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Music. Audience totals on a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER the chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on Nielsen Music’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to Nielsen Music) previous week. A song audience or detections are for stations that do not report © 2020 Prometheus Global Media, will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. LLC if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 18
AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 32 7 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 4.520 +0.175 1354 72 34 l32 33 9 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 4.415 +0.337 1585 95 30 l33 34 5 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 4.188 +0.198 1387 123 33 l34 35 34 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 3.570 +0.061 1552 103 31 l35 36 9 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 3.545 +0.390 955 48 39 l36 37 17 BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift 3.039 -0.001 1205 50 36 l37 39 23 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 2.804 +0.076 1209 -3 35 38 38 27 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 2.791 -0.077 889 -81 40 39 31 3 HELL OF A VIEW BigEC/EMI Nashville Eric Church 2.737 -1.721 853 -145 42 l40 53 3 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 2.539 +1.386 649 226 49 l41 40 18 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 2.419 +0.072 1022 53 38 l42 44 4 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 2.342 +0.291 627 35 52 l43 41 9 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 2.273 -0.025 694 26 45 l44 45 9 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 2.171 +0.139 851 63 43 45 42 5 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory Justin Moore 2.114 -0.107 687 8 46 46 43 11 DEAR RODEO CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson & Reba McEntire 2.022 -0.126 417 -13 60 l47 46 21 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.957 -0.017 1029 -24 37 l48 48 12 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 1.903 +0.307 654 65 48 l49 47 21 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 1.797 +0.047 645 6 50 l50 52 3 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice 1.669 +0.509 516 124 53 l51 55 2 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 1.571 +0.682 483 160 56 l52 50 14 WHAT DO I KNOW Arista Nashville Robert Counts 1.529 +0.025 7 11 52 44 53 49 30 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.420 -0.107 865 -7 41 54 51 7 MY BOY Wheelhouse Elvie Shane 1.208 -0.053 636 42 51 55 54 10 WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 0.972 -0.050 402 -32 - l56 56 10 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse LOCASH 0.970 +0.082 508 97 54 l57 59 16 ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.898 +0.068 663 -64 47 l58 58 5 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 0.893 +0.031 418 16 59 59 57 6 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS BMLG Riley Green 0.785 -0.088 328 -14 - l60 RE-ENTRY WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 0.740 +0.211 298 14 -
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In its ninth week on Country Airplay, MIRANDA the Lambert co-write pushes 36-35 LAMBERT for a new high. It increased by 12% Settling Down to 3.5 million audience impressions in the tracking week. FREY
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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory Thomas Rhett 18 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse LOCASH 17 A SONG TO REMEMBER Low Country Sound/Elektra/WEA A Thousand Horses 0.737 46 1 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 16 SHALLOW Pearl Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 0.717 26 4 HELL OF A VIEW BigEC/EMI Nasvhille Eric Church 15 HEAVEN ON DIRT Monument Teddy Robb 0.684 44 1 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 14 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 9 BROKEN UP Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.635 52 0 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice 7 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young & Kane Brown 0.574 1 1 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 5 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Feat. Luke Combs 0.398 0 0 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 5 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 4 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 20.326 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 17.097 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +3.240 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson +1.750 3 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 16.840 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane +1.704 4 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 15.273 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.508 5 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 11.919 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1.386 6 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Nashville Maddie & Tae 11.085 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon +1.379 7 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 10.742 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum +1.116 8 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 10.586 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +1.046 9 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 10.331 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown +1.021 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +0.891 10 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 9.695 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +710 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +365 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +355 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane +321 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +302 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson +297 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +267 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon +231 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +226 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown +189 DONAHEW BARRETT ROBBYKLEIN TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 22, 2020
THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 12 BAD GUY (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Casey Donahew 1924 161 l11 13 14 ANOTHER TOWN (Independent) Jon Stork 1343 185 l2 5 20 GRAVITY & YOU (Jake Bush Music) Jake Bush 1814 255 l12 16 12 DEAR RODEO (COJO/Warners Nashille) Cody Johnson 1221 111 l3 4 11 HEART TO STEAL TONIGHT (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1792 201 l13 15 17 TOO MANY LOVE SONGS (Independent) Kaitlyn Kohler 116 0 32 l4 6 13 WANT TO WITH YOU (Independent) Jamie Richards 1638 99 l14 17 15 MISSIN’ YOU, MISSISSIPPI (Independent) Dustin Sonnier 114 3 107 l5 7 9 I DO THING (Independent) Kylie Frey 1601 132 15 1 26 WHEN SHE’S DRINKIN’ (Independent) George Navarro 110 3 -925 6 3 23 LONESOME, ON’RY AND MEAN (S.O.T.) Jody Booth and Tracy Byrd 1587 - 11 l16 21 15 RHYTHM OF YOU (Independent) Holly Tucker 1055 226 l7 8 22 THE LUCKIEST (Independent) Josh Abbott Band 1526 110 17 10 24 I’D LOOK GOOD ON YOU (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. 971 -247 l8 9 7 DRINKING MONEY (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1417 151 18 11 31 LIKE A COWBOY (Independent) Parker McCollum 953 -252 l9 12 8 STILL A LITTLE COUNTRY LEFT (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1373 212 l19 26 2 CALLIN’ ALL HEARTS (Independent) Terry McBride 938 177 l10 14 8 FOOL’S LOVE AFFAIR (117 Music) Randy Travis 1351 216 l20 18 19 SHE’S MY WHISKEY (Independent) Mark Winston Kirk 926 52
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personality Michelle Rodriguez will join the station’s morning team on Nov. 30 after seven years in middays, RadioInsight.com reported … Lady A is hosting the Fisher House Foundation’s annual Christmas show, The Gift, during the holiday season, mixing country with insight about the foundation’s support of military personnel and their families. To air the special, contact McCoy & Associates owner Sharla McCoy here. ’ROUND THE ROW Months after signing with Concord, songwriter Hillary Lindsey (“One Beer,” “Blue Ain’t Your Color”) is building out a co-venture, Hang Your Hat, hiring Jake Gear as GM/executive vp. He was previously BMG senior creative director. Hang Your Hat’s first staff writer is guitarist Chris LaCorte (Sam Hunt, Russell Dickerson) … Sony/ATV promoted Nashville-based Amy Cranford to senior The RIAA honored Florida Georgia Line in a Nov. 19 virtual celebration vp administration from vp … Sony/ATV Nashville acquired the catalog of as the first country act to have two diamond-certified singles, River House Artists, which includes rights to a number of Luke Combs hits. “Cruise” and “Meant To Be.” Clockwise from upper left: Big Machine The two firms also established a joint venture in which Sony/ATV provides Label Group president/CEO Scott Borchetta, Spotify head of global services to such River House staff writers as Ray Fulcher (“Even Though I’m programming for country music John Marks, RIAA executive vp public Leaving”), Drew Parker (“Homemade”) and Nicolette Hayford (“One Night policy and industry relations Michele Ballantyne and FGL member Standards”) … Thomas Rhett’s Home Team Publishing and Warner Chappell Brian Kelley. Nashville signed songwriter Parker Welling (“Yours,” “Blue Tacoma”) to a publishing co-venture … Fusion Touring added indie artist Kolt Barber to its HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLUEGRASS touring roster and launched a speaker series division, with Naomi Judd, Ty Few music forms can trace their roots as precisely as bluegrass, and the genre Herndon and comedian Cledus T. Judd among the 11 initial clients … Bluegrass officially will turn 75 on Dec. 8. To celebrate, the Grand Ole Opry plans a sibling duo Theo & Brenna tapped Deluge Music for management … The Dec. 5 edition that focuses on the idiom with appearances by Bluegrass Hall Academy of Country Music’s charity ACM Lifting Lives extended the terms of Fame members Ricky Skaggs and Del McCoury, plus International Blue- of its officers to a second year. The group includes chairman Paul Barnabee, grass Music Association entertainers of the year Sister Sadie. vice chairman Troy Vollhoffer, vp Lorie Lytle, treasurer Dwight Wiles and Bluegrass earned its name from Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys. The act’s secretary Taylor Wolf. Eighteen new members were added to the board, classic lineup coalesced with the addition of banjoist Earl Scruggs, who debuted including Rod Essig, CAA Nashville; Greg Hill, Hill Entertainment Group; with the band during a 1945 Opry performance at Nashville’s Ryman Audi- and Ebie McFarland, Essential Broadcast Media. Go here for the full list … BMG torium. The rest of the core Blue Grass Boys lineup featured guitarist Lester partnered with Southern Word to launch a Music Industry & Culture Fellowship Flatt, fiddler Chubby Wise and bassist Howard Watts. Flatt and Scruggs for Nashville-area college and high school students, offering 24 weeks of eventually broke away from Monroe to form their own eponymous group. training in the music business and community programs to five participants. Monroe had direct ties with both McCoury and Skaggs. McCoury played Apply here by Dec. 7… Nashville nonprofit HOPE-20 received a $1.5 million guitar with the Blue Grass Boys from 1963-64, while Skaggs earned a No. 1 grant through the Tennessee Community CARES program to assist with food- country single by covering Monroe’s “Uncle Pen” in 1984 and was something and housing-related expenses for music industry workers negatively impacted of a Monroe protégé. by COVID-19 economic issues. HOPE-20 enlisted several local venues — Sister Sadie includes guitarist Dale Ann Bradley, mandolinist Tina Adair, including the Bluebird Café, 3rd & Lindsley, Puckett’s and the EXIT/IN — to fiddler Deanie Richardson and banjoist Gena Britt. help distribute groceries … Mickey Guyton is among the nine artists who will help reveal the nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, beginning at RADIO & RECORDS® 11 a.m. CT on Nov. 24 in a livestream at Grammy.com … The Americana Music BBR Music Group promoted JoJamie Hahr to senior vp from vp marketing. Association launched an online auction of handwritten lyrics to raise money for Reach her here … Benny Brown’s new Quartz Hill label installed Karen Tallier the organization. Among the contributors are Radney Foster, Lori McKenna as director of streaming, digital marketing and brand strategy. For the last and Margo Price. Go here to bid … Backline, a mental health and wellness 17 years, she owned Loudmouth Entertainment. Reach Tallier here … Silverado group focused on the music business, has partnered for free meditation and is revamping its business model in conjunction with the label’s fifth anniversary, yoga subscriptions with Wanderlust and Meditation Studio by Muse for six to focusing on compilation albums instead of maintaining a traditional artist 12 months. Go here for details. roster … Bluegrass label Pinecastle signed Bobby & Teddi Cyrus to a recording contract, with an album expected in 2021 … Cox Media Group hired executive vp/CFO Joseph “J.P.” Hannan. He spent the last two years in a similar role with automotive marketing firm AutoWeb … Tea Gennaro started Nov. 23 as National Association of Broadcasters CFO. She previously held the same position for the national office of Associated Builders and Contractors in Washington, D.C. … CICF Vernon, British Columbia, adopted a country format on Nov. 19, The Vernon Daily Star reported, ending a run of nearly two decades of top 40 programming. Shannon Ella serves as midday host with Roo Phelps in afternoon drive. Syndicated host Bobby Bones occupies mornings and evenings, with the station planning to hire a morning host locally … Sun Broadcast Group has taken over syndication of Darren Wilhite and Tim Wall, according to RadioInk. com … Tige Rodgers and Daniel Baker are headed to KVOO Tulsa, Okla., where they join Amber Glaze in mornings, RadioInk.com reported. The duo was most recently on-air at WSIX Nashville … More names have surfaced as victims of the early-November iHeartMedia layoffs. Among the affected programmers and Chris Young held a virtual roundtable with syndicated radio in personalities, according to RadioInsight.com, are KASH Anchorage, Alaska, conjunction with the Nov. 20 release of a Kane Brown collaboration, PD/morning host Bill “Stu” Stewart; WCKT Fort Myers, Fla., PD/afternoon “Famous Friends.” Clockwise from upper left: Sony Music Nashville talent Mike Tyler; and iHeartMedia/Sacramento, Calif., senior vp programming vp national promotion Lauren Thomas, United Stations country editor Curtiss Johnson. Go here for a more detailed list … KSCS Dallas-Fort Worth Margy Holland, Young and Café Nashville host Jody Van-Alin. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 18
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
If any televised music special could survive a no-audience edict, it might well be Nov. 24 ABC’s CMA Country Christmas, now in its 11th year. With Thomas Rhett and • 2015 — Tracy Lawrence raises $63,000 Lauren Akins co-hosting, the 2020 edition takes on a cozy, at-home feel, which for the homeless with his 10th annual Mis- is highly appropriate for the holiday. Among the performances on the Nov. 30 sion: Possible Turkey Fry at the Nashville telecast are Kelsea Ballerini’s “Santa Baby,” Little Big Town’s “Christmas Rescue Mission. He puts on a concert at Time Is Here,” Lady A’s “Little Saint Nick” the event for the first time, featuring and Tim McGraw’s “It Wasn’t His Child.” Charlie Daniels, Lorrie Morgan, Darryl Also airing that week is NBC’s Christmas in Worley, Lee Greenwood and Halfway Rockefeller Center on Dec. 2, with appear- LAWRENCE To Hazard. ances by Dolly Parton, Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge and Kelly Clarkson. And HBO • 2005 — Shania Twain appears on NBC’s The Apprentice as Donald Max premieres My Gift: A Christmas Special Trump gives competing job candidates an assignment to market her From Carrie Underwood on Dec. 3. fragrance, Shania by Stetson.
Florida Georgia Line wrote its new Christ- Nov. 25
KATIE KAUSS KATIE mas song, “Lit This Year,” via Zoom in the • 2019 — RCA releases Miranda Lambert’s single “Bluebird” to radio. Akins (left) and Rhett will co- middle of the pandemic, and it’s appropriate host CMA Country Christmas. that when the duo discusses its next album, Nov. 26 the set gets a bit of a holiday description. • 1970 — Hank Williams Jr. rides the old woman’s shoe down Broad- “I’d say it’s wrapped up, got a bow on it and ready to be dropped,” notes FGL’s way in Manhattan during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Brian Kelley. The bulk of the project was completed around the middle of May. Meanwhile, Kelley and FGL partner Tyler Hubbard are teaming with Monarch Nov. 27 Media to develop a movie musical. No plot details or timeline are available. • 1980 — William Lee Golden of The Oak Ridge Boys stops trim- ming his beard. Combined with the long hair he has been growing Several of country’s pioneering acts have significant movie/video campaigns in since Christmas 1979, the facial hair helps create a new mountain the works. My Darling Vivian, a documentary about Johnny Cash’s first wife, man image. Vivian Liberto, is available through video on demand beginning Dec. 8 with contributions from the couple’s four daughters. The concert film Willie Nelson: Nov. 28 American Outlaw arrives in all audio and video formats on Dec. 11 with perfor- • 2017 — Chris Stapleton is the leading country nominee as finalists mances by Chris Stapleton, George Strait, Eric Church, Emmylou Harris are announced for the 60th annual Grammy Awards. He’s in the run- and Lee Ann Womack, among others. And the 1970 Elvis Presley concert ning for best country song, for “Broken Halos”; best country album, film Elvis: That’s The Way It Is gets screened at U.S. theaters Dec. 3-6 with live From A Room: Vol. 1; and best country solo performance, “Either Way.” performances by the King in his prime. • 1985 — Willie Nelson records “Living in the Promiseland” at the Pedernales Studio in Texas. Country owned some of the key moments in the 14th annual Stand Up for Heroes, a Nov. 18 benefit that went online this year with a mix of musicians, actors and Nov. 29 comedians raising money for veterans through the Bob Woodruff Foundation. • 2008 — Taylor Swift’s Fearless rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Coun- In addition to performances by Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteen, Brad try Albums chart. It spends a total of 35 weeks in that position over Paisley delivered “This Is Country Music” from the Grand Ole Opry House, the next 15 months. and Mickey Guyton chipped in a dramatic reading of “To Make You Feel My • 1987 — Dolly Parton and Mac Davis sing “White Christmas” on her Love.” Stream the event here. ABC variety show, Dolly! Burl Ives throws in a version of “A Holly Jolly Christmas.” Top Headlines from .com Nov. 30 Click on headlines below for more details • 1990 — Garth Brooks receives the first of many multiplatinum certi- fications from the RIAA as his album No Fences goes double-platinum.
Here Are All The Winners From The 2020 AMAs Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database
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SoundCloud Rolls Out Profile Verification: Here’s How To Earn A Check Mark Dolly Parton (right) chatted with PBS host Judy Woodruff about songwriting, face masks and Black Lives Matter during the Nov. 20 installment of PBS’ NewsHour. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 12 OF 18
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY
TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 1 1 82 I HOPE No. 1 (17 weeks) Gabby Barrett RC 1 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR HH HH 2 2 3 31 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Airplay Gainer Morgan Wallen 1 2 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) REPUBL IC/BIG LOUD 3 4 4 32 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Lee Brice 6 2 B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB ONE BEER 4 6 7 47 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 3 4 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BI G LOUD 5 5 6 35 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson 2 5 D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS PRETTY HEART 6 9 8 29 Parker McCollum 7 6 l JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE HH HH 7 11 16 13 STARTING OVER Streaming Gainer Chris Stapleton 17 7 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE HAPPY ANYWHERE 8 8 10 17 Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 4 8 l S.HENDRICKS (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,M.JENKINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN BETTER TOGETHER 9 10 9 24 Luke Combs 13 6 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 10 3 2 4 FOREVER AFTER ALL Luke Combs - 1 CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE BIG, BIG PLANS 11 13 14 38 Chris Lane 5 11 l J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED 12 12 13 17 Dan + Shay 10 7 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,S.M.DOUGLAS,J.G.EVIGAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 13 14 15 30 Jon Pardi 8 13 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 7 SUMMERS 14 15 17 14 Morgan Wallen 25 1 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD GOOD TIME 15 16 18 25 Niko Moon 16 15 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE HOLE IN THE BOTTLE 16 18 20 23 Kelsea Ballerini 14 16 l J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER CHAMPAGNE NIGHT 17 17 19 32 Lady A 12 17 l S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG HH HH 18 26 — 2 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Digital Gainer Thomas Rhett 22 18 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,P.WELLING) VALORY HAPPY DOES 19 19 21 18 Kenny Chesney 11 18 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA BEERS AND SUNSHINE 20 20 26 15 Darius Rucker 15 20 l R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE THE GOOD ONES 21 21 23 22 Gabby Barrett 27 21 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR LONG LIVE 22 23 24 11 Florida Georgia Line 20 22 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG 23 22 22 10 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 32 13 K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 24 NEW 1 YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE Hot Shot Debut Chris Stapleton - 24 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,A.GORLEY,C.DUBOIS) MERCURY NASHVILLE MOMMA’S HOUSE 25 25 28 26 Dustin Lynch 19 25 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW
COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM
#1 #1 1 1 WK CHRIS STAPLETON 1 29 WKS JOEY MOI 2 JOSH OSBORNE 2 ROSS COPPERMAN 3 RANDY MONTANA 3 DANN HUFF TIE 4 GABBY BARRETT 4 ZACH KALE TIE 4 ZACH KALE 5 DAVE COBB 6 JON NITE 6 CHRIS STAPLETON 7 ERNEST SMITH 7 JON RANDALL 8 HARDY 8 SCOTT HENDRICKS 9 LUKE COMBS 9 SCOTT MOFFATT
10 ASHLEY GORLEY COPPERMAN 10 JAY JOYCE
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 NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 13 OF 18
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY
TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION 26 27 25 27 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 26 25 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE DOWN TO ONE 27 29 33 5 Luke Bryan 21 27 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (K.FISHMAN,D.DAVIDSON,J.EBACH) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 28 24 27 16 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Little Big Town 41 23 LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HELL OF A VIEW 29 31 46 4 Eric Church 39 29 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) BIGEC/EM I NASHVILLE JUST THE WAY 30 28 29 40 Parmalee x Blanco Brown 24 28 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 31 30 30 29 LADY Brett Young 30 22 D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG SETTLING DOWN 32 36 43 7 Miranda Lambert 35 32 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N. HEMBY) VANNER/ RCA NASHVILLE HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU 33 33 31 11 Rascal Flatts 18 31 l D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE 34 32 32 16 WHO YOU ARE TO ME Chris Tomlin Featuring Lady A - 30 C.TOMILN,C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.TOMLIN,C.KELLEY,D.HAYWOOD,H.SCOTT) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG ALL NIGHT 35 35 35 14 Brothers Osborne 29 25 l J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,A.DEROBERTS) EMI NASHVILLE 36 34 41 5 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Sam Hunt 31 34 Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,Z.CROWELL,E.K.SMITH,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE GONE 37 39 40 5 Dierks Bentley 33 37 l D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 38 37 38 24 TO HELL & BACK Maren Morris 34 35 BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 39 38 36 8 Tenille Arts 23 36 l A.KLINE (T.ARTS,A.KLINE,A.M.CRUZ) 19TH & GRAND COLD Chris Stapleton 40 RE-ENTRY 2 - 31 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,D.COBB,D.MIXON,J.T.CURE) MERCURY NASHVILLE NEXT GIRL 41 44 47 3 Carly Pearce 44 41 l S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (C.PEARCE,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE 42 40 39 4 SHALLOW Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood - 39 G.BROOKS (S.G.GERMANOTTA,M.D.RONSON,A.ROSSOMANDO,ANDREW WYATT) PEARL WORSHIP YOU 43 46 42 5 Kane Brown 42 24 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,A.IZQUIERDO,M.J.MCGINN,CHARLIE HANDSOME) RCA NASHVILLE BURN ‘EM ALL 44 42 48 7 Kameron Marlowe - 36 l B.HILL (KMARLOWE,B.ADDINGTON,A.ESHUIS,J.HYDE) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE JOY OF MY LIFE 45 NEW 1 Chris Stapleton - 45 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (J.C.FOGERTY) MERCURY NASHVILLE DEVIL ALWAYS MADE ME THINK TWICE 46 NEW 1 Chris Stapleton - 46 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,A.ANDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH 47 48 — 3 Lee Brice 50 38 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,B.MONTANA,B.DAVIS) CURB UNDER THE MISTLETOE 48 NEW 1 Kelly Clarkson & Brett Eldredge - 48 l J.SHATKIN,A.EUBANKS (K.CLARKSON,A.EUBANKS) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 49 43 44 17 BETTY Taylor Swift 36 6 A.DESSNER,J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,W.BOWERY) REPUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE MAGGIE’S SONG 50 NEW 1 Chris Stapleton - 50 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON) MERCURY NASHVILLE
The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.
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WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR
ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2020 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,238,000 1,257,875,000 134,740,000 Album ’19 48.80 million Consumption 48,805,000 54,391,000 11.4% ’20 54.39 million Last Week 1,126,000 1,261,734,000 130,328,000 Album Sales 9,164,000 7,479,000 -18.4% Change 9.9% -0.3% 3.4% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 48,567,815,000 58,973,202,000 21.4% ’19 65.19 billion This Week Last Year 1,058,000 1,057,584,000 282,809,000 ’20 61.02 billion Change 17.0% 18.9% -52.4% Video On-Demand 12,454,446,000 6,219,495,000 -50.1%
All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending November 19, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams. For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 14 OF 18
SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY
COUNTRY COUNTRY TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS STREAMING SONGS 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 CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER 1 1 4 FOREVER AFTER ALL 1 1 4 FOREVER AFTER ALL 1 NEW 1 1 LUKE COMBS LUKE COMBS l MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN I HOPE LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET l2 2 28 2 2 64 2 1 1 54 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 1 MORGAN WALLEN GABBY BARRETT STARTING OVER ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE DOLLY PARTON A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS 3 16 12 3 RE-ENTRY 6 8 7 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON l BRENDA LEE l3 BUTTERFLY RECORDS 23435/12TONE I HOPE MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 3 4 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD MY GIFT 1 l4 3 56 4 4 22 l4 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 032601*/UMGN GABBY BARRETT MORGAN WALLEN BETTER TOGETHER WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 5 4 8 5 8 2 5 2 2 181 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 l LUKE COMBS l THOMAS RHETT ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE STARTING OVER MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 6 23 47 6 3 12 6 4 3 129 BIG LOUD 783* 1 1 l BRENDA LEE CHRIS STAPLETON TENNESSEE WHISKEY BETTER TOGETHER 5 6 290 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 l7 7 189 7 7 21 l7 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 CHRIS STAPLETON LUKE COMBS JINGLE BELL ROCK ONE OF THEM GIRLS 17 15 49 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 1 l8 24 41 8 10 29 l8 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343*/WMN 0 BOBBY HELMS LEE BRICE KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP) 9 5 25 GOT WHAT I GOT 9 14 3 HELL OF A VIEW 9 7 5 14 RCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/SMN 2 JASON ALDEAN ERIC CHURCH PRETTY HEART HOLE IN THE BOTTLE GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 10 6 15 10 25 3 10 8 7 22 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 l PARKER MCCOLLUM l KELSEA BALLERINI 7 SUMMERS 10,000 HOURS GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES 11 10 14 11 5 32 11 10 10 238 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1 l MORGAN WALLEN DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER ONE OF THEM GIRLS ALL THE COWBOYS 18 17 88 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 12 12 8 23 12 NEW l12 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 LEE BRICE l ALEXANDRA KAY SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 13 9 24 ONE BEER 13 12 20 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY 13 12 12 33 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON LITTLE BIG TOWN LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE HARDY A ROCK 14 12 5 14 NEW 14 11 9 11 BIG LOUD 836* 4 l RUSSELL DICKERSON l CHRIS STAPLETON BEAUTIFUL CRAZY BEERS AND SUNSHINE 36 — 39 ELVIS PRESLEY THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM 9 15 11 133 15 6 5 l15 RCA 45538*/LEGACY (9.98) l LUKE COMBS DARIUS RUCKER WHISKEY GLASSES TENNESSEE WHISKEY MAREN MORRIS GIRL 16 15 92 16 11 246 16 14 14 89 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1 l MORGAN WALLEN CHRIS STAPLETON THE BONES HAPPY ANYWHERE ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 17 13 72 17 15 17 17 16 16 276 HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG 3 l MAREN MORRIS BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI JOHNNY CASH THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH HAPPY ANYWHERE A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS 26 27 195 16 18 14 8 18 RE-ENTRY l18 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 86290*/LEGACY (24.98/17.98) 3 BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI l BURL IVES TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED THE BONES 19 19 16 19 9 56 19 15 13 71 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 12 l DAN + SHAY MAREN MORRIS JASON ALDEAN 9 BIG, BIG PLANS 7 SUMMERS 20 NEW 20 18 14 20 13 11 52 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1 l CHRIS LANE MORGAN WALLEN KANE BROWN KANE BROWN CHASIN’ YOU GOT WHAT I GOT 21 17 46 21 16 30 21 19 20 207 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 l MORGAN WALLEN JASON ALDEAN BRENDA LEE ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE: THE DECCA CHRISTMAS RECORDINGS HEARTLESS JOY OF MY LIFE 22 RE-ENTRY 10 2 22 18 66 22 NEW l DECCA/MCA NASHVILLE 70090/UME DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN l CHRIS STAPLETON GENE AUTRY RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER AND OTHER CHRISTMAS CLASSICS ONE MAN BAND TAKE ME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 23 RE-ENTRY 21 1 23 20 65 23 NEW l COLUMBIA 63598/LEGACY (6.98) l OLD DOMINION l DAN + SHAY LUKE BRYAN BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART GOOD TIME 24 21 21 15 1 24 22 79 24 24 8 ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN LUKE COMBS l NIKO MOON PARKER MCCOLLUM HOLLYWOOD GOLD (EP) AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED 25 22 18 5 10 25 RE-ENTRY 25 19 16 MCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/UMGN l JON PARDI DAN + SHAY Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights charts. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. 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
1 CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 1: THE BUTCHER SHOPPE SESSIONS 1 1 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 1 1 1 5 HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN DIGITAL EX/THIRTY TIGERS (58784* 56285) 1 2 2 236 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 4 5 60 BILLY STRINGS HOME 1 l2 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 l2 ROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN LETTER TO YOU GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 3 1 1 4 COLUMBIA 981158* 1 3 2 4 20 STRETCH GRASS 4050 1
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MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]
How A Dallas Dive Bar Could Leave Country ‘Hung Up’ On Troy Cartwright
Troy Cartwright’s first Warner Music Nashville single is aptly titled. verse, he fantasizes about reconnecting and meeting up again at the bar — From a plucky instrumental signature riff through its sing-along chorus, “Do you feel it, too? Déjà vu” — and he’s back to the chorus. a catchy “déjà vu” pre-chorus reference, some call-and-answer “woo hoos” “It is a fairly upbeat, positive song, but I think one of the things that is spe- and an awesome, left-field bridge, “Hung Up on You” has so many hooks that cial about it is [the listener] sort of [has] to figure out, was he with this girl? Is it can leave the listener hung up for hours. she there or not? Did he get back with her?” “It sounds almost cheesy,” says Cart- notes Cartwright. “That kind of has like a wright, “but I think some songs just have choose-your-own-adventure element to it.” a little bit of magic in the DNA.” The adventure shifts in the bridge, which “Hung Up” is a tale of two cities that is so melodic and unexpected that it almost conferenced in a third, as a budding singer- feels as if they welded a different song into songwriter who opened for a handful of “Hung Up.” It finds its way back, of course, Texas red-dirt acts met up to write for the to the chorus and a closing vamp. first time with an Atlanta-bred married The test came when Cartwright played couple, known professionally as the it live. The Olds were there on at least two production team Yacht Money. Cartwright occasions when he performed during the brought his typical guitar-and-vocal weekly Whiskey Jam at Winners Bar & Grill songwriting approach to a 2017 co-write in Nashville. at the Nashville-area home of the Yacht club, “That’s the test of the song, you know; Solomon and Lauren Olds, who spin hip- how’s the crowd going to respond,” says hop, pop and EDM into an unpredictable Lauren. “After he played that song, you sonic mélange. could see the girls looking at him differently. Coming shortly after Cartwright re- And I’m like, ‘OK, we did our job.’ It’s like he located from Dallas, the writing session became lover boy all of a sudden.” yielded music that’s squarely in the mid- Cartwright, meanwhile, met producer dle of the spectrum between their pop and David Garcia (Carrie Underwood, Kip his country. Moore) on a writers retreat in Mexico, and “We just wanted to write something that months later, he enlisted Garcia to pro- was catchy and fun,” says Cartwright. “I had duce what turned out to be five tracks at this title basically, and it was a true story. Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Studio in There was this girl that I was hung up on, Nashville. The original “Hung Up” demo that I really couldn’t stop thinking about. leaned more toward the Yacht Money dance Some years had gone by and she was still core, and Garcia’s key goal was to country it kind of running around my head, and we up. A big part of that shift came from Derek CARTWIGHT made this little song.” Wells’ burning slide guitar. The Olds supplied a foundational track, “Derek does some great dirty slide,” says and Lauren developed a melody to go with it. Cartwright gave voice to the girl Garcia. “He does that really well, and it’s very tasteful.” out of his past, though Solomon encouraged him to tweak that voice and cling The original 12-note instrumental riff was reassigned to guitarist Rob Mc- more tightly to the country half of the extremes they were melding. Nelley, whose part was doubled with a higher-pitched acoustic guitar, then “He was coming from an Americana type of vibe,” recalls Solomon. “I was filtered with some effects to get that plucky string sound. Drummer Miles like, ‘You’re from Texas, right? Can you sound like you’re more from Texas?’ McPherson played Mick Fleetwood-like afterbeats in the verses, switching Like, ‘Can you make this more country than singing like Tom Petty?’ I think he up to a more driving pattern in the chorus and providing a stark turnaround just dug down deep, thinking about singing at the bar that we’re talking about.” at the end of the bridge that leads “Hung Up” back to its concluding chorus. The bar is the Lakewood Landing, a burger joint that The Dallas Observer Cartwright eventually added a number of shadowy secondary vocals, a sort has hailed for fielding the city’s best jukebox, with selections ranging from of ghost-like presence that emphasizes the nostalgic tone of the lyrics. honky-tonk legend Ernest Tubb to alt-rock band The Pixies. “The little tricks and stuff are cool if there’s a reason to do them,” says Gar- The Landing “has the world’s best corndogs after eleven,” declares Cart- cia. “If there’s something in the lyric that makes you sort of want to do that, wright, though he’s uncertain how much the accompanying beers influence then you should do it. But if you’re trying to force it, sometimes it can just feel that ranking. like a trick, and it’s just kind of like not cool.” They knocked out the “Hung Up” chorus first, using short, melodic phrases Warner Music Nashville released it to digital outlets in August 2019, and to build its sing-along quality. Cartwright casually popped out the falsetto as individual tracks rolled out one by one, “Hung Up” invariably got the at- “woo hoo,” an afterthought that became a permanent puzzle piece, and Solo- tention, including a run on SiriusXM. The label eventually issued it through mon solidified the dive bar scenario with a few general images, whether they PlayMPE on Oct. 19, and Cartwright was clearly emotional — judging from apply specifically to the Landing or not. a social media video — when he heard it on a terrestrial station for the first “The biggest thing about nostalgic memories is the smells,” he explains. time on Nov. 15. “What brings you to that bar? So I was like, ‘The smell of bourbon on the floor “This song is like the little engine that could,” he says. “It came out, it did
and cheap perfume.’ ” pretty well, and then right around April or so, it really took off on streaming. ASSAD YVE The first verse set up the song’s memory-lane aspect, unveiling a teenage And now it’s my first radio single.” scene of innocent kissing in a smoky, not-so-innocent corner. In the second Right where the hookiest songs belong. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 18 Country Airplay Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. G LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs (Songwriter) Chart Position Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Tempo Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 2 Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Rednecker Music, Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackstreet Music, Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.L.Holman) 49 GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, B.Johnson, N.Moon) 33 Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., J.Osborne) 25 BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, A ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Creative Music, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree A.M.Cruz) 23 BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 9 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 27 M Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 8 Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 17 GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony/ATV ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a T McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Carl Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 38 THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 29 ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 16 Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music ALL OF THE BOYS Bare Feet Publishing LLC, Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC (C.D.Jones, H Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Z.Brown) 57 (L.Brice, B.Montana, B.Davis) 50 Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (N. Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 53 ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Five, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs, ASCAP 26 (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 4 Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 19 America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 34 B BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of W BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI WAITIN’ ON 5 ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 11 (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 1 Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., MY BOY Rome Phrey Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Songs LLC, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs Of 15 BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rome Phrey Publishing, XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., US, BMI (C.Janson, Shy Carter, T.Cecil, C.Wiseman) 55 J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 37 BMI/Nick Columbia Publishing, ASCAP/Block Of Marble BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Ole Music, BMI/Lee Starr Publishing, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI WANT ME BACK Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP/ HELL OF A VIEW Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ (E.Shane, R.Sutton, N.Columbia, L.Starr) 54 BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/ Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, J.S.Stover, Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/EMI 56 BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music N Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/McGinntellectual Property, P.DiGiovanni) Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/True Blue BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. Works, SESAC (L.Ell, K.Brown, L.Rimes, M.J.McGinn) 60 BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 NEVER BE SORRY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 39 LLC, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Universal Music Corp., Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sullivan S Guns Music, 13 Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/We’re BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Tunes R.Montana) Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys From The Red White And Blue School, ASCAP/Anthem Rhythm House Music, BMI/Roc Nation WC Publishing Publishing, ASCAP/Tempo Investments-Smack Hits, Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Universal Music J.S.Stover) 45 Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP Corp., ASCAP W.Bowery) 36 (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 14 J.Osborne) 48 WE WERE RICH EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo II, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (R. Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ Copperman, A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 47 Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP E.K.Smith) 5 (C. LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 44 WHAT DO I KNOW Sony/ATV Cross Keys J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 18 Publishing, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Dos BLAME IT ON YOU Makena Cove Music, ASCAP/ BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Zona Blue Music, BMI/Lee 45 NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Hobos Music, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Music Publishing, BMI/Irishsonmusic, BMI/BMG Platinum I Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Songs US, BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/ Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI (R.Counts, SB21 Music Publishing, SESAC/BW Tunes, SESAC IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS Peermusic III, 28 M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 52 (K.M.Allison, J.Edwards, T.Kennedy, M.Tyler, B.White) 51 Ltd., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Back 40 Publishing International, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., O WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan, R.Montana) 59 Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum J.Mitchell) 3 II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 22 Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 31 S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 10 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane C J Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 58 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publising, BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll D.Davidson, L.Brice) 6 Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, Music, ASCAP (P.Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 43 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ 41 Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 24 P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 32 G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo P Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ L Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 42 GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 7 H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 30 Y M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 12 S LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb YOU TIME Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, D Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 40 DEAR RODEO Songs From The Couch, BMI/Cori’s Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. Daddy’s Publishing, BMI (D.Couch, C.D.Johnson) 46 Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 35 BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 20 Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/ Curb Wordspring Music, SESAC (K.Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 21 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 18 Hot Country Songs Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. D I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats P (Songwriter) Chart Position And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay DEVIL ALWAYS MADE ME THINK Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing TWICE Ken Tucky Music, ASCAP/I Wrote These BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Spirit Two Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Tempo Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 6 Nashville, ASCAP/New Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Big S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 12 Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackstreet Music, Yellow Dog Music, ASCAP (C.Stapleton, A.Anderson) 46 S GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, J ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ J.Osborne) 14 Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, JOY OF MY LIFE Cody River Music Company, Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/ ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of A Curb Wordspring Music, SESAC (K.Fishman, D.Davidson, (J.C.Fogerty) 45 Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. 27 Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 32 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic J.Ebach) JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, F Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin SHALLOW Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 13 Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 30 Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony/ L Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. BMI (L.Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 10 LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 42 Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 35 ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, G Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 31 BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb A.M.Cruz) 39 Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 26 Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 7 B B.Johnson, N.Moon) 37 Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., T BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 22 ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 21 Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI 20 SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 38 Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 5 BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ U Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ M ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, UNDER THE MISTLETOE Songs For My Shrink, Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, MAGGIE’S SONG Ken Tucky Music, ASCAP/I ASCAP/DigbyOmega Music, BMI (K.Clarkson, A.Eubanks) 48 R.Montana) 9 J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 15 Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C. Stapleton) 50 W BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, H Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI W.Bowery) 49 HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion (L.Brice, B.Montana, B.Davis) 47 Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Five, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, E.K.Smith) 11 (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 8 Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 18 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At WHO YOU ARE TO ME Capitol CMG Paragon, Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, BMI/S.D.G. Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 25 Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/ Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 19 Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big (C.Tomlin, C.Kelley, D.Haywood, H.Scott) 34 Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 36 HELL OF A VIEW Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- BURN ‘EM ALL Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Idiot Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 2 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Circle Publishing LLC, BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/ BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. N S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 28 LLC, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (KMarlowe, Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 29 B.Addington, A.Eshuis, J.Hyde) 44 NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX C Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. Rhythm House Music, BMI/Roc Nation WC Publishing Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 41 Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane 43 Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP O (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 16 Y Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE Ken Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Tucky Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Spirit Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Two Nashville, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing J.Mitchell) 4 Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/ Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, External Combustion Music, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 33 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, Music, ASCAP (C.Stapleton, A.Gorley, C.DuBois) 24 Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music I Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ D.Davidson, L.Brice) 3 M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 17 Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 1 ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing COLD Ken Tucky Music, ASCAP/I Wrote These Songs, LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Old No. 7, BMI/Warner- Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Amelia’s Waltzing James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, Music, BMI/More Me Gusta Administration, ASCAP/Mixon P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 23 Hill Music, BMI (C.Stapleton, D.Cobb, D.Mixon, J.T.Cure) 40 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 18 CODA On Nov. 24, 1990, K.T. Oslin’s in 1987, followed by Oslin’s first 30 Years Ago “Come Next Monday” jumped No. 1, “Do Ya’,” later that year. Both 4-1 to begin a two-week reign on songs were released from her debut Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. LP, 80’s Ladies, which crowned Top ‘Monday’ Oslin wrote the song with Char- Country Albums for a week in 1988. lie Black and Rory Bourke. It was Now 78 years old, Oslin re- Made originally recorded by Judy Rod- leased her most recent album, Sim- man in 1986. ply, in 2015. It followed a 14-year The artist, born Kay Toinette break from recording after her K.T. Oslin’s Oslin in Crossett, Ark., boasts four 2001 LP Live Close By, Visit Often, Hot Country Songs No. 1s among which reached No. 35 on Top seven top 10s. She became one of Country Albums. Week country music’s strongest advo- In 2018, Oslin was inducted into In 1990, she notched her fourth cates for women’s issues during the the Nashville Songwriters Hall of 1980s and 1990s. Her first top 10 Fame with a class that included Hot Country Songs No. 1 single, “80’s Ladies,” reached No. 7 Ronnie Dunn. —JIM ASKER
REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS
Oslin in Nashville
in 2001. GWINN/REDFERNS BETH