Country Update
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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE [email protected]
INSIDE Despite Potential Pitfalls, Male/Female THIS Duos Carve Out A Space For Themselves ISSUE When independent duo SmithField released a video for new Maddie & Tae, Brothers Osborne, just to name a few — but track “Something Sexy” on May 13, the project took a cou- each of them is a single-gender combo. The last full-time male/ Blake Shelton’s ple of cues from one of contemporary country’s most iconic female pair to log chart-topping singles, Thompson Square, ‘Minimum Wage’ twosomes. hit No. 1 in 2011 with “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” and Pays Off The chorus cited in 2012 with “If I Didn’t a bevy of modern Have You.” >page 4 love songs, including The paucity of that “Amazed” and “I Melt,” artistic structure is a but the list started with head-scratcher at first It’s Knight Time an allusion to Tim Mc- glance, though even In Country Graw and Faith Hill’s Keifer and Shawna “Let’s Make Love.” The Thompson understand >page 11 video itself employs a why the configuration is handful of votive can- so rare. dles, another nod to the “You got to coexist Makin’ Tracks: visual piece that accom- with this other partner, panied the McGraw/Hill boy or girl,” says Keifer Kip Moore’s title. It’s fair to consider Thompson, “and you ‘Good Life’ the reference a Smith- got egos: ‘You’re singing >page 17 Field mission statement. more than I do.’ ‘You’re “Everything with singing them better than ‘Something Sexy’ was I do.’ ‘I’m fatter than you SMITHFIELD intentional,” says the THOMPSON SQUARE are.’ ‘I have abs.’ You have Country Coda: duo’s female voice, Jen- all this stuff that goes into Crystal Gayle’s nifer Fielder. “They had separate careers on their own, but for play when you enter into a band or a duo. And so that’s one giant Chart ‘Over’ View a while there, they were signed as a duo as well as solo artists. obstacle right there: just coexisting together as a duo. And then >page 20 And they had their own duo records, their own duet tour. So to you got the male/female version of that.” me, they’re still very iconic for what we do.” The twosomes themselves have heard industry pessimism To be fair, there are few acts that do what SmithField does. about their setups — “That’ll never work,” both Thompson
Country has plenty of duos — Florida Georgia Line, Dan + Shay, Square and SmithField were told — but it hasn’t stopped them. SNEDDEN. DOLTYN ALEX: AND KATE JASONMYERS. SMITHFIELD: MERCHANT. GARRETT SQUARE: THOMPSON BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 7, 2021 | PAGE 2 OF 20
Marking its 10th anniversary, SmithField will issue its third EP, New Town, on June 16. Thompson Square is close to signing a new re- cording deal, and Latino act Kat & Alex signed to Sony Music Nashville during the pandemic after an ini- tial run on American Idol. And they KAT & ALEX refuse to believe that it can’t work. “I seriously cannot imagine doing this by myself anymore,” says Kat Luna, who encountered Alex Gar- rido when both were solo artists working the local circuit in Miami. “As soon as I met Alex, I knew that I never wanted to perform by myself on that stage ever again.” The first two Kat & Alex videos — “Heartbreak Tour” and “How Many Monument Records and SMACKSongs held the first of their monthly Times,” which employs the hook “How many times can a heart break” — re- Tuesday Night Music Club shows on June 1 at Nashville’s Basement volve around on-screen romance while acknowledging the pain of isolation East. From left: SMACKSongs partner Josh Osborne; artists Walker in the lyrics. They see the fragility of love as a selling point for their mixed- Hayes, Kylie Morgan and Teddy Robb; and SMACKSongs CEO/ gender format. Monument co-president Shane McAnally. “Dan + Shay, for example, they’re best friends — that’s their thing; Florida Georgia Line — same thing, good friends,” notes Garrido. “For us being a guy/girl duo, but also a married couple, that’s something that we definitely want to express. We want the audience to be able to personally connect with us and when they see us go, ‘Hey, I believe in Kat & Alex because I see myself in their shoes.’” The drama that’s inherent in relationships is a built-in hurdle for male/ female duos, most of which are married couples. A breakup isn’t just the end of a romance; it also means the dissolution of a business entity, a scary proposition for anyone who invests in the act. “If you’re a label and you put up a lot of money for something, it could be hard,” concedes Shawna Thompson. That’s especially true in a crowded marketplace. Despite the scarcity of such full-time duos, the genre has been flooded with mixed-gender pairings that partnered artists who are primarily solo acts. The current Country Airplay chart Niko Moon (center) attended Triple 8 Management’s pingpong features Keith Urban with P!nk, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Ryan tournament at The Standard in Nashville on June 2. He’s flanked by Hurd with Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini Make Wake Artists founder Chris Kappy (left) and CAA agent Kylen and Kenny Chesney, Dustin Lynch and Sharpe. Mackenzie Porter, and Lauren Alaina with Jon Pardi. Other recent matches include Carly Pearce and Lee Brice, Gabby Barrett and Charlie Puth, Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert, Kane Brown and Alaina, Cody Johnson and Reba McEntire, Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell, and, of course, Blake Shelton GILBERT (left) and ELL and Gwen Stefani. LLANES JOSEPH “They’re all posers,” jokes Keifer. But they’re also using those duets to bring a temporary change of pace to concert setlists. That has been particularly noticeable in shows that have fea- Maggie Rose (left) chatted with Jeannie Seely for an edition of Rose’s tured holograms over the last decade, as when Brad Paisley welcomed the Salute the Songbird podcast that will debut on Sept. 21. image of Carrie Underwood for “Remind Me” or when Aldean called up a recorded version of Kelly Clarkson for “Don’t You Wanna Stay.” Duos can throw a changeup, too, though it runs in the opposite direction, removing a voice instead of adding one. “We do like to give each other individual moments in our songs every once in a while,” says SmithField’s Trey Smith. “But we said it from the very get-go of this thing that we wanted this to be not just a duo on paper, but a true duo.” SmithField does shake up that template, though, since Smith and Fielder are an oddity among male/female enterprises: They’re childhood friends who are neither married nor dating. That causes plenty of speculation, which they see as a positive effect. “The mystery of it has been one of the most intriguing things for our au- dience because a lot of times people don’t know that we’re not together,” observes Smith. “In our show, we are good at really playing it up. It’s almost one of the things that draws people into our show, because after the show WPAP Panama City, Fla., personalities served as onstage hosts [when] we do a meet-and-greet, they’re always like, ‘I have to know, are you June 4-6 during the Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, the first large music festival guys together?’ ” since the pandemic broke open in March 2020. From left on the eve As a business entity, the answer is yes, despite the skepticism that accom- of the festival: WPAP personality Tess Connell, festival executive panies the full-time male/female duo. producer Rendy Lovelady and WPAP personalities Daniel “Cousin D” “Something doesn’t work,” says Smith, “until it does.” Raffield and Shane Collins.
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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] ‘Minimum Wage’ Increases As Blake Shelton Adds 36th Top 10; Blackberry Smoke Debuts; B.J. Thomas Keeps On Charting
Blake Shelton nabs his 36th top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as WHERE THERE’S SMOKE… Country-rock band Blackberry Smoke scores “Minimum Wage” (Warner Music Nashville/WMN) lifts 11-10 in its 21st week its fifth Top Country Albums top 10 as You Hear Georgia (3 Legged Records/ on the list dated June 12. In the week ending June 6, the song gained by 9% Thirty Tigers), produced by Dave Cobb, enters at No. 5 with 13,000 equiva- to 16.4 million impressions, according to MRC Data. lent album units (12,000 in album sales). The track is the sophomore single from Shelton’s 12th full-length, Body The set, a nod to the group’s home state, follows Find a Light (No. 3, April Language, which opened at No. 3 on the June 5-dated Top Country Albums 2018), Like an Arrow (No. 1, one week, November 2016), Holding All the Roses chart with 24,000 equivalent album units. (No. 1, one week, February 2015) and The Body Language lead single “Happy Whipoorwill (No. 8, September 2012). Anywhere,” featuring Gwen Stefani, led You Hear Georgia concurrently starts atop Country Airplay in December, becoming Americana/Folk Albums, the group’s second Shelton’s 28th chart-topper (and Stefani’s No. 1, following Like an Arrow . It also debuts second). It hit No. 3 on the airplay-, sales- at No. 7 on Top Rock Albums and No. 4 on the and streaming-based Hot Country Songs list. all-genre Top Album Sales list. Shelton first hit the Country Airplay top 10 with “Austin,” which started a THOMAS REMEMBERED B.J. Thomas, who five-week domination in August 2001. died May 29 at age 78 after battling lung His 36 top 10s tie Garth Brooks for the cancer, debuts on Country Digital Song ninth-most since the chart launched in Sales (which launched in January 2010) January 1990. George Strait leads with with “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” 61, followed by Kenny Chesney and Tim (Scepter/Gusto). The song enters at No. 17 McGraw (58 each), Alan Jackson (51), after selling 1,900 downloads, up 1,959%, Keith Urban and Toby Keith (42 each), in the week ending June 3. The 1969 clas- Brooks & Dunn (41) and, the top female sic became Thomas’ first leader on any Bill- artist in the category, Reba McEntire (37). board survey, spending four weeks at No. 1 SHELTON On Hot Country Songs, “Minimum Wage” on the Billboard Hot 100 and seven frames ranks at No. 14 after hitting No. 12 the week atop Adult Contemporary. of June 5. It drew 4.7 million U.S. streams and sold 3,000 downloads in the Plus, a rerecorded version of Thomas’ “Hooked On a Feeling” on K-Tel week ending June 3. opens at No. 23 on Country Digital Song Sales with 1,600 sold, up 2,625%. The original reached No. 5 on the Hot 100 in January 1969. ‘FOREVER’ AND TWO WEEKS Luke Combs’ “Forever After All” (River House/ Thomas, whose career endured for over five decades, enjoyed notable suc- Columbia Nashville) tops Country Airplay for a second week (35.5 million cess in the country format. He scored his first Hot Country Songs entry in 1975 impressions, up 10%). Of Combs’ record 11 consecutive career-opening with “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” No. 1 singles, the song is his 10th to reign for multiple weeks. Fittingly, which led the chart that May. The single sold 1,200 in the tracking week, a
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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 1 21 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (2 Weeks)/Most Increased Audience HH Luke Combs 35.518 +3.209 8416 486 1 l2 3 33 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 29.625 +2.604 7332 573 2 l3 6 27 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown 25.736 +2.360 6536 493 3 4 2 59 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 23.164 -7.840 5629 -2461 5 l5 8 30 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 22.101 +2.374 5476 599 8 6 4 35 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 21.777 -1.750 5217 -298 9 l7 7 53 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 21.773 +1.505 5861 438 4 l8 10 49 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 20.879 +1.907 5570 590 7 l9 9 37 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 20.321 +0.978 5583 322 6 l10 11 21 MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton 16.424 +1.386 4239 184 10 l11 14 27 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Dack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line 15.204 +2.370 4069 465 13 l12 12 37 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 15.199 +0.547 4187 94 11 l13 13 18 GLAD YOU EXIST Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 14.829 +0.387 4 113 185 12 l14 15 33 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory Justin Moore 13.962 +1.413 3960 199 14 l15 18 24 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Broken Bow Lainey Wilson 13.551 +1.619 3887 266 15 l16 17 8 COUNTRY AGAIN Valory Thomas Rhett 13.028 +0.936 3723 208 16 l17 16 21 UNDIVIDED McGraw/BMLG/Big Machine Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 12.647 +0.166 3697 - 11 17 l18 19 9 WAVES Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 11.561 +1.316 3406 416 18 l19 20 37 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 8.899 +0.410 3276 76 19 l20 22 31 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 8.116 +1.344 2640 220 21 l21 21 35 MY BOY Wheelhouse Elvie Shane 8.005 +0.559 2835 208 20 l22 24 26 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs 7.339 +1.123 2221 299 22 l23 23 26 SHALLOW Pearl Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 7.097 +0.630 2054 109 25 l24 25 32 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 6.762 +0.679 2171 43 23 l25 26 3 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY Arista Nashville Old Dominion 6.553 +1.432 2035 475 26 l26 27 31 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice 5.784 +1.038 2170 199 24 l27 28 13 LIKE A LADY BMLG Lady A 5.422 +0.916 1961 272 27 l28 29 13 KNOWING YOU Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 4.556 +0.317 1827 126 28 l29 30 37 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 4.306 +0.085 1483 41 31 l30 31 14 CHASING AFTER YOU Arista Nashville Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 4.209 +0.283 1738 157 29
COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND
RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by MRC detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Data. Audience totals on the a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2021, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on MRC Data’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to MRC Data) for previous week. A song audience or detections are stations that do not report © 2021 Billboard Media, LLC will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 7, 2021 | PAGE 7 OF 20
AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST WKS ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 32 19 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley 3.901 +0.299 1624 118 30 l32 33 33 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 3.332 +0.401 1270 142 32 l33 34 28 LADY LIKE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 3.037 +0.200 1080 71 35 l34 36 20 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 2.836 +0.575 1229 168 34 l35 35 20 HOME SWEET Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 2.695 +0.002 1270 99 33 l36 38 16 TO BE LOVED BY YOU MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 2.468 +0.737 859 134 38 l37 37 11 IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM Big Machine Callista Clark 2.391 +0.171 1044 55 36 l38 40 5 THINKING ‘BOUT YOU Broken Bow Dustin Lynch Featuring MacKenzie Porter 2.258 +0.639 813 87 40 l39 43 14 THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 1.989 +0.472 788 24 41 l40 41 3 YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton 1.742 +0.198 639 129 44 l41 44 14 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Big Loud HARDY 1.611 +0.111 909 5 37 l42 42 33 WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 1.591 +0.061 620 -48 46 l43 39 7 HALF OF MY HOMETOWN Black River Kelsea Ballerini Featuring Kenny Chesney 1.582 -0.039 832 14 39 l44 45 7 NOT YET BMLG Brett Young 1.340 +0.199 683 65 43 l45 49 2 DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) RCA/Columbia Nashville Elle King & Miranda Lambert 1.210 +0.322 151 52 - l46 46 14 GETTING OVER HIM 19/Mercury Nashville Lauren Alaina Duet With Jon Pardi 1.121 +0.084 722 12 42 l47 47 29 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS BMLG Riley Green 1.078 +0.051 617 34 47 l48 48 16 I CAN’T Monument Caitlyn Smith Featuring Old Dominion 1.055 +0.068 622 10 45 l49 56 2 NO SAD SONGS RCA Nashville Niko Moon 0.967 +0.249 420 47 52 l50 51 5 I’M NOT FOR EVERYONE EMI Nashville HH Most Added HH Brothers Osborne 0.938 +0.153 527 174 50 l51 53 7 FILL THEM BOOTS Big Loud Chris Lane 0.842 +0.088 382 17 55 52 50 19 NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Show Dog Nashville Clay Walker 0.815 -0.064 581 -3 48 l53 NEW WHILE YOU’RE GONE Warner Music Nashville/WMN HH Hot Shot Debut HH Drew Parker 0.768 +0.337 174 46 - l54 52 8 LONG HAUL Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ian Munsick 0.759 -0.007 291 16 - l55 58 2 WOULD HAVE LOVED HER RECORDS Chris Bandi 0.752 +0.075 539 23 49 l56 57 3 COME IN (BUT DON’T MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE) True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.703 +0.021 243 45 - l57 60 4 HOT BEER Riser House Dillon Carmichael 0.699 +0.074 446 53 51 58 54 27 WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.691 -0.051 324 -16 58 l59 NEW BACK THEN, RIGHT NOW 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 0.686 +0.322 291 123 - l60 RE-ENTRY GONE TOO SOON Andrew Jannakos/RCA Nashville Andrew Jannakos 0.683 +0.069 318 16 59
GOING FOR ADDS
6/14 KARLY C Another Drink Or Three CRAIG CAMPBELL Karly C Never Mine Grindstone MATT STILLWELL Hey Dad (2021) ELLE KING & MIRANDA 723 Entertainment LAMBERT Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna SEAFORTH Go Home) Breakups RCA/Columbia Nashville Arista Nashville ZAC BROWN BAND WALKER COUNTY Same Boat Bits & Pieces Home Grown/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Warner Music Nashville/WEA
12 6/21 6/28 AC THOMAS EMILY ROSE Hillbilly Shake Version Of Me KEITH URBAN In its 37th frame on Country Airplay, the duet AC Thomas/Birmingham/Intercept Growing Rose WITH PINK holds at its No. 12 high, up 4% to 15.2 million One Too Many audience impressions.
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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL I’M NOT FOR EVERYONE EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 20 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY Arista Nashville Old Dominion 11 YOU AIN’T PRETTY Quartz Hill Nate Barnes 0.657 41 2 YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton 11 F-150 Warner Records/WMN Robyn Ottolini 0.404 14 0 TO BE LOVED BY YOU MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 10 WOMAN YOU GOT Mercury Nashville Maddie & Tae 0.371 31 3 WHILE YOU’RE GONE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Drew Parker 9 HOME SWEET Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 7 SOBER AS A DRUNK Columbia Nashville Kameron Marlowe 0.369 25 1 CHASING AFTER YOU Arista Nashville Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 6 TILL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT RCA/Triple Tigers Cam 0.296 23 1 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley 6 WASTED ON YOU Big Loud/Republic Morgan Wallen 0.240 2 1 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU InDent/Mercury Priscilla Block 6 LADY LIKE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 6 JosephLlanesRECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 19.632 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 19.104 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +3.209 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +2.604 3 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory Thomas Rhett 18.334 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +2.374 4 LADY BMLG Brett Young 17.785 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Dack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line +2.370 5 HELL OF A VIEW EMI Nashville Eric Church 17.186 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown +2.360 6 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 16.148 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell +1.907 7 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 15.146 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Broken Bow Lainey Wilson +1.619 8 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 13.733 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +1.505 9 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 11.730 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY Arista Nashville Old Dominion +1.432 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory Justin Moore +1.413 10 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 10.147 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +599 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell +590 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +573 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown +493 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +486 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY Arista Nashville Old Dominion +475 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Dack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line +465 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +438 WAVES Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +416 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +322 ALDEAN FREY ALDEAN: JOSEPH LLANES JOSEPH ALDEAN: TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING JUNE 6, 2021
THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 9 HORSES IN HEAVEN (Deep Frey’d Music) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Kylie Frey 2022 132 11 1 21 BETTER BY THE BEER (Independent) Jake Bush 113 7 -761 l2 3 10 HOLD MY BEER (Lil Buddy Toons) Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1852 26 l12 13 14 BOURBON WHISKEY (Independent) William Beckmann 110 7 19 l3 4 12 QUEEN FOR A NIGHT (Almost Country) Casey Donahew 1785 34 l13 16 10 SIGNS (Independent) David Adam Byrnes 1065 89 l4 5 14 FRIENDS (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1751 64 14 10 19 ROCK AND ROLL MAN (Independent) Creed Fisher 1003 -343 l5 6 13 CAN DOWN (Independent) Mike Ryan 1552 2 l15 18 6 BOOTS (BIG Label ) Aaron Watson 990 54 l6 7 15 STUCK WITH YOU (10X Music Group) Brodie Lane 1506 8 l16 17 15 HONKY TONK ON (Independent) Hayden Haddock 984 18 l7 9 18 ANYBODY LOVIN’ YOU LATELY (Independent) Clay Hollis 1481 77 l17 20 10 PLAINVIEW (Independent) Kin Faux 969 141 l8 11 15 IF YOU CAN DANCE (Independent) Jon Stork 1318 77 18 15 27 CHAPTER 2 (Independent) Gary Kyle 961 -23 l9 12 15 BREAK ANOTHER HEART (Independent) Kaitlyn Kohler 1271 109 l19 21 9 FEELS A LOT LIKE THIS (Independent) Corey Kent 923 96 10 8 21 MY HOME IS (Independent) Saints Eleven 1247 -215 l20 22 11 WHERE THE NEON LIES (Independent) Triston Marez f/ Ronnie Dunn 903 90
Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 972-252-8777. Copyright 2021, Texas Regional Radio Report
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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
host of the syndicated Bud & Broadway … KDDD Amarillo, Texas, hired director of sales Jay Dean. He was previously on-air at KDLO Aberdeen, S.D. … Audacy hired director of corporate communications and PR Meredith Tiger. She previously handled publicity for WarnerMedia’s HBO Max … Spencer Bynes was named iHeartMedia/Texas area president, RadioInk.com reported. Country stations under his guidance include KAGG Bryan, KYKR Beaumont, KTEX McAllen, KRYS Corpus Christi and WACO Waco. Bynes returns to iHeart from HR consulting firm Lee Hecht Harrison, where he was Southern region vp of business development … Beasley Media founder/executive chairman George Beasley died June 2 in Naples, Fla. Following the formation of his first station, WPYB Benson, N.C., in 1961, Beasley expanded his broadcasting chain to 62 properties across 15 markets, including seven country signals. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Broadcasters The current class of Country Music Hall of Fame inductees swapped Foundation of America here. stories, but kept their sunglasses, during a June 3 virtual interview with WSM-AM Nashville host Bill Cody. From left: Hank Williams Jr., Marty ’ROUND THE ROW Stuart and songwriter Dean Dillon. Belmont University promoted Sarah Cates to vp for special projects and strategic partnerships. She was previously director of development and IT’S KNIGHT TIME IN COUNTRY MUSIC industry relations in addition to several roles in the school’s Curb College Country music is getting significant attention on national TV this week, and of Entertainment and Music Business … Jimmie Allen’s Bettie James Music the glue that unites it all is… Gladys Knight? Publishing and Sony Music Publishing Nashville signed Tate Howell to a Indeed, Knight delivered a robust closing performance during CBS’ June 6 joint publishing deal … Leadership Music selected 46 industry figures for telecast of the Kennedy Center Honors, covering Garth Brooks’ social-change its class of 2022, including Big Machine Label Group senior vp A&R/staff anthem “We Shall Be Free” while he and his wife/musical partner, Trisha producer Julian Raymond, Opry Entertainment Group president Scott Yearwood, watched from the front row. Bailey and QPrime South head of digital Doug Phillips. Go here for the full Knight will also have double duties on June 9 on the CMT Music Awards, serv- list … UTA Nashville opened its new office at the former Carnegie Library at ing as a presenter and teaming with Mickey Guyton for a version of “Friendship 225 Polk Ave. The three-story facility stands next to a parking lot that was Train,” a funky song of cross-cultural relevance released in 1969 during Knight’s previously the site of the historic Castle Studios, a recording venue for classics time with The Pips. Guyton collaborates during the same set with BRELAND. by Hank Williams, Kitty Wells and Bill Monroe. The UTA roster includes Knight’s appearances fit snugly into the country industry’s increasing Toby Keith, Midland and Blanco Brown … Warner Chappell Production sensitivity to inclusive representation. Her appearance in the Brooks salute Music opened two new recording facilities: Sandtrack Sound in Nashville and at the Kennedy Center wrapped a performance block that featured Kelly SkyLight Studios in Los Angeles. Sandtrack is housed in the former Emerald Clarkson’s dramatic interpretation of “The Dance,” James Taylor’s version Sound, which counted George Strait, Alabama and Brooks & Dunn among of “The River” backed by the National Symphony Orchestra and Jimmie its clients … The CMA Foundation will host Trisha Yearwood in an online Allen’s medley of “The Thunder Rolls” and “Friends in Low Places,” which conversation on June 8 with Country Music Association CEO Sarah Trahern turned into a singalong by the politically tinged crowd. and the National School Boards Association’s Advocacy Institute to promote Presenters in Brooks’ package included Jason Aldean, John Travolta, music education … The Academy of Country Music enlisted over two dozen Bradley Cooper and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, who referred to Brooks artists for a charitable campaign with Cameo to benefit ACM Lifting Lives. as “a cosmic blast in cowboy boots.” The campaign runs through June 30, with Jordan Davis, Josh Turner and Meanwhile, CMT upped the inclusiveness of its lineup with a June 7 an- Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard among the participants who have been nouncement that singer-songwriter H.E.R. will join Chris Stapleton in a duet listed … Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Fund partnered with the Country performance. Hosted by Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini, the awards also Music Association’s COVID Support Initiative to provide veterinary services boast Brothers Osborne, Carrie Underwood, Gabby Barrett, Miranda and pet food supplies for music-industry members struggling financially during Lambert, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett. the pandemic. Go here to donate or to apply for assistance … DiscoverSooner, Knight’s presence in the lineup should not be a head-scratcher. Three of her a networking service for songwriters and publishers, will hold a digital event, singles with The Pips that made pop’s top 40 during the early 1970s — “Help How’d You Get Your Deal?, with songwriters Pete Sallis (“Shut Up and Fish”) Me Make It Through the Night,” “Neither One Of Us (Wants to Be the First to and Brian White (“Blame It On You,” “Watching You”), on June 17. Go here Say Goodbye)” and “Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” — were country to register. hits for other artists during the same era. RADIO & RECORDS® Sony Music Nashville hired two managers of content and national promotion: Helena Akhtar takes the role at Arista Nashville, and Houston Gaither fills the position for Columbia Nashville. Akhtar arrives from WKLB Boston, where she was promotions coordinator/assistant digital PD. Gaither was previously KTGX Tulsa, Okla., assistant PD/music director/afternoon host. Reach Akhtar here and Gaither here … Multifaceted label/digital firm ONErpm promoted Jeff Tobias to head of country music from A&R representative … Eight new inductees will join the Country Radio Hall of Fame on Oct. 13. The slate includes four off-air honorees: Bonneville/Denver senior vp/market manager Bob Call; Country Radio Broadcasters executive director R.J. Curtis; former WXBQ Bristol, Tenn., PD Bill Hagy; and late Capital Cities/ABC president Caitlyn Smith visited WQNU of owned radio stations Norm Schrutt. On-air additions to the hall include Louisville, Ky., for an in-studio KFRG Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., assistant PD/music director Heather Chris Janson (right) met up with performance on June 3. The Froglear; KIIM Tucson, Ariz., PD Buzz Jackson; KVET Austin personality Bob KCCY Colorado Springs, Colo., PD stop included face time with Pickett; and WUBL Atlanta assistant PD/midday host Angie Ward … KTUL-TV Shawn Patrick during a May 29 SummitMedia/Louisville Tulsa, Okla., announced the addition of meteorologist Bud Ford, a former co- show at Weidner Field. operations manager Lee Cagle.
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SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY
TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 1 1 32 FOREVER AFTER ALL No. 1 (6 Weeks)/Airplay Gainer Luke Combs 1 1 l CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 2 7 10 33 GONE Streaming Gainer Dierks Bentley 2 2 l D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 3 3 3 50 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett RC 1 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR FAMOUS FRIENDS 4 6 5 17 Chris Young + Kane Brown 3 4 l C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER (C.YOUNG,C.R.BARLOWE,C.CROWDER) RCA NASHVILLE 5 2 2 32 HELL OF A VIEW Eric Church RC 2 J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) EMI NASHVILLE SETTLING DOWN 6 9 7 34 Miranda Lambert 9 6 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 7 4 4 33 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Sam Hunt 6 4 Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,Z.CROWELL,E.K.SMITH,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE 8 5 8 28 NOBODY Dylan Scott 4 5 M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,M.ALDERMAN,D.WILSON) CURB 9 8 9 55 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 7 8 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE LIL BIT 10 10 11 28 Nelly & Florida Georgia Line - 9 l J.M.SCHMIDT (T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,B.REDFERRIN,C.HAYNES, JR.) RECORDS/COLUM BIA/BMLG 11 11 6 22 MADE FOR YOU Jake Owen RC 3 J.MOI (B.DAVIS,J.HYDE,N.A.MEDLEY) BIG LOUD BLAME IT ON YOU 12 15 14 18 Jason Aldean 5 12 l M.KNOX (K.M.ALLISON,J.EDWARDS,T.KENNEDY,M.TYLER,B.WHITE) MACON/BROKEN BOW GLAD YOU EXIST 13 14 13 17 Dan + Shay 13 10 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,T.M.PARKS,S.MOONEY,R.L.TAYLOR) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 14 12 19 18 MINIMUM WAGE Blake Shelton 10 12 S.HENDRICKS (C.CROWDER,N.GALYON,J.FRASURE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT 15 16 15 31 Cole Swindell 8 15 l M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.L.HOLMAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 16 13 12 38 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 12 12 K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 17 22 22 14 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Digital Gainer Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line 11 17 l C.CROWDER,C.RICE,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.RICE,C.CROWDER,H.PHELPS,C.DODDS) DACK JANIELS/BMLG/BROKEN BOW CHASING AFTER YOU 18 17 16 16 Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 30 16 l A.ESHUIS,T.REIMER (B.ADDINGTON,J.FLOWERS) ARISTA NASHVILLE COUNTRY AGAIN 19 18 21 7 Thomas Rhett 16 16 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY) VALORY DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) 20 21 17 14 Elle King & Miranda Lambert 45 16 l M.JOHNSON,B.PADDOCK (ELLE KING,M.JOHNSON) RCA/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW 21 20 18 12 Lainey Wilson 15 18 l J.JOYCE (L.WILSON,J.D.SINGLETON,J.NIX) BROKEN BOW 22 19 20 21 WASTED ON YOU Morgan Wallen - 1 J.MOI,J.DURRETT (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,J.THOMPSON,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD UNDIVIDED 23 25 24 20 Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 17 23 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (T.HUBBARD,C.LOOCKE) MCGRAW/BMLG/BIG MACHINE WAVES 24 23 23 8 Luke Bryan 18 23 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (Z.CROWELL,R.J.HURD,R.C.MCGILL) CAPITOL NASHVILLE WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH 25 24 26 10 Justin Moore 14 24 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (P.DIGIOVANNI,R.MONTANA,J.S.STOVER) VALORY
COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM
#1 #1 1 1 WK COREY CROWDER 1 9 WKS JAY JOYCE 2 NICOLLE GALYON 2 JOEY MOI 3 ASHLEY GORLEY 3 PAUL DIGIOVANNI 4 JESSE FRASURE 4 DAVID GARCIA TIE 5 DREW PARKER 5 ZACH CROWELL TIE 5 LUKE COMBS 6 JORDAN SCHMIDT TIE 5 ROB WILLIFORD 7 ROSS COPPERMAN 8 ZACH CROWELL 8 COREY CROWDER 9 ERNEST KEITH SMITH 9 MICHAEL KNOX
10 TYLER HUBBARD GALYON 10 DANN HUFF BLYTHE THOMAS BLYTHE
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 JUNE 7, 2021 | PAGE 14 OF 20
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 NEXT GIRL 26 26 27 23 Carly Pearce 19 26 l S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (C.PEARCE,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE MY BOY 27 27 32 13 Elvie Shane 21 27 l O.CHARLES (E.SHANE,R.SUTTON,N.COLUMBIA,L.STARR) WHEELHO USE SHALLOW 28 28 28 30 Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 23 28 l G.BROOKS (S.G.GERMANOTTA,M.D.RONSON,A.ROSSOMANDO,ANDREW WYATT) PEARL WINE, BEER, WHISKEY 29 30 29 43 Little Big Town RC 23 l LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME 30 35 33 7 Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs 22 30 l C.FARREN,J.D.MITCHELL (J.RODGERS,H.PHELPS,BRETT TYLER,A.VANDERHEYM) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE WORSHIP YOU 31 32 31 26 Kane Brown 24 24 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,A.IZQUIERDO,M.J.MCGINN,CHARLIE HANDSOME) RCA NASHVILLE KNOWING YOU 32 33 34 8 Kenny Chesney 28 25 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (BRETT JAMES,A.JAMES,K.HIGGINS) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE 33 38 35 10 Chris Stapleton 40 24 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,A.GORLEY,C.DUBOIS) MERCURY NASHVILLE MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH 34 37 37 18 Lee Brice 26 34 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,B.MONTANA,B.DAVIS) CURB 35 31 — 2 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY Old Dominion 25 31 S.MCANALLY,OLD DOMINION (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.F.TURSI,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) ARISTA NASHVILLE 36 39 36 7 HALF OF MY HOMETOWN Kelsea Ballerini Featuring Kenny Chesney 43 36 K.BALLERINI,R.COPPERMAN,J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) BLACK RIVER YOU TIME 37 45 43 5 Scotty McCreery 20 37 l F.ROGERS,D.WELLS,A.ESHUIS (S.C.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,A.ESHUIS) TRIPLE TIGERS 38 40 39 16 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Priscilla Block 29 37 J.JOHNSON (P.BLOCK,S.JONES,E.K.KROLL) INDENT/ MERCURY NASHVILLE 39 36 — 2 BUY DIRT Jordan Davis Featuring Luke Bryan - 36 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.DAVIS,M.JENKINS,J.JENKINS) MC A NASHVILLE 40 42 42 6 WHISKEY AND RAIN Michael Ray 32 40 R.COPPERMAN (J.FRASURE,J.THOMPSON) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 41 43 40 7 VILLAIN Lily Rose - 36 M.L.MORRISEY (L.R.WILLIAMSON,M.E.CARPENTER,K.S.CLARK) BACK BLOCK/REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 42 44 41 7 LADY LIKE Ingrid Andress 33 40 S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 43 41 38 9 MR. PERFECTLY FINE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift - 2 J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT) REPUBLIC 44 46 44 20 865 Morgan Wallen - 13 J.MOI (J.BYRON,B.PENDERGRASS) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 45 47 45 19 WARNING Morgan Wallen - 10 J.MOI,CHARLIE HANDSOME (E.K.SMITH,A.GORLEY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL HARDY 46 RE-ENTRY 11 41 29 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,H.PHELPS) B IG LOUD THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE 47 50 49 3 Matt Stell 39 47 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (S.AHNQUIST,N.DONLEY,M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,H.PHELPS) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE HH HH 48 NEW 1 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Hot Shot Debut Jon Pardi 34 48 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (J.PARDI,R.AKINS,L.LAIRD) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 49 49 48 19 DANGEROUS Morgan Wallen - 17 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD HOME SWEET 50 NEW 1 Russell Dickerson 35 50 l C.BROWN,D.HUFF,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,C.KELLEY) TRIPLE TIGERS
The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by MRC Data, sales data as compiled by MRC Data and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by MRC Data. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.
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WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR
ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2020 2021 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,402,000 1,582,332,000 136,356,000 Album ’20 25.04 million Consumption 25,044,000 29,093,000 16.2% ’21 29.01 million Last Week 1,411,000 1,589,547,000 139,601,000 Album Sales 3,679,000 3,743,000 1.7% Change -0.6% -0.5% -2.3% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 26,817,965,000 32,285,604,000 20.4% ’20 29.95 billion This Week Last Year 1,284,000 1,340,418,000 127,462,000 ’21 35.37 billion Change 9.2% 18.0% 7.0% Video On-Demand 3,135,623,000 3,084,289,000 -1.6%
All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending June 3, 2021. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit.
For inquiries about any MRC Data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] 2021 COUNTRY POWER PLAYERS
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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 FOREVER AFTER ALL FOREVER AFTER ALL MORGAN WALLEN DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM 1 1 32 1 2 32 l LUKE COMBS LUKE COMBS 1 1 1 21 BIG LOUD 033180*/REPUBLIC 1 THE GOOD ONES LIL BIT LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET l2 2 16 2 3 28 2 2 3 82 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 2 1 GABBY BARRETT NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE TENNESSEE WHISKEY DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 3 4 217 3 5 14 3 4 4 209 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON l ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT HELL OF A VIEW THE GOOD ONES MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 4 3 13 4 9 32 4 5 6 157 BIG LOUD 783* 1 1 l ERIC CHURCH GABBY BARRETT LIL BIT SUN GOES DOWN NEW 1 BLACKBERRY SMOKE YOU HEAR GEORGIA 5 l5 5 8 l5 NEW l5 3 LEGGED RECORDS 14*/THIRTY TIGERS NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE KALEB AUSTIN GONE 23 8 8 318 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 l6 20 2 6 1 3 l6 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 DIERKS BENTLEY CHAYCE BECKHAM WASTED ON YOU FAMOUS FRIENDS TAYLOR SWIFT FEARLESS (TAYLOR’S VERSION) 7 8 21 7 12 13 7 6 5 8 REPUBLIC 033578 1 l MORGAN WALLEN l CHRIS YOUNG + KANE BROWN SETTLING DOWN WINE, BEER, WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER 8 9 7 8 11 47 8 9 7 29 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 l MIRANDA LAMBERT LITTLE BIG TOWN STARTING OVER BUY DIRT BLAKE SHELTON BODY LANGUAGE 9 10 40 9 8 2 9 3 — 2 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 659053/WMN 3 l CHRIS STAPLETON JORDAN DAVIS FEAT. LUKE BRYAN FAMOUS FRIENDS MINIMUM WAGE 12 11 16 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE LIFE ROLLS ON 3 10 13 3 10 6 9 l10 BMLG FG0500A* l CHRIS YOUNG + KANE BROWN BLAKE SHELTON GOOD TIME CHASING AFTER YOU 14 13 304 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 11 14 21 11 16 12 l11 HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG l NIKO MOON RYAN HURD WITH MAREN MORRIS GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 12 7 4 ALMOST MAYBES 12 4 2 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY 12 13 10 50 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 0 4 JORDAN DAVIS OLD DOMINION CHASING AFTER YOU HALF OF MY HOMETOWN SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 13 11 6 13 10 3 13 10 9 61 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 l RYAN HURD WITH MAREN MORRIS KELSEA BALLERINI FEAT. KENNY CHESNEY ONE OF THEM GIRLS TENNESSEE WHISKEY LUKE BRYAN BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE 14 12 47 14 17 271 14 15 12 43 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN 0 1 l LEE BRICE l CHRIS STAPLETON THOMAS RHETT COUNTRY AGAIN (SIDE A) 15 6 7 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S 15 14 22 HELL OF A VIEW 15 18 14 5 VALORY TR5001A/BMLG 2 SAM HUNT ERIC CHURCH WHISKEY GLASSES COUNTRY AGAIN LEE BRICE HEY WORLD 16 15 116 16 13 3 16 19 17 28 CURB 79537* 7 l MORGAN WALLEN THOMAS RHETT BEAUTIFUL CRAZY RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD 21 23 130 TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 1 17 16 155 17 NEW l17 SHOW DOG-UNIVERSAL 010334/UME (19.98) 1 l LUKE COMBS l B.J. THOMAS BETTER TOGETHER ONE TOO MANY ERIC CHURCH SOUL 18 18 36 18 18 31 18 17 16 6 EMI NASHVILLE 033109*/UMGN 2 l LUKE COMBS KEITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK GEORGE STRAIT STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX I HOPE MY WISH RE-ENTRY 129 9 19 17 84 19 15 40 l19 MCA NASHVILLE 111263/UMGN (39.98/49.98) 8 l GABBY BARRETT RASCAL FLATTS MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD NOBODY GOD BLESS THE USA 20 RE-ENTRY 20 RE-ENTRY 20 20 18 83 VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN 1 l DYLAN SCOTT l LEE GREENWOOD ALAN JACKSON WHERE HAVE YOU GONE GLAD YOU EXIST WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG 21 19 11 21 23 27 21 7 2 3 ACR/EMI NASHVILLE 033473/UMGN 2 l DAN + SHAY THOMAS RHETT TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) BETTER TOGETHER 22 22 20 261 6 22 RE-ENTRY 22 22 47 l CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 l ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT LUKE COMBS JORDAN DAVIS BUY DIRT (EP) MEANT TO BE HOOKED ON A FEELING (RE-RECORDED VERSION) 23 11 — 2 11 23 21 163 23 NEW MCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/UMGN (033776) l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE l B.J. THOMAS BROOKS & DUNN THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION MADE FOR YOU GLAD YOU EXIST 24 25 22 231 2 24 RE-ENTRY 24 RE-ENTRY l ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852/LEGACY (18.98/12.98) 4 l JAKE OWEN l DAN + SHAY JASON ALDEAN 9 25 24 26 80 1 25 23 72 ONE MAN BAND 25 RE-ENTRY GOOD TIME MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG l OLD DOMINION l NIKO MOON Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming reports collected and provided by MRC Data. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS
AGO AGO POS. POS. THIS THIS THIS LAST LAST LAST PEAK PEAK CERT. CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 NEW 1 BLACKBERRY SMOKE YOU HEAR GEORGIA 1 1 1 — 2 JOHN HIATT WITH THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND LEFTOVER FEELINGS 1 l 3 LEGGED RECORDS 14*/THIRTY TIGERS NEW WEST 6514* 2 3 264 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 2 2 2 48 GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 1 l2 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 STRETCH GRASS 4050 CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 2: THE COWBOY ARMS SESSIONS 3 3 2 29 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 3 3 1 25 HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN 44155*/THIRTY TIGERS 1 THE BLACK KEYS DELTA KREAM STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 1: THE BUTCHER SHOPPE SESSIONS 4 4 1 3 EASY EYE SOUND/NONESUCH 653739*/WARNER 1 4 4 3 33 HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN 58784*/THIRTY TIGERS (56285) 1
5 6 6 116 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 2 NEW 1 RHONDA VINCENT MUSIC IS WHAT I SEE 5 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 0 l5 UPPER MANAGMENT HOZIER HOZIER THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS A TRIBUTE TO BILL MONROE 7 5 310 1 NEW 1 6 l6 RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA 309996*/LEGACY 3 l6 AMERICANA VIBES 025* (VINYL) 7 1 — 2 LORD HURON LONG LOST 1 9 7 50 YO-YO MA/STUART DUNCAN/EDGAR MEYER/CHRIS THILE NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEO 1 WHISPERING PINES 033477*/REPUBLIC l7 SOUND POSTINGS/SONY CLASSICAL 973855*/SONY MASTERWORKS 11 7 227 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 11 5 4 LEFTOVER SALMON BRAND NEW GOOD OLD DAYS 3 l8 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY l8 COMPASS 4775* KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR CHOSEN ROAD APPALACHIAN WORSHIP: DELUXE EDITION 9 10 8 166 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 9 5 — 25 SONG GARDEN 1255 3 13 11 131 JOHN MELLENCAMP THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978 - 1988 5 14 14 7 ANNIE MOSES BAND TALES FROM MY GRANDPA’S PULPIT 4 l10 MERCURY 536738*/UME 3 l10 GAITHER 49473/CAPITOL CMG Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based on album based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming sales. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 7, 2021 | PAGE 17 OF 20
MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Back From The Surf, Kip Moore Claims Own Turf With Funky, Rockin’ ‘Good Life’
It’s dark, layered, random, intricate, raucous and hooky as heck. deal. So when we charted this thing, there’s a lot of truth. It’s not all true, but But if that isn’t enough, there’s always the word “plagiarized.” It has prob- there’s a lot of truth in the lyrics in ‘Good Life.’ ” ably never appeared in a top 10 country single, but there it is in the third That includes getting sucker punched, having a bout with the Grim Reaper line of Kip Moore’s new release, “Good Life.” “Been plagiarized by my own and an encounter with a “reggae girl,” though they toyed with the alternate damn brother,” he laments, following with a quick joke: “Hey man, I think phrase “voodoo girl.” And when he’s “taken to school by a long-legged teacher” that’s my line.” — “Miss you, Miss Jones” — that’s a real event, too. “We thought that was a neat little tongue-in-cheek kind of thing,” “That’s not her name,” clarifies Moore. “I’m just protecting the innocent.” says Moore, hinting that the phrase was inspired by a rash of copyright All the images formed a nonlinear mélange — “We wanted it to be spo- infringement claims across the music radic and not make perfect sense,” he ex- business in recent years. plains — and the results were a raw, fairly “If you listen to the top 40, if you lis- undeveloped blast that he took to pro- ten to the country top 40, there’s no way ducer Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Brothers you’re not going to hear some same lines, Osborne), who had plenty of room for some same quotes,” explains co-writer experimentation. Dan Couch (“Somethin’ ’Bout a Truck,” “There was a guitar sound and a drum “Last Shot”). “There’s a lot of clichés being sound, I think, just the real basics,” recalls thrown around. But yeah, we just thought Couch. “It wasn’t that funky track that you that was funny.” hear as the finished product. They had “Good Life” occupies its own lane in none of that.” current country circles, though it accom- Moore and his road band — drummer plishes that by referencing a plethora of Erich Wigdahl, bassist Manny Medina other sounds. Moore sings the verses and guitarist Dave Nassie — all passed in unison octaves, an effect he sees as a COVID-19 tests before they stepped into ZZ Top nod. When he delivers the “livin’ Joyce’s East Nashville studio, St. Charles, me a good life” hook in the chorus, Moore for a session that brought “Good Life” to evinces the same sort of giving-his-all its next life. Wigdahl slung a New Orleans vocal strain that Paul Stanley required at groove as Nassie spit out biting riffs and the top end of KISS’ rock’n’roll party an- Joyce punctuated the spaces with Ham- thems. And the whole stew leans on iconic mond B-3 shards. sonic approaches plucked from two differ- Joyce convinced Moore to make the last ent genres. line of the chorus emphatically good, as “It kind of had that [Rolling] Stones “Good life” became “Good, good, good, rock’n’roll feel,” says Moore. “But then good, good life.” Joyce also got one verse you’ve got that really old-school — which sliced and diced from four lines to two to we did purposely — that old-school kind fashion a bridge that — combined with of Waylon [Jennings] bass riff. So you some hazy effects — sounds like one big get a really country bass riff happening drug reference. over top of that rock’n’roll riff. It was a The changes were significant enough neat mixture.” that Moore gave Joyce credit as a co-writer, “Good Life” was penned during with Couch’s full blessing. Moore’s pandemic experience, which “He made it better,” says Couch was decidedly different than most people’s matter-of-factly. existence. He spent several months rock That came in subtle ways, too, includ- MOORE climbing in Kentucky; went mountain ing a bell tone — easily missed on some biking in scenic Sedona, Ariz.; then surfed devices — at the end of the bridge that the waves in Hawaii and Costa Rica. But it wasn’t a full-fledged vacation. Moore sounds like a text message notification. Not that Joyce is sharing that secret, continued to write steadily during his adventures, checking in via Zoom, text even with Moore. or FaceTime with co-writers including Couch, who helped flesh out the bones “He’s got so many quirky sounds deep within his vault,” says Moore. “A of “Good Life” while Moore was still in Maui, HI. lot of times you’d come back in the next morning, and it’s different. You say, “I usually call Dan when I’ve got something cooking, and I just started ‘Well, what is that?’ And he just kind of grins.” shooting him voice memos,” notes Moore. “Then he shoots me back things, MCA Nashville released “Good Life” to AM/FM country stations via lyrically, and I wedge through that. And then I sent him a second option. We PlayMPE on April 23, a move that essentially has Moore emerging from the just kind of go back and forth, and then we’d like FaceTime for an hour or so a pandemic with a strut in his audio step. And he backed it with an equally day, and we kind of try to suss through it. It just started unfolding that way.” offbeat video, produced by P. J. B rown , that presents Moore as a carefree, Moore intended “Good Life” as a sequel to “Reckless (Still Growin’ Up),” a oddball bus driver. buzzing track with a playboy vibe that appeared on his 2012 debut, Up All Night. “We just immediately fell in love with it,” says Moore of the single. “We “It’s kind of, ‘I did this and I did this on my way to where I got,’ ” says Couch. love the rowdiness of it. We feel like a lot of people are going to be releasing a “Some of it was true, some of it’s fabricated, but there’s a lot of threads of truth lot of COVID, thought-provoking songs, and we kind of just wanted to come in ‘Reckless,’ and that was all sort of leading up to the time he got his record with a little bit of rambunctious rock’n’roll.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 7, 2021 | PAGE 18 OF 20 Country Airplay Index
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G K SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs (Songwriter) Chart Position II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music GETTING OVER HIM Lylas Music, BMI/Warner- KNOWING YOU Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/3 Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder A Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/WC Music Ring Circus, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Pompano Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Corp., ASCAP/Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Sony Cross Run Music, BMI/Songs For Ellie May, BMI (Brett James, Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Rednecker Music, ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Keys Publishing, ASCAP (Lauren Alaina, P.DiGiovanni, A.James, K.Higgins) 28 BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.L.Holman) 8 Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, E.L.Weisband) 46 ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ L T Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Relative Music Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Group, BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, LADY LIKE Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/What Is An TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Sony Countryside, Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 7 ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/8 Minutes Twenty Ingrid, BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/Songs For BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/Happy Song Seconds Publishing, BMI/Artist Publishing Group West, A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Factory, BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane B ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 33 Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony Story Music Publishing, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James BACK THEN, RIGHT NOW Not Listed (P.Welling, WC Music Corp., ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, A.Gorley, B.Johnson, LIKE A LADY W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Songs, GMR (J.Pardi, R.Akins, L.Laird) 34 M.Porter, T.Arts, D.Pittenger) 59 H.Phelps) 41 Publishing, SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/50 Year Plan, ASCAP/More Hot Sauce Please, ASCAP/Real Johnson THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE New House Of Sea BLAME IT ON YOU Makena Cove Music, ASCAP/ GLAD YOU EXIST Monet Music, BMI/Warner- Publishing, ASCAP (H.Scott, D.M.Barnes, M.Buzz, M.Johnson, Gayle Music, ASCAP/Music Of MAM, ASCAP/MV2 Music, BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Zona Blue Music, BMI/Lee 45 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Spokane Boy Music, B.Paddock) 27 BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Music Publishing, BMI/Irishsonmusic, BMI/BMG Platinum BMI/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Shay BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI/ Songs US, BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/ Mooney Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And LONG HAUL Edgehill Blue Moon, Publishing, ASCAP/ New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, SB21 Music Publishing, SESAC/BW Tunes, SESAC Banjos, ASCAP (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, T.M.Parks, S.Mooney, WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP/Dave BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My (K.M.Allison, J.Edwards, T.Kennedy, M.Tyler, B.White) 5 R.L.Taylor) 13 Villa Publihsing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP (S.Ahnquist, Crawbaby Music, BMI (J.Kenney, D.Villa, I.Munsick) 54 N.Donley, M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, H.Phelps) 39 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Sony ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt M Accent, ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape ASCAP/Sony Countryside, BMI (L.Wilson, J.D.Singleton, Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love J.Nix) 15 Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony Accent, Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ B.Johnson, N.Moon) 2 Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Corte, Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI/ THINKING ‘BOUT YOU Warner-Tamerlane Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 6 Songs About Jack, BMI/Write Or Die Music, BMI/Warner- Publishing Corp., BMI/Magic Mustang Music, BMI/Buzz GONE TOO SOON Spark Lark Music, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Brice, B.Montana, Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ C Me Gusta Music, BMI/Andrew Jannakos Publishing WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP/ Designee, BMI/Josh Bricker Publishing Designee, BMI (J. B.Davis) 26 Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Track House Afable, A.Jannakos, J.Bricker) 60 Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, CHASING AFTER YOU Songs Of Mojo Two, MINIMUM WAGE A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Big BMI (D.Lynch, A.Albert, H.Phelps, W.Weatherly) 38 ASCAP/Addington Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Highly H Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Crowder, TO BE LOVED BY YOU Warner-Tamerlane Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Get Ur Seek On, ASCAP (B. HALF OF MY HOMETOWN Sony Accent, N.Galyon, J.Frasure) 10 Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Ritten Addington, J.Flowers) 30 ASCAP/Tempo Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/ By Rhettro, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Akins) 36 Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, MY BOY Rome Phrey Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Highly GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rome Phrey Publishing, U Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Diamonds, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Publishing LLC, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Muse Magic, ASCAP/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Warner- BMI/Nick Columbia Publishing, ASCAP/Block Of Marble UNDIVIDED T Tree Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, Music, BMI/Lee Starr Publishing, BMI/SNG Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Straight Outta Georgia Songs, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sonofgroceries R.Copperman, J.Robbins, N.Galyon) 43 LLP, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI (E.Shane, R.Sutton, SESAC/Tree Vibez Bus Vibez, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Songs N.Columbia, L.Starr) 21 SESAC (T.Hubbard, C.Loocke) 17 Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Castle HOME SWEET BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (J.Rodgers, H.Phelps, Brett Tyler, Music That Is Russelled, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, W A.Vanderheym) 22 SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/The Best I N Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (R. COME IN (BUT DON’T MAKE Dickerson, C.Brown, C.Kelley) 35 NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Peertunes, WAITIN’ ON 5 ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla YOURSELF COMFORTABLE) Bare Feet Ltd., SESAC/Marlow Sinclair Songs, SESAC/Reservoir Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Publishing LLC, BMI (C.D.Jones, J.Stelling) 56 Media Music, ASCAP/Mirendawrites, ASCAP/Raincreek Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Sony Songs HOT BEER Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s Publishing, ASCAP/Espiritu de Leon, BMI (C.Walker, J.Boyer, LLC, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs Of XO, College Fund, ASCAP/Hits From The Tape Room, BMI/ J.Mirenda, G.Birge) 52 BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, COUNTRY AGAIN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Ben There Wrote That BMI (C.Janson, Shy Carter, T.Cecil, C.Wiseman) 42 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Cricket On The Publishing, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Line, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Rednecker NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Music, BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI/Who Wants To Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo WAVES Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP/ Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Universal Music Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 16 WC Music Corp., ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, A.Gorley, B.Johnson, For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Pub Club, ASCAP/Songs Of H.Phelps) 57 Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 19 Universal, Inc., BMI (Z.Crowell, R.J.Hurd, R.C.McGill) 18 D I NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Universal Music Corp., Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sullivan S Guns Music, DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Songs Of Riser House, BMI/Sony Countryside, BMI (D. BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Tunes Sony Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/ I CAN’T Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 4 From The Red White And Blue School, ASCAP/Anthem Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, Publishing Corp., BMI/Noodlehead Publishing, BMI/BMG Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP/ Platinum Songs US, BMI/For The Kids Platinum, BMI/ J.S.Stover) 14 Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Cale Dodds Legitimate Efforts Music, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC NO SAD SONGS Niko Moon Publishing, Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, C.Crowder, H.Phelps, C.Dodds) 11 (C.Smith, B.West, S.Wilson Jr.) 48 SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Joshua Murty Publishing, WHERE I FIND GOD Jolly To the Roger, BMI/ ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, ASCAP/Slo Circus Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS Peermusic III, Music, ASCAP/Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Vandeezy Songs, Better Music, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Fleet, HOME) Elle King Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Ltd., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Back 40 Publishing C.R.Harrington) 58 Inc., BMI/Real Johnson Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music International, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC (N.Moon, A.Moon, Corp., ASCAP (Elle King, M.Johnson) 45 J.Murty, S.L.Olsen, A.Vanderheym) 49 BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan, R.Montana) 47 WHILE YOU’RE GONE Not Listed (D.Parker, J.Rodgers) 53 F I’M NOT FOR EVERYONE Trampy McCauley, NOT YET Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/ FAMOUS FRIENDS Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/Little Louder Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Universal Tunes, SESAC/ WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Songs, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Phat Racoon, SESAC (B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 44 Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Bennett’s Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (J.Osborne, T.J. O BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 32 SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Osborne, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 50 ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ C.Crowder) 3 IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM Big Music Machine, BMI/Callista LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Clark Publishing, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, FILL THEM BOOTS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Smells Of Rich Mahogany, BMI James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Big Plans Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Jack (C.Clark, C.Jaymes, L.J.Veltz) 37 P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 12 Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI/Sony Songs LLC, 10 Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 24 BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/ I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY Bird And S Mark Trussell Music, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, Bean Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Trevor’s WOULD HAVE LOVED HER BMG Platinum ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Lane, J.Miller, E.K.Smith, Advocate Publishing, ASCAP/Twelve6 Dogwood, SETTLING DOWN Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ Songs US, BMI/Mississippin Music Publishing, BMI/Sony M.Trussell) 51 ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI (C.Bandi, Z.Kale) 55 ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP/ Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. Y BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 9 Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony GMR/Sony Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE Ken Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI (L. (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, SHALLOW Sony Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham Tucky Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Spirit Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 1 J.Osborne) 25 Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive Two Nashville, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/ FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Sony Lakeview, J Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays External Combustion Music, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle SESAC/Red Lining Music, SESAC/Sony Countryside, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White Music, ASCAP (C.Stapleton, A.Gorley, C.DuBois) 40 Big Spaces Music, BMI/Sony Accent, ASCAP/Nepasongs, JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI ASCAP (J.Allen, A.Bowers, M.Rogers) 31 Publising, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 23 YOU TIME Dagum Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ Inc., BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, Emily Kroll Music, ASCAP (P.Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 29 ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (S.C.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 20 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 7, 2021 | PAGE 19 OF 20 Hot Country Songs Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, LIL BIT Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE New House Of Sea (Songwriter) Chart Position BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Sony Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Gayle Music, ASCAP/Music Of MAM, ASCAP/MV2 Music, Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP/ BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., 865 Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Blake Pendergrass Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI (L. Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/WC Music BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI/ Publishing Designee, BMI (J.Byron, B.Pendergrass) 44 Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 1 Corp., ASCAP (T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, B.Redferrin, C.Haynes, New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, Jr.) 10 BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My A G Publishing, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP (S.Ahnquist, M N.Donley, M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, H.Phelps) 47 ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Relative Music Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Group, BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony Tree THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Sony ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/8 Minutes Twenty Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Carl Accent, ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Seconds Publishing, BMI/Artist Publishing Group West, Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP ASCAP/Sony Countryside, BMI (L.Wilson, J.D.Singleton, Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 11 J.Nix) 21 Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 9 ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ WC Music Corp., ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, A.Gorley, B.Johnson, MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love U B H.Phelps) 46 Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ UNDIVIDED T Tree Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BLAME IT ON YOU Makena Cove Music, ASCAP/ GLAD YOU EXIST Monet Music, BMI/Warner- Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Straight Outta Georgia Songs, BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Zona Blue Music, BMI/Lee 45 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Spokane Boy Music, Songs About Jack, BMI/Write Or Die Music, BMI/Warner- SESAC/Tree Vibez Bus Vibez, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., Music Publishing, BMI/Irishsonmusic, BMI/BMG Platinum BMI/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Shay Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Brice, B.Montana, SESAC (T.Hubbard, C.Loocke) 23 Songs US, BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/ Mooney Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And B.Davis) 34 SB21 Music Publishing, SESAC/BW Tunes, SESAC Banjos, ASCAP (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, T.M.Parks, S.Mooney, V (K.M.Allison, J.Edwards, T.Kennedy, M.Tyler, B.White) 12 R.L.Taylor) 13 MINIMUM WAGE A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ VILLAIN Lily Rose Williamson Publishing Designee, BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Mackenzie Elysse Carpenter Publishing Designee, Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Crowder, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony Cross Keys ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt N.Galyon, J.Frasure) 14 Publishing, ASCAP (L.R.Williamson, M.E.Carpenter, K.S.Clark) Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape 41 Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music MR. PERFECTLY FINE (TAYLOR’S Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony Accent, Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Sony W B.Johnson, N.Moon) 2 Tree Publishing, BMI/Taylor Swift Music, BMI/Songs Of ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Corte, WARNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 7 Universal, Inc., BMI (T.Swift) 43 THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BUY DIRT Anthem Music Publishing II, ASCAP/Jordan Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ MY BOY Rome Phrey Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs BMI/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Sony Songs LLC, BMI Davis Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bent BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rome Phrey Publishing, (E.K.Smith, A.Gorley, Charlie Handsome) 45 Prop Publishing, ASCAP/Combustion Five, ASCAP/WC McCormick, BMI/Sony Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI 3 BMI/Nick Columbia Publishing, ASCAP/Block Of Marble WASTED ON YOU Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Music Corp., ASCAP/Jenktown, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) Wallace Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Music, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Smackworks Music, Music, BMI/Lee Starr Publishing, BMI/SNG Music, H LLP, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI (E.Shane, R.Sutton, Em Dog Music, BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/ SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music MV2 Music, BMI/Sony Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, Publishing, SESAC (J.Davis, J.Davis, M.Jenkins, J.Jenkins) 39 N.Columbia, L.Starr) 27 HALF OF MY HOMETOWN Sony Accent, J.Thompson, Charlie Handsome) 22 C ASCAP/Tempo Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/ N Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, WAVES Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, CHASING AFTER YOU Songs Of Mojo Two, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Universal Music ASCAP/Addington Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Diamonds, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Pub Club, ASCAP/Songs Of Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Highly Muse Magic, ASCAP/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Warner- Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ Universal, Inc., BMI (Z.Crowell, R.J.Hurd, R.C.McGill) 24 Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. 36 Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 26 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Universal Music Corp., Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Get Ur Seek On, ASCAP (B. 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Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, Publishing LLC, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 8 J.S.Stover) 25 Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. 5 O WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sonofgroceries Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Songs ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Castle HOME SWEET BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Music That Is Russelled, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 40 Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (J.Rodgers, H.Phelps, Brett Tyler, Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ A.Vanderheym) 30 SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (R. James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music 50 P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 16 Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- COUNTRY AGAIN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Dickerson, C.Brown, C.Kelley) Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Cricket On The I S BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Line, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, 29 ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY Bird And SETTLING DOWN Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 19 Bean Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Trevor’s Advocate Publishing, ASCAP/Twelve6 Dogwood, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, D ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 6 SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue DANGEROUS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP/ Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI/Sony Songs LLC, SHALLOW Sony Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 31 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive Music, BMI 49 GMR/Sony Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith) Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord Y (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. 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Music A.James, K.Higgins) 32 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Sony Countryside, Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Bennett’s BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/Happy Song Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, L Factory, BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony Story Music Publishing, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, LADY LIKE Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/What Is An GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James C.Crowder) 4 Ingrid, BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/Songs For Songs, GMR (J.Pardi, R.Akins, L.Laird) 48 A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 42 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 7, 2021 | PAGE 20 OF 20 CODA 45 Years Ago Crystal Gayle Reigned ‘Over’ Hot Country Songs For The First Time In 1976, the venerable star began her run of 18 leaders
On June 12, 1976, Crystal Gayle’s “I’ll first single reached No. 8 on Hot before that, on Nov. 14, 2016, Gayle was Get Over You” topped Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, becoming her second invited to join the famed institution by Country Songs chart, becoming her of 34 top 10s. Carrie Underwood, who accompanied first No. 1. The song marked her ninth Gayle was born Brenda Gail Webb, her on the Opry stage for a performance entry and started her run of 18 lead- the youngest of 10 children. Legend- of Gayle’s 1977 crossover smash “Don’t ers, through “Straight to the Heart” ary older sister Loretta Lynn inducted It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.” in 1987. her into the Grand Ole Opry in January Now 70 and still active in her career, “Over” was released as the second 2017, nearly 50 years after Gayle had Gayle released You Don’t Know Me: single from Gayle’s sophomore album, made her singing debut on Nashville’s Classic Country in 2019. It hit No. 40 Somebody Loves You. The title-track Ryman Auditorium stage at age 16. Just on Independent Albums. —JIM ASKER
Gayle in 1975.
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