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Charlie Daniels Anyone who thinks country music occupies a narrow band in exhibiting a country tone and spunk that compare favorably Remembered the stylistic universe would do well to check out some of the to Carly Pearce and Jana Kramer. Ellis has dropped one self- >page 12 new artists on the way in the last half of 2020. funded EP prior to her forthcoming Nashville label debut, and Rock-edged HARDY and Tim Montana, pop-leaning Noah she also landed a cut on the Teen Wolf soundtrack. Schnacky, Texas-bred Parker McCollum and emotionally raw • Filmore (Curb) — Percolating rhythms and old-school Caylee Hammack comprise a good chunk of the next group pop melodies are the norm for Filmore and his passionate Jimmie Allen Gets of acts with their first albums or EPs for a major label or top tenor. A Wildwood, Mo., native, he honed his chops while Paired Up indie on the way. working the college circuit and built an online presence >page 14 Many of the sounds arriving at the moment might not have on his way to a Curb deal. His first full album for an estab- been accepted in another age, though the genre is constantly lished label, State I’m In, is expected Oct. 30, following a new evolving, reflecting the changing single mid-August. influences of its artists and its audi- • Ryan Griffin (Altadena/ ACM Wine Party With ences. In some cases, such as Ryan Warner) — The 2019 death of Pearce, Townes Griffin, who grew up idolizing both producer busbee (Pearce, Maren >page 14 country figures and R&B balladeer Morris) delayed his debut EP, Brian McKnight, an act can pin- though it’s now in the mix for late point the exact moment they real- August. Bearing a blue-eyed soul Makin’ Tracks: ized the boundaries had shifted. resemblance to Rascal Flatts’ “I was driving down the driveway, Gary LeVox, Griffin’s high notes Mickey Guyton’s GRIFFIN HAMMACK FILMORE ‘Black Like Me’ I got about halfway down, and I was hint at painful vulnerability >page 19 heading to school in the morning,” even as they suggest a hopeful he recalls. “The song ‘You’ll Think of Me’ came on the radio. It future. A former tour opener for Old Dominion, Griffin also was Keith Urban, and I literally put my car in park, turned the cowrote Kelsea Ballerini’s “Dibs.” radio up, closed my eyes and just sat there. And I realized in that • Caylee Hammack (Universal Music Group) — Nominated Country Coda: moment that there’s a place for me in country music.” for two Academy of Country Music Awards, Georgia-bred Paisley Left Here’s a look at those who hope to make a place for them- Hammack has overcome two house fires and a teenage bout ‘Water’ Mark selves with their first big-time album or EP during the final six with cancer to arrive at the precipice of her first album, If It >page 22 months of 2020: Wasn’t for You (Aug. 14, Capitol Nashville). She evokes a raw, • Hannah Ellis (Curb) — The former Voice competitor turned worldly quality as a vocalist while occasionally tapping a Dolly

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• HARDY (Big Loud) — After writing hits for Blake Shelton, LOCASH and Morgan Wallen, HARDY’s own “One Beer” (No. 25, Country Airplay) is making his one name much more familiar to the average country fan. Smart, twisty songwriting and his penchant for small-town stories seed a first album expected in late summer or early fall ladled with classic-rock, Southern rock and alt-rock influences. • Parker McCollum (MCA Nashville) — Already a known quantity on the Texas club circuit, McCollum is breaking out nationally with catchy single “Pretty Heart” (No. 26, Country Airplay). With two previous indie albums under his belt, he already has a healthy backlog of heart-on-the-sleeve admis- sions to keep new fans exploring. Will the first major-label project be an EP? LP? TBD. Kane Brown (left) delivered the first TV performance of “Worldwide • Tim Montana (Knox Music) — “For Montana, the Big Sky is the limit.” Beautiful” during an appearance with gospel singer Jonathan The cheeky final line of his bio references Montana’s home state and McReynolds on the BET Awards, which aired June 29. his real last name. A gritty, blues/rock sound fits that background, as do friendships with Kid Rock and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons. Montana arrives at the BBR Music Group through producer Michael Knox (Jason Aldean, Trace Adkins). • MacKenzie Porter (Big Loud) — With her first Big Loud single, “These Days,” released to radio in April, Porter’s girl-next-door vocals cut like a blade while the distinct lift of her choruses comes direct from the Taylor Swift school of songwriting. Thrice nominated in the Canadian Country Music Awards, Porter’s first American album has a tentative October release date attached. • REDFERRIN (Round Here) — Emerging on Florida Georgia Line’s label, singer-songwriter Blake Redferrin owns his sound, easing into a drawling effort while obliquely celebrating his neck with “Red in My Last Name.” His hard consonants and Southern enunciations suggest he draws heavily from FGL’s Tyler Hubbard. No official date for REDFERRIN’s debut EP has been set, though it could come as early as August. Carly Pearce (left) received a surprise visit from Country Music • RoadHouse (BBR Music Group) — Forget “Dueling Banjos.” Country’s Association CEO Sarah Trahern during the July 1 livestream of CMA now looking at dueling turntables with an EP from Dee Jay Silver and DJ Summer Stay-Cay. Trahern presented Pearce plaques honoring her Ikon. What’s in store — remixes and mashups of established hits, similar RIAA-certified gold single “Hide the Wine” and platinum duet with Lee to Silver’s country concert productions? Original EDM material sung by Brice, “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” country artists, a la Diplo? The label is leaving room for both possibilities. • Noah Schnacky (Big Machine) — Two of the seven titles on his eponymous debut, “Meet the Man” and “Hello Beautiful,” practically announce the project as an introduction. Due July 24, the EP is loaded with optimism, a trait that has helped him amass 2.3 million TikTok followers. Schnacky’s breathy, pop-tipped phrasing owes a debt to Gavin DeGraw and John Mayer. • Elvie Shane (BBR Music Group) — A former preacher, Shane saw the light and became an evangelist for country music, inspired by the energy of Bruce Springsteen and the grit of fellow Kentuckian Chris Stapleton. His Maddie & Tae members Maddie Marlow (center) and Tae Dye talked forthcoming EP frames him as a bad ass, though “My Boy,” built on his love pork rinds and tour buses with CMT host Cody Alan during the July 1

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IMAGES MILLER/GETTY FOR YOUR CMA CONSIDERATION ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR ———————————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— —————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ————— MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR ———————————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— —————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ————— OVER 6 BILLION STREAMS ALBUM ————————————— OF THE YEAR FIRST ARTIST IN HISTORY WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET TO SEND FIRST 8 SINGLES TO NO. 1 AT COUNTRY RADIO ———————————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— —————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ————— ————————————— LARGEST STREAMING WEEK EVER FOR A COUNTRY ALBUM SINGLE / ————————————— NO. 1 ALL-GENRE BILLBOARD 200 DEBUT MUSIC VIDEO ————————————— OF THE YEAR “50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2019” “BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART” – BILLBOARD ———————————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— —————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ————— ————————————— “40 BEST COUNTRY AND AMERICANA ALBUMS OF 2019” SONG – ROLLING STONE OF THE YEAR “EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING” ———————————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— —————— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ————— MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR “DOES TO ME” (FEAT. 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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 15 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week)/ Most Increased Audience HH Luke Bryan 32.782 +3.843 7855 681 1 l2 4 19 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 27.663 +2.126 7017 352 2 3 3 49 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 25.654 -0.154 5851 65 4 l4 5 29 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 24.427 +1.563 6173 236 3 5 1 20 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 23.440 -6.381 5802 -1430 5 l6 7 32 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 23.132 +2.753 5729 578 6 l7 6 27 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 22.254 +0.601 5084 -157 9 l8 9 60 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 21.931 +1.720 5573 174 7 l9 10 48 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 20.394 +1.527 5154 109 8 l10 13 40 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 19.808 +1.439 4804 153 12 l11 14 15 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 19.604 +1.339 4906 187 11 l12 11 14 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 19.426 +0.732 4936 122 10 l13 15 19 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 17.757 +0.904 4765 232 13 l14 16 11 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 16.627 +2.490 4171 442 14 l15 18 9 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 12.786 +1.629 3439 271 16 l16 17 34 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 12.601 +0.469 3604 81 15 l17 19 33 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 11.371 +2.417 3226 365 17 l18 23 4 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville HH Most Added HH Luke Combs 10.326 +2.479 2441 610 21 l19 21 13 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow HH Airpower HH Jason Aldean 9.993 +1.345 2853 260 19 l20 20 53 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 9.149 +0.234 2891 -53 18 l21 25 30 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 8.066 +1.443 2709 340 20 l22 24 12 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 7.718 +0.550 2365 58 24 l23 27 13 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 7.338 +0.931 2369 82 23 l24 28 43 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 7.003 +0.769 2403 95 22 l25 29 22 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 6.814 +0.872 2209 217 25 l26 26 26 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 6.680 +0.216 2049 69 26 l27 30 24 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 5.067 +0.612 1743 76 28 l28 31 16 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 4.794 +0.448 1815 281 27 l29 33 11 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 4.657 +0.846 1510 172 29 l30 32 19 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 4.330 +0.130 1335 9 31

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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 JULY 6, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 22

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 36 18 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 3.672 +0.441 1298 59 32 l32 35 6 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen 3.615 +0.264 978 100 38 33 34 5 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.341 -0.409 824 -90 43 34 22 2 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 3.214 -4.814 929 -562 40 l35 37 39 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 3.154 +0.051 1352 35 30 l36 38 32 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 3.091 +0.345 117 5 180 34 l37 40 20 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 2.658 +0.025 114 3 -26 35 38 39 38 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 2.635 -0.070 1243 -15 33 l39 42 3 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 2.602 +0.451 818 172 44 l40 41 30 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 2.364 +0.147 112 0 74 36 l41 45 21 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 2.328 +0.407 1034 100 37 l42 43 7 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.298 +0.201 869 155 41 l43 44 12 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 2.096 +0.029 865 21 42 l44 49 12 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 1.937 +0.318 612 59 50 l45 50 5 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1.898 +0.285 627 89 48 l46 47 11 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 1.850 +0.147 957 73 39 47 46 14 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.742 -0.073 724 -18 46 l48 48 10 LADY BMLG Brett Young 1.718 +0.084 601 15 51 l49 51 5 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1.679 +0.136 622 37 49 l50 55 3 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown/19th & Grand Zac Brown Band 1.545 +0.350 478 184 54 l51 53 3 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 1.356 +0.087 533 31 53 l52 54 28 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 1.342 +0.085 735 11 45 53 52 7 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 1.315 -0.057 448 3 55 l54 57 10 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.091 +0.028 630 16 47 55 56 4 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 0.991 -0.128 429 4 56 l56 58 7 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 0.967 +0.136 583 43 52 l57 59 2 EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 0.823 +0.005 241 -3 - l58 NEW WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker HH Runaway June 0.816 +0.566 331 240 57 l59 NEW DRIFT AWAY (IHEART LIVE) RCA Nashville Kane Brown 0.702 +0.702 145 145 - l60 NEW SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 0.661 +0.275 237 116 -

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7/ 1 3 DWAIN MESSER Ease My Troubled Mind DANIELLE BRADBERY N Crowd Never Have I Ever BMLG MO PITNEY Ain’t Bad For A Good JAKE SIMON Ol’ Boy I Still Think About You Not Listed Spaceshot TYLER FARR LINDSAY ELL Soundtrack To A Small Want Me Back Town Sundown Stoney Creek Night Train/Broken Bow 58 TRAVIS DENNING ZAC BROWN BAND Where That Beer’s Been The Man Who Loves You Mercury Nashville The Most Home Grown/19th & Grand The trio posts its sixth Country Airplay 7/2 0 RUNAWAY entry, a run that includes “Buy My Own KENNY CHESNEY JUNE DEREK JOHNSON Happy Does Drinks,” which hit No. 8 last September. The Right Beer Right Now Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA We act’s latest debuts at No. 58 with 816,000 Were Rich Star Farm Nashville audience impressions.

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 29 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 19 WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.655 22 0 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 17 PINK HOUSES (IHEART LIVE) RCA Nashville Old Dominion 0.565 0 0 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 16 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 0.450 25 3 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 15 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 14 THESE DAYS Big Loud MacKenzie Porter 0.431 21 0 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 14 HEARTLESS Mad Decent/Columbia Diplo & Julia Michaels Feat. Morgan Wallen 0.410 5 0 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 11 Y’ALLSOME Black River Pryor & Lee 0.390 7 5 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 10 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen 9 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 20.010 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 17.409 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +3.843 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +2.753 3 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 16.800 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +2.490 4 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 16.235 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +2.479 5 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 14.693 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers +2.417 6 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 14.275 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +2.126 7 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 12.520 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH +1.720 8 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 12.024 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +1.629 9 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 10.601 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +1.563 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +1.527 10 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 9.890 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +681 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +610 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +578 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +442 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers +365 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +352 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +340 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +281 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +271 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +260 McGRAW LYNCH TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING JUNE 28, 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 1 15 RODEO CLOWN (Independent) HH 2 Weeks at 1 HH Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1907 85 11 12 24 NO HANDLE (Independent) The Panhandlers 116 7 -5 l2 2 17 YOU, ME AND A BOTTLE (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1893 147 l12 17 12 EVERYDAYERS (Independent) James Lann 114 0 91 l3 3 20 FAMILY NAME (Independent) Cross Rags and Young 1687 1 l13 20 6 SPUR OF THE MOMENT (Independent) Kylie Frey 112 0 137 l4 4 19 BURY MY BONES (Independent) Whiskey Myers 1581 81 l14 15 23 RED DIRT TEXAS (Independent) Hayden Haddock 1114 5 l5 7 15 RADIO COWBOY (Independent) Jon Stork 1519 60 15 13 23 WE DON’T CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE (Independent) Casey Baker 110 8 -24 l6 8 11 NEON TOWN (Independent) David Adam Byrnes 1454 18 16 16 24 THROUGH THE JUKEBOX (Independent) Donice Morace 1063 -9 7 5 27 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records) Eleven Hundred Springs 1438 -50 l17 22 7 AIN’T A TRAIN (Independent) Cody Jinks 1063 134 l8 10 10 AS SOON AS YOU (Ten X Music Group) Bri Bagwell 14 11 106 18 6 21 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent) Reckless Kelly 1034 -441 l9 9 12 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 1391 22 19 18 27 FAR FROM GOOD (Independent) Triston Marez 1006 -26 l10 14 15 FEELS LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1255 127 l20 23 7 LITTLE BIT (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1001 81

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 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

RADIO & RECORDS® Bob Reeves started July 2 as Riser House senior vp promotion, working a roster that includes Mitchell Tenpenny and Dillon Carmichael. Reeves previously held the same title at Reviver … Warner Music Nashville COO Matt Signatore will leave the company at the end of the year … Big Machine Label Group made three alterations to its publicity department. Rachel Wendler was promoted to senior manager of communications from manager, Shelby Paul rose to manager from coordinator, and Macy Rivet joined as manager after three years as a Los Angeles-based publicist for imPRint PR … Curb | Word established a new imprint, MCC/Curb, seeding the roster with Jackson Michelson and Tim Dugger. Curb | Word vp media, publishing and promotion Craig Powers was named head of the label. Todd Thomas takes over as director of promotion, shifting from Curb | Word subsidiary 25 Live, where he was director of touring … Songwriter Steven Battey (“One Number Away”) teamed with Cole Burkett to form Lauren Alaina led a conversation constructed only — or mostly — of Exit 216, named after the interstate connector to the Nashville Airport. OneRPM song titles during the July 1 livestream CMA Summer Stay-Cay. will release the duo’s first single, “Brother,” on July 17 … Songwriter Josh Clockwise from top left: Alaina, Devin Dawson, HARDY and Breland. Mirenda (“Somewhere on a Beach,” “They Don’t Know”) signed a recording deal with Average Joes … Charlie Worsham’s new monthly show, The Air Castle REMEMBERING CHARLIE DANIELS Community Hour, will debut at 6 p.m. CT on July 7 on WSM-AM Nashville … If he were remembered only for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” Charlie Saga vp programming Bob Lawrence is stepping down after five years in the Daniels would have accomplished much. post, InsideRadio.com reported. The chain’s country signals include WIXY Daniels distinctively overdubbed seven fiddle parts in the December 1978 Champaign-Urbana, Ill.; WCKN Charleston, S.C.; and WPOR Portland, Maine … production, a modern, audio morality play in which an ace musician van- WOGG Pittsburgh PD/morning host Scott Alexander parted ways with the quishes Satan. station, according to InsideRadio.com. Erika Hink, who does mornings for sister But Daniels, who died July 6 in Nashville from a stroke at age 83, made a deeper WOGI, will handle the shift for both stations … Midwest Communications vp and mark than that one song, serving as a connective tissue between multiple genres Stevens Point, Wis., market manager Brett Lucht died in a drowning accident as a leader among Southern rock acts. on July 3. Lucht had been with the company 22 years. The Stevens Point cluster He earned attention first as a session includes country WDEZ. A GoFundMe page was established here to assist with player for the likes of Bob Dylan, funeral expenses and his three daughters’ futures. Marty Robbins and The Oak Ridge Boys. He brought The Charlie Daniels ’ROUND THE ROW Band to national attention through the Songwriter Josh Kear (“Need You Now,” “Most People Are Good”) signed a 1973 pop novelty “Uneasy Rider,” then publishing deal with Sony/ATV Nashville … The Recording Academy promoted became a 1970s staple of album rock Shonda Grant to chief people and culture officer from managing director, radio with such titles as “The South’s people and culture … Foxtel shut down Australia’s country channel, CMC, Gonna Do It Again,” “Long-Haired on July 1. The move will likely influence touring opportunities for American Country Boy” and “Birmingham country acts, who have visited the continent more frequently since the Blues.” channel’s 2004 debut … The Country After “Devil” tied him more Music Hall of Fame and Museum closely to country, Daniels focused extended its coronavirus-related increasingly on that market, scoring closure through July 3 … Nashville- DANIELS hits with a pair of mid-’80s honky- based DiscoverSooner.com will host tonk barnburners, “Drinkin’ My Baby an online event, Priceless Answers Goodbye” and “Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues.” He also began leaning to Questions Songwriters Ask heavily on patriotic pride through his 1980 Iranian hostage-era anthem “In Publishers, on July 15. DiscoverSooner America” and his 1982 Vietnam veteran saga “Still in Saigon.” CEO Nancy Deckant will host with Daniels’ energetic demeanor made him an ideal frontman, playing im- two song pluggers: Shake ’Em Music passioned fiddle amid his biting vocal performances and contributing adept founder Shar’n Clark and SDB Music guitar work during the band’s shows. founder Sherrill Blackman … Who His lifetime efforts led to a 2008 induction into the Grand Ole Opry and a Knew hosts a free online conversation 2016 entry in the Country Music Hall of Fame. on July 9 with HelloMarko.com Along the way, he created a signature event with the Volunteer Jam, a cross- founder Mark Montgomery and genre concert that was held annually for over two decades. It drew such diverse mixer-engineer F. Reid Shippen talents as Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, James Brown, The Allman Brothers (Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town) at Band, Roy Acuff, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Amy Grant and Bill Monroe. 2 p.m. ET on July 9 … Muscle Shoals Daniels approached his role with a blue-collar mentality, so practical that guitarist Pete Carr died June 27, he carried three fiddles on the road that were designed to rise above the am- AL.com reported. Known for his perage of a full band. Instead of giving them pet names, he simply labeled work with Bob Seger, Rod Stewart them No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. and Paul Simon, he also played “My fiddles are not real fine instruments like Mr. Monroe’s mandolin was,” on Willie Nelson’s “Bloody Mary he said weeks before his Hall of Fame induction. “We ruin our fiddles because Morning” … Songwriter-producer- Tiera (right) signed a publishing we drill holes in them. I use remote pickups, but they’re built into the fiddle, engineer Alan Schulman died June 24, deal with Big Loud Publishing’s so it ruins it as far as acoustic is concerned, but it sounds fine electric. So my according to The TimesDaily. He Songs & Daughter subsidiary, instruments are not irreplaceable like Mr. Monroe’s mandolin.” worked with Shenandoah, John Prine founded by president/CEO But Daniels’ place in country music — and in popular music overall — is and Widespread Panic, and wrote and Nicolle Galyon. Warner well-defined. produced The Forester Sisters’ 1991 Chappell Nashville is a partner

Funeral arrangements are pending. single “Men.” in the agreement. COX. JULIA TIERA: ANDERSON. ERICK DANIELS: FOR YOUR CMA CONSIDERATION

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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Jimmie Allen’s current duet with Noah Cyrus, “This Is Us” (No. 54, Country July 7 Airplay), is hardly his only collaboration. Allen has teed up six more pairings for • 2017 — Matt Stell records “Prayed for Bettie James, an EP with a title that is also a pairing, drawing on the first names You” in Nashville. of his father and his grandmother. Due July 10, the project gets a helping hand • 2012 — Eric Church writes his 2014 sin- from Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Charley Pride, Mickey Guyton, Rita gle “Talladega” with Luke Laird at the Wilson, Nelly, The Oak Ridge Boys and Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. Tauren Wells & Tim McGraw. Speaking of recent collabs: New trio Leaving Aus- July 8 tin joined forces with Cassadee Pope on • 2000 — Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You STELL “American Avenue,” with a video that pre- Dance” begins a five-week ride at No. 1 BERINATO MATTHEW miered July 6 on CMT. on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. • 1990 — The Grand Ole Opry goes to Houston as Charley Pride, The The Academy of Country Music is Gatlin Brothers, Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Loretta Lynn and Bill doing a short-term rebrand on Hump Monroe perform for President George H.W. Bush and foreign dig- Day. The organization will launch a nitaries at the beginning of an economic summit. five-week online series, ACM Wine Down Wednesday, on July 8 with each July 9 ALLEN DUSTIN HANEY DUSTIN installment highlighting one female • 2019 — Big Loud releases Morgan Wallen’s “Chasin’ You” to radio. act. The first episode, presented by 1000 Stories Wine, features Carly Pearce via Facebook Live. Successive episodes July 10 focus on Tenille Townes (July 15), Lainey Wilson (July 22), Maddie & Tae • 2005 — When Nickel Creek’s Chris Thile plays a solo concert at (July 29) and MacKenzie Porter (Aug. 5). Nashville’s Station Inn, he’s joined by surprise guest Dolly Parton, who performs “I’ll Fly Away,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Jackson” Regular viewers of Jimmie Kimmel Live! witnessed frontline workers getting and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” surprised by their favorite celebrities in virtual conversations once late-night talk shows switched broadcasting formats due to COVID-19. Kerri Edwards’ July 11 KPentertainment is pursuing a similar strategy with a sweepstakes for virtual • 1995 — Lyle Lovett sings “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the live meet-and-greets with the management company’s roster. There’s a price All-Star Game at Texas’ Ballpark in Arlington, while Michelle Wright to enter the contest (shown here), in which winners get short screen-to-screen delivers the Canadian national anthem. The National League defeats chats with the artists. All the money goes to the American Red Cross. The meet- the American League, 3-2. and-greets feature Cole Swindell, Dylan Scott, CB30, Whitney Duncan, Jon Langston and Luke Bryan. July 12 • 2011 — Warner Bros. releases the Blake Shelton album Red River Blue. If the Fourth of July inspired patriotic desires to help out U.S. vets, there are • 1980 — As Alabama enjoys its first top 10 single with “Tennessee definitely country-related methods to do that. Craig Morgan has a July 7 River,” the group performs its final show as the house band at The livestream event set at 7 p.m. CT through Mossy Oak virtual channels to raise Bowery in Myrtle Beach, S.C. money for Operation Finally Home. And Big Machine Label Group teamed with CreatiVets to release Veteran Songs, an 11-track package written by mili- July 13 tary veterans in tandem with established songwriters. Participating writers • 2010 — Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” earns a triple- include Dan Couch (“Last Shot”), Johnny Bulford (“A Woman Like You”) platinum single from the RIAA. and Jason Sever (“Seein’ Red”). • 2001 — Reba McEntire and Martina McBride top the biggest all- female lineup in country music history as the Girls Night Out Tour debuts at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay. Also on the bill: Sara Evans, Top Headlines from .com Jamie O’Neal and Carolyn Dawn Johnson. Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Taylor Swift Fans Call For Singer To Run For President Amid Kanye West’s White House Bid

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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 70 THE BONES No. 1 (18 weeks) Maren Morris RC 1 G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.M.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 2 2 2 62 I HOPE Gabby Barrett RC 2 R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR HH HH 3 4 6 16 ONE MARGARITA Airplay Gainer Luke Bryan 1 3 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE HARD TO FORGET 4 3 3 21 Sam Hunt 2 3 l Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE 5 5 4 46 CHASIN’ YOU Morgan Wallen 3 2 J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD BLUEBIRD 6 6 5 31 Miranda Lambert 4 5 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 7 8 9 29 NOBODY BUT YOU Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 7 2 S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 8 11 13 50 Maddie & Tae 9 8 l J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 9 7 10 19 HERE AND NOW Kenny Chesney 5 7 B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA I LOVE MY COUNTRY 10 12 15 15 Florida Georgia Line 11 10 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (K.BROWN,C.CROWDER,R.C.MCGILL,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,W.WEATHERLY) BMLG GOT WHAT I GOT 11 16 18 21 Jason Aldean 19 11 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW 12 10 8 25 DOES TO ME Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church RC 4 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE BE A LIGHT 13 13 16 14 Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 12 13 l D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME 14 14 17 18 Keith Urban 13 14 l K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE DONE 15 19 22 19 Chris Janson 6 15 l C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG 16 17 19 29 LOCASH 8 16 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE WHY WE DRINK 17 18 20 22 Justin Moore 10 17 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY ONE OF THEM GIRLS 18 21 26 12 Lee Brice 23 18 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB COOL AGAIN 19 20 23 11 Kane Brown 14 12 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 20 26 29 11 Morgan Wallen 32 12 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 21 23 25 27 Ashley McBryde 16 21 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNE R MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR ONE BEER 22 22 21 27 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 25 21 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD HH HH 23 36 — 2 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Digital & Streaming Gainer Eric Church 34 23 l J.JOYCE (D.NAISH,JEFFREY STEELE) EMI NASHVILLE LOVIN’ ON YOU 24 28 46 8 Luke Combs 18 19 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE PRETTY HEART 25 25 28 9 Parker McCollum 26 25 l JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 3 WKS JOSH THOMPSON 1 1 WK JAY JOYCE 2 HARDY 2 JOEY MOI 3 SHANE MCANALLY 3 DANN HUFF 4 ROSS COPPERMAN 4 CRAIG WISEMAN 5 GREG KURSTIN 5 MATT DRAGSTREM 6 SCOTT MOFFATT 6 ASHLEY GORLEY 7 SCOTT HENDRICKS 7 JON NITE 8 ZACH CROWELL MORGAN WALLEN 8 9 MICHAEL KNOX TIE 9 GABBY BARRETT TIE 10 JEFF STEVENS TIE 9 ZACH KALE TIE JODY STEVENS DRAGSTREM 10 COURTESY BIG LOUD PUBLISHING LOUD BIG COURTESY

The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings). BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 22

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 24 27 21 MY TRUCK Breland - 24 KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC I CALLED MAMA 27 27 30 9 Tim McGraw 15 22 l T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/ BIG MACHINE SOME GIRLS 28 29 34 15 Jameson Rodgers 17 28 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) C OMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE EVERYWHERE BUT ON 29 32 — 14 Matt Stell 21 29 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECOR DS/ARISTA NASHVILLE AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 30 30 33 10 Jon Pardi 28 30 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL 31 40 32 4 Kane Brown 33 28 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,SHY CARTER,R.J.HURD,J.M.SCHMIDT) RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 32 NEW 1 MARCH MARCH Hot Shot Debut The Chicks - 32 l J.M.ANTONOFF,THE CHICKS (M.MAGUIRE,E.STRAYER,N.MAINES,J.M.ANTONOFF,R.GOLAN,I.KIRKPATRICK,D.D.WILSON) COLUMBIA/IN2UNE SHE’S MINE 33 33 37 16 Kip Moore 24 29 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE ALMOST MAYBES 34 38 38 7 Jordan Davis 49 34 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO 35 37 39 15 Russell Dickerson 31 31 l D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 36 35 36 12 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT Lady A 29 27 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 37 31 31 9 SIX FEET APART Luke Combs RC 10 C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE GETTING GOOD 38 41 41 21 Lauren Alaina 38 33 l D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY 39 39 42 9 LADY Brett Young 48 22 D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG NO I IN BEER 40 42 48 8 Brad Paisley 22 40 l L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE GOOD TIME 41 48 — 5 Niko Moon 44 41 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE THE OTHER GIRL 42 46 45 15 Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey RC 19 l R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER 43 43 44 15 SOME PEOPLE DO Old Dominion 30 39 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,J.FRASURE,S.MCANALLY,THOMAS RHETT) RCA NASHVILLE 44 34 — 2 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett 55 34 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 45 44 43 20 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown 56 31 D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 46 45 47 8 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch 37 45 Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) B ROKEN BOW HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Kelsea Ballerini 47 RE-ENTRY 3 45 47 l J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT 48 49 — 3 Cole Swindell 60 42 l M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.HOLMES) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN THIS BAR Morgan Wallen 49 RE-ENTRY 19 - 29 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,J.MORGAN,J.SCOTT,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD 50 50 — 9 THIS IS US Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 54 43 A.BOWERS (N.CYRUS,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,I.JUBER,D.EMILE II) RECORDS/COLUMBIA/STONEY CREEK

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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 1,268,000 1,387,283,000 136,233,000 Album ’19 27.02 million Consumption 27,026,000 29,991,000 11.0% ’20 29.99 million Last Week 1,256,000 1,377,131,000 132,753,000 Album Sales 5,175,000 4,291,000 -17.1% Change 1.0% 0.7% 2.6% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 32,261,769,000 26,612,731,000 -17.5% ’19 33.52 billion This Week Last Year 1,242,000 1,183,253,000 300,669,000 ’20 35.91 billion Change 2.1% 17.2% -54.7% Video On-Demand 3,650,381,000 6,911,940,000 89.3%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending July 2, 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 JULY 6, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 22

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 I HOPE STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 1 1 36 1 5 2 1 1 1 34 1 GABBY BARRETT l ERIC CHURCH l RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN THE BONES MARCH MARCH MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 2 2 52 2 NEW 2 3 109 2 l MAREN MORRIS l THE CHICKS l2 BIG LOUD 783* 0 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 3 3 46 HEARTLESS 3 1 13 ONE MARGARITA 3 3 2 161 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN LUKE BRYAN SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 4 4 13 HARD TO FORGET 4 3 44 I HOPE 4 5 4 13 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 SAM HUNT GABBY BARRETT CHASIN’ YOU GOT WHAT I GOT GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 5 5 26 5 10 10 5 4 — 2 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 MORGAN WALLEN l JASON ALDEAN ONE MARGARITA HARD TO FORGET CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 6 10 7 6 2 17 6 6 6 270 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l LUKE BRYAN SAM HUNT BLUEBIRD BLUEBIRD 8 7 29 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 1 7 6 9 7 6 16 l7 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 MIRANDA LAMBERT MIRANDA LAMBERT TENNESSEE WHISKEY NOBODY BUT YOU MAREN MORRIS GIRL 8 7 169 8 12 29 8 7 5 69 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON l BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI WHISKEY GLASSES BE A LIGHT 9 8 5 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OIL 6 9 8 72 9 9 14 l9 MAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA l MORGAN WALLEN THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN ONE MAN BAND THANK YOU LORD 10 9 256 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 10 11 45 10 NEW l10 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG OLD DOMINION l CHRIS TOMLIN FEAT. THOMAS RHETT & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 11 12 113 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 11 11 22 CHASIN’ YOU 11 11 10 106 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1 LUKE COMBS MORGAN WALLEN DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART THE BONES TIM MCGRAW 35 BIGGEST HITS 12 13 4 12 8 46 12 12 12 69 CURB 79413 8 l MADDIE & TAE MAREN MORRIS I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW LADY MAY 14 14 35 MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD 1 13 9 21 13 NEW l13 VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE l TYLER CHILDERS GOT WHAT I GOT ONE OF THEM GIRLS KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 14 22 5 14 15 9 14 13 11 86 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1 l JASON ALDEAN LEE BRICE KENNY CHESNEY HERE AND NOW 15 14 136 MEANT TO BE 15 16 5 MY TRUCK 15 15 13 9 BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 631374/WMN 1 BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE BRELAND MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN I LOVE MY COUNTRY 21 20 32 JASON ALDEAN 9 1 16 24 8 16 19 9 l16 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG l MORGAN WALLEN l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE IN BETWEEN DOES TO ME 16 16 187 KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 1 17 NEW 17 14 22 l17 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 l SCOTTY MCCREERY LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION I LOVE MY COUNTRY GOD BLESS THE USA 17 17 36 1 18 19 3 18 RE-ENTRY l18 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE l LEE GREENWOOD 25 24 51 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 17 19 15 23 NOBODY BUT YOU 19 18 228 TENNESSEE WHISKEY l19 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI CHRIS STAPLETON THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 20 21 60 20 20 4 20 18 15 57 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 0 1 l LUKE COMBS MADDIE & TAE

ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 21 16 5 HERE AND NOW 21 21 6 WHY WE DRINK 21 19 18 68 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12 KENNY CHESNEY JUSTIN MOORE

GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES 22 18 3 MY TRUCK 22 13 31 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 22 20 19 218 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1 BRELAND CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS 23 23 21 245 2 23 20 39 10,000 HOURS 23 22 21 BEER CAN’T FIX WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER THOMAS RHETT FEAT. JON PARDI () JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE ONE OF THEM GIRLS HEARTLESS 24 24 23 211 1 24 25 3 24 RE-ENTRY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 l LEE BRICE l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN JOHNNY CASH THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH ONE BEER GOD’S COUNTRY 25 22 25 175 16 25 23 5 25 RE-ENTRY COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 86290*/LEGACY (24.98/17.98) 3 HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON BLAKE SHELTON 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 BOB DYLAN ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS YO-YO MA/STUART DUNCAN/EDGAR MEYER/CHRIS THILE NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEO 1 1 — 2 COLUMBIA 978098 1 1 1 — 2 SOUND POSTINGS/SONY CLASSICAL 973855*/SONY MASTERWORKS 1 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER BILLY STRINGS HOME 2 3 1 216 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1 2 2 1 40 ROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD 1

4 3 68 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 3 NEW 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS ON THE ROAD: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN HARTFORD 3 l3 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS l3 LOHI 011 NEW 1 RAY LAMONTAGNE MONOVISION 4 8 3 11 THE WHITE BUFFALO ON THE WIDOW’S WALK 1 l4 STONE DWARF 977704*/RCA l4 SNAKEFARM 862780* 5 2 — 2 NEIL YOUNG HOMEGROWN 2 7 6 38 THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 1 SILVER BOW/REPRISE 628761*/WARNER l5 SIX SHOOTER 129* 6 7 5 262 HOZIER HOZIER 1 6 4 21 THE STEELDRIVERS BAD FOR YOU 1 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 l6 ROUNDER 610080*/CONCORD KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR MANDOLIN ORANGE TIDES OF A TEARDROP 7 6 4 118 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 7 4 2 74 YEP ROC 2638* 1 8 5 7 173 JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS 5 11 8 38 OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW LIVE AT THE RYMAN 1 JACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC (13.98) 2 l8 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 98*/OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS CHOSEN ROAD APPALACHIAN WORSHIP: DELUXE EDITION 9 9 6 179 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 3 9 9 10 7 SONG GARDEN 1255 5 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA DOC WATSON AND GAITHER CARLTON DOC WATSON AND GAITHER CARLTON 10 12 9 221 DUALTONE 1738* 1 1 10 5 5 5 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS 40235* 4 Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming album sales. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2020 | PAGE 19 OF 22

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

Mickey Guyton Pours Her Soul Into A Daring, Timely Ballad, ‘Black Like Me’

In 1973, Stevie Wonder sang of a young man from “Hard Time, Missis- was able to identify as a Black woman with the experiences Guyton weaved sippi,” born into a nearly inescapable poverty where employers “don’t use into the piece: the outsider feelings, the hurtful playground scenarios and the colored people.” extra effort required just to get an old house and a used car. Before the album version of “Living for the City” ends, the protagonist un- “It’s unfortunate that so many people can relate to that,” says wittingly steps into the middle of a crime, gets arrested and jailed for 10 years, Davidson-Dillon. the prison guard dismissing him with the N-word as he shoves him into the cell. But as personal as “Black Like Me” was for Guyton, it was clear that the In 2019, Mickey Guyton delivered her own version of that story by writing song should be as universal as possible. They addressed that in a short bridge: “Black Like Me.” She wasn’t referencing Wonder, though she could be when “I know I’m not the only one,” she sings, “who feels like I, I don’t belong.” she contemplates cultural inactivity in the prechorus: “Now I’m all grown up, Despite its brevity, that section packs a lot of punch. The notes are elongated and nothing has changed.” to highlight Guyton’s pure tone and vocal power, and the section changes key, “Black Like Me” reached the public sphere in May after murders of automatically bringing a sense of drama. unarmed Black men by whites were caught on cell phone cameras: jogger “I don’t know how often that happens in country music,” says Churchill. Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting went viral once news/talk WGIG Brunswick, Ga., “That doesn’t often happen in pop music either, but it brings out a lot of posted footage on May 5, and George Floyd was choked under the knee of a emotion in the melody.” Minneapolis police officer on May 25. As the song came to its conclusion, they put a differ- “I have just been in so much pain,” reflects Guyton, ent spin on the hook — “Someday we’ll all be free/And feeling the racial hatred those tragedies represent. I’m proud to be Black like me” — bringing a rainbow to As the Black Lives Matter movement gained new mo- the storm. mentum, she registered her beliefs by posting 38 seconds “We wanted it to be positive,” notes Davidson-Dil- of audio on Instagram and Twitter, concluding with the lon. “That’s what this whole movement is that’s going last two lines of her song’s chorus: “If you think we live in on right now. Even if people are [just] talking about it, the land of the free/You should try to be Black like me.” that is positive.” “People’s reaction to it,” she says, “was like, ‘Oh, my Chapman shifted to the piano to create the demo, and God, put this out now.’ ” Guyton dug down deep for a scratch vocal. Guyton infused a lifetime of experience into “Black “It would take me like 10,000 takes to do what she did Like Me.” The school system in China Spring, Texas, in one,” marvels Davidson-Dillon. rejected her, and she was forced to attend an out-of-the- “Nathan turned around,” recalls Guyton, “and he said, way private facility, where she was harassed with the ‘Well, we probably wrote the most important song of your GUYTON N-word in the classroom and ridiculed for the “ashy” color career, and it’ll probably make a lot of people mad.’ ” of her legs on the playground. But she never approached Producer Forest Glen Whitehead (Kelsea Ballerini) the subject in her music until she took part in a Warner Chappell Nashville built the rest of the track around the demo, adding bass and several guitars, writers retreat. She was booked at the home studio of songwriter-producer though he was careful to always remain in the shadow of Guyton’s vocal and lyrics. Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift, Lady A) and teamed with two London- “It needed dynamics,” he says. “It needed just a couple of different extra born pop songwriters currently living in Los Angeles: Fraser Churchill and elements that didn’t get in the way of anything that was there, but increased Emma Davidson-Dillon. the hills and valleys of the track. By the last chorus, I really wanted it to be After some introductory discussion, Guyton grew comfortable enough to an anthemic stream.” reveal her “Black Like Me” title. It came from a 1961 book by John Howard He tracked new vocals on Guyton, but something was missing, so she brought Griffin, a white reporter who had his skin darkened so he could experience Whitehead and Chapman together to work on it in the studio where the song life as an African American. She wanted to use that title to document her was originally written. Chapman replaced the newer vocal with Guyton’s origi- own experiences, something she could only do if she felt emotionally safe nal demo performance, and he added a layer of steel guitar. with her co-writers. “My husband said it best: ‘The pedal steel brought tears to the song,’ ” re- “I can’t imagine what it must be like being the only black female coun- members Guyton. try artist signed to a major label,” says Churchill. “This is Mickey’s real-life “Black Like Me” was originally planned for an EP, though that package truth and real experience that needed to come across. I’m so proud of her for was delayed with the advent of COVID-19. But the racial unrest created by being so honest.” the Arbery and Floyd murders — the same kind of unrest at the heart of “Liv- Churchill developed a progression on guitar with enough minor chords to ing for the City” — spurred the release of “Black Like Me” on June 1, the day give weight to the song’s foundation. And he came up with the “land of the before Blackout Tuesday. free” setup line for the “Black like me” hook. Chapman chipped in the opening “Her being so vulnerable and honest in that lyric, it’s going to change a lot lines of the chorus, which connect unintentionally with the Hard Time locale of people’s perspective on country music,” predicts Whitehead. of “Living for the City”: “It’s a hard life on Easy Street/Just white-painted The jury is out on country radio, resistant and conservative in nature, picket fences far as you can see.” boarding the train, but streaming platforms have lent significant attention. And The image clearly represents the American dream, but it also fits a media listeners with open minds may find “Black Like Me” to be the most insightful, message that was prevalent for decades when minorities only saw white people and rewarding, country song of 2020. As Chapman predicted, it’s an important in major roles of power and prestige. track, and it has been given a public life at a time when social attitudes have “That’s kind of what I’ve only ever seen in country music,” says Guyton. “I mostly aligned with its move toward equality. mean, I’ve always been the only one [like me] in a room. And I’m not uncom- “A lot of people in the Black community have to work twice as hard to get a fortable with it. I’m used to it.” life,” says Guyton. “The American dream doesn’t necessarily apply to every-

It’s key, perhaps, that Davidson-Dillon was in the writing room, since she body. We think it does, but it doesn’t.” CHELSEATHOMPSON BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2020 | PAGE 20 OF 22 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. E J ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit (Songwriter) Chart Position Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, EVERY OTHER MEMORY Songs Of Universal, JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/ Inc., BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Red Like The Sunset Music, Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/ A ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Spicer And Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/No W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 56 GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 16 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, C.Taylor) 57 III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, L ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 28 EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, 21 SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite 23 Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 48 D.Davidson, L.Brice) Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. G P Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 42 LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner- BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/ Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/ Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI H.Phelps) 20 Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 26 Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 43 Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum S Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 49 GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of B Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 38 SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 31 (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 24 On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 13 Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder J.Miller, J.Thompson) 12 Stay Creative Music, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett Publishing J.McNair) 18 Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, M.Holmes) 60 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI M Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 55 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony/ATV BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, E.K.Smith) 36 GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Carl Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., A.M.Cruz) 41 BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ ASCAP (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 53 Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 4 J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 44 SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 17 C GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, B.Simonetti, A.James) 50 Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 19 Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ H Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 37 Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, 30 G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 51 Thomas Rhett) Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Do Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Write Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Steele) 34 Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, 32 T R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 29 Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met M.Wallen) Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music N THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, 2 Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite C.Wiseman) 3 HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ 46 G.Smith) 52 CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP 5 THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/ Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J. Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 27 Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/ Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (N. BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (T.L.James, R.Copperman, 54 Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 7 Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 45 Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 22 America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 14 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ L.J.Veltz) 47 LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s D J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 39 Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, W DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big I B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 35 Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ WE WERE RICH Not Listed (Not Listed) 58 Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ O Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, D.Ruttan) 9 Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI/ L.Miller, J.Yeary) 15 Abundantiam Publishing, BMI (T.Howell, B.Lancaster, DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 40 Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, J.Mitchell) 25 BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/ ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/ Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 6 Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner- Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol DRIFT AWAY (IHEART LIVE) Almo Music Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 8 Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Corp., ASCAP (M.Williams) 59 (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 10 W.Weatherly) 11 ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ATV M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 1 Accent, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 33 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2020 | PAGE 21 OF 22 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. E LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ (Songwriter) Chart Position Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/17Black Music, A SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, 29 35 42 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, G LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg P BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 30 Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 38 Stay Creative Music, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 25 ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry J.McNair) 24 Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold S Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter M Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 34 Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ MARCH MARCH Woolly Puddin’ Music, BMI/ Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From B Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI Scrapin’ Toast Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/ The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 14 Ducky Donath Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 33 BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket Corp., BMI/Back In Djibouti Music, BMI/Buckley On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett Publishing Tenenbaum Publishing, BMI/BMG Monarch, ASCAP/ SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/Sugar Lake Music, ASCAP (M. II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI Maguire, E.Strayer, N.Maines, J.M.Antonoff, R.Golan, I.Kirkpatrick, Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 44 D.D.Wilson) 32 Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum J.Miller, J.Thompson) 13 GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music M.Holmes) 48 BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/ Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 6 J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 41 J.T.Wilson) 46 Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 37 ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 11 Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ H Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.M.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) 1 M.Wallen) 20 ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 28 HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., C ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/ SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D. 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Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 45 ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 15 Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round L Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, D.Davidson, L.Brice) 18 ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 39 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2020 | PAGE 22 OF 22 CODA On July 10, 2010, Brad Paisley’s for 11 years starting in 2008. 10 Years Ago “Water” rose 3-1 for its first of two Now 47, the West Virginia weeks atop Hot Country Songs. native lives in Franklin, Tenn., The summer anthem — which with his wife, actress Kimberly Brad Paisley’s Paisley wrote with Chris DuBois Williams-Paisley. He is set to and Kelly Lovelace — was re- be one of the headliners of Live Summer leased as the fourth of five singles Nation’s Live From the Drive-In, a from American Saturday Night, series of nine concerts scheduled which became Paisley’s fifth of for July 10-12 in Nashville; Smash Made nine No. 1s on Top Country Al- Maryland Heights, Mo.; and bums. The track marked his 15th Noblesville, Ind. of 19 Hot Country Songs leaders. Meanwhile, Paisley’s first new A Splash In November 2010, Paisley won music of 2020, “No I in Beer” — the entertainer of the year trophy which he wrote with Lovelace — In 2010, ‘Water’ became his at the 44th Annual Country Music ranks at No. 22 on Country Airplay 15th Hot Country Songs No. 1 Association Awards, which he and No. 40 on Hot Country Songs. cohosted with Carrie Underwood —JIM ASKER

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS

Paisley at a benefit concert in

October 2010 in Gulf Shores, Ala. IMAGES GOLDRING/GETTY ERIKA