Country Update

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Lambert, Gilbert, Ell Boyfriend Country Brings Sensitivity Chart Party >page 4 To The Genre — And To The CMA Ballot

Love Is In The Air At SESAC When , and Reba McEntire and new artist nominee Cody Johnson (“Nothin’ on You”). >page 10 co-host the 53rd annual Association (CMA) Additionally, defending entertainer of the year Awards on Nov. 13, the ABC telecast is expected to open runs the boyfriend-country motif through a nostalgic filter in with a blast of 14 female artists, presumably reiterating the “.” importance of women to the genre. “It’s just guys that are writing songs about what their life Adkins, LANCO, Female voices have been woefully underrepresented on is like,” says Combs, noting that the men behind those tunes McCreery Hit Field playlists since the dawn are usually married >page 12 of the bro-country era, or engaged. though they matter Still, it’s a profound as much as ever in the change from the old storylines of the male stereotype of country, Shelton Is artists who dominate when cheating, The People’s Choice the charts. The current heartbreak and drinking >page 12 Country list to quell broken hearts DAN + SHAY COMBS LINE is loaded with songs were the dominant by men extolling topics. “Times are Makin’ Tracks: the value of their wives or girlfriends, including Russell different,” observes Combs. “I don’t know if people were out Flips Dickerson’s “Every Little Thing,” ’s “Prayed for cheating more in the ’70s. It sounded like it.” The Script You,” Dan + Shay & ’s “10,000 Hours” and Kane A number of male acts, such as and John >page 16 Brown’s “Homesick.” Michael Montgomery, built careers in those earlier decades It’s a development that some music industry and radio with songs that put women on a pedestal, but the current level insiders have dubbed “boyfriend country,” and its impact of men affectionately singing about their partners is spiking is present on 2019’s CMAs ballot. ’ song of the higher than usual. Women are widely viewed as country’s Country Coda: year contender, “,” and two single of the year target audience, and while they are not hearing a large number Haggard’s ‘Okie’ entries — ’s “Millionaire” and Dan + Shay’s of females in programmed playlists, they are receiving a steady Turns 50 “Speechless” — perfectly embody the boyfriend-country diet of appreciation from male artists that comes from a real place. >page 21 sentiment. Male sensitivity also informs the current singles by “Every time I sing [“Speechless”], I think back to those male vocalist finalist (“”), moments of how in awe we were of our wives,” says Dan + Shay vocal group nominee Old Dominion (“One Man Band”), lead vocalist Shay Mooney. “They’re such beautiful people

vocal duo contenders (“Blessings”) inside and out.” WRIGHT JIM COMBS: KLEIN. ROBBY LINE: GEORGIA FLORIDA POWELL. CATHERINE DAN+SHAY: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 2 OF 21

Brown’s former No. 1 “” similarly casts his wife, Katelyn, in a superior light. “She wants everybody to feel special, like if you came over as our guest, she wants you to feel comfortable, she wants you to feel like you’re staying at a hotel,” says Brown. “She’s just the sweetest person on this planet.” That stance is different than the one put forth in the bro-country era, when picking up girls at drunken field parties became a cliché part of the genre’s lyrics. It started innocently enough with Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise,” but when the rest of the business began to emulate it, the collective objectification of women became an issue. “We had that run, and I think this is just the pendulum swinging to the other direction,” says producer , who recognized the change when he Carrie Underwood co-hosted the morning talk show Live With Kelly directed three major sensitive-guy singles in 2015 and 2016: Rhett’s “Die a and Ryan with Ryan Seacrest on Nov. 8 to draw attention to the 53rd Happy Man,” Urban’s “Blue Ain’t Your Color” and Brett Young’s “In Case annual Country Music Association Awards, airing Nov. 13 on ABC. You Didn’t Know.” “Culturally, politically,” adds Huff, “it’s in lock step with what’s going on.” Indeed, the rise of the MeToo# movement and the record-setting number of women running for president reflects a shift in female power. Plus, songs that encourage cooperation between the sexes help soothe some of the rancor that stems from the current sociopolitical environment. “Guys singing about their girls and their girlfriends — and they’re positive songs — that’s terrific; I don’t think that ever goes away,” says Hubbard/Seattle brand/content director Scott Mahalick. “It might be right now viewed a little more positively or even sought out deliberately because of the [nation’s] political climate.” The evolution of country’s perspective mirrors the transformation of Florida Georgia Line’s and from single guys to married and his wife, Sharon White (left), joined host Trisha fathers. “Cruise” introduced their sound while celebrating a long-legged, Yearwood for an episode of Trisha’s Southern Kitchen that debuted bikini-clad woman “poppin’ right out of the South Georgia water.” Their current Nov. 9 on the Food Network. single, “Blessings,” views their wives in spiritual terms, a tack that likewise worked in Brown’s “Heaven” and Stell’s “.” “There’s a lot of parallels between our relationship with our wives and our family and the people that we love and God as well,” says Hubbard. “When we’re writing, we’re always sort of keeping that in mind.” The results are particularly useful on the younger end of country’s target audience. Mahalick noticed that on the TikTok social app, strings of viewers use boyfriend-country songs as lip-sync content for messages of personal affection. Given the supportive tone in this era, it’s a good bet that if women should succeed in the mixed-genre categories at the CMAs — for example, Underwood takes entertainer of the year, or ’ Girl grabs the accolade — the men at the awards will cheer just as loudly as the women for the achievement. drew media when he performed Nov. 4 at It’s also likely that the trend has long legs. The songs are, after all, uplifting and Ole Red Nashville. From left: Columbia Nashville senior vp promotion positive — ideal for programmers on every platform. It’s an easier development and artist development Shane Allen, executive for the business to embrace than, say, a rise in murder ballads. vp promotions and artist development Steve Hodges, Rodgers and

“If that ever becomes popular,” says Mahalick, “I just might have to hang it up.” iHeartCountry digital content director Zack Massey. RUSSELL M. DAVID UNDERWOOD: POIZNER. ALAN RODGERS:

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Wildcard Deals Lambert Record-Tying No. 1 On Top Country ; Gilbert & Ell’s ‘Town’ Tops

Miranda Lambert’s Wildcard (Vanner/RCA Nashville/Sony Music Nashville), GO, FISH Hootie & The Blowfish’s first country LP, (Capitol released on Nov. 1, enters Billboard’s chart (dated Nov. 16) Nashville/ Nashville), marks the -fronted at No. 1. It is her seventh total and consecutive leader on the list, encompassing act’s first appearance on Top Country Albums. It arrives at No. 3 with 17,000 her entire chart output. In its first week (ending Nov. 7), the set earned 53,000 units (15,000 in album sales). On the , the set starts at No. 26, the equivalent album units (44,000 in band’s highest rank since October album sales), according to Nielsen 1998 when its third entry, Musical Music. Chairs, reached No. 4. Before that, As Lambert lands her seventh the group led with Cracked Rear No. 1 album, all of which debuted in View (1995) and the penthouse, she matches Carrie (1996). Underwood as the only artists in “Hold On,” Imperfect Circle ’s the list’s 55-year-history to reign with launch single, lifts 43-42 on Country seven career-opening appearances. Airplay (2.7 million, up 2%) and enters Underwood added her seventh out-of- Songs at No. 43. the-gate No. 1 when opened atop the tally dated Sept. 29, 2018. TALK OF THE ‘TOWN’ On Country Wildcard is Lambert’s first Airplay, and studio set since The Weight of These ’s “What Happens in a Wings, which bowed at the apex Small Town” (Stoney Creek/Valory) LAMBERT ELL (left) and GILBERT with 122,000 units in December ascends 3-1 in its 48th week (37.1 2016. Her run began with 2005’s million, up 12%). Gilbert adds his Kerosene, followed by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007), Revolution (2009), Four fifth No. 1 and first since “” for a week in August 2015. the Record (2011) and Platinum (2014). The latter album brought her biggest Gilbert first ruled with his debut hit, “Country Must Be Country Wide,” for sales week to date, opening with 180,000 copies, and became her lone No. 1 a week in December 2011. on the all-genre Billboard 200 thus far. Ell earns her first Country Airplay No. 1 among six entries. She previously Lambert additionally ties Underwood and Dolly Parton for the third-most peaked at a No. 19 high with “Criminal” in June. Top Country Albums No. 1s among women. Reba McEntire leads with 13, “Town,” which Gilbert penned with Brock Berryhill, Josh Dunne and Rhett followed by (10). paces all acts with 27 No. 1s. Akins, is the lead single from his LP Fire & Brimstone, which debuted as his The -produced Wildcard includes 14 tracks, all of which Lambert third Top Country Albums No. 1 (Oct. 19). co-wrote. On the Billboard 200, the set bows at No. 4, marking her sixth top 10. BIG HIT FOR BIG MACHINE Lady Antebellum notches its 14th The LP’s lead single, “It All Comes Out in the Wash,” lifts 16-15 on Country Country Airplay top 10 and first since 2017 as “What If I Never Get Airplay, increasing by 5% to 15.6 million in radio reach in the tracking week. On Over You,” the trio’s first such hit for Big Machine Label Group, pushes 11-10 , which blends airplay, streaming and sales dates, it leaps (22.4 million, up 8%). The song is the first single from the act’s album Ocean,

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l1 3 48 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Stoney Creek/Valory HH No. 1 (1 week)/Most Increased Audience HH  Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 37.082 +3.830 7662 508 1 l2 2 14 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 36.868 +2.540 7436 401 2 l3 5 22 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 34.795 +3.404 7176 553 3 4 1 49 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers 32.999 -4.861 6019 -1455 4 l5 8 19 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory  Thomas Rhett 28.926 +2.281 5883 474 5 6 6 42 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 28.615 -2.264 5297 -206 7 7 4 37 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR 28.062 -3.750 5291 -579 8 l8 7 26 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 26.773 -0.236 5642 25 6 l9 10 18 TIP OF MY TONGUE Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA 23.232 +0.377 5047 146 9 l10 11 26 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG  Lady Antebellum 22.480 +1.697 4710 126 11 l11 12 24 Capitol Nashville 22.467 +1.850 4805 420 10 l12 13 33 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow 19.738 +2.951 4643 706 12 l13 14 5 MCA Nashville 17.252 +1.080 3632 460 13 l14 15 6 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 16.278 +1.161 3429 341 15 l15 16 17 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Vanner/RCA Nashville 15.587 +0.795 3585 59 14 l16 17 9 Macon/Broken Bow 14.412 +0.894 3405 177 16 l17 18 42 Stoney Creek 13.625 +0.811 3306 170 17 l18 19 21 DIVE BAR Pearl  & 12.903 +0.409 3095 13 18 l19 22 14 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville 12.181 +2.799 2714 452 23 l20 20 13 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring 11.060 +0.298 2899 100 19 l21 21 20 Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA 10.940 +0.283 2872 80 20 l22 28 3 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 10.609 +2.539 2188 587 25 l23 25 29 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 10.392 +1.471 2763 215 21 l24 23 31 MR. LONELY Big Machine Midland 9.413 +0.336 2758 -3 22 l25 26 38 RCA Nashville 9.348 +0.906 2178 88 26 l26 29 12 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 9.250 +1.918 1776 352 28 l27 27 24 CATCH BMLG  Brett Young 8.991 +0.877 2 118 241 27 l28 24 10 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River 8.918 -0.148 2515 134 24 l29 30 23 HOMEMADE Big Loud 6.695 +0.889 1598 217 32 l30 31 14 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG  Riley Green 5.609 -0.062 1771 91 29

BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 148 STATIONS Akron, OH WQMX Des Moines, KHKI Madison, Wis. WWQM Reno, Nevada KBUL Albany, N.Y. WGNA WDRQ WMAD KOLC Albuquerque, N.M. KBQI WYCD McAllen, KTEX Richmond, Va. WKHK KRST El Paso, Texas KHEY Memphis WGKX Riverside, Calif. KFRG Allentown, Pa. WCTO Ft. Myers, Fla. WCKT WLFP Roanoke, Va. WSLC WKHX WWGR Miami WKIS Rochester, N.Y. WBEE WUBL Ft. Wayne, Ind. WQHK Milwaukee, WI. WMIL Sacramento, Calif. KNCI Augusta, Ga. WKXC Fresno, Calif. KSKS Austin, Texas KASE Gainesville, Fla. WOGK Minneapolis KEEY St. Louis KSD Bakersfield, Calif. KUZZ Grand Rapids, Mich. WBCT KMNB WIL Baltimore WPOC Greensboro, N.C. WTQR Mobile, Ala. WKSJ Salt Lake City KSOP Baton Rouge, La. WYNK Greenville, S.C. WSSL Monmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMK KUBL Birmingham, Ala. WDXB Harrisburg, Pa. WRBT Monterey, Calif.. KTOM San Antonio, Texas KAJA WZZK Hartford, Conn. WWYZ Nashville WKDF KCYY Boise, KAWO Houston KILT WSIX San Diego KSON KIZN KKBQ Nassau, N.Y. WJVC San Jose, Calif. KRTY Boston WBWL Huntsville, Ala. WDRM New Bern, N.C. WRNS Sarasota, Fla. WCTQ WKLB Indianapolis WFMS New Orleans WNOE Seattle KKWF Buffalo, N.Y. WYRK WLHK WNSH KNUC Charleston, S.C. WEZL Jacksonville, Fla. WGNE Norfolk, Va. WGH Spokane, Wash. KXLY WCKN WQIK WUSH Springfield, Mass. WRNX Charlotte, N.C. WKKT Johnson City, Tenn. WXBQ City, Okla. KJKE Stockton, Calif. KATM WSOC Kansas City KBEQ KTST Syracuse, N.Y. WBBS Chattanooga, Tenn. WUSY WDAF Omaha, Neb. KXKT Tampa, Fla. WFUS WEBG KFKF Orlando, Fla. WWKA WQYK WUSN Knoxville, Tenn. WIVK Oxnard-Ventura, CA KHAY Tucson, Ariz. KIIM Cincinnati WUBE Philadelphia WXTU Tulsa, Okla. KTGX Cleveland WGAR Lafayette, La. KMDL Phoenix KMLE KVOO Springs, Colo. KATC Lakeland, Fla. WPCV KNIX KWEN KCCY Lancaster, Pa. WIOV Pittsburgh WDSY Visalia, Calif. KJUG Columbia, S.C. WCOS Las Vegas KCYE WOGI , D.C. WMZQ Columbus, Ohio WCOL KWNR WPGB West Palm Beach, Fla. WIRK Corpus Christi, Texas KRYS Lexington, Ky. WBUL Portland, WPOR Wichita, Kan. KFDI Dallas KPLX Little Rock, Ark. KSSN WTHT KZSN KSCS Los Angeles KKGO Portland, Ore. KUPL Wilkes Barre, Pa. WGGY Dayton, Ohio WHKO Louisville, Ky. WAMZ KWJJ Wilmington, Del. WXCY Denver, Colo. WQNU Providence, R.I. WCTK York, Pa. WGTY KWBL Raleigh, NC WQDR BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 7 OF 21

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 32 23 EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Gwendolyn/Pearl  4.823 +0.286 1754 91 30 l32 33 31 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 4.695 +0.197 1397 36 34 l33 34 35 Mercury  4.538 +0.349 1494 98 33 l34 36 43 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb  3.921 +0.299 1601 -4 31 l35 39 11 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR 3.904 +0.577 925 78 39 l36 38 30 Wheelhouse  LOCASH 3.657 +0.305 115 7 85 36 l37 37 21 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 3.577 -0.011 1076 51 37 38 35 25 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville 3.514 -0.459 1375 -108 35 l39 41 10 MONSTERS EMI Nashville 3.183 +0.462 1048 102 38 l40 42 7 BLESSINGS BMLG  HH Breaker HH Florida Georgia Line 2.874 +0.208 825 23 42 41 40 17 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 2.865 -0.376 850 -8 41 l42 43 4 HOLD ON Capitol Nashville Hootie & The Blowfish 2.707 +0.061 616 23 47 l43 44 15 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud HH Breaker HH 2.589 +0.111 760 34 45 l44 45 5 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine HH Most Added HH & 2.416 +0.019 914 73 40 l45 46 14 DETAILS Mercury  2.279 -0.004 535 0 52 46 47 19 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow 2.156 -0.022 814 -20 43 l47 48 7 DROWNING RCA Nashville 1.985 -0.007 541 26 50 l48 51 10 FRONT SEAT Studio2bee/Legend Entertainment Rayne Johnson 1.929 +0.414 302 18 - l49 49 15 Mercury  Maddie & Tae 1.853 +0.193 770 - 11 44 l50 NEW DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Carrie Underwood 1.800 +1.431 384 304 58 l51 50 6 WHY WE DRINK Valory  1.700 +0.083 551 23 49 l52 52 5 THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE MCA Nashville George Strait 1.547 +0.116 238 5 - l53 53 6 BREAK IT IN Valory  1.417 +0.016 443 -14 57 l54 55 9 THANK GOD FOR YOU Curb  Rodney Atkins 1.331 +0.139 559 6 48 l55 58 5 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 1.207 +0.176 535 17 51 l56 57 9 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville 1.135 +0.093 479 -7 54 l57 56 6 FOR YOU Riser House Dillon Carmichael 1.134 +0.056 505 -8 53 l58 NEW WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 1.124 +0.384 312 168 - 59 54 4 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury  1.016 -0.383 450 -27 56 l60 60 13 CHASIN’ ME True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.991 +0.067 632 6 46

GOING FOR ADDS

11/18 GRANGER SMITH That’s Why I Love Dirt Roads Wheelhouse FEAT. SEAFORTH Anything She Says Columbia Nashville

11/25 58 CHRIS JANSON Done Warner Music Nashville/WAR LANCO lands its fifth appearance on Country Airplay as its new single starts at No. 58 LANCO with 1.1 million audience impressions. What I See The group’s “” led for two weeks in December 2017. JANSON FRAZER HARRISON/ACMA2019/GETTY IMAGES FOR ACM FOR IMAGES HARRISON/ACMA2019/GETTY FRAZER DWYER CONNOR BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 8 OF 21

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 20 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS CATCH BMLG Brett Young 16 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud  0.928 20 6 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 16 1, 2 MANY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs & Brooks & Dunn 0.920 4 1 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 14 MASTERPIECE T2 Records/Reviver  0.876 41 0 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 13 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 12 OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville  0.829 34 3 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 12 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 0.753 21 0 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 9 HEAD OVER HEELS Wheelhouse Runaway June 0.649 18 5 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 7 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 23.172 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 20.538 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Stoney Creek/Valory Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell +3.830 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion +3.404 3 Big Loud Morgan Wallen 20.274 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +2.951 4 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 18.409 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +2.799 5 Warner Music Nashville/WMN 16.574 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +2.540 6 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 13.973 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.539 7 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 13.567 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett +2.281 8 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 12.938 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris +1.918 9 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 12.425 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +1.850 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum +1.697 10 River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 11.307 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +706 $2,931,698 JASON ALDEAN 35,792 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +587 $109.25, $35.25 Globe Life Park, Arlington, Texas/Oct. 11 37,023 LIVE NATION ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion +553 $1,194,787 ERIC CHURCH 15,391 MESSINA TOURING WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Stoney Creek/Valory Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell +508 $149, $19 Simmons Bank Arena, North Little Rock, Ark./Oct. 25 15,391 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett +474 $1,083,849 ERIC CHURCH 14,597 MESSINA TOURING $149, $15 Legacy Arena at the BBJC, Birmingham, Ala./Oct. 26 14,597 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +460 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +452 $1,047,494 15,947 $164.50, $29.50 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn./Oct. 25 16,753 LIVE NATION HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +420 $997,726.00 ERIC CHURCH 9,257 MESSINA TOURING EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +401 $149, $19 SNHU Arena, Manchester, N.H./Nov. 1 9,257 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris +352 Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email ([email protected]). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 10, 2019

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 17 BETTER WITH BEER (Independent ) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Kevin Fowler 2027 155 l11 14 17 NOTHIN’ ON YOU (Independent)  Cody Johnson 1328 54 l2 3 20 THIS BAR NEEDS A TOWN (Independent)  Mark Powell 2 011 166 l12 13 12 LET’S TAKE THIS OUTSIDE (Independent)  Cory Morrow 1299 24 3 4 18 (Independent)  Whiskey Myers 1744 -8 13 10 24 LIFE OF MY LOVE (S.O.T.)  Jody Booth 1288 -46 l4 6 11 A BITTER END (Little Red Truck)  w/ Randy Rogers 1541 65 l14 15 11 COUNTRY RADIO (BIG Label )  118 0 12 l5 7 25 DEVIL YOU KNOW (Independent)  Drew Fish Band 1489 17 l15 18 14 GOOD TIMES (Independent)  Jesse Raub Jr. 114 8 83 6 5 26 YEAH BUDDY (Dubya)  Wynn Williams 1436 -149 l16 16 12 WATERED DOWN WHISKEY (Ari-Tex )  James Lann 114 7 65 l7 9 24 BETWEEN THE STONES AND JONES (Independent)  Dustin Sonnier 1416 80 17 12 26 CINNAMON SHORE (Independent)  Mark McKinney 110 9 -200 8 1 18 I’LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (Independent)  1414 -489 l18 27 4 SAME KIND OF CRAZY AS ME (Rounder Rec)  Cody Jinks 1078 249 l9 11 13 LIFE BEHIND BARS (King Hall Music)  Chad Cooke Band 1377 60 l19 19 11 EVERY DAY KIND OF LOVE (Independent)  Kyle Park 1041 50 10 8 14 FLATLAND HILLBILLIES (RC1)  (f/ Randy Rogers & ) 1362 -74 l20 20 7 PRETTY HEART (Independent)  Parker McCollum 1017 102

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

The awards were the first of four straight nights of ceremonies in Nashville. ASCAP is handing out its country awards on Nov. 11, BMI will conduct its version on Nov. 12, and the 53rd annual Country Music Association Awards will air live on ABC on Nov. 13. RADIO & RECORDS RaeLynn announced she has signed a recording deal with Florida Georgia Line’s Round Here label and Kobalt’s AWAL. The first release in the

ED RODE/GETTY IMAGES FOR SESAC FOR IMAGES RODE/GETTY ED agreement is the track “Bra Off,” Maren Morris (left) posed with Justin Ebach claimed songwriter of the year for the second time issued Nov. 8 … reached a Avril Lavigne in a backstage during the SESAC Nashville Music Awards on Nov. 10. From left: deal with ONErpm to release her next moment on Nov. 1 during the SESAC vp creative services Shannan Hatch, Dustin Lynch, Ebach and album; its due date is TBA … Singer- Live in the Vineyard festival in SESAC Nashville senior directors of creative services E.T. Brown and songwriter Brooke Moriber inked Napa, Calif. Lydia Schultz. with Reviver Entertainment Group for publishing and artist development … WYCD Detroit parted ways with night talent SESAC NASHVILLE AWARDS 2019 Frank Williams Jr., InsideRadio.com reported … WFMS Indianapolis afternoon The Beatles apparently had it right: All you need is love. host Jack Shell left the station after nearly two years … Hubbard/West Palm Justin Ebach rode a pair of relationship-themed pieces to songwriter of the Beach, Fla., appointed Garrett Phillips as morning show producer at country year and Wyatt Durrette III turned “Beautiful Crazy,” a romantic waltz-tempo WIRK, Talkers.com reported. He has been producer for the afternoon daypart at ballad that honors Luke Combs’ fiancée, into the song of the year during the news/talk sister WFTL-AM … Bonneville/Denver hired Melanie Miltz as director SESAC Nashville Music Awards at a Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum of marketing and promotions, according to Talkers.com. The cluster includes event space on Nov. 10. country KYGO. Her most recent job was a similar post at adult contemporary The night represented a return to the winners’ circle for both composers. KSTP Minneapolis-St. Paul … The vote for performers for the New Faces Show Ebach — whose victory recognizes his success with two positive love songs, at the 2020 Country Radio Seminar will be conducted Nov. 18-22. Finalists Dustin Lynch’s “Good Girl” and Brett Young’s “Here Tonight” — claimed the include Ingrid Andress, Morgan Evans, Riley Green, HARDY, Ryan Hurd, SESAC songwriter title in 2017, while Durrette took song of the year in 2015 Tyler Rich, Runaway June, Matt Stell and Mitchell Tenpenny. with “Homegrown,” co-written with Zac Brown and Niko Moon. Ebach helped Warner Chappell reclaim publisher of the year, a distinction ’ROUND THE ROW the company achieved in 2017. In addition to his titles, the honor recognizes Talent-buying agency Romeo Entertainment Group restructured its leadership Warner Chappell’s success with another love song — the hit “Back following the recent departure of president Fran Romeo. Succeeding her is to Life,” co-penned by SESAC writers and Moon — plus Barlowe’s R.J. Romeo, who previously served as general counsel/senior talent buyer. work on the Chris Young hit “Raised on Country.” Michelle Romeo was promoted to vp from agent and marketing specialist, Ebach specifically cited his wife, former Curb/Word publishing executive and Harlan Burggraaf ascended to controller/director of operations from Janine Appleton, as a key part of his achievement during his acceptance speech. accountant … Outback Presents hired Bonnie Sugarman as community “I am an absolute hopeless romantic, or a serial monogamist, if you will,” outreach coordinator, focusing on the agency’s charity efforts. She was most Ebach added on the red carpet. “I wanted to find love and, you know, I love that recently APA Nashville senior vp. bond with one person. So I definitely think that inspires some of that romance Reach her here … Erin Fligel joined 117 in [my] lyrics.” Entertainment as publicity manager. The SESAC ceremony rewarded the top 15 country titles from the PRO’s Reach her here … The Academy of repertoire over the last year, as well as a handful of Americana songs, including Country Music’s ACM Lifting Lives Rosanne Cash’s “Not Many Miles to Go.” The country contingent included added a dozen new members to its Russell Dickerson’s “Blue Tacoma,” co-written by SESAC member Casey board, including Becky Gardenhire, Brown; Runaway June’s “Buy My Own Drinks,” by group members Hannah WME; Darin Murphy, Creative Artists Mulholland, Naomi Cooke and Jennifer Wayne; Chris Stapleton’s version Agency; and Beth Moore, Vanderbilt of “Millionaire,” originally recorded by singer-songwriter Kevin Welch; University. Go here for a full list of and Florida Georgia Line’s “,” co-written by SESAC’s board members … Nashville’s Tin Pan Alysa Vanderhaym. South Festival is slated for SESAC executives handed out the bulk of the trophies, though Dustin Lynch March 24-28, 2020 … Former label introduced Ebach’s award and Eric Church made a surprise appearance to executive Peter Puzo died Nov. 3 present Ray Wylie Hubbard his medallion for “Desperate Man.” at his home in Encino, Calif. During “He’s equal parts poet, bluesman, singer, songwriter, entertainer, troubadour,” stops at Liberty, CBS and MCA, he said Church of Hubbard. “But he’s entirely my friend and my hero.” worked with Olivia Newton-John kicked off the event with a melismatic reworking of Sam and , among others. Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” a signature civil-rights anthem that His survivors include Nashville- signaled an evening of subtle change. Jimmie Allen and co-writer Josh London Newcomer Matt Stell (left) based radio and promotion vet Lisa revised their medallion-winning title “” as an acoustic guitar-piano enlisted WIRK West Palm Beach, Strickland … Willard Cox died Nov. 4. number that leaned heavily on the keyboard bass notes. Hubbard delivered Fla., operations manager/brand He was the patriarch of The Cox Family, “Desperate Man” with rough-cut, -influenced guitar and Bob content director Bruce Logan as a a bluegrass-gospel act that worked with Dylan-style harmonica. SESAC vp creative services Shannan Hatch made short-term roadie when he played and contributed to the her last appearance as an awards maven with the PRO before shifting full time a Nov. 2 benefit for the Jake Owen multiplatinum O Brother, Where Art to president of the new Fourward Music. Foundation in Vero Beach. Thou? soundtrack. congratulates

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on the #1 single, “What Happens In A Small Town” feat. Lindsey Ell BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 12 OF 21

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Billy Ray Cyrus and Trace Adkins picked a good weekend to help out the NFL’s Nov. 12 Titans. Adkins sang the national anthem, and Cyrus gave a halftime • 1979 — begins filming an adaptation of The Gambler rendition of “Some Gave All” during a veterans-themed game on Nov. 10 where as a TV movie for CBS. the home team shocked the favored Kansas City Chiefs, 35-32. There’s plenty of other football news in the genre: LANCO does the halftime show when the New Nov. 13 England Patriots host the Dallas Cowboys • 2009 — performs on Nov. 24. Jimmie Allen sings the national “Hip to My Heart” and “If I anthem, and handle Die Young” during its Grand midgame performances for the Detroit Ole Opry debut at Nashville’s Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game against the . Chicago Bears, and Scotty McCreery is set • 1999 — Garth Brooks hosts NBC- for halftime during the NCAA’s Liberty Bowl TV’s from in Memphis on Dec. 31. McCreery also will New York with musical guest pick up an outstanding achievement award . THE BAND PERRY on Dec. 30 at the Peabody Hotel. ALLEN ED RODE/GETTY IMAGES FOR SESAC FOR IMAGES RODE/GETTY ED Nov. 14 Artists from multiple genres banded together on Nov. 10 for Cash Fest, a • 2018 — Chris Stapleton wins in three categories during the 52nd tribute concert that celebrates the YouTube Originals documentary The Gift: annual Country Music Association Awards, aired on ABC from The Journey of Johnny Cash. The night’s material included singing Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. He takes male vocalist of the year, “,” Perry Farrell’s cover of “Ring of Fire,” Dennis Quaid’s while “” snags single and song of the year. take on “” and Cam’s rendition of “What Is Truth.” Proceeds • 2015 — Thomas Rhett’s “” rises to No. 1 on the benefit MusiCares. Dan Tyminski will take part in another tribute across Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It occupies that position for a the globe when he plays Stockholm on Dec. 5 in a concert honoring late EDM total of 17 weeks. artist to raise moment for mental health causes. Tyminski sang lead on Avicii’s “Hey Brother.” Also in the lineup are , Nov. 15 and DJ . • 1969 — Jimmy Buffett is credited for the first time as a member of the Nashville journalism team in the masthead for Billboard magazine. While SESAC kicked off awards week in Nashville on Nov. 10, the E! People’s Choice Awards reigned on TV from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Nov. 16 Blake Shelton walked off with the favorite country artist trophy, joining Taylor • 1994 — The RIAA certifies ’s album Just Lookin’ Swift, Harry Styles and P!nk among the evening’s winners. Meanwhile, Kris for a Hit platinum. Kristofferson is a late addition to the Nov. 13 Country Music Association • 1977 — and record “Mammas Don’t Awards lineup, where he will receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” at the American Studios Award. Celebrants include , , Chris Janson and in Nashville. John Osborne. Nov. 17 will take part in the Hollywood Christmas Parade on Dec. 1 with • 1989 — Steel Magnolias, starring Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Olympia Dionne Warwick, , Mario Lopez and Santa Claus. It won’t Dukakis, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts, opens in movie theaters. be Kris Kringle’s first parade of the season. He’s in the mix for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, joined by Chris Young, Chris Janson Nov. 18 and . • 2016 — RCA releases Miranda Lambert’s two-disc album The Weight of These Wings. • 1949 — MGM releases ’ “My Bucket’s Got a Hole in Top Headlines from .com It.” Lurking on the B side: the classic “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Carrie Underwood & The Surprising History Of Female Entertainer Of The Year Winners At The CMA Awards

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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 6 10,000 HOURS No. 1 (5 weeks)/ Airplay Gainer Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 14 1 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.J.DILLON,J.REYNOLDS,J.D.BIEBER,J.BOYD) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 2 2 2 32 ONE MAN BAND Old Dominion 3 2 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING 3 3 3 22 Luke Combs 2 3 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.FULCHER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 4 4 4 18 & Kane Brown - 1 l MARSHMELLO (MARSHMELLO,K.BROWN,J.FRASURE,J.HOGE,M.J.MCGINN) JOYTIME COLLECTIVE/RCA NASHVILLE 5 6 5 43 PRAYED FOR YOU Matt Stell 6 2 A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,A.BOWERS,A.CRUZ) WIDE OPEN/RECORDS/GOOD COMPANY/ARISTA NASHVILLE 6 5 9 33 EVERY LITTLE THING Russell Dickerson 4 5 C.BROWN (R.DICKERSON,P.WELLING,C.BROWN) TRIPLE TIGERS WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN 7 8 12 47 Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 1 7 l D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,R.AKINS,B.BERRYHILL,J.DUNNE) STONEY CREEK/VALORY THE BONES 8 9 10 36 Maren Morris 26 6 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 9 7 6 28 GOOD VIBES Chris Janson 7 6 Z.CROWELL,C.JANSON (C.JANSON,Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY) WAR NER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 10 10 8 23 Blanco Brown RC 1 BLANCO BROWN (B.A.III) TRAILERTRAPMUSIC/BBMG/BMG/WHEELHOUSE/STONEY CREEK/BROKEN BOW REMEMBER YOU YOUNG 11 13 14 17 Thomas Rhett 5 11 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) VALO RY HH HH 12 24 24 17 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Digital & Streaming Gainer Miranda Lambert 15 12 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,H.LINDSEY,L.MCKENNA,L.ROSE) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 13 11 15 26 WE WERE Keith Urban 8 11 D.HUFF,K.URBAN (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,R.TYNDELL) HI T RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE KINFOLKS 14 16 16 5 Sam Hunt 13 10 l Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS,J.OSBORNE) MC A NASHVILLE TIP OF MY TONGUE 15 14 13 18 Kenny Chesney 9 13 l R.COPPERMAN,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,E.C.SHEERAN) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA HEARTACHE MEDICATION 16 15 17 22 Jon Pardi 11 15 l J.PARDI,B.BUTLER,R.GORE (J.PARDI,BARY DEAN,N.HEMBY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU 17 18 18 25 Lady Antebellum 10 14 l D.HUFF (S.ELLIS,J.GREEN,R.J.HURD,L.VELTZ) BMLG RIDIN’ ROADS 18 20 20 35 Dustin Lynch 12 18 l Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL) BROKEN BOW HH HH 19 NEW 1 FOR MY DAUGHTER Hot Shot Debut Kane Brown - 19 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,T.DOUGLAS,C.MCGILL) RCA NASHVILLE HEARTLESS 20 19 19 12 Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen - 15 l DIPLO,KING HENRY,CHARLIE HANDSOME,J.MOI (T.W.PENTZ,H.A.ALLEN,M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,R.J.HURD,CHARLIE HANDSOME) MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA WE BACK 21 23 21 9 Jason Aldean 16 21 l M.KNOX (B.D.WARREN,B.WARREN,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT) MACO N/BROKEN BOW HELL RIGHT 22 21 22 12 Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins 20 21 l S.HENDRICKS (D.A.GARCIA,B.TYLER,M.W.HARDY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN HOMECOMING QUEEN? 23 22 23 9 Kelsea Ballerini 28 15 l J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) BLACK RIVER 24 17 39 3 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Luke Bryan 22 17 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,R.COPPERMAN,H.LINDSEY,J.M.NITE) CA PITOL NASHVILLE HOMESICK 25 28 28 33 Kane Brown 19 24 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 3 WKS  1 16 WKS DANN HUFF  2 BLANCO BROWN  2 DAN SMYERS  3  3 ZACH CROWELL  4 KANE BROWN  4 SHANE MCANALLY  5  5 SCOTT MOFFATT  6 LAURA VELTZ  6 MARSHMELLO  7  7 CASEY BROWN  8  8 JAY JOYCE  9 LUKE COMBS  McANALLY 9  10  10 ROSS COPPERMAN 

The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings). BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 14 OF 21

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 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 26 25 26 18 Ingrid Andress 21 25 l S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) ATLANT IC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA I HOPE 27 29 27 28 Gabby Barrett 35 27 l R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR DIVE BAR 28 26 29 19 Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton 18 26 l G.BROOKS (M.ROSSELL,B.KENNEDY,T.G.BROOKS) PEARL MAKE ME WANT TO 29 27 31 23 Jimmie Allen 17 27 l A.BOWERS,E.TORRES (J.ALLEN,P.SIKES,J.DENMARK) STO NEY CREEK SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT 30 30 30 16 Jordan Davis 23 29 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,L.L.FOWLER) MCA NASHVILLE I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 31 31 33 14 Riley Green 30 31 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,L.BONDS,B.GREEN) BMLG TO A T 32 32 32 39 Ryan Hurd 25 32 l D.HUFF,A.ESHUIS (R.J.HURD,N.SPICER,L.VELTZ) RCA NASHVILLE CATCH 33 34 35 19 Brett Young 27 33 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) BMLG MR. LONELY 34 33 34 23 Midland 24 31 l D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE CHASIN’ YOU 35 35 37 12 Morgan Wallen 43 35 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD HOMEMADE 36 36 41 8 Jake Owen 29 36 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (B.GOLDSMITH,J.MULLINS,D.PARKER,B.PINSON) BIG LOUD DROWNING 37 37 36 8 Chris Young 47 18 l C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.A.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE BLUEBIRD 38 NEW 1 Miranda Lambert - 38 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 39 39 42 18 Maddie & Tae 49 39 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY HER WORLD OR MINE 40 38 43 3 Michael Ray 37 38 l S.HENDRICKS (J.PAULIN,T.DENNING,B.BEAVERS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA LIKE A RODEO 41 43 45 8 Kane Brown - 17 l J.M.SCHMIDT (K.BROWN,J.K.HINDLIN,J.M.SCHMIDT,D.SOUTHERLAND) RCA NASHVILLE I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 42 40 46 4 Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 44 40 l (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE HOLD ON 43 NEW 1 Hootie & The Blowfish 42 43 l F.ROGERS (J.BEAVERS,C.STAPLETON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE AFTER A FEW 44 42 44 5 Travis Denning 33 42 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,K.ARCHER,J.WEAVER) MERCURY FAMILY TREE 45 44 40 10 Caylee Hammack 38 40 l M.REAVES,C.HAMMACK (C.HAMMACK,T.VERGES,G.SAMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE BIG, BIG PLANS 46 46 48 7 Chris Lane - 33 l J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD 47 41 — 3 COVER ME UP Morgan Wallen - 41 J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.J.ISBELL) BIG LOUD LONELY IF YOU ARE 48 49 49 16 Chase Rice 46 43 l C. DESTEFANO,C.RICE (C.RICE,L.RIMES,H.PHELPS) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW BLESSINGS 49 47 50 3 Florida Georgia Line 40 47 l J.MOI,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,T.DOUGLAS,J.FRASURE,J.M.SCHMIDT,E.K.SMITH) BMLG IN BETWEEN 50 48 — 3 Scotty McCreery 32 48 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS

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

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

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2018 2019 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,043,000 999,188,000 267,395,000 Album ’18 41.95 million Consumption 41,953,000 45,175,000 7.7% ’19 45.17 million Last Week 960,000 984,702,000 258,446,000 Album Sales 11,749,000 8,659,000 -26.3% Change 8.6% 1.5% 3.5% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 35,283,145,000 44,287,107,000 25.5% ’18 44.28 billion This Week Last Year 796,000 766,626,000 199,856,000 ’19 56.38 billion Change 31.0% 30.3% 33.8% Video On-Demand 9,003,962,000 11,690,009,000 29.8%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending Nov. 7, 2019. 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 Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 15 OF 21

SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS 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 10,000 HOURS FOR MY DAUGHTER MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD 1 1 5 1 NEW 1 NEW 1 1 l DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER  l KANE BROWN  l VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN THE GIT UP 10,000 HOURS LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 2 2 22 2 2 5 2 1 127 1 l BLANCO BROWN  DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER  l2 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 2 ONE THING RIGHT ONE MAN BAND HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH IMPERFECT CIRCLE 3 3 18 3 7 21 NEW 1 3 l MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN  l OLD DOMINION  l3 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031043*/UMGN   ONE MAN BAND ONE THING RIGHT OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 4 4 11 4 3 18 4 1 — 2 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1 OLD DOMINION  l MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN  HEARTLESS EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 5 5 12 5 4 17 5 3 3 72 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 0 1 l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  l LUKE COMBS  BEAUTIFUL CRAZY THE GIT UP 7 7 52 KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 1 l6 6 79 6 5 23 l6 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 0 LUKE COMBS  BLANCO BROWN  TENNESSEE WHISKEY THE BONES MORGAN WALLEN 7 7 135 7 10 12 7 4 4 75 DIGITAL EX 0 3 l CHRIS STAPLETON  l MAREN MORRIS  EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING HELL RIGHT LUKE COMBS THE PREQUEL (EP) 8 8 10 8 9 12 8 5 5 22 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595688 EX/SMN 1 l LUKE COMBS  l BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. TRACE ADKINS  THE BONES PRAYED FOR YOU CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 9 13 18 9 11 13 9 6 6 236 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l MAREN MORRIS  MATT STELL  WHISKEY GLASSES I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 8 8 35 MAREN MORRIS GIRL 1 10 9 38 10 13 14 l10 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN l MORGAN WALLEN  l RILEY GREEN  BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART HOLD ON BRANTLEY GILBERT FIRE & BRIMSTONE 11 12 26 11 NEW 11 9 9 5 VALORY BG0400A*/BMLG 1 l LUKE COMBS  l HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH  SPEECHLESS MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 11 11 153 KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 1 12 10 68 12 14 7 l12 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 l DAN + SHAY  l INGRID ANDRESS  MEANT TO BE WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT THOMAS RHETT 13 11 102 13 1 2 13 12 10 23 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 1 l  & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  LUKE BRYAN  PRAYED FOR YOU KINFOLKS KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 14 14 7 14 16 4 14 10 14 79 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 l MATT STELL  l SAM HUNT  KINFOLKS BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART JASON ALDEAN 15 19 4 15 15 27 15 13 13 82 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1 l SAM HUNT  LUKE COMBS  HEAVEN GOD’S COUNTRY GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 16 15 105 16 17 32 16 15 15 224 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3 l KANE BROWN  BLAKE SHELTON  GOD’S COUNTRY REMEMBER YOU YOUNG JON PARDI HEARTACHE MEDICATION 17 17 31 17 20 9 17 16 16 6 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 030574*/UMGN 2 l BLAKE SHELTON  l THOMAS RHETT  ZAC BROWN BAND THE OWL I HOPE TIP OF MY TONGUE 18 42 7 1 18 RE-ENTRY 18 18 17 l18 ZAC BROWN COLLECTIVE 77559*/BMG l GABBY BARRETT  KENNY CHESNEY  ELV1S: 30 #1 HITS TEQUILA IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW RE-ENTRY 147 1 19 16 89 19 RE-ENTRY l19 RCA 68079*/LEGACY (19.98/12.98) 6 DAN + SHAY  l BRETT YOUNG  BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG EVERY LITTLE THING TENNESSEE WHISKEY 21 24 143 2 20 22 2 20 21 199 l20 BMLG BY0100A* 1 l RUSSELL DICKERSON  CHRIS STAPLETON  SOUND & FURY SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU 21 33 30 6 3 21 25 64 21 19 18 l ELEKTRA 865179*/EMG l LUKE COMBS  LADY ANTEBELLUM  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY GOOD VIBES BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 22 RE-ENTRY 22 RE-ENTRY 22 17 18 38 BMLG FGL0400* 0 1 l CHRIS JANSON  l LUKE COMBS  JON PARDI LOVE YOU TOO LATE HEARTACHE MEDICATION 23 19 19 177 1 23 21 4 23 RE-ENTRY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 l COLE SWINDELL  l JON PARDI  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS RUMOR I HOPE 24 24 20 211 2 24 23 38 24 RE-ENTRY WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN l LEE BRICE  l GABBY BARRETT  TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS 25 23 23 196 6 25 20 27 ALL TO MYSELF 25 24 8 DROWNING CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 DAN + SHAY  CHRIS YOUNG  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 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. SALES DATA COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS

AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 NEW 1 FEATURING JOHNNY CASH TRAVELIN’ THRU: THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL. 15: 1967 - 1969 1 l COLUMBIA 598193*/LEGACY CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 2 4 2 182 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1

NEW 1 MICHAEL KIWANUKA KIWANUKA 3 l3 POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE 031124*/IGA KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 4 5 3 84 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 HOZIER 5 7 6 228 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1 6 8 4 8 THE LUMINEERS III 1 DUALTONE 5127* 1 9 7 145 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 l7 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY Brown’s dedication to his and wife Katelyn’s 8 1 — 2 NEIL YOUNG/CRAZY HORSE COLORADO 1 REPRISE 599670*/WARNER newborn, Kingsley Rose, born Oct. 29, KANE 9 10 8 34 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 4 debuts at No. 1 on Country Digital Song HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS BROWN For My Sales with 20,000 downloads sold. The song 10 11 10 187 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA 1 1 DUALTONE 1738* Daughter is Brown’s seventh leader on the list. Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. JOHN SHEARER/WIREIMAGE JOHN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 16 OF 21

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Luke Bryan Plays The Willing Victim In ‘What She Wants Tonight’

If a teacher asked for a short summary about the plot in Luke Bryan’s new Swedish pop style in my mind,” says Copperman. “All the syllables of the single, a student could boil down “What She Wants Tonight” into two words: words kind of just feel like they’re meant to be in those places.” “red dot.” Nite and Copperman finished the demo later, and Nite handled what proved That phrase, slipped into the final line before the first chorus, comes to be a challenging vocal part. straight from Bryan’s passion for hunting, but it applies in this instance to a “There’s about three places you can breathe in the chorus,” he says. “If script-flipping dance club scene when an assertive woman locks eyes with an you miss one, you’re in trouble. I figured it out before we sang the demo on it, unsuspecting young man. and it wasn’t impossible, but definitely tricky.” “Everybody gets that vision,” suggests Bryan. Producers Jeff and Jody Stevens latched “It’s almost like she’s sniping the singer.” onto the hard-rock and EDM elements in the That makes “What She Wants Tonight” basic demo. They enhanced those with swirling an unusual — though not unprecedented — electronic programming and a crunchy cadence title in the genre, turning the stereotypical in the intro that Jody created by playing unison male hunter into an easy target. A few other electric and acoustic guitars mashed up with an short phrases — a “velvet rope” and “sequins electronic-keyboard bass. bouncing off flashing lights” — present an “It’s a cool pattern,” says Jody. “It’s kind of a image of a woman who knows how to work nontraditional rhythm, which I think also helps a club. It’s a scenario that country music has build the excitement leading into the chorus.” visited on occasion: ’s 1985 hit Rob McNelley retooled the signature guitar “She’s Single Again” portrayed a rebounding riff during a session at the Tracking Room, while vixen as a man-stealing predator, while Reba Adam Shoenfeld toughened up the guitar parts McEntire’s 1995 chart-topper “The Heart Is a beginning in the chorus and drummer Evan Lonely Hunter” employed a similar character Hutchings brought a fat, arena-rock mentality “driven by a desperate hunger.” to the kit. But the 2019 version of the confident The hardest part, though, fell to Bryan, female is presented less as a threat than as an who spent a solid three-and-a-half hours on unexpected reward. that challenging lead vocal. He introduced a “Being out in the bar life and being a 20-year- shuddered sort of walk down in the first verse BRYAN old or 25-year-old, when you have a girl that’s — a new wrinkle in his vocal sound — and he slid initiating the rhetoric of the moment, I mean, into a rare falsetto moment in the final vamp. that’s a powerful thing,” says Bryan. “It’s pretty intriguing to have the girl really “When I walked out of the studio, I literally had a headache,” he recalls. “I pushing the narrative of what might potentially happen with these two people.” had to take an Advil ’cause I felt like I was getting a migraine.” “What She Wants Tonight” is what came of the potential Bryan envisioned “He worked on this harder than any song he’s ever sung,” adds Jeff. “This in assembling three of Nashville’s current A-list writers: Hillary Lindsey (“It is truly a case where he was not going to be denied.” All Comes Out in the Wash,” “Knockin’ Boots”), (“,” Their initial mix had a bit of an arc to it, but Bryan persuaded his producers “”) and Ross Copperman (“Tip of My Tongue,” “I Lived to make the first verse and chorus more gutsy. It”). It was one of three songs they cranked out on a summer day at Bryan’s farm “We basically turned everything up,” recalls Jody. outside of Nashville, inspired by a short musical track Nite and Copperman The bridge thus provides one brief bit of respite, with semistatic electronica had built around dark minor chords and an airy guitar riff. The words they buzzing underneath as Bryan confesses his shock: “I don’t know how I got were using were merely placeholders, though one phrase unlocked the plotline. to be the only thing she needs right now.” It’s the most vulnerable piece of “I had mumbled something like, ‘She gets what she wants,’ ” recalls Nite, the song. “and Luke kind of finished out the whole hook: ‘I get to be what she wants “Especially when it’s a beautiful girl, most guys feel like they’re not worthy,” tonight.’ It was organic and just unfolded really fast.” says Jeff. “They’re inferior, they’re never going to get a chance with this girl. They launched into the chorus first, highlighting a woman who “don’t take And that’s the part of it, I think, that Luke brings off so much. It’s one of the ‘no’ ” for an answer as she coaxes the guy’s hands toward her alcohol-infused body. ingredients to this song that makes it special.” “Luke was so fired up writing it,” recalls Copperman. “He was throwing out Bryan sang “What She Wants Tonight” live for the first time during a Farm all these lines — like, ‘Cut the tire,’ ‘Red dot locked on you.’ I just remember Tour stop in Richland, Mich., on Oct. 24, the same day that Capitol Nashville those lines vividly and him being so fired up. All of us had like a 12-year-old’s released it to radio via PlayMPE. Already positioned at No. 22 in its third week energy writing this.” on Country Airplay, it’s the second single from an album he’s likely to finish They developed her character more in the first verse, introducing her as a recording in December. woman on the rebound who commands drink service with a simple snap of “ ‘Knockin’ Boots’ was very fun, very lighthearted, not overly serious,” says the fingers. Lindsey had a huge impact on her portrait, walking the fine line Bryan of the previous release. “And this felt like it had a little more teeth, a between forceful and threatening. little more something to dig into.” “That was just a real critical aspect to it, having Hillary going, ‘Yeah, you That comes primarily from the dangerous sound of “What She Wants know, that’s what a girl wants to hear,’ ” says Bryan. “It took the dynamic out Tonight” and its role-reversing story in which the hunter becomes the hunted. of a bunch of dudes potentially saying the wrong thing.” “Back 20-30 years ago, that was a little more taboo for the woman to be She also guided the flow, ensuring that the end result felt natural controlling the narrative,” he says. “But I feel like society has opened up a lot and singable. more. I think it’s more natural for a woman to go, ‘Hey, I like you. I’m focused

“All the syllables and the phrases fall in the right places, like in a kind of in on you, and let’s see where the night takes us.’ ” WRIGHT JIM BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 17 OF 21 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l1 1 11 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Luke Combs 5156 +183 8.266 l2 2 22 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 5133 +310 8.082 l3 3 26 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 4656 +171 6.940 l4 6 18 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett 4536 +324 6.764 l5 7 18 TIP OF MY TONGUE Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 4054 +130 5.887 6 5 45 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Stoney Creek/Valory Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell 3982 -289 6.495 l7 8 26 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum 3968 +107 5.837 l8 9 24 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 3915 +200 5.850 9 4 42 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 3884 -617 6.389 10 10 17 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 3274 - 11 4.801 l11 11 9 WE BACK Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 3062 +221 4.481 l12 14 32 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 2916 +471 4.543 l13 12 13 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Feat. Trace Adkins 2722 +65 3.693 14 13 21 DIVE BAR Pearl Garth Brooks Feat. Blake Shelton 2555 -64 3.885 l15 17 5 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 2533 +426 3.538 l16 16 6 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 2437 +180 3.489 l17 15 10 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River Kelsea Ballerini 2375 +64 3.360 l18 18 28 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 2163 + 117 2.744 l19 19 13 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 2023 +162 2.547 l20 20 12 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 1976 + 114 2.756 l21 21 32 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 1909 +135 2.652 l22 22 15 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 1897 +177 2.688 l23 25 3 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville HH Most Increased Plays HH Luke Bryan 1842 +573 2.536 l24 24 23 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 1513 +174 1.774 l25 26 10 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 1237 +53 1.510 l26 27 38 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 1135 +36 1.249 l27 29 23 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 1058 +157 1.286 l28 31 17 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 1035 + 119 1.345 l29 28 25 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 1009 +13 1.145 l30 30 16 NOTHIN’ ON YOU CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 939 +31 1.106

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEAN Fargo, N.D. KBVB Laurel, Miss. WBBN San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG Alexandria, La. KRRV WSTH Lebanon, N.H. WXXK Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ Amarillo, Texas KGNC Fayetteville, N.C. WKML Lincoln, Neb KFGE Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI Asheville, N.C. WKSF Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFF Longview, Texas KYKX Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Atlantic City, N.J. WPUR Flint, Mich. WFBE Lubbock, Texas KLLL Savannah, Ga. WJCL Beaumont, Texas KYKR Florence, Ala. WXFL Lufkin, Texas KYKS WUBB Beckley, W. Va. WJLS Florence, S.C. WEGX Marshalltown, Iowa KXIA Shreveport, La. KXKS Biloxi, Miss. WZKX Ft. Collins, Colo. KUAD Mason City, Iowa KIAI Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX Bloomington, Ill. WIBL Ft. Smith, Ark. KTCS Medford, Ore. KRWQ South Bend, Ind. WBYT Bluefield, W. Va. WHKX Frederick, Md. WFRE Meridian, Miss. WOKK Springfield, Ill. WFMB Burlington, Vt. WOKO Fredericksburg, Va. WFLS Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Springfield, Mo. KTTS Cape Girardeau, Mo. KEZS Green Bay, Wis. WNCY Montgomery, Ala. WLWI Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Charleston, W. Va WKWS Hagerstown, Md. WAYZ Morgantown, W. Va. WKKW Topeka, Kan. WIBW WQBE Hot Springs, Ark. KQUS Muskegon, Mich. WMUS Traverse City, Mich. WTCM College Station, Texas KAGG Huntington, Ky. WDGG New London, Conn. WCTY Tupelo, Miss. WWZD Colorado Springs. KCCY Huntington, W. Va. WTCR Odessa, Texas KHKX Utica, N.Y. WFRG Columbia, Mo. KCLR Idaho Falls, Idaho KTHK Palm Springs, Calif. KPLM Victor Valley, CA. KATJ Columbus, Ga. WKCN Jackson, Miss. WMSI Pensacola, Fla. WXBM Waco, Texas WACO WSTH WUSJ Peoria, Ill. WXCL Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQ Janesville, Wis. WJVL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWD Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK Dothan, Ala. WTVY Jonesboro, Ark. KDXY Rapid City, S.D. KOUT Williamsport, Pa. WILQ Duluth, Minn. KKCB Joplin, Mo. KIXQ Rockford, Ill. WXXQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Eau Claire, Wis. WAXX Kalamazoo, Mich. WNWN Rocky Mount, N.C. WDWG Youngstown, Ohio WQXK Elizabeth City, N.C. WRSF Kalispell, Mont. KDBR Saginaw, Mich. WCEN WWGY Erie, Pa. WTWF Kingmah, Ariz. KFLG St. Cloud, Minn. KZPK HOT COUNTRY Eugene, Ore. KKNU Lafayette, Ind. WKOA Salina, Kan. KYEZ MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Evansville, Ind. WKDQ Laredo, Texas KRRG Salisbury, Md. WKTT Music Choice TODAY’S COUNTRY Lansing, Mich. WITL San Angelo, Texas KGKL Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 18 OF 21 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l31 33 11 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 928 +218 1.226 l32 32 8 BLESSINGS BMLG Florida Georgia Line 847 +21 0.960 l33 34 21 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 710 +19 0.692 l34 38 5 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 652 +76 0.832 l35 35 14 DETAILS Mercury Billy Currington 646 +6 0.638 l36 36 6 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 641 +34 0.947 l37 39 27 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 597 +31 0.743 l38 NEW DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH Carrie Underwood 575 +348 0.872 l39 37 15 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 571 +5 0.679 l40 40 4 HOLD ON Capitol Nashville Hootie & The Blowfish 561 +44 0.647 l41 42 8 COUNTRY RADIO BIG Label Aaron Watson 521 +48 0.620 l42 41 14 MADE IN AMERICA Lawrence Tracy Lawrence 482 +8 0.422 l43 43 8 OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 479 +9 0.521 l44 45 10 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 456 +41 0.369 l45 44 9 BACK AGAIN Mac Powell/Thirty Tigers Mac Powell & The Family Reunion 425 +21 0.405 l46 46 10 APRIL MAY Bison Creek James Robert Webb 408 +21 0.439 l47 48 9 ANOTHER LOVE SONG Fleur de Magnolia James Dupre 379 +30 0.437 l48 47 9 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 362 +3 0.276 l49 49 5 THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE MCA Nashville George Strait 338 +4 0.459 l50 50 4 HOSTAGE Tiffany Woys Tiffany Woys 322 +13 0.319 l51 52 7 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 319 +13 0.404 l52 51 5 CHILL Free Flow/Tatum Town Dave McElroy 311 +3 0.361 l53 54 5 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 302 +22 0.298 l54 53 3 I’LL NEVER GET OVER YOU Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers Randy Rogers Band 284 +17 0.335 l55 55 2 WHATEVER THIS IS Redneck Jessie G 279 +32 0.318 l56 57 8 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 259 +6 0.257 l57 NEW BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 253 +20 0.199 l58 59 2 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 252 +23 0.287 59 56 5 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 246 -9 0.186 60 58 2 DROWNING RCA Nashville Chris Young 233 - 11 0.202

CHARTS LEGEND RANKINGS station downtime for the format. gaining enough audience points MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ Country Airplay is ranked by Titles that decline in audience to bullet or if they rank below No. PLAYS total audience impressions but increase in detections will 10 and post a third consecutive Most Increased Audience on for the week ending Sunday also receive a bullet if the total week of (non-bulleted) audience Country Airplay and Most based on monitored airplay of audience erosion for the week decline, regardless of total chart Increased Plays on Country 149 stations by Nielsen BDS. does not exceed 3%. Bullets are weeks. On Country Indicator, Indicator list the songs with the Audience totals on the chart are awarded on Country Indicator to descending, non-bulleted titles greatest week-to-week increases derived, in part, using certain titles gaining plays or remaining below No. 10 are moved to in total audience or plays, Arbitron Inc. copyrighted flat from the previous week. recurrent after 20 weeks or if they respectively. Persons 12+ audience post a third consecutive week of estimates (under license © TIES decline in plays after 10 weeks. AIRPOWER 2019, Arbitron Inc.) Country On Country Airplay, if two songs Awarded on Country Airplay to Indicator is tabulated using are tied in total audience, the song HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in reported playlists and Nielsen with the larger increase in audience Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for BDS-monitored airplay at 109 is placed first. On Country Indicator, new entry on Country Airplay and the first time, with increases in stations, ranked by total plays. if two songs are tied in total plays, Country Indicator, respectively. both plays and audience. the song with the larger increase in BULLETS plays is placed first. MOST ADDED BREAKER l Awarded on Country Airplay The total number of new adds Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or RECURRENTS officially reported to Billboard by to titles achieving airplay (at remaining flat from the previous On Country Airplay, descending each reporting station, or by an least one detection) at 60% of week. A song will also receive titles below No. 10 in either automatic-add threshold (seven plays reporting stations for the first a bullet if its percentage loss audience or detections are moved for the first time in a chart tracking time. in audience does not exceed to recurrent after 20 weeks, week, according to Nielsen BDS) for the percentage of monitored provided that they are not still stations that do not report adds. © 2019 Prometheus Global Media, LLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 19 OF 21 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- S   (Songwriter) Chart Position US, BMI/Music That Is Russelled, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Just Another Song Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 30 SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science And Research Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From 10,000 HOURS Beats And , ASCAP/Shay Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC (R.Dickerson, K   The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., P.Welling, C.Brown) 4 (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 56 BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WB Music F   The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red Corp., ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase Music Corp., ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/ FAMILY TREE Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sounds Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, Like Chet Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 23 J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, J.Boyd) 14 BMI/Low Z Music, BMI/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing J.Osborne) 13 A   LLC, ASCAP (C.Hammack, T.Verges, G.Sampson) 38 T   L   THANK GOD FOR YOU Mighty Jon 007 Music, AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, FRONT SEAT Totally Awesome Music, BMI (J. BMI/Spark Lark Music, BMI/Rare Spark Media Group, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Jordan) 48 Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music BMI/ole Songs Of Parallel, ASCAP/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP G   Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 33 Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, Publishing, BMI (B.Chaffin, J.McElroy, L.Mize, R.) 54 GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ H.Phelps) 46 B   Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP TIP OF MY TONGUE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, (E.L.Weisband) 59 M   BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Rezolant Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV BLESSINGS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb GOOD VIBES ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Spirit Two MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/ Limited, PRS Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, E.C.Sheeran) 9 Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (C.Janson, SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, Countryside, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Warner- Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 7 ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman Music Publishing, ASCAP/ TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 17 Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve H   ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Music, ASCAP (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, T.Douglas, J.Frasure, Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 25 J.M.Schmidt, E.K.Smith) 40 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music W   Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 39 ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 11 WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Songs Of Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., HELL RIGHT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/ Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 26 Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music Corp., Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song BREAK IT IN Plaid Flag Music, BMI/McCarty And Music, BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music D.Southerland) 21 Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (B.D.Warren, Blake, LLC, BMI/South By Sea Music Publishing, BMI/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 16 Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big (D.A.Garcia, B.Tyler, M.W.Hardy) 20 MR. LONELY WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, Music Machine, BMI/Florida Songs Vibez, BMI/I Finally ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE Day Money Got Some Publishing, BMI/Riser House Tunes, SESAC (B. HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/ Davis, B.Day, D.Ross, M.Whitworth) 53 Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Cross Group, Inc., BMI/Ohio Creek Music, BMI/Dean’s Cabin Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Publishing, LLC, BMI (G.Strait, B.Strait, D.Dillon) 52 C   Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 37 Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, WE WERE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, HOLD ON Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ J.Osborne) 24 ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Dontcallmebrett Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Tucky Music, ASCAP (J.Beavers, C.Stapleton) 42 BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ N   Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Harolds Purple Heart Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, R.Tyndell) 8 ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 27 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Songs, ASCAP/ CHASIN’ ME True To The Song, BMI (C.D.Jones) 60 Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Music Good Vibes WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, Publishing, BMI/Good Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/ BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing 28 Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team N.Galyon)  ASCAP (D.Scott, M.Alderman, C.Taylor) 34 Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves) 41 BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ C.Wiseman) 43 It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Angel BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, Music, BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, D   Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 55 BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 29 Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Lily DETAILS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat O   Music, BMI/Kobalt Music Copyrights, SARL (B.Gilbert, Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 1 BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 45 BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill ASCAP/Dalmatian Music, PRS/Universal-PolyGram Int. SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Tunes, Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurd- DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big T.Phillips) 19 Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing jamz, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 36 Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, J.Green, R.J.Hurd, L.Veltz) 10 Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, I   ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ONE MAN BAND WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 49 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Tunes, SESAC/Golden Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ Walls Music, SESAC/The Song Factory LLC, SESAC/Double ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, Gobble Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (M.D.Carmichael, Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (T.Howell, BMI/Roy Rivers Publishing, BMI/Cowboy Hat Trick, J.Melton) 57 ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, B.Lancaster, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 58 ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal ASCAP (M.Rossell, B.Kennedy, T.G.Brooks) 18 I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Rosen, B.Tursi, J.Osborne) 3 Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 35 BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D P   Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, Of Brett, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold J.M.Nite) 22 D.A.Garcia, ) 50 Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/ WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Cruz) 6 Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 44 R   ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol SESAC (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 47 Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious REMEMBER YOU YOUNG EMI Blackwood Music Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 51 E   Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Combustion Engine EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Big Music Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 32 II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Publishing, BMI/Island South, SESAC/Rosest Music, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 5 SESAC/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Sony/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Works For RHA Music, BMI (L. ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/ RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Fulcher) 2 BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Maps And Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Records Music, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Goes Something Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Music, BMI/ Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Like THIS Music, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rezonate Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 12 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Music, Music, ASCAP (M.Lambert, H.Lindsey, L.McKenna, L.Rose) 15 BMI/Make It Matter Music, BMI (C.Smith, Erik Dylan, C.Harrington) 31 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 20 OF 21 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. E   I   ONE THING RIGHT Songs Of Kobalt Music (Songwriter) Chart Position Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Marshmellow Music, BMI/ EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Big Music I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/ 10,000 HOURS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Shay Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs For Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Publishing, BMI/Island South, SESAC/Rosest Music, ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, Owen Music, SESAC/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Smackworks BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, SESAC/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 27 Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/ BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WB Music Publishing Corp., BMI/Works For RHA Music, BMI (L. Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC (Marshmello, K.Brown, J.Frasure, Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Fulcher) 3 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold J.Hoge, M.J.McGinn) 4 Corp., ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Music Corp., ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/ EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg P   BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, US, BMI/Music That Is Russelled, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, J.Boyd) 1 BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Just Another Song Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/ A   Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/ Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC (R.Dickerson, Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 42 Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, P.Welling, C.Brown) 6 BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Cruz) 5 BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, F   Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two R   BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ FAMILY TREE Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sounds Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ REMEMBER YOU YOUNG EMI Blackwood Music ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP Like Chet Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 44 Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, BMI/Low Z Music, BMI/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 50 Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, B   For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Combustion Engine LLC, ASCAP (C.Hammack, T.Verges, G.Sampson) 45 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Sony/ Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/ II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud FOR MY DAUGHTER Songs Of Universal, Inc., BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Maps And J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 11 Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Records Music, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Music, LLC, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, E.K.Smith) 46 BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Plum , BMI (K.Brown, Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, BMI/ RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ T.Douglas, C.McGill) 19 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rezonate Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill BLESSINGS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Music, ASCAP (M.Lambert, H.Lindsey, L.McKenna, L.Rose) 12 Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill G   Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 18 Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV THE GIT UP Blanco Theory, SESAC  10 Countryside, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Warner- (B.A.III)  Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 31 S   Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm GOOD VIBES ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Spirit Two House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Round Hill K   SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (C.Janson, Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase Music, ASCAP (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, T.Douglas, J.Frasure, Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 9 KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ J.M.Schmidt, E.K.Smith) 49 The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 30 H   BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ T   HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ TIP OF MY TONGUE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative J.Osborne) 14 BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 38 Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Rezolant Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 16 L   Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Ed Sheeran Limited, PRS THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, E.C.Sheeran) 15 Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, HEARTLESS I Like Turtles Music, ASCAP/KMR Music LIKE A RODEO Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ Royalties II SCSp, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Kane Brown Music, BMI/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise LLC, ASCAP/Duke City Music, BMI/KMR Music Royalties II LLC, ASCAP/Rap Kingpin Music, ASCAP/Prescription Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., SCSp., SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Big Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Songs For Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 8 Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Songs Of A Stone Heart, BMI (K.Brown, J.K.Hindlin, J.M.Schmidt, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Universal, Inc., BMI (T.W.Pentz, H.A.Allen, M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, D.Southerland) 41 Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 32 C   R.J.Hurd, Charlie Handsome) 20 LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, W   CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, HELL RIGHT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, Music, BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music H.Phelps) 48 Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 33 Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb (D.A.Garcia, B.Tyler, M.W.Hardy) 22 M   Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (B.D.Warren, Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 21 BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, WE WERE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer C.Wiseman) 35 Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 40 ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman Music Publishing, ASCAP/ And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music COVER ME UP Fame Publishing Company LLC, Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, HOLD ON Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 29 Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Harolds Purple Heart BMI/Songs Of Emchant, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Dontcallmebrett Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, R.Tyndell) 13 Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.J.Isbell) 47 Tucky Music, ASCAP (J.Beavers, C.Stapleton) 43 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/ WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN D   HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music Corp., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing D.Southerland) 26 BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Lily Arkansas Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, 23 Music, BMI/Kobalt Music Copyrights, SARL  ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, N.Galyon)  MR. LONELY WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, (B.Gilbert, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 7 ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of 39 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing J.Singleton, D.Ruttan)  Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Cross Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, ASCAP/Dalmatian Music, PRS/Universal-PolyGram Int. BMI/Roy Rivers Publishing, BMI/Cowboy Hat Trick, Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Tunes, Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurd- ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/No Fences Music, Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, jamz, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good ASCAP (M.Rossell, B.Kennedy, T.G.Brooks) 28 LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 36 J.Osborne) 34 Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, J.Green, R.J.Hurd, L.Veltz) 17 DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane O   WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ ONE MAN BAND WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ SESAC  37 Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge)  SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, T.Phillips) 25 ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ J.M.Nite) 24 Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, J.Osborne) 2 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 11, 2019 | PAGE 21 OF 21 CODA 50 Years Ago Hit No. 1 With ‘Okie From Muskogee’ In 1969, it led Hot Country Songs for four weeks and was later named CMA single of the year

On Nov. 15, 1969, Merle Haggard’s blanketed radio, Haggard recorded 1970, “Okie” was named single of the “Okie From Muskogee” traveled 2-1 on his live album of the same name — year at the Country Music Association Hot Country Songs for its first of four which closes with a performance of Awards, with the same-titled live set weeks at the summit. the title cut — in Muskogee, Okla., on winning album of the year honors. He Co-written by Haggard and Roy Oct. 10, 1969. The LP spent five weeks was ushered into the Country Music Burris (who played drums with ruling Top Country Albums in 1970, Hall of Fame in 1994. Haggard’s band The Strangers), the becoming Haggard’s sixth of 16 No. 1s. Haggard was born on April 6, 1937, song praised traditional values and On Hot Country Songs, “Okie” was in Oildale, Calif. He died on the patriotism amid the Vietnam War. Haggard’s eighth of 38 No. 1s. (He first morning of his 79th birthday in 2016. While the studio take of “Okie” led with “The Fugitive” in 1967.) In —JIM ASKER

Haggard, circa the late 1960s.

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CtHARTS MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES ARCHIVES/GETTY OCHS MICHAEL