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Brett Young Escorts When The Truth Comes Out: How Three ‘Lady’ To No. 1 >page 4 New Artists Unveiled Sensitive Realities

Connie Bradley How do you reveal something sensitive about yourself to a These three artists aren’t the only country acts who have Remembered stranger who may ridicule you for who you are? made major self-statements in recent weeks. Brothers Os- >page 10 Three newer artists — Ian Munsick, Brooke Eden and Nate borne’s T.J. Osborne came out as a gay man in a Feb. 3 Time Barnes — found themselves in the uncomfortable position of magazine piece. During a Country Radio Seminar panel, Luke addressing difficult personal topics during rollouts of new music Combs addressed old photos that depict him with Confederate in the first quarter of flag imagery, saying he Fair Game: Hunt, 2021. Munsick has a did not think of the red- McBryde, Lambert speech impediment, and-blue X as a racist >page 11 first addressed in symbol at the time the a People magazine photos were taken and story; Eden came out that he no longer con- fully as a lesbian in dones its use. Commercial Country her “Sunroof” video Both Osborne and Is Spot-On after much setup on Combs were widely >page 11 social media; and supported for their po- Barnes announced sitions, though in each on that he case, the artists are identifies as biracial well established with Makin’ Tracks: MUNSICK EDEN BARNES Callista Clark’s after a Pitchfork story identifiable hits and Mature Debut harshly miscast him major awards. They are >page 16 as just another white male in a sea of good-ol’-boy country already associated with a specific persona, and their large fan singers. The Pitchfork story was later amended. bases that are prone to support them were likely to see these In each case, the artists and their teams have faced a di- new developments as one facet of the act’s larger personality. lemma: How truthful should you be? When is the appropriate Munsick, Eden and Barnes are lesser-known figures, and Country Coda: time and method to make the reveal? And how do you walk the their individual traits may have a larger sway in creating their Sylvia’s ‘Drifter’ line between using a sensitive issue to demonstrate your relat- public personalities moving forward. Thus, the timing and >page 19 ability versus turning it into the primary way you’re portrayed? approach are crucial. “I don’t think any of us who are just being real about our lives “If you do it too early and then you make it like a playing card, are wanting these pieces of us that are fragile and vulnerable then that’s when people can turn it around on you and say, ‘Oh,

to be used as gimmicks,” says Eden. you’re just using that to your advantage,’ ” says Munsick of his MYERS. JASON BARNES: FAIRCHILD, FORD EDEN: GREYWOOD. MUNSICK: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 2 OF 19 speech issues. “I don’t want people to think that I’m doing that, so I just feel like slowly easing into it.” Munsick, whose debut , Coyote Cry, arrived on Feb. 26, kept his im- pediment quiet enough that some of his fans are only finding out about it now after following him for eight years on social media. Even his wife, Not a Public Figure Management CEO/executive creative director Caroline Rudolph, was barely aware of it because Munsick is so at ease with her. But as they began to have meetings around town, he stammered more often in board rooms. Executives generally overlooked it, though they would ask Rudolph about it separately. Their response was invariably favorable, but she began studying the career of Mel Tillis, a Hall of Fame member who disarmed audiences by poking fun at his own speaking difficulties, which were offset Matt Stell (left) visited with CMT host Cody Alan on March 24 in by his word-perfect performances. conjunction with the premiere of his “That Ain’t Me No More” music “People find it endearing,” says Rudolph, “or they like when people over- video. come hurdles to succeed.” Some issues of sensitivity, including speech impediments and race, are quickly apparent as the artist meets the public in person. Thus, a delay has limitations. When RCA released Charley Pride’s 1965 debut single, for ex- ample, the label shipped it to radio stations without the then-standard glossy publicity photo. That allowed time for programmers to evaluate him objectively before they discovered that he was African American, a shocking development at the time. More recently, in the cases of an d Jimmie Allen, a photo accompanied their initial press materials, and the reveal was completed. By contrast, sexual orientation is a topic that is easier to hide, which also complicates the decisions about when — or if — that trait should be revealed. Eden had been silenced for years about her sexuality by executives who are no longer part of her team. The road to disclosure was difficult: Some people in the music business knew, many did not, and when entering a room, she found herself trying to remember who fit into which circle and wondering if

someone else had clued anyone into her secret. PATTON TRAE Additionally, she began a relationship with Hilary Hoover, depicted in the Dan + Shay members Dan Smyers (center) and Shay Mooney (right) will “Sunroof” video. Eden asked Hoover, who was living as an openly gay , serve as guest mentors for ’s team as NBC’s to go back into the closet in many situations, and it created tension for much begins the season 20 battle-round segment of the competition on of their five years together. Eden developed ulcers, and her doctor convinced March 29. her to take time off from touring to heal. Eden increasingly referred to gay issues and causes on social media on her way to coming out, a move that reached its ultimate expression when she kissed Hoover at the end of the colorful “Sunroof” video, released March 5. As a result, Eden feels better prepared than ever to move forward with her career. “I think that you make your best art when you’re able to be your best self, and my best self is being me,” she says. “I’ve mostly seen a stronger connec- tion with my fans because there’s no more wall there — there’s no more, ‘This is 90% of me, but I have to hold this 10% back of me.’ There’s no more of that.” Barnes’ reveal as biracial was the most awkward. Quartz Hill had shown video profiles of the Michigan native during virtual introductions with radio and other media that included a Black man in a segment about his family. Rissi Palmer (right) visited on March 22 with CBS This Morning host When asked, Barnes identified the man as his stepfather. His bio also noted Gayle King about returning to the stage for the first that Barnes’ grandfather was a Mississippi sharecropper who was friends with time in 13 years. B.B. King. Those all served as hints about his ethnicity, though Barnes is light- skinned enough to be presumed Caucasian, and while some of his biographical elements fit Black culture, they can also apply to a white man. The Pitchfork writer had not been privy to a virtual introduction, and when the story pre- sumed him to be Caucasian, Barnes’ mom sent him a copy of the piece. He felt compelled to take a stand, embracing his biracial heritage. The situation deprived him of the ability to choose when he would fully reveal that piece of his story, though he addressed it with a certain grace. “I grew up in a racially diverse family — in a home where I didn’t have to put a color on anybody’s face,” he tweeted. “My Granddad Willie always taught me not to judge people by the color of their skin but by their heart and their character.” Quartz Hill and its corporate partner, The Orchard, declined to make Barnes or his executive team available for comment. “We were always transparent about Nate’s background,” the label said in a statement. “We support him completely, especially in his personal and family life. We will continue to follow his lead.” Ultimately, the acts are unable to control how the audience reacts to the

things that make them different. But in the age of social media, fans increas- PHOTOGRAPHY DAVIS JASON ingly expect a relationship with the artists they admire, and relationships John Rich (right) welcomed surprise guest Meat Loaf during a March generally work better when both sides are being honest. 27 event at Rich’s Redneck Riviera Nashville bar, where he announced “We’re not here for headlines,” says Eden. “We’re here for life, and for real the formation of Redneck Spirits Group and a new partnership with stories and for authenticity.” Louisville-based Bonavita Beverage Group.

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Brett Young’s ‘Lady’ Tops : ‘This One Will Always Have A Massive Piece Of My Heart’

Brett Young achieves his sixth total and consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s BARRETT’S RECORD RUN ’s debut hit, “I Hope” (Warner Country Airplay chart as “Lady” (Big Machine Label Group) ascends from the Music Nashville/WAR), departs the airplay-, sales- and streaming-based Hot runner-up spot on the April 3-dated list. In the tracking week ending March 28, Country Songs chart after a record 99 weeks. (Songs are removed if they rank it gained by 9% to 31 million audience impressions, according to MRC Data. below No. 3 after 78 weeks, among other recurrent rules.) “Lady” is the lead single from Young’s forthcoming third full-length studio “I Hope,” which led Country Airplay for a week in April 2020 and crossed album. He co-wrote the song with and over as a pop hit thanks in part to a remix featuring Charlie , and Dann Huff produced it. Puth, dominated for 27 weeks begin- The track is a tribute to Young’s wife, Taylor Mills, and ning last July. The single is the third-longest-ruling hit the couple’s daughter, Presley. The pair announced in since the chart launched as an all-encompassing genre January that it is expecting its second child. “Any time you ranking in October 1958. It trails only Florida Georgia get to celebrate a No. 1 is special, but this one will always Line and Bebe Rexha’s “Meant To Be” (50 weeks at No. 1 have a massive piece of my heart,” Young tells Billboard. “I in 2017-18) and Sam Hunt’s “” feel incredibly blessed to celebrate alongside Taylor and (34 weeks, 2017). Presley as we await our next little ‘lady’ this year. Thank “I Hope” holds the Hot Country Songs longevity record you to the fans and radio for the continuous support and over ’ “The Bones,” which logged 78 weeks for allowing the song to become a part of your own stories.” on the chart beginning in March 2019, including 19 weeks BMLG Records president/CEO Jimmy Harnen muses, at No. 1 starting the following March. “ ‘Lady’ was created in the most beautiful and organic way. Meanwhile, Barrett’s sophomore single, “The Good There were never really any plans for this to be released Ones,” holds at its No. 2 high on Hot Country Songs. On YOUNG commercially. That said, once we listened, the beauty, Country Airplay, it pushes 7-6 (22 million impressions, magic and true honesty of this song was undeniable.” up 7%). The song also drew 9 million U.S. streams (up 1%) He says of “Lady,” which leads Country Airplay in its 48th week on the and sold 5,000 downloads (up 10%) in the tracking week. chart, “Every step along the way, it kept raising its hand and showing great signs of a hit. Radio was patient and stayed with us, and now we’re celebrat- IT ‘MADE’ THE TOP 10 earns his 11th Country Airplay top 10 ing. Thank you to all the believers.” as “Made for You” (Big Loud) rises 11-10 (18.5 million in audience, up 9%). Young’s first Country Airplay entry, “,” peaked at No. 2 Owen last ranked in the bracket with “Homemade,” which led for a week in in December 2016. Since, the singer- from Anaheim, Calif., has yet March 2020, marking his eighth No. 1. to miss the summit. “In Case You Didn’t Know” led for two weeks in June 2017, followed by “” (three, January 2018), “Mercy” (two, August LYNN IS ‘STILL’ HERE logs her 42nd Top Country 2018), “Here Tonight,” (two, April 2019) and “Catch” (one, April 2020). With top 10 as Still Woman Enough (Legacy) arrives at No. 9 with 11,000 equiva- six straight airplay leaders, Young boasts the second-longest active streak, lent album units. The legend last charted with Wouldn’t It Be Great, which after , who has sent his first 10 singles to No. 1. Combs’ latest, arrived and peaked at No. 8 in October 2018. In the chart’s 57-year history,

“Forever After All” (River House/Columbia Nashville), climbs 26-22, up 29% only fellow icons (53) and (46) have notched EUBANKS WEISS to 8.7 million impressions. more top 10s.

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l1 2 48 LADY BMLG  HH No. 1 (1 Week)/ Most Increased Audience HH Brett Young 30.963 +2.682 8079 693 1 2 1 20 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory  29.665 -3.355 7507 -917 2 l3 4 29 LONG LIVE BMLG  26.012 +1.671 6873 517 3 4 3 45 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 24.951 -1.557 5914 -897 5 5 5 24 DOWN TO ONE Capitol Nashville 22.733 -0.624 5172 -235 9 l6 7 42 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 22.049 +1.439 6137 330 4 l7 8 58 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 20.992 +0.581 5769 236 6 8 9 31 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville 20.018 -0.153 5688 -91 7 l9 10 59 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand 18.955 +0.442 5296 381 8 l10 11 45 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 18.512 +1.554 5144 459 10 l11 15 25 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 15.262 +1.521 4150 299 13 l12 12 49 NOBODY Curb  Dylan Scott 15.047 -0.113 4232 3 12 l13 13 41 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine 15.009 -0.082 4433 116 11 l14 14 21 HELL OF A VIEW EMI Nashville Eric Church 14.367 +0.537 4121 137 14 l15 16 43 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 12.139 +0.591 3730 67 15 l16 19 27 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 11.212 +0.809 3311 166 17 l17 20 23 GONE Capitol Nashville 10.858 +0.529 3363 173 16 l18 18 27 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Duet With P!nk 10.523 +0.188 3218 59 18 19 17 11 UNDIVIDED McGraw/BMLG/Big Machine Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 10.331 -0.502 3199 34 19 l20 21 11 MINIMUM WAGE Warner Music Nashville/WMN HH Airpower HH Blake Shelton 9.519 +0.388 3082 170 20 l21 22 20 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 8.755 +0.736 2574 171 23 l22 26 11 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 8.723 +1.984 2321 513 26 l23 24 17 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville + Kane Brown 8.356 +1.294 2635 265 22 l24 23 39 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 8.097 +0.471 2706 114 21 l25 25 8 GLAD YOU EXIST Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 6.854 -0.104 2566 280 24 l26 27 23 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory  Justin Moore 5.998 +0.513 2010 136 28 l27 30 41 HARD DAYS Valory  5.543 +0.560 2097 53 27 l28 29 27 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 5.182 -0.001 2340 -36 25 l29 31 14 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Broken Bow Lainey Wilson 4.127 +0.324 1567 -12 29 30 32 25 MY BOY Wheelhouse  Elvie Shane 3.355 -0.167 1540 8 30 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 7 OF 19

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 34 16 SHALLOW Pearl  & Trisha Yearwood 3.136 +0.052 112 7 -8 36 l32 35 36 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 3.088 +0.071 1418 6 31 l33 33 17 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Dack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line 3.088 -0.047 1341 20 32 l34 36 22 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 2.873 +0.028 1227 -42 34 l35 37 27 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 2.635 +0.031 962 25 37 l36 38 21 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 2.349 -0.020 1316 21 33 l37 41 21 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb  Lee Brice 2.269 +0.043 114 7 27 35 l38 40 16 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville HH Most Added HH Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs 2.234 +0.004 835 82 39 l39 42 3 LIKE A LADY BMLG  Lady A 2.112 +0.329 779 140 41 l40 43 10 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Capitol Nashville HH Breaker HH 1.678 -0.077 704 19 43 l41 47 9 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Stoney Creek HH Breaker HH Jimmie Allen & 1.585 +0.283 827 77 40 l42 48 23 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA HH Breaker HH Michael Ray 1.537 +0.265 839 60 38 l43 46 18 LADY LIKE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA 1.495 +0.066 683 35 44 l44 45 6 I CAN’T Monument  Caitlyn Smith Featuring Old Dominion 1.460 -0.006 383 -15 55 l45 53 3 KNOWING YOU Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA HH Breaker HH Kenny Chesney 1.406 +0.384 678 184 45 46 44 10 HOME SWEET Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 1.373 -0.101 640 -17 47 l47 50 4 GETTING OVER HIM 19/Mercury Nashville Duet With Jon Pardi 1.349 +0.170 469 61 50 l48 49 6 TO BE LOVED BY YOU MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 1.331 +0.120 399 36 54 49 51 17 HEAVEN ON DIRT Monument  Teddy Robb 1.074 -0.044 727 26 42 50 52 28 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse  LOCASH 1.065 -0.029 673 -46 46 l51 59 4 CHASING AFTER YOU Arista Nashville Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 1.036 +0.374 500 228 49 l52 54 17 WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 0.979 -0.001 295 -20 57 53 55 4 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Big Loud HARDY 0.758 -0.199 461 -35 51 l54 RE-ENTRY NO BODY, NO CRIME Republic/MCA Nashville Featuring HAIM 0.752 +0.095 271 21 60 55 57 19 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS BMLG  Riley Green 0.705 -0.028 455 6 52 56 56 4 THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 0.697 -0.071 369 -2 56 57 58 17 WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.677 -0.027 447 0 53 58 60 9 NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Show Dog Nashville Clay Walker 0.627 -0.032 513 29 48 l59 NEW MARTHA DIVINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WMN HH Hot Shot Debut HH Ashley McBryde 0.536 +0.002 277 -9 59 l60 NEW IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM Big Machine Callista Clark 0.528 +0.249 134 84 -

GOING FOR ADDS

4/5 CAM Till There’s Nothing Left RCA/Triple Tigers DEW PENDLETON Might As Well Not Listed

4/12 DONNY LEE Got Me This Far Not Listed 54 IAN MUNSICK Long Haul Solo-authored by Swift (above), the track /WMN returns to Country Airplay at No. 54 (a new TAYLOR SWIFT high), up 14% to 752,000 impressions. It FEAT. HAIM debuted at its No. 2 peak on the multimetric No Body, No Crime Hot Country Songs chart in December. CAM DENNIS LEUPOLD DENNIS

EVAN AGOSTINI/INVISION/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 8 OF 19

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Feat. Luke Combs 15 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS KNOWING YOU Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/Wea Kenny Chesney 15 LOVE STORY (TAYLOR’S VERSION) Republic Taylor Swift 0.452 2 0 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 14 YOU AIN’T PRETTY Quartz Hill Nate Barnes 0.415 24 1 LIKE A LADY BMLG Lady A 10 OLD SCHOOL’S IN Valory Heath Sanders 0.414 20 3 MY BOY Wheelhouse Elvie Shane 9 CHASING AFTER YOU Arista Nashville Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 8 MY MASTERPIECE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 0.414 12 8 MY MASTERPIECE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 8 GOOD DAY (2021) Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 0.405 18 6 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 7 GONE TOO SOON RCA Nashville  0.328 22 1 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory Justin Moore 6 GOOD DAY (2021) Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 21.898 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 18.454 LADY BMLG Brett Young +2.682 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.984 3 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 16.273 LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line +1.671 4 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 14.824 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen +1.554 5 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 10.712 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +1.521 6 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 10.470 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +1.439 7 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 9.437 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown +1.294 8 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud  9.343 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +0.809 9 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 9.097 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +0.736 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +0.591 10 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 8.846 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN LADY BMLG Brett Young +693 LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line +517 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +513 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen +459 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts +381 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +330 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +299 GLAD YOU EXIST Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +280 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown +265 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +236 ARTS BRICE ARTS: RACHELDEEB, BRICE: SPIDEY SMITH SPIDEY BRICE: RACHELDEEB, ARTS: TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING MARCH 28, 2021

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 20 OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN (Little Red Truck) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Deryl Dodd 1922 194 l11 11 17 WINE WON’T WORK (Independent)  Ariel Hutchins 1241 84 l2 3 18 BRINGING COUNTRY BACK (King Hall Music)  Chad Cooke Band 1849 158 l12 12 10 I HOPE I’M HOLDING YOU (Independent)  Mark Powell 1228 81 l3 5 11 SETTLE ME DOWN (Independent)  Josh Abbott Band 1701 132 l13 15 11 BETTER BY THE BEER (Independent)  Jake Bush 119 5 96 l4 4 23 HONKY TONK IN HEAVEN (Independent)  Kin Faux 1618 3 l14 14 22 FINGERS AND THUMBS (Independent)  Teague Brothers Band 112 5 22 5 6 20 I WILL (Independent)  Darrin Morris Band 1407 -107 l15 17 9 POCKET FULL OF KISSES (Independent)  Bart Crow Band 1079 53 l6 7 15 LOST IN A KISS (Independent)  George Navarro 1377 126 l16 18 17 I BLEED (Dean Dillon’s Wildcatter )  964 23 l7 8 22 RECKLESS (Independent)  Cross Rags and Young 1345 98 l17 23 21 LET ME BREATHE (Independent)  Melissa Brooke 948 89 l8 9 19 FULL-TIME FOOL (Independent)  The Stateline Band 1342 99 l18 24 12 COME HOME TO YOU (Independent)  Robert Ray 940 89 9 1 18 CALLIN’ ALL HEARTS (Independent)  Terry McBride 1339 -897 l19 20 18 PLAIN O’ TEXAS (Independent)  Kaleb McIntire 932 9 l10 10 23 COWBOY’S DAUGHTER (Independent)  Scotty Alexander 1268 34 20 19 22 THE TRUTH (Independent)  Cody Hibbard 921 -20

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 972-252-8777. Copyright 2021, Texas Regional Radio Report

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

agreement with Global Music Rights, allowing the radio chain to play copy- rights controlled by the growing performing rights organization … Twitch’s CTRL_MUSIC_ launched a monthly interview show, On Time With , on March 23 … Corey Dillon joined KKBQ Houston as midday host on March 25, RadioInk.com reported. He previously worked the same shift at KNUC Seattle … KATC Colorado Springs, Colo., promoted Bo Jaxon to PD from assistant PD, according to RadioInk.com … Cumulus/Detroit installed David Corey as director of FM programming, RadioInsight.com reported. He oversees two stations, including country WDRQ. Corey was previously Beas- ley Media country brand manager and WKLB Boston PD … KNCI Sacramento, Calif., PD Joey Tack declined to renew his contract, according to RadioIn- sight.com, bringing his tenure to a close on June 30. He intends to land his Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox (center) revealed March 23 on Twitter that next role farther east, bringing his family closer to relatives … Nominations Breland (right) visited his house for a recording session, overseen by for the Country Radio Hall of Fame must be submitted here by March 31. producer Matt McVaney for a LeVox solo project. ’ROUND THE ROW CONNIE BRADLEY REMEMBERED The Mechanical Licensing Collective hired three new Nashville-based Though Nashville’s music community has been taken to task in recent years for executives: chief legal officer Kristen Johns; assistant general counsel, the underrepresentation of females on artist rosters or in positions of power, there publisher relations Nathan Osher; and head of analytics and automation was a window in the 1980s when the divisions of the performing Andrew Mitchell. Johns was previously a partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & rights organizations — ASCAP, BMI and SESAC — were all headed by women. Davis. Osher was most recently Warner Chappell senior vp legal and business With the March 24 death of former ASCAP senior vp/Southern executive affairs. Mitchell arrives from , where he served as vp director Connie Bradley, the last of those three groundbreaking business- analytics and process automation … Live events producer Danny Wimmer women has passed on, leaving a legacy of quiet strength and influence. Presents established a separate sponsorship and branding division, BrandMark A native of Fayetteville, Tenn., Bradley rose through the ranks in Nashville’s Agency, with Maureen Valker-Barlow named president. previously entertainment community, taking jobs with WLAC-TV, Famous Music, Dot DWP executive vp partnerships … Country Music Association communications Records, Bill Hudson & Associates PR and RCA before landing at ASCAP in project manager Lisa Valentine ended her tenure on March 26 to pursue a 1976. She led the division beginning in 1980, serving as a key advocate for personal adventure. She will continue to work freelance during the excursion, the songwriting community during her three-decade tenure with the agency. with plans to return to Nashville when her journey concludes. Reach her In that period, ASCAP welcomed Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks, Alan here … Lady Luck Songs added (“It’s a Little Too Jackson, Chris Young and Brad Paisley, among numerous talents, to its stable. Late,” “Thank God for Believers”) and Hailey Steele (“Fight Like a Girl”) to The organization constructed a new, modern facility at a major Music Row its publishing roster. Lady Luck also tapped independent song plugger Nicole crossroads and worked with other songwriting/publishing entities to push Wyatt to represent the company … Warner Chappell Nashville signed singer- legislation that benefits creators. songwriter Styles Haury to a publishing deal … Developing duo After Midtown Along with BMI’s Frances Preston and SESAC’s Dianne Petty, as well as joined the artist roster at Creative Artists Agency. The act includes Adam Ernst former Country Music Association executive director Jo Walker-Meador, and Michael Rotundo … New artist David Tucker enlisted 117 Entertainment Bradley established a form of leadership in Nashville that operated with an for publicity and distribution … The Artists Alliance was established eye toward service rather than an exercise of power. That approach helped to to honor and promote the subgenre, with Jeff Cole serving as executive make Nashville’s music community a welcoming industry. director. Cole was previously recognized as a consultant to the Circle G In 2006, she received the Harmony Award for her support of music during Ranch, a Mississippi property formerly owned by Elvis Presley … Maddie & the Symphony Ball. In 2008, she received the Leadership Music Dale Franklin Tae were named CMA Foundation artist ambassadors, a role that includes Award as a member of “Music Row’s First Family.” The clan cited that evening impressing the value of music education on students and instructors … The includes three Country Music Hall of Fame members — husband Jerry Brad- second season of the Shady Ladies of Music City podcast, hosted by former ley, guitarist and producer-record executive Owen Bradley Asylum executives Evelyn Shriver and Susan Nadler, launched March 25 — plus former BMI executive Patsy Bradley. Connie’s son, Clay Bradley, is with guest Martina McBride. currently BMI vp creative. RADIO & RECORDS® Nashville appointed senior vp A&R Taylor Lindsey as the head of the department. She fills the role following executive vp Jim Catino’s an- nouncement that he will leave the company to form his own publishing and artist development firm … also named Paul Grosser a full-time specialist for promotion and artist development after two years in the department. He was previously classified as a temporary specialist. Reach him here … Big Machine Label Group struck an A&R and production agreement with The Cadillac Three’s Jaren Johnston, providing a first-look option for new artists he’s supporting and an opportunity to produce some existing acts on the BMLG roster … GrassRoots Promotion and Canada’s Sakamoto Agency launched a radio and digital media promotion firm, Alberta-based GPS Pro- motion, working both sides of the border. Recording artist-entrepreneur Tera Lee Flaman heads the new firm … River House/Sony Music Nashville signed

singer-songwriter Georgia Webster to a recording contract … Marty Ray- SCHOEN KAYLA RAY: & RAY BERRY, HUNTER SMITH: & CORBIN bon signed a solo recording deal with bluegrass label Billy Blue. Raybon will A bundle of artists visited the Country Music Association office continue to record country material with his band, Shenandoah … Bluegrass during the week of March 15-19 to assist in packing goods for a music label Dark Shadow added Rick Lang to its artist roster … Comedian Byron industry COVID-19 support donation drive, held in conjunction with Kennedy agreed to a recording deal with BBR Music Group, where he previ- Musically Fed. Clockwise from top left: Easton Corbin, The Cadillac ously served as Stoney Creek vp promotion … Entercom reached a licensing Three’s Kelby Ray, Michael Ray (no relation) and Payton Smith. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 11 OF 19

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

How close are we as a nation to reopening fully? One measure of optimism March 30 comes on the state fair circuit. A year after the fairs shut down because of • 2002 — Martina McBride and “Blessed” COVID-19, many are booking concerts for August and September, even if reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country some or all of those shows will be held at reduced Songs chart. capacities. Among the artists on the schedule • 1996 — Billy Ray Cyrus makes his Grand for state fairs are Sam Hunt, Chris Stapleton, Ole Opry debut. Montreal Expos play- Keith Urban and Cole Swindell (Iowa State Fair); ers Darrin Fletcher and Jeff Fassero Granger Smith and Trace Adkins (Montana); meet Cyrus backstage and have their Jon Pardi (South Dakota); Dan + Shay, Ashley pictures taken. McBRIDE McBryde and Sawyer Brown (North Dakota); LLANES JOSEPH Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw (Minne- March 31 sota); Kane Brown and (Illinois); • 2018 — Taylor Swift makes a surprise appearance during songwriter Chris Janson (Kansas); and Casey Donahew, Craig Wiseman’s set at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, performing Dustin Lynch and Diamond Rio (Colorado). “Shake It Off” and “Better Man.” • 2017 — Jason Aldean records “You Make It Easy” at Treasure Isle LEE A trio of new commercials with country artists and in Nashville. music snuck onto TV screens over the last 10 days. Johnny Lee’s “Lookin’ for Love” is the theme for a 15-second Coors Light spot April 1 that debuted March 19. Willie Nelson sang a new version of the traditional-pop • 2020 — Dolly Parton announces she’s donating $1 million to Vander- song “I’ll Be Seeing You” in a commercial from the Ad Council that debuted bilt University Medical Center for coronavirus research. March 23, using the lure of attending sports events to encourage COVID-19 • 1981 — Billy Bob’s Texas, the world’s biggest honky-tonk, opens in Fort vaccinations. And Luke Combs lent his voice to a pair of anti-littering PSAs Worth with a concert by Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band. that launched in on March 25. April 2 Blake Shelton celebrates 10 years since he debuted on NBC’s The Voice on • 1991 — Garth Brooks collects his first triple-platinum album from April 26, and the show’s impact can be felt in at least two places on his forth- the RIAA, for No Fences. coming album, Body Language. He sings “Happy Anywhere” with fiancée Gwen Stefani, whom he met in a coaching role on the show, and he’s joined April 3 by former contestants on the title track, which the duo • 2016 — Chris Stapleton is the big winner during the 51st annual co-wrote. The album is due May 21. Other albums and EPs on the way include Academy of Country Music Awards, taking home trophies in four cat- Justin Moore’s Straight Outta the Country, April 23; Kenny Chesney’s Here egories during the event aired by CBS from Las Vegas’ MGM Grand. and Now Deluxe, May 7; Ross Copperman’s pop EP Somewhere There’s a Light He claims male and new male vocalist of the year, while Traveller On, May 21; Troy Cartwright’s live EP Memory Machine Sessions, May 21; earns album of the year and “Nobody To Blame” is named song of Bailey Callahan’s The A & B Sides, June 4; and The Oak Ridge Boys’ Front the year. Porch Singin’, June 11. April 4 Jason Aldean and Jimmie Allen are among a dozen artists set for the April 4 • 2011 — Valory releases Brantley Gilbert’s “Country Must Be Coun- edition of ABC’s , serving as all-star duet partners for contes- try Wide,” co-written by Colt Ford, to radio. tants as they compete for a slot in the live rounds, which begin April 11. Others • 2006 — Lyric Street releases Rascal Flatts’ album Me and My Gang. who appear in the episode include Jewel, Brian McKnight, Tori Kelly, Josh Groban, Ben Rector and Ryan Tedder. April 5 • 1951— is certified as a radio operator at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss. He subsequently works at intercepting Top Headlines from .com Russian code. Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Women Making Music Study: Sexual Harassment Is ‘By Far The Most Widely Cited Problem’

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 13 OF 19

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 2 20 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG No. 1 (2 Weeks) Thomas Rhett 2 1 D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,P.WELLING) VALORY 2 2 4 40 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett 6 2 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) W ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 3 4 7 31 STARTING OVER Chris Stapleton 8 3 l D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE 4 5 3 58 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown 4 3 D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 5 7 6 42 BETTER TOGETHER Luke Combs RC 1 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 6 6 5 43 GOOD TIME Niko Moon RC 1 N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 7 10 10 47 LADY Airplay Gainer Brett Young 1 7 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 8 8 9 29 LONG LIVE Florida Georgia Line 3 8 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG 9 9 8 23 DOWN TO ONE Luke Bryan 5 5 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (K.FISHMAN,D.DAVIDSON,J.EBACH) C APITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 10 11 13 22 FOREVER AFTER ALL Digital Gainer Luke Combs 22 1 l CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 11 13 11 44 MOMMA’S HOUSE Streaming Gainer Dustin Lynch 7 11 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 12 12 14 22 HELL OF A VIEW Eric Church 14 12 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) EMI NASHVILLE 13 15 15 26 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Tenille Arts 9 13 l A.KLINE (T.ARTS,A.KLINE,A.M.CRUZ) 19TH & GRAND 14 14 12 11 WASTED ON YOU - 1 J.MOI,J.DURRETT (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,J.THOMPSON,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 15 18 19 12 MADE FOR YOU Jake Owen 10 15 l J.MOI (B.DAVIS,J.HYDE,N.A.MEDLEY) BIG LOUD 16 17 20 23 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Sam Hunt 11 16 l Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,Z.CROWELL,E.K.SMITH,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE 17 22 21 7 GLAD YOU EXIST Dan + Shay 25 16 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,T.M.PARKS,S.MOONEY,R.L.TAYLOR) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 18 16 18 45 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 15 16 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 19 20 17 28 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 18 13 l K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 20 21 22 18 NOBODY Dylan Scott 12 20 l M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,M.ALDERMAN,D.WILSON) CURB 21 28 26 7 FAMOUS FRIENDS Chris Young + Kane Brown 23 21 l C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER (C.YOUNG,C.R.BARLOWE,C.CROWDER) RCA NASHVILLE 22 23 27 24 SETTLING DOWN Miranda Lambert 16 22 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N. HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 23 19 16 11 SAND IN MY BOOTS Morgan Wallen - 5 J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 24 24 24 23 GONE Dierks Bentley 17 24 l D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 25 25 25 18 LIL BIT Nelly & Florida Georgia Line - 25 l J.M.SCHMIDT (T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,B.REDFERRIN,C.HAYNES, JR.) RECORDS/COLUMBIA

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 14 WKS LUKE COMBS  1 47 WKS  2 ASHLEY GORLEY  2 DANN HUFF  3 ERNEST KEITH SMITH  3 JAY JOYCE  4 ZACH CROWELL  4 COREY CROWDER  5 DAVID FANNING  TIE 5 CHRIS STAPLETON  6 SCOTT MOFFATT  TIE 5 MIKE HENDERSON  7 COREY CROWDER  7 JESSE FRASURE  8 ALEX KLINE  8  9 JESSE FRASURE  9 TYLER HUBBARD  TIE 10 ROSS COPPERMAN  10 MORGAN WALLEN  COMBS TIE 10 ZACH KALE  ZACK MASSEY ZACK

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 MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 14 OF 19

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION 26 27 29 8 MINIMUM WAGE Blake Shelton 20 26 S.HENDRICKS (C.CROWDER,N.GALYON,J.FRASURE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 27 29 28 28 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Rascal Flatts 13 24 l D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE 28 26 30 10 UNDIVIDED Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard 19 23 C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (T.HUBBARD,C.LOOCKE) MCGRAW/BMLG/BIG MACHINE 29 31 32 8 BLAME IT ON YOU Jason Aldean 21 29 l M.KNOX (K.M.ALLISON,J.EDWARDS,T.KENNEDY,M.TYLER,B.WHITE) MACON/BROKEN BOW 30 33 33 21 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Cole Swindell 24 30 l M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.L.HOLMAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 31 30 23 18 SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Morgan Wallen - 3 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,R.CLAWSON,J.DURRETT,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 32 34 35 21 SHALLOW Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 31 30 l G.BROOKS (S.G.GERMANOTTA,M.D.RONSON,A.ROSSOMANDO,ANDREW WYATT) PEARL 33 32 31 33 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Little Big Town 32 23 l LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 34 40 — 2 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Lainey Wilson 29 34 l J.JOYCE (L.WILSON,J.D.SINGLETON,J.NIX) BROKEN BOW 35 35 37 14 NEXT GIRL Carly Pearce 28 31 S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (C.PEARCE,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE 36 43 41 4 DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) Elle King & Miranda Lambert - 21 l M.JOHNSON,B.PADDOCK (ELLE KING,M.JOHNSON) RCA 37 36 39 17 WORSHIP YOU Kane Brown 34 24 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,A.IZQUIERDO,M.J.MCGINN,CHARLIE HANDSOME) RCA NASHVILLE 38 46 45 4 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line 33 38 l C.CROWDER,C.RICE,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.RICE,C.CROWDER,H.PHELPS,C.DODDS) DACK JANIELS/BMLG/BROKEN BOW 39 42 — 9 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Lee Brice 37 38 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,B.MONTANA,B.DAVIS) CURB 40 37 34 11 865 Morgan Wallen - 13 J.MOI (J.BYRON,B.PENDERGRASS) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 41 38 36 18 STILL GOIN DOWN Morgan Wallen - 8 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,M.W.HARDY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 42 50 49 6 CHASING AFTER YOU Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 51 37 l A.ESHUIS,T.REIMER (B.ADDINGTON,J.FLOWERS) ARISTA NASHVILLE 43 41 38 11 WARNING Morgan Wallen - 10 J.MOI,CHARLIE HANDSOME (E.K.SMITH,A.GORLEY,CHARLIE HANDSOME) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 44 47 47 9 HARD DAYS Brantley Gilbert 27 27 l D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,J.BELL,B.BERRYHILL,J.BRUNSWICK,L.WALL) VALORY 45 45 43 11 DANGEROUS Morgan Wallen - 17 J.MOI (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 46 48 50 3 MY BOY Elvie Shane 30 46 l O.CHARLES (E.SHANE,R.SUTTON,N.COLUMBIA,L.STARR) WHEELHO USE HH HH 47 NEW 1 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Hot Shot Debut Justin Moore 26 47 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (P.DIGIOVANNI,R.MONTANA,J.S.STOVER) VAL ORY 48 44 44 7 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Priscilla Block 35 40 J.JOHNSON (P.BLOCK,S.JONES,E.K.KROLL) INDENT/MERCURY NASHVILLE 49 49 46 6 LOVE STORY (TAYLOR’S VERSION) Taylor Swift - 1 C.ROWE,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT) REPUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE LIVIN’ THE DREAM Morgan Wallen 50 RE-ENTRY 17 - 19 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,B.BURGESS,J.DURRETT,M.W.HARDY) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD

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

COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weekly National Music Sales Report

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

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO 2020 2021 CHANGE CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,312,000 1,612,508,000 147,461,000 Album ’20 12.76 million Consumption 12,763,000 14,951,000 17.1% ’21 14.95 million Last Week 1,264,000 1,578,872,000 144,464,000 Album Sales 1,888,000 1,866,000 -1.2% Change 3.8% 2.1% 2.1% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 13,660,736,000 16,678,921,000 22.1% ’20 15.39 billion This Week Last Year 1,042,000 1,148,969,000 140,241,000 ’21 18.32 billion Change 25.9% 40.3% 5.1% Video On-Demand 1,725,886,000 1,640,291,000 -5.0%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending March 25, 2021. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit.

For inquiries about any MRC Data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 15 OF 19

SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY STREAMING SONGS DIGITAL SONG SALES

TITLE TITLE AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART WEEKS WEEKS

ON CHT ARTIST ARTIST 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL STARTING OVER THE GOOD ONES MORGAN WALLEN DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM 1 2 30 1 1 22 l CHRIS STAPLETON  l GABBY BARRETT  1 1 1 11 BIG LOUD 033180*/REPUBLIC 1   GOOD TIME DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET l2 1 11 l2 3 4 2 2 2 72 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 2 1 NIKO MOON  ELLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT  THE GOOD ONES GOOD TIME LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU l3 3 6 3 2 26 3 3 3 199 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 GABBY BARRETT  NIKO MOON  FOREVER AFTER ALL STARTING OVER MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 4 6 22 4 5 30 4 4 4 147 BIG LOUD 783* 1 1 l LUKE COMBS  l CHRIS STAPLETON  TENNESSEE WHISKEY LIL BIT CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER 5 5 207 5 8 18 5 5 5 19 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON  l NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  WASTED ON YOU WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 6 4 11 6 9 19 6 6 6 308 1 MORGAN WALLEN  l THOMAS RHETT  l MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4   WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG I HOPE FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE LIFE ROLLS ON 7 9 5 7 6 82 7 7 9 6 BMLG FG0500A* 3 l THOMAS RHETT  GABBY BARRETT  BETTER TOGETHER BETTER TOGETHER GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 8 8 26 8 10 39 8 8 7 40 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 LUKE COMBS  l LUKE COMBS  JUST THE WAY TENNESSEE WHISKEY 9 NEW 1 LORETTA LYNN STILL WOMAN ENOUGH 9 9 7 7 l9 14 262 l LEGACY 982778* PARMALEE X BLANCO BROWN  CHRIS STAPLETON  GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES SAND IN MY BOOTS FOREVER AFTER ALL 10 RE-ENTRY 251 1 10 10 11 10 16 22 l MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 MORGAN WALLEN  l LUKE COMBS  LEE BRICE HEY WORLD 11 12 5 LONG LIVE 11 13 37 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY 11 9 10 18 CURB 79537* 7 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  LITTLE BIG TOWN  I HOPE LADY 12 14 14 51 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 1 12 11 74 12 17 8 l MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN GABBY BARRETT  l BRETT YOUNG  BEAUTIFUL CRAZY HELL OF A VIEW 13 12 12 294 GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 13 16 145 13 19 15 l HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG l LUKE COMBS  l ERIC CHURCH  ONE OF THEM GIRLS ONE TOO MANY EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA 14 13 38 14 18 23 14 13 13 167 ASYLUM/ELEKTRA 103*/RHINO (18.98) 5 l LEE BRICE  l KEITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK  LUKE BRYAN BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE 15 14 81 HEARTLESS 15 15 11 DOWN TO ONE 15 11 8 33 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN 0 1 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  LUKE BRYAN  ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY FAMOUS FRIENDS 16 RE-ENTRY 103 11 16 17 109 16 24 4 l RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l CHRIS YOUNG + KANE BROWN  GLAD YOU EXIST MADE FOR YOU TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 17 RE-ENTRY 17 25 4 17 16 11 89 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 0 11 l DAN + SHAY  l JAKE OWEN  KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP) DOWN TO ONE BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S 18 15 5 18 RE-ENTRY 18 10 16 32 RCA NASHVILLE 398449 WS EX/SMN 2 LUKE BRYAN  l SAM HUNT  HELL OF A VIEW JUST THE WAY TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS 19 20 3 19 23 4 19 19 18 251 CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 6 l ERIC CHURCH  l PARMALEE X BLANCO BROWN  MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN WASTED ON YOU 20 21 21 225 KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 1 20 18 46 20 21 11 l ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 MORGAN WALLEN  MORGAN WALLEN  TAYLOR SWIFT RED 21 19 16 COVER ME UP 21 20 6 MINIMUM WAGE 21 17 17 277 BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG (18.98) 7 1 MORGAN WALLEN  BLAKE SHELTON  BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY ONE MAN BAND GLAD YOU EXIST 22 23 68 22 RE-ENTRY 22 20 20 67 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343*/WMN 0 1 l OLD DOMINION  l DAN + SHAY  TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS THE BONES KNOWING YOU 23 25 29 120 1 23 22 81 23 12 3 l SHOW DOG-UNIVERSAL 010334/UME (19.98) 1 l MAREN MORRIS  KENNY CHESNEY  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS GOT WHAT I GOT 24 24 27 283 2 24 24 41 24 RE-ENTRY WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN l JASON ALDEAN  ZAC BROWN BAND  NIKO MOON GOOD TIME (EP) 25 22 19 12 19 25 RE-ENTRY MEANT TO BE 25 RE-ENTRY CHASING AFTER YOU RCA NASHVILLE 973051 WS VS EX/SMN l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  l RYAN HURD WITH MAREN MORRIS  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming reports collected and provided by MRC Data. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS

AGO AGO POS. POS. THIS THIS THIS LAST LAST LAST PEAK PEAK CERT. CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL FLEET FOXES SHORE STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 1: THE BUTCHER SHOPPE SESSIONS 1 RE-ENTRY 5 1 1 1 1 23 1 l ANTI- 88444*/EPITAPH l HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN 58784*/THIRTY TIGERS (56285) 2 1 1 19 CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER 1 2 3 2 38 GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 1 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN l STRETCH GRASS 4050 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER CHOSEN ROAD APPALACHIAN WORSHIP: DELUXE EDITION 3 2 2 254 1 3 RE-ENTRY 22 3 l MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 l SONG GARDEN 1255 4 NEW 1 LORETTA LYNN STILL WOMAN ENOUGH 4 4 5 7 15 STURGILL SIMPSON CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL. 2: THE COWBOY ARMS SESSIONS 2 l LEGACY 982778* HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN DIGITAL EX/THIRTY TIGERS 5 6 3 106 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 2 5 8 8 76 THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 1 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 0 l SIX SHOOTER 129* HOZIER HOZIER THE DEAD SOUTH SERVED LIVE 6 5 4 300 RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA 309996*/LEGACY 3 1 6 6 6 8 SIX SHOOTER 144* 2 BLACK PUMAS BLACK PUMAS YO-YO MA/STUART DUNCAN/EDGAR MEYER/CHRIS THILE NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEO 7 4 12 11 ATO 0500* 4 7 7 10 40 SOUND POSTINGS/SONY CLASSICAL 973855*/SONY MASTERWORKS 1 8 NEW 1 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES J.T. 8 8 NEW 1 GREENSKY BLUEGRASS THE LEAP YEAR SESSIONS, VOLUME ONE 8 l NEW WEST 6511* l BIG BLUE ZOO DIGITAL EX 9 7 5 217 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 9 NEW 1 MIKE BARNETT +1 9 l COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY l COMPASS 4734 10 11 8 156 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 1 10 4 4 3 HAYDE BLUEGRASS ORCHESTRA MIGRANTS 4 l MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 HAYDE BLUEGRASS ORCHESTRA 2101* Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based on album based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming sales. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 16 OF 19

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Old-Soul Newcomer Callista Clark Raitts Highly On Her Debut Single, ‘It’s ’Cause I Am’

It’s tempting to think of 17-year-old Callista Clark as a next-generation Tay- and gets stuck in your head really easily.” lor Swift. But midchorus, the song takes on a commanding swagger with more pro- The surface stats — teenage female singer-songwriter signed to Big Machine pulsive, straight-ahead phrasing as a setup to its ultimate put-down: “You with a first single produced by Nathan Chapman (Swift, ) — want a one-dimensional woman/It’s OK, I understand.” are definitely similar. But there are nuanced differences, too. “When we got to the chorus, it sort of opens up musically on the chord Swift’s early songs, including “Tim McGraw” and “Love Story,” success- progression,” says Jaymes. “I really wanted this Robert Palmer ‘Addicted fully captured junior-high and high-school angst and delivered them with an To Love’ feeling in a country, funky way. I just remember the feeling of the age-appropriate voice. By contrast, Clark’s timbre — much like LeAnn Rimes chord shifts on Robert Palmer or certain Sheryl Crow songs. They kind of in the ’90s — is older than her chronological age, as are the characters that resolve in a different way.” seem to draw her in. The chorus’ conclusion cements the singer’s strong- That’s exemplified in a preternatural rendition of woman stance: “If I seem too complicated for you/It’s Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever ’cause I am.” The mix of elements — the staggered Seen the Rain,” posted to Facebook on April 18, phrasing, the rock-edged chords and the confident 2017, when Clark was just 13. She approaches the conclusion — all make for a Bonnie Raitt sort of song’s adult outlook with Gretchen Wilson-like experience. vocal strength and believability. Clark’s video — seen “There’s a musicality to that era where it’s just in- by 28 million people thus far, including SB Projects struments and voices and soul, and nobody’s fluffing founder Scooter Braun, who signed her to a manage- anything,” says Veltz. “And I feel like that’s one texture ment deal soon after the original post — sets her up of Callista, particularly a texture I would want to be a as a young woman already engrossed emotionally in part of. You can tell she’s all over the place with her influ- a different decade of her life. ences and the way she hears trills and tricks. They’re all Clark’s debut single — “‘It’s ’Cause I Am,” released from an era that makes her such an old soul musically.” to AM/FM radio on March 1 via PlayMPE — supports They grafted a three-line bridge into it to make that notion, mining the clash between others’ use of a phrase that Clark particularly liked — “Don’t perception of her outward teen appearance and her beat yourself up about it, baby” — near the end of the inner reality. She created the song on Dec. 16, 2019, write. Jaymes had 90% of the demo done before they traveling to Nashville from her Georgia home for a wrapped, and Clark left Nashville the next day with a last-minute appointment to write with Laura Veltz song that would make a big artistic statement. CLARK (“Speechless,” “The Bones”) and songwriter-producer “I’ve heard more writers go, ‘You know, I’ve never Cameron Jaymes (Rachel Platten, Matt Wertz) at met a 16-year-old artist whom I wanted to impress his East Nashville backyard studio, The Garden Shed. more than Callista Clark,’ ” says Jaymes. “She comes in, and she knows so Before her arrival, Clark stopped at a Starbucks. She decided against leav- much of what she wants to do. It’s incredible.” ing her Gibson J-200 exposed to the sun in her car and lugged it into Clark performed “It’s ’Cause I Am” live just one time before COVID-19 the store, where she had a few awkward moments balancing the instrument forced a shutdown, playing it on Feb. 22, 2020, at a Housley High-Rise House case and her coffee. A male stranger cracked, “Good luck,” and it rubbed her Concert in Atlanta for roughly 30 people. the wrong way. She brought her frustration into the writing session. Chapman subsequently produced the recording one layer at a time with the “I was so aggravated by that or just anyone who had doubted me before musicians — including drummer Aaron Sterling, keyboardist Dave Cohen they knew who I was or what I was capable of,” recalls Clark. “I came in kind and guitarist Kevin Kadish — cutting in separate quarters after the pandemic of ranting to them about that feeling that I was having, feeling like I couldn’t changed circumstances. Chapman played acoustic guitar and an adventurous do something. And so Laura, she’s such a great writer because she starts to bass, which was perfect for Clark, who cites that instrument as her favorite. make these little mental notes about whatever I’m saying. She’s like, ‘OK, that “My bass hero is Carol Kaye (“,” “Good Vibrations”), and would be cool with the hook.’ ‘That would be cool with the verse.’ I just kept she plays a lot of notes, a lot of melodies, countermelodies,” says Chapman. talking, and she just kept placing things, and we kind of wrote it around that.” “I kind of try and approach bass from that side of things.” As the rant turned into art, they started with the opening lines: “You wish I was The only time multiple people were in the same room at once was when simple/But I’ll never be that.” That progressed to a series of couplets addressed Clark sang her final vocals at Blackbird Studios with Jeff Balding engineer- to a boy, emphasizing how different the singer is from the girl he wants her to be. ing and Chapman providing feedback, continuously pushing her to beat the “As a parent and as a songwriter, I want to write something about a girl previous take until she had maximized her performance. who’s going to stand up for who she is,” says Veltz. “And with Callista, it just “My job is not to make sure she sings in time or in tune — that’s automatic, makes it so much easier because she’s already there.” she’s going to do that every time,” says Chapman. “My job is to help her dig As the song progresses through their differences — “Might be born in the deeper as a vocalist and to get the best take on it that she can do from a cre- same year/But boy, we ain’t the same age” — the singer takes over the decision- ative place. I’m thinking about how we can make this vocal performance as making process: “I’ll make the call.” Then she writes the guy off during the three-dimensional as possible.” chorus, changing the tone of the song from a soulful Maren Morris disposi- Big Machine set March 29 as the add date for “It’s ‘Cause I Am” as the label tion to a hard-edged Wilson-type sound. Between the interval jumps in the introduces her old-soul musicality and complicated disposition to a wider au- melody and syncopated emphasis on certain notes, the opening lines of that dience. It debuts on the Country Airplay chart dated April 3 at No. 60. section feel just a tad off-center. “Being young, sometimes guys want whatever is easier to understand or

“That was a really big goal of mine, just doing some kind of a really bouncy, easier to have,” she says, distilling the song to its central theme. “I just wanted FAIRCHILD FORD weird melody that’s a lot of octaves,” says Clark. “It sounds really repetitive to say that I’m not that.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airplay Index

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Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Rednecker Music, ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ WC Music Corp., ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Publishing, SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/50 Year Plan, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.L.Holman) 24 Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, H.Phelps) 53 ASCAP/More Hot Sauce Please, ASCAP/Real Johnson ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP (H.Scott, D.M.Barnes, M.Buzz, M.Johnson, SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane GLAD YOU EXIST Monet Music, BMI/Warner- B.Paddock) 39 BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Spokane Boy Music, SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 15 BMI/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Shay LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb A.M.Cruz) 9 Mooney Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round B   Banjos, ASCAP (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, T.M.Parks, S.Mooney, Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC R.L.Taylor) 25 Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Warner-Tamerlane Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 8 Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Ole GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP/ Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. T   Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, J.S.Stover, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 3 P.DiGiovanni) 50 Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Sony Countryside, Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music M   BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/Happy Song BLAME IT ON YOU Makena Cove Music, ASCAP/ Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, Factory, BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Zona Blue Music, BMI/Lee 45 B.Johnson, N.Moon) 17 MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, Music Publishing, BMI/Irishsonmusic, BMI/BMG Platinum Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Carl GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James Songs US, BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/ THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP Songs, GMR (J.Pardi, R.Akins, L.Laird) 40 SB21 Music Publishing, SESAC/BW Tunes, SESAC Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 10 (K.M.Allison, J.Edwards, T.Kennedy, M.Tyler, B.White) 21 BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE New House Of Sea McCormick, BMI/Sony Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, MARTHA DIVINE Bendu Boys Music, BMI/ Gayle Music, ASCAP/Music Of MAM, ASCAP/MV2 Music, BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 6 Songs Of Song Factory, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J.N.Spillman, BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI/ ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller H   A.McBryde) 59 New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love Publishing, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP (S.Ahnquist, Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ N.Donley, M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, H.Phelps) 56 Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 11 J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 27 Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI/ THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Sony/ Songs About Jack, BMI/Write Or Die Music, BMI/Warner- ATV Accent, ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, C   HEAVEN ON DIRT Haus Of Kings, ASCAP/Twin Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Brice, B.Montana, ASCAP/Sony Countryside, BMI (L.Wilson, J.D.Singleton, Spires, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, B.Davis) 37 J.Nix) 29 CHASING AFTER YOU Songs Of Mojo Two, ASCAP/King Pen Songs, SESAC/Smackworks Music, ASCAP/Addington Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Ben Lau, MINIMUM WAGE A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Big TO BE LOVED BY YOU Warner-Tamerlane Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Highly BMI (B.Ratcliff, P.Good, A.J.Babcock, B.Foster) 49 Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Ritten Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ By Rhettro, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Akins) 48 Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Get Ur Seek On, ASCAP (B. HELL OF A VIEW Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Crowder, Addington, J.Flowers) 51 Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, N.Galyon, J.Frasure) 20 U   BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Highly Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony Cross Keys Publishing, UNDIVIDED T Tree Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, Publishing Corp., BMI/Straight Outta Georgia Songs, Publishing LLC, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 14 BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, SESAC/Tree Vibez Bus Vibez, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/ SESAC (T.Hubbard, C.Loocke) 19 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sonofgroceries HOME SWEET BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Songs Music That Is Russelled, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 7 W   Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Castle SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/The Best I Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (J.Rodgers, H.Phelps, Brett Tyler, Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (R. MY BOY Rome Phrey Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs WANT ME BACK Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ A.Vanderheym) 38 Dickerson, C.Brown, C.Kelley) 46 Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rome Phrey Publishing, BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/ BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/EMI D   HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron BMI/Nick Columbia Publishing, ASCAP/Block Of Marble Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/McGinntellectual Property, Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony Cross Music, BMI/Lee Starr Publishing, BMI/SNG Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/True Blue DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack LLP, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI (E.Shane, R.Sutton, Works, SESAC (L.Ell, K.Brown, L.Rimes, M.J.McGinn) 52 Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, N.Columbia, L.Starr) 30 Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb ASCAP/Built On , ASCAP (M.Beeson, J.Osborne, WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Universal Music Corp., Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K. A.Shamblin) 13 N   ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sullivan S Guns Music, Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 5 BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Tunes I   NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Peertunes, From The Red White And Blue School, ASCAP/Anthem DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Ltd., SESAC/Marlow Sinclair Songs, SESAC/Reservoir Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, Sony Countryside, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ I CAN’T Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Media Music, ASCAP/Mirendawrites, ASCAP/Raincreek J.S.Stover) 26 Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Noodlehead Publishing, BMI/BMG Publishing, ASCAP/Espiritu de Leon, BMI (C.Walker, J.Boyer, Nontypical Music, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Platinum Songs US, BMI/For The Kids Platinum, BMI/ J.Mirenda, G.Birge) 58 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Publishing, ASCAP/Cale Dodds Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, Legitimate Efforts Music, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ C.Crowder, H.Phelps, C.Dodds) 33 (C.Smith, B.West, S.Wilson Jr.) 44 NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs F   IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS Peermusic III, Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ Ltd., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Back 40 Publishing For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs FAMOUS FRIENDS Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ International, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 28 II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan, R.Montana) 55 R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 2 Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Bennett’s NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM Big Music Machine, BMI/Callista Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ WHERE I FIND GOD Jolly To the Roger, BMI/ SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Clark Publishing, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, Songs Of Riser House, BMI/Sony Countryside, BMI (D. Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI/Smells Of Rich Mahogany, BMI Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 12 Better Music, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Fleet, C.Crowder) 23 (C.Clark, C.Jaymes, L.J.Veltz) 60 C.R.Harrington) 57 NO BODY, NO CRIME TASRM Publishing, BMI/ FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, J   Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (T.Swift) 54 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop O   BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI (L. Publising, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 42 Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 22 BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll Music, ASCAP (P. ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 35 LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY Sony/ Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Red Lining Music, SESAC/Sony JUST THE WAY Sony Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Countryside, BMI/Big Spaces Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard 18 BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI  Accent, ASCAP/Nepasongs, ASCAP (J.Allen, A.Bowers, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe)  (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, 41 Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 32 M.Rogers)  Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 4 S   WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ G   K   SETTLING DOWN Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, GETTING OVER HIM Lylas Music, BMI/Warner- KNOWING YOU Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/3 Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/WC Music Ring Circus, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Pompano Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 16 M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 34 Corp., ASCAP/Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Sony Cross Run Music, BMI/Songs For Ellie May, BMI (Brett James, Keys Publishing, ASCAP (Lauren Alaina, P.DiGiovanni, A.James, K.Higgins) 45 SHALLOW Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham Y   E.L.Weisband) 47 Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive L   Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord YOU TIME Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 36 Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 31 Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 1 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index

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G   LOVE STORY (TAYLOR’S VERSION) Taylor SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., (Songwriter) Chart Position Swift Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Sony Tree BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, GLAD YOU EXIST Monet Music, BMI/Warner- Publishing, BMI (T.Swift) 49 SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, 865 Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Blake Pendergrass Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Spokane Boy Music, A.M.Cruz) 13 Publishing Designee, BMI (J.Byron, B.Pendergrass) 40 BMI/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Shay M   Mooney Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Big Loud MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony Tree A   Banjos, ASCAP (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, T.M.Parks, S.Mooney, Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Round Hill R.L.Taylor) 17 Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Carl Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP Work, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 15 Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love Jimmy Sad Publishing, BMI (M.Wallen, R.Clawson, J.Durrett, Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt E.K.Smith) 31 Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 18 Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music B   B.Johnson, N.Moon) 24 Songs About Jack, BMI/Write Or Die Music, BMI/Warner- Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 3 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Brice, B.Montana, BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony B.Davis) 39 STILL GOIN DOWN Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Relative Music Group, Sony Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim MINIMUM WAGE A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Big BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, McCormick, BMI/Sony Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, M.W.Hardy, Charlie R.Montana) 5 BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 2 Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Handsome) 41 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Crowder, BLAME IT ON YOU Makena Cove Music, ASCAP/ GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon N.Galyon, J.Frasure) 26 T   BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Zona Blue Music, BMI/Lee 45 Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Music Publishing, BMI/Irishsonmusic, BMI/BMG Platinum MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony Cross Keys Publishing, THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Sony/ Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ ATV Accent, ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, Songs US, BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/ Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, SB21 Music Publishing, SESAC/BW Tunes, SESAC BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, ASCAP/Sony Countryside, BMI (L.Wilson, J.D.Singleton, Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, J.Nix) 34 (K.M.Allison, J.Edwards, T.Kennedy, M.Tyler, B.White) 29 ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/ J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 6 Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, U   BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 11 Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, H   UNDIVIDED T Tree Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller MY BOY Rome Phrey Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Publishing Corp., BMI/Straight Outta Georgia Songs, Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rome Phrey Publishing, SESAC/Tree Vibez Bus Vibez, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., SESAC (T.Hubbard, C.Loocke) 28 Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, BMI/Nick Columbia Publishing, ASCAP/Block Of Marble Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 44 Music, BMI/Lee Starr Publishing, BMI/SNG Music, W   Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 16 HELL OF A VIEW Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/ LLP, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI (E.Shane, R.Sutton, N.Columbia, L.Starr) 46 WARNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud C   Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music N   BMI/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, CHASING AFTER YOU Songs Of Mojo Two, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (E.K.Smith, A.Gorley, Charlie Handsome) 43 ASCAP/Addington Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. 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ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sullivan S Guns Music, Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog A.Shamblin) 27 Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 20 BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Tunes Music, BMI  45 (M.Wallen, E.K.Smith)  J   From The Red White And Blue School, ASCAP/Anthem O   DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/ Publising, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing J.S.Stover) 47 LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll Music, ASCAP (P. WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K. Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 48 Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 9 James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, JUST THE WAY Sony Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 19 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Sony Countryside, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. 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Hemby) 22 WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Pile Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX FAMOUS FRIENDS Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ SHALLOW Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/WC Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive Music Corp., ASCAP (T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, B.Redferrin, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Bennett’s C.Haynes, Jr.) 25 Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 37 SESAC/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, LIVIN’ THE DREAM Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, Wallace Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI C.Crowder) 21 Corp., BMI/This Songs For You Pops, BMI (M.Wallen, (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 32 B.Burgess, J.Durrett, M.W.Hardy) 50 FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI (L. Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 10 Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI/Rednecker Music, Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.L.Holman) 30 BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 8 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 29, 2021 | PAGE 19 OF 19 CODA 40 Years Ago Sylvia’s ‘Drifter’ Found A Home At No. 1 In 1981, she achieved her first of two leaders

On April 4, 1981, Sylvia’s “Drifter” three other top 10s: “Tumbleweed” entries in 1979-87, including 11 top 10s. hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country (No. 10), “The Matador” (No. 7) and Her additional No. 1, “Nobody,” crossed Songs list, becoming her first of two “Heart on the Mend” (No. 8). over to No. 5 on Adult Contemporary chart-toppers. Sylvia Hutton (née Kirby) was born and No. 15 on the . Penned by Archie Jordan and Don in Kokomo, Ind., on Dec. 9, 1956. After Now 64 and based in Nashville, Sylvia Pfrimmer, it was released as the third moving to Nashville to pursue a record- still records. In 2018, she released single from Sylvia’s debut album of the ing career, she worked as a secretary for Second Bloom: The Hits Re-Imagined, same name, which peaked at No. 10 on producer Tom Collins. She signed with which contains updated recordings of Top Country Albums, marking her first RCA Records in 1979. many of her hits, including “Drifter” and of three top 10 sets. Drifter produced Sylvia posted 20 Hot Country Songs “Nobody.” —JIM ASKER

Sylvia in July 1981.

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