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Inside the CMT Music Awards B&D, Reba

Inside the CMT Music Awards B&D, Reba

June 22 2015, Issue 453 Inside The CMT Music Awards CMT SVP/Music Events & Talent John Hamlin gives the backstory on the 2015 CMT Music Awards including which team ponied up for a big production, who improvised their skit and why overnight ratings aren’t applicable anymore. CA: What was the vision for this year and how well did you meet it? JH: The vision Lady Antebellum is for a show that and Zedd feels like anything could happen and you don’t want to miss it. The general admission floor gives it a distinct and unique personality. State Of The Reunion: Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Other shows try to opens at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace Friday (6/19). put a pit of fans up Pictured (l-r) are , Colleen Marks, Reba, Bob Kingsley, SiriusXM’s John Marks, , Kinglsey’s wife against the stage, Nan and Premiere’s Robin Rhodes. but no one else does what we do in seeking that European rock festival feel. Opening with Lady Antebellum and Zedd, we were really going for that B&D, Reba: Caesar’s Pals, Us jumping-at-the-same-time Euro-rock feel. “I remember being in Mexico and having a lot of tequila,” You seemed to have a larger presence outside the Ronnie Dunn said to Kix Brooks and Reba early in Friday’s Bridgestone. show (6/19) in Las Vegas. “At breakfast the next day – about two The footprint was slightly bigger and we moved it 70 yards in the afternoon – you all said we’re going to Caesars.” That’s one down Broadway toward the water. Last year we also had a stage explanation for Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Together In Vegas, which on the Bridgestone plaza, but it looks rolled out officially to media after Wednesday’s launch. “We’re so much better on Broadway that we Brooks and Dunn and ‘Tire,” Reba said, contracting her last name. just did one this time. The trio rose from a large riser at the center of the You can’t buy lighting like that. Colosseum’s stage – an immense expanse Brooks quipped was played at the top of the built for Celine Dion’s cast of 70. Moving arches on each side show and the sun had just gone down shifted throughout the show for more intimate framing, while a behind the Renaissance Hotel. The light massive screen behind set visual context to the songs. was very even and shaded. An hour Alternating between B&D and Reba stretches, the well-paced later we had at show opened with all three on “” and “Why Darius dusk and it looked great with their fire Haven’t I Heard From You.” The duo’s “” kicked Rucker pots going off. (continued on page 6) off the night’s first medley. Reba exited the stage as “” ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

June 22, 2015 Page 4 opened a run for B&D. She returned with “The Night The PAGE THREE PIC Lights Went Out In Georgia,” her current single “” and “Whoever’s In New England.” Prior to “Hillbilly Deluxe,” Brooks & Dunn copped Reba with Brooks & Dunn to trying to bring a hound onstage during the first show. “First night and last night,” Dunn lamented of the stubborn beast, that apparently had to be dragged onstage despite being well- rehearsed. “Never work with dogs and children,” Brooks said. “First rule of show business.” All three took to stools for an acoustic breakdown that included “, ” and “Fear Of Being Alone.” Later, “I Believe” brought the crowd to its feet, and seats went equally unused on “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “” and “Fancy.” The show closed with “Only In America” and a star spangled confetti shower. Confirmed dates remain in June, July and December (details here), but don’t be Segue Party: Managing somehow to look exactly surprised if more are added. –Chuck Aly the same as he does today, then-Atlantic artist Neal McCoy (r) has some studio fun with then-KNIX/ Phoenix morning-teamers (l-r) Tim Hattrick and Willy Chart Chat D. Loon of the Tim & Willy show. McCoy was touring Congrats to Ballerini, Mike radio in support of his 1999 The Life Of The Wilson, Bill Macky, Steve Pleshe, Jane Party. How well have you held up over the years? O’Malia, Joe Carroll, Megan Boardman Let us know by sending your pics to pagethreepic@ and Taylor Weil on landing this week’s No. countryaircheck.com. 1 with “Love Me Like You Mean It.” The song is Ballerini’s and Black River’s first chart-topper, Kudos as well to Keith Gale and the RCA crew for landing and the first debut Country single from a 33 adds on ’s “Smokin’ And Drinkin’” to top woman to reach the chart pinnacle since Carrie this week’s board. Underwood’s “Jesus Take The Wheel” in 2006. ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

June 22, 2015 Page 6 News & Notes MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE The FCC has accepted for filing an application allowing Radio 7 Media to acquire Hot AC WDXE/Loretto, TN and Classic WPOC/Baltimore MD/morning Country WDXE-AM/Lawrenceburg, TN from Lakewood. R7M has co-host Jeff St. Pierre discusses his most operated the stations via LMA since April. As part of the deal, R7M influential music. will also acquire sister Pulaski Country simulcast WKSR & WKSR- 1. Brad Paisley/Online: This was AM/Pulaski, TN. The agreement is pending FCC approval. the first song I heard as I was driving to WME Entertainment’s Jay Williams has been named WPOC on my first day. I thought, “What President of the Music Health Alliance 2015-16 Board of am I getting myself into?” But it grew on me and I fell in love with it. Directors. Newly appointed members include Wrinkled Records’ 2. Jimmy Eat World, Clarity: This album Sandy Knox and Girlilla Marketing’s Jennie Smythe. See the was unlike anything I had ever heard and full list here. inspired me in so many different ways. It is Singer/ Lori McKenna has signed with Creative Jeff St. Pierre hands down my favorite album of all time Nation for publishing and management. and they are my favorite band. The Hall of Fame and Museum will honor 3. /Everything I Do, I Do It For You: When Sun Records founder Sam Phillips with the exhibition Flyin’ Saucers I was 10 years old I heard this on the radio. I had no idea who Rock & Roll: The Cosmic Genius of Sam Phillips, opening Aug. 28. sang it or what it was called but I needed to know. So I listened to The George Jones White Lightning signature brand of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 the following Sunday. I woke up moonshine received highest honors in the 2015 SIP Awards, with at 6am and listened to every minute – only to find that it was the White Lightning Apple Pie taking home a Platinum Medal for No. 1 song that week. Unaged Flavor Infused Whiskey/Moonshine. 4. David Nail, I’m About To Come Alive: He has one of most The cast of Opry Entertainment’s and Fox Theatricals’ incredible voices in country music. Every song is fantastic. It’s so Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical features Justin Guarini, rare for me to find an album I can listen to from start to finish Rose Hemingway, Ken Clark, Ryah Nixon, Rob Morrison, without wanting to skip a track. Kevin Cahoon and PJ Benjamin. The musical runs Sept. 5. The Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty Tour: It was my first major 2-Oct. 11 at Dallas Theater Center. concert. I’d see local bands all the time, but the Beastie Boys Charlie Daniels’ 40th Anniversary Volunteer Jam happens concert showed me what being a performer was all about. It really Aug. 12 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Proceeds will benefit pushed my love of music to the next level. •Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: Garth Brooks’ The Journey Home Project and The Predators Foundation. self-titled and No Fences . I’ll be honest, prior to joining the Ted Nugent, , Alabama and Montgomery Country world in 2008 I had very little interest in country music. There Gentry are among the guests. More here. are so many classics I haven’t gotten into yet. I’m working on it. Gloriana, Trace Adkins, , , •An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Don Bucky Covington and Maggie Rose will perform at the McLean’s “American Pie.” But when I was working for a classic Northwoods Music Festival in Minong, WI in August. More here. rock station, it gave me plenty of time to run to the bathroom. •An album you played incessantly: Wade Bowen’s The Inside The CMT Music Awards Given. I would annoy my PD to no end trying to convince him to (continued from page 1) add songs to our playlist. He’s an incredible artist. •One obscure or non-country song everyone should And 45 minutes later we had in the pitch dark with listen to right now: All Time Low’s latest, Future Hearts. I’d fireworks. Three completely different looks that worked perfectly. suggest “Missing You” and “Runaways.” How did you choose the hosts, and how did they do? •Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: It’s Finding hosts for an awards show is really hard – it’s live TV embarrassing how many plays Jordin Sparks’ “Double Tap” has and some people are more into that than others. is on my iTunes. someone I’ve been thinking about for a while. She’s popular on FOX Sports and Dancing With The Stars, was an absolute pleasure Reach St. Pierre here. to work with and a great comfort because we knew she would be ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

June 22, 2015 Page 8 fast on her feet. Brittany Snow became a very attractive candidate ainey ualley with the success of 2. We want to get people of the OFF THE RECORD: R Q moment as hosts or someone with really good chops. By putting Cingle/Star Farm's Rainey Qualley puts a seasoned actress with a seasoned broadcast professional, it felt an industry spin on the artist interview: like the best of both worlds. We were really happy. I grew up listening to WKSF/ Brittany had one spot of dead air. Asheville and WFBC/Asheville. She wasn’t cued properly. Right at that moment the stage The first time I heard myself on the manager was hit in the head by a fan and got distracted. Brittany radio was the first day of my radio tour. was standing there for five seconds before the camera man We'd stopped at WIVK/Knoxville. There's a jumped in and cued her. Other than that it was pretty flawless. video on my Instagram of me listening to How did the comedy clips come together? the recorded version. It was awesome. The motif for the films of everyone taking Uber – only in My favorite person to travel with is Nashville it’s Guuber – that came to me as I was walking out of my sister, Sarah Margaret. She's my best Rainey Qualley the truck after last year’s show. I told a couple people but couldn’t friend. If she were here, these long car imagine someone wouldn’t come with that idea in a year’s time. But rides would be more enjoyable. Not that I don't enjoy my band mates, who are in the car flipping me off right now! no one did – Fallon, Kimmel, nobody. I got lucky. Having a clever I really love peanut butter. At the hotels in the morning, I idea helps with talent, and our talent producer Suzanne Bender steal a couple of packets and put them in my purse. was integral in getting that done. And once you get one big star, a I don't know if this is redneck or just lazy, but every lot more will follow. We booked Arnold Schwarzenegger and Justin time we leave a station and I'm done for the day, I immediately Bieber on the same day. It was like, bingo! We got it. Adding Rick change into sweatpants. Right now I'm in the car wearing a Springfield was so unexpected and he was such a good sport. dress but it's underneath a big sweatshirt and sweatpants. Why did you pair Alan Jackson with ? I always take Emergen-C with me on the road. I drink We started with them in the Guuber skit, Steven driving Alan it every morning. Waking up early and traveling all the time, I around. Then we said, let’s experiment and put Alan in the front have to do what I can to keep from getting sick. seat and have them sing “Don’t Rock The Jukebox.” It was sort I get a little uncomfortable when people ask a lot of an inside-the-industry joke having the singer of the American of questions about my mom [actress Andie MacDowell]. I'm Rolling Stones singing the line, “My heart ain’t ready for the very proud of her. I'm not trying to hide the fact that I'm her Rolling Stones.” Then, out of nowhere, Alan goes, “What about daughter, but I want to be able to do things on my own merit. this one?” And he starts this corny version of “Walk This Way.” I wish I had written 's "Always On That was all Alan and completely improvised. Who knew he had My Mind." It's one of my favorite songs to sing. It has a such a great sense of humor? Priceless. tremendous melody and the lyrics are so honest and heartfelt. Which performances stood out to you? It's poetic without trying too hard. It's a perfect song. was over the top, of course. But the two ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 22, 2015 Page 9 breakouts for me were and Jake Owen. Jake, his management and the label had the wherewithal and conviction to help with production to give him a chance to do what and have done on this show in recent years. Luke had a breakout moment with us on “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” with a lot of choreography and dancers, and LBT did the same with “Pontoon,” bringing in a boat and really standing out. “Real Life” was able to do the same thing for Jake because all the entities went the extra mile, and Jake owned it. The choreography was a little risky for him because he’d never done it before, but he hit it out of the park. Packer Mentality: Valory’s Brantley Gilbert (c) with (l-r) Green Sam’s “House Party” Bay Packers Josh Sitton, T.J. Lang, Bryan Bulaga and David Jake Owen was just the perfect song Bakhtari and a gift they gave him backstage at Lambeau Field for Kenny Chesney’s Big Revival Tour stop. at the perfect moment for what we are as a show. He came out dressed in white, the band was that was that, but it’s not accurate to judge from that anymore. So in white and he fed off the audience doing what he does. He really many people are using DVRs, watching on mobile devices or online. took advantage of his first full-song performance on an awards show. We’re just like the recorded music business in finding new ways to be But really, there wasn’t a flat performance all night. ubiquitous. And let’s not forget, this was the first time we put the show Ratings were down this year. How concerning is that? on another channel at the same time – TV Land. So that ate some [Viewership] always builds over several days. And our overall cume of the [premiere] numbers. We also simulcast on 124 iHeartMedia was up from previous years in a challenging ratings environment. We stations, so more people heard the show than ever before. And cume were coming off a month with more music shows than ever – iHeart’s is what matters to advertisers. country show, the Billboard show, ACM Duets. There was lots of So another successful show... competition on broadcast TV in May, so there may have been some It was a tremendous success on many levels. I’m biased, but I viewer fatigue. We were slightly down in the premiere, but with cable was really happy with it, which is the curse and the burden. How you make it up on reruns and 17 million people ended up watching it do you top it? We have about 30 seconds to pat ourselves on over the course of the next few days. You don’t get reruns on broadcast the back before we look at next year and try to figure out how to TV. We used to get the numbers at 11am the next morning and beat it. –Chuck Aly CAC ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 22, 2015 Chart Page 1

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

2 1 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) ✔ 28908 3640 8403 975 59.03 7.394 154 0

4 2 /Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 26206 1955 7556 643 53.658 3.912 154 0

3 3 CARRIE uNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 25310 966 7325 292 50.954 1.91 154 0

6 4 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 23564 413 6851 106 48.613 0.987 153 0

7 5 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) ✔ 23031 1656 6735 441 47.167 2.9 154 0

9 6 /Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) ✔ 21993 2361 6396 733 44.643 3.051 154 0

1 7 KENNY CHESNEY w/G. POTTER/Wild... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 20764 -6336 5972 -1849 43.091 -12.314 154 0

8 8 /Love You Like That (Mercury) 20722 1083 5986 446 41.948 2.589 154 0

10 9 LITTLE BIG TOWN/ (Capitol) 18427 222 5276 91 37.954 0.539 154 0

12 10 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 16993 624 4912 147 34.814 1.892 153 0

5 11 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) 16669 -7056 4557 -2184 37.653 -11.999 154 0

14 12 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Warner Bros./WEA) 16416 747 4768 219 33.217 1.751 154 0

13 13 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 16300 11 4759 40 34.145 0.214 154 0

15 14 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 15895 555 4623 195 32.459 0.337 154 0

16 15 LuKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 15880 1272 4440 305 32.308 2.7 153 2

17 16 ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving... (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 15049 755 4305 251 31.903 1.383 154 0

18 17 DuSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 13477 1048 3827 239 26.284 2.854 153 1

19 18 /Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 11481 422 3447 136 20.644 1.671 150 0

21 19 /Crash And Burn (Valory) 10739 989 3025 319 20.473 1.643 136 1

24 20 SAM HuNT/House Party (MCA) ✔ 10614 1803 2996 517 20.237 3.985 148 14

25 21 /Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 10404 1605 3054 460 18.46 2.512 130 5

20 22 /Riot (Big Machine) 10067 -257 2958 -52 18.836 -0.189 150 0

22 23 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 9595 655 2680 183 20.196 2.304 138 2

23 24 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 9084 246 2630 103 18.123 0.44 151 0

26 25 /I'm To Blame (MCA) 8826 280 2521 105 16.813 0.375 145 2

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

27 26 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 7719 490 2229 84 12.304 1.113 141 1

30 27 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 6255 439 1703 129 10.947 0.757 122 3

36 28 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 6239 1635 1732 370 11.849 4.391 125 7

28 29 LADY ANTEBELLuM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 6231 163 1634 47 12.119 0.313 129 5

34 30 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 6218 579 1614 87 12.66 1.537 125 4

29 31 REBA/Going Out Like That (Nash Icon/Valory) 6190 348 1766 136 15.16 0.359 72 4

32 32 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 5875 184 1814 67 9.086 0.44 136 1

33 33 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 5798 143 1799 25 7.961 0.129 129 3

31 34 MICKEY GuYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 5735 16 1784 21 7.61 -0.249 146 1

35 35 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 5521 496 1355 136 9.313 1.036 110 5

37 36 /John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 4693 183 1256 -65 8.803 -1.31 122 20

38 37 /Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 4240 312 1225 83 6.878 0.808 109 3

41 38 MO PITNEY/Country (Curb) 3840 432 1119 103 5.743 0.614 99 0

39 39 AuSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 3722 212 1204 32 7.19 2.103 102 4

40 40 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra/WAR) 3669 193 1100 28 5.87 0.182 109 5

CHRIS YOuNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 3213 345 981 121 5.073 0.644 101 10

43 42 /21 (Atlantic/WMN) 2912 223 861 85 6.395 0.405 104 8

Debut 43 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 2609 1569 708 440 4.846 2.951 78 31

45 44 DRAKE WHITE/It Feels Good (Dot) 2503 402 733 102 2.894 0.503 89 2

46 45 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) 2169 75 693 23 2.968 0.152 83 1

47 46 THOMPSON SQuARE/Trans Am (Stoney Creek) 2036 11 655 42 2.349 -0.017 88 3

48 47 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 1955 56 668 26 2.848 0.118 65 1

Debut 48 DARIuS RuCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 1768 56 516 23 2.413 -0.028 75 8

49 49 /35 MPH Town (Show Dog) 1764 -15 525 -18 1.893 0.287 86 2

50 50 /Folks Like Us (Blaster) 1748 1 521 -8 2.391 -0.011 64 1 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 22, 2015 Chart Page 3

Country Aircheck Add leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 33 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 1207 ✔ CLARE DuNN/Move On (MCA) 32 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 31 SAM HuNT/House Party (MCA) 1151 ✔ KEITH uRBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 20 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 1140 ✔ KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 20 KEITH uRBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 949 SAM HuNT/House Party (MCA) 14 ✔ CAM/Burning House (Arista) 11 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 915 ✔ /I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 10 LuKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 713 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 10 BILLY CuRRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 8 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 635 DARIuS RuCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 8 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 620 DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) 8 DuSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 601 HuNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 8 TYLER FARR/Withdrawals (Columbia) 8 BLAKE SHELTON/Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) 574 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 3640 ✔ FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 237 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 2361 ✔ JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 236 BLAKE SHELTON/Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) 1955 ✔ SAM HuNT/House Party (MCA) 212 SAM HuNT/House Party (MCA) 1803 ✔ KEITH uRBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) 199 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 1656 ✔ CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 156 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 1635 LuKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 139 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 1605 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 134 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 1569 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 124 LuKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 1272 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 112 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 1083 DuSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 111

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 975 BILLY CuRRINGTON/Don't It (Mercury) 14607 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) 733 A THOuSAND HORSES/Smoke (Republic Nashville) 13218 BLAKE SHELTON/Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) 643 ZAC BROWN BAND/Homegrown (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 11367 SAM HuNT/House Party (MCA) 517 SAM HuNT/Take Your Time (MCA) 11174 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 460 KEITH uRBAN f/ERIC CHuRCH/Raise 'Em Up (Capitol) 8028 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) 446 COLE SWINDELL/Ain't Worth The... (Warner Bros./WMN) 7805 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 441 DIERKS BENTLEY/Say You Do (Capitol) 7749 FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 440 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 7506 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 370 LuKE BRYAN/I See You (Capitol) 7225 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 319 CHRIS YOuNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 6445

©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 22, 2015 Chart Page 4 COUNTRy AIRCHECK ACTIVITy A D D D AT E S CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You (Red Bow) Moves 46-45* JUNE 29 2,169 points, 693 spins A Thousand Horses/(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) 1 add: WEBG Blackjack Billy/Why God Made Summertime (Reviver) KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy Day THOMPSON SQuARE/Trans Am (Stoney Creek) (Blue Chair/Columbia) Moves 47-46* 2,036 points, 655 spins RAINEY QUALLEY/Me And (Cingle/Star Farm) 3 adds: KNIX, KXKT, WYRK DIERKS BENTLEY/Riser (Capitol) LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) Moves 48-47* JUly 6 Cam/Burning House (Arista) 1,955 points, 668 spins 1 add: WYRK July 13 DARIuS RuCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) /Somewhere Tonight (Blaster) Debuts at 48* Ashley Campbell/Remembering (Dot) 1,768 points, 516 spins 8 adds: KAJA, KSD, WCTQ, WDXB, WIL, WNSH*, WSLC, WTGE Send yours to [email protected] TOBY KEITH/35 MPH Town (Show Dog) Remains at 49 1,764 points, 525 spins 2 adds: KBEQ, WMZQ C H E C K O U T

MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Folks Like Us (Blaster) (Mercury) Remains at 50* Musgraves recorded the majority of her second 1,748 points, 521 spins album (including first single “Biscuits”) live in 1 add: WGGR Nashville’s RCA Studio A. As with her first album, she produced it with Shane McAnally and , and THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning wrote with writers including and . 1,624 points, 534 spins 10 adds: KATC*, KHEY, KIIM*, KRST*, KSOP, WCKT, WKMK, Canaan Smith Bronco (Mercury) WKXC, WPOR, WQNu Smith’s 10-song debut album features current hit “Love You Like That” and also includes the tracks BILLY CuRRINGTON/Drinkin’ Town With A Football... (Mercury) from his self-titled EP, released in March. Smith wrote 1,610 points, 494 spins the title cut about his brother, whom he lost at a 7 adds: KJuG, KKBQ*, KNCI, KNIX, KTEX, WNCY, WPCV*, WYCD young age.

RANDY HOuSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) June 30 Easton Corbin About To Get Real (Mercury) 1,485 points, 538 spins JB and the Moonshine Band Mixtape (Light It Up) 2 adds: KTST, WBEE July 17 Alan Jackson Angels And Alcohol (EMI/ACR) RAELYNN/For A Boy (Republic/Valory) Moonshine Bandits Blacked Out (Backroad/ 1,365 points, 463 spins; No adds Average Joes)

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

2nd Week at No. 1 3 1 KELSEA BALLERINI/Love Me Like You Mean It (Black River) 11442 569 2289 134 55 0 4 2 BLAKE SHELTON/Sangria (Warner Bros./WMN) 11265 574 2244 86 57 0 2 3 CARRIE uNDERWOOD/Little Toy Guns (19/Arista) 11192 124 2232 12 56 0 5 4 EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury) 10551 432 2133 90 55 1 6 5 TIM MCGRAW/Diamond Rings And Old... (Big Machine) 10464 635 2080 124 56 0 1 6 KENNY CHESNEY w/GRACE POTTER/Wild Child (Blue Chair/Columbia) 9969 -1248 1939 -319 52 0 9 7 JASON ALDEAN/Tonight Looks Good On You (Broken Bow) ✔ 9550 1207 1908 236 55 0 8 8 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Girl Crush (Capitol) 9217 282 1828 39 57 1 10 9 CANAAN SMITH/Love You Like That (Mercury) ✔ 8790 915 1753 156 55 0 11 10 BRAD PAISLEY/Crushin' It (Arista) 7994 288 1589 64 56 0 13 11 FRANKIE BALLARD/Young & Crazy (Warner Bros./WAR) 7889 375 1550 61 56 0 12 12 BRANTLEY GILBERT/One Hell Of An Amen (Valory) 7542 152 1485 34 54 0 14 13 ZAC BROWN BAND/Loving You Easy (SouthrnGrnd/Varvatos/BMLG) 7245 296 1436 51 55 0 16 14 MICHAEL RAY/Kiss You In The Morning (Warner Bros./WEA) 7039 499 1379 65 53 0 17 15 LuKE BRYAN/Kick The Dust Up (Capitol) 6808 713 1371 139 54 1 7 16 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sippin' On Fire (Republic Nashville) ✔ 5801 -3392 1120 -690 44 0 18 17 DuSTIN LYNCH/Hell Of A Night (Broken Bow) 5789 601 1137 111 53 1 20 18 THOMAS RHETT/Crash And Burn (Valory) 5583 620 1061 100 52 0 19 19 ERIC CHuRCH/Like A Wrecking Ball (EMI Nashville) 5435 477 1086 72 54 1 26 20 SAM HuNT/House Party (MCA) ✔ 4936 1151 967 212 54 6 24 21 BRETT ELDREDGE/Lose My Mind (Atlantic/WMN) 4723 505 944 89 55 3 22 22 KIP MOORE/I'm To Blame (MCA) 4542 98 877 19 50 0 23 23 MADDIE & TAE/Fly (Dot) 4512 359 886 51 51 0 21 24 RASCAL FLATTS/Riot (Big Machine) 4510 -92 900 -19 44 0 25 25 CHRIS JANSON/Buy Me A Boat (Warner Bros./WAR) 4432 485 908 112 52 2 27 26 LADY ANTEBELLuM/Long Stretch Of Love (Capitol) 3531 203 721 33 51 2 28 27 JAKE OWEN/Real Life (RCA) 3365 464 688 102 51 5 30 28 COLE SWINDELL/Let Me See Ya Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 3280 426 621 61 47 5 31 29 REBA/Going Out Like That (Nash Icon/Valory) 2760 319 525 60 34 0 29 30 MICKEY GuYTON/Better Than You Left Me (Capitol) 2735 -104 571 -18 46 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] June 22, 2015 Chart Page 6

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34 31 KEITH uRBAN/John Cougar, John Deere... (Capitol) ✔ 2687 949 561 199 43 13 32 32 PARMALEE/Already Callin' You Mine (Stoney Creek) 2563 264 487 19 41 4 33 33 CHASE RICE/Gonna Wanna Tonight (Columbia) 2562 480 497 80 42 2 35 34 CHRIS YOuNG/I'm Comin' Over (RCA) 2052 268 419 44 35 5 39 35 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Stay A Little Longer (EMI Nashville) 1897 461 341 72 35 1 37 36 HuNTER HAYES/21 (Atlantic/WMN) 1820 287 356 57 30 2 58 37 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Anything Goes (Republic Nashville) 1598 1140 319 237 25 13 38 38 DAN + SHAY/Nothin' Like You (Warner Bros./WAR) 1480 112 302 22 30 2 36 39 AuSTIN WEBB/All Country On You (Streamsound) 1461 44 288 5 28 0 40 40 JANA KRAMER/I Got The Boy (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 1413 206 265 23 25 0 45 41 LOCASH/I Love This Life (Reviver/Star Farm) 1329 188 183 20 11 0 47 42 OLD DOMINION/Break Up With Him (RCA) 1212 120 233 20 30 1 43 43 MO PITNEY/Country (Curb) 1094 46 202 12 26 0 44 44 TOBY KEITH/35 MPH Town (Show Dog) 922 -124 178 -20 25 1 48 45 BIG & RICH/Run Away With You (B&R/New Revolution) 915 28 190 3 22 0 Debut 46 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Smokin' And Drinkin' (RCA) 912 519 191 103 21 12 49 47 DARIuS RuCKER/Southern Style (Capitol) 827 -5 172 3 14 0 42 48 KACEY MuSGRAVES/Biscuits (Mercury) 800 -257 179 -42 12 0 52 49 BILLY CuRRINGTON/Drinkin' Town With A... (Mercury) 699 230 147 48 17 3 53 50 RANDY HOuSER/We Went (Stoney Creek) 667 149 114 12 9 0

Debut 51 KENNY CHESNEY/Save It For A Rainy Day (Blue Chair/Columbia) 628 478 110 95 16 10 50 52 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You (Curb) 622 -32 150 -9 13 0 51 53 OLIVIA LANE/You Part 2 (Big Spark) 576 59 106 15 11 0 60 54 DRAKE WHITE/It Feels Good (Dot) 532 122 95 16 13 0 Debut 55 THE CADILLAC THREE/White Lightning (Big Machine) 521 269 67 34 6 1 Debut 56 THOMPSON SQuARE/Trans Am (Stoney Creek) 480 170 82 21 8 1 55 57 STEVEN TYLER/Love Is Your Name (Dot) 459 63 99 13 17 0 54 58 LOGAN MIZE/Can't Get Away From A Good... (Arista) 458 -33 73 -12 7 0 Debut 59 A THOuSAND HORSES/(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial (Republic Nashville) 382 243 57 28 5 2 Debut 60 JT HODGES/Ray Bans (Buffalo Sound) 370 190 37 19 1 0 ©2015 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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