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Luke Bryan, Cline And Lynn: The Enduring Impact Kenny Rogers Reign >page 4 Of A Two-Year Opry Friendship

COVID-19 Takes Toll Even before Nashville issued safer-at-home guidelines and In addition, Legacy plans to release a Lynn remake of Cline’s On ordered the downtown bars closed, Loretta Lynn was on “I Fall to Pieces” on April 3. Russell and John Carter Cash pro- Prine, Diffie lockdown at her home 75 miles away in rural Hurricane duced the track with an all-star cast of musicians at the Cash >page 10 Mills, Tenn. Cabin Studio, the same location where Johnny Cash cut “Hurt.” At age 87, she’s in one of the demographic segments of the “I Fall to Pieces” is significant in Lynn’s friendship with Cline. population considered most at risk from the coronavirus. And Lynn sang it on The Midnite Jamboree in 1961 when Cline was with a stroke and a broken hip both in her medical chart from the laid up in the hospital from a car accident, and the performance CBS’ Stay-At-Home last three years, she’s even more vulner- earned an invitation to visit her in the Concerts able. Her doctors thus required Lynn to hospital. Less than two years later, Cline >page 13 cancel or postpone face-to-face appoint- died in a plane crash, and Lynn would

ments, including a planned visit from commit “I Fall to Pieces” to vinyl in a Billboard Country Update. A phone con- 1977 tribute album, I Remember Patsy. Willie Nelson Hits versation was still doable, but the shut- “She was my big sister,” suggests The Casino down — especially coming on the heels Lynn of Cline. >page 13 of March 3 tornadoes in Middle Ten- Indeed, Cline served as the voice nessee — already was making her feisty. of experience for Lynn on numerous “Yeah, we’ve been quarantined,” fronts. She handed down stage cloth- she says. “It’s the damnedest thing I ing, provided advice about contracts Makin’ Tracks: ever seen.” and handling inappropriate advances Johnny McGuire’s The timing is regrettable. Lynn had from men in the business and squashed ‘I Can’t Even’ a handful of national promotional op- LYNN (left) and CLINE an uprising from jealous female Opry >page 18 portunities on the calendar before the stars when Lynn was inducted into the pandemic got in the way, all to support WSM-AM Nashville cast. And Cline a new book, Me & Patsy: Kickin’ Up Dust — My Friendship With gave a heap of insight into vocal techniques. Patsy Cline (April 7, Grand Central Publishing). Written with “She told me how to walk onstage, you know, and how to hold Country Coda: daughter Patsy Lynn Russell, the book explores the coal miner’s the mic,” recalls Lynn. “Low note; put the mic close. Whenever John Schneider, daughter’s relationship with Cline, but also traces the influence it’s going to be a high note, pull the mic away from my mouth, Chart Duke of husband Oliver ”Mooney” Lynn, producer Owen Bradley which helped me a lot. >page 21 (Conway Twitty, Ernest Tubb), former managers The Wilburn “She told me I could be a better singer if I would,” adds Lynn

Brothers and fellow Grand Ole Opry member Dottie West. with a laugh. “I told her she could, too.” RECORDINGS LEGACY COURTESY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 30, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 21

The two women were very different singers. Cline sang with a smooth de- livery, bringing a touch of traditional pop influence from such vocalists as Teresa Brewer and Rosemary Clooney to the genre, while Lynn infused songs that frequently tackled controversial domestic and cultural topics — including infidelity and gender inequality — with a backwoods dialect, man- gling words on occasion (most famously when she sang, “I was borned a coal miner’s daughter”). “Everybody told me I wasn’t saying my words right, but I wouldn’t listen to ’em,” insists Lynn. “If I would’ve listened to ’em, I would’ve been doing [songs] just like them. And that wouldn’t have been different, would it? Hell, I got more sense than that. I might have been born in Butcher Holler at night, but not last night.” That willingness to fight for their own place as an artist is a trait that Lynn and Cline shared. Lynn had the good fortune to attend a number of Cline’s Craig Campbell (left) was interviewed via video for the syndicated sessions — including an August 1961 recording date in which Cline made her program The Sam Alex Show by the program’s host. first attempt at recording Willie Nelson’s “Crazy” — and she witnessed Cline standing up for her art firsthand. “Owen and Patsy would cuss each other out,” says Lynn. “They’d start to record; Patsy’d be trying to tell him how to do it. He’d be telling her she’s the singer, not to tell him how to do it. It was funny.” Lynn and Cline share other similarities: They were both inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and both were the subjects of 1980s movies titled after one of their iconic Bradley-produced hits: Lynn in 1980’s Coal Miner’s Daughter and Cline in 1985’s Sweet Dreams. And there’s a day they spent together that’s etched into Lynn’s memory: Feb. 28, 1963. As detailed in the book, it was the last time they crossed paths before Cline’s plane crash, and they hung out twice — first at Lynn’s new house, where Cline delivered tailor-made drapes, and later at Cline’s house, where she previewed what proved to be her final recordings, including the now- classic “She’s Got You.” Kelly Clarkson shared a laugh with Billy Ray Cyrus when he made a Even though Cline may be physically gone, she still visits Lynn on a fairly March 25 appearance on her NBC show. regular basis. “I was singing one day, and I thought, ‘Geez, I wish Patsy was here,’ ” recalls Lynn. “I looked up, and there she sat. Every time I’ve done that, she’s been with me. I see her a lot.” Cline has not aged in those visions, and she’s frequently wearing a specific outfit — a white blouse and red “stretchy pants,” notes Lynn. And Cline offers support each time, still performing the role of a friend when Lynn needs it most. “She just looks and smiles like, ‘You’re doing good, honey,’ ” says Lynn. It’s the only sort of visit Lynn can accept from the outside world for the moment. The coronavirus pandemic has created that situation for people all across America, and Lynn is trying to maintain a sense of optimism about it. “I’ll be fine,” she says. “I think they’ll let me out of this anytime, basically whenever the problem is over. Then we’ll talk again.” And, as she says both in Me & Patsy and on the phone, she knows she will Marcus Hummon (center) signed a publishing deal with LBK talk with Cline again: Entertainment. He is joined by LBK creative director Mariah Topel and

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Kenny Rogers Earns His First Top Country Albums No. 1 Since 1986; Kelsea Ballerini Hits A New High; Luke Bryan Leads Country Airplay

Following his March 20 death at age 81, legendary entertainer Kenny Rogers Meanwhile, Rogers’ “Islands in the Stream,” with Dolly Parton, reenters Hot lands his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart in over 34 years. Country Songs at No. 20; it ruled that chart and the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 On the tally dated April 4, The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years (Capitol for two weeks each in 1983. The Bee Gees-written duet drew 3.1 million streams Nashville/UMe) blasts in at the summit, up from a nominal amount to 31,000 (up 378%) and sold 15,000 (up 4,723%) in the tracking week. equivalent album units (10,000 in album sales) in the week ending March 26, according to Nielsen KELSEA’S BEST Kelsea Ballerini achieves both her Music/MRC Data. highest debut and highest rank on Top Country Al- Years marks Rogers’ 12th Top Country Al- bums as her third full-length, Kelsea (Black River), bums No. 1 and first since The Heart of the Mat- bows at No. 2 with 28,000 units (13,000 in album ter, which wrapped a six-week reign on the chart sales). The set follows Unapologetically — which dated Feb. 1, 1986. opened and peaked at No. 3 in November 2017 with On the all-genre Billboard 200, Years enters at 44,000 units, her strongest one-week total to date No. 9, awarding Rogers his fifth top 10 and first — and her debut LP, The First Time, which began at since Eyes That See in the Dark, which climbed No. 4 in June 2015 with 18,000 units (13,000 sold). to No. 6 in 1983. Kelsea lead single “homecoming queen?” has The 20-track Years was originally released in reached No. 14 on Hot Country Songs. The set’s September 2018 in celebration of Rogers’ 80th next single, “The Other Girl,” debuts at No. 19, birthday (that Aug. 21). Of the 21 Hot Country as co-lead Halsey makes her first Hot Country ROGERS BRYAN Songs No. 1s that Rogers racked up during his Songs appearance. storied career, 16 are on the album, including “Lucille” (1977), “The Gambler” (1978) and “Lady” (1980). MOST WANTED Luke Bryan banks his 22nd Country Airplay No. 1, as “What Another Rogers compilation debuts on Top Country Albums, as Daytime She Wants Tonight” (Capitol Nashville) ascends 3-1, up by 12% to 32.2 million Friends: The Very Best of Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville/UMe) enters at No. 25 audience impressions in the week ending March 29. with 5,000 units (3,000 sold), also up from a minor figure. The 20-song set was Bryan boasts the sixth-most Country Airplay No. 1s, dating to the chart’s 1990 first issued in 1993. launch. Kenny Chesney leads with 30, followed by Tim McGraw (29) and Alan Until the latest Top Country Albums tally, Rogers last debuted with 2015’s Jackson, Blake Shelton and George Strait, each with 26. Once Again It’s Christmas, which rose to No. 17. He first charted in 1976 with “Tonight” is Bryan’s second consecutive Country Airplay No. 1, following Love Lifted Me and initially led with his self-titled LP in 1977. “Knockin’ Boots,” which led for two weeks in September 2019. Before that, Meanwhile, on the airplay-, streaming- and sales-fueled Hot Country Songs “What Makes You Country” hit No. 2 in March 2019 after Bryan ran up a streak chart, Rogers logs his first entries since 2007 (when “Calling Me,” featuring of 13 consecutive No. 1 singles dating to 2014 (counting properly promoted, Don Henley, reached No. 53), as “The Gambler” charts for the first time since nonholiday songs in which he had a lead role). 1979, reentering at No. 14. The song returns with a 462% spike to 5.2 million U.S. streams and a 5,543% blast to 21,000 downloads sold in the week ending ‘BEER’ RUN Plus, Thomas Rhett’s “Beer Can’t Fix” (Valory), featuring Jon March 26. The Don Schlitz-penned classic becomes Rogers’ first No. 1 on both Pardi, climbs 11-10 on Country Airplay, up 10% to 23 million in audience. Rhett

Country Digital Song Sales and the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart. adds his 16th top 10 and Pardi scores his sixth. ANDREW BRYAN: IMAGES. LANGDON/GETTY HARRY ROGERS: IMAGES GETTY VIA BANK PHOTO LIPOVSKY/NBC/NBCU

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l1 3 23 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Luke Bryan 32.220 +3.495 6822 6 11 1 l2 5 44 CATCH BMLG  Brett Young 29.587 +1.696 6298 378 3 3 1 43 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 29.357 -5.937 6341 -1135 2 l4 6 49 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 28.656 +1.119 6278 174 4 5 2 34 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 28.385 -3.647 5735 -683 6 l6 7 31 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 27.717 +2.204 6185 724 5 7 4 25 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 26.608 -1.442 5020 -465 9 l8 10 13 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 25.207 +3.032 5183 462 8 l9 8 40 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 24.551 +1.029 5635 158 7 l10 11 14 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory  Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 22.964 +2.052 4976 493 10 l11 12 35 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 22.615 +2.156 4814 381 11 l12 13 10 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 20.755 +2.225 4419 378 12 l13 14 25 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 18.645 +0.983 4305 197 13 l14 16 55 AFTER A FEW Mercury  Travis Denning 18.467 +1.189 4138 116 14 l15 18 6 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 14.639 +1.358 3358 334 15 l16 19 51 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 11.994 +1.566 3122 324 16 l17 20 30 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 8.973 +0.991 2610 176 17 l18 NEW I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG  HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Florida Georgia Line 8.750 +8.750 1392 1392 31 l19 21 21 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville HH Airpower HH Carrie Underwood 8.625 +1.331 2501 343 18 l20 22 46 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse  HH Airpower HH LOCASH 8.249 +1.165 2411 3 11 19 l21 24 5 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 7.735 +1.444 2 114 534 20 l22 29 5 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 7.503 +2.632 1810 636 26 l23 26 34 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury  Maddie & Tae 6.794 +1.348 1978 381 22 l24 23 41 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 6.734 +0.385 1924 19 23 l25 27 26 WHY WE DRINK Valory  Justin Moore 6.408 +0.877 2100 252 21 l26 25 15 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 6.170 +0.392 1907 108 24 l27 28 18 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 5.915 +0.757 1626 189 27 l28 30 39 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 5.611 +0.834 1889 165 25 l29 31 27 DROWNING RCA Nashville Chris Young 5.286 +0.650 1449 150 29 l30 33 20 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 4.630 +0.997 1409 334 30

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by Nielsen detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Music. Audience totals on a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER the chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on Nielsen Music’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to Nielsen Music) previous week. A song audience or detections are for stations that do not report © 2020 Prometheus Global Media, will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. LLC if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 30, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 21

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 32 30 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 4.603 +0.387 1503 95 28 l32 34 34 DETAILS Mercury  Billy Currington 3.300 -0.021 965 26 35 l33 41 8 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 2.998 +0.948 691 126 40 l34 35 30 FRONT SEAT Legend Entertainment Rayne Johnson 2.816 +0.076 757 -14 38 l35 38 19 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 2.807 +0.522 1026 95 34 l36 36 29 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 2.779 +0.243 1110 17 32 l37 37 25 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 2.464 -0.001 1059 28 33 l38 40 12 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 2.332 +0.137 236 10 - l39 39 10 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 2.282 +0.019 752 113 39 l40 43 5 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 2.223 +0.362 618 102 45 l41 50 2 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 2.168 +0.668 484 135 54 l42 44 26 BREAK IT IN Valory  Eli Young Band 2.031 +0.220 643 33 44 l43 42 16 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 1.982 +0.107 824 23 37 l44 46 6 WHAT I’M LEAVING FOR BMLG  Lady Antebellum 1.909 +0.208 605 74 47 l45 47 18 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 1.825 +0.177 614 55 46 l46 RE-ENTRY I DO FOR YOU Riser House Dillon Carmichael 1.791 +0.197 687 21 41 l47 48 24 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury  Lauren Alaina 1.714 +0.112 849 43 36 l48 45 19 HEAD OVER HEELS Wheelhouse  Runaway June 1.655 -0.058 672 2 43 l49 49 4 GASLIGHTER Columbia/In2une  Dixie Chicks 1.624 +0.070 531 43 52 l50 53 15 FIRE’T UP Valory  Brantley Gilbert 1.614 +0.320 564 42 49 l51 52 4 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 1.408 +0.167 433 67 55 l52 54 16 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 1.394 +0.159 672 27 42 l53 56 6 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 1.338 +0.204 534 59 51 l54 55 15 I DON’T LOVE YOU Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 1.273 +0.104 569 30 48 55 51 16 OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 1.214 -0.115 538 38 50 56 58 11 DIAMONDS Warner Music Nashville/WEA Morgan Evans 0.982 -0.053 388 -2 57 57 57 16 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse  Granger Smith 0.981 -0.083 426 -15 56 l58 59 7 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand/Reviver Tenille Arts 0.921 +0.062 518 4 53 l59 NEW ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 0.907 +0.608 176 120 - l60 60 5 FOR MY MONEY EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 0.861 +0.083 329 42 59

GOING FOR ADDS

4/6 JASON ALDEAN Got What I Got Macon Music/Broken Bow

4/20 KELSEA BALLERINI The Other Girl Black River

18 The song, released March 27, previews the duo’s fifth album. Helped by hourly plays on participating iHeartMedia stations on FLORIDA its first day, it flies onto Country Airplay GEORGIA at No. 18 with 8.7 million in audience. LINE It’s the duo’s second-highest debut, I Love My after “Dirt” (No. 16, 2014). Country BALLERINI PIPER FERGUSON PIPER IMAGES GETTY VIA IMAGES GETTY VIA BANK/NBCUNIVERSAL PHOTO LIPOVSKY/NBCU ANDREW BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 30, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 21

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 79 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 32 FAMOUS Arista Nashville Adam Doleac 0.739 24 2 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 19 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 0.670 31 2 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 12 LIKE I KNEW YOU WOULD Big Machine Payton Smith 0.557 19 8 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 9 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 8 ANYTHING SHE SAYS Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny Feat. Seaforth 0.497 29 1 LIKE I KNEW YOU WOULD Big Machine Payton Smith 8 ONLY TRUCK IN TOWN Night Train/Broken Bow Tyler Farr 0.460 30 3 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 7 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 0.441 9 1 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 6 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 25.438 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 21.215 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line +8.750 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +3.495 3 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 17.708 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani +3.032 4 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 17.622 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +2.632 5 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 17.342 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church +2.225 6 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 14.372 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +2.204 7 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 14.313 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +2.156 8 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 12.443 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi +2.052 9 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 12.208 CATCH BMLG Brett Young +1.696 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1.566 10 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 10.594 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line +1392 $269,240 OLD DOMINION 4,537 SAKAMOTO I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +724 $67.61, $29.84 Leon’s Centre, Kingston, Ontario/Feb. 20 4,779 ENTERTAINMENT HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +636 $102,210 DWIGHT YOAKAM 1,381 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +611 $128, $49 Victory Theatre, Evansville, Ind./Feb. 27 1,806 MAMMOTH LIVE GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +534 $82,460 TRAVIS TRITT 1,913 EMPORIUM $61.50, $29.50 Bob Hope Theatre, Stockton, Calif./Feb. 15 1,977 PRESENTS BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi +493 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani +462 $74,411 JAKE OWEN 1,584 PEPPER $62, $34.50 Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Feb. 28 1,611 ENTERTAINMENT CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +381 $59,101 TRAVIS TRITT 1,212 EMPORIUM DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +381 $59.50, $29.50 Orpheum Theatre, Wichita, Kan./Feb. 29 1,212 PRESENTS DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church +378 Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email ([email protected]). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING MARCH 29, 2020

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 14 ONE MORE SHOT OF WHISKEY (Independent)  HH 1 Week at 1 HH Josh Ward 2031 165 l11 11 12 DROVE ME TO THE WHISKEY (Almost Country)  Casey Donahew 1451 112 l2 4 29 EVERY DAY KIND OF LOVE (Independent)  Kyle Park 1778 74 l12 13 12 BREAKING THINGS (Independent)  Mark Powell 1284 155 l3 3 22 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (One Chord Song)  Stoney LaRue 1747 2 l13 16 8 FOUR MINUTES (King Hall Music)  Chad Cooke Band 1236 165 l4 5 24 DEAR COUNTRY MUSIC, (Independent)  Mike Ryan 1633 65 l14 15 11 GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK (Independent)  Jody Booth 119 1 111 l5 6 21 COME BACK DOWN (Independent)  Flatland Cavalry 1582 17 l15 14 19 UNRUNG (Independent)  Turnpike Troubadours 1111 14 l6 9 10 RIVER ROAD DREAM (Independent)  Curtis Grimes 1567 158 l16 19 14 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records)  Eleven Hundred Springs 1071 92 7 1 21 SHE LOVES HORSES (Independent)  William Clark Green 1554 -470 l17 21 21 YOU FEEL LIKE HOME (Way Back)  Will Carter 1010 67 l8 7 24 I FOUND YOU (Independent)  Robert Ray 1550 59 l18 23 8 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent) Reckless Kelly 977 62 l9 8 11 SHE GONE (Independent)  Randall King 1501 63 l19 25 10 WE DON’T CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE (Independent)  Casey Baker 955 81 l10 10 23 DANCING IN THE RAIN (Independent)  Darrin Morris Band 1471 103 l20 22 28 DOWN TO ONE KEY (Iron Wolf Music)  Stetson Walker 949 18

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 972-252-8777. Copyright 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

RADIO & RECORDS® Curb | Word hired Craig Powers as Curb Publishing vp media. He segues from Cameron Broadcasting vp op- erations, a job that included oversight of six stations in Arizona, Nevada and California … Lee Brice and songwriter Rob Hatch (“I Don’t Dance,” “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away”) estab- lished an indie label, Pump House, with singer-songwriter Nick Norman as its first artist … Big Machine Label Group’s sister company, Big Machine Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood announced an April 1 CBS special, Distillery, has begun producing hand Garth & Trisha Live!, in which the couple will perform requested songs sanitizer for first responders … Uni- from Studio G in their home. versal Music Group Nashville is of- fering radio stations a one-hour Tim McGraw performed COVID-19 TAKES TOLL IN NASHVILLE special, Sam Hunt Southbound, for “Something Like That” from the The coronavirus hit the Nashville music industry hard this weekend, taking airing April 3-14. For more info, diving board in his backyard pool the life of country singer Joe Diffie and sending Americana singer-songwriter reach UMGN director of radio mar- during Fox’s March 29 special John Prine into critical care. keting Donna Hughes here … CMT The iHeart Living Room Concert It escalated what might be viewed as typical loss-of-life cycles: Jan How- personality Cody Alan was selected for America. ard, 91, died March 28, the day after her 47th anniversary as a member of the to fill a vacant radio category position Grand Ole Opry. Her death wasn’t related to the virus. on the Academy of Country Music’s board of directors through November The news about Diffie and Prine was particularly jarring, with announce- 2020 … Maine-based Gleason Radio Group shut down its five stations on ments coming two hours apart. Diffie’s infection was revealed March 27, and March 29, The Lewiston Sun Journal reported. Its five signals included coun- his passing was noted in a short, one-paragraph statement at 2:30 p.m. CT on try WOXO Norway … Staff at Adams Radio Group agreed to a temporary 10% March 29; then Prine’s family revealed at 4:30 p.m. that he had been hospital- pay cut to avoid layoffs, according to Talkers.com. Its country stations include ized on March 26 after displaying COVID-19 symptoms. Prine’s wife/manager, WBTU Fort Wayne, Ind.; KGRT Las Cruces, N.M.; and WWOF Tallahassee, Fla. Fiona Whelan Prine, had announced March 17 that she had tested positive for the virus and that the couple was self-isolating to avoid passing it along. ’ROUND THE ROW The Nashville music community, already confined to its homes after COVID- LBK Entertainment signed songwriter Marcus Hummon (“Bless the Broken 19 forced a mass shutdown of the touring industry, poured its collective hearts Road,” “Cowboy Take Me Away”) to a publishing contract … Concord Music into paying tribute. reached a copublishing deal with Nashville-based songwriter-producer An- Diffie was one of the significant voices of 1990s country. He earned heavy drew Petroff (David Nail, LANCO) … Kelly King’s King Pen Music expanded airplay for such muscular titles as “Honky Tonk Attitude” and “Third Rock a partnership with Warner Chappell Nashville, adding emerging artist Ava From the Sun,” delivered adept ballads with “Ships That Don’t Come In” and Suppelsa to an agreement that already covered Brothers Osborne … The “So Help Me Girl” and even slid western swing into the conversation via “If the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum extended its temporary closure Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets).” Jason Aldean’s single “1994” weaved a through April 30 for safety from the coronavirus. The venue already had an- series of Diffie titles into its narrative, and Chris Young’s “Raised On Country” nounced the suspension of its programming, including film screenings and its likewise gave Diffie and “Honky Tonk Attitude” a shoutout. Songwriter Series, through May 12 … The Grand Ole Opry will continue with Prine already has conquered multiple health issues, surviving throat cancer its current run of Saturday broadcasts, aired without a live audience, through in 1998 and lung cancer in 2013. His graceful public adjustment only added to April 25. The March 28 edition featured Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Jenny Gill the respect he earned as a masterful songwriter who uses conversational lan- and Corrina Grant Gill … The Nashville Songwriters Association International guage to invoke deep personal and cultural statements through such songs as rescheduled its Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival for Oct. 19-24 … The Coun- “Angel From Montgomery,” “Paradise” and “Some Humans Ain’t Human.” try Music Association pledged $100,000 to Music Health Alliance to assist “This world desperately needs him around as long as possible,” tweeted John the Nashville music community’s health needs in the face of the COVID-19 Paul White, formerly of The Civil Wars. “Side note: F you, Coronavirus.” pandemic. MHA has developed a coronavirus relief resource guide, acces- Some artists treated Prine’s affliction and Diffie’s death as a call to action sible here … Former Reunion of Professional Entertainers president Marty to educate audiences in the heartland, which has reacted more slowly to the Martel died March 29. He owned Midnight Special Productions for more spread of the coronavirus than the states that were hit first. than three decades, handling booking and/or management for such acts as “Man RIP Joe Diffie. A staple for so much about what I love in country music,” Johnny Paycheck, Ray Price and Jean Shepard. tweeted Travis Denning. “This shit is real y’all. Please stay home and stay safe.” Kendell Marvel was more direct: “Anybody out there not taking this shit serious we just lost @JoeDiffieOnline to Covid and it breaks my heart and infuriates me that some of you don’t take it serious. Wake the hell up.” Howard’s passing meant the loss of a longtime Opry figure who deftly bal- anced class and slyly acerbic humor. She earned two top 10 country singles dur- ing the 1960s, including “Evil on Your Mind” (No. 5, 1966), plus four top 10 duets with Bill Anderson. She also penned “My Son,” a tribute to her own child who died in service in Vietnam. The song received attention in the PBS series Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns. And even Howard’s departure, although unrelated to the coronavirus, was Lee Brice and songwriter Rob Hatch formed Pump House Records viewed through the prism of COVID-19. and are producing an album for the label’s flagship artist, singer- “She left this world peacefully, without suffering or pain and without con- songwriter Nick Norman. From left at Nashville’s Southern Ground tracting this terrible virus,” posted her longtime friend, RCA Studio B tour guide Studios: Brice, investors Kristi Hutchins and Derek Hutchins, Norman,

Ron Harman, on Facebook. “That is comforting.” Hatch and co-producer/engineer Elisha Hoffman. LAUER CHASE BRICE: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 23, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 21

‘Pickup Man’ & More: Joe Diffie’s Biggest Billboard Hits The late singer-songwriter scored 17 top 10s, including five No. 1s, on the Hot Country Songs chart By Gary Trust

Joe Diffie, who died from complications stemming from COVID-19 on Here is a recap of Diffie’s 20 biggest songs on Billboard’s Hot Country March 29 at age 61, became a staple of country radio in the early 1990s Songs chart. and a force on Billboard’s charts throughout the decade and beyond. Joe Diffie’s Biggest Billboard Hits Diffie tallied 35 entries on the Hot Country Songs survey from 1990 through 2004, with the bulk of them 1. “Pickup Man” No. 1 peak (four weeks), 1994 released on Epic Records. Seventeen of those hit the 2. “Third Rock From the Sun” No. 1 (two weeks), 1994 top 10 and five rose to No. 1, beginning with his debut 3. “Bigger Than The Beatles” No. 1 (two weeks), 1996 single, “Home,” which led the list dated Nov. 10, 1990. 4. “If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)” No. 1 “There’s a lot of potential in this guy. I love his voice,” (one week), 1991 Rick Stevens, then-program director of KRRV Alexan- 5. “Home” No. 1 (one week), 1990 dria, La., mused about Diffie in the Billboard issue dated 6. “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)” No. 3, Aug. 4, 1990. Then-WWYZ Hartford, Conn., music di- 1993 rector John Saville said, “If you like George Strait, Clint 7. “New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)” No. 2, 1991 Black and Merle Haggard, you’re gonna love Joe Diffie. 8. “John Deere Green” No. 5, 1994 He has the best elements of everybody.” 9. “Ships That Don’t Come In” No. 5, 1992 On Top Country Albums, Diffie charted 12 titles from 10. “If You Want Me To” No. 2, 1991 1990 through 2013, including the top 10s Honky Tonk 11. “So Help Me Girl” No. 2, 1995 DIFFIE Attitude (in 1993) and Third Rock From the Sun (1994). 12. “Honky Tonk Attitude” No. 5, 1993 The sets reached Nos. 10 and 6, respectively. 13. “Is It Cold in Here” No. 5, 1992 During his career, Diffie’s songs drew 225 million on-demand audio 14. “It’s Always Somethin’ ” No. 5, 2000 streams, and he sold 4 million albums in the United States, according to 15. “Texas Size Heartache” No. 4, 1998 Nielsen Music/MRC Data. 16. “A Night to Remember” No. 6, 1999 In addition, he cowrote Holly Dunn’s “There Goes My Heart Again,” a No. 17. “In Another World” No. 10, 2002 4 Hot Country Songs hit in 1989, and Jo Dee Messina’s 2005 chart-topper 18. “Tougher Than Nails” No. 19, 2004 “My Give a Damn’s Busted.” 19. “Next Thing Smokin’ ” No. 16, 1992 Meanwhile, Diffie drew shoutouts in Jason Aldean’s “1994,” a No. 10 20. “Not Too Much to Ask” (Mary Chapin Carpenter with Diffie), hit in 2013, with Aldean singing, “1994, Joe Diffie comin’ out my radio,” No. 15, 1992 name-checking multiple Diffie hits and repeating his name. “He’s one of the best vocalists we’ve had in this town in years,” Aldean told Billboard regard- Diffie’s biggest Billboard hits are based on actual performance on the weekly Hot ing Diffie in 2012. Said Diffie of the song, written by Thomas Rhett, Luke Country Songs chart through the March 28, 2020, ranking. Songs are ranked based Laird and Barry Dean, “Jason’s found a really cool niche, and he dang sure on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and delivered. To think Jason’s fans will be chanting my name … pretty dang cool. weeks at lower ranks earning lesser values. Due to changes in chart methodology “Every time I hear the song, it puts a huge grin on my face,” he added. “It over the years, certain eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover makes me feel that what I worked so hard at actually mattered to someone.” rates over various periods.

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With at-home performances making an impact on streaming platforms and March 31 in the March 29 Fox program The iHeart Living Room Concert for America, • 2015 — Clarkson Potter publishes CBS has two country specials lined up for the coming week. April 1 brings the Trisha’s Table: My Feel-Good Favorites hourlong Garth & Trisha Live! direct from the home of Garth Brooks and Trisha for a Balanced Life, the third cookbook Yearwood. Additionally, Kane Brown and John Legend will present the first authored by Trisha Yearwood. The live version of their new collaboration, “Last Time I Say Sorry,” during ACM foreword is written by some guy named Presents: Our Country, a two-hour April 5 presentation that fills a slot vacated by Garth Brooks. the postponement of the Academy of Country Music Awards. Others in the mix • 2005 — The Cole County Sheriff’s for that telecast include Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Department in Missouri deputizes Line, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs and Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani. Chely Wright so she can participate WRIGHT The ACM Awards are now set for Sept. 16. on the Jefferson City law enforcement agency’s team during a charity basketball game. Her team wins. Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson wrote “Good Hearted Woman” during a poker game, April 1 so it’s appropriate that Nelson is betting on Flow- • 2019 — MCA releases Jordan Davis’ “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot” Play, the company behind online social gaming to radio. site CasinoWorld.com. Structures that represent • 2014 — April fools! The Nashville Scene reports the Bluebird Cafe will his Luck Texas ranch are now available as play- close in June, to be replaced by a Jimmy Buffett Cheeseburger in ers build their cities in the site’s virtual gam- Paradise franchise. bling universe, and participants can now present themselves through numerous country-themed April 2 avatars. Nelson is not specifically available as • 2017 — Thomas Rhett wins in two categories during the 52nd annual an avatar, though his name is emblazoned on CASINO WORLD Academy of Country Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena in Las T-shirts and trademark bandanas. AVATAR Vegas. He earns male vocalist of the year, and “Die a Happy Man” claims song of the year. Their last names place Kip Moore and Craig Morgan fairly close together on alphabetical lists of country artists, and they’re also closely aligned in upcom- April 3 ing album releases. Morgan’s next project, God, Family, Country, is set for a • 2004 — Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker hoist “When the Sun May 22 arrival, and Moore’s Wild World will hit the market on May 29. Also Goes Down” to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. on the way are Colt Ford’s Chicken and Biscuits (Second Helping) (April 17), Wheeler Walker Jr.’s Fuck You Bitch: All-Time Greatest Hits (May 1) and Black- April 4 berry Smoke’s Live From Capricorn (June 19). • 2018 — Kane Brown collects platinum awards from the RIAA for his self-titled album and for the single “Heaven.” The Library of Congress announced two pop crossover singles from the 1960s • 1980 — Mickey Gilley records “Stand by Me” in Nashville for the — Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman” and Eddy Arnold’s “Make the World movie Urban Cowboy. Go Away” — among this year’s 25 new additions to the National Recording Registry. It marked the first entry for both artists in the registry, which de- April 5 buted with 50 titles in 2002. Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always • 2000 — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill perform on Sesame Street with Love You,” penned by Dolly Parton, also made the list. Parton was previously Elmo, Herry Monster, Cookie Monster, Telly Monster and Lulu. recognized in 2011 for her single “Coat of Many Colors.” Go here for the full • 1999 — Loretta Lynn performs the national anthem and throws Recording Registry list. out the ceremonial first pitch to Kenny Rogers for the opening-day game at Cincinnati’s Cinergy Stadium. The visiting San Francisco Giants defeat the Reds, 11-8. Top Headlines from .com Click on headlines below for more details April 6 • 2007 — Luke Bryan sings “All My Friends Say” for his Grand Ole A Tornado Hit Their Homes. Now Nashville Execs Are Opry debut. Picking Up The Pieces During A Pandemic Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database How The Huge Coronavirus Relief Package Helps Artists, Roadies & Other Out-Of-Work Music Professionals

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SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH ) HH 1 1 1 56 THE BONES No. 1 (4 weeks Maren Morris RC 1 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 2 2 2 26 10,000 HOURS Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber RC 1 D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.J.DILLON,J.REYNOLDS,J.D.BIEBER,J.BOYD) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR I HOPE 3 4 4 48 Gabby Barrett 6 3 l R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 4 3 3 53 HOMESICK Kane Brown 5 3 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE NOBODY BUT YOU 5 9 8 15 Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 8 5 l S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN HH HH 6 8 11 23 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Airplay Gainer Luke Bryan 1 6 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,R.COPPERMAN,H.LINDSEY,J.M.NITE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 7 6 5 25 KINFOLKS Sam Hunt 7 3 Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE 8 7 7 52 ONE MAN BAND Old Dominion RC 2 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.F.TURSI,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT 9 12 10 36 Jordan Davis 4 9 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,L.L.FOWLER) MCA NASHVILLE 10 5 6 28 HOMEMADE Jake Owen 3 5 J.MOI,D.COHEN (B.GOLDSMITH,J.MULLINS,D.PARKER,B.PINSON) BIG LOUD CHASIN’ YOU 11 11 9 32 Morgan Wallen 11 9 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 12 10 14 38 Ingrid Andress 9 10 l S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA CATCH 13 13 15 39 Brett Young 2 13 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) BMLG THE GAMBLER Kenny Rogers 14 RE-ENTRY 17 RC 1 l L.BUTLER (D.A.SCHLITZ. JR.) UNITED ARTISTS/CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UME DOES TO ME 15 16 17 11 Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 12 15 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 16 15 16 24 Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 13 12 l BUSBEE (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE HH HH 17 18 18 29 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Digital & Streaming Gainer Kelsea Ballerini RC 14 l J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) BLACK RIVER BEER CAN’T FIX 18 17 19 13 Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 10 17 l D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY HH HH 19 NEW 1 THE OTHER GIRL Hot Shot Debut Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey - 19 l R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Kenny Rogers Duet With Dolly Parton 20 RE-ENTRY 24 RC 1 l B.GIBB,K.RICHARDSON,A.GALUTEN (B.A.GIBB,R.H.GIBB,M.E.GIBB) RCA/LEGACY AFTER A FEW 21 19 21 24 Travis Denning 14 19 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,K.ARCHER,J.WEAVER) MERCURY HERE AND NOW 22 20 22 5 Kenny Chesney 15 20 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA HARD TO FORGET 23 35 39 7 Sam Hunt 22 23 l Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE BLUEBIRD 24 21 28 17 Miranda Lambert 26 21 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 25 22 24 36 Maddie & Tae 23 22 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 1 WK ROSS COPPERMAN  1 34 WKS DANN HUFF  2 JIMMY ROBBINS  2 JOEY MOI  3 JOSH OSBORNE  3 GREG KURSTIN  4 DON ALAN SCHLITZ, JR.  4 ROSS COPPERMAN  5 JON NITE  5 DAN SMYERS  6 LUKE COMBS  6 SCOTT HENDRICKS  TIE 7 LAURA VELTZ  7 ZACH CROWELL  TIE 7 MAREN MORRIS  SHANE MCANALLY  9 SHANE MCANALLY  8 TIE 10 JORDAN DAVIS  SCHLITZ 9 SCOTT MOFFATT  TIE 10 LONNIE FOWLER  10 JAY JOYCE 

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 30, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 21

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION IN BETWEEN 26 23 27 21 Scotty McCreery 16 23 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) T RIPLE TIGERS MONSTERS 27 28 29 19 Eric Church 17 27 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE) EMI NASHVILLE GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME 28 24 25 4 Keith Urban 21 21 l K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE LONELY IF YOU ARE 29 26 23 30 Chase Rice 28 23 l C. DESTEFANO,C.RICE (C.RICE,L.RIMES,H.PHELPS) DAC K JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 30 27 26 20 BETTER TOGETHER Luke Combs - 14 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE DROWNING 31 30 31 27 Chris Young 29 18 l C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.A.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE MY TRUCK 32 33 34 7 Breland - 32 l KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC DRINKING ALONE 33 32 32 20 Carrie Underwood 19 32 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 34 31 36 13 ONE BEER HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 33 31 J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD HER WORLD OR MINE 35 34 35 22 Michael Ray 24 31 l S.HENDRICKS (J.PAULIN,T.DENNING,B.BEAVERS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 36 29 20 4 GASLIGHTER Dixie Chicks 49 20 J.M.ANTONOFF,DIXIE CHICKS (M.MAGUIRE,E.STRAYER,N.MAINES,J.M.ANTONOFF) COLUMBIA/IN2UNE ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG 37 37 38 15 LOCASH 20 36 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 38 38 37 13 Ashley McBryde 30 35 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLA NTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR WHY WE DRINK 39 39 41 8 Justin Moore 25 39 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY JUST THE WAY 40 40 42 6 Parmalee x Blanco Brown - 40 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK WHAT COULD’VE BEEN 41 41 40 17 Gone West 31 38 l J.KENNEY (C.CAILLAT,J.K.YOUNG,J.REEVES,D.J.REEVES,J.KENNEY) TRIPLE TIGERS BIG, BIG PLANS 42 44 43 24 Chris Lane 45 33 l J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD 43 36 30 20 BLESSINGS Florida Georgia Line RC 23 J.MOI,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,T.DOUGLAS,J.FRASURE,J.M.SCHMIDT,E.K.SMITH) BMLG GETTING GOOD 44 42 33 7 Lauren Alaina 47 33 l D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY DONE 45 45 46 5 Chris Janson 27 45 l C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR COVER ME UP 46 43 44 21 Morgan Wallen - 35 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.J.ISBELL) BIG LOUD THIS IS US Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 47 RE-ENTRY 2 - 47 l A.BOWERS (N.CYRUS,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,I.JUBER,D.EMILE II) RE CORDS/COLUMBIA/STONEY CREEK 48 25 — 2 ONE MARGARITA Luke Bryan 59 25 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE I LOVE MY COUNTRY 49 NEW 1 Florida Georgia Line 18 49 l C.CROWDER,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (C.CROWDER,E.K.SMITH,R.VOJTESAK) BMLG 50 48 48 5 DETAILS Billy Currington 32 47 M.TRUSSELL (M.TRUSSELL,N.GALYON,S.L.OLSEN) MERCURY

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

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

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2020 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,029,000 1,129,579,000 305,153,000 Album ’19 11.40 million Consumption 11,397,000 12,412,000 8.9% ’20 12.41 million Last Week 965,000 1,085,800,000 273,555,000 Album Sales 2,278,000 1,884,000 -17.3% Change 6.6% 4.0% 11.6% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 11,095,828,000 13,199,258,000 19.0% ’19 16.51 billion This Week Last Year 1,007,000 1,017,979,000 259,395,000 ’20 14.03 billion Change 2.2% 11.0% 17.6% Video On-Demand 2,936,474,000 3,314,368,000 12.9%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending March 26, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit.

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SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS STREAMING SONGS DIGITAL SONG SALES

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

ON CHT ARTIST ARTIST 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 10,000 HOURS THE GAMBLER KENNY ROGERS THE BEST OF KENNY ROGERS: THROUGH THE YEARS 1 1 25 1 RE-ENTRY 1 NEW 1 1 l DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER  l KENNY ROGERS  l CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028792/UME THE BONES ISLANDS IN THE STREAM KELSEA BALLERINI KELSEA 2 2 38 2 NEW NEW 1 2 MAREN MORRIS  l KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON  l2 BLACK RIVER 2020* ONE MAN BAND THE OTHER GIRL LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 3 3 31 3 NEW 3 1 1 20 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 l OLD DOMINION  l KELSEA BALLERINI X HALSEY  I HOPE LADY 2 2 147 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 1 l4 5 22 l4 NEW l4 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 GABBY BARRETT  KENNY ROGERS  HEARTLESS THROUGH THE YEARS 3 3 95 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 3 l5 4 32 l5 NEW l5 BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX 0 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  KENNY ROGERS  WHISKEY GLASSES NOBODY BUT YOU BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 6 7 58 6 3 15 6 4 4 15 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI  HOMESICK WE’VE GOT TONIGHT KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 7 6 13 7 NEW 7 5 5 72 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1 l KANE BROWN  l KENNY ROGERS AND SHEENA EASTON  KINFOLKS I HOPE CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 8 8 23 8 2 30 8 6 7 256 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l SAM HUNT  GABBY BARRETT  HOMECOMING QUEEN? 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MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Johnny McGuire Intros His Solo Career With An Edgy Breakup Song

“I can say that it’s over.” “Some people said, ‘Hemingway; is that like a gun? Like a Remington or The opening line of Johnny McGuire’s debut single, “I Can’t Even,” is a something?’ ” observes McGuire. “You’ve got this saying, ‘I can’t even,’ which, blunt introduction to the song’s storyline: an overview of a man struggling people make fun of it, like it’s a Valley girl from the ’90s, but then it has sub- with the dissolution of a meaningful romantic relationship. stance, dropping Hemingway.” The timing unintentionally fits McGuire on a professional level, too. It’s his The most important drop might be the descending melody that opens the first solo single since the breakup of Walker McGuire, a duo that released three chorus. Typically, writers try to provide some sort of lift in the chorus, so the singles from 2017-2019. Lead singer Jordan downward trajectory of those first notes cre- Walker found success during that run as a ates an unusual sonic tension and announces cowriter of Luke Combs’ “When It Rains It the chorus’ arrival at the same time. Pours,” and he decided in February 2019 to “It’s such a unique melody that it just kind focus on writing and stay off the road as he of had its own thing, so that the dynamic be- builds a young family. tween the verse and the chorus — it still felt “I’ve had a lot of people on socials and in like it lifted,” says Holman. the comments section say, ‘Is this [song] about “The chorus really pops like it does be- you guys?’ ” McGuire says. “Any emotions that cause it’s a super-conversational verse with I was going through at the time, maybe that not many crazy moves going on melodically,” drew me to the song subconsciously. But as far adds McNair. “Then that chorus comes in, and as like maliciousness and feeling any grudge it’s super-melodic. And the phrasing is so dif- on the past, there wasn’t any there.” ferent that I think that’s what kind of made As the harmony singer for an act that never that song win.” peaked higher than No. 35 on Country Air- Holman produced the demo that play, McGuire was an unknown commodity to day with HARDY singing lead across a most of the marketplace. But BBR executive keyboard-driven chorus. vp Jon Loba left the door open for a solo deal MCGUIRE “Normally, I would play heavy guitars or and gave McGuire and producer Mickey Jack rhythm guitars in the chorus,” Holman says. Cones (Dustin Lynch, Joe Nichols) a green light to find and record four songs. “But The Chainsmokers were really happening right then, so I put these like “Johnny’s vocals are so unique,” says Cones. “They have a texture to them Chainy synths in that would kind of swell.” and a raspiness, but it also has a bite to it.” The song drew some interest around town — the writers collectively be- They rounded up three songs fairly easily. The fourth, “I Can’t Even,” came lieve Morgan Wallen, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean all flirted with “I Can’t from Big Loud singer-songwriter HARDY, who had just released his own first Even” — but when it slid through the system, McGuire was able to pick it up for single, “Rednecker.” Tree Vibez creative director/tour manager Adam Ro- his first solo session at Nashville’s Omni Sound on April 11, 2019. Drummer maine played it for McGuire on the way to a pickup basketball game, and Mc- Lester Estelle played spacious rhythms, punching up key moments in Mc- Guire related it to his sister and an ex-girlfriend; both had used that “I can’t Guire’s vocal. Bassist Jimmie Lee Sloas found a few spots for melodic bursts, even” phrase on him more than once. and Troy Lancaster fashioned the beginnings of a Southern-rock guitar solo “I didn’t really get it at first,” he says. “Then I realized it wasn’t a term of that Cones finished in a later overdub session. Lancaster also applied a synth endearment, and I was kind of the butt of the joke.” effect to his guitar to create a sound in the intro that has a tinge of Snoop Dogg McGuire wanted “I Can’t Even,” and he was happily surprised when HARDY “Gin and Juice” tones. let him have it. HARDY, after all, had written “Growin’ Up,” the song that Underneath it all is an occasional sense that a phone is vibrating — almost Walker McGuire had abandoned when the duo broke up, and McGuire thought as if the ex is calling to get back together. HARDY could have cut “I Can’t Even” for his own career. “I use a program called Stylus, [into which] you can program a drum kind “I don’t know if it’s necessarily my sound,” says HARDY. “I had a huge of thing, but it’s more eccentric loops and subfrequencies and a lot of similar pile of songs.” things,” says Cones. “It does vibrate because it’s a pulsing thing. It’s prob- “I Can’t Even” was already nearly 2 years old by then. HARDY wrote it with ably in there six, maybe eight times, because I just threw it in there in spots.” Mark Holman (“Simple”) and James McNair (“See You Try”) on Florida Amid the slight hip-hop and Southern rock influences, McGuire’s edgy tone Georgia Line’s Tree Vibez bus outside the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, and the dark chorus combine to create a sinewy 3 Doors Down/Puddle of Ontario, on May 3, 2017. Holman — who has produced or played on records by Mudd effect, though Mike Johnson’s steel guitar and McGuire’s Midwestern- James Durbin, The Struts and Foreigner — played some melancholy chords bred gravel keep it from sliding too far astray. that formed a backbone for the day. “We did countrify it up a little bit, as much as we could,” says McGuire. “But “Holman comes from the rock world, so a lot of his tracks and stuff that he I think the selling point for us was the voice. My voice on it makes it sound creates are very guitar-driven,” observes McNair. “Sonically, it stands out, enough country that it worked.” in that sense.” Wheelhouse released it to country radio on Feb. 10 via PlayMPE, giving No one remembers who had the “I Can’t Even” title, but they figured they McGuire an angry vehicle to introduce himself to the world. It’s an appro- could use it to relate a familiar plot about a broken heart in a small town. That priate attitude for the song, but don’t think for a second that it applies to the opening salvo, “I can say that it’s over,” is just the first in a row of dominos. breakup of his duo. “You’re saying like, ‘I can say this,’ ‘I can do this,’ ‘I can do that,’ ” notes “The whole Walker McGuire experience is really college to what I’m doing,” HARDY. “That’s kind of the trick, too. What you can’t do is in the chorus.” he suggests. “It got me these relationships with radio, and it taught me how The most interesting of those can-do items is held until the second verse: to entertain people and how to be onstage. In all honesty, every single step I “I can dive into Hemingway.” took — including Walker McGuire — led me to where I am now.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 30, 2020 | PAGE 19 OF 21 Country Airplay Index

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GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold H.Phelps) 28 West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Davis, B.Day, D.Ross, M.Whitworth) 42 Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 35 BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum C   Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 21 Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ H   Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 51 Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 2 HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ M   Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, On The Line, BMI (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Rhett) 40 CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill T   Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV Compositions, ASCAP/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At C.Wiseman) 11 Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 53 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 22 Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/ MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack HEAD OVER HEELS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songwriters of Platinum 57 Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 17 G.Smith)  Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, MORE HEARTS THAN MINE What Is An W   LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/Big Ingrid, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From J.Osborne) 39 Deal Beats, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, T.Cecil, The Art Music, BMI/Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/ WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, J.Mullins) 48 Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing D   ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 9 Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP DETAILS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ N   (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 31 Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., WHAT I‚ÄôM LEAVING FOR Universal Music Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 15 BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP/BMG ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 32 Songs LLC, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/ Platinum Songs US, BMI/Mason Jar Moonshine Music HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So DIAMONDS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Good Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, M.R.Premnath, L.J.Veltz) 44 BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Words And Music, ASCAP/That Was EZ, BMI/Songs Of Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 24 Inc., BMI (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 8 WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.Evans, C. Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ DeStefano, E.K.Bogart) 56 HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (T.Howell, DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five B.Lancaster, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 52 Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 37 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 3 O   Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ D.Ruttan) 23 HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass J.M.Nite) 1 DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, J.Mitchell) 33 Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. T.Phillips) 5 Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 12 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, I   Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, I DO FOR YOU Riser House Tunes, SESAC/Golden Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative 25 BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Walls Music, SESAC/The Song Factory LLC, SESAC/Double Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover)  Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Gobble Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (M.D.Carmichael, America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 20 Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, J.Melton) 46 M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 27 ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys I DON’T LOVE YOU Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Yamomma, ASCAP/Alrighty Den Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, ASCAP/ Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Music, BMI/Songs Of Mojo Two, ASCAP/Songs Of A Carl Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 59 D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 19 Music, ASCAP (A.Hambrick, M.Fuller, N.A.Medley) 54 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 30, 2020 | PAGE 20 OF 21 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane O   (Songwriter) Chart Position Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, 10,000 HOURS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Shay Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, T.Phillips) 4 Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WC Music D.Ruttan) 25 J.Mitchell) 34 I   Corp., ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Music Corp., ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/ DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, J.Boyd) 2 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative A   Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 15 G.Barrett) 3 Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 37 AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather ONE MAN BAND WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 21 M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 45 Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 16 ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, B   DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D I LOVE MY COUNTRY Georgia Song Vibez, Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Rosen, B.F.Tursi, J.Osborne) 8 Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 33 BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (C. ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Crowder, E.K.Smith, R.Vojtesak) 49 Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud R.B.Tedder) 18 Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, ASCAP/ Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/ ASCAP/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 48 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ SESAC (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 31 Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, G   F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 26 Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music R.Montana) 30 SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love THE GAMBLER Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Gibb Brothers RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ ASCAP (D.A.Schlitz. Jr.) 14 Music, BMI/Crompton Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 38 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud US, BMI/Unichappell Music, Inc., BMI (B.A.Gibb, R.H.Gibb, Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez GASLIGHTER Woolly Puddin’ Music, BMI/Songs M.E.Gibb) 20 THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Scrapin’ Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Warner Geo Met E.K.Smith) 42 Toast, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/ J   Ric Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Ducky Donath Music, BMI (M. Music, BMI/17Black Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BLESSINGS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Maguire, E.Strayer, N.Maines, J.M.Antonoff) 36 JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 19 Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan S   Countryside, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Warner- Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 40 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 44 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red K   Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 9 Music, ASCAP/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 T   T.Douglas, J.Frasure, J.M.Schmidt, E.K.Smith) 43 Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 28 Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Smackborne Music, ASCAP  Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, H   J.Osborne) 7 Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ L   Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 24 Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Platinum Songs US, BMI (N.Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music I.Juber, D.Emile II) 47 Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, W   Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV H.Phelps) 29 Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, M   BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 23 Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space L.J.Veltz) 1 MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 41 C   Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 27 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 22 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE What Is An Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Ingrid, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, The Art Music, BMI/Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/ Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 13 Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, J.M.Nite) 6 ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 12 CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 35 WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/ Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, C.Wiseman) 11 Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D. Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape COVER ME UP Fame Publishing Company LLC, Breland, T.Taylor, K.Austin, D.Barton, T.Zeigler) 32 BMI/Songs Of Emchant, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music N.Galyon) 17 Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 39 Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.J.Isbell) 46 HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of N   Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins D   It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack DETAILS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Songs LLC, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/ Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, 10 Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson)  Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 50 Inc., BMI (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 5 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 30, 2020 | PAGE 21 OF 21 CODA On April 6, 1985, John Schneider’s 85, while a soundtrack from the 35 Years Ago “Country Girls” sped 3-1 on Hot series, including Schneider’s “In Country Songs. the Driver’s Seat,” hit No. 12 on John Schneider’s Written by Troy Seals and Eddie Top Country Albums in 1982. He Setser, the song became Schnei- first hit Hot Country Songs with der’s second of four No. 1s among his No. 4-peaking cover of Elvis ‘Country Girls’ 10 top 10s that he banked between Presley’s 1960 Billboard Hot 100 1981-87. leader “It’s Now or Never.” Drove To No. 1 Schneider was born in Mount Schneider has additionally Kisco, N.Y., and was still a teen starred in multiple movies and TV In 1985, the song became when he rocketed to fame, landing projects, including the Oprah Win- the role of Bo Duke in the CBS-TV frey Network’s The Haves and Have the actor-singer’s second hit The Dukes of Hazzard. He starred Nots, on which he has played the Hot Country Songs leader alongside Tom Wopat —who role of Jim Cryer since 2013. charted 10 Hot Country Songs Now 59, Schneider married entries himself — Catherine Bach longtime girlfriend Alicia Allain and an ensemble cast from 1979- in 2019. —JIM ASKER

Schneider in June 1983 in Indian Hills, Calif.

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