THOMAS RHETT T-Shirt Valory Music Co. (BMLG)
T-Shirt tops for a second CONTENTS week with 4K Spins! — Charts Dear Readers; This week we celebrate a milestone. For the first time in CDX TRACtion chart history the#1 record garnered over 4,000 detections in the chart week! Congratulations to Thomas Rhett and all the fine folks atValory (BMLG) for holding the top spot with “T-Shirt” for a second week in a row with an increase of 234 spins. THIS WEEK’S MOST ADDED AWARD GOES TO… BRAD PAISLEY (FEATURING DEMI LOVATO) “Without A Fight” Arista Nashville (SMN) WITH A MASSIVE 54 ADD WEEK! Which led to them to also grab the GREATEST SPIN GAINER AWARD with a huge +632 spin increase. HEARTY CONGRATS GOES TO BRAD PAISLEY, DEMI LOVATO and our friends at Arista Nashville (SMN)!
PAGE 2-4 We are very happy to see the following make their chart debut this week! — 38 BRAD PAISLEY (FEATURING DEMI LOVATO)/Without A Fight/Arista Nashville (SMN) Chart Breakouts 44 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) PAGE 5-6 56 PARMALEE/Roots/Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) — 60 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin’ Her/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) Currently On CDX 67 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song/Atlantic (WMN) PAGE 6 77 MADDIE & TAE/Sierra/Dot Records (BMLG) — Please note the panel changes on page 4. Please go here to sign up for the tracking beta group http://www. cdxnashville.com/cdx-traction-for-radio-stations/ Fill out the form and see the full chart and tracking.
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1 1 THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 4018 234 116 1 15 5 2 BLAKE SHELTON/Came Here To Forget/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 3931 282 119 0 11 2 3 LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin' Every Day/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 3912 175 118 1 7 3 4 DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader/Broken Bow Records (BBRMG) 3713 44 117 1 17 4 5 OLD DOMINION/Snapback/RCA Nashville (SMN) 3601 -54 116 0 17 7 6 TIM MCGRAW/Humble and Kind/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 3447 43 118 0 17 10 7 KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 3320 366 113 1 7 8 8 MAREN MORRIS/My Church/Columbia Nashville (SMN) 3228 18 117 0 17 9 9 KENNY CHESNEY/Noise/Columbia Nashville (SMN) 3116 60 117 1 7 6 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 3086 -374 117 0 17 11 11 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 2972 110 118 0 14 12 12 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells/Arista Nashville (SMN) 2854 198 117 1 7 13 13 JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On/Broken Bow Records (BBRMG) 2754 147 115 2 7 14 14 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 2728 125 115 0 17 16 15 JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song/RCA Nashville (SMN) 2524 105 115 0 11 15 16 FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 2472 49 116 2 17 17 17 JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 2312 9 115 0 17 18 18 CHRIS LANE/Fix/Big Loud Records 2180 -27 110 0 17 21 19 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 1950 134 109 3 13 20 20 KIP MOORE/Running For You/MCA Records (UMGN) 1938 75 110 1 17 19 21 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire/MCA Records (UMGN) 1894 27 111 0 17 23 22 SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me/MCA Records (UMGN) 1821 141 102 2 12 27 23 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y./Republic Nashville (BMLG) 1679 414 103 13 4 24 24 KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan/Black River Entertainment 1653 170 104 5 10 22 25 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle/Mercury Records (UMGN) 1630 -52 111 1 17 26 26 TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On/Dot Records (BMLG) 1336 38 90 0 9 25 27 ZAC BROWN BAND/Castaway/Varvatos (BMLG) 1304 6 96 2 5 29 28 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 1228 96 92 5 17 30 29 JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 1222 90 94 3 17 28 30 CAM/Mayday/Arista Nashville (SMN) 1204 41 86 2 15
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31 31 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream/Dot Records (BMLG) 1113 18 86 0 17 32 32 BIG & RICH (FEATURING TIM MCGRAW)/Lovin' Lately/Big & Rich Records 1103 9 96 0 17 34 33 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To/Mercury Records (UMGN) 1005 45 77 2 17 35 34 LOCASH/I Know Somebody/Reviver Records 913 47 78 4 16 36 35 BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 829 27 74 0 12 38 36 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute/Mercury Records (UMGN) 740 111 67 12 3 37 37 KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober/RCA Nashville (SMN) 696 -10 66 0 13 -- 38 BRAD PAISLEY (FT. DEMI LOVATO)/Without A Fight/Arista Nashville (SMN) 632 632 54 54 1 39 39 GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits/Wheelhouse (BBRMG) 625 26 54 1 7 43 40 BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You/Republic Nashville (BMLG) 477 74 46 5 10 47 41 OLIVIA LANE/Make My Own Sunshine/Big Spark Music Group 446 87 45 6 16 40 42 TRACE ADKINS/Jesus and Jones/Wheelhouse (BBRMG) 445 -28 52 1 17 41 43 RANDY HOUSER/Song Number 7/Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) 440 5 40 0 7 -- 44 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 430 430 38 38 1 45 45 AARON WATSON/Bluebonnets/Thirty Tigers 411 47 41 4 7 42 46 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Reckless/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 405 1 35 1 7 46 47 BRIAN COLLINS/Healing Highway/Blue Light Entertainment LLC 397 37 37 0 11 44 48 JORDAN RAGER (WITH JASON ALDEAN)/Southern Boy/Broken Bow Records (BBRMG) 395 14 39 0 15 49 49 CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven/Red Bow Records (BBRMG) 343 33 32 3 7 48 50 CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo/MCA Records (UMGN) 318 -27 37 2 13 54 51 JERROD NIEMANN (FT. LEE BRICE)/A Little More Love/Curb Records 305 76 30 8 3 50 52 BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 272 -6 29 1 17 52 53 SPENCER'S OWN/Livin' In The Moment/Electric House 259 18 24 2 13 56 54 VINCE GILL (FT. LITTLE BIG TOWN)/Take Me Down/MCA Records (UMGN) 245 28 20 0 14 55 55 MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less/Atlantic (WMN) 242 17 27 4 5 -- 56 PARMALEE/Roots/Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) 236 236 22 22 1 53 57 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine/Atlantic (WMN) 231 -6 25 1 13 60 58 DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya/Cold River 209 23 21 5 17 58 59 CHARLES KELLEY/Lonely Girl/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 204 4 22 1 6 -- 60 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 199 199 20 20 1
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59 61 LOVE AND THEFT/Whiskey On My Breath/Curb Records 198 -2 22 1 16 69 62 ALAN JACKSON/The One You're Waiting On/Alan Country Records/EMI Records Nashville 189 67 16 5 2 57 63 JASON PRITCHETT (FT. BILLY DEAN)/Already A Dead Man/BDMG 184 -17 18 0 12 62 64 JANA KRAMER/Said No One Ever/Elektra Nashville (WMN) 182 8 22 2 9 61 65 LONESTAR/Never Enders/Shanachie Entertainment 180 -1 18 0 5 65 66 TONY JACKSON/Drink By Drink/DDS Entertainment 153 8 17 1 7 -- 67 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song/Atlantic (WMN) 152 152 12 12 1 63 68 EASTON CORBIN/Are You With Me/Mercury Records (UMGN) 150 -7 14 0 5 77 69 JAMES ROBERT WEBB/How That Feels/Bison Creek Records 140 37 15 0 4 64 70 DIANA UPTON-HILL/Southern Gentlemen/Third Floor Records 139 -14 17 0 9 JOSH ABBOTT BAND (FT. CARLY PEARCE)/Wasn't That Drunk/ 66 71 Pretty Damn Tough Records / Thirty Tigers 139 1 14 0 3 67 72 SMITH & WESLEY/Sweet Life/Garage Door Records 138 10 15 0 5 70 73 BROSEPH E. LEE/Right Where She Wants Me/Broseph E. Lee Music 120 1 13 1 17 75 74 RYAN BROSHEAR/Spin Me/Painted Horse Records 120 12 13 1 5 74 75 CASEY DONAHEW/Feels This Right/Almost Country Records 120 10 13 0 3 71 76 COODER GRAW/Heart of Breaking Up/Loud Country 119 4 7 2 2 -- 77 MADDIE & TAE/Sierra/Dot Records (BMLG) 115 115 9 9 1 68 78 ERIC CHESSER/I Can't Read Your Mind/BIG BIG Records Nashville 109 -18 12 1 11 80 79 RACHAEL TURNER/Aftershock/Rustic Records Incorporated 107 21 15 3 2 72 80 BREAKING SOUTHWEST/Ghost Town/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 100 -14 18 0 6 Number 1 = TRACtion only recognizes detections on songs that have been “fingerprinted.” We do our best to obtain and fingerprint all new releases; songs serviced through CDX are encoded automatically. A Most Added = song .wav file and information can also be sent to [email protected]. Spin Gainer =
Monitored Stations KATJ-FM Victorville, CA KRRG-FM Laredo, TX WDGG-FM Huntington, WV WKWS-FM Charleston, WV KBOE-FM Oskaloosa, IA KRRV-FM Alexandria, LA WDHR-FM Pikeville, KY WLUS-FM Clarksville, VA KCNY-FM Conway, AR KRVN-FM Lexington, NE WDKN-AM Dickson, TN WLVK-FM Elizabethtown, KY KDKD-FM Clinton, MO KSED-FM Flagstaff, AZ WDMS-FM Greenville, MS WMBZ-FM West Bend, WI KDXY-FM Jonesboro, AR KSJQ-FM St. Joseph, MO WDNB-FM Liberty, NY WMCI-FM Mattoon, IL KEZS-FM Cape Girardeau, MO KTTI-FM Yuma, AZ WDNE-FM Elkins, WV WMEV-FM Marion, VA KFAV-FM Warrenton, MO KTZA-FM Artesia, NM WDZQ-FM Decatur, IL WMKC-FM Cheboygan, MI KGKL-FM San Angelo, TX KUSQ-FM Worthington, MN WEIO-FM Huntingdon, TN WOKA-FM Douglas, GA KHBZ-FM Harrison, AR KVAY-FM Lamar, CO WFGE-FM State College, PA WOKK-FM Meridian, MS KHCM-FM Honolulu, HI KVRD-FM Cottonwood, AZ WFKY-FM Frankfort, KY WOLF-FM Syracuse, NY KHOK-FM Hoisington, KS KXIA-FM Marshalltown, IA WFRE-FM Frederick, MD WOOZ-FM Carterville, IL KIAI-FM Mason City, IA KXKZ-FM Ruston, LA WGGC-FM Bowling Green, KY WOWF-FM Crossville, TN KICR-FM Sandpoint, ID KXLY-FM Spokane, WA WGLR-FM Platteville, WI WPFX-FM Luckey, OH KITX-FM Hugo, OK KYCK-FM Grand Forks, ND WGRX-FM Fredericksburg, VA WRSF-FM Nags Head, NC KJAX-FM Jackson, WY KYEZ-FM Salina, KS WHGL-FM Troy, PA WQNZ-FM Natchez, MS KJOE-FM Pipestone, MN KYKX-FM Longview, TX WHKO-FM Dayton, OH WQSB-FM Albertville, AL KJUG-FM Tulare, CA KYNU-FM Jamestown, ND WHMA-FM Oxford, AL WSGS-FM Hazard, KY KKAJ-FM Ardmore, OK KYSM-FM Mankato, MN WHWY-FM Destin, FL WTNJ-FM Mount Hope, WV KKDY-FM West Plains, MO KYTN-FM Union City, TN WIBL-FM Normal, IL WTRS-FM Ocala, FL KKOW-FM Pittsburg, KS KYYK-FM Palestine, TX WIFE-FM Connersville, IN WTUZ-FM New Philadelphia, OH KMOM-FM Aberdeen, SD KZPK-FM St. Cloud, MN WINL-FM Linden, AL WTWF-FM Erie, PA KMRK-FM Odessa, TX WAKG-FM Danville, VA WJMQ-FM Shawano, WI WUBB-FM Savannah, GA KMXN-FM Lawrence, KS WAKX-FM Palm Coast, FL WJVL-FM Janesville, WI WUPY-FM Ontonagon, MI KMZU-FM Carrollton, MO WAXM-FM Big Stone Gap, VA WKDZ-FM Cadiz, KY WVMD-FM Cumberland, MD KNEB-FM Scottsbluff, NE WAXX-FM Altoona, WI WKFC-FM London, KY WWMS-FM Tupelo, MS KQSS-FM Miami, AZ WBKR-FM Owensboro, KY WKKW-FM Morgantown, WV WXBC-FM Hardinsburg, KY KQUS-FM Hot Springs, AR WBVR-FM Bowling Green, KY WKKY-FM Geneva, OH WXFL-FM Florence, AL KRAZ-FM Santa Maria, CA WBYZ-FM Baxley, GA WKLB-FM Waltham, MA WYGB-FM Franklin, IN KRFS-FM Superior, NE WCKN-FM Moncks Corner, SC WKPE-FM Hyannis, MA KRGI-FM Grand Island, NE WCOW-FM Sparta, WI WKSR-FM Pulaski, TN KRKT-FM Albany, OR WCTY-FM Norwich, CT WKTT-FM Salisbury, MD Strikethrough = Removed Bold = Newly Added Underlined = Frozen this Week WWW.CDXCD.COM/CDX-TRACTION “Monitored Radio Airplay” May 25, 2016 | PAGE 4 Most Added Adds BRAD PAISLEY (FT. DEMI LOVATO)/Without A Fight/ Arista Nashville (SMN) 54 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory/ Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 38 PARMALEE/Roots/ Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) 22 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her/ Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 20 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y./ Republic Nashville (BMLG) 13 CHRIS STAPLETON/Parachute/ Mercury Records (UMGN) 12 BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song/ Atlantic (WMN) 12 MADDIE & TAE/Sierra/ Dot Records (BMLG) 9 JERROD NIEMANN (FT. LEE BRICE)/A Little More Love/ Curb Records 8 OLIVIA LANE/Make My Own Sunshine/ Big Spark Music Group 6
Greatest Spin Increase Increase BRAD PAISLEY (FT. DEMI LOVATO)/Without A Fight/ Arista Nashville (SMN) 632 COLE SWINDELL/Middle Of A Memory/ Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 430 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/H.O.L.Y./ Republic Nashville (BMLG) 414 KEITH URBAN/Wasted Time/ Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 366 BLAKE SHELTON/Came Here To Forget/ Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 282 PARMALEE/Roots/ Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) 236 THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt/ Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 234 CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her/ Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 199 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells/ Arista Nashville (SMN) 198 LUKE BRYAN/Huntin', Fishin' And Lovin' Every Day/ Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 175
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