Country Update

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George Strait Is Still Urban, Musgraves, Dan + Shay: Past And The King >page 4 Present Co-Exist In 54th ACM Awards

Dan + Shay’s Billboard Nominations If awards shows are supposed to provide a good overview of got checked. Kacey Musgraves, whose Golden Hour propelled >page 10 where a particular genre stands, the 54th annual Academy of her to album and female artist of the year, dedicated her second Country Music Awards met the challenge on April 7. victory to “any woman, girl — or anybody, really — that is maybe Country’s redneck core? By opening with the Florida being told that her perspective or her style is too different to Georgia Line/Jason Aldean work.” New female artist winner Garth, Vince collaboration “You Can’t Hide Ashley McBryde sang about Ready Benefits Red,” ACM producers checked overcoming those negative voices >page 12 the lyrical box, and by closing in an acoustic rendering of “Girl with George Strait’s “Every Little Goin’ Nowhere.” And Little Big Honky Tonk,” they checked the Town addressed the attitudes sonic box, too. that hold women back in “The Whitley, Daniels The increasing acceptance of Daughters,” a piece that combs On Exhibit R&B tones? Check. Male artist those psychological hurdles so well >page 12 of the year winner Thomas that many females in the audience

Rhett tossed slinky pop into the — and Dierks Bentley, too — were proceedings with “Look What caught on camera crying. Makin’ Tracks: God Gave Her,” and Kane Brown Urban joined the Universal Music Group Nashville In some ways, the 54th awards Brad Paisley’s teamed with R&B vocalist Khalid party at the Skyfall Lounge at the Delano after found the ACM pressing the reset ‘My Miracle’ in a mashup of their hits “Good As winning the ACM’s entertainer of the year award. button. Musgraves ended Miranda >page 19 You” and “Saturday Nights.” He’s shown with UMGN president Cindy Mabe Lambert’s nine-year stranglehold Country’s communal nature? and wife Nicole Kidman. on female artist, Urban concluded Check again. Rhett said during his Aldean’s three-year reign as acceptance speech that he was friends with all of his fellow entertainer, and Dan + Shay snipped Brothers Osborne’s streak Country Coda: male-artist nominees. Keith Urban made a point before he of duo victories at two in a row. Thompson Square claimed his entertainer of the year honor to embrace the three In fact, only Old Dominion repeated a 2018 victory, with Circled No. 1 competitors in attendance (Aldean, Luke Bryan and Chris its second group of the year honor announced an hour prior to >page 24 Stapleton). And Dan + Shay — an act founded on harmony and the telecast. Chris Janson’s “Drunk Girl” was tabbed video of collaboration — swiped three trophies in the first 54 minutes: the year at the same time. Hours earlier, Brothers Osborne’s duo of the year and single and song of the year, for “Tequila.” collaboration with Bentley, “Burning Man,” picked up music Awareness of the idiom’s female problems? Yeah, even that event of the year. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 2 OF 24

Several batons were figuratively passed along the way. Brooks & Dunn, who won new duo or group of the year in 1992, sang their breakout hit, “Brand New Man,” with this year’s new male victor, Luke Combs. Eric Church gave tacit badass approval to McBryde by sharing the stage with her for a swampy version of his Desperate Man album-opener “The Snake.” And Strait, who won artist of the decade in 2009, bestowed the 2019 version of the award — now named after late ACM producer Dick Clark — on Aldean. In the process, Strait noted the changing country terrain: “New artists, new sounds, new ways to listen to the songs.” The new generation of artists clearly has a different mind-set, musically and/or culturally, than many of its predecessors. LOCASH held a listening party in Nashville for its new album, Brothers. New duo or group winner LANCO From left: LOCASH’s Chris Lucas; Billboard executive editor, West bounced and thumped its way through Coast/Nashville Melinda Newman; LOCASH’s Preston Brust; and BBR its just-released anthemic single, “Rival.” Music Group executive vp Jon Loba. Openly gay Shane McAnally claimed songwriter of the year in the days leading up to the ceremony, while confirmed lesbian Brandi Carlile joined Bentley on the bluegrass-flecked “Travelin’ Light.” McANALLY Despite the new attitudes and new stylistic alterations, the ACM’s overview captured plenty of moments that demonstrate country’s continuity. “That’s the reason I wear the cowboy hat right here,” said Aldean, pointing toward Strait’s western-bred visage. Strait invoked Johnny Cash imagery in the onstage backdrop during his performance of “God and Country Music,” Bryan threaded a reference to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Fishin’ in the Dark” in the chorus of his “Knockin’ Boots,” and Urban’s trip to the podium Jake Owen visited Cumulus’ syndicated The Ty Bentli Show at the Nash was accompanied by the strains of “Coming Home,” his pop-tinged 2018 campus on April 1. From left: Bentli, Owen and Bentli Show co-hosts single built around a reworked version of the key riff in Merle Haggard’s Tricia “T.J.” Jenkins and Chuck Wicks. classic “Mama Tried.” Stapleton’s stripped-down performance of “Simple Song” — delivered with folky acoustic guitar and a retro stand-up bass — reshaped a classic country theme, holding love and family up as the solution to the ailments of modern life: a lack of time, a lack of money, bad habits and bad health. And Reba McEntire provided the ultimate continuity, hosting the awards for the 16th time. She had at least five costume changes, with a bright purple model adding to the night’s colorful presentation. Bryan wore gold lamè in his front-row seat, Jimmie Allen hailed ACM Lifting Lives in a scarlet suit, Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley turned heads in Pepto-Bismol pink, and Lindsay Ell walked the pre-show carpet in fluorescent yellow. That level of flash owes a subtle debt to the rhinestone cowboys of old, who glittered in shiny Nudie suits even as they pledged allegiance to simple ideals. Loretta Lynn (center) was the guest of honor at a sold-out 87th birthday As much as the sounds, the spectacle and the changing culture in the 54th party on April 1 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena featuring loads of ACMs might shock those who participated in the first version, the 2019 overview stars. She’s pictured backstage with daughter Patsy Russell and Lynn’s

showed country is still, in its way, carrying on at least some of its family traditions. former publicist, The Brokaw Company co-owner David Brokaw. ACM COURTESY MCANALLY:

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Strait’s Honky Tonk Time Machine Debuts At No. 1; Ballerini Brings Women Back To Country Airplay Top 10

George Strait extends his record for the most No. 1s in the five-decade history by solo women hit that level of the chart: Morris’ “I Could Use a Love Song” of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart as the King of Country logs his 27th and Ballerini’s “Legends,” which both reached No. 1. The same stretch a year leader with the debut of Honky Tonk Time Machine (MCA Nashville/Universal before yielded three top 10s by females: Carrie Underwood’s “Dirty Laundry,” Music Group Nashville) on the list dated April 13. He continues to widen the the No. 1 “Road Less Traveled” by Lauren Alaina and Ballerini’s “Yeah Boy.” gap between the acts tied for the second-most No. 1s, Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson, each with 17. LUCKY SEVEN Luke Combs’ “Beautiful Crazy” (River House/Columbia Honky Tonk Time Machine starts with 51,000 equivalent album units Nashville) rules Country Airplay for a seventh week (38.6 million, down 4%). earned in the United States in the week ending April 4, “Crazy” is now tied for the second-longest rule in the according to Nielsen Music — the largest week of 2019 history of Country Airplay, which launched in 1990. It for any country album. With 44,000 of the sum in album matches Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” sales, the set also scores the biggest sales week of the (2004), Kenny Chesney’s “There Goes My Life” (2003- year for a country title. 04), Darryl Worley’s “Have You Forgotten?” (2003) and The album is Strait’s first new studio effort since Chesney’s “The Good Stuff” (2002). 2015’s Cold Beer Conversation, his most recent No. 1 Only one week stands between Combs’ fifth leader on the chart. He achieves his first chart-topping debut and the two longest-leading No. 1s, both with eight since Love Is Everything in 2013. frames in the penthouse: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Strait made his Top Country Albums debut on the list Buffet’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” (2003) and dated Oct. 3, 1981, with his debut effort, Strait Country, Lonestar’s “Amazed” (1999). which peaked at No. 26. He notched his first No. 1 in 1984 with his third studio set, Right or Wrong. MORE NEW TOP 10s Blake Shelton earns his 31st Hot Meanwhile, the new set’s first single, “Every Little Country Songs top 10 as “God’s Country” (Warner Honky Tonk Bar,” which Strait wrote with son Bubba Bros./Warner Music Nashville) storms 46-5. Following and longtime collaborator Dean Dillon, bumps 19-18 its first full week of tracking, it launches atop Country on Country Airplay (12.4 million impressions, up 1%) Digital Song Sales with 32,000 sold in its first week, and 25-22 on the airplay-, streaming- and sales-fueled marking Shelton’s fifth leader; it also arrives as his first STRAIT Hot Country Songs chart. No. 1 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart. The track ranks at No. 25 on Country Airplay (6.8 million, down ‘MISS’ IS A HIT Kelsea Ballerini banks her sixth Country Airplay top 10 as “Miss 26%) while adding 3.7 million U.S. streams. Me More” (Black River) ascends 11-10 (20.9 million, up 6%). She makes her Michael Ray notches his third Hot Country Songs top 10 as “One That Got first trip to the region since “Legends” led the list in February 2018. Ballerini Away” (Atlantic/WEA) climbs 11-10. It’s powered by its 8% hike to 36.2 million banked No. 1s with her first three singles in 2015-16: “Love Me Like You Mean in audience as it holds at its No. 3 high on Country Airplay. It,” “Dibs” and “Peter Pan.” Plus, Eli Young Band scores its fourth Country Airplay top 10 and first since Notably, “Miss” marks the first Country Airplay top 10 by a female artist since 2013 as “Love Ain’t” (Valory) leaps 12-7 (23.1 million, up 21%). The group the chart dated Dec. 1, 2018, when Maren Morris’ “Rich” ranked at its No. 4 topped the chart with its first three top 10s: “Drunk Last Night” (2013), “Even

peak. In the same span a year earlier (Dec. 2, 2017-April 14, 2018), two songs If It Breaks Your Heart” (2012) and “Crazy Girl” (2011). LLC. PHOTOGRAPHY, MCCLISTER DAVID

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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 1 1 22 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (7 weeks) HH Luke Combs 38.601 -1.468 7264 -723 3 l2 2 29 HERE TONIGHT BMLG  Brett Young 36.376 +2.396 7486 358 2 l3 3 38 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA  Michael Ray 36.170 +2.719 7856 546 1 l4 4 39 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG  Riley Green 32.555 +0.768 7121 70 4 l5 5 26 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 29.844 +2.148 6335 233 5 l6 6 34 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 27.621 +1.159 6108 205 6 l7 12 43 LOVE AIN’T Valory  HH Most Increased Audience HH Eli Young Band 23.069 +3.926 5016 565 8 l8 10 14 GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 22.584 +1.671 4794 329 9 l9 9 37 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 22.526 +1.523 5099 275 7 l10 11 24 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 20.902 +1.256 4734 271 10 l11 14 30 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 17.920 +0.178 4443 120 11 12 13 35 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN  Cody Johnson 17.727 -0.339 3948 -10 13 l13 16 32 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 17.668 +1.473 4 117 212 12 l14 15 6 LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER Valory  Thomas Rhett 17.380 +0.784 3895 234 14 l15 17 40 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN  Brett Eldredge 17.007 +1.773 3829 256 15 l16 18 31 RUMOR Curb  Lee Brice 14.528 +1.599 3413 249 16 l17 20 12 GIRL Columbia Nashville HH Airpower HH Maren Morris 12.433 +2.134 2977 389 17 l18 19 8 EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR MCA Nashville George Strait 12.383 +0.088 2941 177 18 l19 23 14 SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church 10.729 +1.511 2686 329 21 l20 21 23 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG  HH Airpower HH Florida Georgia Line 10.629 +0.482 2851 1 19 l21 22 52 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb  Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 10.039 +0.736 2760 70 20 l22 25 13 RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 8.167 +0.347 2085 160 24 l23 26 17 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory  Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 7.877 +0.427 2212 100 22 l24 27 25 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse  Runaway June 6.910 -0.025 2212 -13 23 25 24 2 GOD’S COUNTRY Warner Bros./WMN HH Most Added HH Blake Shelton 6.774 -2.369 1435 -22 30 l26 28 31 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse  LOCASH 5.919 -0.100 1999 28 25 l27 30 8 ALL TO MYSELF Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 5.913 +0.607 1461 254 28 l28 29 8 SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Columbia Nashville Tenille Townes 5.830 +0.016 1361 23 31 l29 31 6 REARVIEW TOWN Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 5.482 +0.499 1342 85 32 l30 32 22 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory  Justin Moore 4.854 +0.210 116 8 22 36

BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 150 STATIONS Akron, OH WQMX Detroit WDRQ Memphis WGKX Richmond, Va. WKHK Albany, N.Y. WGNA WYCD WLFP Riverside, Calif. KFRG Albuquerque, N.M. KBQI El Paso, Texas KHEY Miami WKIS Roanoke, Va. WSLC KRST Ft. Myers, Fla. WCKT Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Rochester, N.Y. WBEE Allentown, Pa. WCTO WWGR WMIL Sacramento, Calif. KBEB Atlanta WKHX Ft. Wayne, Ind. WQHK Minneapolis KEEY KNCI WUBL Fresno, Calif. KSKS KMNB KNTY Augusta, Ga. WKXC Gainesville, Fla. WOGK Mobile, Ala. WKSJ St. Louis KSD Austin, Texas KASE Grand Rapids, Mich. WBCT Monmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMK WIL Bakersfield, Calif. KUZZ Greensboro, N.C. WTQR Monterey, Calif.. KTOM Salt Lake City KSOP Baltimore WPOC Greenville, S.C. WSSL Nashville WKDF KUBL Baton Rouge, La. WYNK Harrisburg, Pa. WRBT WSIX San Antonio, Texas KAJA Birmingham, Ala. WDXB Hartford, Conn. WWYZ Nassau, N.Y. WJVC KCYY WZZK Houston KILT New Bern, N.C. WRNS San Diego KSON Boise, Idaho KAWO KKBQ New Orleans WNOE San Jose, Calif. KRTY KIZN Huntsville, Ala. WDRM New York WNSH Sarasota, Fla. WCTQ Boston WBWL Indianapolis WFMS Norfolk, Va. WGH Seattle KKWF WKLB WLHK WUSH KMPS Buffalo, N.Y. WYRK Jacksonville, Fla. WGNE Oklahoma City, Okla. KJKE Spokane, Wash. KXLY Charleston, S.C. WEZL WQIK KTST Springfield, Mass. WRNX WCKN Johnson City, Tenn. WXBQ Omaha, Neb. KXKT Stockton, Calif. KATM Charlotte, N.C. WKKT Kansas City KBEQ Orlando, Fla. WWKA Syracuse, N.Y. WBBS WSOC WDAF Oxnard-Ventura, CA KHAY Tampa, Fla. WFUS Chattanooga, Tenn. WUSY KFKF Philadelphia WXTU WQYK Chicago WEBG Knoxville, Tenn. WCYQ Phoenix KMLE Tucson, Ariz. KIIM WUSN WIVK KNIX Tulsa, Okla. KTGX Cincinnati WUBE Lafayette, La. KMDL Pittsburgh WDSY KVOO Cleveland WGAR Lakeland, Fla. WPCV WOGI KWEN Colorado Springs, Colo. KATC Las Vegas KCYE WPGB Visalia, Calif. KJUG KCCY KWNR Portland, Maine WPOR Washington, D.C. WMZQ Columbia, S.C. WCOS Lexington, Ky. WBUL WTHT West Palm Beach, Fla. WIRK Columbus, Ohio WCOL Little Rock, Ark. KSSN Portland, Ore. KUPL Wichita, Kan. KFDI Corpus Christi, Texas KRYS Los Angeles KKGO KWJJ KZSN Dallas KPLX Louisville, Ky. WAMZ Providence, R.I. WCTK Wilkes Barre, Pa. WGGY KSCS WQNU Raleigh, NC WQDR Wilmington, Del. WXCY Dayton, Ohio WHKO Madison, Wis. WWQM York, Pa. WGTY Denver KYGO WMAD Reno, Nevada KBUL Des Moines, Iowa KHKI McAllen, Texas KTEX KOLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 7 OF 24

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 33 38 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Featuring Hillary Lindsey 4.692 +0.049 1723 31 26 l32 34 19 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 4.636 +0.177 1279 106 35 l33 36 20 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 4.506 +0.327 1538 89 27 l34 38 9 RAINBOW MCA Nashville Kacey Musgraves 4.371 +0.366 1321 89 33 35 35 18 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 4.104 -0.130 1290 -45 34 36 37 27 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 3.939 -0.168 1438 1 29 l37 39 20 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 3.838 -0.083 929 20 40 l38 48 2 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 3.829 +1.874 763 412 43 l39 40 25 DAY DRUNK Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 3.794 -0.035 113 7 26 37 l40 41 10 THOUGHT ABOUT YOU McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 3.447 +0.233 1018 17 38 l41 42 23 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury  Lauren Alaina 2.867 +0.075 950 18 39 l42 46 6 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 2.592 +0.287 659 18 47 43 43 21 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.424 -0.179 810 -5 42 44 45 6 GOOD VIBES Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 2.085 -0.279 664 -1 46 l45 47 12 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb  Dylan Scott 2.068 -0.043 894 16 41 l46 49 11 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company Matt Stell 1.979 +0.215 516 15 49 47 50 17 GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Atlantic/WAR  Ashley McBryde 1.599 -0.079 676 50 45 l48 51 11 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 1.588 -0.019 729 4 44 l49 57 2 MY MIRACLE Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 1.460 +0.607 479 217 50 l50 54 7 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 1.397 +0.253 344 26 56 l51 53 3 BETTER OFF GONE Big Yellow Dog Logan Mize 1.240 -0.018 435 5 52 52 52 2 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 1.207 -0.221 365 1 55 l53 NEW OLD TOWN ROAD Columbia  HH Hot Shot Debut HH Lil Nas X 1.019 +0.982 140 135 - l54 59 6 ALCOHOL YOU LATER Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.954 +0.181 416 27 53 55 56 11 ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Buena Vista/Capitol Nashville Adam Hambrick 0.953 -0.097 536 -23 48 56 55 4 AFTER A FEW Mercury  Travis Denning 0.928 -0.160 452 -22 51 l57 NEW THE BULL MCA Nashville Kip Moore 0.921 +0.349 274 23 58 l58 58 6 SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Southern Ground/Wheelhouse Zac Brown Band 0.852 +0.012 412 41 54 l59 60 3 HOUSTON, WE GOT A PROBLEM River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 0.763 +0.182 79 -1 - l60 NEW WORLD FOR TWO 24 Entertainment/Stoney Creek King Calaway 0.756 +0.240 291 52 57

GOING FOR ADDS

4/15 LANCO Rival ABBY ANDERSON Arista Nashville Good Lord Black River LUCAS HOGE That’ll Be The Day CAYLEE HAMMACK Forge Family Tree Capitol Nashville ROB MAYES Closer JOSH WARD AWAL/AristoMedia The Devil Don’t Scare Me Josh Ward 4/29 53 4/22 ADAM CRAIG If You’re Lucky JORDAN DAVIS Stoney Creek Thanks largely to syndicated plays on Slow Dance In A Parking The Bobby Bones Show and a remix Lot HIGH VALLEY LIL featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, released April 5, MCA Nashville Single Man NAS X Atlantic/WEA Old Town the song arrives at No. 53 on Country Airplay KOLT BARBER Road with 1 million audience impressions. Cowboy Jerry Duncan BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 8 OF 24

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL GOD’S COUNTRY Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 30 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 28 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 0.577 17 12 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 23 HEARTBREAK Atlantic/WMN Hunter Hayes 0.533 19 4 MY MIRACLE Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 16 MR. LONELY Big Machine Midland 0.510 4 4 ALL TO MYSELF Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 15 RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 13 SHALLOW Big Machine Danielle Bradbery Feat. Parker McCollum 0.440 2 0 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 12 DANCING AWAY WITH MY HEART Riser House Dillon Carmichael 0.437 30 1 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 9 KISS THAT GIRL GOODBYE BIG Label Aaron Watson 0.393 23 0 SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church 7 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Feat. Hillary Lindsey 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 23.479 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 22.087 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band +3.926 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray +2.719 3 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 21.539 HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young +2.396 4 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 18.663 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion +2.148 5 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 15.618 GIRL Columbia Nashville Maren Morris +2.134 6 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton 15.571 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +1.874 7 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 15.037 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge +1.773 8 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 14.964 GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +1.671 9 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett 13.821 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice +1.599 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +1.523 10 BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 13.725 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band +565 $2,874,425 ERIC CHURCH 26,592 MESSINA TOURING ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray +546 $139, $29 Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisc./March 29-30 26,592 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +412 $2,746,893 ERIC CHURCH 26,474 MESSINA TOURING GIRL Columbia Nashville Maren Morris +389 $139, $29 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill./March 22-23 26,474 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young +358 $1,175,947 BLAKE SHELTON 13,974 MESSINA TOURING $137, $76 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn./March 21-22 13,974 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +329 SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church +329 $1,113,380 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 13,217 CHUGG $140.88, $70.08 Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia/March 18 13,564 ENTERTAINMENT NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +275 $955,828 BLAKE SHELTON 10,909 MESSINA TOURING MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini +271 $149, $49 Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y./March 23 10,089 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge +256 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 APRIL 7, 2019

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 3 17 I’M YOUR ONLY FLAW (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Josh Abbott Band 1881 148 l11 12 14 KISS THAT GIRL GOODBYE (Independent)  Aaron Watson 1351 93 l2 8 7 CRAZY PEOPLE (Independent)  Randy Rogers Band 1835 244 l12 13 12 OTHER SIDE OF THE RADIO (Independent)  Mike Ryan 1296 64 l3 4 11 CHEAT ON ME (Independent)  Bri Bagwell 1808 106 l13 14 17 AIN’T ENOUGH BEER (Independent)  Kylie Frey 119 4 9 l4 2 22 RUN AWAY WITH YOU (Independent)  Robert Ray 1785 39 l14 16 28 WHATEVER IT TAKES (King Hall Music)  Chad Cooke Band 117 9 67 l5 6 12 HAD A THING (Independent)  Curtis Grimes 1724 36 l15 26 6 FELL IN LOVE ON WHISKEY (Independent)  Wade Bowen 1070 293 6 1 11 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN I LOVE YOU AND I’M LEAVIN’ (Rounder Rec)  Cody Jinks 1713 -58 16 9 17 GONER (Independent)  William Clark Green 1003 -572 7 5 16 WALK AWAY (Independent)  Mark Powell 1669 -32 l17 21 8 TOUCH THE WATER (Independent)  Jesse Raub Jr. 982 122 8 7 19 NONE’YA (Independent)  Hayes Carll 1613 -29 l18 20 14 HARD HEADED HEART (Independent)  Clay Hollis 972 105 l9 10 15 TOP OF MY HEART (Cory Morrow Music)  Cory Morrow 1527 97 19 17 32 ON MY WAY TO YOU (CoJo Music)  Cody Johnson 935 -45 l10 11 12 COUNTRY SONG TO SING (Independent)  Kevin Fowler 1514 145 l20 28 9 LIKE I LOVE YOU (Independent)  Sarah Hobbs 922 152

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

stations WDNE Elkins, W.Va., and KFTX Corpus Christi, Texas. She later joined the Nashville staffs of BNA and Curb. No memorial service is planned. The family asks that donations be made to the Scleroderma Foundation in Danvers, Mass. ’ROUND THE ROW SMACK made four staff changes. Marissa Turk was promoted to SMACK Management associate day-to-day manager, adding Kyle Morgan to her duties with Walker Hayes. Taking Turk’s previous management coordinator post is Trevor Provost, who spent two years as a project coordinator at the REACH marketing agency. SMACK also added Jamie Cologna as executive assistant to CEO Shane McAnally and president Michael Baum after working in a similar role for Creative Artists Agency. Additionally, SMACKSongs welcomed catalog manager Sam Sarno, a Syracuse University graduate who interned with Sandbox Entertainment and the Grand Ole Opry. Reach Turk here, Provost here, Cologna here and Sarno here … The Dickinson Wright Dan Smyers (left) and Shay Mooney (right) of Dan + Shay joined Kelly law firm hired associate Colleen Kelley, a former BMI senior director of legal Clarkson on April 4 to announce nominees for the Billboard Music and business affairs. Reach her here … Martin, Allbee & Associates business Awards on NBC’s Today. management promoted Elaine Bryan and Breanne Miller to partner from business manager and renamed the firm Martin, Allbee, Miller, Bryan and Associates … Indie publisher Reservoir opened a Nashville division on April 1 DAN + SHAY EYE BILLBOARD TROPHIES with executive vp creative John Ozier tapped to head the office. Ozier was Dan + Shay delivered three acceptance speeches at the 54th annual Academy previously ole Nashville vp creative … Luke Combs and songwriter Jonathan of Country Music Awards on April 7, but they could be called on to give as Singleton (“A Guy Walks Into a Bar,” “Red Light”) formed 50 Egg Music with many as six more when the Billboard Music Awards are handed out on May 1. president Tali Canterbury, expanding Singleton’s publishing company into a The duo picked up seven nominations in a half-dozen categories when publishing/artist development firm. Canterbury was previously Big Machine they joined host Kelly Clarkson to announce the finalists on April 4 on Label Group director of A&R project management … Big Machine Music NBC. They were cited in two all-genre fields, top duo/group and the Billboard promoted Michelle Attardi to director of publishing from manager. Reach her chart achievement award. They placed two different titles, “Tequila” and here … New artist Mark Mackay hired Kore PR for media … Shane McAnally “Speechless,” among the top country songs, and grabbed three additional signed with Creative Artists Agency … Nashville’s W.O. Smith Music School country nods: top country artist, top country duo/group and top country has established the Smitty Corporate Band Challenge, a competition for album, for Dan + Shay. bragging rights as the city’s most musically talented business. Go here Their four competitors for top country artist are likewise the most-nominated for details … Singer-songwriter Jim Glaser died April 6 following a heart country acts not named Dan Smyers or Shay Mooney. Kane Brown, Luke attack. He won the Academy of Country Music’s top new male artist award Combs and Florida Georgia Line secured four nominations apiece, while in 1984, the same year he scored a No. 1 single with “You’re Gettin’ to Me Jason Aldean snagged three. Again.” He was also a member of the trio Tompall & The Glaser Brothers, Two women, Maren Morris and Carrie Underwood, appear twice on who earned a handful of country hits, topped by “Lovin’ Her Was Easier the ballot. (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again),” which peaked at No. 2 in 1981. The One of Morris’ nominations comes for top radio song with “The Middle,” a Glasers provided background vocals on Marty Robbins’ “El Paso,” and non-country single that teamed her with Zedd and Grey. That same all-genre Glaser worked separately as a vocalist on hits by Elvis Presley, Hank Snow category also boasts FGL’s “Meant to Be,” a crossover release that matched it and Merle Haggard. with pop singer Bebe Rexha. Go here for the full list of Billboard Music Awards nominations. RADIO & RECORDS Three Warner Music Nashville executives earned promotions. Cris Lacy rose to executive vp A&R from senior vp, Ben Kline stepped up to executive vp/GM from senior vp global revenue and touring, and Scott Hendricks extended his contract, adding creative advisor stripes to his existing title, executive vp A&R … Joe Browning took over as Cumulus/Melbourne, Fla., operations manager, a role that aligns him with four stations, including country WHKR. Browning was previously corporate PD for Corpus Christi, Texas- based Hometown Media … Alpha Media executive vp programming Scott Mahalick concluded a 10-year run with the company on April 8, InsideRadio. com reported. Phil Becker takes the vacated position after working the last five years as Alpha vp programming and content. Mahalick will remain an Alpha shareholder … Mountaintop Media is buying nine stations and five FM translators from East Kentucky Broadcasting for $2.85 million, according to InsideRadio.com. Country signals in the deal include WDHR Pikeville, Ky., and WXCC Williamson, W.Va. … Barry Michaels started April 8 as a morning host at WXUS Gainesville-Ocala, Fla., Talkers.com reported. He moves into the role from crosstown classic rock signal WYND … Brian Stephenson was hired as Townsquare/Yakima, Wash., operations manager, according Kelsea Ballerini checked in with to Talkers.com. The six-station cluster includes country KDBL. He arrives Justin Moore visited with WPCV SiriusXM host Buzz Brainard from rival KXDD Yakima, where he was operations manager/PD … Former Lakeland, Fla., afternoon host during the Highway’s Music broadcaster and radio promotion executive Marita O’Donnell died March 30 Sara Michaels at a March 30 Row Happy Hour on March 29 at following a lengthy illness. Her terrestrial history included stops at country listening lunch. Margaritaville in Nashville. congratulates our Academy of Country Music Awards™ winners

Entertainer Of The Year KEITH URBAN

Female Artist Of The Year KACEY MUSGRAVES*

Duo Of The Year DAN + SHAY

New Male Artist Of The Year LUKE COMBS

Album Of The Year KACEY MUSGRAVES*

Single Of The Year “Tequila” DAN + SHAY (DAN SMYERS)

Song Of The Year “Tequila” DAN + SHAY (DAN SMYERS)

Songwriter Of The Year SHANE MCANALLY

ACM Lifting Lives Honor BRANDON RAY

*Shared representation BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 12 OF 24

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Music makes a difference, and sometimes April 9 that difference is financial. Garth Brooks • 2016 — Margo Price is the musical guest is opening up a sound check on April 19 in on NBC’s Saturday Night Live from New Gainesville, Fla., a day before a scheduled York. She tags the night’s first song, concert, with university students able “Hurtin’ (On the Bottle),” with the guitar to attend for free. Faculty and staff will riff from “Mama Tried,” subtly honoring have ticketed access. Proceeds benefit the passing of Merle Haggard. a scholarship program for low-income students. Thompson Square set a April 10 PRICE May 6 benefit for the Children’s Tumor • 1979 — Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium Foundation at the Franklin Theatre in BROOKS plays host for two days of free Sissy Spacek concerts as producers Franklin, Tenn., bringing awareness to a BENFORD MICHAEL film live scenes for Coal Miner’s Daughter. rare genetic condition, neurofibromatosis. • 1969 — Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller gives Johnny Cash an honorary Additionally, Vince Gill and Larry Gatlin booked a May 7 concert in Guthrie, life sentence when Cash performs for 900 inmates at Cummins Prison Okla., to raise money for fiddler Byron Berline, whose instrument store — Park in Grady, Ark. Berline’s Double Stop Fiddle Shop & Music Hall — was destroyed in a Feb. 23 fire. April 11 Country artists will play a role in two exhibits. The late Keith Whitley’s Country • 2017 — Luke Bryan records “Most People Are Good” in the first Music Hall of Fame and Museum display, “Still Rings True: The Enduring session for his album What Makes You Country at the Starstruck Voice of Keith Whitley,” will include a bolero jacket he wore during his final Recording Studio in Nashville. tour, a 1980 guitar that he frequently used and the original draft of “When • 2014 — Cody Johnson performs the national anthem at Globe Life You Say Nothing at All,” handwritten by songwriter Don Schlitz. The exhibit Park in Arlington, Texas, where baseball’s Rangers edge the Houston opens May 3. Charlie Daniels’ nonprofit, The Journey Home Project, has Astros, 1-0. partnered with the Rich Poverty organization for an art exhibit at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. “The Alliance Collection,” which runs through March April 12 2020, features photos taken by veterans and their families. • 1989 — Capitol releases Garth Brooks’ self-titled debut album.

Brad Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, broke ground on April 3 April 13 for The Store, a nonprofit grocery that will let Nashvillians with food insecurity • 2009 — Big Machine releases Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” stock up for meals at no cost. Paisley fired up the backhoe to personally start to radio. the dig on 12th Avenue South in Nashville, near property owned by his alma mater, Belmont University. Donations for the $1.5 million construction project April 14 are being accepted in a brick campaign. Go here to contribute. • 2018 — The Kacey Musgraves project Golden Hour debuts in the top spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The Country Music Association’s annual CMA Music Festival is a scant two • 2015 — Sam Hunt nabs a platinum single from the RIAA for “Take months away, and some of the ancillary events are beginning to take shape. The Your Time” and a gold album for Montevallo. 10th annual Darius Rucker benefit for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is slated for June 3 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Guests have not yet been April 15 announced. The 39th annual Sunday Mornin’ Country concert is booked for • 2004 — Big & Rich stage a parade in Nashville as they shoot the video June 9 at the Grand Ole Opry House, with Brenda Lee hosting a lineup that for “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy).” Also taking part are Gretchen includes Jeannie Seely, Irlene Mandrell, Lulu Roman, Margo Smith and a Wilson, Gary Chapman and the Atlanta Falcons cheerleaders. Hee Haw Gospel Quartet tribute to the late Roy Clark. • 1999 — Vince Gill is involved in a three-car accident when his Volvo is rear-ended on West End Avenue in Nashville. While handling the paperwork, the driver who hit Gill’s car gives him a tape, hoping Gill Top Headlines from .com will record one of his songs. Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database ‘We Clearly Have A Problem’: Study Highlights Shortage Of Female Country Artists & Songwriters

Reba McEntire Is The ACM Awards Host With The Most (Hosting Gigs)

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Logan Mize (center) did a stint in the WPOC Baltimore performance The 7 Records That Were Set At lounge as he promoted his indie single “Better Off Gone.” He’s shown The 2019 ACM Awards with iHeartMedia/Baltimore senior vp programming Mike Preston (left) and WPOC music director Jeff St. Pierre.

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 14 OF 24 PICTURE THIS: MAKING THE ROUNDS AT THE 54th ACM AWARDS With Reba McEntire hosting for the 16th time, the Academy of Country Music handed out its 54th annual awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 7. But the CBS telecast was not the only piece of the puzzle. A golf tournament and Party for a Cause concerts earned money for the ACM Lifting Lives foundation, a Westwood One Backstage area enabled on-air promotion April 5-6, and a handful of post-awards parties kept the good times rolling even after the ACMs closed with a George Strait performance.

Host Reba McEntire and Dick Clark Artist of the Decade winner Jason Aldean huddled with production executives away from rehearsals. From left: ACM CEO Pete Fisher, Old Dominion guitarist Brad Tursi Kacey Musgraves accepted two trophies ACM Awards executive producers Barry Adelman and R.A. played the song “Make It Sweet” during the ACM Awards. “RAC” Clark, McEntire and Aldean. during rehearsals.

Lady Antebellum joined Big Machine Label Group executives at a Maren Morris and a fleet of artists joined Sony Music Nashville at a post-ACM party. From left: Lady A’s Charles Kelley, BMLG president/ post-show party at Hakkasan Las Vegas. From left: SMN COO Ken CEO Scott Borchetta, Lady A’s Dave Haywood and BMLG executive vp Robold, Tenille Townes, Ryan Hurd, Morris and SMN chairman/CEO Jimmy Harnen. Randy Goodman.

A team led by Scotty McCreery and Russell Dickerson won the charitable ACM Lifting Lives Top Golf Tee- Off for the second straight year. From left: McCreery; Lauren Alaina performed live at the Westwood iHeartMedia/Denver Region senior vp programming One Backstage area. From left: Cumulus/ JoJo Turnbeaugh; Triple Tigers senior vp national Westwood One executive vp programming and promotion Kevin Herring; KRTY San Jose, Calif., GM Ashley McBryde walked the carpet content Mike McVay, Cumulus Country operations

MCBRYDE: COURTESY ACM. TURSI: COURTESY ACM. LADY ANTEBELLUM: JASON KEMPIN GETTY IMAGES. MORRIS: MICHAEL ROBERTS. ROBERTS. MICHAEL MORRIS: IMAGES. GETTY KEMPIN JASON ANTEBELLUM: LADY ACM. COURTESY TURSI: ACM. COURTESY MCBRYDE: ONE WESTWOOD COURTESY ALAINA: ACM. COURTESY MCCREERY: ONE. WESTWOOD COURTESY MCENTIRE: ACM. COURTESY MUSGRAVES: Nate Deaton; and Dickerson. prior to the CBS telecast. manager Charlie Cook, Alaina and Cumulus vp label relations John Kilgo.

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 16 OF 24

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 48 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY No. 1 (3 weeks) Luke Combs 1 1 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 2 2 2 64 TEQUILA Dan + Shay RC 1 D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,N.GALYON) WARNER BROS./WAR HERE TONIGHT 3 4 6 29 Brett Young 2 3 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,B.CAVER,J.EBACH,C.KELLEY) BMLG 4 3 3 71 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line RC 1 WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) WARNER BROS./BMLG HH HH 5 46 — 2 GOD’S COUNTRY Digital & Streaming Gainer Blake Shelton 25 5 l S.HENDRICKS (M.HARDY,J.M.SCHMIDT,D.DAWSON) WARNER BROS./WMN EYES ON YOU 6 6 7 33 Chase Rice 6 6 l C. DESTEFANO (C.RICE,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 7 5 5 46 SPEECHLESS Dan + Shay RC 1 D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.REYNOLDS,L.VELTZ) WARNER BROS./WAR WHISKEY GLASSES 8 10 12 25 Morgan Wallen 13 8 l J.MOI (B.BURGESS,K.KADISH) BIG LOUD GOOD AS YOU 9 7 10 24 Kane Brown 8 7 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,S.CARTER,T.PHILLIPS,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE ONE THAT GOT AWAY 10 11 15 28 Michael Ray 3 10 l S.HENDRICKS (J.FRASURE,T. ROSEN,M.RAMSEY,J.OSBORNE) ATLANTIC/WEA MISS ME MORE 11 8 14 23 Kelsea Ballerini 10 8 l F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,D.H.HODGES,B.MCLAUGHLIN) BLACK RIVER MAKE IT SWEET 12 14 13 26 Old Dominion 5 12 l S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.TURSI,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER 13 12 16 6 Thomas Rhett 14 5 l D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.BUNETTA,J.K.HINDLIN,A.MALIK,J.H.RYAN) VALORY THERE WAS THIS GIRL 14 13 11 32 Riley Green 4 11 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,ERIK DYLAN) BMLG GIRL 15 15 18 12 Maren Morris 17 9 l G.KURSTIN,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,S.AARONS,G.KURSTIN) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE NIGHT SHIFT 16 16 19 33 Jon Pardi 9 16 l B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (T.BROWN,P.LARUE,B.MONTANA) CAPITOL NASHVILLE RUMOR 17 17 20 30 Lee Brice 16 17 l L.BRICE,J.STONE,K.JACOBS,D.FRIZSELL (L.BRICE,K.JACOBS,A.GORLEY) CURB TALK YOU OUT OF IT 18 18 21 30 Florida Georgia Line 20 13 l J.MOI (M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.ROGERS,A.VANDERHEYM) BMLG 19 19 22 34 ON MY WAY TO YOU Cody Johnson 12 16 T.W.WILLMON (BRETT JAMES,T.LANE) COJO/WMN HH HH 20 21 25 28 LOVE AIN’T Airplay Gainer Eli Young Band 7 20 l D.HUFF (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY) VALORY LOVE WINS 21 20 23 31 Carrie Underwood 11 14 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR 22 25 29 8 George Strait 18 22 l C.AINLAY,G.STRAIT (G.STRAIT,B.STRAIT,D.DILLON) MCA NASHVILLE LOVE SOMEONE 23 23 27 23 Brett Eldredge 15 23 l R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,H.MORGAN) ATLANTIC/WMN CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY 24 22 26 37 Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 21 22 l R.ATKINS,T.HEWITT,B.BOLLINGER (C.HARRINGTON,J.M.SCHMIDT,M.WALKER) CURB HH HH 25 NEW 1 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Hot Shot Debut Luke Bryan 38 25 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (H.LINDSEY,G.SAMPSON,J.M.NITE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE

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The midtempo pushes 4-3 for a new Hot Country Songs high, helped by a 7 percent rise The track bumps 39-37 on Hot Country BRETT to 36.4 million in audience as it holds at No. 2 DYLAN Songs, aided by a 40% burst to 2.8 million YOUNG SCOTT Here on Country Airplay. It also drew 5.9 million U.S. Nothing to U.S. streams. On Country Airplay, it lifts Tonight streams in the tracking week (up 18%). Do Town 47-45 (2.1 million, down 2%). COURTESY WESTWOOD ONE WESTWOOD COURTESY ONE WESTWOOD COURTESY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 17 OF 24

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 ALL TO MYSELF 26 28 32 13 Dan + Shay 27 26 l D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,N.GALYON,J.REYNOLDS) WARNER BROS./WAR 27 24 28 8 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves 34 17 I.FITCHUK,D.TASHIAN,K.MUSGRAVES (N.HEMBY,S.MCANALLY,K.MUSGRAVES) MCA NASHVILLE SOME OF IT 28 29 34 10 Eric Church 19 28 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,C.DANIELS,B.PINSON) EMI NASHVILLE 29 26 30 26 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Chris Lane 37 26 J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.RODGERS) BIG LOUD THE BONES 30 27 31 5 Maren Morris - 27 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE RAISED ON COUNTRY 31 30 33 9 Chris Young 22 30 l C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,C.R.BARLOWE,C.CROWDER) RCA NASHVILLE REARVIEW TOWN 32 31 39 13 Jason Aldean 29 24 l M.KNOX (N.THRASHER,B.PINSON,K.LOVELACE) MAC ON/BROKEN BOW WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN 33 32 35 16 Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 23 31 l D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,R.AKINS,B.BERRYHILL,J.DUNNE) VALORY SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER 34 33 36 5 Tenille Townes 28 33 l J.JOYCE (T.TOWNES,L.LAIRD,BARY DEAN) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE NOTHING TO DO TOWN 35 39 — 8 Dylan Scott 45 35 l M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,M.ALDERMAN,C.TAYLOR) CURB THAT OLD TRUCK 36 NEW 1 Thomas Rhett - 36 l D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,K.KIMBRO,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY LOVE YOU TOO LATE 37 34 38 6 Cole Swindell 32 34 l M.R.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,MICHAEL RAY,B.KINNEY) WARNER BROS./WMN CLOSER TO YOU 38 38 42 11 Carly Pearce 33 38 l BUSBEE (H.LINDSEY,G.SAMPSON,T.VERGES) BIG MACHINE LOST IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 39 NEW 1 Kane Brown & Becky G - 39 l NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE BUY MY OWN DRINKS 40 36 40 7 Runaway June 24 36 l D.HUFF (H.MULHOLLAND,J.WAYNE,N.COOKE,H.LINDSEY,J.KEAR) WHEELHOUSE TO A T 41 41 45 8 Ryan Hurd 50 41 l D.HUFF,A.ESHUIS (R.J.HURD,N.SPICER,L.VELTZ) RCA NASHVILLE 42 35 41 7 REDNECKER HARDY - 35 J.MOI,D.COHEN (A.ALBERT,M.HARDY,J.M.SCHMIDT) TREE VIBEZ/BIG LOUD RIDIN’ ROADS 43 42 37 4 Dustin Lynch - 26 l Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL) BROKEN BOW FEELS LIKE A PARTY 44 40 44 11 LOCASH 26 40 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD (P.BRUST,C.LUCAS,T.HUBBARD,C.CROWDER) WHEELHOUSE 45 37 46 4 I HOPE Gabby Barrett - 37 R. COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) GABBY BARRETT/RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT NASHVILLE EVERY LITTLE THING 46 50 — 2 Russell Dickerson 35 46 l C.BROWN (R.DICKERSON,P.WELLING,C.BROWN) TRIPLE TIGERS THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Justin Moore 47 RE-ENTRY 2 30 47 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,P.DIGIOVANNI,C.MCGILL,J.S.STOVER) VALORY BACK TO LIFE 48 44 49 13 Rascal Flatts 36 31 l J.DEE,G.LEVOX,J.D.ROONEY (C.R.BARLOWE,N.MOON,S.MOONEY,F.WILHELM) BIG MACHINE 49 43 — 2 WORLD FOR TWO King Calaway - 43 R. COPPERMAN,R.DEATON (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,J.ABRAHART) 24 ENTERTAINMENT/STONEY CREEK PRAYED FOR YOU 50 48 — 13 Matt Stell 46 36 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,A.BOWERS,A.VELTZ) WIDE OPEN/RECORDS/GOOD COMPANY

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.

COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weekly National Music Sales Report YEAR-TO-DATE Year-Over-Year Album Sales Weekly Unit Sales Overall Unit Sales ALBUM SALES ’15 DIGITAL DIGITAL 2018 2019 CHANGE ALBUMS ’18 3.67 million ALBUMS* TRACKS ’14 Albums 3,678,000 2,807,000 -23.7% ’19 2.80 million This Week 268,000 79,000 698,000 Digital Tracks 12,309,000 9,006,000 -26.8% Last Week 198,000 53,000 663,000 Sales by Album Format DIGITAL TRACKS SALES Change 35.4% 49.1% 5.3% 2018 2019 CHANGE ’18 000.0 million12.31 million This Week Last Year 337,000 109,000 979,000 Physical 2,633,000 1,942,000 -26.2% ’19 9.01 million Change -20.5% -27.5% -28.7% Digital 1,045,000 864,000 -17.3% For week ending April 4, 2019. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and *Digital album sales are also counted within album sales. provided by Nielsen Music.

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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 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY GOD’S COUNTRY GEORGE STRAIT HONKY TONK TIME MACHINE 1 1 48 1 NEW 1 NEW 1 1 l LUKE COMBS  l BLAKE SHELTON  l MCA NASHVILLE 029300*/UMGN (002930001) MEANT TO BE KNOCKIN’ BOOTS LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 2 2 71 2 NEW 1 1 96 1 l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  l LUKE BRYAN  l2 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 2 TENNESSEE WHISKEY BEAUTIFUL CRAZY DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 3 3 104 3 1 48 3 3 3 41 WARNER BROS. 570796/WMN 0 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON  LUKE COMBS  TEQUILA LOST IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE MAREN MORRIS GIRL 4 4 58 4 NEW 4 2 2 4 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 1 l DAN + SHAY  l KANE BROWN & BECKY G  HEAVEN LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 5 5 74 5 2 5 5 4 4 205 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 3 1 l KANE BROWN  l THOMAS RHETT  SPEECHLESS WHISKEY GLASSES KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 6 6 37 6 3 19 6 5 6 48 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 1 DAN + SHAY  l MORGAN WALLEN  GIRL THAT OLD TRUCK FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY 7 7 5 7 NEW 7 6 5 7 BMLG FGL0400* 1 MAREN MORRIS  l THOMAS RHETT  SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK NEW 1 JAKE OWEN GREETINGS FROM... JAKE OWEN 8 l8 8 34 l8 10 32 l8 BIG LOUD DIGITAL LUKE COMBS  JAKE OWEN  TALK YOU OUT OF IT GOOD AS YOU 9 9 21 KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 1 9 9 8 9 5 11 l9 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  KANE BROWN  WHISKEY GLASSES MISS ME MORE 8 7 122 KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 1 10 11 7 10 4 22 l10 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  KELSEA BALLERINI  HERE TONIGHT BEAUTIFUL LIES JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN 11 25 8 11 NEW 11 7 8 51 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1 l BRETT YOUNG  l JANA KRAMER  YOU MAKE IT EASY RUMOR 11 10 170 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES 1 12 13 62 12 8 16 l12 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 l JASON ALDEAN  LEE BRICE  IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW RAINBOW 13 13 44 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 11 13 12 127 13 7 8 l13 BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX l BRETT YOUNG  KACEY MUSGRAVES  RUMOR SPEECHLESS NEW 1 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES GUY 14 14 16 7 14 6 41 l14 NEW WEST 6455* l LEE BRICE  DAN + SHAY  EYES ON YOU GIRL THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGES 15 18 5 15 11 11 15 12 11 82 VALORY TR0300A/BMLG 1 1 l CHASE RICE  MAREN MORRIS  TAKE IT FROM ME EYES ON YOU 14 12 146 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE 1 16 10 7 16 12 7 l16 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 JORDAN DAVIS  CHASE RICE  MISS ME MORE TENNESSEE WHISKEY 16 15 112 BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG 2 17 14 4 17 15 169 l17 BMLG BY0100A* 1 l KELSEA BALLERINI  l CHRIS STAPLETON  LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER TEQUILA 15 14 193 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 18 15 5 18 9 63 l18 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG l THOMAS RHETT  DAN + SHAY  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS HURRICANE HERE TONIGHT 17 17 180 2 19 23 128 19 17 8 l19 WARNER BROS. 551788/WMN l LUKE COMBS  l BRETT YOUNG  CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTY MILLIONAIRE TALK YOU OUT OF IT 20 19 6 20 16 11 20 10 22 29 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028557*/UMGN 0 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  21 22 24 17 BRETT YOUNG TICKET TO L.A. 1 21 17 7 GOOD AS YOU 21 13 27 MILLIONAIRE l BMLG BMBY200A* KANE BROWN  CHRIS STAPLETON  KELSEA BALLERINI UNAPOLOGETICALLY WHAT IFS I HOPE 22 22 99 22 14 6 22 19 28 62 BLACK RIVER 2017 3 l KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA  GABBY BARRETT  CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MR. LONELY 23 20 18 70 1 23 21 112 23 NEW MERCURY 027408*/UMGN 0 l SAM HUNT  l MIDLAND  JORDAN DAVIS HOME STATE THE BONES MAKE IT SWEET 24 18 19 42 6 24 24 4 24 18 16 MCA NASHVILLE 028014/UMGN l MAREN MORRIS  OLD DOMINION  CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 25 21 21 100 1 25 NEW DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK 25 19 8 NIGHT SHIFT MERCURY 026379*/UMGN 1 l JAKE OWEN  JON PARDI  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. SALES DATA COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS

AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 2 2 151 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 3 1 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 2 3 3 53 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 1 HOZIER WASTELAND, BABY! 3 1 1 5 RUBYWORKS 591795*/COLUMBIA 1

NEW 1 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES GUY 4 l4 NEW WEST 6455* 6 4 20 MUMFORD & SONS DELTA 1 l5 GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD 0240*/GLASSNOTE 6 5 5 197 HOZIER HOZIER 2 1 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 11 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 7 7 6 70 MERCURY NASHVILLE 027408*/UMGN 0 1 The first single from Kramer’s forthcoming 8 8 7 114 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY album debuts on Country Digital Song Sales CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 JANA at No. 11 with 5,000 sold. It’s her highest 9 9 8 100 MERCURY NASHVILLE 026379*/UMGN 1 1 KRAMER rank since “I’ve Done Love” became her third THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA Beautiful 10 11 9 156 DUALTONE 1738* 1 1 top 10, reaching No. 8 in September 2017. Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, Lies based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/AP JORDAN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 19 OF 24

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Brad Paisley’s ‘My Miracle’ Finds Its Muse On Two Different Planes

She has never had her name in the artist column on the Billboard country He tried recording it a second time at a later date and tweaked some more charts, but Kimberly Williams-Paisley has left an imprint on a good number before giving up yet again. Along the way, different phrases got revised. The of singles that have appeared on the list in the last 15 years or so. opening line — “This is the gospel according to me/A tale of whiskey turned The Brad Paisley titles “Then,” “Perfect Storm,” “Waitin’ On a Woman” to wine” — came during one of those alterations, setting up the guy as rugged and “She’s Everything” all reflect in some way on his wife of 16 years, and unrefined. Additionally, the original chorus established the woman as either in the writing process, the video or his performance. With Paisley’s 5’ 3”, which Williams-Paisley scoffed at since it shorted her an inch. Paisley new blues-tipped single, “My Miracle,” Williams-Paisley is the star of the eventually changed the height in the song to 5’ 5”. show once more, though her impact is even “She grew an inch,” he says, “so I was like, deeper. It’s widely believed that a person’s ‘Well, I’m not rhyming four, I’m rhyming with relationship with a higher power is reflected five, and she’ll be happy with that.’ ” in their relationships with others on Earth, Eventually, Paisley brought Dann Huff and “My Miracle” positions the singer’s love (Kane Brown, Brett Young) in to co-produce interest as the inspiration for his own faith. with Wooten, and Paisley played him an It’s a circumstance that will ring familiar to acoustic version of “My Miracle.” Huff found a the average Joe. John Mayer-like pulsing guitar tone — Wooten “There’s a long line of guys that found characterizes it as a heartbeat — and it became themselves in the back pew [at church] because key to the final version. the girl goes there,” says Paisley. “The pulsing part, I think, led Ben Sesar, While “My Miracle” owes its lyrical the drummer, to play a different groove than inspiration to Williams-Paisley, the song might what was in the other two,” says Wooten. “It’s not exist at all were it not for more mundane a little more restrained with the John Mayer circumstances. Paisley went several years ago feel. Now it isn’t an R&B-sounding record. It’s to the Franklin Guitar Show, an annual spring a little more laid-back and tender, which I think retail event at The Factory in Middle Tennessee, fits the vocal, fits the lyric.” and ran into several other prominent guitar Paisley cut that final version at the freaks: Vince Gill, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Wheelhouse, a residence on his property that Band’s Jeff Hanna and singer-songwriter he converted into a studio with the back patio Gary Nicholson (“One More Last Chance,” serving as the drum room and a closet in the “The Trouble With the Truth”), whose own upstairs master bedroom retooled as a vocal recording career includes work under the blues PAISLEY booth. The last lyrical revision to “My Miracle” alias Whitey Johnson. Nicholson had spotted came during the final vocal session, as Paisley a vintage 1930’s Gibson L-00 acoustic guitar on took out references to a physical church. display, and he couldn’t take his mind off it as he perused the rest of the floor. “I didn’t want to focus too much on that,” he says. “The song is about how “This one was pretty battered and beaten up, but it was one of those that you find your faith in a higher power because of the love you feel for her and just had ‘the stuff’ about it,” recalls Nicholson. “I kind of stashed it behind also the miracles she has performed in your life, so this song shouldn’t just some other guitars and I got it out of the way of the major traffic, you know, be about, ‘Well, she led me to church on Sunday.’ It’s more about the fact that thinking, ‘I’m going to have to come look at this again,’ ’cause I got the itch.” you are the person you’re capable of being because of her.” Nicholson already owned an L-00, and when he ran into Paisley, he That final version ends up a three-way conversation among Paisley’s human mentioned that he had found a good one. Paisley, it turns out, didn’t have voice, his guitar and steel guitarist Randle Currie. one in his collection, but that would change within minutes. Arista Nashville released “My Miracle” to country radio via PlayMPE on “He literally strummed it one time, just one big old G chord or whatever,” March 11, leaving a one-minute guitar vamp intact at the end of the single. says Nicholson. “He got his credit card out, and he bought it on the spot.” Paisley’s aware that part is likely to be lopped off on radio, but streaming Nicholson didn’t mind: Since he already had one, he let Paisley purchase it consumers will still get to hear it, and the bulk of those guitar parts — played on with the understanding that they would write a song together. That happened a Fender Telecaster that craftsman Tadeo Gomez signed on Williams-Paisley’s just a few weeks later at Paisley’s house. Nicholson was already engaged with birthday, Sept. 14 — occur between vocal phrases throughout the main part a specific musical passage when he arrived, and Paisley discovered that it of the song. sounded particularly good on his new Gibson L-00. “I’ve never worked with another artist who literally sings so that he can play “I was playing some changes that day that I had been fooling with, a certain guitar,” says Wooten. “To be able to have the guitar melody be so prominent kind of chord progression that Brad took to,” notes Nicholson. “He had the and like a conversation with the vocal is the target he wants to hit, for sure.” genesis of the idea about ‘My Miracle,’ and we took it from there.” It’s Nicholson’s first mainstream country single in several years, a nice It was a fast writing session — Paisley had perhaps a 90-minute window setup to the June 7 release of two new albums: The Great Divide, issued under before his next meeting — and they were mostly happy with the song they his own name, and his Johnson project, More Days Like This. knocked out. Paisley tried to record it with producer Luke Wooten (Dierks “My Miracle” is currently at No. 49 on Country Airplay. While it’s not the Bentley, Kellie Pickler) for the project he was working on at the time (it could first time Williams-Paisley has influenced a song that has made that chart, it is, have been either 2014’s Moonshine in the Trunk or 2017’s Love and War — suggests Paisley, the closest he has gotten yet to defining her role in his world. both writers are uncertain what year Paisley bought the Gibson), but he had “There are so many things that I’ve done over the years that I’m proud of question marks about some of the lyrics. that were at her kind of prodding or her belief in me,” he says. “I typically

“I was trying to say the right thing, and I kept tweaking,” says Paisley. listened to her, thankfully.” JEFFLIPSKY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 20 OF 24 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l1 1 28 HERE TONIGHT BMLG HH No. 1 (3 weeks) HH Brett Young 5240 +178 8.128 2 2 33 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 4787 -173 7.532 3 3 35 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green 4709 -205 7.551 l4 5 25 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 4555 +103 6.862 l5 6 25 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 4287 +34 6.145 l6 7 36 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 4239 +231 6.184 l7 10 13 GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 4071 +381 6.232 8 4 19 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 4046 -716 6.906 l9 8 32 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 3988 +41 5.918 l10 9 25 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 3894 +198 5.579 l11 11 35 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 3782 +200 5.566 l12 13 30 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 3492 +46 5.070 l13 14 30 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 3091 +164 4.545 l14 15 6 LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER Valory Thomas Rhett 3059 +246 4.570 l15 16 37 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 2981 +196 4.338 l16 17 8 EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR MCA Nashville George Strait 2839 +185 3.879 17 18 23 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Florida Georgia Line 2554 -1 3.260 l18 19 19 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 2551 +61 3.703 l19 20 12 GIRL Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 2307 + 119 3.138 l20 21 13 SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church 2224 +140 2.944 l21 22 49 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Feat. The Fisk Jubilee Singers 2046 +60 2.951 l22 23 14 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell 1822 +79 2.453 l23 25 11 RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 1669 +138 2.258 l24 24 7 REARVIEW TOWN Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 1605 +55 2.175 l25 26 19 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 1541 +66 2.050 l26 36 2 GOD’S COUNTRY Warner Bros./WMN HH Most Increased Plays/Most Added HH Blake Shelton 1532 +761 2.335 l27 27 29 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse LOCASH 1486 +42 1.950 l28 28 8 RAINBOW MCA Nashville Kacey Musgraves 1229 +56 1.350 l29 29 36 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Feat. Hillary Lindsey 1103 +93 1.410 l30 32 7 ALL TO MYSELF Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 1072 +140 1.349

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEAN Fargo, N.D. KBVB Laurel, Miss. WBBN San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG Alexandria, La. KRRV WSTH Lebanon, N.H. WXXK Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ Amarillo, Texas KGNC Fayetteville, N.C. WKML Lincoln, Neb KFGE Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI Asheville, N.C. WKSF Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFF Longview, Texas KYKX Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Atlantic City, N.J. WPUR Flint, Mich. WFBE Lubbock, Texas KLLL Savannah, Ga. WJCL Beaumont, Texas KYKR Florence, Ala. WXFL Lufkin, Texas KYKS WUBB Beckley, W. Va. WJLS Florence, S.C. WEGX Marshalltown, Iowa KXIA Shreveport, La. KXKS Biloxi, Miss. WZKX Ft. Collins, Colo. KUAD Mason City, Iowa KIAI Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX Bloomington, Ill. WIBL Ft. Smith, Ark. KTCS Medford, Ore. KRWQ South Bend, Ind. WBYT Bluefield, W. Va. WHKX Frederick, Md. WFRE Meridian, Miss. WOKK Springfield, Ill. WFMB Burlington, Vt. WOKO Fredericksburg, Va. WFLS Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Springfield, Mo. KTTS Cape Girardeau, Mo. KEZS Green Bay, Wis. WNCY Montgomery, Ala. WLWI Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Charleston, W. Va WKWS Hagerstown, Md. WAYZ Morgantown, W. Va. WKKW Topeka, Kan. WIBW WQBE Hot Springs, Ark. KQUS Muskegon, Mich. WMUS Traverse City, Mich. WTCM College Station, Texas KAGG Huntington, Ky. WDGG New London, Conn. WCTY Tupelo, Miss. WWZD Colorado Springs. KCCY Huntington, W. Va. WTCR Odessa, Texas KHKX Utica, N.Y. WFRG Columbia, Mo. KCLR Idaho Falls, Idaho KTHK Palm Springs, Calif. KPLM Victor Valley, CA. KATJ Columbus, Ga. WKCN Jackson, Miss. WMSI Pensacola, Fla. WXBM Waco, Texas WACO WSTH WUSJ Peoria, Ill. WXCL Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQ Janesville, Wis. WJVL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWD Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK Dothan, Ala. WTVY Jonesboro, Ark. KDXY Rapid City, S.D. KOUT Williamsport, Pa. WILQ Duluth, Minn. KKCB Joplin, Mo. KIXQ Rockford, Ill. WXXQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Eau Claire, Wis. WAXX Kalamazoo, Mich. WNWN Rocky Mount, N.C. WDWG Youngstown, Ohio WQXK Elizabeth City, N.C. WRSF Kalispell, Mont. KDBR Saginaw, Mich. WCEN WWGY Erie, Pa. WTWF Kingmah, Ariz. KFLG St. Cloud, Minn. KZPK Westwood One HOT COUNTRY Eugene, Ore. KKNU Lafayette, Ind. WKOA Salina, Kan. KYEZ MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Evansville, Ind. WKDQ Laredo, Texas KRRG Salisbury, Md. WKTT Music Choice TODAY’S COUNTRY Lansing, Mich. WITL San Angelo, Texas KGKL Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 21 OF 24 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l31 31 6 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 1047 +85 1.502 l32 30 13 KISS THAT GIRL GOODBYE BIG Label Aaron Watson 1023 +48 1.379 l33 34 18 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 952 + 119 1.055 l34 33 9 THOUGHT ABOUT YOU McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 932 +38 1.284 l35 54 2 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 899 +627 1.315 l36 37 22 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 791 +22 0.814 37 35 28 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 775 -15 0.741 l38 40 13 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 721 + 113 0.779 l39 38 23 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 718 +22 0.789 l40 39 11 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 669 +34 0.859 l41 42 28 THE IN BETWEEN Captain & Bear Cash Campbell 536 +9 0.564 l42 43 14 A LITTLE ON THE REDNECK SIDE Dream Walkin’ Smith & Wesley 509 +18 0.612 l43 44 4 GOOD VIBES Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 503 +29 0.663 44 41 5 REDNECKER Tree Vibez/Big Loud Hardy 482 -62 0.508 l45 46 8 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Dylan Scott 414 +1 0.506 l46 50 5 IF I WAS A COWBOY Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 409 +39 0.574 l47 48 7 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN I LOVE YOU AND I’M LEAVIN’ Rounder/Concord Cody Jinks 409 +18 0.437 l48 47 17 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 408 +10 0.571 49 45 18 ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Buena Vista/Capitol Nashville Adam Hambrick 399 -23 0.358 l50 51 7 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 383 +18 0.463 51 49 10 GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 378 -3 0.398 l52 52 4 SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Columbia Nashville Tenille Townes 376 +15 0.529 l53 56 12 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 280 +12 0.302 l54 55 4 DAY DRUNK Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 279 +9 0.254 l55 53 7 GET AWAY High4Records/Curve Music/Grassroots Ryan Sims 276 +3 0.288 l56 58 3 THE BULL MCA Nashville Kip Moore 263 +18 0.313 l57 59 4 LOVE TO TRY THEM ON Amerimonte Shane Owens 254 +12 0.343 58 57 4 SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW ZB Collective/BMG/Wheelhouse Zac Brown Band 243 -9 0.203 l59 NEW RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow HH Hot Shot Debut HH Dustin Lynch 234 +59 0.275 l60 NEW BULLETPROOF Nine North/Grassroots/Grapevine Dave McElroy 208 +23 0.237

CHARTS LEGEND RANKINGS station downtime for the format. gaining enough audience points MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ Country Airplay is ranked by Titles that decline in audience to bullet or if they rank below No. PLAYS total audience impressions but increase in detections will 10 and post a third consecutive Most Increased Audience on for the week ending Sunday also receive a bullet if the total week of (non-bulleted) audience Country Airplay and Most based on monitored airplay of audience erosion for the week decline, regardless of total chart Increased Plays on Country 149 stations by Nielsen BDS. does not exceed 3%. Bullets are weeks. On Country Indicator, Indicator list the songs with the Audience totals on the chart are awarded on Country Indicator to descending, non-bulleted titles greatest week-to-week increases derived, in part, using certain titles gaining plays or remaining below No. 10 are moved to in total audience or plays, Arbitron Inc. copyrighted flat from the previous week. recurrent after 20 weeks or if they respectively. Persons 12+ audience post a third consecutive week of estimates (under license © TIES decline in plays after 10 weeks. AIRPOWER 2019, Arbitron Inc.) Country On Country Airplay, if two songs Awarded on Country Airplay to Indicator is tabulated using are tied in total audience, the song HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in reported playlists and Nielsen with the larger increase in audience Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for BDS-monitored airplay at 109 is placed first. On Country Indicator, new entry on Country Airplay and the first time, with increases in stations, ranked by total plays. if two songs are tied in total plays, Country Indicator, respectively. both plays and audience. the song with the larger increase in BULLETS plays is placed first. MOST ADDED BREAKER l Awarded on Country Airplay The total number of new adds Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or RECURRENTS officially reported to Billboard by to titles achieving airplay (at remaining flat from the previous On Country Airplay, descending each reporting station, or by an least one detection) at 60% of week. A song will also receive titles below No. 10 in either automatic-add threshold (seven plays reporting stations for the first a bullet if its percentage loss audience or detections are moved for the first time in a chart tracking time. in audience does not exceed to recurrent after 20 weeks, week, according to Nielsen BDS) for the percentage of monitored provided that they are not still stations that do not report adds. © 2019 Prometheus Global Media, LLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 22 OF 24 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. FEELS LIKE A PARTY ole Purple Cape Music, LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris REARVIEW TOWN Songs Of Peer Ltd., ASCAP/ BMI/Mars Marley Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Team Thrash, ASCAP/Songs Of Peer, BMI/New Writers (Songwriter) Chart Position Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/WB Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B. New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (P.Brust, C.Lucas, T.Hubbard, Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 15 ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (N.Thrasher, A   C.Crowder) 26 B.Pinson, K.Lovelace) 29 AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass G   - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, GIRL International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Music Brett James) 11 Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 56 Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd., APRA/EMI April Music, Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 52 Inc., ASCAP/Kurstin Music, ASCAP (M.Morris, S.Aarons, LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, G.Kurstin) 17 BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Ole Red Cape ALCOHOL YOU LATER Sony/ATV Countryside, Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, Songs, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Stars BMI/Sam Sumser Music, ASCAP/Lava Music, ASCAP/ Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, Michael Ray, And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Crack The Glass Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Lucky Mic GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Songs Of Song Factory, B.Kinney) 32 Songs, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Garda Songs, Publishing, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt BMI/Universal Tunes, SESAC (A.McBryde, J.Bussey) 47 SESAC/King Pen Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Downtown, Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.Tenpenny, S.Sumser, SESAC (A.Hambrick, K.Archer, P.Good) 55 M.Lotten) 54 GOD’S COUNTRY Relative Music Group, BMI/ M   Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ ALL TO MYSELF Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI (M.Hardy, J.M.Schmidt, Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP (D.Smyers, D.Dawson) 25 ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 16 S.Mooney, N.Galyon, J.Reynolds) 27 Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ S   GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/ B   Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Year Of The Dog BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 5 Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House Are Creative Nation, GMR/Be Barry Quiet, BMI/Creative Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, Pulse Music, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI (T.Townes, L.Laird, US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 8 MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ Bary Dean) 28 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, GOOD VIBES ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Spirit Two SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman SOME OF IT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer F.Wilhelm) 36 Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Music Publishing, ASCAP/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (C.Janson, Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 48 BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 44 Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing H   Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt C.Daniels, B.Pinson) 19 Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., R.Williford) 1 ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Weimerhound HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/ D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 10 Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, Music Tunes, SESAC/Andrew Watt Music, BMI/Songs Of BETTER OFF GONE Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, MY MIRACLE House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Siva Moon ASCAP/Shakapublishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti ASCAP (A.Stoklasa, D.Woods) 51 Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Gary Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 2 Nicholson Music, ASCAP (B.Paisley, G.Nicholson) 49 SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mendes Music, BMI THE BULL BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/SWMBMGBMI, (Z.A.Brown, A.Wotman, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, S.Mendes) 58 BMI/Lonesome Vinyl Music, BMI/Emileon Songs, HOUSTON, WE GOT A PROBLEM Big BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight N   Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.R.Stewart, L.Dick) 57 Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/ T   Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Super Big NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (L.Combs, R.Montana, Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, J.Singleton) 59 Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/ B.Montana) 9 BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, I   Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Songs, ASCAP/ H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 20 Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/ I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Music Good Vibes Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB Publishing, BMI/Good Times Music, SESAC/Universal Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (D. THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ Scott, M.Alderman, C.Taylor) 45 Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 24 Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, O   BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 4 C   J.Rodgers) 37 OLD TOWN ROAD Montero Lamar Hill Publishing THOUGHT ABOUT YOU Warner-Tamerlane CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) Designee, ASCAP/Form And Texture Inc., ASCAP/Kobalt Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western Music, Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/ ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner- Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/Songs in the Key of Mink, BMI (M.L.Hill, Big Loud Brad Music, BMI/Big Loud Brett Songs, BMI Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, M.T.Reznor, A.M.Ross) 53 (L.T.Miller, B.Warren, B.D.Warren) 40 BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/ M.Walker) 21 Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (J. THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Osborne, T.J. Osborne, M.Dragstrem, S.McAnally) 43 HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ CLOSER TO YOU BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, Songs, ASCAP/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The K   Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 50 ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Low Z Music, BMI (H. KNOCKIN’ BOOTS BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 30 Lindsey, G.Sampson, T.Verges) 33 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Woman, ASCAP/ W   Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/EMI April ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, D   Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (H.Lindsey, BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN G.Sampson, J.M.Nite) 38 ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel DAY DRUNK Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS L   Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of Words And Music, ASCAP/Hey Kiddo Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (J.Frasure, T. R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 23 DeStefano, L.Robbins) 39 LADIES IN THE ‘90S Warner-Tamerlane Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 3 Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc WHAT WHISKEY DOES EMI Blackwood Music Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/ ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/Little Britches Music, BMI/Gattis Music, BMI/ E   WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cookie Jar Music LLP, PRS (Lauren Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/ Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Alaina, J.Frasure, A.Wadge) 41 External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, Music, ASCAP (R.Houser, K.Gattis, H.Lindsey) 31 EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR Day ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 12 Money Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, LIVING EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Inc., ASCAP/Living For The Night Music, BMI/HoriPro Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., P   Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Ohio Creek Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over- Dean’s Cabin Publishing, LLC, BMI (G.Strait, B.Strait, Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven D.Dillon) 18 Corp., ASCAP/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B. Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, A.Gorley, Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/ Burgess, K.Kadish) 13 EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs, D.Bentley) 42 Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Veltz) 46 Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER EMI WORLD FOR TWO EMI Blackwood Music And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ R   Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/ (R.Dickerson, P.Welling, C.Brown) 35 Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Corp., BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/Dragon Bunny Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Don Wyan Music, BMI/Maru La La, BMI/ RAINBOW HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Lets Get Brunch Publishing, EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack MaruSongs, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI (R.Copperman, Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ America, Inc., BMI/Rap Kingpin Music, ASCAP/ GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., J.Osborne, J.Abrahart) 60 CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Prescription Songs, LLC., ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music GMR/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/351 Music, Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Publishing LLC, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, R.Akins, J.Bunetta, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI (N.Hemby, S.McAnally, Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 6 J.K.Hindlin, A.Malik, J.H.Ryan) 14 K.Musgraves) 34 F   RAISED ON COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Inc., BMI/They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.B.M. Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion Music Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Songs Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs SESAC/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 7 C.Crowder) 22 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 23 OF 24 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. GIRL International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP M   REDNECKER Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/ (Songwriter) Chart Position Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Music Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/ Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd., APRA/EMI April Music, MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve A   Inc., ASCAP/Kurstin Music, ASCAP (M.Morris, S.Aarons, Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Music, ASCAP (A.Albert, M.Hardy, J.M.Schmidt) 42 G.Kurstin) 15 Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ALL TO MYSELF Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- GOD’S COUNTRY Relative Music Group, BMI/ Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP (D.Smyers, WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/ Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda S.Mooney, N.Galyon, J.Reynolds) 26 We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 43 Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI (M.Hardy, J.M.Schmidt, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B   D.Dawson) 5 W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 12 RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 17 Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/ US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of S   Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Year Of The Dog F.Wilhelm) 48 BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 9 ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 4 Are Creative Nation, GMR/Be Barry Quiet, BMI/Creative BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ H   Pulse Music, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI (T.Townes, L.Laird, Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Bary Dean) 34 Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., SOME OF IT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer R.Williford) 1 ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 11 BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 3 N   Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ C.Daniels, B.Pinson) 28 Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise I   NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 30 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB B.Montana) 16 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/ BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Songs, ASCAP/ So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Music Good Vibes L.Veltz) 7 Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, Publishing, BMI/Good Times Music, SESAC/Universal ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music J.Rodgers) 29 Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (D. T   Scott, M.Alderman, C.Taylor) 35 Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/ TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, O   BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 45 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 40 HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, K   Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 18 C   Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music KNOCKIN’ BOOTS BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Woman, ASCAP/ ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 47 ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner- Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/EMI April Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner- ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (H.Lindsey, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 2 G.Sampson, J.M.Nite) 25 BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, THAT OLD TRUCK EMI Blackwood Music Inc., 24 M.Walker)  L   ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ CLOSER TO YOU BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Lama Town Music, BMI/Write LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER EMI ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR Songs, ASCAP/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (J.Frasure, T. (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, K.Kimbro, R.B.Tedder) 36 Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 10 ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Low Z Music, BMI (H. Corp., BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/Dragon Bunny THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing Lindsey, G.Sampson, T.Verges) 38 Music, BMI/Don Wyan Music, BMI/Maru La La, BMI/ ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ E   MaruSongs, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/ Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, America, Inc., BMI/Rap Kingpin Music, ASCAP/ External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 14 EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR Day Prescription Songs, LLC., ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 19 Money Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, R.Akins, J.Bunetta, TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Inc., ASCAP/Living For The Night Music, BMI/HoriPro J.K.Hindlin, A.Malik, J.H.Ryan) 13 P   Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Ohio Creek Music, BMI/ PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/ Dean’s Cabin Publishing, LLC, BMI (G.Strait, B.Strait, LOST IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Not ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Listed (Not Listed) 39 Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/ Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 41 D.Dillon) 22 Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs, LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Veltz) 50 W   Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB R   Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC RAINBOW HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, (R.Dickerson, P.Welling, C.Brown) 46 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 20 Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris GMR/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/351 Music, R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 33 Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI  CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ (N.Hemby, S.McAnally, Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV K.Musgraves) 27 WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 6 Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B. Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 23 RAISED ON COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over- Inc., BMI/They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.B.M. Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven F   LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music Music Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Songs Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B. FEELS LIKE A PARTY ole Purple Cape Music, - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, Burgess, K.Kadish) 8 ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, SESAC/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, BMI/Mars Marley Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ WORLD FOR TWO EMI Blackwood Music Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/WB ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, Brett James) 21 C.Crowder) 31 Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (P.Brust, C.Lucas, T.Hubbard, REARVIEW TOWN Songs Of Peer Ltd., ASCAP/ Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ 44 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, C.Crowder)  BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Team Thrash, ASCAP/Songs Of Peer, BMI/New Writers Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Lets Get Brunch Publishing, G   Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI/ BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI (R.Copperman, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, Michael Ray, New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., J.Osborne, J.Abrahart) 49 B.Kinney) 37 ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (N.Thrasher, B.Pinson, K.Lovelace) 32 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 8, 2019 | PAGE 24 OF 24 CODA 8 Years Ago Thompson Square Blew A ‘Kiss’ From No. 1 In 2011, the duo scored its first Hot Country Songs leader

On April 9, 2011, Thompson Square’s Alabama natives, respectively, met in Creek Records), Just Feels Good, hit “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” rose Nashville and married in 1999. They No. 4 in 2013. The act self-released 3-1 on Billboard’s Hot Country also have landed the top 10s “I Got You” its third set, Masterpiece, in June 2018. Songs chart. (No. 8, 2011) and “If I Didn’t Have You” On March 14, Thompson Square Penned by Jim Collins and David (No. 7, 2013). announced a deal with Reviver Lee Murphy, “Kiss” is the lone Hot “Kiss” was released from the Entertainment Group, and a new single Country Songs leader (among three twosome’s self-titled first LP, which is expected soon. The duo is also set top 10s) for Thompson Square, the reached No. 3 on Top Country Albums. to embark on its first European tour, married duo of Keifer and Shawna The pair’s second album (and last launching on Sept. 2 in Amsterdam. Thompson. The Oklahoma and released on its original label, Stoney —JIM ASKER

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS

Thompson Square’s Shawna and Keifer Thompson performed at the 2011 American Country

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