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2020 November 9 CountryInsider.com | Sign Up For Daily Email Here Country’s Top 10: A Year-To-Year Comparison. A side-by-side look at numbers from the top-cuming country stations in Nielsen Audio’s October 2020 PPMs with those from a year ago shows nine of the top 10 with lower weekly cume totals – some by as much as 30%. Of the top 10, only Entercom “US 99” WUSN saw its weekly cume rise from the October 2019 book (758,800-765,200). “Why things look different year to year is obviously because of COVID-19,” Nielsen VP of audience insights Jon Miller tells Country Insider. “When COVID really started to impact America back in March, radio listening dipped because radio is primarily an away-from-your-home, while-you’re- commuting-and-working type of experience.” (continued on page 4) Nielsen’s Jon Miller

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Jim Clerkin Janie Carothers Favorite Classic MD/AM Producer My Top Five “Q Morning Crew” Country Songs: Country 102.5/WKLB 94.7 QDR/WQDR Boston, MA Favorite Songs: Raleigh, NC 1. “Would You Go With Me” – 1. “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” 2. “Standing Outside the Fire” – 2. “God’s Country” 3. “The Heart Won’t Lie” – 3. “Honey Bee” Reba McEntire & Vince Gill 4. “” 4. “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” – 5. “Nobody but You” Mary Chapin Carpenter 5. “Walkaway Joe” – /

Positive COVID-19 Tests Force Last-Minute CMA Awards Changes. With and Florida Georgia Line’s testing positive for COVID-19, producers for “The 54th Annual CMA Awards” have announced changes for Wednesday’s show. ’s replaces Brice to sing “I Hope You’re Happy Now” with . “I Hope You’re Happy Now” is up for top song, video and musical event. Also, double nominee Chris Stapleton will perform his new single, “Starting Over.”

Ross Copperman Wins Fourth BMI Country of the Year Award. The BMI Country Awards, announced Monday, combine the new and the familiar. “Whiskey Glasses” co-writer Ben Burgess takes Song of the Year for his first BMI Award, and Ross Copperman wins Songwriter of the Year a fourth time. Copperman co-wrote six of this year’s award-winners: Brett Young’s “Catch,” ’s “Living,” ’s “Love Ain’t,” ’s “Love Someone,” ’s “Tip of My Tongue” and ’s “.” Warner-Chappell Music Publishing takes Publisher of the Year.

CountryInsider.com NOVEMBER 9, 2020 | 3 Country’s Top 10: A Year-To-Year Comparison - (continued from page 1) Radio and media consultant Joel Raab sees a change best AQH in more than a year and their third straight in morning listening habits as a significant factor in book where share and audience both increased. KNIX’s the lower cumes. “People are “Tim Ben & Brooke” morning show features two of the listening in the morning, they’re market’s most recognizable personalities, Tim Hattrick just starting later, on average and Ben Campbell. about a half hour later,” he says. In Providence, WCTK has seen five straight books above The change in cume isn’t limited a 10 share. “I inherited a good situation from [former to country. “We’re seeing this all PD] Bob Walker,” who left the station in August, says over the country with different Kevin Lawrence. Lawrence took over as PD in September formats,” Miller says. “Fewer while continuing his duties as the station’s production people are using radio this year director and afternoon host. compared to last year, and the numbers are following Lawrence notes that 98.1’s music mix is 50% suit.” gold, 26% recurrent and 24% current, with an average With AQH, though, it’s a different story. “If you look back year of 2015. The station also emphasizes tempo to the spring, country’s share has been fairly consistent records whenever possible. and mirrored past years,” Miller says. According to “There are a lot of slow and mid- Nielsen, country’s share of adults 18+, M-F 6am-7pm, tempo records on the charts right across 45 PPM markets has stayed between 6.0 and 6.8 now, and we’ve largely avoided since March. “Despite all the things happening in the them,” he says. “when we don’t background, country was still increasing its share this play them, we play them at night.” summer. That’s seasonal. Country generally does better Lawrence believes the pandemic in the summer.” may actually have helped Cat Country 98.1. “People All but one of the 10 PPM stations with the highest weren’t at the office listening to our AC competitor,” he share have risen since October 2019, some significantly says. “They were at their homes where they had a choice — like Hall Communications “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK about what to listen to.” Providence, RI, (7.8-10.4) and iHeartMedia KNIX Phoenix Raab has seen that tendency play out on a larger scale. (102.5) (4.3-7.3). “At the height of the lockdown, country’s share did go up Raab notes that heritage morning shows have generally because more people were at home and had the choice performed well during 2020 regardless of format. Take, of what to listen to,” he says. “Country as a format is high for example KNIX, the one station that appears among on a lot of people’s lists. But now that more people are the top 10 of stations with the largest cume and the back at work and having to school kids at home, I am greatest shares. A year ago, 102.5 KNIX had a 4.3 share. seeing markets where ratings are off a little bit in the In the most recent PPMs, they had a 7.3 — the station’s fall.”

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“One Beer” Turns Into A Breakthrough Hit For HARDY. HARDY probably never has been so glad to be so I wrote ‘One Beer’ with one of my best friends, Jake wrong. Mitchell, and , who I hadn’t had a single with, so it’s cool that I get to share my song with them.” When he and his girlfriend were listening to “The Big 98” WSIX as they drove to a While HARDY won’t yet reveal the ’s next single, Florida vacation, he told her, he says the project contains at least four singles and “a “Guess what song you think sleeper.” Indeed, it ’t immediately apparent that is going to come on next.” “One Beer” was a single selection. She guessed “I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Carly Pearce “What stands out about is the single-selection and Lee Brice. He thought process,” says Ali Matkosky, the station would play a Brett Big Loud Records’ national Young song. director of promotion. “Our A&R team is second to none Instead, WSIX played “One and has an incredible track Beer,” now a gold-certified record. In fact, we never Top 10 hit featuring Lauren anticipated ‘One Beer being Alaina and . HARDY’s second radio single. “That was the first time I heard it on the radio,” he says. There was another front- “That was a very introspective moment for me.” runner, but as our A&R team Ali Matkosky tracked the data it became Of course, it wasn’t the first time he has heard one of apparent. has been really receptive his songs on the radio. The ACM Songwriter of the Year of our process, and the chart success has reflected nominee had penned six No. 1 hits for others, including that. HARDY has contributed a lot to the format as a “’s “Up Down,” Florida Georgia Line’s songwriter, performer and “Simple” and Blake Shelton’s ACM Song of the Year artist, and we’re excited at nominee “God’s Country.” And he’d heard Amanda Jo the potential of delivering Parker at iHeartMedia “101.7 The Bull” WBWL Boston his first No. 1.” play his 2019 single “.” But as his first real radio hit as an artist, “One Beer” felt completely “One Beer” may have a different. more powerful meaning in 2020 than it would have “You root for it twice as hard just because it’s your had it during any other own, especially for me, who writes everything I put year. “I hear there are out,” HARDY says. “I am rooting for it to go No. 1 as a going to be a lot of Corona songwriter because I want to have another No. 1. I root babies,” he says with a laugh. (continued on page 12) for it as an artist because I want to have my first No. 1

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JD Justice exits Midwest to support, radio is also standing RADIO Communications country “Kat up to remember the forgotten Ken Roberts rises to VP/Mar­ Country 98.9” KTCO Duluth, where veterans on Veterans Day,” Mike ket Manager for Cumulus Media he served as Brand Manager and McVay, president of McVay Media Washington, DC, which includes midday personality. Justice joined Consulting, said in a release. country “K105” the station in June 2019 from McVay is coordinating station WQXK. Roberts Decorah Broadcasting country participation. has most recently “Kix 101.1” KXIA Waterloo-Cedar been serving as VP/ Rapids. Saga Communications is buying Sales. He succeeds country “The Bull” WBQL, Jake McCann who “ Clarksville, TN (1400) from is exiting for a 100.3” WFFG-FM Albany morning Consolidated Media. The deal position in the real host Ben Ryan also includes the Clarksville, TN- estate industry. Prior to joining exited the station licensed translator W288DQ at the cluster, Roberts was SVP/ and the radio 105.5 FM. Saga already owns hot Sales at iHeartMedia Baltimore/ industry on Friday, AC “Q-108” WCVA, country “Beaver Washington, DC and previously Nov. 6. Ryan 100.3” WVVR, “Rewind served as Director of Sales for joined the station 94.3” WRND-FM, rock “Z-97.5” Bonneville International Phoenix in October 2018 WZZP, soft AC WQEZ (1370), and and as GSM for Susquehanna from former CHR sports WKFN (540) in the area. Media/Cumulus Media Dallas. sister WKBE (107.1) and co-owned WKLI-FM (100.9). Magic Broadcasting “Wild Willie iHeartMedia SVP of programming/ 100.1” WWLY Panama City, FL, Milwaukee Kerry Wolfe exits. Five Cumulus Media stations has flipped to country Christmas. Wolfe had been are participating in a fundraiser The station is asking listeners to with WMIL (106.1) for Veterans Matter to house submit their Christmas wishes since August 1989, homeless veterans. Country via a Letters following stints “K100” WKKO, classic hits WRQN to Santa form in Greensboro, (93.5) and classic rock WXKR (94.5) and plans to NC, and Colorado Toledo are grant some of Springs, CO. joined by co- those wishes owned country during the Katelyn Maida exits Cumulus outlets WFMS holiday season. Media KSCS Dallas (96.3), where Indianapolis Cumulus Media “ Icon she was co-host of “Hawkeye in (95.5) and 107.9” WOGT Chattanooga, TN, the Morning.” Maida joined the WDRQ Detroit (93.1) to support has flipped to “Christmas 107.9” station in 2015 from Cox Media the campaign. “With many and is playing contemporary and Group KKBQ (92.9). veterans’ causes we all continue classic holiday tunes.

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TITLE AIRPLAY RETENTION CALL OUT STREAMING POWER SALES COMPOSITE # ARTIST - LABEL 3 8 7 4 4 1 1 MORGAN WALLEN - Big Loud Got What I Got 6 6 6 3 5 2 2 - Macon Music/Broken Bow Pretty Heart 8 1 10 6 16 3 3 PARKER MCCOLLUM - MCA Nashville 1 4 1 11 24 4 4 - Triple Tigers Some Girls 10 3 4 9 17 5 5 JAMESON RODGERS - River House/Columbia Nash 2 2 3 18 25 6 6 - Arista Nashville/RECORDS One Beer f/L. Alaina/D. Dawson 5 7 17 7 12 7 7 HARDY - Big Loud f/ 4 10 19 12 7 8 8 BLAKE SHELTON - Warner/WMN-Interscope Better Together 17 x 22 2 3 9 9 LUKE COMBS - River House/Columbia Nash I Should Probably Go To Bed 11 14 11 8 8 10 10 DAN + SHAY - Warner/WAR NATIONAL CALLOUT

TITLE N`EAST MID WEST WEST SOUTH # ARTIST Dickerson, Russell 11 2 1 3 1 Love You Like I Used To Lane, Chris 5 1 5 7 2 Big, Big Plans Stell, Matt 1 14 6 1 3 Everywhere But On Rodgers, Jameson 4 6 9 5 4 Some Girls Young, Brett 3 11 3 6 5 Lady Aldean, Jason 21 3 2 18 6 Got What I Got Wallen, Morgan 14 4 7 29 7 More Than My Hometown Parmalee & Blanco Brown 8 16 4 22 8 Just The Way Owen, Jake 10 24 10 2 9 Made For You McCollum, Parker 13 13 16 4 10 Pretty Heart ACTION - UNDEREXPOSED

TITLE AIRPLAY COMPOSITE # ARTIST - LABEL Good Time 21 13 1 NIKO MOON - RCA Nashville One Too Many 28 16 2 WITH P!NK - RCA/Capitol Nashville Lady 36 18 3 BRETT YOUNG - BMLG Forever After All 50 19 4 LUKE COMBS - River House/Columbia Nash She's Mine 30 21 5 KIP MOORE - MCA Nashville Wine, Beer, Whiskey 37 26 6 - Capitol Nashville This Is Us 43 29 7 & NOAH CYRUS - SC/RECORDS/Columbia Single Saturday Night 46 35 8 - Warner/WMN Worship You 48 39 9 - RCA Nashville Better Together 17 9 10 LUKE COMBS - River House/Columbia Nash Danny Mayo (“Keeper of the include , Justin INDUSTRY Stars”), won the Academy of Moore, and Marty Songwriters­ Hall of Famer Steve ’s Song of the Year Stuart. Brooks, a songwriter, Dorff has signed an exclusive deal award for co-writing ’s will spearhead Inside Music’s with Nashville-based Demolition “” and also has penned Canadian division with head of Music Publishing. A GRAMMY- and his for Tim McGraw (“My Best creative Matt Williams. Emmy-nominated writer, Dorff Friend”), Martina McBride (“This has written more than 20 Top 10 One’s for the Girls”) and others. Jason Nix, who released debut EP country and pop hits dating back She also was a judge on the CMT “Money on You” in October, has to the 1970s, series “Can You Duet.” signed an exclusive songwriter including agreement with Jody Williams George Melinda Newman, Billboard Songs. Williams, Strait’s “I executive editor, West Coast and a former BMI Cross My Nashville, receives the Country VP of creative, Heart,” Garth Music Association’s Media launched the Brooks’ Achievement Award for 2020. company earlier “Baby, Let’s Newman is in her second run with this year in Lay Down Billboard, having returned in 2017 partnership and Dance,” after working there from 1998- with Warner Anne 2006. During her 20+-year career, Chappell Music Murray’s “I Just Fall in Love Again” Newman also has contributed to Nashville. His publishing roster and Eddie Rabbit’s ”Every Which such outlets as “The Washington includes Ashley McBryde, Nathan Way but Loose.” He also wrote the Post,” “Los Angeles Times,” Chapman, Jeremy Spillman and theme song for the ABC-TV sitcom “” “Parade” and Greg Bates. Nix is represented by “Growing Pains” and served as “Variety.” The Award recognizes Brian Hill at CAA for booking. music supervisor on the 1992 outstanding achievements of Strait film “Pure Country.” print and internet journalists, Jay Allen, who Verge Records columnists, authors, editors, signed as its flagship artist last Songwriter Aimee Mayo will television writers, producers and year, is now being booked by publish her memoir, “Talking to bookers, and syndicated radio The Kinkead Entertainment the Sky: A reporters in the media as they Agency through a new exclusive Memoir of relate to country music. The agreement. Allen, an Iowa native Living My award is voted on by publicist who moved to Nashville in 2013, Best Life in a members of CMA. was a SiriusXM Highway Find in Sh!t Show,” 2107 and has been involved with on Dec. 1. Inside Music Nashville adds the Alzheimer’s Association after Mayo, the Nick Gibbens and Craig Brooks releasing a song called “Blank daughter of to its team. Gibbens is a producer, Stares” about his mother who songwriter engineer and mixer whose credits died with the disease at age 54.

10 | NOVEMBER 9, 2020 CountryInsider.com CountryInsider.com NOVEMBER 9, 2020 | 11 “One Beer” Turns Into A Breakthrough Hit For HARDY (continued from page 6) While the song has an upbeat melody, it addresses and bob their head, no matter what I’m saying in the the serious topic of teen pregnancy. “People are melody. You get a little taste of everything.” more vulnerable this year to those kinds of situations because we have had serious things this year,” he says. HARDY loves writing about “It doesn’t hurt that it’s a serious song that came out major life moments, as during a he did in “One Beer” and serious year.” “,” the title track of his new album. “It makes Of course, people feel something,” he the song says. “People in country contains are afraid to go there, I feel two HARDY like, and I don’t understand trademarks why.” — addressing Hardy serious HARDY has a deep topics and understanding of the lives wrapping of those in Middle America, or what those living on the the words coasts call the flyover states. “I have a theory, which is around that every small town in America is the same,” he says. an upbeat “I grew up in Philadelphia, Mississippi, so I feel like I melody — found in both songs he writes for others already know my fans. I have been to so many places and his own , including 2019’s “HIXTAPE Vol and small towns and heard so many stories from my 1,” which Billboard called “one of the most ambitious fans, and they are all the same. projects of the year.” “I love that I can relate to them on that level and my “A lot of times the subject matter is more serious than music speaks to them on that level. It feels good to the melody,” he says. “I want people to like the song know we are cut from the same cloth.” — Beverly Keel

12 | NOVEMBER 9, 2020 CountryInsider.com acous­tically Oct. 17, 2017, at a pages, with all donations benefiting ARTISTS show at Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta, the venue. McBride, the former Gabby Barrett sings a duet of “Go GA, when founding members frontman of McBride & the Ride, Tell It on the Mountain” with for and Dave Robbins has a rich songwriting history that KING & COUNTRY on the Christian reunited with their original includes co-writing credits on 13 act’s new holiday album, “A backing band from the 1990s. While the reunion is missing the late , who passed in 2001 from melanoma, Paul promises the recording “made for a very memorable musical moment” as the songs recorded are personal favorites from the band’s early records. The 18-track project includes “,” “,” “I Sure Can Smell the Rain” and “That’s Just About Right.”

A tornado and a pandemic­ may have kept Charlie Wor­sham from Brooks & Dunn singles, among Drummer Boy Christmas,”­ released holding his Every Damn Monday them “Play Something­ Country,” on Friday. “If we don’t have your summer residency in Nashville,­ “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” and “If You vocal on that song, the song loses but he’s not See Him/” with Reba all specialness­ and character,­ and about to let McEntire. your vocal becomes a necessity the series’ fifth and essential part of the song,” anniversary­ The COVID-19 pandemic won’t th the duo’s Luke Smallbone recently pass without ground Tracy Lawrence’s 15 told Barrett during a Zoom call some ce­le­ Annual Mission:Possible Turkey posted to the for KING & COUNTRY bration. On Fry this year, but it will turn the Facebook page. Also Joel Smallbone Wednesday, event benefiting the Nashville promised to send Barrett and her Nov. 18, he’ll Rescue Mission into a two- husband a potted Christmas tree livestream a guest-filled “Charlie parter. The turkey fry takes place “as a pre-baby Christmas gift.” Worsham’s­ Every Damn Five Tuesday, Nov. 24 in the Mission’s Barrett and husband Cade Foehner Years” from Nashville’s­ Brooklyn parking lot, while the concert are expecting their first child in Bowl. Worsham’s guests include portion will be early 2021. Devin Dawson, Morgan Evans, a livestream Jillian Jacqueline,­ , from the Tenille­­ Townes, Molly Tuttle and Wildhorse Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Saloon on a Secor. As with previous in-person date yet to be Every Damn Monday shows, a announced. portion of proceeds from the sale Since 2006, of livestream tickets will benefit Lawrence’s event has provided Worsham’s­ Follow Your Heart approximately 93,000 meals Scholarship Fund. for Nashville’s homeless and raised nearly a million dollars. Terry McBride celebrates the The concert from the Wildhorse release of his first full-length solo will include guest performers and album, “Rebels & Angels,” with a be hosted on social-shopping livestreaming writers round from network TalkShopLive. While Nashville’s Bluebird Café Thursday, viewing the concert is free, Black­Hawk will release a two- Nov. 19. He’ll be joined by “Rebels proceeds from the sale of disc greatest hits project Nov. 13 & Angels” producer , merchandise will go to feeding the via BFD/Audium Nashville/The and . The homeless. Additionally, Lawrence Orchard. “Just About Right: Live show will be livestreamed on the will host an online auction that From Atlanta” was recorded live Bluebird’s Facebook and YouTube runs Nov. 17-Dec. 2.

CountryInsider.com NOVEMBER 9, 2020 | 13 NOVEMBER 9, 2020 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud 6a-7p % day 2 1 RUSSELL DICKERSON / Love You Like I Used To (Triple 27648 2682 8842 1038 50.94 4.811 4647 53% Tigers) 3 2 MORGAN WALLEN / More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 23246 1678 7545 678 42.427 1.987 3812 51%

5 3 BLAKE SHELTON / Happy Anywhere f/Gwen Stefani 22298 1223 7121 287 38.346 2.072 3544 50% (Warner/WMN-Interscope) 7 4 HARDY / One Beer f/L. Alaina/D. Dawson (Big Loud) 21312 884 6847 181 36.723 1.922 3451 50%

8 5 / Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 20659 2988 6743 1025 36.376 5.757 3495 52%

1 6 MATT STELL / Everywhere But On (Arista Nashville/RECORDS) 19728 -6569 6540 -2038 37.433 -9.691 3558 54%

9 7 PARKER MCCOLLUM / Pretty Heart (MCA Nashville) 18858 1543 5961 521 32.806 2.032 2957 50%

10 8 / Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol Nashville) 16664 948 5289 253 31.73 2.326 2672 51%

12 9 DAN + SHAY / I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 16028 1660 5135 532 28.354 3.479 2623 51%

6 10 JAMESON RODGERS / Some Girls (River House/Columbia Nash) 15428 -5138 4953 -1678 30.077 -6.353 3032 61% 11 11 KENNY CHESNEY / Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 15162 215 4811 99 27.097 0.589 2466 51%

13 12 LADY A / Champagne Night (BMLG) 14790 1181 4634 339 25.189 1.415 2208 48%

14 13 BALLERINI / Hole In The Bottle (Black River 12910 594 4227 201 19.9 0.654 1888 45% Entertainment) 15 14 / (Capitol Nashville) 11519 1030 3817 383 17.938 1.833 1675 44%

20 15 LUKE COMBS / Better Together (River House/Columbia 11227 2138 3513 714 19.513 3.075 1689 48% Nash) 16 16 CHRIS STAPLETON / Starting Over (Mercury Nashville) 10844 687 3474 205 18.154 1.348 1631 47%

17 17 NIKO MOON / Good Time (RCA Nashville) 10825 766 3517 285 15.852 1.298 1483 42%

18 18 / How They Remember You (Big Machine) 10605 592 3342 233 16.816 0.928 1343 40%

19 19 / Momma's House (Broken Bow) 10172 426 3351 135 15.752 1.099 1344 40%

21 20 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE / Long Live (BMLG) 9430 1158 3030 378 14.824 2.193 1230 41%

23 21 TENILLE ARTS / Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 8430 990 2671 292 10.744 1.325 740 28%

28 22 LUKE BRYAN / (Capitol Nashville) 7370 1695 2157 562 12.853 2.514 902 42%

24 23 JORDAN DAVIS / Almost Maybes (MCA Nashville) 7326 695 2400 183 10.604 1.24 847 35%

26 24 BROTHERS OSBORNE / All Night (EMI Nashville) 6579 306 2178 92 8.125 -0.01 641 29%

25 25 DYLAN SCOTT / Nobody (Curb) 6436 139 2119 55 9.208 0.173 651 31%

CountryInsider.com/Newsletters AUGUST 7, 2020 | 1 NOVEMBER 9, 2020 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud 6a-7p % day 27 26 MORGAN WALLEN / (Big Loud/Republic) 6305 283 1917 83 10.656 0.618 737 38%

31 27 PARMALEE / Just The Way f/Blanco Brown (Stoney Creek) 5510 1027 1840 317 6.728 1.244 553 30%

29 28 / To Hell & Back (Columbia Nashville) 5283 312 1733 123 6.168 0.266 397 23%

30 29 GABBY BARRETT / (Warner/WAR) 5197 539 1711 167 7.149 0.939 538 31%

33 30 KEITH URBAN WITH P!NK / One Too Many 4845 648 1552 261 7.22 1.074 514 33% (RCA/Capitol Nashville) 32 31 BRETT YOUNG / Lady (BMLG) 4792 369 1438 104 7.336 0.081 458 32%

45 32 DIERKS BENTLEY / Gone (Capitol Nashville) 4458 2214 1407 761 7.428 3.508 526 37%

35 33 / Breaking Up Was Easy In The... (MCA 4401 569 1312 168 6.113 0.845 442 34% Nashville) 34 34 / betty (Republic/MCA Nashville) 4214 36 1339 -1 5.41 -0.284 363 27%

36 35 / Hard Days (Valory) 3819 341 1249 108 3.619 0.093 296 24%

38 36 RUNAWAY JUNE / We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 3516 218 1203 87 4.088 0.376 212 18%

39 37 LITTLE BIG TOWN / Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol 3290 213 1100 90 3.134 0.122 237 22% Nashville) 41 38 / Made For You (Big Loud) 3267 526 1031 190 3.385 0.346 253 25%

40 39 MIRANDA LAMBERT / Settling Down (RCA Nashville) 3083 326 1000 123 3.75 0.437 334 33%

42 40 JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH CYRUS / This Is Us (SC/ 2729 170 981 63 2.052 0.149 171 17% RECORDS/Columbia) 78 41 LEE BRICE / Memory I Don't Mess With (Curb) 2648 2191 676 565 5.813 3.754 292 43%

47 42 CARLY PEARCE / (Big Machine) 2623 466 829 131 2.96 0.807 258 31%

44 43 COLE SWINDELL / Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 2582 216 770 53 3.747 0.292 203 26%

43 44 ROBERT COUNTS / What Know (Arista Nashville) 2408 -25 733 -15 2.444 -0.05 139 19%

46 45 PRISCILLA BLOCK / Just About Over You (Mercury 2341 166 660 58 2.984 0.165 198 30% Nashville/InDent) 48 46 CAROLINE JONES / All Of The Boys (Mailboat) 2304 322 853 100 1.279 0.294 73 9%

37 47 BRETT ELDREDGE / Gabrielle (Warner/WMN) 2274 -1202 626 -435 3.36 -0.745 123 20%

49 48 H OLD DOMINION / Never Be Sorry (RCA Nashville) 2225 245 677 89 2.44 0.203 165 24% 60 49 H KANE BROWN / Worship You (RCA Nashville) 2042 898 571 229 2.394 1.067 160 28% 52 50 H / We Didn't Have Much (Valory) 2029 349 682 128 2.736 0.574 255 37%

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