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December 14, 2020, Issue 735 Remembering Charley Pride Industry and radio friends and colleagues share their remembrances of Country Music Hall of Famer Charley Pride, who passed over the weekend. • Cumulus’ Brian Philips: When I was PD at KPLX (The Wolf)/Dallas in 1999, I would see him at Las Colinas Golf Club, where he was a member and played all the time. I knew it was Charley, but I was shy. Eventually, I got up the courage to talk to him and tell him his records were some of the first country songs I heard and really appreciated. I also told him he was no friend to the DJ, as most of them were only two minutes long – he could have added one more chorus on the way out. He laughed because he’d heard that a lot from radio people. “Everyone made short songs back then,” he said. “Country stations played 50 songs an hour!” He warmed to the conversation effortlessly, was generous with his time and looked me in the eye. I’m sure he suffered unbearable indignities in his life, but all that felt a million miles away by the time I met him. He was a man of his own Chicagoals: WUSN/Chicago’s St. Jude radiothon brings in creation, living the good life. There more than $764,000. Pictured (top, l-r) are the station’s Scotty was an all-American aura about Kay and St. Jude’s Jennifer Herrera; (middle, l-r) St. him – from his life story to the fact Jude’s Kristine Paca and the station’s Marci Braun; (bottom) there was no show-biz shield, no the station’s Drew Walker. driver. He had that square-jawed, Charley Pride squared-off athlete’s way about him – that 100,000 watt smile – and a KYGO’s McFayden: TRL To IRL real bounce in his step as he walked away to his car. As he drove As newly minted Bonneville KYGO/ off I thought, “Well, that’s why he’s Charley Pride.” Denver morning co-host Brian McFayden • Morris Higham’s Clint Higham: I didn’t know Charley, but I (CAT 12/1) wrapped his first week, he put got to be around him and Ronnie Milsap in a dressing room during a a temporary pause on moving logistics and CMA Awards show. Ronnie was talking about how Charley gave him exploring his new locale to tell Country his first opening spot on a tour – and Charley was hot as a match at Aircheck about returning to radio. Those the time. When the tour was over, Ronnie wanted to repay him in some in the age demo that rocked butterfly clips, way, but Charley told him, “You don’t owe me anything. Keep passing bandanas, frosted tips and cargo pants might it on down to the other acts, son.” (continued on page 7) know him as an MTV VJ, the host of MTV’s Brian McFayden ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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Total Request Live (TRL), CBS’ Cupid and WB’s Beauty and the Geek. Prior to making the move to Denver – where he’s excited Despite those credentials and local and national television stops to take in live shows as soon as touring resumes – McFayden in Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York, his radio roots and love of spent much of quarantine visiting family in Omaha, St. Louis and country music run deep. In fact, when it comes to Brian McFayden, Minneapolis ... all strong Country radio markets. But, his focus as the saying goes, “You think you know, but you have no idea.” remained on KYGO. “I’d Video Killed The Radio Star: After getting his start at stream Tracy’s show each Alternative KEGE/Minneapolis in the mid-’90s, McFayden made the morning and found myself move to New York at Rock WXRK before MTV came calling. But, he getting more and more explains, “I was pretty certain I had lost the gig, because they asked excited to work with her,” me what kind of music I liked, and I said, ‘Country! My favorite he says. “This music will is Randy Travis.’ When they looked confused, I randomly broke always be my favorite, and out into a chorus of ‘Diggin’ Up Bones’ as if that would help.” His there are some huge stars singing may not have won over execs, but his personality, charm, on Country radio right now. I want to turn up every on-air presence and high-school-homecoming-king good looks Dawn Denver: Dixon did. [Ed. Note: Having worn butterfly clips to prom, I can personally song, go to every concert, and McFayden vouch.] A two-decades-long national television career ensued. and get to know these “I met Tracy doing a call-in segment about MTV for her artists and the people in the business.” He also has a “beer bucket show a decade or so ago,” says McFayden. “We had an instant list” and hopes to raise a glass with Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, chemistry – so much so, my then-girlfriend got jealous!” That quick Jake Owen and the guys in Old Dominion, among others. interaction led to a friendship rooted in a love of radio, sports, From folding laundry with Patsy Cline in the background country music and the outdoors. “Tracy is one of my closest friends, to auditioning for MTV with an acapella rendition of a Randy and we’ve wanted to work together for years,” he says. The timing Travis classic – to bantering with a longtime friend while spinning was never quite right, though ... until it was. “Tracy sent me a Morgan Wallen and Maren Morris – McFayden says he couldn’t text a few months back that just said, ‘What about now?’ and I have planned it better if he tried. “This is exactly where I want to be immediately knew what she meant,” he explains. But his hiring and what I want to be doing. As far as I’m concerned, this is where wasn’t a foregone conclusion. “Once [PD] Brian [Michel] heard us I’ll be forever. I’m not focusing on accolades or notoriety, but on together, I think he got it,” quips McFayden. “Tracy is a pro, and all doing a great show every day and having fun with my best friend.” we have to do is outline topics, pot up the mics and be ourselves. He’s already earned his spot at the Dixon family dinner table; now This is the most fun I’ve ever had.” The co-hosts also plan to he’s aiming for listener pre-sets in Denver and beyond. capitalize on McFayden’s on-camera experience to elevate the Stream the station here; welcome McFayden to the format here. show’s online and social media presence and are looking forward –Monta Vaden to tag-teaming on multi-platform content moving forward. A Country Boy Can Survive: But, Country radio? Absolutely, Top 30 Christmas Songs says McFayden: “I have always loved the music and the format, so Here are Country’s most-played Christmas songs through the ability to combine that with my friendship with Tracy and come Dec. 12, according to Mediabase 24/7, along with final 2019 back to my first passion of radio? Total no-brainer.” He recalls rankings. Of note: Dan + Shay’s “Take Me Home For Christmas” fondly working alongside his mother folding laundry as she listened is the only 2020 release to make the top 30, though five songs to Patsy Cline records well before his own aforementioned love of that finished below top 30 last year have climbed in. The six Randy Travis took hold. Fortuitously, McFayden’s parents also lived songs dropping out of the top 30 (last year’s rank in parentheses) in Colorado before he was born, giving him a sense of familial are Alan Jackson’s “Let It Be Christmas (15), Kellie Pickler’s connection to the area. Having his adult son join him in his new “Santa Baby” (18), Montgomery Gentry’s “Merry Christmas home will close the circle on the family connection. From The Family” (20), Brad Paisley’s “Santa Looked A Lot Like

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An inside look at how Big Loud’s Jake people interactions that spawn creativity. Owen is spending his Quaran-Time: Social media helped me stay I’ve actually been able to live more of connected to fans at first, then I believe a normal daily life. I’m never home for more the “live” interaction became a little than a few days at a time, and it feels pretty overdone. Sometimes it’s nice to step good to be able to sleep in my own bed and back for a bit and come back with new rock my little girl to sleep at night. I’ve tried material and surprises. to see the positive side of all of this. Started bingeing with Ozark, then I finally got myself into a routine Breaking Bad and now I’m reading A Land that isn’t touring. I’m a routine dad now. I Remembered for about the fifth time. have time to spend with Erica and focus on My go-to quarantine snack is almonds. our family. Don’t get me wrong … I always The silver lining in all of this is focus on my family, but it’s a lot easier definitely more time with my family. More when you’re home every day. time to be present and make up for the I’ve been working on a lot of home time lost. My family has always supported projects — building things and reading a my hopes and dreams, and it’s nice to lot more. be home and support them. I’ve watched I’ve been really creative … or at least my little girl learn to walk and now say Dad Company had the urge to want to be. Sometimes it’s “Daddy.” I’d say I’m pretty blessed. tough without the day-to-day travel and

Daddy” (22), Garth Brooks’ “(There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays” (25) and Thomas Rhett’s “Christmas In The Chart Chat Country” (27). Congratulations to Chris Lane, Stacy Blythe, Ali Matkosky and the Big Loud 2019 2020 promotion team on landing at No. 1 with 1 1 VINCE VANCE & THE VALIANTS/All I Want For.. “Big, Big Plans.” The song is the lead single 2 2 BRENDA LEE/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree from Lane’s forthcoming third studio album. 5 3 BOBBY HELMS/Jingle Bell Rock Songwriters are Ernest K. Smith, Jacob 6 4 BURL IVES/A Holly Jolly Christmas Durrett and Lane. 8 5 GARTH BROOKS/It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Of note, this is also Big Loud’s third Chris Lane 3 6 TAYLOR SWIFT/Last Christmas single to top the charts in the past four weeks 11 7 JOSE FELICIANO/Feliz Navidad following the successes of Morgan Wallen’s “More Than My 4 8 LUKE BRYAN/Run Run Rudolph Hometown” (CAW 11/23) and Hardy’s “One Beer” featuring 9 9 GENE AUTRY/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 19 10 ALABAMA/Christmas In Dixie Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson (CAW 11/30). 7 11 ALAN JACKSON/A Holly Jolly Christmas - 12 LEANN RIMES/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 36 13 LADY A/A Holly Jolly Christmas News & Notes SuiteRadio nationally syndicated Bud & Broadway hosts 13 14 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Do You Hear What I Hear? 12 15 GEORGE STRAIT/Christmas Cookies Bud Ford and Jerry Broadway are adding South Georgia 10 16 RASCAL FLATTS/Jingle Bell Rock Broadcasters WBYZ/Baxley, GA afternoons effective Jan. 4. 24 17 GENE AUTRY/Here Comes Santa Claus The position has been vacant for more than two years; PD Caleb 29 18 NAT KING COLE/The Christmas Song Karnoutsos has handled duties in the interim. NEW 19 DAN + SHAY/Take Me Home For Christmas Jimmie Allen has been chosen as the CMA Foundation’s 17 20 BLAKE SHELTON f/MIRANDA LAMBERT/Jingle Bell Rock Unified Voices for Music Education December Artist Ambassador. 21 21 FAITH HILL/Where Are You Christmas? Larry Gatlin will serve as the celebrity spokesperson for 1st 14 22 ELI YOUNG BAND/Wonderful Christmastime National Reserve. 16 23 BRETT ELDREDGE f/MEGHAN TRAINOR/Baby, It’s Cold... Journalist Holly Gleason is slated to release her next 28 24 EAGLES/Please Come Home For Christmas book, Prine On Prine: Interviews And Encounters, Dec. 2021. - 25 BRETT ELDREDGE/It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like... EMF is purchasing Country WCDD/Canton-Peoria, IL from 30 26 THE BAND PERRY/Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town Illiana Communications for $170,000. - 27 ANDY WILLIAMS/Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - 28 ELVIS PRESLEY/Blue Christmas Loud Media WABY-AM/Watervliet-Albany, NY and FM 26 29 KENNY CHESNEY/Jingle Bells translator W231DU are now simulcasting Classic Country WNYV/ - 30 ALAN JACKSON/I Only Want You For Christmas Whitehall-Glen Falls, NY.

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Remembering Charley Pride country superstar. Given all he had to go through because of his race, another type of personality would not have made it. He was (continued from page 1) always positive, and the whole time I knew him, I never heard a • Former RCA/Nashville President and Pride’s producer Jerry negative word come from his mouth. Early on, whatever racial Bradley: I had just started working at RCA in 1970 when I had comments people would make would just roll off his back. If it dinner with Charley and his manager Jack Johnson. They told me hadn’t been Charley, with his personality, in that position, I don’t Charley wanted to change producers from Jack Clement, and asked know if anyone could have accomplished what he did. if I could take care of that, which was my job. I asked Charley what • Former RCA promotion exec Tim McFadden: He was very he wanted in a producer and he said he wanted to record with intense about words. One I remember is how it annoyed him everyone in the same room and didn’t want to overdub. when people said “think” instead of “believe.” Someone would I had mixed Loretta Lynn, Jack Greene, Red Foley, the Osborne say, “I think that’s right.” He would reply, “No, you believe that’s Brothers and others for my dad and had cut Nat Stuckey and a right. There’s a big difference between those two words.” That couple other artists on RCA. We discussed a few producers, but I told wasn’t said in a demeaning way, it was just about finding the Charley I liked to record the same way he did, so why not try me? right usage. He cared about words and lyrics, and you could We did 10 or 11 albums together and had a great time doing it. hear that in his music. He liked to stay up late. We used to end our sessions at 10pm, • Former Sony/Nashville Chairman Joe Galante: [Ed. Note: and he’d want to go down to Printers Alley and drink all night at Pride’s “Burgers And Fries” was the first No. 1 worked by Galante Skull’s. So I kind of tricked him and started scheduling sessions when he headed RCA promotion in the late ‘70s.] Charley was from 6pm-1am so he’d be tired and want to go home instead of in town recording, so [VP/Marketing] Dave Wheeler and I took going out. him to lunch. Now, I grew up in New York City and hadn’t really Put the needle down on the record, and you’d know in five experienced much of the south in the ‘60s and ‘70s, so I asked seconds it was Charley Pride. During that time, he sold as many Charley what it was like being in the business at that time. records for RCA as Elvis. Charley was responsible for a lot of Around 1970, he’d just had his third No. 1 and was headed things in my life. I thought the world of him and Rozene. She called from Nashville to Mississippi for a meeting. At some point, he and last Thursday night to tell me what was going on. It was a tough wife Rozene pulled over to use the restroom. He went into the store conversation. She said, “Jerry, watch out for that virus, it’s bad.” and there were no signs, but as he was about to enter one, the clerk • SiriusXM’s Storme Warren: I first met him in 1991 or so said, “Where the fuck are you going?” Charley told him who he at his theater in Branson, and I was a kid – scared to death. He was, and the guy said, “I don’t care who the fuck you are, you’re not going to use this restroom.” Charley told us a number of similar stories that had a huge impact on me. I was in my twenties, and it was the first time in my life I knew someone who had gone through that. I had no idea what he had endured and that he continued to be treated that way even though he had become a star. Fast forward to 2008 when Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley and Charley were invited to play for President Obama shortly after his election. Onstage, Charley was choked-up beyond belief. He looked at the President and First Lady and said to them, “I never thought that in my lifetime I would ever see this day.” After the performance, President Obama hugged Charley. It was emotional. From being a “colored” man who could not use the store restroom to being embraced by a Black man who was President of the United States and calling Charley “an inspiration” – it was an incredible moment. • Producer Byron Gallimore: Fan Fair comes to mind – just how good he was in talking to every fan he could and taking the time Mountain Of Love: Pictured (l-r) are Jerry and Connie Bradley, Pride, Blake Mevis, Joe Galante and Norro Wilson. to ask them a question about themselves. He loved going to visit the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang every year, and they’d be waiting with big said, “You’re here for an interview? Let’s have a chat first.” Such plates of BBQ for us. I worked for him for 12 years – most of them a neat guy. A lot of people don’t know, but he was a numbers guy running his publishing company Pride Music Group. He was more and loved gambling. I got to be on a couple of cruises with him, than a friend to me. I looked up to him and don’t think I would and he’d sit me down at the slot next to his and tell me theories for have been able to have the success I’ve had without him. I don’t winning – and he was really good at it. He loved playing; he loved feel like I lost a friend; I feel like we all lost a friend. sharing his thoughts and telling stories. He loved having people –Lon Helton, Chuck Aly come up to him to talk. Not an aloof guy at all. A cruise was actually the perfect stage for him, both for the actual stage and for the time he could spend being around the people. • Publisher Tom Collins: [Ed. Note: Collins was partners in Lon Helton, [email protected] Pi-Gem Music with former RCA President Jerry Bradley and Charley Chuck Aly, [email protected] Pride in the ‘70s.] Charley was a very kind and loving person. Caitlin DeForest, [email protected] I never heard him say an unkind word about anyone. He was Monta Vaden, [email protected] the perfect person – the perfect personality – to be the first Black Chris Huff, [email protected]

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•Erin Austin •Jimmy Elliott •Doug Kramer Former KILT/Houston Asst. Former WOVK/Wheeling, WV WPP/ Former KHLR/Little Rock, AR mornings MD/middays PD/MD/mornings [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] December 14, 2020 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

✔ 2 CHRIS LANE 27199 3128 8894 996 49.649 5.846 156 -- 1 Big, Big Plans (Big Loud)

4 2 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) ✔ 23668 3344 7651 1030 41.823 6.116 158 --

1 3 BLAKE SHELTON f/G. STEFANI/Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 22828 -3042 7330 -1035 42.924 -3.672 158 --

3 4 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 21760 238 7143 127 39.219 0.519 156 --

6 5 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 18883 287 6224 182 33.083 0.954 156 --

9 6 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) ✔ 17545 1563 5704 543 30.778 2.037 158 --

10 7 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 16222 998 5185 274 29.81 2.928 157 --

8 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 16077 -18 5231 17 28.661 0.404 158 --

11 9 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 15215 637 5079 200 26.481 3.405 158 --

12 10 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 14113 778 4644 277 25.76 1.767 158 --

13 11 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 13611 600 4462 235 24.172 1.078 156 --

14 12 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 13264 313 4431 74 19.757 1.047 153 --

5 13 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 13148 -6065 4412 -1803 22.17 -13.799 158 --

15 14 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 11980 393 3809 128 21.536 1.215 156 --

16 15 LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 11755 812 3830 225 21.091 3.65 157 --

17 16 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 11136 316 3653 97 17.113 0.161 157 -- -- 18 17 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 10885 238 3585 40 16.974 0.331 157 --

19 18 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) ✔ 10522 1618 3440 560 17.548 2.699 158 --

21 19 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) ✔ 9899 1615 3229 541 14.527 2.343 138 --

20 20 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 9134 369 3029 114 12.691 0.879 155 --

22 21 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 8065 -81 2708 -14 11.18 0.052 151 --

23 22 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 7799 480 2545 120 11.738 1.194 150 --

24 23 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 7328 125 2386 27 10.616 0.087 150 --

25 24 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 7231 178 2425 51 9.323 -0.222 151 --

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

27 26 MORGAN WALLEN/7 Summers (Big Loud) 6790 280 2123 108 11.003 0.479 137 --

28 27 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 5500 -77 1807 -1 8.726 -0.054 138 --

29 28 SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The... (MCA) 5454 -62 1691 -13 9.196 -0.288 131 --

30 29 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 5273 -162 1805 -9 6.65 -0.81 136 --

31 30 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone (Capitol) 5130 66 1645 -2 7.847 0.228 144 --

32 31 ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville) 4921 452 1593 99 8.102 1.985 134 --

34 32 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 4561 377 1380 71 7.951 2.262 123 --

33 33 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 4459 72 1416 2 6.32 0.903 140 --

37 34 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) 3962 201 1254 81 4.344 0.273 133 --

36 35 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 3854 23 1280 -6 5.13 -0.142 132 --

38 36 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 3542 -52 1220 7 3.248 -0.108 127 --

39 37 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 3506 165 1167 82 4.456 0.533 113 --

43 38 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 2917 515 925 151 4.703 0.279 95 --

41 39 JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn't Have Much (Valory) 2697 63 893 20 4.446 -0.015 91 --

44 40 JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 2528 207 821 77 3.004 0.347 96 --

42 41 OLD DOMINION/Never Be Sorry (RCA) 2460 46 811 17 2.688 0.03 84 --

46 42 ROBERT COUNTS/What Do I Know (Arista) 2360 83 783 24 2.284 0.074 88 --

45 43 KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA) 2360 77 695 -13 2.804 0.083 84 --

48 44 ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 2335 119 832 35 1.815 0.072 85 --

47 45 PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) 2301 55 742 33 2.416 -0.062 76 --

50 46 CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) 2290 299 893 112 1.174 0.222 91 --

Re-Enter 47 SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) 2104 186 694 42 1.74 0.224 86 --

Re-Enter 48 C. JOHNSON & R. MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 2000 70 475 0 3.285 0.179 36 --

49 49 LEE BRICE/Memory I Don't Mess With (Curb) 2000 -180 621 -34 3.249 -0.066 86 --

Debut 50 LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse) 1780 -47 558 -13 1.981 -0.159 70 --

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Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers CHASE RICE f/FGL/Drinkin’ Beer... (Dack Janiels/BMLG/BBR) 62 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 728 ✔ Adds will return Jan. 4 Activator will return Jan. 4 JAMESON RODGERS f/L. COMBS/Cold... (River House/Columbia) 38 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) 676 ✔ CHRIS BANDI/Would Have Loved Her (Records) 25 ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville) 665 ✔ ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville) 25 LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 575 ✔ SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) 24 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 539 ✔ MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 21 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 524 JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 18 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 424 OLD DOMINION/Never Be Sorry (RCA) 15 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 379 COLE SWINDELL/Single Saturday Night (Warner/WMN) 13 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 355 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 11 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone (Capitol) 272 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) 199 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 3344 ✔ Activator will return Jan. 4 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 3128 ✔ ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville) 134 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) 1618 ✔ THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) 130 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 1615 ✔ CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 127 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 1563 ✔ LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 127 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 998 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 120 LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 812 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 119 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 778 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 87 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 637 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 80 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 600 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 68 Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 1030 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Love You Like I Used To (Triple Tigers) 19408 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 996 LEE BRICE/One Of Them Girls (Curb) 17731 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) 560 MORGAN WALLEN/More Than My Hometown (Big Loud) 15794 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 543 LUKE COMBS/Lovin' On You (River House/Columbia) 12627 PARMALEE f/BLANCO BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 541 GABBY BARRETT/I Hope f/Charlie Puth (Warner/WAR) 10748 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 277 JASON ALDEAN/Got What I Got (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 10047 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 274 JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 9699 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 235 MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Records/Arista) 9290 LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) 225 MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 8560 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 200 MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 7852

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COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY A D D D AT E S PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) January 4 Moves 47-45* CHRIS YOUNG & KANE BROWN/Famous Friends (RCA) 2,301 points, 742 spins CAROLINE JONES/All Of The Boys (Mailboat) January 11 Moves 50-46* None Lised SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) January 18 Re-enters at 47* None Listed 2,104 points, 694 spins

CODY JOHNSON & REBA MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo January 25 (CoJo/Warner/WMN) HARDY/Give Heaven Some Hell (Big Loud) Re-enters at 48* SHY CARTER/Good Love (Warner/WAR) 2,000 points, 475 spins

LEE BRICE/Memory I Don’t Mess With (Curb) Remains at 49 2,000 points, 621 spins Send yours to [email protected]

LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse) Debuts at 50 1,780 points, 558 spins C H E C K O U T CHASE RICE f/FGL/Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen. (Dack Janiels/BMLG/BBR) January 8 1,771 points, 497 spins Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album (Big Loud)

MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain (Warner/WEA) 1,647 points, 506 spins January 15 TEDDY ROBB/Heaven On Dirt (Monument) Devin Dawson Pink Slip EP (Warner/Atlantic) 1,643 points, 597 spins February 12 CHRIS JANSON/Waitin’ On 5 (Warner/WAR) Florida Georgia Line Life Rolls On (BMLGR) 1,563 points, 481 spins February 26 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Broken Up (Riser House/Columbia) Willie Nelson That’s Life (Legacy Recordings) 1,388 points, 537 spins

Chart Page 4 December 14, 2020 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS

1 BLAKE SHELTON f/GWEN STEFANI 11000 67 2336 6 47 0 1 Happy Anywhere (Warner/WMN) 2nd Week at No. 1

4 2 CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) ✔ 9833 539 2093 127 46 0 5 3 JON PARDI/Ain't Always The Cowboy (Capitol) 9075 105 1935 68 46 0 6 4 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 9015 424 1931 120 46 0 2 5 HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (Big Loud) 9008 -927 1839 -314 47 0 7 6 DAN + SHAY/I Should Probably Go To Bed (Warner/WAR) ✔ 8324 728 1761 199 47 0 8 7 LUKE COMBS/Better Together (River House/Columbia) 7693 176 1574 21 47 0 9 8 LADY A/Champagne Night (BMLGR) 7054 -25 1454 -4 48 0 11 9 DARIUS RUCKER/Beers And Sunshine (Capitol) 7045 355 1362 80 47 0 10 10 KENNY CHESNEY/Happy Does (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 6885 31 1402 23 47 0 12 11 CHRIS STAPLETON/Starting Over (Mercury) 6609 16 1356 25 48 0 13 12 KELSEA BALLERINI/Hole In The Bottle (Black River) 6593 379 1398 87 47 0 14 13 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Long Live (BMLGR) 5993 68 1185 18 47 0 15 14 LUKE BRYAN/Down To One (Capitol) ✔ 5599 575 1072 127 46 7 17 15 THOMAS RHETT/What's Your Country Song (Valory) ✔ 4988 676 962 130 47 2 16 16 RASCAL FLATTS/How They Remember You (Big Machine) 4595 23 972 5 44 0 19 17 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 4356 524 969 119 46 0 18 18 DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) 4077 -84 887 -7 43 0 20 19 JORDAN DAVIS/Almost Maybes (MCA) 3847 71 741 11 44 1 21 20 BROTHERS OSBORNE/All Night (EMI Nashville) 3728 -32 726 -8 45 0 22 21 DIERKS BENTLEY/Gone (Capitol) 3714 272 758 65 47 1 25 22 ERIC CHURCH/Hell Of A View (EMI Nashville) ✔ 3272 665 583 134 40 7 23 23 KEITH URBAN w/PINK/One Too Many (RCA/Capitol) 3196 -53 633 7 46 1 24 24 TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (19th & Grand) 2889 142 609 25 45 0 26 25 GABBY BARRETT/The Good Ones (Warner/WAR) 2516 159 609 23 44 3 27 26 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Settling Down (RCA) 2441 242 422 38 34 0 28 27 DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) 2110 80 473 23 42 0 29 28 MAREN MORRIS/To Hell & Back (Columbia) 1987 -14 392 1 42 0 31 29 PARMALEE f/B. BROWN/Just The Way (Stoney Creek) 1842 191 412 53 41 4 33 30 BRETT YOUNG/Lady (BMLGR) 1671 110 341 23 40 3

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 30 31 SAM HUNT/Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s (MCA) 1669 15 327 11 42 1 32 32 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Hard Days (Valory) 1638 62 285 16 36 0 36 33 CARLY PEARCE/Next Girl (Big Machine) 1474 244 266 40 31 4 34 34 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Wine, Beer, Whiskey (Capitol) 1276 -82 254 -10 33 1 35 35 ELVIE SHANE/My Boy (Wheelhouse) 1253 -38 229 -5 20 0 39 36 JUSTIN MOORE/We Didn't Have Much (Valory) 1169 60 209 12 17 0 37 37 TAYLOR SWIFT/Betty (Republic/MCA) 1148 -7 260 -4 35 0 38 38 LARRY FLEET/Where I Find God (Big Loud) 1058 -59 158 -7 12 0 41 39 RUNAWAY JUNE/We Were Rich (Wheelhouse) 936 50 205 11 32 1 40 40 PRISCILLA BLOCK/Just About Over You (InDent/Mercury) 899 7 154 -2 13 0 42 41 JAKE OWEN/Made For You (Big Loud) 878 30 225 14 27 1 45 42 KANE BROWN/Worship You (RCA) 747 64 110 17 9 0 48 43 OLD DOMINION/Never Be Sorry (RCA) 739 200 143 54 20 5 43 44 LEE BRICE/Memory I Don't Mess With (Curb) 723 -66 124 -6 17 0 44 45 MICHAEL RAY/Whiskey And Rain (Warner/WEA) 680 -33 119 -4 12 0 49 46 CHRIS JANSON/Waitin' On 5 (Warner/WAR) 617 46 90 2 7 1 47 47 LUKE COMBS/Forever After All (River House/Columbia) 606 3 96 3 7 0 50 48 DALLAS REMINGTON/Uncommon Man (Road Warrior) 581 26 110 5 6 0 46 49 JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH CYRUS/This Is Us (Records/Columbia/Stoney Creek) 541 -87 104 -16 9 0 49 50 BOBBY MCCLENDON/Maybe Tonight (Star Farm) 521 -2 100 -1 6 0 57 51 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Broken Up (Columbia) 515 112 97 5 18 1 50 52 JASON ALDEAN/Blame It On You (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 512 31 94 4 11 1 51 53 CODY JOHNSON & REBA MCENTIRE/Dear Rodeo (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 485 18 96 5 10 0 52 54 LAUREN ALAINA f/L. GRAHAM/What Do You Think Of (Mercury) 470 10 47 1 1 0 Debut 55 SCOTTY MCCREERY/You Time (Triple Tigers) 467 207 108 60 14 8 54 56 GONE WEST/I'm Never Getting Over You (Triple Tigers) 450 10 45 1 1 0 60 57 LOCASH/Beers To Catch Up On (Wheelhouse) 450 74 104 17 11 0 53 58 CASEY DONAHEW/Bad Guy (Almost Country) 436 -17 85 -3 8 0 56 59 DREW PARKER/While You're Gone (Make Wake) 430 20 43 2 1 0 Re-Enter 60 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Like A Cowboy (MCA) 426 -4 44 1 4 0 ©2020 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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