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Rhett’s ‘Light’ Shines Sunday Drive Launches New Part Of >page 4 Artistic Journey For Brett Eldredge
Edison Issues Media Wakeup Call “Sometimes you gotta lose yourself to find your way back home.” rock, traditional pop and modern country, but the frame around it >page 10 That line from “Paris, Illinois,” the closing number on Brett has a classic air, matching a journey he took leading into the proj- Eldredge’s new album, Sunday Drive, is a familiar sort of prod- ect that involved temporarily shutting off social media, spend- igal journey. It harks back a bit to Miranda Lambert’s “The ing time alone and using meditation to generate more calmness House That Built Me,” which went in his life. Adkins: ‘Tell Jesus to No. 1 10 years ago, the same “We created the space to allow I Said, “Hey” ’ summer that Eldredge’s first sin- myself to sing and to tell these >page 11 gle, “Raymond,” was released to stories,” he says. “It feels more re- country radio via PlayMPE. laxed. It feels at home, like I just “Raymond” leaned on El- belonged in this spot, and when I dredge’s personal history, inspired sing it, it feels like that, too. And not Kip Moore by his grandmother’s battle with that the other stuff doesn’t, but it Goes ‘Wild’ On ABC Alzheimer’s disease. And Sunday really has been a profound expe- >page 11 Drive, released July 10, similarly rience for me in getting that space tugs on his own life as he intention- and telling these stories.” ally embraces a more transparent The “other stuff” did well for Makin’ Tracks: approach to his art at the start of Eldredge. Beginning with his Runaway June’s his second decade in the national third single, 2012’s “Don’t Ya,” ‘Rich’ Single spotlight. Sunday Drive is, he says, he reeled off nine top 10 singles >page 17 “a game-changer,” and that’s not on Country Airplay in 10 tries, just hyperbole or salesmanship. with each of those tracks going The 12-song project employs old- gold or platinum. Some of those school influences — Van Morri- tracks — particularly “Lose My Country Coda: son, The Band, Stax Records and ELDREDGE Mind,” “Somethin’ I’m Good At” Greenwood’s Jackson Browne — with material and “Love Someone” — were built ‘Dixie Road’ that mines his personal experiences, be it the uncertain ending on pop components, sometimes pushing boundaries and often >page 20 to a seminal relationship in the first single, “Gabrielle” (No. 42, using the drum and keyboard programming that has become de Country Airplay), or the specific image of pumping gasoline on rigeur for current mainstream country. Spring Street in the plot of “Magnolia.” But, befitting the serenity he discovered during his break
Eldredge’s voice carries its familiar ring of soul, heartland from the cultural treadmill, he sought a back-to-basics change NOIRE GREG BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 20 of pace with this project. He enlisted Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, the duo that produced Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour, to co-write and co-produce most of Sunday Drive, seeking a fresh outlook to his sound. They holed up in Tashian’s converted garage, The Royal Plum, to develop the album’s personal material in seclusion. “They create so differently than anybody I’ve created with,” says Eldredge. “It was out of my comfort zone at first, but that’s exactly what I was looking for. I was trying to create and see the world through different eyes a little bit, or see how I can create a little bit different. These guys are the guys to do it.” Underscoring just how much they avoided comfort zones, Sunday Drive is not only a departure for Eldredge, but it’s also a different sound from the ex- perimental tones on Golden Hour, a sign that no one in the core creative circles was resting on his most familiar laurels. “After Golden Hour, the expectations are high both for me personally and Gabby Barrett (bottom) performed “I Hope” during the July 9 episode of from others,” says Fitchuk. “To have Brett’s project kind of come on the heels syndicated TV show Live With Kelly and Ryan, hosted by Kelly Ripa and of that felt very free to be myself.” Ryan Seacrest. Eldredge, in fact, even steered his partners away when their instincts began to venture down that Golden Hour road. “Anytime Ian or I would try to play a synthesizer or use a drum machine or any kind of modern weaponry — we’re both very fond of that stuff — Brett just had such a clear idea in his mind that he didn’t want anything like that on this record,” recalls Tashian. “His North Stars were [artists] like Van Morrison. He kept telling me about this Van Morrison record that he loved.” Eldredge lived out that “find your way back home” line with his team, bring- ing both producers and his manager, Q Prime South founder John Peets, back to Paris, Ill., to get a feel for the small-town scenery and Midwestern values that formed the foundation of Eldredge’s development. “The beautiful tomatoes that his aunt was growing — I’ve never tasted a to- Songwriter Josh Mirenda (“Somewhere on a Beach,” “They Don’t mato like that,” says Tashian. “This is the heartland of America. This is where Know”) signed a recording deal with Average Joes. From left: it all springs from.” Average Joes vp A&R Forrest Latta and owner Colt Ford, Mirenda Having tapped into Eldredge’s geographical well, the entourage moved away and Deluge Management president Chris Alderman and associate from Nashville and instead employed Shirk Studios in the heart of Chicago to Megan Bocklage. record Sunday Drive. They built the tracks with Eldredge, Tashian and Fitchuk playing and singing in the same room — no isolation booths — requiring them to be in sync on the performances. The attitude matched one of the goals El- dredge picked up from his downtime: to live in the moment as much as possible. And ultimately that’s what Sunday Drive accomplishes. It wears a common- man wardrobe with elegance, celebrating a more innocent time when Eldredge could experience the world as it happened without concern for ticket sales, fan bases or social engagements. The title track completes the prodigal journey, placing a young man on old familiar roads back home, engaging with his parents in their later years, much as he engaged in his first single with his grandmother. But this full-circle mo- ment is also likely the beginning of a new phase of artistic maturity. “This feels like my zone,” says Eldredge. “Like I found my home in Members of The Desert City Ramblers, Brian McComas (left) and Bart the music.” Walker, performed for Billboard Nashville staff in a July 10 Zoom visit.
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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l1 1 16 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Luke Bryan 34.020 +1.238 8182 327 1 l2 2 20 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 30.626 +2.963 7580 563 2 l3 4 30 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 27.166 +2.739 6913 740 3 l4 6 33 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR HH Most Increased Audience HH Chris Janson 26.247 +3.116 6418 689 4 5 3 50 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 25.633 -0.021 5597 -254 7 l6 7 28 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 22.733 +0.479 5028 -56 11 l7 8 61 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 22.629 +0.699 5711 138 6 l8 9 49 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 22.540 +2.146 5764 610 5 l9 10 41 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 21.274 +1.466 5185 381 10 l10 12 15 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 20.616 +1.190 5353 417 8 l11 11 16 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 19.993 +0.389 5187 281 9 l12 13 20 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 19.068 +1.310 4849 84 12 l13 14 12 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 17.962 +1.335 4323 152 13 l14 15 10 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 13.864 +1.078 3662 223 15 l15 16 35 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 13.629 +1.027 3817 213 14 l16 17 34 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 12.483 +1.112 3531 305 16 l17 18 5 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville HH Airpower/ Most Added HH Luke Combs 12.477 +2.151 2897 456 20 l18 19 14 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 10.978 +0.984 3065 212 17 l19 20 54 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 9.562 +0.413 3043 152 18 l20 21 31 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville HH Airpower HH Matt Stell 8.963 +0.897 2918 209 19 l21 23 14 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 8.535 +1.197 2725 356 21 l22 26 27 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 8.155 +1.474 2341 292 25 l23 22 13 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 7.891 +0.173 2370 5 23 l24 24 44 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 7.616 +0.613 2554 151 22 l25 25 23 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 7.185 +0.372 2365 156 24 l26 28 17 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 5.335 +0.541 1896 81 26 l27 27 25 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 5.242 +0.176 1820 77 27 l28 29 12 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 4.811 +0.154 1582 72 28 l29 30 20 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 4.488 +0.159 1445 110 31 l30 31 19 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 4.081 +0.409 1482 184 29
COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND
RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by Nielsen detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Music. Audience totals on a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER the chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on Nielsen Music’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to Nielsen Music) previous week. A song audience or detections are for stations that do not report © 2020 Prometheus Global Media, will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. LLC if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 20
AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 32 7 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud HH Breaker HH Morgan Wallen 3.720 +0.106 1040 62 37 l32 35 40 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 3.337 +0.183 1457 105 30 l33 34 3 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 3.337 +0.123 113 5 206 36 l34 37 21 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 3.121 +0.463 1233 90 33 35 36 33 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 3.043 -0.048 116 1 -14 34 36 33 6 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.012 -0.329 829 5 43 l37 38 39 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 2.996 +0.362 1272 29 32 l38 39 4 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 2.705 +0.103 892 74 41 l39 42 8 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.374 +0.077 872 3 42 l40 40 31 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 2.345 -0.018 114 4 24 35 l41 41 22 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 2.335 +0.007 1033 -1 38 l42 43 13 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 2.300 +0.204 942 77 40 l43 44 13 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 2.202 +0.265 707 95 46 l44 47 15 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.902 +0.160 749 25 45 l45 45 6 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1.881 -0.018 632 5 50 l46 46 12 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 1.868 +0.018 995 38 39 l47 48 11 LADY BMLG Brett Young 1.741 +0.023 616 15 51 l48 49 6 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1.693 +0.014 651 29 49 l49 50 4 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown/19th & Grand Zac Brown Band 1.623 +0.078 406 -72 56 l50 52 29 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 1.476 +0.133 790 55 44 l51 53 8 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 1.415 +0.100 488 40 54 l52 55 5 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 1.319 +0.328 534 105 53 l53 51 4 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 1.314 -0.042 572 39 52 l54 54 11 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.262 +0.171 692 62 47 l55 58 2 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.250 +0.434 454 123 55 l56 56 8 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 1.121 +0.154 664 81 48 l57 57 3 EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 1.10 0 +0.277 318 77 58 l58 60 2 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 0.775 +0.114 313 76 59 l59 RE-ENTRY THE STRANGER Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Ingrid Andress 0.714 +0.053 285 17 60 l60 RE-ENTRY WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.709 +0.054 250 15 -
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7/2 0 7/2 7 DEREK JOHNSON ASHLEY BARRON Right Beer Right Now Let Me Go Star Farm Nashville SSM DWAIN MESSER CHRISSY METZ Ease My Troubled Mind Talking To God N Crowd EMI Nashville JEREMY BOWMAN JADE NARAINE Rednexico Back To My Dream Kino Mas Voodoo KENNY CHESNEY MITCHELL TENPENNY Happy Does Broken Up 59 Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Columbia Nashville MO PITNEY SAMMY SADLER Ain’t Bad For A Good Ol’ In America The singer-songwriter’s second single Boy Workhorse INGRID reenters Country Airplay at No. 59 Not Listed TYLER FARR ANDRESS with 714,000 audience impressions (up 8%). The Stranger Soundtrack To A Small Her debut hit, “More Hearts Than Mine,” Town Sundown reached No. 3 in May. Night Train/Broken Bow EMMA MCINTYRE/GETTY IMAGES FOR BILLBOARD FOR IMAGES MCINTYRE/GETTY EMMA BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 20
AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 18 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 10 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 0.536 7 5 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 9 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 0.472 27 2 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 8 ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.433 29 5 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 7 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 7 Y’ALLSOME Black River Pryor & Lee 0.431 10 3 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 6 HEARTLESS Mad Decent/Columbia Diplo & Julia Michaels Feat. Morgan Wallen 0.430 5 0 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 6 MAN ENOUGH NOW RECORDS Chris Bandi 0.378 19 1 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 6 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 5 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 19.879 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 18.878 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +3.116 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +2.963 3 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 17.934 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +2.739 4 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 16.178 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +2.151 5 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 14.441 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +2.146 6 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 13.755 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum +1.474 7 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 12.978 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore +1.466 8 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 11.910 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +1.335 9 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 11.234 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +1.310 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +1.238 10 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 10.965 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +740 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +689 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +610 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +563 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +456 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +417 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore +381 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice +356 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +327 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers +305 MADDIE & TAE McCREERY MCCREERY: JEFF RAY. RAY. JEFF MCCREERY: TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING JULY 12, 2020
THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– 1 2 19 YOU, ME AND A BOTTLE (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Randy Rogers Band 1880 -13 l11 12 14 EVERYDAYERS (Independent) James Lann 1327 187 l2 4 21 BURY MY BONES (Independent) Whiskey Myers 17 11 130 12 7 29 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records) Eleven Hundred Springs 1253 -185 l3 3 22 FAMILY NAME (Independent) Cross Rags and Young 1705 18 l13 11 26 NO HANDLE (Independent) The Panhandlers 119 4 27 l4 8 12 AS SOON AS YOU (Ten X Music Group) Bri Bagwell 1632 221 l14 17 9 AIN’T A TRAIN (Independent) Cody Jinks 119 1 128 l5 5 17 RADIO COWBOY (Independent) Jon Stork 1610 91 l15 16 26 THROUGH THE JUKEBOX (Independent) Donice Morace 116 0 97 l6 6 13 NEON TOWN (Independent) David Adam Byrnes 1550 96 l16 14 25 RED DIRT TEXAS (Independent) Hayden Haddock 1114 0 7 1 17 RODEO CLOWN (Independent) Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1527 -380 l17 20 9 LITTLE BIT (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1101 100 l8 9 14 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 1444 53 l18 21 17 NOT GIVE A DAMN (Independent) Sundance Head 999 26 l9 13 8 SPUR OF THE MOMENT (Independent) Kylie Frey 1357 237 19 18 23 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent) Reckless Kelly 962 -72 l10 10 17 FEELS LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1337 82 l20 25 6 GHOST TOWN (Independent) Mike Ryan 959 158
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affiliate sales from senior director, Talkers.com reported … Services were held July 10 for KKQY Hays, Kan., morning co-host Scott Boomer, who died July 7, according to The Hays Post. ’ROUND THE ROW Operation Song appointed Kyle Frederick executive director of the nonprofit, which has assisted over 750 veterans by matching them with professional songwriters to work through the stories and emotions of their service. Singer- songwriter Frederick previously managed Clay Walker and ran the Band Against MS charity … Tech-enabled production company Soundstripe added vp music Jay Harren. He spent the last two years as StubHub head of music partnerships … Luke Combs signed a songwriting deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Nashville … Songwriter-producer-musician Karen Kosowski joined the Sony/ATV Nashville roster … Rollin’ the Dice Records, formed by Erv Woolsey Company CEO/founder Erv Woolsey, signed a distribution agreement
CHRIS SHAW. CHRIS with Copperline Music Group. The first release in the deal is Stone Senate’s Brad Paisley (left) and fiddler Justin Williamson dig in during the third cover of George Strait’s “The Fireman,” due July 17 … The Mechanical Licensing night of the Live From the Drive-In Tour, playing to a socially distanced Collective launched two new efforts, the Data Quality Initiative and a Music Data crowd in the parking lot on July 12 at the Ruoff Music Center in Organization Form, to help self-administered music copyright owners oversee Noblesville, Ind. their works … The 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards are slated for April 18, 2021, on CBS. The 55th awards, which were postponed due to COVID- 19 concerns, remain on the books for Sept. 16 … The Country Music Association EDISON’S MORNING WAKEUP CALL joined UnitedHealthcare and Pancoast Benefits to offer over 30 health insurance COVID-19 has introduced a series of lifestyle changes in the United States, plans for Tennessee-based CMA members … The CMA Foundation established from mastering Zoom to wearing masks, and one new piece of data suggests Unified Voices for Music Education, a collaborative resource for teachers across that audiences also have adjusted their approaches to media. the United States to compare notes and lesson plans amid the uncertainty of An Edison Research study found that Americans are waiting 75 minutes the coronavirus era. Go here for more info … Montreal-based Yoop established later to begin consuming audio during the coronavirus-altered era. Prior to the a virtual events platform, Yoop eSpace, providing artists and creators a new pandemic, 50% of the Share of Ear project’s respondents indicated they started mechanism to monetize online experiences … The Nashville Metropolitan listening to audio content by 7:15 a.m. But since the advent of COVID-19, half Council voted July 8 to repeal a ban on businesses where customers visit the of the study’s participants are not on board the audio train until 8:30 a.m. owner’s residence. Assuming Mayor John Cooper signs it, the move legalizes “This data shows that if Americans continue current work patterns, audio home studios and at-home music teachers, who have shadowed their businesses strategies may need to be adjusted,” Edison Research director Laura Ivey since the law took effect in 1998 … Musically Fed provided food for 100 families suggested in a release about the study. in its first drive-through distribution in Nashville on July 13, with additional Among the changes that might be up for review are starting/ending times goods allocated for Brad Paisley’s charitable venture The Store. Go here for for morning dayparts, rotations of music at stations and the placement of more info … The International Songwriting Competition set its judges for 2020. the most influential guests on morning TV shows. Artists appearing on live Country acts on the panel include Tanya Tucker, Sara Evans, Cam, Easton media outlets for promotional purposes might also find it more favorable to Corbin and Sugarland’s Kristian barter for a later time slot. Bush … Bassist Richard Shook died Numerous studies have shown that Americans are sleep-deprived. The at his Hendersonville, Tenn., home Edison study does not indicate if the later audio start time is a result of people on July 2, The Gallatin News reported. sleeping longer during the COVID-19 era, going to sleep later or simply wait- He operated Music Row studio ing longer after they rise to engage with media. the Shook Shack with his brother, guitarist Jerry Shook, and played ’RADIO AND RECORDS® for seven years in Jerry Reed’s band, Warner Music Nashville hired Chris Fabiani as Team WEA regional manager supplying the bass on “East Bound of radio and streaming, beginning July 13. He fills the role vacated when and Down.” Services are pending. Shari Roth was promoted to national director. Fabiani spent the last two Go here for details … Songwriter- years as Universal Music Group Nashville director of promotion and artist executive Gary Walker died July 8 engagement … Katie Bright started July 7 as Capitol Nashville director of at Vanderbilt Medical Center Midwest regional promotion. She returns to label affiliation after a stint in Nashville, according to The on the morning show at WUSN Chicago. Reach her here … Country Radio Tennessean. He authored hits for Jim Broadcasters added three new members to its board of directors: iHeartMedia/ Reeves, Carl Smith, Kitty Wells Nashville senior vp programming Gator Harrison, Vista14 president Judy and Webb Pierce, and founded Lakin and Westwood One Nashville director of programming Paul Williams. The Great Escape, a popular used- Go here for a full list of board members … A.J. Punjabi joined iHeartMedia/ record store … Songwriter Craig Charleston, S.C., as market president, InsideRadio.com reported. He was Martin (“Don’t Take the Girl”) previously Cox Media/Miami general sales manager. The Charleston died unexpectedly on July 3. His portfolio includes country WEZL … KTHK Idaho Falls, Idaho, PD/morning son, Keith Martin, established a host Don Jarrett parted ways with the company, according to InsideRadio. GoFundMe page to cover expenses com … New South/Jackson, Miss., adds market manager Bob Lawrence, for his July 11 funeral … Drummer effective July 27, RadioInk.com reported. The cluster’s signals include country Joe Porcaro died July 6. Primarily a WUSJ and classic country WHJT. Lawrence segues from Saga, where he was jazz musician, he also played studio Trisha Yearwood (right) was among vp programming … El Dorado Broadcasters hired Chris Fleming as executive dates, handling percussion on Glen the guest hosts during the week of vp for the chain and GM for Victorville, Calif., according to Talkers.com. Campbell’s “Southern Nights.” July 13 on Westwood One’s Nights The company’s country outlets include KATJ Victorville and KTTI Yuma, Three of Porcaro’s sons were With Elaina, regularly hosted by
Ariz. … Premiere Networks promoted Michael Kindhart to vp operations, members of the rock band Toto. Elaina Smith. ONE WESTWOOD YEARWOOD: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 20
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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Four veteran country acts have new projects to discuss during July and August, July 14 with the highest-profile of those albums — Tim McGraw’s Here on Earth — due • 2017 — Garth Brooks visits the Children’s Aug. 21. Leading up to that, The Bellamy Brothers issued a six-song EP, Bucket Hospital at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma List, July 10; Bill Anderson puts new stamps on 20 of his songs with The Hits City, where patients and staff sing “Friends Re-Imagined on July 24; and Jeannie Seely does a series of collaborations on An in Low Places” in his honor. American Classic, arriving Aug. 14. Also in • 1980 — Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker the queue: Charley Crockett’s Welcome sing the national anthem at the Republican to Hard Times, July 31; Joel Crouse’s National Convention in Detroit, later admit- BROOKS WasteLand, rescheduled for Aug. 7; Au- ting they were on cocaine at the time. brie Sellers’ EP World on Fire, Aug. 7; and The Texicana Mamas’ self-titled debut, July 15
Aug. 21. The latter group includes Tish • 2005 — The movie Wedding Crashers, starring Owen Wilson and ROSE. BLUE COURTESY: Hinojosa, Stephanie Urbina Jones and Vince Vaughn, debuts in theaters. Among the cast: Dwight Yoakam, Patricia Vonne. who is derided by an ex as a “hillbilly” in a divorce negotiation dur- ing the opening scene. The July 10 memorial for Charlie Dan- • 1970 — Kris Kristofferson begins recording the album The Silver iels was a mix of patriotism, sorrow and Tongued Devil and I at Monument Studios in Nashville. Among the humor with a healthy dose of religion day’s material: “The Pilgrim, Chapter 33,” in which he famously thrown in at the World Outreach Church refers to Johnny Cash as “a walking contradiction.” in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Vince Gill melded WILSON “Go Rest High on That Mountain” with July 16 “America, the Beautiful,” Gretchen Wil- • 2019 — Luke Combs joins the Grand Ole Opry, and is inducted by son sang “I’ll Fly Away,” Travis Tritt covered “Amazing Grace,” and Trace Vince Gill and Joe Diffie. Adkins served up “Arlington.” Adkins closed with an extra tip of the hat to his fellow Grand Ole Opry member: “Love you, Charlie — tell Jesus I said, ‘Hey.’ ” July 17 • 2000 — Mike Dungan takes over as the head of Capitol’s country The July 13 ABC special CMA Best of Fest was scheduled to include a three- division three days after Pat Quigley’s departure. During the next minute piece of content that hails the new Ford Bronco four-door vehicle. Titled decade, the label will represent Lady A, Eric Church, Keith Urban “Wild Built,” the clip was to feature Kip Moore and highlight a song or two, and Little Big Town, among others. presumably from his compatibly titled new album Wild World. • 1990 — Arista releases Michelle Wright’s self-titled debut album.
The CMA Fest was mothballed for a year in June — thank you, COVID-19 — July 18 but Darius Rucker kept his 11th annual Darius & Friends fundraiser going, • 2018 — Kelsea Ballerini attends pop artist Halsey’s concert at Ascend shifting from a downtown Nashville venue to the worldwide internet. This Amphitheater in Nashville. Afterward, the two head off to sing kara- year’s edition is set for July 30 with guests Clint Black and Tracy Lawrence. oke at Santa’s Pub, where they team on “Landslide” and “Picture.” Rucker also tried out a new form of concerts, playing a Live From the Drive-In date outside Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on July 12. And he’s becoming more July 19 vocal about racial issues, telling NBC Today host Harry Smith that police have • 2010 — Capitol releases Luke Bryan’s “Someone Else Calling You stopped him more than once by simply because he was a Black man driving Baby” to radio. an expensive car. “One sentence can end your career in country music,” he said. “I’m sure I’ve already lost fans.” Watch the five-minute segment here. July 20 • 2015 — Miranda Lambert writes “Vice” with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. Top Headlines from .com • 2002 — Toby Keith occupies the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Hot Click on headlines below for more details Country Songs chart with “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).”
Billboard Announces New Chart Rules: Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database No More Merch & Ticket Bundles
Singer Anita ‘Lady A’ White Responds To Trademark Lawsuit: ‘I Am Not Going To Be Erased’
Spotify Adds Hundreds More Songwriter Pages And ‘Written By’ Playlists
What’s The Most-Honored Country Recording Of All Time? Let’s Figure It Out Chris Young joined with several Music City entities to donate 144,000 bottles of water to the Nashville Rescue Mission. From left: Rescue Safe & Sound: As Recording Studios Reopen, Mission director of major gifts Brandon Taylor, ROAR head of music Health Concerns Clash With Creativity Ryan O’Nan, Whiskey Jam founder Ward Guenther, Camshaw Consulting owner Jensen Gahagan Sessums, Young and NashvilleTN Store partner Tim Gerst.
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SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY
TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 1 1 71 THE BONES No. 1 (19 weeks) Maren Morris RC 1 G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.M.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE ONE MARGARITA 2 3 4 17 Luke Bryan 1 2 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 3 2 2 63 I HOPE Airplay Gainer Gabby Barrett RC 2 l R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR HARD TO FORGET 4 4 3 22 Sam Hunt 2 3 l Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE BLUEBIRD 5 6 6 32 Miranda Lambert 3 5 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 6 5 5 47 CHASIN’ YOU Morgan Wallen 5 2 J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD HH HH 7 8 11 51 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Streaming Gainer Maddie & Tae 8 7 l J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY I LOVE MY COUNTRY 8 10 12 16 Florida Georgia Line 11 8 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (K.BROWN,C.CROWDER,R.C.MCGILL,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,W.WEATHERLY) BMLG HH HH 9 11 16 22 GOT WHAT I GOT Digital Gainer Jason Aldean 18 9 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW 10 9 7 20 HERE AND NOW Kenny Chesney RC 7 B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA BE A LIGHT 11 13 13 15 Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 10 11 l D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY DONE 12 15 19 20 Chris Janson 4 12 l C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 13 12 10 26 DOES TO ME Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church RC 4 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) R IVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME 14 14 14 19 Keith Urban 12 14 l K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG 15 16 17 30 LOCASH 7 15 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE COOL AGAIN 16 19 20 12 Kane Brown 13 12 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE WHY WE DRINK 17 17 18 23 Justin Moore 9 17 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY ONE OF THEM GIRLS 18 18 21 13 Lee Brice 21 18 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 19 20 26 12 Morgan Wallen 31 12 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 20 21 23 28 Ashley McBryde 15 20 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR LOVIN’ ON YOU 21 24 28 9 Luke Combs 17 19 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIV ER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE ONE BEER 22 22 22 28 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 25 21 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD PRETTY HEART 23 25 25 10 Parker McCollum 22 23 l JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA The Charlie Daniels Band 24 RE-ENTRY 22 RC 1 l J.BOYLAN,NOT LISTED (C.DANIELS,F.EDWARDS,J.MARSHALL,C.HAYWARD,T.CRAIN,T.DIGREGORIO) EPIC I CALLED MAMA 25 27 27 10 Tim McGraw 14 22 l T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE
COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM
#1 #1 1 4 WKS JOSH THOMPSON 1 13 WKS JOEY MOI 2 HARDY 2 DANN HUFF 3 MATT DRAGSTREM 3 JAY JOYCE 4 CRAIG WISEMAN 4 GREG KURSTIN 5 ASHLEY GORLEY 5 SCOTT MOFFATT 6 MORGAN WALLEN 6 ZACH CROWELL 7 JON NITE 7 ROSS COPPERMAN 8 SHANE MCANALLY 8 MICHAEL KNOX TIE 9 GABBY BARRETT 9 ZACHARY “ZACH” KALE TIE 9 ZACH KALE 10 DEREK WELLS GORLEY JOSH ULMER JOSH
The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings). BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 14 OF 20
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 SOME GIRLS 26 28 29 16 Jameson Rodgers 16 26 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBU STION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 27 30 30 11 Jon Pardi 26 27 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE EVERYWHERE BUT ON 28 29 32 15 Matt Stell 20 28 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/AR ISTA NASHVILLE SHE’S MINE 29 33 33 17 Kip Moore 24 29 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE GOOD TIME 30 41 48 6 Niko Moon 43 30 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO 31 35 37 16 Russell Dickerson 30 31 l D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 32 34 38 8 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 48 32 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE HOLE IN THE BOTTLE 33 47 — 4 Kelsea Ballerini 45 33 l J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER CHAMPAGNE NIGHT 34 36 35 13 Lady A 28 27 l S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG LADY 35 39 39 10 Brett Young 47 22 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 36 38 41 22 GETTING GOOD Lauren Alaina 37 33 D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY 37 23 36 3 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Eric Church 33 23 J.JOYCE (D.NAISH,JEFFREY STEELE) EMI NASHVILLE SOME PEOPLE DO 38 43 43 16 Old Dominion 29 38 l S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,J.FRASURE,S.MCANALLY,THOMAS RHETT) RCA NASHVILLE NO I IN BEER 39 40 42 9 Brad Paisley 23 39 l L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE 40 37 31 10 SIX FEET APART Luke Combs RC 10 C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE THE OTHER GIRL 41 42 46 16 Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey RC 19 l R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER 42 31 40 5 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Kane Brown 36 28 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,SHY CARTER,R.J.HURD,J.M.SCHMIDT) RCA NASHVILLE JUST THE WAY 43 45 44 21 Parmalee x Blanco Brown 56 31 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK MOMMA’S HOUSE 44 46 45 9 Dustin Lynch 34 44 l Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT 45 48 49 4 Cole Swindell 58 42 l M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.HOLMES) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN CHEATIN’ SONGS Midland 46 RE-ENTRY 6 27 45 l D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE 47 44 34 3 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett 52 34 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WAR NER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Zac Brown Band 48 RE-ENTRY 3 49 24 l B.SIMONETTI,M.MANGANO,Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,B.SIMONETTI,A.JAMES) HOME GROWN/19TH & GRAND THIS BAR 49 49 — 20 Morgan Wallen - 29 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,J.MORGAN,J.SCOTT,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD TO HELL & BACK Maren Morris 50 RE-ENTRY 8 44 44 l BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
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WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR
ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2020 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,282,000 1,399,220,000 136,508,000 Album ’19 28.07 million Consumption 28,078,000 31,278,000 11.4% ’20 31.27 million Last Week 1,268,000 1,387,283,000 136,233,000 Album Sales 5,332,000 4,451,000 -16.5% Change 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 27,709,991,000 33,665,990,000 21.5% ’19 34.89 billion This Week Last Year 1,038,000 1,081,344,000 273,636,000 ’20 37.45 billion Change 23.5% 29.4% -50.1% Video On-Demand 7,183,900,000 3,787,234,000 -47.3%
All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending July 9, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams. For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 15 OF 20
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 THE BONES GOD BLESS THE USA LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 1 2 53 1 18 17 l MAREN MORRIS l LEE GREENWOOD 1 1 1 35 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 HARD TO FORGET THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 2 4 14 2 RE-ENTRY 2 2 110 2 l SAM HUNT l THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND l2 BIG LOUD 783* 0 I HOPE ONE MARGARITA LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 3 1 37 3 3 14 3 3 3 162 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 GABBY BARRETT l LUKE BRYAN BLUEBIRD GOT WHAT I GOT SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 4 7 10 4 5 11 4 4 5 14 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 l MIRANDA LAMBERT l JASON ALDEAN CHASIN’ YOU I HOPE NEW 1 WILLIE NELSON FIRST ROSE OF SPRING 5 l5 5 27 l5 4 45 l5 LEGACY 973669* (973670 & 973856 EX) MORGAN WALLEN GABBY BARRETT ONE MARGARITA HARD TO FORGET CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 6 6 8 6 6 18 6 6 6 271 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l LUKE BRYAN SAM HUNT HEARTLESS COURTESY OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE (THE ANGRY AMERICAN) 10 10 257 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 7 3 47 l7 RE-ENTRY l7 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN TOBY KEITH DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART BLUEBIRD MAREN MORRIS GIRL 8 12 5 8 7 17 8 8 7 70 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1 l MADDIE & TAE MIRANDA LAMBERT TENNESSEE WHISKEY IF THAT AIN’T GOD GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 9 8 170 9 NEW 9 5 4 3 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 l CHRIS STAPLETON l CHRIS YOUNG WHISKEY GLASSES CHASIN’ YOU BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 10 9 73 10 11 23 10 7 8 30 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1 l MORGAN WALLEN l MORGAN WALLEN DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OIL 11 10 46 ONE MAN BAND 11 1 3 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG 11 9 9 6 MAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA 6 OLD DOMINION ERIC CHURCH CHARLIE DANIELS 16 BIGGEST HITS BEAUTIFUL CRAZY NOBODY BUT YOU RE-ENTRY 5 12 12 11 114 12 8 30 l12 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 89083/LEGACY (11.98) l LUKE COMBS BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI GOT WHAT I GOT BE A LIGHT 13 14 36 MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD 1 13 14 6 13 9 15 l13 VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN l JASON ALDEAN THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN I LOVE MY COUNTRY 18 17 37 OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 1 14 16 9 14 16 10 l14 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN l MORGAN WALLEN l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE I LOVE MY COUNTRY SEASIDE DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 15 18 4 15 NEW 15 11 11 107 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1 l FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE l BILLY CURRINGTON MEANT TO BE ONE OF THEM GIRLS 16 21 33 JASON ALDEAN 9 1 16 15 137 16 14 10 l16 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE LEE BRICE HERE AND NOW MY TRUCK KENNY CHESNEY HERE AND NOW 17 21 6 17 15 6 17 15 15 10 BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 631374/WMN 1 l KENNY CHESNEY BRELAND
KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 18 13 22 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 18 12 47 THE BONES 18 14 13 87 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1 CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE MAREN MORRIS KANE BROWN KANE BROWN BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART BROKEN UP 19 20 61 19 NEW 19 17 16 188 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1 l LUKE COMBS l MITCHELL TENPENNY TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY MY TRUCK DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 20 22 4 20 20 5 20 19 25 52 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 17 l BRELAND MADDIE & TAE TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS ONE OF THEM GIRLS TENNESSEE WHISKEY 21 RE-ENTRY 218 6 21 24 4 21 19 229 l CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 LEE BRICE CHRIS STAPLETON ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY ONE BEER DOES TO ME 22 25 6 22 17 23 22 21 19 69 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12 l HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES TEQUILA WHY WE DRINK 23 22 20 219 1 23 RE-ENTRY 23 21 7 l MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 l DAN + SHAY JUSTIN MOORE TOBY KEITH GREATEST HITS 2 10,000 HOURS GOD’S COUNTRY 24 RE-ENTRY 117 2 24 23 40 24 25 58 l DREAMWORKS 002323/UMGN (13.98) 3 DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER l BLAKE SHELTON THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD HEAVEN MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 25 20 18 58 1 25 RE-ENTRY 25 RE-ENTRY VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 0 l KANE BROWN l MORGAN WALLEN 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 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights charts. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS
AGO AGO POS. POS. THIS THIS THIS LAST LAST LAST PEAK PEAK CERT. CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 NEW 1 WILLIE NELSON FIRST ROSE OF SPRING 1 1 NEW 1 MANDOLIN ORANGE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS LIVE AT THE MOODY THEATER: JANUARY 23, 2020 1 l LEGACY 973669* (973670 & 973856 EX) l MANDOLIN ORANGE DIGITAL EX CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER YO-YO MA/STUART DUNCAN/EDGAR MEYER/CHRIS THILE NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEO 2 2 3 217 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1 2 1 1 3 SOUND POSTINGS/SONY CLASSICAL 973855*/SONY MASTERWORKS 1 3 1 1 3 BOB DYLAN ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS 1 2 2 41 BILLY STRINGS HOME 1 COLUMBIA 978098 l3 ROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD 4 3 4 69 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 3 14 3 6 JAKE BLOUNT SPIDER TALES 2 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS l4 JAKE BLOUNT 0097*/FREE DIRT 11 14 85 JOHN MELLENCAMP THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978 - 1988 5 5 6 6 22 THE STEELDRIVERS BAD FOR YOU 1 l5 MERCURY 536738*/UME (11.98/17.98) 3 ROUNDER 610080*/CONCORD 7 6 119 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 1 6 4 8 12 THE WHITE BUFFALO ON THE WIDOW’S WALK 1 l6 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 SNAKEFARM 862780* 9 9 180 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 7 5 7 39 THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 1 l7 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY SIX SHOOTER 129* HOZIER HOZIER MANDOLIN ORANGE TIDES OF A TEARDROP 8 6 7 263 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1 8 7 4 75 YEP ROC 2638* 1
9 8 5 174 JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS 5 NEW 1 GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 9 JACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC (13.98) 2 l9 STRETCH GRASS 4050 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA SIERRA HULL 25 TRIPS 10 10 12 222 DUALTONE 1738* 1 1 10 13 10 18 ROUNDER 6100579*/CONCORD 1 Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming album sales. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. PROMOTION
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Runaway June’s Revised Lineup Moves Forward By Looking Back In ‘We Were Rich’
COVID-19 has demanded a lot of reevaluation. they just say what they want to say.” The self-isolation has inspired some people to take on new hobbies, taught The message reaches its apex at the setup before the end of the chorus: “I entire industries how to work from home and reminded many of us to repri- never thought the grass was greener/On the other side of our chain link fence.” oritize relationships with family and friends. Not only is chain link a cheaper form of neighborhood borders, it really does That kind of consideration caused a temporary crisis for Runaway June allow people to see if the other side has greener grass — or dirt, or weeds. The when original member Hannah Mulholland, who married Los Angeles-based next line reminds the listener, “Yeah, we were rich.” drummer-cinematographer Ian Jay in October 2018, decided to leave the “All of these things in this song are about physically being together, which I band and return to her native California as the pandemic unfolded. Her place don’t think we ever really talked about,” says Galyon. “But you can’t really do was taken by vocalist-fiddler Natalie Stovall, who charted in 2014 as the lead a lot of these things remotely. You have to do them with the people, in person.” voice in Natalie Stovall & The Drive before pursuing a solo career. It took at least two sessions to finish, mostly because they had so many vi- Runaway June’s Jennifer Wayne, who served as a promotion representa- gnettes that it was difficult to edit it down. Galyon sang the demo, built around tive when The Drive was in operation, officially extended the offer. an arpeggiated guitar and a descending, three-note instrumental hook that “When she first called, I was so thrown because it’s such a left-field ask,” fills in gaps between stanzas. All of the writers believed they had written recalls Stovall. “Artists don’t get job offers to be other something special, which led to frustration as over artists. That’s not something that happens.” two years passed without a serious nibble. It was not the only coronavirus-related change to “The song had been sitting around for forever, the Runaway June game plan. The week that COVID- and me and Ashley were always just baffled,” recalls 19 was declared a national emergency, the trio’s single Copperman. “Head Over Heels” was at No. 43 on the Country Air- Finally, it found a home when Runaway June heard play chart dated March 14. The band and Wheelhouse it during a face-to-face pitch meeting with a publisher stopped working it. near the end of recording Blue Roses. “Overnight, that song became irrelevant,” says lead “It’s like being in a perfume store after a while,” singer Naomi Cooke. “For a song called ‘Head Over says Cooke of those appointments. “Everything Heels,’ literally no one could head over anywhere.” smells the same. After you hear a hundred songs, In its place, the entire team focused on “We Were it’s a little disorienting, but this song was just such Rich,” a song that reexamines family and priorities a standout. Literally everyone in the room felt trans- conveyed by an adult protagonist who has risen above ported back to their childhood, back to that KOA and meager financial roots but values the innocence of back to that old house, pulling cushions off the couch those wonder years more than her accomplishments. and finding change. It was so powerful. We were As it turned out, it was Stovall’s favorite song on the all crying.” RUNAWAY JUNE band’s 2019 debut album, Blue Roses. To update the Runaway June asked Copperman to take the reins recording, Mulholland’s vocals were stripped out; on the master version, and he assembled a band at Stovall overdubbed a new alto voice and added light fiddle in a self-isolated Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Studios, with Dan Dugmore spreading steel session with a single engineer. guitar tones over the track, propelled by guitarist Ilya Toshinsky’s rendition “That was the first time I really got to, quote, sing with the girls,” says of the original arpeggiation. Stovall. “It felt so natural. I love the sound of our voices together, and I am “Ilya really drove that session,” says Wayne. just so thankful that this gift was dropped into my lap in the middle of the Runaway June’s three-part harmony, judiciously placed to take advantage world pandemic.” of the song’s minimal chord changes, gave “We Were Rich” a new, sisterly “We Were Rich” fell into the laps of the songwriters — Nicolle Galyon (“Au- sensibility. tomatic,” “Tequila”), Ashley Gorley (“Hard To Forget,” “Dirt on My Boots”) “If you’re singing it by yourself, you’re singing your story,” says Wayne. and Ross Copperman (“Nobody but You,” “I Lived It”) — during a December “But when there’s three voices singing the song, it’s almost like all three of 2015 appointment. They had started a different uptempo song, and in the us are remembering our childhood together. I feel like that’s a really, really middle, began pursuing another track simply titled “Rich,” but the lighter special thing.” approach they were using kept falling flat. Wheelhouse issued the new version featuring Stovall to country radio via “I do remember Ashley just going, ‘What’s the most meaningful way that PlayMPE on June 12, just a week or two after paperwork for the new lineup we can do this?’ ” says Galyon. “Once we allowed ourselves to go there, we was completed. The song’s nostalgic elements mimic some of the experiences locked into something that we felt mattered immediately.” adults are having in a lockdown in which most entertainment is recycled. It became “We Were Rich,” a montage of childhood images — including “If you’re watching things on TV, it’s usually reruns,” says Gorley. “If it’s a one-bathroom house, spare change under the sofa cushions, KOA camp- sports, then it’s stuff that happened 20 years ago. People are having time, ing trips and Daddy’s lone paisley tie — that fed into a gentle message about they’re going through their phones. All of a sudden I’ll send my wife some- money, social status and love. thing with the kids from 10 years ago. It takes us back on a good, cool trip.” “I just loved the whole [idea]: We had everything we needed; it wasn’t about “We Were Rich” entered the Country Airplay chart dated July 11 at No. 58 money or things,” says Copperman. “You’re just describing this kind of simple and moves to No. 55 in week two, perhaps offering simple wisdom to a na- childhood where money was not abundant.” tional debate about how best to balance financial concerns against family It skirts modern songwriting techniques, waiting over 70 seconds to arrive and health. That makes the song’s familiar images and familial message a at the chorus, though it does drop the title in at the 36-second mark. reassuring salve for a difficult era. “That’s what kind of saved us,” says Gorley. “We just did what felt good “People want to escape what we’re going through right now,” says Cooke.
with this one. These kinds of songs, the rules usually go out the window and “Maybe the healthiest way to do that is to go back to a happy time in our minds.” MORGAN JEN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 20 Country Airplay Index
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Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, N BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., Andress, R.Lafferty) 59 Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good T Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met 46 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 2 Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/ G.Smith) 50 Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 28 Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/ Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (T.L.James, R.Copperman, Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 6 Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 45 NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of C.Wiseman) 5 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 23 Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (N. Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 54 CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 38 Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 32 America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo I Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J. O L.J.Veltz) 44 Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 27 I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, W COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, WE WERE RICH EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Rezolant Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 14 J.Mitchell) 25 Engine Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 13 (R.Copperman, I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 55 Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/ Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., D Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/ BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Publishing LLC, BMI/Music Of Travellers Hollow, BMI/ DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner- Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing EbachMusic Publishing, ASCAP/Ryland Fisher Music, Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 7 ASCAP/VibeCity Music, ASCAP (S.Quayle, R.Fisher, J.Ebach) Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI 60 Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV W.Weatherly) 11 Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, D.Ruttan) 8 J Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, BMI/Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI/ DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 1 Abundantiam Publishing, BMI (T.Howell, B.Lancaster, Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 40 BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 56 Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/ Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 4 Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/ Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music L Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, E GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 15 ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape EVERY OTHER MEMORY Songs Of Universal, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, Inc., BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Red Like The Sunset Music, Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 9 ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Spicer And Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 47 Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/No Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, C.Taylor) 57 SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs D.Davidson, L.Brice) 21 US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 36 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 19 OF 20 Hot Country Songs Index
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, (Songwriter) Chart Position BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/ ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round A Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 13 Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner- SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite D.Davidson, L.Brice) 18 III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 27 Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third W.Weatherly) 8 Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, J Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/17Black Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 12 BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 41 Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold E Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 32 Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan P EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 43 B ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) L Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket 28 Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 23 On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ G ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, S Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 35 SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From J.Miller, J.Thompson) 11 Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 36 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 29 BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 31 Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 5 Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 14 LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane M.Holmes) 45 ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim Creative Music, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, SIX FEET APART Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 21 Bootleg Lyrics, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 47 Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 BMI (M.Morris, J.M.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) 1 M Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST C Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 40 Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 30 Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS B.Simonetti, A.James) 48 ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 26 JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys SOME PEOPLE DO Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 9 Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/ Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner H Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/ Nation Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., J.T.Wilson) 44 Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative S.McAnally, Thomas Rhett) 38 Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 34 Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/ Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Do Write Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, Jeffrey Steele) 37 Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, M.Wallen) 19 BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 4 T Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, N C.Wiseman) 6 HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ THIS BAR Relative Music Group, BMI/Ransom Quarter Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Note Music, ASCAP/Pie Cost Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Corp., ASCAP/Torches And Pitchforks Music, BMI/Sony/ TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 39 ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 10 Loud Mountain, BMI (M.W.Hardy, J.Morgan, J.Scott, E.K.Smith, Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys O Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 49 Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J. Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 46 Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, J.Mitchell) 22 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 33 L.J.Veltz) 50 Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, I Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., W SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 16 I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ D Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 15 Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (C.Daniels, F.Edwards, (M.Green, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 25 Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape J.Marshall, C.Hayward, T.Crain, T.DiGregorio) 24 BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 17 BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ 2 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 3 Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/ ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The D.Ruttan) 7 Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/ Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, J.M.Schmidt) 42 GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 20 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 20 OF 20 CODA On July 20, 1985, Lee Greenwood’s Country Digital Song Sales charts, it 35 Years Ago “Dixie Road” traveled 2-1 on Hot reigns for the first time, up 366% to Country Songs. Written by Don 15,000 downloads sold in the week Lee Greenwood’s Goodman, Mary Ann Kennedy ending July 9, according to Nielsen and Pam Rose, the song became Music/MRC Data. Greenwood’s third of seven leaders. Along with its perennial July 4 ‘Road’ Led Born Melvin Lee Greenwood in popularity, “USA” has been South Gate, Calif., he has posted 33 played at numerous political To No. 1 Hot Country Songs entries, includ- gatherings through the years. ing 20 top 10s. Greenwood performed it live as In 1985, the artist best known Now 77, Greenwood sent his recently as Feb. 1, when President signature hit, “God Bless the USA,” Donald Trump held an event for for “God Bless the USA” banked to No. 7 on Hot Country Songs supporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort his third Hot Country Songs in July 1984. It also reentered at in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump has also leader No. 16 in September 2001 after played the recording regularly the 9/11 tragedy. On the current, during campaign stops. July 18-dated Digital Song Sales and —JIM ASKER
REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS
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