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July 6, 2009 Issue 148 Charts: The Best Of Times... Benefit: A Glass Of Write Wine ..And it was the worst of times. With apologies Next month’s inaugural to Charles Dickens, this was a musically great Nashville in Napa event aims week for Country radio, with new singles (this to build a link between the week’s adds in parentheses) from five superstars entertainment and winemaking – Tim McGraw (53), Brad Paisley (46), Toby Tim McGraw industries for the betterment of children in both communities. Keith (42), Sugarland (37) and Keith Urban And good music and fine wine might have more in common (27). Adding to the excitement is that the singles than it seems. from McGraw, Paisley and Keith are all new According to songwriter and producer projects. I can’t recall the last time that many Frank Rogers (Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, major acts all released new music the same week. Josh Turner), a birthday celebration for his It was a great week if you worked at those acts’ wife in the Napa Valley was an eye-opening labels, as well. Those kind of boxcar add weeks Brad Paisley experience. “During the trip we got to be don’t come along very often. And, for Paisley and friends with several vineyard owners and Urban, the add avalanche began a week before managers,” he says. “And I was struck by the Frank Rogers their official add date of July 13. similarities in the businesses we’re in. The downside? Well … perfect musical storms “Just watching the process, you notice on the music side that can make things dicey for new artists. Recently- if you don’t have a song, you don’t have anything. And if a charted singles can appear to stall – or worse – as winemaker doesn’t have a good grape, they don’t have anything.” songs can fall out of the Top 50 when multiple Sugarland Rogers and his wife Jessica began making repeated trips to superstars debut in the 40s. That can happen the area, and saw some interesting links. “Over time I’d find despite showing increased airplay over the past wines I liked that didn’t seem to be connected, only to discover seven days. And, of course, it’s tough to gather they had the same winemaker,” Rogers says. “It reminded me of any new airplay with superstars sucking all how writers and producers can work behind the scenes and the available airplay oxygen from the room. general public may not really see all that goes on.” According to Mediabase 24/7, 55 country artists The couple built a relationship with Debi Cali of Baldacci (continued on page 5) Toby Keith Family Vineyards, and she made trips to Nashville to attend ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

July 6, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 2 songwriter nights. “She was equally fascinated,” Rogers says. My Tu n e s : Mu s i c Th a t Sh a p e d My Li f e Walking through the caves at the Baldacci facility, Rogers Brady Seals discusses his most important remarked it seemed a perfect place to stage a writer’s night. songs, artists or concerts: “At first it was just about sharing the passion behind it, but we 1. Steve Earle, Guitar Town: One of the best thought if we’re going to throw a party it might as well be for a country albums of all time. The lyrics and signature good reason.” guitar riffs are classic. Steve’s Texas slang while Rogers wanted to support music education in public schools; singing made a huge impression on me as a vocalist. I still try to sing like him from time to time. Cali chose literacy, and the NOTES organization was created 2. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gold & Platinum: I’m not to distribute funds accordingly. “The long term goal is to have sure it’s their best album but I know that it influenced a Napa in Nashville event, too,” Rogers says. “And then maybe Brady Seals me more than any other. I used to invite kids around spread out to various sites throughout the country.” the neighborhood and put on concerts. Of course ASCAP and SunTrust are sponsoring the Aug. 1 event in they weren’t really concerts, we just played and sang along with the record. Rivers Rutherford, Jim “Moose” 3. The Band, The Last Waltz: I really got into The Band after watching California, and songwriters Scorsese’s concert film “The Last Waltz.” They were a true, honest-to- Brown, Jon Randall, Hillary Lindsey, Don Sampson goodness band. I love how The Band backed other artists during this film. It and David Lee Murphy will perform. Details at www. showed a humility in their artistry that you don’t see much these days. nashvilleinnapa.com. 4. The Eagles, Hotel California: The quintessential American rock band. I remember as a boy hearing “Hotel California” and the lyrics being a Radio: Listeners Pay Attention little scary. Now the only thing that scares me about The Eagles is how tight their live harmonies are. Some good news for radio’s core business, as a new Harris 5. Elvis’ Golden Records: I really wanted to grow up and be like Elvis. Interactive poll shows that only 9% of consumers say they The voice, the charisma, and the production of those old records are just tend to ignore or disregard radio advertising the most. Thirteen amazing. I used to visit rest homes with my mother when I was really percent said the same of television ads, while 17% overlook young and dress up like Elvis and pantomime to his songs. In fact, after a performance one day we turned on the TV in the lobby of the nursing Internet search engine ads the most, and a huge 46% said they home and found out Elvis had died. I was heart broken. ignore Internet banner ads more than they disregard other media. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars. One of these days I’m Radio News going to check it out. I’ve always admired “Major Tom” but never dug any deeper. • A Country format forum will be featured during • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Nirvana, Talentmasters Kurt Cobain. I just wasn’t a fan of his voice. I remember some of the MTV ’ 21st Annual Morning Show Boot Camp in Unplugged performances where it was just him, a guitar and his songs Nashville July 30-Aug. 1 at the Renaissance Hotel. Among the and I just wasn’t that impressed. It was obvious that he was an honest and national radio executives participating in a July 31 session called passionate artist and for that I have the utmost respect. “Star Makers: Searching for Tomorrow’s Stars” will be Lincoln • An album you played or listened to incessantly: Financial’s Don Benson, Saga’s Steve Goldstein, Cumulus’ Jan Free, Molten Gold. There are folks out there that probably don’t even know Jeffries Pat Paxton Greg Strassell that this band even existed. It was Paul Rogers’ band before Bad Company, , Entercom’s and CBS’s . somewhere around 1963. They were a four-piece rock & roll band that you Details here or call Don Anthony at 770-737-2700. have to check out! • The NAB will host a 30-minute webcast July 14 promoting the • One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to FCC’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) program. right now: Fleet Foxes’ “White Winter Hymnal.” This song is definitely not The voluntary, Web-based system allows stations to report their for everyone. The only thing that comes to mind for this song is that is very original. The melodic structure and harmonies are spot on. operational status and obtain critical resources they may need to stay on the air during disaster situations. The webcast runs

©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] July 6, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 3 at 3:30pm ET, and is available to both NAB members and non- Bi r t h d a y s members. For details, click here. Tuesday (7/7) - Charlie Louvin, Stix Franklin ([email protected]), Chart Chat John Dorris Congrats to Dierks Bentley, Steve Hodges, Wednesday (7/8) - - Toby Keith, Fred Young (Kentucky Shane Allen and the entire Capital crew on Headhunters), Terry Choate, Pam Green ([email protected]), Mike scoring this week’s No. 1 song with Bentley’s Kraski ([email protected]), Lee Logan ([email protected]), “Sideways.” The track is the second cut from his Matt Williams, Joe Relyea current album to top the chart (“Feel That Fire”), Thursday (7/9) - David Ball, Monty Holmes, Bob James (bob.james@ and the sixth No. 1 of Bentley’s career (“Every cumulus.com), Laura McKinley Mile A Memory,” “Settle For A Slowdown,” Dierks Bentley “Come A Little Closer” and “What Was I Thinkin’”). Friday (7/10) - Jessica Simpson, Bela Fleck, Gary LeVox (Rascal Flatts), And kudos to Universal South’s Teddi Bonadies-led team, Ken Mellons, Shaw Wilson (BR549), Tracy Fleaner, Stephanie Lynn ([email protected]), Johnny Dorris Jr. ([email protected]) whose top 10 with Randy Houser’s “Boots On” makes him the first new male artist to reach the milestone this year, following Saturday (7/11) - Scotty Emerick, Jeff Hanna, Dale Turner (dale. label mates Eli Young Band, who were the first new artist to hit [email protected]) top 10 with “Always The Love Songs.” Breaking two artists into the top 10 in a year is certainly cause for celebration. Sunday (7/12) - Adam Gregory, Tim Alexander, Joe Manual, Allen Brown ([email protected]), Sandy Neese And in the Chart Chat history department, Tuesday (7/7) marks the 20-year anniversary of Monday (7/13) - Louise Mandrell, Victoria Shaw, Neil Thrasher, the ascension of “Much Too Young (To Feel This Chris Melancon ([email protected]), Nikki Landry Damn Old) to its peak at No. 10. By November of ([email protected]) 1989, “If Tomorrow Never Comes” would enjoy two weeks at No. 1 and country music would be Community Music School. ACM Lifting Lives is also taking irrevocably changed ... as would the life of the Garth Brooks submissions for the fall 2009-2010 grant cycle at www. artist performing those songs, Garth Brooks. acmliftinglives.org until July 17. BMI is moving 32 jobs from its New York City office to Industry News Nashville. A company spokesperson told the Following the final issue ofPerforming Songwriter last New York Times, “Most of the remaining jobs month, Dir./Communications & Special Projects Caroline Davis in New York will be executive positions and is looking for her next gig. She can be reached at 615-957-5056 those of employees who deal with the TV or [email protected]. and radio broadcasters based in the city or ACM Lifting Lives has named its first beneficiaries: overseas.” Bridges Academy; Free Arts For Abused Children; Holston The next installment of the CMA Billy Currington Home; Lollipop Theatre Rhythm Of Hope Program; Music Songwriters Series will be held July 30 at National Service Initiative; Musicians On Call; Peace Thru NYC’s Joe’s Pub. Bob DiPiero (“Take Me As I Am”) hosts, with Music; Songs For Kids; The Art Of Elysium; Vanderbilt participants Billy Currington, Keith Follese (“Something Like Music Therapy Program; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s That,” “The Way You Love Me”) and Jason Sellers (“Some Williams Syndrome Music Camp; and W.O. Smith Nashville People Change,” “I Still Miss You”).

©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] July 6, 2009 Country Aircheck Weekly Page 4 The benefit concert for Warner Music Group/Nashville Tu b e Ch e c k Coord./Facilities Gina Hilburn’s fight against cancer raised nearly $4,000. Donations are still being accepted at Roger J. Tuesday 7/7 – Darius Rucker, Backstory (GAC). Davis Memorial Fund (note “For Gina” in the subject), 1708 21st Ave. S. #101, Nashville, TN 37212. Wednesday 7/8 – Sara Evans, Backstory (GAC). Crib Note Thursday 7/9 – Levon Helm, Late Show with David Letterman (CBS). Congrats to industry pros Heather Friday 7/10 – Rascal Flatts, Today (NBC). and Bobby Young on the birth of daughter Addison Lea Young this Saturday 7/11 – Big Kenny, Naomi Judd, Can You Duet (CMT). morning (7/6). Addison joins big Sunday 7/12 –Sugarland, Soundstage (GAC). brothers Josh and Caleb. Monday 7/13 – Randy Owen, Troy Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, CMT Heather and Addison Young Cribs (re-air).

Artist News Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. The voluntary program GAC will be airing best-of episodes of the PBS series focuses on education for high school dropouts between the ages Soundstage. Sugarland, Alison Krauss and Union Station, of 16 and 18. Trace Adkins, Lee Ann Womack and Billy Currington, Trisha Yearwood, Travis Tritt and Nickel Creek, Martina McBride, The Week’s Top Stories and Kenny Chesney are featured in nine upcoming shows. Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives Check gactv.com for listings at www.countryaircheck.com. Carrie Underwood is the first country artist to be included in • Former Radio & Records Country Editor R.J. Curtis joined TeachersCount’s Behind Every Famous Person Is A Fabulous Arista as Mgr./Regional Promotion Midwest. He succeeds Tyler Teacher campaign to spread awareness about the teaching Waugh, who filled the Southeast slot vacated byJeri Cooper profession. Underwood is featured with her mother Carole last week. (CAT 7/6) Underwood and her two sisters Stephanie Shelton and Shanna • Label vet Stacy Rogers joined Golden Music/Nashville as Means for the campaign. Learn more here. Dir./West Coast Promotion & Marketing. She can be reached at Aaron Tippin has launched his lifestyle initiative and line 208-731-8104 or at [email protected]. (CAT 7/2) of nutritional supplements Aaron Tippin Nutrition. Products • The Republic/Nashville staff was finalized with the hires of include Acai Energy Diet, Acai 4 Cleanse, Carb-Buster and WBEE/Rochester APD/MD/middayer Weslea Bartholomew as Daily Defense Greens. Details here. Dir./Southwest Promotion and MTV Networks Coord./Licensing Dean Brody and Emily West will co-host Fashion for Alicia Torres as Label Resource Manager/Exec. Asst. to EveryBODY for the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee Republic/Nashville President Jimmy Harnen. (CAT 6/30) Saturday, Sept. 26 at Nashville’s Commodore Ballroom. Tickets • Sirius XM Chairman/CEO Mel Karmazin was given a 20% are $35 for general admission and $75 for VIP here. Nominate a pay raise, starting Jan. 1, 2010. Also, Karmazin’s employment, 2009 Role Model to walk the runway here. which could have ended this November, was extended through Laura Bryna is the celebrity spokesperson for the National 2012. (CAT 7/1) Guard Youth Foundation to raise awareness for the National

Ch e c k Ou t July 14 Dolly Parton 9 to 5: The Musical (Dolly)

August 1 Chris Young The Man I Want to Be (RCA)

August 4 Sugarland Live On The Inside (Mercury) Gloriana Gloriana (Emblem/Warner Bros.) Assjack Assjack (Curb) Mac McAnally Down By The River (Show Dog)

August 11 Justin Moore Justin Moore (Valory)

August 18 Reba McEntire Keep On Loving You (Valory/Starstruck) David Nail I’m About To Come Alive (MCA)

August 25 Love And Theft World Wide Open (Carolwood) Willie Nelson American Classic (Blue Note) Jack Ingram Big Dreams & High Hopes (Big Machine)

Album release info to [email protected].

Adrian Monk: WXFL/Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL GSM Donald “Rocky” Reich (l) retired last week after more than 50 years in radio. During the festivities, company owner Jerry Phillips (r) and longtime friend Charlie Monk paid their respects.

Charts (continued from page 1) collected an aggregate 348 adds this week from our 123 reporters. The aforementioned five superstars garnered 205 of those adds, leaving just 143 slots for 50 other artists who got at least one add this week. The chart jolt can even be felt by big country acts with recently-released singles. Fact is, when five superstars release new singles, there’s just not much left to go around. Further muddying this week’s chart waters is Fourth of July weekend airplay. Lengthy countdowns of the top few hundred songs impact current airplay, as does a healthy dose of spins from patriotic Gold. In fact, five songs – Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” (605 plays), Aaron Tippin’s “Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagles Fly” (428), Toby Keith’s “American Solider” (390), Brooks & Dunn’s “Only In America” (369) and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The USA” (352) – got enough play to chart in the Top 50. As the saying goes, there are lies, damned lies and statistics. Those are just a few things you might want to keep in mind as you analyze the Mediabase airplay information in both the main chart and the Activator chart in this week’s Country Aircheck on your way to making music decisions. CAC ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

July 6, 2009 Chart Page 1

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

2 1 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 16343 126 5322 -2 37.745 -0.032 126 0 1 2 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 15828 -718 5183 -214 36.948 -1.568 124 0 4 3 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 14377 408 4807 108 33.197 1.639 124 0

5 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 4 13781 1103 4604 391 32.721 2.904 126 0 6 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 4 12989 946 4238 338 29.168 0.977 125 0 7 6 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 12425 808 4056 262 29.332 2.221 126 0 3 7 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 11613 -3494 3748 -1187 29.236 -5.728 126 0 8 8 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 10505 -515 3496 -170 24.061 -1.356 126 0 9 9 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 10142 281 3403 142 23.341 0.908 126 0 11 10 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 9824 301 3293 103 22.322 0.827 125 1 12 11 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 9465 63 3070 32 21.256 0.404 125 0 13 12 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 9355 648 3099 212 20.823 1.376 123 1

14 13 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 4 9063 950 3026 351 20.178 1.347 126 0 15 14 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 8000 541 2646 145 17.546 1.355 126 0 16 15 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 7755 314 2608 115 16.632 0.814 125 0 19 16 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 7677 944 2525 302 17.496 2.778 123 4 10 17 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 7586 -1986 2533 -784 15.858 -4.679 125 0 17 18 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 7529 234 2639 115 15.733 0.694 122 1 18 19 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/Warner Bros./New Revolution) 7494 304 2459 71 16.885 0.825 116 1 20 20 BROOKS & DUNN/Indian Summer (Arista) 6378 291 2131 108 14.112 0.775 121 0 21 21 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 6041 242 2041 81 13.175 0.897 115 1 22 22 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 5386 335 1786 91 12.222 1.047 112 0 23 23 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 5138 168 1734 49 10.737 0.436 112 2 25 24 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black... (RCA) 3764 565 1339 226 7.858 1.527 99 7 24 25 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 3753 286 1299 146 7.743 0.593 98 1

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

27 26 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 3303 864 1162 289 7.316 2.421 89 5 26 27 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 2873 294 1010 110 5.679 0.68 93 4 30 28 DAVID NAIL /Red Light (MCA) 2695 461 920 126 5.035 1.027 90 3 28 29 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 2670 286 847 66 5.152 0.563 73 0 29 30 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 2399 120 841 51 4.589 0.287 79 3 36 31 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 2328 537 805 206 4.35 1.284 80 6 31 32 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 2146 65 817 36 4.134 0.301 84 0 32 33 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 2124 175 742 72 4.318 0.256 67 1 35 34 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 2068 251 757 75 4.299 0.59 63 5 34 35 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 2068 244 738 88 4.143 0.875 62 2 33 36 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 1853 20 633 20 3.246 -0.017 78 1 37 37 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 1767 144 502 31 3.039 0.115 58 4 38 38 JAMES OTTO /Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) 1592 114 523 26 3.101 0.249 45 2 40 39 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin' The Beer Gut (Show Dog) 1326 144 507 51 2.435 0.199 42 3 39 40 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 1298 105 442 64 2.312 0.281 47 4 41 41 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 1261 190 422 107 2.32 0.209 48 7

Debut42 TIM MCGRAW/Itís A Business Doing... (Curb) 4 1248 1248 385 385 3.21 3.21 53 53 Debut43 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 1121 988 343 292 2.427 2.111 52 46 48 44 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 1101 641 250 151 2.616 1.54 51 37

Debut45 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 4 1046 1046 315 315 2.92 2.92 42 42 43 46 TRENT TOMLINSON/Henry Cartwright's Produce... (Carolwood) 940 100 335 40 1.445 0.266 39 4 42 47 CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 882 -37 368 -20 1.488 -0.055 61 1 45 48 JIMMY WAYNE/I'll Be That (Valory) 720 77 285 30 1.087 0.188 41 2 44 49 MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) 700 14 255 3 1.008 0.125 37 2 46 50 KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) 611 -6 255 3 0.591 -0.098 40 4

July 6, 2009 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 3 Activator Top Point Gainers Aircheck Add Leaders GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 409 4 TIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 53 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 366 4 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 46 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 359 4 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 42 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 347 4 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 37 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 336 4 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 27 TIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing... (Curb) 335 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 8 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 313 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 7 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 295 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 7 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 285 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 7 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 285 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 6 Activator Top Spin Gainers GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 6 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 276 STEVE HOLY/Baby Don't Go (Curb) 6 TIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing... (Curb) 254 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 250 Aircheck Top Point Gainers DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 241 TIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 1248 4 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 235 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 1103 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 213 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 207 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 1046 4 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 180 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 988 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 179 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 950 4 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 170 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 946 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 944 Vi d e o Ad d s RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 864 CMT JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 808 SUGARLAND f/B-52’S/Love Shack (2009 CMT Music Awards) (Mercury) KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 648 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin’ The Beer Gut (Show Dog) WHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin’ (Warner Bros.) CMT PURE Aircheck Top Spin Gainers DAILEY & VINCENT/On The Other Side (Rounder) BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 391 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) JIMMY WAYNE/I’ll Be That (Valory) TIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 385 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 351 SUGARLAND f/B-52’S/Love Shack (2009 CMT Music Awards) (Mercury) TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin’ The Beer Gut (Show Dog) TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 338 WHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin’ (Warner Bros.) TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 315 WILLIE NELSON & ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL/Hesitation Blues (Bismeaux) JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 302 GAC Whitney Duncan/Skinny Dippin’ (Warner Bros.) BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 292 Zac Brown Band/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 289 Luke Bryan/Do I (Capitol) JIMMY WAYNE/I’ll Be That (Valory) DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 262 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 226 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin’ The Beer Gut (Show Dog)

©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] July 6, 2009 Country Aircheck Chart Info Chart Page 4 Aircheck Activity Ad d Da t e s TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) JULY 13 Debuts at 45*; 1046 points, 315 spins BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 42 ADDS including: KEEY, KKGO, KMLE*, KMPS*, KNIX, JOEY AND RORY/To Say Goodbye (Vanguard) KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) WFUS, WKHX, WMZQ, WQYK*, WUBL SONG TRUST/Choose Me (Giantslayer/S-1 Songs/Nine North) TRENT TOMLINSON/Henry Cartwright’s Produce... (Carolwood) Moves 43*-46*; 940 points, 335 spins JULY 20 4 ADDS: WIWF*, WSSL, WWNU, WYPY BILLY RAY CYRUS/A Good Day (Walt Disney/CO5) EMMA JACOB/Julianna (Black River) CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) FAST RYDE/That Thang (Republic) Moves 42-47; 882 points, 368 spins HALFWAY TO HAZARD/I Know Where Heaven Is (Stylesonic/Picnic 1 ADD: WPAW Hill/Bigger Picture) KATIE ARMIGER/Gone (Cold River) JIMMY WAYNE/I’ll Be That (Valory) SARA EVANS/Feels Just Like A Love Song (RCA) Moves 45-48*; 720 points, 285 spins 2 ADDS: KIZN*, KTOM JULY 27 BLAINE LARSEN/It Did (Treehouse) MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) Moves 44*-49*; 700 points, 255 spins 2 ADDS: WGH, WRNS* KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) Aircheck Top Recurrents Moves 46*-50*; 611 points, 255 spins BRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 13388 4 ADDS: KATC*, WCOL, WGTY, WOGK KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 10814 SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 6440 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 5922 514 points, 168 spins 7 ADDS: KCYE, KJJY*, KPLX, KTOM, WFMS, WTQR, WYNK JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 5808 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 4688 JESSE LEE/It’s A Girl Thing (Atlantic/Bigger Picture) ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 4032 503 points, 197 spins DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 3845 2 ADDS: WCTK*, WWGR KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 3784 PHIL VASSAR/Bobbi With An I (Universal South) TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 3725 437 points, 134 spins; 0 ADDS JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 419 points, 146 spins 383 points, 161 spins 8 ADDS: KATC*, KHKI*, KKWF, WBCT, WGGY, WOGK, WUSY, WWGR 1 ADD: WXTU ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) TRACY LAWRENCE/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 396 points, 134 spins 347 points, 147 spins; 0 ADDS 4 ADDS: KATC*, KHKI*, WIVK*, WSOC* Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have 383 points, 106 spins shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds) 4 ADDS: KATM*, KSKS, WGTY, WPAW ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] ACTIVAT OR July 6, 2009/Chart Page 5

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays

1 1 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 4373 -71 2900 -20 3rd Week at No. 1 4 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 4173 16 2736 10 2 3 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 4171 -82 2744 -57 5 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 3997 285 2611 179 7 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 3733 359 2393 213 6 6 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 3729 336 2426 241 3 7 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 3093 -1125 1994 -782 10 8 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 3074 295 1964 163 9 9 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 3061 260 2005 180 8 10 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 2987 -288 1956 -213 14 11 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 2660 409 1752 250 11 12 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 2646 15 1755 9 12 13 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 2465 51 1575 36 15 14 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 2362 193 1533 131 13 15 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 2358 103 1537 62 17 16 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 2237 216 1488 128 16 17 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/Warner Bros./New Revolution) 2149 61 1398 26 18 18 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 2133 112 1396 71 19 19 BROOKS & DUNN/Indian Summer (Arista) 2111 197 1394 119 20 20 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 2077 285 1366 207 21 21 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 1784 140 1164 77 23 22 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 1417 313 886 168 22 23 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 1411 45 903 24 24 24 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 1105 81 727 46 26 25 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 993 112 640 66 29 26 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 938 194 553 112 27 27 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 873 96 586 73 31 28 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black... (RCA) 799 207 511 130 28 29 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 797 26 496 9 30 30 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 791 108 500 72 ©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. 4=Top 5 point gainers. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com Chart Page 5 ACTIVAT OR July 6, 2009/Chart Page 6

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays 34 31 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 701 192 436 129 32 32 JAMES OTTO/Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) 589 28 394 12 33 33 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 585 24 370 10 36 34 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 555 98 351 46 35 35 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 548 41 361 17 37 36 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 486 54 265 31 Debut 37 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 376 366 284 276 38 38 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 362 45 244 33 Debut 39 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 347 347 235 235 Debut 40 TIM MCGRAW/Itís A Business Doing... (Curb) 335 335 254 254 39 41 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin' The Beer Gut (Show Dog) 268 45 171 32 Debut 42 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 250 242 173 170 Debut 43 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 241 207 171 155 40 44 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 228 30 152 22 41 45 JIMMY WAYNE/I'll Be That (Valory) 225 27 162 16 52 46 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 189 92 128 57 44 47 GRETCHEN WILSON/If I Could Do It All Again (Columbia) 173 21 102 6 43 48 SARAH DARLING/Jack Of Hearts (Black River) 166 7 111 6 46 49 STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 158 18 113 10 45 50 TRENT TOMLINSON/Henry Cartwright's Produce... (Carolwood) 152 5 105 5 42 51 MARK CHESNUTT/She Never Got Me Over You (Lofton Creek) 141 -29 94 -20 47 52 CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 140 7 91 6 49 53 KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) 134 7 105 10 51 54 PHIL VASSAR/Bobbi With An I (Universal South) 127 23 66 3 48 55 TRACY LAWRENCE/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 117 -14 65 -9 55 56 ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 105 16 67 10 54 57 ZONA JONES/Bluer Than Blue (Rocky Comfort) 103 9 69 7 53 58 TELLURIDE/Pencil Marks (American Roots/Quarterback) 102 8 69 6 Debut 59 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 94 40 47 24 58 60 DUE WEST/I Get That All The Time (Bigger Than Me/Nine North) 90 14 65 10