Artists on Board Remembering Mel Tillis

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November 20, 2017, Issue 577

Artists On Board Not only have Kix Brooks, Terri Clark, Tracy Lawrence and Chuck Wicks had success on Country radio – they’re making their mark in it. Country Aircheck spoke to them about being on the other side of the mic. Hero Worship: Clark first airchecked as part of Cumulus’ America’s Morning Show team in 2013 (with Wicks, Blair Garner, Lee Ann Womack and Sunny Sweeney) and now hosts Westwood One’s Country Gold. A radio gig was her lifelong dream. “I’ve always been Kix Brooks a fan of listening to the radio and gotten attached to certain personalities and deejays,” she says. “They were the stars. I wanted a shot of being part of that. To me, it’s expand- ing your brand and thinking outside the box. Reba told me years ago, always try different opportunities when they come along. It keeps Grist Jockeys: Big Loud’s Jake Owen (r) is interviewed by Jimmy you fresh, it keeps you challenged – and she Buffett (l) and Michael Utley as their alter egos Bing and Bong was right.” before the Florida Hurricane Benefit Concert in Tallahassee last Lawrence hosts Compass/Silverfish’s Honky night (11/19). Terri Clark Tonkin’ With Tracy Lawrence and cites former WSIX-FM/Nashville afternoon team Carl P. Mayfield and Dean Warfield as inspirations. Remembering Mel Tillis “When things were rockin’ in the ‘90s, I would The late Country Music Hall of Famer call Carl P. every day in the afternoon drive,” wasn’t just a songwriter, artist, performer, he says. “I was on that show a lot.” Lawrence actor and publisher, he was a student of the also names WSM-AM’s Bill Cody and Devin business. Mel Tillis is also remembered for O’Day, KNIX/Phoenix’s Tim Hattrick and Willy helping bring country to a wider audience. D Loon, and Spotify’s John Marks as early The Oak Ridge Boys’ Duane Allen ap- encouragers. “I was called in many times as a preciated Tillis’ early support and the lessons Tracy Lawrence guest deejay before he imparted. “He taught me how to release Mel Tillis (continued on page 5) ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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goes way beyond just finding a song. He understood the whole pro- cess of finding great songs and how to release them to radio.” Fellow Hall member Bobby Bare calls Tillis “the last of my fishing buddies,” a brother and a friend. “He was great to be on a boat with,” he says. “Our first fishing trip in Florida, he fell in. I grabbed him by the leg as he fell over backwards. I pulled him back up and he said, ‘I-I-I always fall in.’ He wasn’t lying. He used to fall in a lot. “He was a real good business man and eventually bought Cedarwood Publish- ing. He was the first person I Bobby Bare met in Nashville and ‘Detroit City’ [which Tillis wrote] gave me the depth I needed. That was the one thing that really kick-started my career.” Artist manager/agent Jim Halsey represented Tillis from the mid-’70s to the late ‘80s, and also counted him a friend. “Mel was not only talented, writing more than 1,000 songs – more than 300 of which were cut – he was also a good business man,” he says. “A lot of artists just wanted to be told where to go and how much money they’d get. Mel was very interested in how things would project in the long run of his career. “The Halsey Company’s annual ranch parties were fa- mous for having all the top fair, rodeo and TV buyers to our ranch outside Tulsa. We’d put them up for the weekend, have a big pit barbecue and our whole roster would play. Well, in 1974 we see Mel’s bus full of his band coming up the hill to the ranch. We didn’t represent him at the time, but we’d Jim Halsey talked about it. He wanted to perform and I told him it was only for people on our roster. He said he was thinking about joining, but there were certain things he wanted. “He wanted [an improved] itinerary, and our head of fairs pointed out we had the buyers from the 10 biggest fairs. He wanted more money and I told him we could double what he was getting as he was being un- dersold. ‘The thing I really want is singles to radio,” Allen says. “Our first country single ‘Y’all Come television,’ he said. ‘I want to be on Back Saloon’ was coming up the charts and Mel said it was a the Tonight Show.’ Well, the producer Freddy de Cordova was there great choice. ‘You’ll find out your uptempo and before we left the meeting he was booked. Mel signed with us, songs will go up the chart faster,’ he said. ‘For he played the party and he went on to do the Tonight Show so many the second single you’ll want to follow up with times. Johnny Carson loved him something similar and uptempo. It won’t sell . “That was his way,” Halsey says. “He studied everything with as much, but it will get the chart action you a serious eye and was one of the guys who helped bring country need to be recognized as quickly as possible. music into the mainstream.” –Chuck Aly Then, on the third single, release a ballad that women will buy and your sales will take off.’ “Well, our second single was ‘You’re The Chart Chat Congrats to Chris Janson, Kristen Wil- Duane Allen One’ and when we hit the third with ‘I’ll Be liams, Tom Martens and the WAR promo- True To You,’ sales went through the roof. That tion team on securing this week’s No. 1 with was our first smash No. 1 and it was so true to everything Mel told “Fix A Drink.” The song is the first single from us. The love song was so successful we put it on our next album, Everybody. Songwriters are Chris DuBois, too, as an extra. Ashley Gorley “Mel was so intelligent but he had common sense, too. And it and Janson. Chris Janson ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

November 20, 2017 Page 5 The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at www.countryaircheck.com. • Mike Moore was named Entercom Country Format Captain (11/13). • ACM Lifting Lives’ 2017-2018 board was elected (11/13). • Steve Bogard was elected President of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (11/14). • Cumulus bond holders agreed to inject $350 million of new capital into the company (11/14). • Carrie Underwood will co-host Grammy’s Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special (11/15). • CRS 2018 New Faces of Country voting started (11/16). • Rebel Engine hired an in-house promotion team (11/16). • The Entercom/CBS Radio merger closed (11/17). • Entercom KSON/San Diego moved to 103.7 (11/17). • Country Hall of Famer Mel Tillis died at the age of 85 (11/19). • KKGO/Los Angeles and KMPS/Seattle flipped to all-Christmas (11/20). • Scott Clayton joined WME Nashville (11/20). • Jessica Tyler will join WDRQ/Detroit Dec. 15 (11/20).

Artists On Board (continued from page 1) people were even doing that,” he says. “I was also one of the first artists to guest host Lon Helton’s Country Countdown USA.” For 11 years, Brooks has hosted American Country Countdown, a seat formerly held by his mentor, National Radio Hall of Famer Bob Kingsley. “When ABC called me to do this, my first call was to Bob to get his bless- ing,” he says. “And I obviously love to hear my self talk,” cracks Brooks, “so it was kind of a fun fit.” Wicks, who now co-hosts Cumu- lus’ morning show Ty, Kelly & Chuck (with Ty Bentli and Kelly Ford), counts Kingsley, Garner, Brooks and And kudos to George Briner and the Valory crew on se- Bentli as mentors. “Blair opened up the doors for me big time in the curing 55 adds for Thomas Rhett’s “Marry Me,” topping this world of radio. And I really look up to Ty because we’re in the same week’s board. age bracket, and his dream was to be in radio and have success. I had the dream of singing and being on radio. So now we kind of meet in the middle, and I News & Notes tell him, ‘If you feel like I could do this or that Rome Radio’s WSRM/Rome, GA is now an affiliate forEnvi - better, let me know.’” sion’s Hank FM format. Art Of The Interview: What’s it like to Black River’s Craig Morgan and Lot18.com have partnered be the one asking the questions? Brooks, a to produce Old Tattoo, a limited-edition Cabernet Sauvignon. communications major in college, brushed Available here. up on his skills when ABC sent him to an interview school on the ESPN campus in Jeannie Seely has signed with 117 Publicity for exclusive Chuck Wicks representation. Connecticut. “I never realized how difficult Shenandoah have extended their 30th Anniversary Tour into radio was until I started doing this show,” says Brooks. “I took 2018. Full schedule here. some voice lessons to learn how to breathe and talk – and G-Force/New Revolution’s Lucy Angel is the latest addition to obviously I still don’t have a big voice like great announcers Taylor Guitars’ Artist Endorsement Program. do, but I did want to do the best job I could with what I had. ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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And I learned to listen. Some of the great interview- ers of all time have a list of questions to ask, and don’t really pay attention to the answers they’re getting. They just go to the next question.” “The hardest transition as an artist, when you’ve been answering questions about yourself for all these years, is to not make it about yourself,” says Lawrence. “It’s not about you anymore, it’s about the other artist. Learning to identify that is a bit of an adjustment. I still find myself saying, ‘Well I did this ...,’ but I think I’m getting better at it.” “I try to be really engaged in these interviews,” says Clark, “and wear a radio interviewer’s hat too – but not do some of the things people do when they’re interviewing me, like ask, ‘Who are your influences?’ If I’m interviewing Trace Adkins, I should know that already. He’s been out there making music for 20 years. I don’t want to ask questions that people can find [answers to] on Google. I want to ask questions that are fresh and unique.” When interviewing new artists, Wicks says, “I like to find out the cool stuff. Yes, you have a record out and you’re on tour, but tell me something that’s going to make people fall in love with you as a person. Because if a fan does that, they’re going to love your music.” Worlds Collide: Brooks, Clark and Lawrence all record multiple shows in advance and can even tape them on the road via a portable studio, so balancing that with tour dates isn’t really an issue. “The hardest thing for me is there’s so much interesting stuff going on in current news and world affairs that it limits me from being able to talk outside of just the general scope of music,” says Law- rence. “I really wish I had the latitude of being able to talk about things that are actively going on.” Clark has a mobile app to record interviews. “It’s a weekly show, so God forbid, if something major happens, or someone passes away in country music and I’m not in town to tape, I send my producer George [Achaves]

Have Marathon: BMLGR’s Brett Young and team celebrate at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works on his first-ever headlining tour. Pictured (l-r) are Tyler Stevens, the label’s Lauren Longbine, Charlotte Burke and Laurel Kittleson, Red Light’s Van Haze, Young, Red Light’s Enzo DeVincenzo (kneeling), the label’s Jimmy Harnen, Scott Borchetta and Matthew Hargis, Green Room’s Kristie Sloan, Taylor Mills, the label’s Leah Fisher, Lynn Harnen and Kirsten Grenier.

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totally understand the business and how it works and I’m okay with that. I made the decision to do this morning show.” Highlight Reel: There’s no shortage of memorable on- air moments. “My second interview was with Reba McEn- tire,” says Lawrence. “I don’t know why, but I was scared to death. I’ve known her for a long time but I don’t have a personal relationship with her. I wanted to do a great job, be articulate and not ask dumb questions. I stressed over that interview all night. She was great and led me through it like a pro should. Also, to be able to sit and talk to Kenny Rogers, that was an amazing thing. Kenny is a very gracious man.” “I was at the Grand Ole Opry in April and Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry were there,” says Clark. “We just reminisced during the whole interview. There was so much laughter and silliness, and that’s my last memory of being in the same room with Troy – and it’s because of this radio show. I’ll forever be grateful for that.” “Chris Stapleton was talking about his dad,” says Brooks, “and what a fan he was. You just get into that moment where stuff gets real and you both well up with tears. But we’ve had some funny moments, too. Rosanne Cash was talking about the list her father had given her, of the 100 most important songs to him. She has the list, but won’t tell everything that’s on it. She’d just recorded 10 of those songs and was getting emotional, talking about what that meant to her. “I just looked her in the eye and said, ‘Can I have it?’” says Brooks. “She started laughing and said, ‘No, you can’t have it!’ There’s a certain joy in letting somebody realize I know how important it is ... but we’ve got to have a little fun along with it, too.” Trophy Life: All four artists have been ACM and/or CMA-nominated for their radio work. But all agree, the human connection that Country radio provides is their biggest reward. “As a kid, the deejays were my lifeline to Nashville,” says Clark. “So it’s pretty cool for me to maybe be that person some kid living in a tiny little town is listening to every week, and hearing something that might inspire them.” Wicks’ favorite story is exactly about that. He recalls a woman who called the show and said her daugh- ter was being made fun of because of the freckles on her face. Wicks wrote a tune called “The Freckle a bit of an obituary or say something pertinent to the moment so Song” and sang it on the air the next we can at least put it in the weekend show.” morning. “They heard it, and it changed this girl’s whole outlook Wicks is the only artist whose “day gig” is live, Monday on life. It made her comfortable in her own skin. It made her feel through Friday. “I try to just tour on the weekends,” he says, “and better. You can’t get any cooler than that.” in the markets where stations are playing me. If I have a show on Listen to Brooks here; Clark here; Lawrence here; and a Friday evening. I’ll get up at 4am, get out of the show around Wicks here. –Wendy Newcomer 10am, jump on a plane and do the show that night. It makes for a long day, but we just work it out.” “I like the balance a lot,” Wicks adds. “I was a nervous wreck Lon Helton, [email protected] when I was on RCA. Every single that came out, I felt like I was living Chuck Aly, [email protected] and dying off that single. Now, I get to go to this awesome morn- Wendy Newcomer, [email protected] ing show Monday through Friday, I still make music, I still release singles and I still tour on the weekends. And I get to talk to country Paul Williams, [email protected] music fans every single morning. There’s only one con for me: there (615) 320-1450 are certain stations that will just not play my record because I’m on a morning show that’s competing against their morning show. I

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November 20, 2017 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

3 1 CHRIS JANSON 23269 2355 8709 880 58.054 5.287 158 0 Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) ✔

4 2 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) ✔ 22062 1471 8113 513 55.362 3.309 158 0

2 3 THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 20735 -1568 7673 -569 54.172 -3.926 158 0

6 4 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 19216 841 7163 281 48.261 2.447 158 0

7 5 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 18818 717 6859 285 47.225 1.544 158 0

8 6 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 17255 929 6366 434 43.779 2.222 158 0

11 7 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) ✔ 15516 1357 5803 509 40.148 2.603 158 0

9 8 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 15303 540 5672 357 37.55 0.053 158 0

10 9 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 14986 466 5438 235 38.163 1.471 158 0

12 10 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 14735 800 5169 315 36.614 1.807 158 0

1 11 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 14663 -8940 5386 -3329 41.544 -17.86 158 0

13 12 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 13546 566 4931 245 34.486 1.962 158 1

14 13 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 12115 -343 4469 -75 31.039 -0.719 157 0

16 14 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 9992 521 3803 165 24.634 1.691 152 0

15 15 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 9871 205 3833 113 23.666 0.708 154 0

17 16 WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 9729 493 3471 195 22.753 1.045 150 0

18 17 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 9339 268 3389 100 21.139 1.315 155 0

19 18 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 8925 252 3360 73 20.291 0.048 148 0

20 19 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 8042 -21 3098 81 17.795 -0.571 148 0

22 20 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) ✔ 7919 1321 2881 566 19.002 2.632 144 6

21 21 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 6644 -84 2556 48 13.55 -0.448 152 0

24 22 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 6387 605 2362 241 12.062 1.003 141 2

23 23 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 6258 456 2429 243 14.16 0.943 144 4

25 24 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 6095 395 2317 187 11.639 0.684 137 6

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

28 26 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 5404 403 1930 144 13.277 2.127 138 4

27 27 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 5383 38 2189 45 9.593 0.46 140 1

29 28 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 4896 372 1798 84 8.886 0.963 136 3

30 29 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 4893 410 1794 169 8.816 0.453 133 2

31 30 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 4529 221 1751 130 8.902 -0.058 131 0

32 31 KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 4237 553 1564 194 10.432 -0.524 127 32

33 32 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/The Rest Of Our Life (Arista) 3492 -66 1238 18 8.578 0.095 135 8

36 33 COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 3333 281 1170 114 6.291 0.191 108 7

34 34 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 3317 121 1163 32 7.236 0.443 104 1

35 35 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 3295 212 1138 112 6.835 0.115 107 3

38 36 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 3017 404 1012 149 5.335 0.88 104 3

40 37 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 2985 698 1053 218 4.799 1.311 114 16

37 38 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 2652 36 1070 31 3.918 0.166 122 2

Debut 39 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair) ✔ 2503 1010 903 371 5.242 2.302 91 20

41 40 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 2397 129 841 44 3.379 0.296 99 2

43 41 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 2337 234 888 108 4.78 0.489 93 6

42 42 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 2322 97 807 59 4.36 0.192 93 5

44 43 PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) 2096 15 860 19 3.706 0.191 87 1

45 44 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 2025 64 819 7 3.307 -0.005 111 1

39 45 ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 1869 -731 669 -327 3.362 -1.308 115 0

46 46 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 1759 17 709 -1 3.219 0.157 77 3

49 47 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 1750 142 618 59 2.514 0.332 76 6

50 48 RASCAL FLATTS/Back To Us (Big Machine) 1554 47 608 17 2.674 0.041 93 1

Debut 49 KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 1544 278 588 147 3.307 0.324 64 12

Debut 50 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 1538 54 572 32 2.556 0.165 74 10

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Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds Activator Top Point Gainers THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 55 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 1327 ✔ KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA) 40 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 1239 ✔ KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 32 KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 916 ✔ D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 20 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 875 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 18 ✔ CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 16 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 763 ✔ KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 12 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 760 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 10 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 717 LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek) 10 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 688 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud) 8 TAYLOR SWIFT/New Year's Day (Big Machine) 8 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 664 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/The Rest Of Our Life (Arista) 8 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 570 Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers Activator Top Spin Gainers CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 2355 ✔ GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 267 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 1471 ✔ BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 238 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 1357 ✔ KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 187 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 1321 ✔ OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 156 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything’s... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 1010 ✔ SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 141 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 929 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 140 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 841 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 138 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 800 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything’s... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 137 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 717 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 117 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 698 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 117

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 18266 CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 880 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 566 KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 14613 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 513 DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 13553 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 509 SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA/Capitol) 11191 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 434 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 9633 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything’s... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 371 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 8209 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 357 BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 7757 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 315 KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) 7617 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 285 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 7119 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 281 OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 6745

Chart Page 4 November 20, 2017 COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY ZAC BROWN BAND/ Roots (Southern Grnd/Elektra/WAR) Moves 39-45 A D D D AT E S 1869 points, 669 spins; no adds November 27 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don’t Care (Valory) Remains 46* Morgan Wallen f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud) 1759 points, 709 spins TAYLOR SWIFT/New Year’s Day (Big Machine) 3 adds: WQDR, WUSY, KMDL December 4 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) Moves 49-47* CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 1750 points, 618 spins CAM/Diane (Arista) 6 adds: WEBG, WKTI, WCTK, WCTQ, WKSJ, KZSN MICHAEL TYLER/Hey Mama (Reviver)

RASCAL FLATTS/Back To Us (Big Machine) Moves 50-48* December 11 1554 points, 608 spins JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) 1 add: WYNK

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) Send yours to [email protected] Debut 49* 1544 points, 588 spins 12 adds: WEBG, KFRG, KWNR, WAMZ, WCKT, WWGR, WDXB, WXCY, KCCY, WTHT, WBUL, WNCY CHECK OUT 11/24

DUSTIN LYNCH/I’d Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) Jake Owen, Greatest Hits (RCA) Debuts 50* Owen’s career-spanning compilation 1538 points, 572 spins features 13 songs, with 11 studio album 10 adds: KUPL, KNCI, WQDR, WIRK, WKMK, WWGR, cuts, including his first six No. 1s (“Barefoot WGGY, KUZZ, WXCY, WUSY Blue Jean Night,” “Alone With You,” “The One That Got Away,” “Anywhere With You,” DANIELE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) “Beachin’” and “American Country Love 1487 points, 598 spins Song), and two previously-unreleased songs co-written by 3 adds: WNOE, KATM*, KJUG Owen (“Subliminal Love” and “Long As You’re In It”).

CHASE BRYANT/ Hell If I Know (Red Bow) Cole Swindell, Down Home Sessions IV 1354 points, 514 spins (Warner Bros./WMN) 3 adds: WFMS, KVOO, KZSN Swindell’s latest is the fourth installment of his Down Home Sessions EPs. It features five LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek) songs co-written by Swindell and recorded by 1161 points, 415 spins; no adds other artists, including “Roller Coaster” and “Beer in the Headlights” (Luke Bryan), “Get DREW BALDRIDGE/Guns & Roses (Cold River) Me Some of That” (Thomas Rhett), “Outta My Head” (Craig 1059 points, 458 spins; no adds Campbell) and “This Is How We Roll” (Florida Georgia Line ft. Luke Bryan).

Chart Page 5 November 20, 2017 LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS

4 LANCO 10917 557 2384 117 53 0 1 Greatest Love Story (Arista) 3 2 CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 10659 288 2325 55 53 0 5 3 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 10554 500 2214 92 53 0 6 4 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) ✔ 10065 1327 2194 267 52 0 7 5 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 9626 1239 1968 238 53 0 2 6 THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 9182 -1203 2047 -207 48 0 8 7 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 8415 717 1766 101 53 0 1 8 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 8368 -2629 1815 -586 50 0 9 9 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 7919 468 1718 90 53 0 10 10 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 7642 664 1670 140 52 0 11 11 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 7254 443 1589 113 53 0 12 12 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 6860 435 1480 88 53 0 13 13 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 6480 272 1386 61 52 0 14 14 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 6255 325 1385 62 51 0 15 15 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 5496 210 1177 52 51 0 16 16 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 5494 570 1131 117 52 0 17 17 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 4824 206 1034 59 51 1 19 18 WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 4272 421 910 75 49 1 20 19 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) ✔ 4256 763 822 138 52 2 18 20 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 4145 284 921 56 49 1 22 21 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 4133 760 864 156 52 3 25 22 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) ✔ 4066 875 821 141 49 1 24 23 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 3839 524 788 102 51 2 21 24 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 3630 182 778 51 46 0 23 25 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 3595 226 731 48 47 0 26 26 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 3098 509 614 98 49 2 27 27 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 2971 493 625 101 42 2 28 28 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 2600 291 532 55 46 2 30 29 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 2582 552 461 94 43 3 31 30 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 2225 215 395 41 41 2

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds 29 31 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/The Rest Of Our Life (Arista) 2214 183 490 24 44 4 38 32 KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) ✔ 2116 916 456 187 44 18 32 33 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 1766 145 355 16 37 1 33 34 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 1745 296 305 57 38 3 36 35 COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 1731 420 342 80 39 1 34 36 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 1492 122 276 15 30 1 35 37 BRAD PAISLEY/Heaven South (Arista) 1458 123 221 12 18 0 37 38 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 1439 150 293 15 29 2 39 39 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 1432 433 291 78 34 1 43 40 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Reviver/Blue Chair) 1350 688 286 137 25 10 41 41 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 1004 55 161 5 27 0 44 42 THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 940 316 126 56 8 3 46 43 DUSTIN LYNCH/Love Me Or Leave Me Alone (Broken Bow) 770 170 77 17 1 0 42 44 DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) 729 25 91 2 4 1 48 45 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 687 177 72 21 6 2 51 46 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 683 218 144 39 23 2 47 47 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 630 60 63 6 1 0 Debut 48 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 628 394 149 104 27 12 45 49 LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek) 564 -38 84 -8 9 0 49 50 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud) 537 49 62 1 4 0 52 51 BROWN & GRAY/Top Down (NHMM) 516 50 59 5 2 0 50 52 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 496 10 116 2 14 0 56 53 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 456 52 93 7 10 0 57 54 RASCAL FLATTS/Vandalized (Big Machine) 440 40 44 4 1 0 58 55 JOE NICHOLS/Never Gets Old (Red Bow) 408 54 75 8 5 0 53 56 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Better Me (Average Joes) 393 -46 46 -14 5 0 55 57 MAGGIE ROSE/Pull You Through (---) 380 -30 38 -3 1 0 54 58 JANA KRAMER/I've Done Love (---) 380 -50 38 -5 1 0 59 59 RAELYNN/Lonely Call (Warner Bros./WMN) 349 40 38 4 2 0 Debut 60 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Tired Of Being Happy (Atlantic/WAR) 340 40 34 4 1 0 ©2017 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected]

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