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Chesney Is From Webb Pierce To Tupac: ‘Here,’ ‘Now’ Page 4 Country’s Roots Are Showing

Anthem Renews With The fences officially have been moved. Red Creative When Sam Hunt slid “Hard to Forget” into country radio Page 10 playlists, he expanded the playing field for the format. On one hand, he introduced modern listeners to Webb Pierce’s “There Stands the Glass,” a 1953 single that demonstrates the whiny twang that once defined the genre. But he packaged it with start- Luke Bryan and-stop, tech-based rhythms that pulled directly from hip-hop. Zooms It’s a stunning development: blending musical sounds that Page 12 are separated by seven decades on the calendar and perhaps an even greater distance on a sonic map. But it’s also indicative of the increasingly elastic nature of the format. Jon Pardi’s “Ain’t Always the Cowboy” pays distinct homage to George Strait’s ‘Idol’ Grads 1985 hit “The Cowboy Rides Away,” while Carrie Underwood’s To Reunite “Drinking Alone” digs into a slow-boiling R&B groove. Dierks Page 12 Bentley’s side project, Hot Country Knights, waves a flag for HUNT EVANS ’90s country, even borrowing its name from the 1991-92 NBC LOWFIELD series Hot Country Nights. Meanwhile, Sara Evans — whose first Makin’ Tracks: album walked a traditional line — will release a covers album, ‘Made For’ Copy That, on May 15 that runs the gamut from 1950s Hank Jake Owen Williams to 1980s new wave to 1970s Earth, Wind & Fire. Page 17 “When I sing ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,’ I’m like the most country singer you’ve ever heard,” suggests Evans. “But then when I do ‘My Sharona,’ I belong in a rock band. Some days you want to wear jeans and boots, and then other days Country Coda: you want to wear high heels and a skirt.” ‘Help’ From Testing musical boundaries always has been in fashion. Travis Tritt Patsy Cline blended appreciation for traditional-pop singer Page 20 Teresa Brewer and Ernest Tubb. Alabama caught flak for hav- ing Creedence Clearwater Revival attitude alongside its Merle Haggard influence. And Billy Ray Cyrus used to weld Led Zep- HIGH VALLEY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MAY 11, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 20 pelin’s “Heartbreaker” onto his live performances of “Achy Breaky Heart.” All of those developments are examples of how art of any kind progresses. Artists don’t sing a song in one style and hope to make a career of it. They create interest with new music that keeps unveiling new facets, essentially blending their core genre with sounds they found elsewhere. “The positive things that you grew up on are probably going to be what you try and continue through your whole life,” says High Valley frontman Brad Rempel. “For us, a huge part of what we grew up on was harmony. It was story songs. It was that kind of ’90s country. If you look at our favorite ’90s country bands, they were all the ones that had bluegrass influences.” Appropriately, the title track to the duo’s new Grew Up on That EP, released May 8, nods to one of its biggest influences with the ultra-hooky chorus line Brad Paisley (left) and drummer Ben Sesar were captured in split “Ricky Skaggs on the vinyl.” It’s easy to focus on the Skaggs part of that screen during an at-home performance of “No I in Beer” on the May 6 equation, but the back half is just as illustrative. The resurgence of vinyl dem- edition of NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. onstrates why heritage musical influences often work in new textures. Old material can return under the right circumstances, and that’s usually when Selena Gomez or Post Malone or The Chainsmokers or something because it’s cast in a modern context. High Valley’s Skaggs reference is backed by a we’ve learned about that stuff since being civilized and getting out into the bouncy, gurgling mandolin part, a different kind of rhythm than the instru- real world.” ment brought to bluegrass. Those atypical sounds help distinguish a country artist. Walker Hayes has Finding the right balance of old and new was a challenge for High Valley employed Macklemore-like phrasing to create a unique presence. His new when it first came to Nashville. Growing up in a very rural Mennonite com- single, “Trash My Heart,” is fairly light, but he says Macklemore and late rap- munity in Canada, its members had limited exposure to entertainment. So per Tupac Shakur helped him understand the importance of tackling heavy, when they started doing sessions in Music City, they faked their way through vulnerable subjects. it when producers mentioned a non-country sound, such as Pearl Jam or John “I’ve actually come to the conclusion that I love things that are kind of un- Mayer. But now the pair brings its own suggestions to the table. comfortable to sing about, like things that you might be embarrassed to tell a “For every time I play a producer or a co-writer a Diamond Rio or a Shenan- group about yourself,” he says. “Honestly, that’s probably what the majority of doah or a BlackHawk reference,” says Rempel, “I probably also play them the group is experiencing are those things that you keep quiet in your heart.” Like Hayes, Hunt has blended country and hip-hop — and has received pushback for it, too — but it’s a mix of music that’s familiar to him and to his “Hard to Forget” co-writers. Ashley Gorley (“Dirty Laundry,” “T-Shirt”) syn- thesized the music he heard on a variety of Lexington, Ky., radio stations in his youth, while Luke Laird (“Down to the Honkytonk,” “Undo It”) took in multiple formats in the Pittsburgh area. It was Laird’s idea to sample “There Stands the Glass,” though it resonated with everyone involved in Hunt’s hit. “Of course, I love traditional country music,” he says. “But growing up in high school in the ’90s, now I realize what attracted me to the ’90s hip-hop was the production and the samples. This song is a perfect mix of my influences because I’m so influenced by ’90s country and ’90s hip-hop, and this combines all of that.” Country’s future should thus be interesting. Teens in 2020 are hearing Pardi’s Strait-influenced single, Underwood’s urban-tinged title and Hunt’s blend of really old country and very modern rhythms. And they’re building playlists that also feature modern pop, classic rock and hip-hop. There are KATM Modesto, Calif., hosted a guitar pull with California-bred artists tons of creative approaches that can work in the genre; it probably has fewer during a May 6 livestream. Clockwise from top left: KATM personality limitations than at any other time in its history. D.J. Walker, Gary Allan, Tyler Rich, Cam, Devin Dawson and Jon Pardi. “I love that,” says Evans. “That’s the way it should be.”

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] ‘Here’ Comes Chesney’s 17th Top Country Albums No. 1; Thomas Rhett And Jon Pardi Get Their ‘Fix’ Atop Country Airplay

Kenny Chesney nets his 17th No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart “Beer” is Rhett’s ninth consecutive Country Airplay leader (counting proper as Here and Now (Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WMN) blasts in at the singles in lead roles), the longest such active run. Luke Combs follows with peak of the May 16-dated list. seven, encompassing his first seven career-opening singles, and Old Domin- With the launch, Chesney ties Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson for the ion is next with six. Pardi’s fourth leader on the chart follows his own “Heart- second-most leaders in the list’s 56-year history, after George Strait’s ache Medication,” which led the Feb. 8-dated survey. His current solo single, record 27. “Ain’t Always the Cowboy” (Capitol Nashville), bumps 36-35 (3.5 million, In its first week (ending May 7), the set earned 233,000 up less than 1%). equivalent album units (222,000 in album sales), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Largely powered by sales gener- NEW TOP 10s Luke Combs scores the highest Hot Country ated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer tied to Songs debut of 2020 as “Six Feet Apart” (River House/ Chesney’s upcoming tour, the sum is the highest for a coun- Columbia Nashville) flies in at No. 10. It’s his second start in try album in over 18 months, since Carrie Underwood’s Cry that region of the chart after “Beautiful Crazy” soared in at No 6 Pretty bowed with 266,000 units (Sept. 29, 2018). Chesney in May 2018 to begin an 11-week rule the following March. achieves his best week for an album since September 2007, Combs composed the track with Brent Cobb and Rob Sny- when Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates bowed with 387,000 units. der about missing the simple joys of life while sheltering in Concurrently, Here and Now debuts at No. 1 on the all-genre place during the coronavirus pandemic. He first shared the Billboard 200. It’s Chesney’s ninth leader, and it ties him with song during a livestream performance in April. After positive Brooks for the most among country artists in the chart’s 64- reaction from fans, Combs recorded a studio version. year archives. The track enters Country Digital Song Sales at No. 1 — his CHESNEY Meanwhile, the new album’s title-track second single fifth leader — with 23,000 sold. It also arrives at No 16 on pushes 14-11 on Hot Country Songs, which blends airplay, Country Streaming Songs with 6.1 million U.S. streams and streaming and sales data. It holds at No. 8 on Country Airplay (up 2% to jumps 55-40 on Country Airplay, up 152% to 2.8 million in audience. 21.5 million impressions in the week ending May 10), drawing 4.5 million Plus, Sam Hunt banks his eighth Country Airplay top 10 as “Hard to Forget” U.S. streams (up 38%) and selling 1,000 downloads in the week ending May 7. (MCA Nashville) rises 11-10 (17.3 million, up 6%). The song follows “Kinfolks,” Lead single “Tip of My Tongue” reached No. 13 on the former chart and No. 8 which became his sixth No. 1 in February. on the latter in late 2019. DIALED IN Tim McGraw logs his highest career debut on Country Airplay ‘BEER’ RUN Thomas Rhett’s “Beer Can’t Fix,” featuring Jon Pardi (Valory), with a song where he’s the sole artist as “I Called Mama” (McGraw/Big Ma- ascends 3-1 on Country Airplay, hiking by 18% to 38.8 million audience im- chine), his 85th total entry, flies in at No. 20 with 12.1 million impressions in pressions. He achieves his 15th leader, and Pardi adds his fourth. just three days of airplay. The song was released May 8 and received hourly Rhett wrote the song with Julian Bunetta, Zach Skelton and Ryan Ted- plays on participating iHeartMedia stations that day. der. It’s the third single from Rhett’s LP Center Point Road, which debuted at McGraw previously bowed at a No. 22 best on his own with “Truck Yeah” No. 1 on Top Country Albums in June 2019. First single “Look What God Gave in 2012. Overall, two songs of his have started higher: “Feel Like a Rock Star,” Her” led Country Airplay that month, followed by “Remember You Young,” with Kenny Chesney (No. 13, 2012), and “Speak to a Girl,” with wife Faith

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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 3 20 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 38.780 +5.856 8239 1063 1 l2 2 41 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 38.685 +0.895 8174 475 2 3 1 19 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 35.782 -3.751 7295 -815 3 l4 4 16 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 33.022 +1.631 7047 327 4 l5 6 61 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 30.994 +1.960 6662 227 5 6 5 37 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 28.448 -1.849 5923 -470 6 l7 7 31 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 25.484 +1.271 5895 181 7 l8 8 12 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 21.495 +0.440 4619 179 9 l9 10 57 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 20.035 +1.641 4882 389 8 l10 11 11 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 17.347 +0.940 3916 135 10 l11 12 27 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 15.536 +0.215 3821 58 11 l12 13 7 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 15.173 +1.034 3281 129 17 l13 14 11 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 14.708 +0.726 3694 91 13 l14 17 52 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 14.106 +1.317 3762 205 12 l15 16 21 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 14.004 +1.001 3536 346 14 l16 15 36 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 13.654 +0.349 3490 113 15 l17 18 32 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 13.226 +0.818 3458 200 16 l18 20 24 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR HH Airpower HH Chris Janson 12.629 +0.754 3075 150 19 l19 23 7 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 12.244 +2.471 2619 554 21 l20 NEW I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Tim McGraw 12.180 +12.180 2076 2076 25 l21 21 40 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 11.545 +0.704 3256 222 18 22 19 6 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 11.468 -0.700 2486 -174 23 l23 22 47 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 11.017 +0.392 2987 54 20 l24 24 26 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 8.523 +0.098 2448 114 24 l25 26 45 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 7.350 +0.157 2487 87 22 l26 29 3 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 6.746 +2.531 1733 612 26 l27 30 18 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 4.787 +0.622 847 133 42 l28 33 4 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 4.743 +0.845 1216 167 32 l29 31 25 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 4.720 +0.557 1658 212 29 30 27 36 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 4.704 -0.281 1660 -63 28

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 MAY 11, 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 28 35 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 4.586 +0.012 1663 106 27 l32 37 22 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 3.989 +0.512 1407 123 30 l33 35 16 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 3.960 +0.352 1265 64 31 l34 34 14 ONE BEER Big Loud HH Breaker HH HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 3.933 +0.186 1025 82 36 l35 36 8 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 3.491 -0.007 968 49 38 l36 40 5 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 3.397 +0.505 112 8 143 34 l37 38 5 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 3.319 +0.106 1034 86 35 l38 39 11 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 3.129 +0.091 871 51 41 l39 41 31 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 2.787 +0.007 1200 58 33 l40 55 2 SIX FEET APART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 2.751 +1.659 493 313 53 l41 42 24 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 2.476 +0.151 786 20 44 l42 44 30 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 2.239 +0.219 996 26 37 43 43 10 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 2.186 -0.079 789 -22 43 l44 47 4 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 2.135 +0.267 649 119 48 l45 45 12 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 2.113 +0.168 728 -3 47 l46 48 22 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 1.865 +0.033 902 42 39 l47 52 13 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 1.848 +0.366 750 41 46 l48 50 21 I DON’T LOVE YOU Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 1.808 +0.022 782 51 45 49 46 25 HEAD OVER HEELS Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.768 -0.135 888 13 40 l50 53 3 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady Antebellum 1.649 +0.240 638 134 49 51 49 6 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.596 -0.233 536 18 50 52 51 4 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 1.376 -0.125 438 10 54 l53 NEW SENIOR YEAR Patoka Sounds Drew Baldridge 1.180 +0.845 171 137 - l54 58 2 THE OTHER GIRL Black River Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey 1.173 +0.290 387 98 56 l55 56 3 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 1.072 +0.048 522 15 51 56 57 10 FOR MY MONEY EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 0.867 -0.093 366 -13 57 l57 60 2 LIKE I KNEW YOU WOULD Big Machine Payton Smith 0.829 +0.075 290 6 - l58 59 2 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 0.814 -0.005 423 32 55 l59 NEW THESE DAYS Big Loud MacKenzie Porter 0.717 +0.387 152 62 - 60 32 2 LADY BMLG Brett Young 0.704 -3.298 260 -435 -

GOING FOR ADDS

5/18 INGRID ANDRESS The Stranger JAKE OWEN Warner Music Nashville Made For You Big Loud RUNNIN’ SHINE The Way You Need Me RYAN HURD Great Heights Every Other Memory RCA Nashville

5/25 TARA SHANNON Freedom 15 Not Listed

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MIRANDA The track bumps 16-15 on Country Airplay, BOBBY MCCLENDON LAMBERT Maybe Tonight up 8% to 14 million in audience. On the Star Farm Nashville Bluebird airplay-, streaming- and sales-fueled Hot Country Songs chart, it pushes 13-11. ANDRESS KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES WINTER/GETTY KEVIN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MAY 11, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 20

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 112 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS ONE MARGARITA Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 19 NO MATTER WHAT 24 Entertainment/Stoney Creek King Calaway 0.614 23 1 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady Antebellum 15 ONLY TRUCK IN TOWN Night Train/Broken Bow Tyler Farr 0.480 37 1 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 12 1, 2 MANY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs & Brooks & Dunn 0.409 6 3 LADY BMLG Brett Young 12 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 11 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 0.361 7 0 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 9 THINK ABOUT YOU Curb/Warehouse West Alana Springsteen Feat. Filmore 0.331 1 0 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 9 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 0.294 3 0 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 8 SIX FEET APART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 8 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 21.187 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 19.084 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +12.180 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi +5.856 3 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 17.222 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +2.531 4 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 16.956 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.471 5 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 15.841 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning +1.960 6 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 15.495 SIX FEET APART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.659 7 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 15.452 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1.641 8 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 15.252 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church +1.631 9 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 14.807 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH +1.317 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice +1.271 10 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 13.120 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +2076 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi +1063 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +612 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +554 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +475 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +389 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +346 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church +327 SIX FEET APART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +313 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning +227 YOUNG DONAHEW RIKER BROTHERS RIKER TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING MAY 10, 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 +/– l1 2 18 DROVE ME TO THE WHISKEY (Almost Country) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Casey Donahew 1828 181 l11 10 20 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records) Eleven Hundred Springs 1202 126 l2 4 18 BREAKING THINGS (Independent) Mark Powell 1823 227 l12 13 21 COWBOY & THE GYPSY (Independent) Mark Winston Kirk 118 8 124 l3 3 14 FOUR MINUTES (King Hall Music) Chad Cooke Band 1746 131 l13 14 25 UNRUNG (Independent) Turnpike Troubadours 1071 7 4 1 17 SHE GONE (Independent) Randall King 1532 -340 l14 16 12 BURY MY BONES (Independent) Whiskey Myers 1041 35 l5 6 14 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent) Reckless Kelly 1459 204 l15 20 10 YOU, ME AND A BOTTLE (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1003 139 l6 5 17 GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK (Independent) Jody Booth 1446 69 l16 17 16 WE DON’T CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE (Independent) Casey Baker 967 56 l7 7 16 EVERY DAMN TIME (Independent) Drew Fish Band 1345 178 17 9 27 COME BACK DOWN (Independent) Flatland Cavalry 939 -159 l8 15 8 RODEO CLOWN (Independent) Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1261 249 l18 21 17 NO HANDLE (Independent) The Panhandlers 903 57 l9 11 13 FAMILY NAME (Independent) Cross Rags and Young 1233 162 l19 22 16 IMPERFECTION (Independent) Steve Helms Band 857 23 l10 8 27 YOU FEEL LIKE HOME (Way Back) Will Carter 1218 91 20 18 30 DEAR COUNTRY MUSIC, (Independent) Mike Ryan 854 -49

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 972-252-8777. Copyright 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report

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NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

— to morning drive from the afternoon-drive shift, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported … Cumulus is selling WKAK Albany, Ga., to First Media Services, according to The Albany Herald … WKJO Raleigh-Durham, N.C., hired Brody Smith for afternoons, InsideRadio.com reported. He most recently served as adult contemporary KSNE Las Vegas assistant program director/afternoon host … WCHK Salisbury-Ocean City, Md., music director/morning personality Gary Schofield exited the company, according to InsideRadio.com … WCLT Columbus, Ga., program director Wild Walley shifted his on-air role to afternoon drive, Talkers.com reported. He vacated the morning slot, now occupied by the syndicated Big D and Bubba … Dustin Lynch will host Westwood One’s Summer Kickoff special over Memorial Day weekend. The four-hour program is available May 23-25. ’ROUND THE ROW Amanda Powers was named COO for dick clark productions. She segues from Gwen Stefani remotely performed “Nobody But You” with Blake Shelton vp strategy at parent Valence Media, which also owns Billboard. Ongoing dcp from Oklahoma as she made her Grand Ole Opry debut on May 9. properties include The Billboard Music Awards and The Academy of Country Music Awards … Bandtwango CEO John Alexander resigned from the country crowdfunding platform to work on a memoir, I Shoulda Stayed in Baseball: My RED CREATIVE RE-UPS WITH ANTHEM Wild Ride in Pro Wrestling, Country Music, and with the Mets. ECW Press has Anthem Entertainment apparently struck gold with Red Creative. scheduled it for April 2021 publication. Bandtwango will be led by co-founder Anthem has extended its agreement with the latter entity, owned by Carl Allocco and managing director Nicole Hoglund, who was promoted songwriter-producer Jeremy Stover (“The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back from director of client relations … Songwriter Roger Murrah (“Don’t Rock Home,” “I Know Somebody”), Billboard Country Update has learned exclusively. the Jukebox,” “Life’s Highway”) signed a publishing deal with Reservoir that The deal keeps the current Red Creative roster — including Kelly Archer (“Sleep encompasses his entire catalog … Gabby Barrett reached an administration Without You,” “For Her”), Adam Hambrick (“How Not To,” “Somebody Else agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville … Plaid Flag Music Will”) and Travis Denning — in the fold at Anthem, but also expands the added songwriter Autumn McEntire (“Radioland”) to its roster … Citing the relationship as the companies add a future component that allows for more unknowns surrounding COVID-19 recovery efforts, Leadership Music has songwriters to be signed exclusively in the partnership. delayed the announcement of its Class of 2021. A committee is being formed Much of the arrangement focuses on Stover, who signed with Anthem as a to address the program’s best steps forward, which may include skipping the writer in 2011 when the company was known as ole music. Red Creative part- year and rebooting with the Class of 2022 … The Sisterhood Band’s Alyssa nered with ole from its inception in 2014. Bonagura and Ruby Stewart won in the country category of the International “He is really determined and driven and has the entrepreneurial fire that he Songwriting Competition with “Get Up and Go.” Second place went to “Keith,” is going to do what he’s setting out to do,” Toronto-based Anthem CEO Helen penned by Kaylee Bell, Phil Barton and Lindsay Rimes, and third place was Murphy told Billboard. “It’s infectious.” awarded to “Black and White Movie,” by Auburn McCormick, Keith Smith A big chunk of Red Creative’s songwriter roster was built on creatives who and Bill Diluigi. The contest featured over 50 judges, including Cam, Sara have potential as artists. Denning, whose “After a Few” is No. 5 on Country Evans, Easton Corbin and Sugarland’s Kristian Bush … Benny Garcia died Airplay, is the best example, though Hambrick and fellow writers David Fan- over the weekend, a spokesman for Vince Gill noted on Facebook. Garcia was ning, JL and Baker Grissom are likewise in various stages of development as Gill’s guitar tech … Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Little Richard died artists with independent projects. That fits the mentality at Anthem, which re- March 9 in Nashville following a battle with bone cancer. Two of his songs branded last year to better emphasize its bigger role in the entertainment field. became country hits: Billy “Crash” Craddock scored with “Slippin’ and Sli- In addition to its publishing origins, the company now has an Anthem imprint din’ ” in 1973, and Waylon Jennings recorded “Lucille (You Won’t Do Your and a heavy presence in film and TV rights. Daddy’s Will)” in 1983. Named Richard Penniman at birth, Little Richard “If you think of what an anthem is, it’s music that’s resounding and makes was a Country Music Association nominee in 1994 when his duet with Tanya you feel good and uplifts you,” said Murphy. “Red Creative absolutely fits per- Tucker, “Somethin’ Else,” appeared on album of the year contender Rhythm fectly under the spirit of what Anthem stands for.” Country and Blues. Red Creative’s roster also includes songwriter Nathan Spicer, a former road guitarist for Katy Perry and Matt Kearney who co-wrote the new Ryan Hurd single “Every Other Memory.” The company coordinates most extensively with Anthem’s Nashville office, headed by division president Tim Wipperman. RADIO & RECORDS® Monument hired director of regional promotion Steve Pleshe to complete its four-person radio promotion staff. He was previously KSKS Fresno, Calif., program director … Stoney Creek installed Adrian Michaels as vp innovation, radio and streaming, effective June 1. He segues from Warner Music Nashville national director of radio and streaming, and replaces Byron Kennedy, who opted to pursue comedy … Cox Media Group president/CEO Kim Guthrie stepped down after 22 years with the chain. Executive chairman Steve Pruett is handling the role on an interim basis with Guthrie assisting the transition … Entercom executive vp programming Chris Oliviero is ending a 22-year run with Entercom and CBS Radio, the latter of which was absorbed in a 2017 merger. He will conclude his daily service on July 6 but will remain Three songwriters raised $23,000 for Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee in an advisory capacity through the end of 2020 … Beasley began reopening with a May 6 fundraiser via Facebook Live. Clockwise from top left: Big its radio properties on May 11. During phase one of the reboot, no more than Machine Label Group label resources team lead Justin Levenson and 25% of the staff is allowed in the building at any given time … WIL St. Louis songwriters Greg Barnhill (“Walkaway Joe”), Erin Enderlin (“Last Call” shifted its Mason & Remy duo — Mason Schreader and Zacharay Hoesly and Dennis Matkosky (“You’ll Think of Me”).

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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Luke Bryan is taking a shine to at-home fundraising. On May 8, he jumped May 12 onto a WME Zoom party that raised $375,000 for three causes, singing “One • 2018 — Jordan Davis makes his Grand Margarita” and “Most People Are Good” during a show that ran five-and- Ole Opry debut. a-half hours. Marc Cohn started it off with “Walking in Memphis,” and it included appearances by Yola, Jake Owen, Jeffrey Osborne, Darius Rucker May 13 and Michael McDonald. Additionally, Bryan will co-host a BMI Salute to the • 2015 — Kelsea Ballerini welcomes sur- Songwriters on over 100 radio stations on May 16 to aid the MusiCares COVID- prise guests Maddie & Tae to collaborate 19 Relief Fund. A partial list of guests includes Jessi Alexander (“I Drive on “There’s Your Trouble” during a show Your Truck”), Dallas Davidson (“What Makes You Country”), Luke Dick at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley. Other art- DAVIS (“Bluebird”) and Natalie Hemby (“Rainbow”). ists in attendance include Jana Kramer ANDERSON RYAN ERIC and Dan + Shay. A year after winning American Idol, Laine • 2000 — Kenny Rogers’ “Buy Me a Rose” sprouts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hardy returned to the show on May 10 for Hot Country Songs chart with vocal assistance from Alison Krauss a porch performance of “Life Is a High- and Billy Dean. way” from his native Louisiana. Hardy will be back on the May 17 season finale May 14 when judge Lionel Richie rounds up a bevy • 2019 — Lori McKenna and producer Dave Cobb are triple nominees of Idol grads for a version of “We Are the as finalists are unveiled for the Americana Honors & Awards. World” to celebrate the song’s 35th anniversary. Among the country artists in the mix May 15 for that performance are Gabby Barrett, • 2013 — Lee Brice performs “I Drive Your Truck” during a Washing- Kellie Pickler, Lauren Alaina and Scotty ton, D.C., event honoring fallen officers. President Barack Obama McCreery. delivers the keynote address. • 1990 — MCA releases George Strait’s album Livin’ It Up. Look close at the Big & Rich video for “Stay Home,” and you’ll see a small neon Pub of May 16 HARDY ROBBY KLEIN ROBBY Love sign. It’s a nod to the place where the • 2010 — Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, Dierks Bent- duo honed its act in a loose-knit group of mu- ley and Rodney Atkins perform on the GAC telethon Music City sicians known as the Muzik Mafia, which included Gretchen Wilson, James Keep On Playin’: A Benefit for Flood Relief, raising $1.8 million from Otto and Cowboy Troy. Next year is the 20th anniversary of the first Muzik Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Mafia shows. The Pub of Love is gone, though Big Kenny trademarked the • 1980 — RCA releases Alabama’s “Tennessee River.” club’s name in 2004, and he hopes to resurrect it someday. “I just think it’s a beautiful thing,” he says, “and I hope that at some point we get to bring it May 17 back to life somewhere.” • 2005 — Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman, wins single record and song of the year During a virtual office visit with Billboard, Curb singer-songwriter Mo Pit- during the 40th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, telecast ney noted that one change he has undergone while observing stay-at-home on CBS from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay. guidelines is a renewal of his belief in music. “I know I can fall into wanting to make music just to pay the bills,” he noted. “At a time like this, I think people May 18 need that heart connection with music more than they ever have. The only • 2016 — The RIAA certifies Thomas Rhett’s “Die a Happy Man” way they’re going to get it is if we as creators are making it from a heart-filled, double-platinum. meaningful place.” Pitney’s sophomore album is expected later this year. • 1985 — In his first appearance in England, Ricky Skaggs begins two nights of recording at the Dominion Theatre, resulting in the album Live in London. Top Headlines from .com Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

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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 62 THE BONES No. 1 (10 weeks) Maren Morris RC 1 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.M.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 2 3 2 54 I HOPE Streaming Gainer Gabby Barrett 6 2 l R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR CHASIN’ YOU 3 4 4 38 Morgan Wallen 2 3 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD 4 2 3 21 NOBODY BUT YOU Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 3 2 S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN DOES TO ME 5 5 6 17 Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 4 5 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 6 7 10 19 BEER CAN’T FIX Airplay Gainer Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 1 6 l D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY AFTER A FEW 7 9 11 30 Travis Denning 5 7 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,K.ARCHER,J.WEAVER) ME RCURY I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 8 6 8 30 Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 7 6 l BUSBEE (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE HARD TO FORGET 9 11 9 13 Sam Hunt 10 9 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 HH HH 10 NEW 1 SIX FEET APART Hot Shot Debut Luke Combs 40 10 l C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 11 14 15 11 HERE AND NOW Digital Gainer Kenny Chesney 8 11 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA BLUEBIRD 12 13 13 23 Miranda Lambert 15 12 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE IN BETWEEN 13 17 16 27 Scotty McCreery 9 13 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS ONE MARGARITA 14 22 26 8 Luke Bryan 19 14 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME 15 16 18 10 Keith Urban 13 15 l K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 16 18 17 42 Maddie & Tae 21 16 l J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 17 15 14 6 BE A LIGHT Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 22 13 D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY I LOVE MY COUNTRY 18 19 19 7 Florida Georgia Line 12 16 l C.CROWDER,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (C.CROWDER,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME) BMLG DRINKING ALONE Carrie Underwood 19 RE-ENTRY 21 11 19 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE MONSTERS 20 20 20 25 Eric Church 16 20 l J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE) EMI NASHVILLE 21 12 34 3 COOL AGAIN Kane Brown 26 12 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE LADY 22 NEW 1 Brett Young 60 22 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG 23 25 21 21 LOCASH 14 21 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE WHY WE DRINK 24 24 22 14 Justin Moore 17 22 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY THE OTHER GIRL 25 23 25 7 Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey 54 19 l R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 6 WKS LUKE COMBS 1 8 WKS JOEY MOI 2 SHANE MCANALLY 2 GREG KURSTIN 3 CRAIG WISEMAN 3 DANN HUFF 4 JON NITE 4 ROSS COPPERMAN TIE 5 LAURA VELTZ 5 JAY JOYCE TIE 5 MAREN MORRIS 6 SCOTT HENDRICKS 7 MORGAN WALLEN 7 JEREMY STOVER 8 JIMMY ROBBINS 8 SCOTT MOFFATT HUFF 9 ROSS COPPERMAN 9 BUSBEE 10 JONATHAN SINGLETON 10 FRANK ROGERS AARON SNOW AARON

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 MAY 11, 2020 | PAGE 15 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 ONE BEER 26 27 23 19 HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 34 23 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 27 26 24 19 Ashley McBryde 24 23 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNE R MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 28 21 12 3 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Morgan Wallen - 12 J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD DONE 29 29 27 11 Chris Janson 18 27 l C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR GOT WHAT I GOT 30 31 33 13 Jason Aldean 37 30 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW ONE OF THEM GIRLS 31 34 31 4 Lee Brice 36 25 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB JUST THE WAY 32 33 32 12 Parmalee x Blanco Brown - 31 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 33 28 36 13 MY TRUCK Breland - 26 KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC 34 30 30 4 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT Lady Antebellum 50 27 S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG WHAT COULD’VE BEEN 35 35 37 23 Gone West 30 34 l J.KENNEY (C.CAILLAT,J.K.YOUNG,J.REEVES,D.J.REEVES,J.KENNEY) TRIPLE TIGERS 36 32 28 5 LAST TIME I SAY SORRY Kane Brown & John Legend - 18 A.M.GOLDSTEIN (JOHN LEGEND,K.BROWN,M.MCGINN,A.M.GOLDSTEIN) RCA NASHVILLE 37 36 35 13 GETTING GOOD Lauren Alaina 42 33 D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/ME RCURY SHE’S MINE 38 38 40 8 Kip Moore 31 38 l K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE SOME GIRLS 39 39 39 7 Jameson Rodgers 29 38 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 40 45 — 2 Jon Pardi 35 40 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE I CALLED MAMA 41 NEW 1 Tim McGraw 20 41 l T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE PRETTY HEART 42 NEW 1 Parker McCollum 27 42 l JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 43 37 43 7 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson 43 36 D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS EVERYWHERE BUT ON 44 42 44 7 Matt Stell 32 37 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE THESE DAYS 45 48 45 3 MacKenzie Porter 59 45 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.PORTER,J.SAPP,P.WELLING) BIG LOUD 46 40 46 7 SOME PEOPLE DO Old Dominion 38 39 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,J.FRASURE,S.MCANALLY,THOMAS RHETT) RCA NASHVILLE HAPPY DOES 47 NEW 1 Kenny Chesney - 47 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BL UE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 48 46 41 17 THIS BAR Morgan Wallen - 29 J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,J.MORGAN,J.SCOTT,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD 49 44 — 2 TO HELL & BACK Maren Morris 51 44 BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 50 43 29 3 GABRIELLE Brett Eldredge 44 29 D.TASHIAN,I.FITCHUK (B.ELDREDGE,I.FITCHUK,D.TASHIAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN

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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 1,494,000 1,381,788,000 140,213,000 Album ’19 17.99 million Consumption 17,997,000 19,785,000 9.9% ’20 19.78 million Last Week 1,172,000 1,300,292,000 141,870,000 Album Sales 3,652,000 2,985,000 -18.3% Change 27.5% 6.3% -1.2% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 17,466,213,000 21,104,699,000 20.8% ’19 22.07 billion This Week Last Year 1,051,000 1,063,473,000 278,532,000 ’20 23.66 billion Change 42.2% 29.9% -49.7% Video On-Demand 4,606,344,000 2,559,282,000 -44.4%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending May 7, 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 MAY 11, 2020 | PAGE 16 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 I HOPE SIX FEET APART KENNY CHESNEY HERE AND NOW 1 1 28 1 NEW 1 NEW 1 1 l GABBY BARRETT l LUKE COMBS l BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 631374/WMN CHASIN’ YOU LADY LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 2 2 18 2 NEW 1 1 26 1 l MORGAN WALLEN l BRETT YOUNG l2 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN HEARTLESS NOBODY BUT YOU LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 3 5 38 3 1 21 2 3 153 1 l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI l3 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 THE BONES I HOPE 3 2 101 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 2 l4 4 44 4 2 36 l4 BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX 0 MAREN MORRIS GABBY BARRETT NOBODY BUT YOU THE BONES SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE 5 3 15 5 5 38 5 4 4 5 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI l MAREN MORRIS ONE MAN BAND GIRLS LIKE ME 5 5 21 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 1 l6 6 37 l6 NEW l6 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 OLD DOMINION MARTINA MCBRIDE WHISKEY GLASSES HARD TO FORGET CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 7 9 64 7 4 9 7 6 7 262 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1 l MORGAN WALLEN l SAM HUNT DOES TO ME ONE MARGARITA 7 8 61 MAREN MORRIS GIRL 1 l8 12 6 l8 11 5 l8 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH LUKE BRYAN TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHASIN’ YOU KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 9 11 161 9 6 14 9 8 9 78 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON MORGAN WALLEN DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 10 7 5 HARD TO FORGET 10 7 6 BE A LIGHT 10 9 11 98 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1 SAM HUNT THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW DOES TO ME 13 15 49 THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD 1 11 8 13 11 10 14 l11 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH BEAUTIFUL CRAZY BEER CAN’T FIX OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 12 14 105 12 13 13 12 10 10 28 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1 l LUKE COMBS l THOMAS RHETT FEAT. JON PARDI 10,000 HOURS BLUEBIRD 15 16 248 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 13 13 31 13 15 8 l13 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER l MIRANDA LAMBERT MORE HEARTS THAN MINE I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 12 14 179 KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 1 14 10 14 14 14 23 l14 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 INGRID ANDRESS l CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE AFTER A FEW JULIANNA CALM DOWN KELSEA BALLERINI KELSEA 15 18 4 15 NEW 15 11 12 7 BLACK RIVER 2020* 2 l TRAVIS DENNING l DIXIE CHICKS SIX FEET APART TENNESSEE WHISKEY NEW 1 AMERICAN AQUARIUM LAMENTATIONS 16 16 NEW 16 17 220 l16 NEW WEST 6485* l LUKE COMBS l CHRIS STAPLETON KINFOLKS CHAMPAGNE NIGHT KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 17 16 29 17 8 4 17 14 13 105 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 l SAM HUNT LADY ANTEBELLUM MEANT TO BE ONE MAN BAND GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES 18 20 128 18 20 45 18 18 19 210 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1 l BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE OLD DOMINION ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY BLUEBIRD MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 19 NEW 19 16 33 19 16 17 60 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12 l MIRANDA LAMBERT INGRID ANDRESS TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS BEER CAN’T FIX RAINBOW 20 RE-ENTRY 20 12 23 20 17 21 214 CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 6 l THOMAS RHETT FEAT. JON PARDI KACEY MUSGRAVES

BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS 21 17 52 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART 21 23 54 GOD’S COUNTRY 21 20 22 237 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN 2 LUKE COMBS BLAKE SHELTON JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE HEAVEN AFTER A FEW 22 22 24 203 1 22 23 128 22 NEW l CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 KANE BROWN l TRAVIS DENNING TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY TEQUILA BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 23 24 27 43 17 23 25 107 23 24 87 l HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS l DAN + SHAY LUKE COMBS JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN THE OTHER GIRL MY WISH 24 23 23 108 1 24 22 3 24 RE-ENTRY MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 KELSEA BALLERINI X HALSEY l RASCAL FLATTS JOHNNY CASH THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH HOMESICK GOT WHAT I GOT 25 25 29 167 3 16 25 24 19 25 RE-ENTRY l COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 86290*/LEGACY (24.98/17.98) KANE BROWN l JASON ALDEAN 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 1 1 208 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 1 2 3 32 BILLY STRINGS HOME 1 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 l ROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD NEW 1 AMERICAN AQUARIUM LAMENTATIONS 2 2 5 5 13 THE STEELDRIVERS BAD FOR YOU 1 l2 NEW WEST 6485* ROUNDER 610080*/CONCORD 3 2 2 110 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 1 7 6 30 THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOY 1 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 l3 SIX SHOOTER 129* 4 3 60 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 3 8 10 66 MANDOLIN ORANGE TIDES OF A TEARDROP 1 l4 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS l4 YEP ROC 2638* 6 6 171 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 3 5 3 1 3 THE WHITE BUFFALO ON THE WIDOW’S WALK 1 l5 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY SNAKEFARM 862780* HOZIER HOZIER SIERRA HULL 25 TRIPS 6 5 4 254 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1 6 11 9 10 ROUNDER 6100579*/CONCORD 1 8 5 137 JAMES TAYLOR GREATEST HITS 5 7 4 2 12 TRAMPLED BY TURTLES SIGOURNEY FEVER (EP) 2 l7 WARNER BROS. 78094/RHINO (11.98) BANJODAD 001*/THIRTY TIGERS (VINYL) JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS CHATHAM COUNTY LINE STRANGE FASCINATION 8 7 7 165 JACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC (13.98) 2 6 8 1 12 3 YEP ROC 2704* 1 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA STEEP CANYON RANGERS / ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY BE STILL MOSES 9 9 8 213 DUALTONE 1738* 1 1 9 9 7 6 IDEASOUND 2694*/YEP ROC 1 JOHN DENVER THE ESSENTIAL JOHN DENVER WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN 10 10 9 8 RCA 03153/LEGACY (24.98) 9 10 6 4 5 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS 40236* 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. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MAY 11, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 20

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Jake Owen’s ‘Made For You’ Made For These Times

When Michael Ray and Carly Pearce tied the knot on Oct. 6, 2019, they per- The opening lines to the last stanza, “Tiny shoes are made for tiny feet/ suaded Jake Owen to play wedding singer for the day. My two arms are made for where you sleep,” suggest the couple passed the Owen delivered “Made for You,” a ballad contained in his album Greetings test. They can be taken as sign that Dad is holding his little one or that there’s From… Jake, for the couple’s first dance. The song was not a single at the time, a crib in the house and he’s spooning his wife. but Owen recognized the moment as another confirmation of something he “We tried to keep it as open to interpretation as possible,” says Davis. already felt: “Made for You” was special. The writers felt good about the song when they left the office, though around “They’re both artists. They could choose any song. He could have sang his 11 p.m. that night, he reconvened on the phone with his co-writers to smooth song to his wife,” he notes. “But for some reason, Michael heard me play that out a couple more issues. at a songwriter’s round and he related to it so much. “That rings a bell with every song I write with He said, ‘We’ve been trying to find a song for our Benjy,” notes Hyde. “Me and him are both tinker- wedding. Will you please do this for us?’ And he’s ers, but late night is when he tinkers. Like he’ll be one of many people that have asked for this song.” at the bar hanging out at midnight, and he’ll be Owen asked for it, too, when he received an email texting me, ‘Hey, on verse two, it needs to be more from Mojo Music song plugger Courtney Crist. She this kind of thing.’ ” didn’t know him, but she thought “Made for You” When the demo made its way to Owen’s email, suited him, and he agreed with that assessment on he related to it on a personal level as a father who that first listen. Once he claimed it, Owen began sees some of his own history in a new light. playing it fairly often during his live shows, eager “I love the line about ‘Two a.m. was made for to share it with the fan base. pissed-off dads,’ ” he says. “I was a kid growing “Each line — ‘Water towers are made for hearts up who would piss off a dad because I probably and names/Friday nights are made for football brought his daughter home too late, and I’m going games’ — is really powerful, and it hits everybody to be a pissed-off dad one day soon when my beau- in a unique way,” says Owen. “And everyone has tiful little girl will grow up and some kid brings her somebody that they feel like they were made for.” home late.” Owen heard it exactly as intended. Songwriter Owen performed “Made for You” at shows Benjy Davis (“Break It In”) had toyed with a de- for roughly a year before he recorded it at Ocean scending guitar melody for several months, and on Way Studios, just across the street from Big Loud. May 24, 2017 — the night before a writing session The demo — featuring Davis, a guitar and light in Nashville’s Berry Hill neighborhood — he started percussion — provided a sparse outline. Producer to attach some words to it. Joey Moi (Florida Georgia Line, Morgan Wallen) “I was just thinking like, ‘This was made for that, similarly gave it a light touch, using only a handful and I was made for you,’ ” he says. of instruments to frame the guitar pattern at the OWEN In fact, he conceived those “water towers” and song’s musical core. “football games” lines before his writing appoint- “If you just get out of the way and not hype a track ment, and when he presented them along with “Made for You” as the title, up, it makes people listen to the vocal,” reasons Moi. “The lyric is so good and his co-writers — Joey Hyde (“Later On”) and Neil Medley — were all in on a deep on it that it doesn’t need any additional layering or distraction or any ad- song with a simple, straight-forward message. ditional hooks. You just need to hear that vocal and hear the story of the song.” “When you read the title, ‘Made for You,’ the first way it could be written Owen gives it the appropriate vocal treatment. He sings each of those “This that pops in your head is the way we wrote it,” says Hyde. “There’s no smoke was made for that” lines as if he’s a third-person narrator, then turns to the and mirrors, there’s no surprise in the hook. We put the surprises in the lines audience at the end of each section to address it face-to-face: “I was made for leading up to it.” you.” He wrapped his vocal performance in just a handful of takes. Still, as each “This was made for that” sequence arrived — “Early curfews “When he’s passionate with a song, he will sing it like nobody else, and he are made for sneakin’ past/Two a.m. was made for pissed-off dads” — the was deeply passionate about this one from day one,” says Moi. “This was kind verses built a storyline. The first two stanzas captured a high-school romance, of one of those [where] you just hit Record and let him sing.” while verses three and four followed the singer past graduation into more adult “Made for You” got plenty of attention before it was a single. In addition scenarios. Davis seemed to feed the bulk of those lines. to the Ray/Pearce wedding performance, Owen delivered it on an episode of “Benjy definitely saw the light through the trees,” observes Hyde. “It felt ABC’s The Bachelorette that aired in June 2019. Numerous fans also have made like all three of us were really on that day, and for me, a big part of being on videos that used it as background music on social media. Big Loud released it that day was just continuing to say, ‘Hell, yeah, Benjy. Keep going, dude.’ ” to AM/FM radio via PlayMPE on April 14. They were mostly finished with verse three before they addressed a chorus. “It kind of is coming at a very timely moment, with everything going on Hyde and Medley took the lead in fashioning a section that transitions from in the world and people really realizing how important it is to be there for “This was made for that” life moments into a more poetic approach: “Like people,” he says. a ship without a sea/Or a song without a melody.” But the chorus cements And Owen hopes that when “Made for You” completes its run that it will the verses’ sentiment, ending with that same pledge: “I was made for you.” bring major attention to its songwriters on the awards circuit. After all, By the time verse three was completed, the song’s biggest surprise emerged. making a universal, big-picture statement out of a series of small images is After a line about young love in a back seat, Davis served up a whopper: “Two an accomplishment. pink lines are made for growin’ up.” It’s a clear reference to a pregnancy test, “Songs like ‘Made for You’ stand up as a song-of-the-year type song,” he

and that development also becomes a test for the relationship. says. “We’re all really excited about it, and we’ll see where it goes.” KLEIN ROBBY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MAY 11, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 20 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ I LOVE MY COUNTRY Georgia Song Vibez, THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ (Songwriter) Chart Position Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Warner Geo Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, Met Ric Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (C. Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, A D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 11 Crowder, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome) 12 BMI/17Black Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K. Ballerini, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 54 AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, E IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two P Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 5 32 F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 9 Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 27

AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic F L S III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 35 FOR MY MONEY WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mid LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, SENIOR YEAR Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner- South Mood Maker Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Combustion Music, BMI B ASCAP/Lanercost Publishing, ASCAP (B.Lay, A.DeRoberts) Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite (D.Baldridge, T.Nichols, J.Walker) 53 56 Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 60 BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill G LIKE I KNEW YOU WOULD EMI Blackwood Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ Music Inc., BMI/Eclipse One Music, BMI/Never Wanted The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP Nothing More Musc, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI (P.Smith, Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner- (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 31 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/ R.Bowman, D.Fernandez) 57 BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/ SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing J.Miller, J.Thompson) 22 Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 44 BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ H.Phelps) 25 BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 40 ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 42 Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., R.B.Tedder) 1 Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs A.M.Cruz) 47 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 43 Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 13 Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky E.K.Smith) 41 M Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 29 Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 15 ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 52 Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 45 Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane C Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music On The Line, BMI (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 37 Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 16 Rhett) 38 BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS N T JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean H Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good THESE DAYS Sony/ATV Songs LLC, SOCAN/Mackenzie G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Porter Music, SOCAN/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Warner- Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ 55 Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI (M.Porter, J.Sapp, Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., P.Welling) 59 Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/ Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ E.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 50 J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 10 Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team HEAD OVER HEELS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songwriters of Platinum R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 3 Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (N. BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 58 Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, C.Wiseman) 2 SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/Big Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 28 Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Deal Beats, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, T.Cecil, Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/ J.Mullins) 49 NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five L.J.Veltz) 51 Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 39 W Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 8 O WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, J.Osborne) 33 BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 30 Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 23 Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, J.Mitchell) 34 WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI I Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 26 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI/ D Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Abundantiam Publishing, BMI (T.Howell, B.Lancaster, Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 46 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 14 WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett L.Miller, J.Yeary) 20 Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV I DON’T LOVE YOU Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol D.Ruttan) 21 Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Yamomma, ASCAP/Alrighty Den Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Music, BMI/Songs Of Mojo Two, ASCAP/Songs Of A Carl Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, Music, ASCAP (A.Hambrick, M.Fuller, N.A.Medley) 48 M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 19 C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 17 BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 4 ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love G.Barrett) 6 RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 24 Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 18 Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 7 D.Davidson, L.Brice) 36 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MAY 11, 2020 | PAGE 19 OF 20 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, (Songwriter) Chart Position Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round A Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 29 F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 13 D.Davidson, L.Brice) 31 BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ J THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Warner Geo ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Met Ric Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 7 Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 19 Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan BMI/17Black Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K. AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 32 Ballerini, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 25 III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, E BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 40 L P EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, B ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket 44 Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 42 On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 22 Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/ G S Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- LAST TIME I SAY SORRY BMG Platinum Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner- Songs US, BMI/John Legend Publishing, BMI/Songs SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/ Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Kobalt Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From J.Miller, J.Thompson) 17 Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/ Group Music Publishing, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/ The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/FRNDzone Music, BMI (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 38 BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 50 (John Legend, K.Brown, M.McGinn, A.M.Goldstein) 36 Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 37 Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs R.B.Tedder) 6 SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 10 BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 43 Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ M Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 12 (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 15 West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 39 THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 20 SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 30 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane H Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI 1 Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music (M.Morris, J.M.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, C Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, On The Line, BMI (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, M.Wallen) 28 Rhett) 46 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/ T Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 47 No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing THESE DAYS Sony/ATV Songs LLC, SOCAN/Mackenzie BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Porter Music, SOCAN/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Warner- Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D. Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Breland, T.Taylor, K.Austin, D.Barton, T.Zeigler) 33 Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI (M.Porter, J.Sapp, Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ P.Welling) 45 Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., N G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, THIS BAR Relative Music Group, BMI/Ransom Quarter Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Note Music, ASCAP/Pie Cost Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Corp., ASCAP/Torches And Pitchforks Music, BMI/Sony/ Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/ Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/ ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 9 Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Loud Mountain, BMI (M.W.Hardy, J.Morgan, J.Scott, E.K.Smith, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 48 Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of E.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 34 Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 4 Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 11 O America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud I ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, L.J.Veltz) 49 Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass C.Wiseman) 3 I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/ Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, W Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still J.Mitchell) 26 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/ Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/ BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 41 Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 35 (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 21 I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double D ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 23 Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ G.Barrett) 2 Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 24 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 14 D.Ruttan) 16 Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 8 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ I LOVE MY COUNTRY Georgia Song Vibez, SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 27 Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 5 BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (C. Crowder, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome) 18 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MAY 11, 2020 | PAGE 20 OF 20 CODA On May 12, 1990, Travis Tritt’s Songs No. 1s — the last one so far 30 Years Ago “Help Me Hold On” climbed 3-1 on being 2000’s “Best of Intentions” Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, — and boasts 20 top 10s, most re- marking his first leader on the list. It cently reaching the region with the Travis Tritt followed his launch single, “Coun- No. 8-peaking “Modern Day Bonnie try Club,” which reached No. 9. The and Clyde” in 2002. Had A Grip Tritt and Pat Terry cowrite helped Now 57, Tritt — who still tours the singer win the Horizon Award and records regularly — returned to at the 25th annual Country Music the Country Airplay chart in Febru- On No. 1 Association Awards in 1991 for best ary when he was featured on “Pick new artist. Her Up” by Dierks Bentley’s alter- In 1990, ballad “Help Me The Marietta, Ga.-born Tritt went ego act Hot Country Knights. It on to forge a career in country music was Tritt’s first entry since 2007’s Hold On” became his first with a mix of Southern rock, R&B No. 27-peaking “You Never Take Hot Country Songs leader and traditional country influences. Me Dancing,” penned by Rich- He has rolled up five Hot Country ard Marx. —JIM ASKER

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS

Tritt, circa 1993. IMAGES GWINN/REDFERNS/GETTY BETH