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Chart Numbers On Aldean’s 9 The Ken Burns Series: The Short- And >page 4 Long-Term Benefits Of A 2019 Landmark

iHeart Deepens Nashville Ties The year that frontman Ketch Secor sort of understanding that Secor gained about the Civil War >page 9 turned 12, he made his first TV appearance while answering may ultimately be the most impactful part of the eight-part phones along with fellow sixth graders in Harrisonburg, Va., documentary’s long-tail effect on country. for a local PBS fundraiser. As Burns’ projects tend to do, covered the Public TV’s big attraction that year was Florentine Films’ genre’s development from its inception to the year 1996, John Zarling’s The Civil War, and while other 12-year-olds in 1990 might have exploring both its creative roots and its connection to the New Firm hoped to meet American culture >page 9 Vanilla Ice or Joe in which it was Montana, Secor’s born and raised. aspirations were It reached 34.5 a little more million unique Wayne, Swons, u n u s u a l : H e visitors during Janson On Parade wanted to meet its eight-night >page 10 Ken Burns. run, Sept. 15-18

“Living in and Sept. 22-25, the Shenandoah with an average Makin’ Tracks: Valley meant that audience of 6.8 Underwood’s the Civil War was million viewers. my backyard,” Additionally, ‘’ MATTEA SECOR SKAGGS >page 14 explains Secor. it generated 4 “Everything from million streams a shopping center to a subdivision to our high school, to the on PBS digital platforms and 1.5 million engagements on rivers, to the counties, was all named for the heroes of the war. Facebook and Twitter. Country Coda: You just felt the echo everywhere, and I didn’t really understand It certainly had a short-term effect on sales. After their ’ until Ken, until the movie came out, about how much I cared. appearance in the series, such heritage titles as ’s First No. 1 I was drawn to the history, but he connected it for me to the “Crazy,” ’s “Jolene,” ’ “He >page 19 human story.” Stopped Loving Her Today” and ’s “Ring of Two months ago, more than 30 million people reportedly Fire” topped 2,000 downloads in a single week, with some tuned in to see Florentine’s latest production, Country of those songs’ sales increasing by more than 350% over

Music: A Film by Ken Burns, according to Nielsen. That same the previous week. It made a difference in streaming, too, CRACKERFARM SECOR: STERCHI. RETO MATTEA: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 2 OF 19 as several titles exceeded 1 million weekly streams, including Parton’s “9 to 5” and Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” A number of others that didn’t break the 1 million mark still experienced streaming increases of at least 50%, including ’ “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” ’ “I Saw the Light” and Kathy Mattea’s “Where’ve You Been.” The benefits did not stop with a one- or two-week digital wave. , who figured prominently in the story arc of and bluegrass music, says he’s playing to bigger crowds. “I know we’re selling more tickets, and I think it’s not just me that’s seen it.” Skaggs polls those crowds from the stage, and invariably more than 75% of his audience watched the Burns documentary. But he feels the impact in more mundane parts of his life, too. “People are coming up to me on the street or coming up to me at Kroger or wherever I’m at, and [say], ‘I saw you in the film, and it’s just so great,’ ” The final installment of Morris Higham Presents at The Bluebird Cafe he says. “I mean, doctors, bricklayers, every walk of life.” raised more than $2,600 for ACM Lifting Lives. From left: singer- Mattea’s booking agent has told her to expect her 2020 tour calendar to Brandon Lay, , and Johnny Dailey. fill up, based on early outreach from talent buyers who saw her in the series, and Secor has had an uptick in interview requests from journalists, he says, “because there’s been more scholarship on the subject.” Still, the biggest benefits from the series are likely to be less about numbers than about the extra boost of confidence and relevance it seems to have given the genre. Country has held a significant place in mainstream culture for decades, slowly evolving from a regional idiom to a national — and increasingly global — one. The music was often treated as a poor cousin to other formats, but Burns and his fellow producers, Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, provided more context to its expression of blue-collar America. “For the longest time, I always felt like country music was kind of looked down [upon] to some degree, and the perception of what it was, was inaccurate generally,” said during a Country Radio Broadcasters webcast several weeks after PBS aired the series. “We’re a grateful bunch in that we sang current single “Some Girls” when he visited finally feel like there was some dignity and a little bit of respect attached to the in Los Angeles. From left are Red Light what we’ve accomplished.” Management artist manager J.P. Durant, Rodgers, ACM executive vp “It was more an inner thing that happened,” agrees . “It’s finance & operations Tom Torii and associate not about business at all. I’m not in the business of working my dad’s catalog director media Courtney Beebe. or trying to make him more famous. But I let it all down, and I talked to Ken honestly and told him things I don’t think that I’ve talked about in interviews before. And he treated us with such respect that it just put something to rest in me.” The series ably conveyed country’s storytelling tradition, unlocking the intensive labor at the heart of Rodgers’ “Mule Skinner Blues,” the personal drama behind Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” and the underdog inspiration beneath Dwight Yoakam & ’ “The Streets of Bakersfield.” By investigating the real-life roots of Mattea’s “Where’ve You Been” — penned by husband Jon Vezner and Don Henry about Vezner’s parents’ battle with Alzheimer’s — it not only underscored the humanity in the music but the wisdom in its creation. “Allen Reynolds, who was my producer for many years and produced that record, he used to say, ‘Kathy, if you choose a great song and you sing it well, it will be timeless. It will not be locked to any time period,’ ” she recalls. Indie act Southern Halo performed when received the “With that record, that’s what I’ve gotten to know.” Crossroads of American Music Award at the Grammy Museum in Ultimately, because of the PBS series, existing country fans have gotten Cleveland, Miss. From left are Southern Halo’s Natalia Morris, Pride to know better why they care about the music. And some new fans were and Southern Halo’s Christina Morris and Hannah Morris. introduced to the genre, likely including students still envisioning what to do with their lives. Some of Skaggs’ younger relatives were moved by the series in a way they had not been previously. Thus, it’s probable that some 12-year-old, maybe in the Shenandoah Valley, connected so deeply with his own cultural history that instead of meeting Kanye West or Tom Brady, he or she hopes to meet Burns or Secor, and maybe has reason to build upon country’s musical foundation. So as 2019 draws to a close, there’s reason to believe that one of country’s most significant advances during the year came from a TV miniseries based on older music that somehow provides a blueprint for meaningful artists in the coming decades. People who missed it can experience it fully during an eight-week rebroadcast on Friday nights beginning Jan. 3. “It zeroed in on an ethos of Old Crow Medicine Show, which is to understand the past but not keep it behind glass,” says Secor. “The spirit of renewal — that’s not something specific to my band. Throughout the film, (right) received a gold single for his 2014 release “Workin’ you can see that the spirit of renewal is constant in country music, that we On.” He celebrates with (from left) guitarist Spencer Bassett, Average

are always reappropriating or growing from the past.” Joes senior vp Doug Kaye and fiddler Justin Bertoldie. PHOTOGRAPY XTREME LEMONS JASON FORD: BOURQUARD. MICHEL RODGERS:

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] 9 Is No. 1 As Earns Seventh Top Country Leader; Returns To Top 10

Jason Aldean earns his seventh No. 1 and sixth No. 1 debut on Billboard’s Top August (29,000), becoming his first of nine top 10s to date. Aldean’s additional Country Albums chart (dated Dec. 7) as his ninth full-length studio , top 10, Wide Open, entered the list at its No. 2 peak on the April, 25, 2009- appropriately titled 9 (Macon/Broken Bow/BMG/Broken Bow Music Group), dated chart with 109,000 copies sold. blasts in atop the survey. In its first sales week (ending Nov. 28), it earned Aldean also released the iTunes-exclusive EP Live Sessions, which started 83,000 equivalent album units, with 68,000 in album and peaked at No. 43 in December 2009. sales, according to Nielsen Music. Meanwhile, “,” the launch single from On the all-genre , 9 starts at No. 2. It 9, ranks at No. 12 in its 12th week on the Country awards Aldean his eighth top 10, a sum that includes Airplay chart, up by 2% to 16.5 million audience four No. 1s (all earned consecutively). impressions in the week ending Dec. 1. On Hot 9, released on Nov. 22, was produced by Michael Country Songs, which combines airplay, streaming Knox, who has helmed all of Aldean’s LPs. The set and sales data, “We Back” climbs 17-14, also aided includes 16 tracks and credits for many familiar by a 44% hike to 6 million streams in the week songwriters, including Rhett Akins, Brantley ending Nov. 28. Gilbert, and ’s . HUNT STILL ON THE RISE Sam Hunt attains his “In this day and age, everybody is not cutting full- seventh top 10 on Country Airplay as “” length albums anymore. It’s trending more toward (MCA Nashville) bumps 11-10, gaining by 2% to 20.1 these EPs, and that’s just not the way I want to make million in radio reach. The single is his first top 10 music,” Aldean recently told Billboard. “Streaming since “” became his fifth changed the way everybody does anything. I feel No. 1 and led for three weeks in May 2017. “Body” like when you are cutting an album, you kind of get dominated for a then-record into a groove and you can start really just making a 34 weeks, a reign now second to and great project.” Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be,” which ruled 9 follows Aldean’s , which opened for 50 frames beginning in December 2017. in the penthouse on April 28, Concurrently, “Kinfolks” ranks at No. 10 on Hot 2018, with 183,000 units (162,000 in album sales). Country Songs, after reaching No. 9. The set followed his other No. 1 debuts: They In between “Body” and “Kinfolks,” Hunt released Don’t Know (which opened atop the list dated Oct. 1, “Downtown’s Dead,” which peaked at No. 14 on Hot 2016, with 131,000 copies sold), Old Boots, New Dirt ALDEAN Country Songs and No. 15 on Country Airplay in (Oct. 25, 2014; 278,000), Night Train (Nov. 3, 2012; June 2018. 409,000) and Relentless (June 16, 2007; 982,000, marking Aldean’s biggest sales week). USHERING IN THE SEASON On Country Streaming Songs, ’s His other Top Country Albums No. 1, , debuted at No. 2 1958 classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (Decca/MCA Nashville/ on Nov. 20, 2010 (with 193,000 sold). It hit No. 1 on Feb. 19, 2011. His first UMe) bounds 4-1, up 90% to 20.4 million streams. The carol collects its 11th

entry on that chart, his 2005 self-titled set, debuted and peaked at No. 6 that total week atop the survey and first since January 2018. IMAGES MILLER/GETTY ETHAN

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l1 1 17 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (3 weeks) HH 40.357 +0.070 8078 -26 2 l2 2 25 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 39.155 +1.884 8103 330 1 l3 3 22 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory  HH Most Increased Audience HH 33.282 +2.229 6813 294 3 l4 4 29 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville 27.636 +0.460 6090 216 4 l5 8 36 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow 26.952 +1.985 6026 507 5 l6 6 29 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG  Lady Antebellum 25.556 +1.160 5562 188 7 l7 7 27 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville 25.563 +0.338 5684 180 6 l8 9 21 TIP OF MY TONGUE Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA 21.883 -0.291 5 115 15 8 l9 10 9 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 21.678 +1.099 4464 247 9 l10 11 8 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 20.560 +0.431 4362 137 10 l11 13 45 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 16.790 +1.668 3803 257 11 l12 12 12 WE BACK Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 16.549 +0.285 3758 96 12 l13 14 17 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville 14.603 +1.535 3444 282 13 l14 17 15 THE BONES Columbia Nashville HH Airpower/Most Added HH 14.233 +1.676 3 117 508 16 l15 15 24 DIVE BAR Pearl  Garth Brooks & 13.978 +0.347 3410 155 14 l16 16 6 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville 13.611 +0.834 3023 181 19 l17 20 32 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 12.633 +1.276 3172 216 15 l18 18 16 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring 12.028 +0.360 3077 -1 17 l19 19 23 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 11.794 +0.444 3045 94 18 l20 21 27 CATCH BMLG  Brett Young 10.680 +0.658 2451 79 21 l21 22 13 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River 10.058 +0.645 2840 118 20 l22 25 26 HOMEMADE Big Loud 9.986 +1.519 2331 352 23 l23 23 41 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 8.652 +0.313 2152 26 24 l24 26 17 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG  Riley Green 7.823 +1.002 2378 200 22 l25 27 38 AFTER A FEW Mercury  Travis Denning 6.313 +0.905 1801 162 25 l26 28 34 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 5.695 +0.417 1570 77 27 l27 30 14 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR 4.678 +0.477 117 7 130 33 l28 29 26 EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Gwendolyn/Pearl  4.559 +0.046 1726 11 26 l29 31 33 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse  LOCASH 4.509 +0.419 1424 156 29 l30 32 24 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 4.243 +0.500 1252 98 32

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WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 35 8 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & 3.869 +0.773 1355 189 30 l32 33 13 MONSTERS EMI Nashville 3.596 +0.208 1265 66 31 l33 34 28 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 3.486 +0.026 1485 83 28 l34 37 18 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 3.192 +0.431 944 106 37 35 36 20 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 3.011 -0.110 950 80 36 l36 38 10 BLESSINGS BMLG  Florida Georgia Line 2.842 +0.353 981 89 34 l37 39 17 DETAILS Mercury  2.458 +0.055 607 42 43 38 24 20 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Vanner/RCA Nashville 2.298 -5.547 529 -1280 49 l39 42 10 DROWNING RCA Nashville 2.274 +0.131 685 47 40 40 41 7 HOLD ON Capitol Nashville Hootie & The Blowfish 2.271 -0.132 581 7 45 l41 43 22 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow 2.269 +0.197 957 71 35 l42 40 4 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville 2.155 +0.541 719 103 39 l43 45 13 FRONT SEAT Studio2bee/Legend Entertainment Rayne Johnson 1.783 -0.038 333 15 59 l44 46 9 WHY WE DRINK Valory  Justin Moore 1.760 +0.078 603 10 44 l45 49 3 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 1.641 +0.330 404 59 55 46 44 18 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury  Maddie & Tae 1.603 -0.260 805 34 38 l47 48 12 THANK GOD FOR YOU Curb  1.498 +0.121 620 26 41 l48 47 9 BREAK IT IN Valory  1.484 +0.159 504 19 50 l49 51 12 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 1.399 +0.135 554 29 47 l50 50 8 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 1.346 +0.040 562 -6 46 l51 52 9 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Dillon Carmichael 1.264 +0.024 533 17 48 l52 55 7 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury  1.077 +0.089 460 21 51 53 54 16 CHASIN’ ME True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 1.076 -0.025 618 -63 42 l54 56 3 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 1.045 +0.059 393 26 56 l55 59 2 HEAD OVER HEELS Wheelhouse  Runaway June 0.941 +0.107 405 7 54 l56 NEW DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR HH Hot Shot Debut HH 0.815 +0.517 235 173 - 57 60 2 MASTERPIECE T2 Records/DavMo/Reviver 0.788 -0.027 384 31 57 l58 NEW THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse  Granger Smith 0.778 +0.288 277 93 - l59 RE-ENTRY SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 0.754 +0.001 454 24 52 60 NEW OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville 0.727 -0.050 419 12 53

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12/9 JACKSON MICHELSON Stay Over Curb LINDSAY ELL I Don’t Love You Stoney Creek MIRANDA LAMBERT Bluebird Vanner/RCA Nashville MORGAN EVANS 56 Diamonds The upbeat love song that Janson co- Warner Music Nahsville/WEA authored was inspired by his wife, Kelly Lynn. “Done” arrives on Country Airplay at No. 56 CHRIS with 815,000 audience impressions. It JANSON Done follows “Good Vibes,” which became his first No. 1 on the chart dated Oct. 26. LAMBERT RICH FURY/GETTY IMAGES FOR IHEARTMEDIA FOR IMAGES FURY/GETTY RICH UNWERTH VON ELLEN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 8 OF 19

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MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 13 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 13 REALLY SHOULDN’T DRINK AROUND YOU Monument/Arista Nashville Teddy Robb 0.699 40 0 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 10 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 0.476 7 3 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 10 ANYTHING SHE SAYS Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny Feat. Seaforth 0.451 12 5 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 9 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 7 DIRTY LOOKS Broken Bow  0.402 19 3 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 7 TATTOOS AND TEQUILA Macon Music/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 0.325 0 0 DETAILS Mercury Billy Currington 6 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE KIDS Cold River Drew Baldridge 0.322 2 0 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 5 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 5 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/ Matt Stell 26.995 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 22.893 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett +2.229 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +1.985 3 Big Loud Morgan Wallen 20.272 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion +1.884 4 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 18.123 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris +1.676 5 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 16.996 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen +1.668 6 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 16.352 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +1.535 7 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 16.002 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen +1.519 8 River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 13.184 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +1.276 9 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 12.586 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum +1.160 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber +1.099 10 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Stoney Creek/Valory + Lindsay Ell 12.239 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris +508 $1,617,825 ERIC CHURCH 12,456 MESSINA TOURING RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +507 $250, $125 The Anthem, Washington, D.C./Nov. 15-16 12,456 GROUP/AEG PRESENTS HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen +352 $1,263,644 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 15,692 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion +330 $99.50, $69.50 TD Garden, Boston, Mass/Oct.10 15,692 AEG PRESENTS REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett +294 $1,175,180 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 14,296 $99.50, $69.50 State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Ga./Oct. 19 14,296 AEG PRESENTS HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +282 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen +257 $1,166,794 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 14,548 $99.50, $69.50 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa./Oct. 5 14,548 AEG PRESENTS 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber +247 $1,067,993 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 14,339 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +216 $94.65, $45.43 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ont./Oct. 14 14,339 AEG PRESENTS SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +216 Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email ([email protected]). REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 24, 2019

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 20 (Independent)  HH 1 Week at 1 HH Whiskey Myers 1983 172 l11 14 9 PRETTY HEART (Independent)  Parker McCollum 1398 152 l2 3 13 A BITTER END (Little Red Truck)  Deryl Dodd w/ Randy Rogers 1780 114 12 8 16 FLATLAND HILLBILLIES (RC1)  (f/ Randy Rogers & Lee Ann Womack) 1357 -69 l3 6 15 LIFE BEHIND BARS (King Hall Music)  Chad Cooke Band 1718 157 l13 11 26 LIFE OF MY LOVE (S.O.T.)  Jody Booth 1355 4 4 1 22 NEEDS A TOWN (Independent)  Mark Powell 1712 -434 l14 15 6 SAME KIND OF CRAZY AS ME (Rounder Rec)  Cody Jinks 1335 96 l5 5 27 DEVIL YOU KNOW (Independent)  Drew Fish Band 1650 64 l15 17 13 EVERY DAY KIND OF LOVE (Independent)  Kyle Park 1273 80 l6 12 13 COUNTRY RADIO (BIG Label )  Aaron Watson 1520 188 16 4 19 BETTER WITH BEER (Independent)  Kevin Fowler 1214 -425 l7 9 19 NOTHIN’ ON YOU (Independent)  1519 94 17 16 16 GOOD TIMES (Independent)  Jesse Raub Jr. 1210 -4 l8 7 26 BETWEEN THE STONES AND JONES (Independent)  Dustin Sonnier 1491 33 l18 19 10 FACTS AND LIES (Independent)  Jon Stork 117 7 111 l9 10 14 LET’S TAKE THIS OUTSIDE (Independent)  Cory Morrow 1448 44 l19 18 9 STRAIT TO JONES (Independent)  Clay Hollis 113 3 50 l10 13 14 WATERED DOWN WHISKEY (Ari-Tex )  James Lann 1424 115 l20 21 6 ASPHALT AND CONCRETE (Independent)  Bri Bagwell 1045 121

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Country Music, on Dec. 2. The first installment focuses on indie duo Dixie Jade … Pamal/ Albany, N.Y., hired GM/market manager David Oldread, InsideRadio.com reported. He was previously Entercom/ Springfield-Worcester, Mass.- Providence, Conn., director of sales and operations. The Pamal cluster includes country WKLI … WNOE New Orleans welcomes Casey Carter as PD/ afternoon-drive personality, according to Talkers.com. She transfers from iHeartMedia sister WTQR Greensboro, N.C., Chris Young (left) took a selfie with NBC personality Al Roker when he where she served in a similar appeared in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. capacity. ’ROUND THE ROW iHEART EXPANDS NASHVILLE FOOTPRINT John Zarling partnered with Audio company iHeartMedia has chosen Nashville as a second headquarters 615 Leverage founder Jackie Jon Pardi (left) and TV host Seth for its digital team, bringing more jobs and a new office to Music City starting Campbell to establish 615 Myers. Pardi sang “Heartache early next year. Leverage + Strategy, a music Medication” in a Nov. 26 appearance The new office will be located in the “heart of Nashville,” according to marketing and branding firm. on Myers’ NBC show. a press release, though other details have not been disclosed aside from a Head of business development/ target date of Q1 2020. iHeartMedia plans to begin hiring immediately client service Campbell started her company in 2017 at the end of a six-year for positions in engineering, product development, data science and more. run as Big Machine Label Group director of partnership marketing. President/ iHeart believes Music City’s many universities and built-in pool of tech chief strategy office Zarling worked with her at Big Machine before a two-year talent make it a good fit for expanding its digital team, currently based in sojourn as Sony Music Nashville executive vp of marketing and new business, New York. a post he left 10 months ago. Seeding the staff are project director Cheyana “What better location than Nashville, given that music is at the heart of our Weekley, who transitions from the original 615 Leverage, and project manager business,” said iHeartRadio president Darren Davis in a prepared release. Jordan Lipsey, formerly a Quinton Digital account manager. Reach Zarling The announcement comes at a time when the country capital is in extreme here and Campbell here … Nashville-based concert promotion firm Outback growth mode. A number of high-priced hotel chains have added new Presents hired talent buyer Benton Wharton. He spent the last eight years structures to the downtown skyline, and Amazon is building an operations with Asheville, N.C.-based Pisgah Brewing Company as talent buyer and center for 5,000 employees at the 17-acre Nashville Yards development marketing/events director for the company’s outdoor stage … Multiservice downtown. music company Jetpack Artist Ventures Nashville hired manager of A&R/ According to iHeart, its digital app now boasts more than 135 million production Rex Schnelle. A musician, producer and engineer, Schnelle has registered users and is available on over 250 platforms. worked with a multitude of acts, including Bill Anderson and contemporary Go here to apply for positions in the new Nashville outpost. Christian artist Phil Keaggy … Submissions for the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards are being accepted here through Jan. 3, 2020. RADIO & RECORDS Sony Music Nashville officially added two new members to its staff. Manager of digital strategy Lauren Zimmerman arrives from the , where she was an audience acquisition specialist. Media specialist Emmie Reitzug shifted to a full-time role from contract work. Reach Zimmerman here and Reitzug here … Mandy Barnett’s remake of “The End of the World,” released on PlayMPE on Oct. 18, appears on the new Melody Place label. The new imprint was founded by -producer Fred Mollin and Drexel Chemical CEO Leigh Shockey. Mollin’s production credits include & ’ “Ready, Set, Don’t Go,” ’s “” and a bundle of film/TV projects … Beasley Media/Boston promoted Tim Staskeiwicz to digital PD for the entire five-station cluster. He previously handled that role for two stations, including country WKLB … Chris Pickett joined Townsquare/Boise, Idaho, as operations manager for the entire cluster and brand manager for country KAWO. He was most recently PD for two non-country stations with iHeartMedia/Las Vegas … Standard Media Group struck a $59.2 million deal with Waypoint Media and Vision Communications to acquire nine TV stations in six markets plus 15 radio

stations in New York and . Country outlets in the transaction KUPISH DERREK include WYCM Lafayette, Ind.; WOEN-AM Olean, N.Y.; and WKPQ-FM and Old Dominion’s Matthew Ramsey led a slate of Elmira-Corning, N.Y. … Entercom’s Radio.com platform has added Radio performances at the annual Christmas 4 Kids benefit on Nov. 25 at Disney audio content to its offerings, including Radio Disney Country … The . From left: Christmas 4 Kids president Linda California Country Show, a weekly syndicated radio product hosted by ”Just O’Connell, Vassar, Ramsey and i81 Management co-owner Amy Dave” Bernal, introduced a new podcast series, Trailblazers — Women in Millslagle. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 10 OF 19

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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

It’s the giving season, and country artists have found plenty of ways to Dec. 3 generate money for good causes. and Patty Griffin raised over • 2018 — ’s $1.5 million for hurricane relief with a Nov. 25 show at Austin City Limits Live. original band, Hootie & Big Kenny announced that an October show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel The Blowfish, announces it in Florida brought in $40,000 to supply has signed a recording deal meals for Hernando County kids in hardship. with Universal Music Group agreed to perform Dec. 3 Nashville. as Gibson and the Give a Note Foundation HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH TODD & CHRIS OWYOUNG CHRIS & TODD donate to a Nashville school music program Dec. 4 in an insider event. And Jimmie Allen agreed • 2004 — reaches the top spot on the Billboard Hot Country to take part in A Night of Hope, a Dec. 9 event Songs chart with “Nothing On but the Radio.” in Brentwood, Tenn., sponsored by former • 1994 — is grand marshal in the Nashville NFL player Chris Hope for his foundation. Christmas Parade.

Jimmy Wayne will serve as grand marshal Dec. 5 on Dec. 7 for the Kings Mountain Home for • 2016 — earns gold albums from the RIAA for Home Christmas Parade in his and Riser. hometown. The same day, the Nashville • 2014 — Eric Church and Miranda Lambert receive four nominations Christmas Parade features , apiece to lead the country contingent as finalists are announced for , Lucas Hoge, Farewell the 57th annual Grammy Awards. POPE Angelina and Avenue Beat. Those events come on the heels of the Macy’s Dec. 6 Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, which included an unusual quirk. • 1984 — Waylon Jennings, , Johnny Cash and Chris Janson rode a float in the same procession as former Destiny’s Child record “Highwayman” at Nashville’s member Kelly Rowland. Before Janson married his wife and manager, Kelly Moman Studios. Lynn Janson, her maiden name was Roland — which means Kelly Rowland • 1969 — The Rolling Stones’ free show at Altamont, Calif., goes awry and Kelly Roland took part in the same event. as concertgoer Meredith Hunter is beaten and stabbed to death by Hell’s Angels. Also on the bill: The Flying Burrito Brothers, When singer-songwriter Mitch Rossell co-wrote “Dive Bar” with Garth Brooks, including Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, performing “Six Days he had no idea it would literally involve a deep dive. Brooks’ video with Blake on the Road.” Shelton uses digital technology to house an Ole Red stage inside a liquor bottle, and it required the backing band to shoot all of its scenes underwater. Rossell Dec. 7 was recruited to sit in on pedal steel, and the insurance company demanded • 2009 — Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special finds the host the band do a four-day crash course in scuba procedures. “I had never had a “Louisiana Woman, Man” with and desire,” says Rossell of scuba, “but once you do it and you’re down there, you’re “I Will Always Love You” with Dolly Parton on Fox. just defying everything that makes any sense to you. You’re like, ‘I should not be able to do this.’ I’m kind of hooked now.” Dec. 8 • 2017 — Capitol releases the Luke Bryan album What Makes Thompson Square’s Keifer Thompson — who did his first stand-up comedy You Country. routine in 2018 — has set 13 comedy dates from Jan. 8-March 5, 2020, including • 1989 — Arista releases ’s first hit, “Here in the four nights at Howie Mandel’s Comedy Club in Atlantic City, N.J. Real World.”

Dec. 9 Top Headlines from .com • 1999 — The movie The Green Mile has its Southern premiere at Click on headlines below for more details the Regal Green Hills 16 in Nashville. On hand for the screening are Billy Ray Cyrus, , Mark Collie and The Wilkinsons. Music Streaming Is Americans’ Most-Wanted Subscription Service, Says Survey Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

‘Birthplace Of Southern Rock’ Capricorn Sound Studios In Macon, Georgia, Celebrating Grand Reopening

Bernie Taupin’s First Wife — And ‘Tiny Dancer’ Muse — To Sell Lyric Sheets

With Stubhub Purchase, Viagogo Is North America’s New Resale Leader Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives joined more than 100 elves Billboard Announces New Rules For on Nov. 23 to deliver gifts throughout Appalachia on the CSX Santa Merchandise/Album Bundles Train. From left: band member Chris Scruggs, Stuart, Santa Claus and

band member Kenny Vaughan. RODE ED BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 11 OF 19

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 9 10,000 HOURS No. 1 (8 weeks) / Airplay Gainer Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 9 1 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.J.DILLON,J.REYNOLDS,J.D.BIEBER,J.BOYD) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 2 2 3 35 ONE MAN BAND Old Dominion 2 2 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.F.TURSI,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE 3 3 2 25 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Luke Combs 1 2 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.FULCHER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 4 4 4 21 ONE THING RIGHT Marshmello & Kane Brown - 1 MARSHMELLO (MARSHMELLO,K.BROWN,J.FRASURE,J.HOGE,M.J.MCGINN) JOYTIME COLLECTIVE/RCA NASHVILLE THE BONES 5 6 5 39 Maren Morris 14 5 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 6 5 7 28 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU Lady Antebellum 6 5 D.HUFF (S.ELLIS,J.GREEN,R.J.HURD,L.VELTZ) BMLG 7 7 6 20 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Thomas Rhett 3 6 D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) VALORY WE WERE 8 10 12 29 Keith Urban 4 8 l D.HUFF,K.URBAN (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,R.TYNDELL) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9 8 8 46 PRAYED FOR YOU Matt Stell RC 2 A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,A.BOWERS,A.CRUZ) WIDE OPEN/RECORDS/GOOD COMPANY/ARISTA NASHVILLE 10 9 11 8 KINFOLKS Sam Hunt 10 9 Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE RIDIN’ ROADS 11 12 16 38 Dustin Lynch 5 11 l Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL) BROKEN BOW HEARTACHE MEDICATION 12 11 13 25 Jon Pardi 7 11 l J.PARDI,B.BUTLER,R.GORE (J.PARDI,BARY DEAN,N.HEMBY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 13 17 21 12 WE BACK Streaming & Sales Gainer Jason Aldean 12 13 l M.KNOX (B.D.WARREN,B.WARREN,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT) MACON/BROKEN BOW 14 13 15 21 TIP OF MY TONGUE Kenny Chesney 8 13 R.COPPERMAN,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,E.C.SHEERAN) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA THE GIT UP 15 15 17 26 Blanco Brown RC 1 l BLANCO BROWN (B.A.III) TRAILERTRAPMUSIC/BBMG/BMG/WHEELHOUSE/STONEY CREEK/BROKEN BOW HOMESICK 16 18 23 36 Kane Brown 13 16 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 17 14 19 12 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Kelsea Ballerini 21 14 J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) BLACK RIVER I HOPE 18 21 26 31 Gabby Barrett 27 18 l R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 19 16 20 15 HEARTLESS Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen - 15 DIPLO,KING HENRY,CHARLIE HANDSOME,J.MOI (T.W.PENTZ,H.A.ALLEN,M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,R.J.HURD,CHARLIE HANDSOME) MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA 20 19 22 15 HELL RIGHT Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins 18 19 S.HENDRICKS (D.A.GARCIA,B.TYLER,M.W.HARDY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 21 20 25 6 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Luke Bryan 16 17 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,R.COPPERMAN,H.LINDSEY,J.M.NITE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 22 24 27 21 Ingrid Andress 19 22 l S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) ATLANTIC/W ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 23 23 28 26 MAKE ME WANT TO Jimmie Allen 11 23 A.BOWERS,E.TORRES (J.ALLEN,P.SIKES,J.DENMARK) STONEY CREEK DIVE BAR 24 25 29 22 Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton 15 24 l G.BROOKS (M.ROSSELL,B.KENNEDY,T.G.BROOKS) PEARL SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT 25 26 34 19 Jordan Davis 17 25 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,L.L.FOWLER) MCA NASHVILLE

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 Tie TW1 W4 WKSS ARTISTLUKE COMBS   Tie TW1 17W WKS ARTISTDANN HUFF   2 LAURA VELTZ  2 SCOTT MOFFATT  3  3 DAN SMYERS  4 BLANCO BROWN  4 SHANE MCANALLY  5  5  6  6 MARSHMELLO  7 JESSE FRASURE  7 GREG KURSTIN  TIE 8 RAY FULCHER  8 MICHAEL KNOX  TIE WYATT DURRETTE  ROSS COPPERMAN  8 VELTZ 9 10 ROSS COPPERMAN  10 SCOTT HENDRICKS 

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 DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 12 OF 19

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 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 26 28 35 17 Riley Green 24 26 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,L.BONDS,B.GREEN) BMLG I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 27 34 50 7 Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 31 27 l (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BI G MACHINE 28 29 37 42 TO A T Ryan Hurd 23 28 D.HUFF,A.ESHUIS (R.J.HURD,N.SPICER,L.VELTZ) RCA NASHVILLE CATCH 29 30 40 22 Brett Young 20 29 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) BMLG 30 27 14 3 BETTER TOGETHER Luke Combs - 14 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HOMEMADE 31 31 44 11 Jake Owen 22 31 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (B.GOLDSMITH,J.MULLINS,D.PARKER,B.PINSON) BIG LOUD CHASIN’ YOU 32 32 46 15 Morgan Wallen 34 32 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD 33 22 18 20 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Miranda Lambert 38 12 J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,H.LINDSEY,L.MCKENNA,L.ROSE) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE Jason Aldean 34 RE-ENTRY 2 - 34 l M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW Morgan Wallen 35 RE-ENTRY 4 - 35 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.J.ISBELL) BIG LOUD AFTER A FEW 36 40 — 7 Travis Denning 25 36 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,K.ARCHER,J.WEAVER) MERCURY HER WORLD OR MINE 37 43 — 5 Michael Ray 30 37 l S.HENDRICKS (J.PAULIN,T.DENNING,B.BEAVERS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA HH HH 38 NEW 1 ALL IS FOUND Hot Shot Debut - 38 l I.FITCHUK,D.TASHIAN (K.ANDERSON-LOPEZ,R.LOPEZ) WALT DISNEY 39 33 24 8 1, 2 MANY Luke Combs & Brooks & Dunn - 20 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,T.KING,D.PARKER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 40 36 — 3 DRINKING ALONE Carrie Underwood 42 36 D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 41 35 30 5 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs - 30 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,BARY DEAN,J.SINGLETON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE IN BETWEEN Scotty McCreery 42 RE-ENTRY 4 26 42 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS 43 42 — 20 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Maddie & Tae 46 39 J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 44 44 — 10 DROWNING Chris Young 39 18 C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.A.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE 45 45 48 4 FOR MY DAUGHTER Kane Brown - 19 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,T.DOUGLAS,C.MCGILL) RCA NASHVILLE 46 37 31 10 REFRIGERATOR DOOR Luke Combs - 20 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,J.BROOKER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 47 49 — 12 FAMILY TREE Caylee Hammack 33 40 M.REAVES,C.HAMMACK (C.HAMMACK,T.VERGES,G.SAMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE LONELY IF YOU ARE Chase Rice 48 RE-ENTRY 17 41 43 l C. DESTEFANO,C.RICE (C.RICE,L.RIMES,H.PHELPS) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 49 50 — 2 MONSTERS Eric Church 32 49 J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE) EMI NASHVILLE BLUEBIRD Miranda Lambert 50 RE-ENTRY 2 - 38 l J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE

The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.

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WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2018 2019 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,112,000 1,059,430,000 290,574,000 Album ’18 45.38 million Consumption 45,388,000 49,476,000 9.0% ’19 49.47 million Last Week 1,058,000 1,057,563,000 282,372,000 Album Sales 12,473,000 9,429,000 -24.4% Change 5.1% 0.2% 2.9% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 38,559,445,000 49,132,985,000 27.4% ’18 48.33 billion This Week Last Year 877,000 791,121,000 207,763,000 ’19 61.90 billion Change 26.8% 33.9% 39.9% Video On-Demand 9,775,724,000 12,767,112,000 30.6%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending Month XX, 2019. 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.

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 13 OF 19

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 ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ONE MAN BAND JASON ALDEAN 9 1 4 40 1 1 24 NEW l BRENDA LEE  OLD DOMINION  1 1 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1   LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 2 1 8 10,000 HOURS 2 2 8 10,000 HOURS 2 1 1 3 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER  DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER  JINGLE BELL ROCK EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 3 15 35 3 3 20 3 3 2 130 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 2 1 l   LUKE COMBS  A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS ONE THING RIGHT OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 4 11 33 4 4 21 4 4 4 5 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1 l BURL IVES  MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN  LADY ANTEBELLUM OCEAN 5 2 14 ONE MAN BAND 5 13 15 THE BONES 5 2 — 2 BMLG LA0100A* 2 OLD DOMINION  MAREN MORRIS  DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 6 3 13 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING 6 5 35 GOD’S COUNTRY 6 5 5 75 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 0 1 LUKE COMBS  BLAKE SHELTON  ONE THING RIGHT WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU 7 6 78 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 3 7 5 21 7 6 21 l7 DIGITAL EX 0 MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN  LADY ANTEBELLUM  RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED GENE AUTRY RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER AND OTHER CHRISTMAS CLASSICS 8 24 37 8 17 17 8 17 31 16 COLUMBIA 63598/LEGACY (6.98) 1 l GENE AUTRY  l RILEY GREEN  THE GIT UP HELL RIGHT 10 9 239 TRAVELLER 1 9 9 25 9 16 15 l9 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 BLANCO BROWN  BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. TRACE ADKINS  HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (RIGHT DOWN ) SPEECHLESS MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARD 10 RE-ENTRY 10 9 74 10 6 3 4 VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN 1 l GENE AUTRY  DAN + SHAY  THE BONES THE GIT UP 16 22 17 BURL IVES RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 3 11 10 21 11 15 26 l11 MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS/GEFFEN 322177/UME (8.98) 0 MAREN MORRIS  BLANCO BROWN  ELVIS PRESLEY THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM WHISKEY JOLENE RE-ENTRY 33 9 12 13 138 12 RE-ENTRY l12 RCA 45538/LEGACY (9.98) l CHRIS STAPLETON  l DOLLY PARTON  KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 13 6 82 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 13 10 29 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART 13 8 8 55 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 0 1 LUKE COMBS  LUKE COMBS  HEARTLESS SUGAR COAT MAREN MORRIS GIRL 14 7 15 14 NEW 14 9 7 38 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 1 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  l LITTLE BIG TOWN  BRENDA LEE ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE: THE DECCA CHRISTMAS RECORDINGS 15 8 29 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART 15 12 75 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY 15 28 46 5 DECCA/MCA NASHVILLE 70090/UME 15 LUKE COMBS  LUKE COMBS 

KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 16 12 71 SPEECHLESS 16 11 12 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG 16 11 11 82 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 DAN + SHAY  THOMAS RHETT  WHISKEY GLASSES I HOPE THOMAS RHETT 17 14 41 17 RE-ENTRY 17 12 10 26 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 1 MORGAN WALLEN  l GABBY BARRETT  19 25 63 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 1 18 18 5 I HOPE 18 20 6 KINFOLKS l18 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028557*/UMGN 0 GABBY BARRETT  SAM HUNT  18 15 37 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 14 19 16 105 MEANT TO BE 19 22 10 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE l19 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP /LEGACY (25.98) 1 BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  INGRID ANDRESS  KANE BROWN KANE BROWN BLUE CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING QUEEN? 20 RE-ENTRY 20 8 5 20 13 12 156 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1 l ELVIS PRESLEY  KELSEA BALLERINI  JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN GOD’S COUNTRY ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE 21 17 34 21 RE-ENTRY 21 15 14 85 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1 BLAKE SHELTON  l BRENDA LEE  GREATEST HITS SO FAR... KINFOLKS TENNESSEE WHISKEY 22 21 17 227 3 22 19 7 22 RE-ENTRY l ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG SAM HUNT  CHRIS STAPLETON  RED WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 23 30 28 208 1 23 23 2 23 RE-ENTRY l BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG (18.98) 7 l LADY ANTEBELLUM  l CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS WE BACK DRINKING ALONE 24 22 18 214 2 24 NEW 24 14 4 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN l JASON ALDEAN  CARRIE UNDERWOOD  DOLLY PARTON ULTIMATE DOLLY PARTON HEAVEN GOOD VIBES 25 36 36 55 10 25 21 108 25 RE-ENTRY l RCA NASHVILLE/BMG HERITAGE 52008/LEGACY (18.98) KANE BROWN  l CHRIS JANSON  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 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. SALES DATA COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS

AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 NEW 1 LEONARD COHEN THANKS FOR THE DANCE 1 l COLUMBIA 597866*/LEGACY 1 1 185 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 l2 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 3 2 3 87 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 HOZIER HOZIER 4 3 4 231 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 5 4 5 148 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS COME ON UP TO THE HOUSE: WOMEN SING WAITS 6 NEW 1 6 l DUALTONE 2003* 14 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 7 5 7 37 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 4 The ballad, which previews the group’s 8 7 8 190 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA 1 DUALTONE 1738* 1 album Nightfall, due Jan. 17, 2020, debuts HOZIER WASTELAND, BABY! LITTLE BIG on Country Digital Song Sales at No. 14 with 9 8 9 39 RUBYWORKS 591795*/COLUMBIA 1 TOWN 3,000 downloads sold. It marks the act’s THE LUMINEERS III Sugar Coat 10 6 6 11 DUALTONE 5127* 1 19th appearance on the tally. Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES WINTER/GETTY KEVIN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 14 OF 19

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Carrie Underwood Takes On A Racy Role In New Single ‘Drinking Alone’

Whether singing it on tour, on the Country Music Association Awards (CMAs) based idea lines up with a couple of 1980s traditional country gems — George or in the video, Carrie Underwood has approached her new single, “Drinking Strait’s “Let’s Fall to Pieces Together” and the / Alone,” with subtle variations on a consistent wardrobe theme: a Sinatra-style collaboration “Let’s Get Over Them Together” — though Underwood’s hat and a classic black color foundation. character sets a boundary those other titles did not, opening with the ground Repeatedly cast in a jazz club environment, the character she plays is stylish, rules: “Let me make one thing clear/You can buy me a beer/But you ain’t dominant, even a little dangerous. But make no mistake: It’s most definitely a taking me home.” character. Underwood made it a point to draw “I love that she was going to lay the rules a behavioral line in the song, announcing in out,” says Underwood. “You know, ‘This isn’t the first verse that she would not be living a thing, I’m not going home with you. Let’s just out a take-me-home “Strangers in the Night” and be present and kind of get over our scenario in case anyone listening might get heartaches in the same space.’ ” the wrong idea. The two move from beer to whiskey to “It was important to me because we’re tequila, a mix that practically invites a hangover singing this [in the] first person,” explains but also threatens to weaken both strangers’ Underwood. “I didn’t want it to be like, ‘Oh, defenses. James introduced “reposado” — a we’re going to get drunk and go home together,’ specific strain of tequila that has been aged because that’s not something that I would longer than the standard form — into the lyric, do. If it is going to be like an extreme kind requiring Underwood and likely a large cadre of character, I think I’d rather put it in third of casual drinkers to find a dictionary. person, you know, or put it in a [context where] “We like to give people Google-able you’re speaking about somebody completely moments, expand some vocabularies,” she different, not use first person.” says with a laugh. Underwood has earned a reputation for They embedded adaptable phrasing in taking on dark scripts in her career: bashing “Drinking Alone.” The verses are generally an ex-boyfriend’s car in “,” choppy and staccato, and they break for a conveying a vengeful murder in “Two Black heartbeat into a syncopated section. But the Cadillacs” and destroying a domestic horror chorus moves to a higher register with more chamber in “Blown Away.” The fact that those fluid, held-out tones. UNDERWOOD plots are so different from the woman singing “It had a little bit of swag to it, which I thought them is part of the attraction. was really fun,” observes Garcia. “At the same “I think that makes it fun for her,” says co-writer Brett James (“Church time, it’s one of those ones where she hits the big money notes at the end of it.” Bells,” “I Hold On”). “Even her performance on the CMAs, she was sultry and As the day wrapped, Underwood landed on a seven-note “ooh, ooh, ooh” sexy, and she’s so good at that.” passage that became a signature lick for the intro and the close of the chorus. “Drinking Alone,” which Capitol Nashville released to terrestrial radio via “We were actually recording the demo,” recalls James. “She just kind of PlayMPE on Oct. 28, puts the character’s dangerous, provocative persona sang that for fun, and we were like, ‘That’s it. That’s our answer.’ ” in a multigenre format: It’s essentially a country lyric encased in an R&B They recorded “Drinking Alone” at Zac Brown’s Southern Ground groove with a short arena-rock bridge. And it’s a song that played a huge role Recording Studio, using some of the programmed elements from the demo in shaping Cry Pretty, which became her sixth project to win favorite country underneath a live band that gave it a more sinister attitude, thanks to burning album at the on Nov. 24. “Drinking” emerged from slides and mysterious stabs from keyboardist Dave Cohen and guitarists Rob her first appointment with (“Love Wins,” “Meant to Be”), who McNelley and Tom Bukovac. ended up co-producing all but one song on the album with Underwood and “There’s some really signature stuff in the verses and on the intro co-writing six of its 13 tracks. — that kind of eerie-sounding guitar part that Rob McNelley came up with,” “It was what made me recognize very quickly that I wanted to work more with says Garcia. “Carrie and I looked at each other like, ‘Oh, that’s incredible.’ David,” she says of that first collaboration. “We’re the same age. I mean, we Those are the things that you’re hoping for.” kind of grew up at the same time and have a lot in common as far as personality, True to her real-life character, Underwood worked the vocals hard, pushing and he’s such a great music guy and track guy, and I feel like I’m better at melody herself to capture emotional nuances even after Garcia thought she had nailed it. and lyrics. We just kind of filled in each other’s gaps musically.” “Whatever the big note of the song is, she can do it 25 times and will say, ‘I During the drive to that appointment at Underwood’s writing cabin outside could do it again if you need me to,’ ” notes Garcia. of Nashville, James purposely aimed to create a sonic pallet that she had not Underwood did not know when she released Cry Pretty if “Drinking Alone” previously explored, and he arrived with a slow-boiling R&B groove in mind. would become a single, but it garnered some of the heaviest response among Garcia introduced a musical idea he had been playing with — a spacious, the new songs she performed during the tour, and it gave her a chance to further arpeggiated guitar with soul overtones — and it all aligned from there. develop the look and feel of the woman in the song: flirtatious, commanding, “That was the first thing I played, which probably coincided with the thing boundary-pushing even as she professes to having self-control. The song is that was going on — even though I didn’t know it — in Brett’s head,” says Garcia. No. 42 in its fourth week on the Country Airplay chart. “We listened to a few other things but kept going back to that first idea. And “It was fun to perform live,” says Underwood, “and I feel like that’s always then it kind of came very quickly.” something to keep in mind. It’s like, ‘OK, I’m going to be probably singing Underwood introduced “Drinking Alone” from her reservoir of potential this on award shows or TV shows at this time. What feels like it would be a

titles, and James twisted the hook into “drinking alone together.” That club- good next step?’ ” JENNINGS STEVE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 15 OF 19 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l1 2 25 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Old Dominion 5344 +74 8.802 l2 3 21 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett 5268 + 111 8.181 3 1 14 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 5179 -120 8.458 l4 5 27 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 4930 +252 7.434 l5 4 29 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 4879 +32 7.387 l6 6 29 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum 4641 +102 6.868 l7 7 21 TIP OF MY TONGUE Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 4260 +40 6.393 l8 8 35 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 3759 +91 5.902 l9 9 12 WE BACK Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 3453 +99 5.044 l10 10 8 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 3441 +139 5.191 l11 11 9 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 3207 +172 4.856 l12 12 16 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Feat. Trace Adkins 3030 +162 4.198 l13 13 24 DIVE BAR Pearl Garth Brooks Feat. Blake Shelton 2783 +54 4.191 l14 16 6 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 2674 +161 4.063 l15 18 18 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville HH Most Increased Plays HH Kane Brown 2666 +338 4.256 l16 14 16 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 2661 +109 3.697 l17 15 13 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River Kelsea Ballerini 2660 +108 3.749 l18 17 31 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 2566 +136 3.332 l19 19 35 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 2329 +127 3.367 l20 20 15 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 2274 +74 3.263 l21 21 26 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 2036 +96 2.592 l22 22 14 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1884 +251 2.515 l23 23 13 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 1558 +74 1.924 l24 24 26 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 1544 +167 1.941 l25 25 41 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 1364 +59 1.529 l26 26 20 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 1247 +30 1.586 l27 30 8 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine HH Most Added HH Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 1212 +282 1.620 l28 27 28 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 1212 +100 1.403 l29 29 4 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 1090 +78 1.500 l30 28 19 NOTHIN’ ON YOU CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 1074 +53 1.266

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEAN Fargo, N.D. KBVB Lebanon, N.H. WXXK Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ Alexandria, La. KRRV Fayetteville, N.C. WKML Lincoln, Neb KFGE Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI Amarillo, Texas KGNC Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFF Longview, Texas KYKX Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Asheville, N.C. WKSF Flint, Mich. WFBE Lubbock, Texas KLLL Savannah, Ga. WJCL Atlantic City, N.J. WPUR Florence, Ala. WXFL Lufkin, Texas KYKS WUBB Beaumont, Texas KYKR Florence, S.C. WEGX Marshalltown, Iowa KXIA Shreveport, La. KXKS Beckley, W. Va. WJLS Ft. Collins, Colo. KUAD Mason City, Iowa KIAI Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX Biloxi, Miss. WZKX Ft. Smith, Ark. KTCS Medford, Ore. KRWQ South Bend, Ind. WBYT Bloomington, Ill. WIBL Frederick, Md. WFRE Meridian, Miss. WOKK Springfield, Ill. WFMB Bluefield, W. Va. WHKX Fredericksburg, Va. WFLS Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Springfield, Mo. KTTS Burlington, Vt. WOKO Green Bay, Wis. WNCY Montgomery, Ala. WLWI Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Cape Girardeau, Mo. KEZS Hagerstown, Md. WAYZ Morgantown, W. Va. WKKW Topeka, Kan. WIBW Charleston, W. Va WKWS Hot Springs, Ark. KQUS Muskegon, Mich. WMUS Traverse City, Mich. WTCM WQBE Huntington, Ky. WDGG New London, Conn. WCTY Tupelo, Miss. WWZD College Station, Texas KAGG Huntington, W. Va. WTCR Odessa, Texas KHKX Utica, N.Y. WFRG Colorado Springs. KCCY Idaho Falls, Idaho KTHK Palm Springs, Calif. KPLM Victor Valley, CA. KATJ Columbia, Mo. KCLR Jackson, Miss. WMSI Pensacola, Fla. WXBM Waco, Texas WACO Columbus, Ga. WKCN WUSJ Peoria, Ill. WXCL Wausau, Wis. WDEZ WSTH Janesville, Wis. WJVL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWD Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQ Jonesboro, Ark. KDXY Rapid City, S.D. KOUT Williamsport, Pa. WILQ Dothan, Ala. WTVY Joplin, Mo. KIXQ Rockford, Ill. WXXQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Duluth, Minn. KKCB Kalamazoo, Mich. WNWN Rocky Mount, N.C. WDWG Youngstown, Ohio WQXK Eau Claire, Wis. WAXX Kalispell, Mont. KDBR Saginaw, Mich. WCEN WWGY Elizabeth City, N.C. WRSF Kingmah, Ariz. KFLG St. Cloud, Minn. KZPK Westwood One HOT COUNTRY Erie, Pa. WTWF Lafayette, Ind. WKOA Salina, Kan. KYEZ MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Eugene, Ore. KKNU Laredo, Texas KRRG Salisbury, Md. WKTT Music Choice TODAY’S COUNTRY Evansville, Ind. WKDQ Lansing, Mich. WITL San Angelo, Texas KGKL Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY Laurel, Miss. WBBN San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 16 OF 19 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l31 31 11 BLESSINGS BMLG Florida Georgia Line 963 +43 1.140 l32 32 24 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 786 +19 0.771 l33 34 30 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 750 +63 0.889 l34 33 9 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 739 +13 1.043 l35 35 17 DETAILS Mercury Billy Currington 675 +21 0.718 l36 36 11 COUNTRY RADIO BIG Label Aaron Watson 648 +42 0.837 l37 38 18 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 637 +66 0.795 l38 37 7 HOLD ON Capitol Nashville Hootie & The Blowfish 620 +40 0.640 l39 41 12 BACK AGAIN Mac Powell/Thirty Tigers Mac Powell & The Family Reunion 519 +30 0.537 l40 40 11 OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 509 +4 0.505 l41 42 13 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 506 +21 0.432 l42 43 12 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 487 +65 0.481 l43 45 7 HOSTAGE Tiffany Woys Tiffany Woys 440 +56 0.446 l44 44 12 ANOTHER LOVE SONG Fleur de Magnolia James Dupre 430 +8 0.488 l45 47 8 CHILL Free Flow/Tatum Town Dave McElroy 406 +59 0.457 l46 46 8 THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE MCA Nashville George Strait 376 +25 0.470 l47 53 4 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 371 +67 0.330 l48 48 3 COMING Sea Gayle CJ Solar 369 +35 0.413 l49 51 10 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 359 +27 0.436 l50 49 8 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 354 +20 0.334 l51 52 6 I’LL NEVER GET OVER YOU Tommy Jackson/Thirty Tigers  343 +20 0.417 l52 54 8 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 340 +39 0.208 l53 50 5 WHATEVER THIS IS Redneck Jessie G 336 +3 0.413 54 39 17 MADE IN AMERICA Lawrence Tracy Lawrence 323 -194 0.224 l55 56 5 DROWNING RCA Nashville Chris Young 315 +36 0.290 l56 55 5 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 309 + 11 0.352 l57 58 11 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 302 +37 0.308 l58 57 4 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 291 +18 0.268 l59 NEW I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR HH Hot Shot Debut HH  Gabby Barrett 285 +104 0.321 l60 60 6 BREAK IT IN Valory Eli Young Band 261 +26 0.380

CHARTS LEGEND RANKINGS station downtime for the format. gaining enough audience points MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ Country Airplay is ranked by Titles that decline in audience to bullet or if they rank below No. PLAYS total audience impressions but increase in detections will 10 and post a third consecutive Most Increased Audience on for the week ending Sunday also receive a bullet if the total week of (non-bulleted) audience Country Airplay and Most based on monitored airplay of audience erosion for the week decline, regardless of total chart Increased Plays on Country 149 stations by Nielsen BDS. does not exceed 3%. Bullets are weeks. On Country Indicator, Indicator list the songs with the Audience totals on the chart are awarded on Country Indicator to descending, non-bulleted titles greatest week-to-week increases derived, in part, using certain titles gaining plays or remaining below No. 10 are moved to in total audience or plays, Arbitron Inc. copyrighted flat from the previous week. recurrent after 20 weeks or if they respectively. Persons 12+ audience post a third consecutive week of estimates (under license © TIES decline in plays after 10 weeks. AIRPOWER 2019, Arbitron Inc.) Country On Country Airplay, if two songs Awarded on Country Airplay to Indicator is tabulated using are tied in total audience, the song HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in reported playlists and Nielsen with the larger increase in audience Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for BDS-monitored airplay at 109 is placed first. On Country Indicator, new entry on Country Airplay and the first time, with increases in stations, ranked by total plays. if two songs are tied in total plays, Country Indicator, respectively. both plays and audience. the song with the larger increase in BULLETS plays is placed first. MOST ADDED BREAKER l Awarded on Country Airplay The total number of new adds Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or RECURRENTS officially reported to Billboard by to titles achieving airplay (at remaining flat from the previous On Country Airplay, descending each reporting station, or by an least one detection) at 60% of week. A song will also receive titles below No. 10 in either automatic-add threshold (seven plays reporting stations for the first a bullet if its percentage loss audience or detections are moved for the first time in a chart tracking time. in audience does not exceed to recurrent after 20 weeks, week, according to Nielsen BDS) for the percentage of monitored provided that they are not still stations that do not report adds. © 2019 Prometheus Global Media, LLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. E   IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious R   (Songwriter) Chart Position Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Big Music Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ REMEMBER YOU YOUNG EMI Blackwood Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane 10,000 HOURS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Shay Publishing, BMI/Island South, SESAC/Rosest Music, Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., SESAC/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 26 BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Combustion Engine BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Publishing Corp., BMI/Works For RHA Music, BMI (L. Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WC Music Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Fulcher) 1 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Sony/ II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Corp., ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/ J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 3 Music Corp., ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/ EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Goes Something BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Maps And BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, Like THIS Music, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Records Music, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, J.Boyd) 9 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Music, Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Music, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill BMI/Make It Matter Music, BMI (C.Smith, Erik Dylan, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rezonate Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two A   C.Harrington) 28 Music, ASCAP (M.Lambert, H.Lindsey, L.McKenna, L.Rose) 38 Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 5 AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, F   I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 24 S   Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, FAMILY TREE Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sounds BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, Like Chet Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP BMI/Low Z Music, BMI/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working K   Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 25 For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP LLC, ASCAP (C.Hammack, T.Verges, G.Sampson) 33 KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 49 B   The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller FRONT SEAT Totally Awesome Music, BMI (J. Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red BLESSINGS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Jordan) 43 Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 17 Countryside, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Warner- G   J.Osborne) 10 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ L   WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky (E.L.Weisband) 52 Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 59 T.Douglas, J.Frasure, J.M.Schmidt, E.K.Smith) 36 H   Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, T   THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ HEAD OVER HEELS Magic Mustang Music H.Phelps) 41 Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, Inc., BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songwriters ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic THANK GOD FOR YOU Mighty Jon 007 Music, Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Music M   BMI/Spark Lark Music, BMI/Rare Spark Media Group, Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Sony/ BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 14 ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ BMI/ole Songs Of Parallel, ASCAP/Year Of The Dog Music, Company, BMI/Big Deal Beats, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree BREAK IT IN Plaid Flag Music, BMI/McCarty And N.Cooke, T.Cecil, J.Mullins) 55 SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, Publishing, BMI (B.Chaffin, J.McElroy, L.Mize, R.Montana) 47 Blake, LLC, BMI/South By Sea Music Publishing, BMI/ ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman Music Publishing, ASCAP/ Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV 11 Music Machine, BMI/Florida Songs Vibez, BMI/I Finally Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ P.Sikes, J.Denmark)  Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing Got Some Publishing, BMI/Riser House Tunes, SESAC (B. Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Davis, B.Day, D.Ross, M.Whitworth) 48 MASTERPIECE Not Listed (Not Listed) 57 CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 7 Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, C   MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer G.Smith) 58 HELL RIGHT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 32 TIP OF MY TONGUE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Songs Of Rezolant Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 20 (D.A.Garcia, B.Tyler, M.W.Hardy) 18 Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/ Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Ed Sheeran Limited, PRS Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music Corp., (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, E.C.Sheeran) 8 HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, CHASIN’ ME True To The Song, BMI (C.D.Jones) 53 D.Southerland) 19 TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 30 N   ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 23 Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, HOLD ON Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ C.Wiseman) 34 Dontcallmebrett Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Tucky Music, ASCAP (J.Beavers, C.Stapleton) 40 Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five W   Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, D   B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 50 WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ DETAILS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing O   Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, N.Galyon) 21 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (B.D.Warren, ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 37 Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 12 HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative WE WERE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 29 BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Harolds Purple Heart ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, ONE MAN BAND WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, R.Tyndell) 4 J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 46 J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 22 Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMI/Roy Rivers Publishing, BMI/Cowboy Hat Trick, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Music, Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP ASCAP (M.Rossell, B.Kennedy, T.G.Brooks) 15 SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves) 35 T.Phillips) 13 Rosen, B.F.Tursi, J.Osborne) 2 DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third I   ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit ASCAP/Dalmatian Music, PRS/Universal-PolyGram Int. Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music Tunes, Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurd- Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, I DO FOR YOU Riser House Tunes, SESAC/Golden SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love jamz, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 56 Walls Music, SESAC/The Song Factory LLC, SESAC/Double RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, J.Green, R.J.Hurd, L.Veltz) 6 Gobble Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (M.D.Carmichael, SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 45 J.Melton) 51 WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ OVER DRINKING W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Songs Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (T.Howell, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 42 ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs B.Lancaster, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 54 J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 27 II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Vistaville Music, DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Hits, WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C.R.Barlowe, J.Frasure, Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather A.Gorley, S.Jones, H.Lindsey) 60 Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ SESAC (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 39 Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane J.M.Nite) 16 Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 31 WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 44 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold R   (Songwriter) Chart Position Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg REFRIGERATOR DOOR Big Music Machine, 10,000 HOURS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Shay ASCAP/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., SESAC (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 44 Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Station West, BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. ASCAP (L.Combs, J.Brooker) 46 E   Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 27 BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WC Music REMEMBER YOU YOUNG EMI Blackwood Music Corp., ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Big Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Music Corp., ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/ IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, Publishing, BMI/Island South, SESAC/Rosest Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Combustion Engine 1 Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, J.Boyd)  SESAC/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs 1, 2 MANY Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, Publishing Corp., BMI/Works For RHA Music, BMI (L. Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Fulcher) 3 F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 42 J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 7 Countryside, BMI/Copyright Control/Works Of RHA F   RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Sony/ ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, T.King, FAMILY TREE Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sounds Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two 39 BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Maps And D.Parker)  Like Chet Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., Records Music, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda BMI/Low Z Music, BMI/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working A   Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, BMI/ Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 11 For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rezonate AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, LLC, ASCAP (C.Hammack, T.Verges, G.Sampson) 47 Music, ASCAP (M.Lambert, H.Lindsey, L.McKenna, L.Rose) 33 S   BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass FOR MY DAUGHTER Songs Of Universal, Inc., I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI (K.Brown, Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 26 Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP T.Douglas, C.McGill) 45 WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 25 (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 36 K   G   T   ALL IS FOUND Wonderland Music Company, Inc., BMI  38 KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween (K.Anderson-Lopez, R.Lopez)  THE GIT UP Blanco Theory, SESAC (B.A.III) 15 The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller TIP OF MY TONGUE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ B   Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ Rezolant Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Ed Sheeran Limited, PRS BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/ Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, E.C.Sheeran) 14 BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 34 J.Osborne) 10 ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell,   H L   Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ R.Montana) 30 Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 28 Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, W   MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 12 H.Phelps) 48 Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 50 WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane HEARTLESS I Like Turtles Music, ASCAP/KMR Music M   Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Royalties II SCSp, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, LLC, ASCAP/Duke City Music, BMI/KMR Music Royalties II MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ SCSp., SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Big Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Songs Of SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (B.D.Warren, Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Universal, Inc., BMI (T.W.Pentz, H.A.Allen, M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 13 BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 5 ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman Music Publishing, ASCAP/ R.J.Hurd, Charlie Handsome) 19 Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 23 WE WERE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer C   HELL RIGHT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Harolds Purple Heart ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Music, BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, R.Tyndell) 8 Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 49 Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., (D.A.Garcia, B.Tyler, M.W.Hardy) 20 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 29 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Songs Of Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Dalmatian Music, PRS/Universal-PolyGram Int. CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Tunes, Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurd- Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/Universal Music Corp., Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, jamz, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 37 Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, J.Green, R.J.Hurd, L.Veltz) 6 Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, D.Southerland) 22 C.Wiseman) 32 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, O   WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood COVER ME UP Fame Publishing Company LLC, Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing ONE MAN BAND WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Songs Of Emchant, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI  BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI  35 (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ (M.J.Isbell)  N.Galyon) 17 Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, D   ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ J.M.Nite) 21 HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Dimes Publishing, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/These Are ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Rosen, B.F.Tursi, J.Osborne) 2 Pulse Songs, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Super Big Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (L.Combs, Bary Dean, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, 41 J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 43 J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 31 ONE THING RIGHT Songs Of Kobalt Music J.Singleton)  Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Marshmellow Music, BMI/ DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/ BMI/Roy Rivers Publishing, BMI/Cowboy Hat Trick, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs For ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/No Fences Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Owen Music, SESAC/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Smackworks ASCAP (M.Rossell, B.Kennedy, T.G.Brooks) 24 Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/ SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC (Marshmello, K.Brown, J.Frasure, DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ T.Phillips) 16 J.Hoge, M.J.McGinn) 4 Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs I   P   Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 40 PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/ BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/ ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 18 BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Cruz) 9 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 2, 2019 | PAGE 19 OF 19 CODA 30 Years Ago Garth Brooks Hit No. 1 For The First Time In 1989, “” began his run of 19 Hot Country Songs leaders to date

On Dec. 9, 1989, Garth Brooks’ “If signing with Capitol Records in June Music Hall of Fame in 2012, won the Tomorrow Never Comes” reached 1988. He joined the Grand Ole Opry entertainer of the year trophy for a No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, becoming on Oct. 6, 1990, the same date that seventh time at the Country Music his first leader. The ballad, written by “” became his Association Awards on Nov. 13. Brooks and Kent Blazy, was the second third No. 1; that night, he performed Brooks’ latest hit, “Dive Bar,” with of four singles from Brooks’ self-titled the first three of his chart leaders. Blake Shelton, ranks at No. 24 on Hot first LP. The set also spun off his second Now 57, the superstar — who is Country Songs. On Feb. 22, 2020, No. 1, “The Dance.” married to Trisha Yearwood — has he’ll kick off a new round of stadium Born in Tulsa, Okla., on Feb. 7, 1962, rolled up 19 No. 1s among 36 top 10s. concerts in Detroit. Brooks was a boot salesman before Brooks, who entered the Country —JIM ASKER

Brooks, circa 1990.

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