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HARDY’S Women Carry The Load For No. 1 ‘Beer’ Page 4 Country’s 2020 Christmas Music

Grammys’ Alternate Women made history when the Grammy nominations were way the culture evolved. Women, according to a piece in The Take On Country announced Nov. 24, as each of the five finalists for best Daily Mail, took on issues related to the home when roles were Page 9 country album was credited to a solo female or a group with originally assigned, and they still tend to take more ownership female members. of such domestic events as Christmas, while men generally act The ladies are dominating country’s new Christmas albums as if the holiday happens on its own. Thus, women usually stress this year, too. At least four LPs and EPs for the season belong to the most in advance while men typically drink the most when the Parton, Brooks Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Maddie & Tae and Run- big day arrives — not that everyone falls into just one stereotype. Ready Christmas TV away June. New male yuletide music is mostly individual tracks, “I guess I’m the man in my relationship,” says Runaway June’s Programming though Mitchell Tenpenny is offering an EP, Neon Christmas. Jennifer Wayne with a laugh, “because he does all the cooking Page 10 That disparity seems appropriate, and I do all the drinking.” too, since women are the gender The tendency to plan paid that takes charge of the holidays. A off in 2020’s holiday projects 2013 study by online research firm as all four of the female acts Shania Twain: YouGov established that women assembled releases that reflect Jazz Icon? are more likely to send Christmas their artistry. Maddie & Tae, both Page 10 cards, buy presents, cook the big of whom are newlyweds, applied dinner, fill stockings and decorate their melancholy harmonies and the tree. Men are more evenly active counterintuitive arrangements to MADDIE & TAE RUNAWAY JUNE Makin’ Tracks: when it comes to buying the tree or familiar carols on the EP We Need Skip Ewing’s ‘Juggler’ — perhaps out of guilt — cleaning up Christmas and infused a new song, Page 14 after the big meal. “Merry Married Christmas,” with their personal status. Runaway Essentially, women are expected to plan and handle the holi- June brought classic pop vocal stacks to a mostly breezy EP, When I day season, so they tend to think about it earlier in the year than Think About Christmas. Underwood, who has periodically nodded their male counterparts. to her faith during her career, expressed her motherly instincts Country Coda: “Men, you know, when it gets a little bit closer, then they’re by centering much of her My Gift album on the nativity, featuring Eddy Arnold’s ‘World’ thinking about it,” suggests Runaway June’s Naomi Cooke. son Isaiah Fisher on “The Little Drummer Boy.” And the bubbly, Page 17 “They’re more kind of like one thing at a time, where women outgoing Parton threw a party, inviting guests Willie Nelson, can think about Halloween and Christmas and Easter and kind Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon for an album of keep all of those things in the same box.” she humorously titled A Holly Dolly Christmas.

The two sexes think about it differently thanks in part to the “I love ‘A Holly Jolly Christmas’ with Burl Ives,” she told FAIRCHILD FORD JUNE: RUNAWAY LLANES. JOSEPH TAE: & MADDIE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 2 OF 17

Billboard in August. “He used to be on all of my Christmas specials all through the years. I think of him as Mr. Christmas. I thought, ‘Why don’t I call it something cute and clever like that or Deck the Halls With Boughs of Dolly?’ ” Maddie & Tae and Runaway June supported Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour 360 in 2019. They did not discuss holiday music with one another at the time, which made it all the more ironic when they each decided to tackle the topic this year. “We were kind of jokingly calling it a ‘Cry Pretty Christmas,’ ” says Underwood. But the seasonal music was also something of a tension release. Even though women tend to shoulder more of the stress of the holiday, working on these projects in the middle of a pandemic provided a sense of creative structure. “It was nice to be able to go in and sing these joyful, hopeful, peaceful songs in the middle of such an unsure year,” observes Underwood. “Because I am pretty type A, I like to know what’s going to happen next, and this year was just Willie Nelson took questions from SiriusXM subscribers for a Nov. 26 not about that at all. So I would go in and just feel blessed that I was in there, Thanksgiving special on the Willie’s Roadhouse channel. Clockwise and I got to sing these songs.” from upper left: SiriusXM hosts Jeannie Seely and Dallas Wayne, In Maddie & Tae’s case, the studio was decorated with a couple of Christmas Nelson and SiriusXM host (and Willie’s daughter) Paula Nelson. trees and they had hot chocolate, though they could not completely escape coronavirus-related conditions from the outside world. “You couldn’t obviously shake hands or hug, which gets us ’cause we abso- lutely adore all of the musicians and the producers that worked on this project,” says the duo’s Taylor Kerr. “We had masks and we had to distance, but for the most part, it felt as normal as it could.” Happily abnormal was the general lack of concern about playlists and instru- mentation. No one expects “Sleigh Ride” to battle for a top 10 position in July, so many of the artistic guardrails are removed. “The thing that Christmas music allows a lot of is you can kind of widen your scope a little bit and try things that might not normally make sense,” notes Run- away June’s Natalie Stovall. “It absolutely makes sense at Christmas because CMT host Cody Alan (left) chatted with Trisha Yearwood and Garth Christmas is almost like its own genre of music.” Brooks in his Zoom Room on the CMT Radio Facebook page on Nov. 20. While the female acts used their creativity to encapsulate their personalities on their holiday music, a comparison with a few of the male projects shows that those differences between the sexes do play a musical role. Tenpenny’s Neon Christmas takes a male approach in its new material, spending the day in a bar in the title track and turning the yuletide into a steamy bedroom affair in “Snow Angels.” Florida Georgia Line’s “Lit This Year” casts Christmas lights against alcohol in a bit of wordplay, promoting the duo’s Old Camp whiskey in the process. But don’t think those general differences apply to everyone. Dan + Shay’s new titles, “Take Me Home for Christmas” and “Christmas Isn’t Christmas,” find men leaning toward the sentimental. And Kerr is quick to point out that while women are more likely to send cards, she’s certainly not among them. “People are going to put them up on their fridge for what — a week? — and then they’ll drop away,” she reasons. “I’m not wasting that money.” Sony/ATV acquired Lynn Oliver-Cline’s River House Artists catalog, Merry Christmas, no matter how you fit into country’s gender scale. which includes hit songs recorded by Luke Combs and Jake Owen. She is flanked by Sony/ATV chairman/CEO Jon Platt (left) and Sony/ATV Additional reporting by Heran Mamo and Melinda Newman. Nashville CEO Rusty Gaston.

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] HARDY Hoists ‘Beer’ To No. 1; Morgan Wallen Makes Chart History

HARDY scores his first No. 1 as a recording artist on Billboard’s Country Air- Songs No. 1 and his second Country Digital Song Sales leader. play chart, dated Dec. 5. “One Beer” (Big Loud) — featuring Lauren Alaina Flying in at No. 8 on Hot Country Songs is “Still Goin Down,” which drew and Devin Dawson — rises from No. 3 to the top with 33.1 million audi- 11.2 million clicks and sold 10,000. It opens at No. 2 on Country Digital Song ence impressions, up 10%, in the week ending Nov. 29, according to Nielsen Sales and No. 5 on Country Streaming Songs. Music/MRC Data. Wallen also sports a third track in the Hot Country Songs top 10 as “More This is the second chart appearance by HARDY (whose full name is Michael Than My Hometown” holds at its No. 2 high (27.6 million in airplay audience; Wilson Hardy), 30, as a recording act, after “Rednecker” reached No. 26 in 12.2 million streams; and 5,000 sold). He is the second act to triple up in that April 2019. region of the chart this year, after Combs on Nov. 7 (“Forever After All,” No. 1; “This No. 1 is definitely the most special to me,” he tells “Better Together,” No. 6; and “Lovin’ On You” No. 9). Only Billboard. “It takes a lot of work for a young artist to take a song Florida Georgia Line (six weeks in 2018), Taylor Swift (one, to the top, between that artist and his radio team. So, from the 2012), Buck Owens (one, 1961), Faron Young (one, 1960) bottom of my heart, I want to say thank you and that I’m very and Johnny Cash (three, 1958) previously scored such a Hot excited for this achievement. I’ll definitely be drinking more Country Songs hat trick. than one beer tonight.” HARDY wrote “Beer” with Hillary Lindsey and Jake Mitch- ‘HAPPY’ PLACE Kenny Chesney rolls up his 58th Country ell. As a songwriter, he adds his seventh Country Airplay leader Airplay top 10 as “Happy Does” (Blue Chair/Warner Music and second in a row as “Beer” supplants Morgan Wallen’s Nashville/WEA) hops 11-10 (19.6 million, up 4%). He ties “More Than My Hometown” after a week in the pole position. Tim McGraw for the second-most top 10s (after George Alaina and Dawson earn their third and first No. 1, respec- HARDY Strait’s 61) since the chart originated in 1990. Chesney boasts tively. Alaina ruled for a week each with “Road Less Traveled” a record 31 No. 1s. in April 2017 and as featured on Kane Brown’s “What Ifs” that October. BROOKS IS BACK Garth Brooks nets his 23rd Top Country Albums top 10 DOUBLE DEBUT Morgan Wallen becomes the first artist to have two titles with new studio set Fun (Pearl). It arrives at No. 7 with 18,000 equivalent simultaneously debut in the top 10 of the airplay-, sales- and streaming-based album units (14,000 in album sales). His last studio project, Gunslinger, ar- Hot Country Songs chart (which began as an all-encompassing genre ranking rived and peaked at No. 4 in December 2016. in 1958). Brooks’ run of Top Country Albums top 10s stretches to five straight decades: Both tracks, released Nov. 20, are from his upcoming double album, Danger- His self-titled debut LP reached the region in December 1989. He’s the third ous (due Jan. 8, 2021). They mark his seventh and eighth total top 10s. Leading artist to earn the honor since the ’80s, after Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, the pair are “Somebody’s Problem,” which rockets onto the survey at No. 3. whose record streaks date to the ’60s (with the chart having begun in 1964). It’s the third-highest entrance of 2020, behind Wallen’s own “7 Summers” — the song made a No. 1 debut on Aug. 29 — and Luke Combs’ “Forever After MORE NEW TOP 10s Lee Brice adds his fifth Top Country Albums top 10 as All,” which launched atop the Nov. 7 list. Hey World (Curb) debuts at No. 8 with 17,000 units. Plus, Koe Wetzel nabs “Problem” attracted 15.4 million U.S. streams and sold 11,000 downloads his second such hit on the chart as Sellout (YellaBush/Columbia) starts at in the week ending Nov. 26. It bows as Wallen’s fourth Country Streaming No. 10 (11,000). TANNER GALLAGHER TANNER

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l1 3 43 ONE BEER Big Loud HH No. 1 (1 week)/Most Increased Audience HH HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 33.058 +3.045 7584 654 1 l2 4 19 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 31.268 +2.042 7262 348 2 3 2 39 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 30.890 -1.451 6584 -499 4 l4 5 53 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 30.223 +1.324 6994 261 3 5 1 27 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 27.614 -6.021 5771 -2089 7 6 6 34 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb  Lee Brice 27.550 -0.709 6013 -188 6 l7 7 47 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 26.280 +0.958 6071 2 11 5 l8 8 37 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 23.807 +1.736 5601 356 8 l9 10 18 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 21.487 +1.342 5278 270 9 l10 11 20 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 19.555 +0.716 4702 366 10 l11 12 32 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG  Lady A 19.116 +1.092 4549 201 11 l12 13 9 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 18.640 +1.856 4417 541 12 l13 14 26 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 15.391 +0.888 4154 117 13 l14 15 17 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 15.133 +0.932 3805 137 15 l15 16 33 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 14.528 +0.734 3881 167 14 l16 17 14 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton 14.207 +1.871 3739 393 16 l17 20 12 LONG LIVE BMLG  Florida Georgia Line 11.903 +1.104 3127 198 19 l18 21 7 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville HH Airpower HH Luke Bryan 11.819 +1.999 2933 517 20 l19 18 24 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 11.448 +0.290 3221 67 17 l20 19 41 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 11.441 +0.579 3195 83 18 l21 22 3 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory  Thomas Rhett 9.457 +2.027 2336 596 23 l22 24 28 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 7.621 +0.974 2213 161 24 l23 23 42 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 7.261 +0.389 2623 169 21 l24 26 26 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 7.006 +0.657 2423 119 22 l25 25 15 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 6.661 +0.227 1779 58 28 l26 27 25 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 6.182 +0.598 2152 126 26 l27 28 32 NOBODY Curb  Dylan Scott 6.114 +0.748 2174 114 25 l28 30 31 LADY BMLG  Brett Young 5.819 +0.774 1698 242 30 l29 29 28 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 5.526 +0.334 2052 58 27 l30 31 8 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 4.869 +0.184 1485 74 32

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience. of 148 stations by Nielsen detections will also receive decline, regardless of total Music. Audience totals on a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER the chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience. The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER on Nielsen Music’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time. or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to Nielsen Music) previous week. A song audience or detections are for stations that do not report © 2020 Prometheus Global Media, will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds. LLC if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 7 OF 17

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 31 32 10 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 4.410 -0.075 1600 -23 31 l32 33 6 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 4.205 +0.015 1445 49 33 l33 34 35 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 4.130 +0.538 1715 138 29 34 35 10 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 3.429 -0.137 1008 44 39 l35 39 4 HELL OF A VIEW BigEC/EMI Nashville Eric Church 3.373 +0.631 1032 171 37 l36 36 18 BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift 3.274 +0.189 1243 14 35 l37 38 28 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 3.038 +0.228 973 80 40 l38 37 24 HARD DAYS Valory  Brantley Gilbert 2.973 +0.157 1292 70 34 l39 41 19 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 2.683 +0.260 1063 33 36 l40 43 10 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 2.314 +0.041 671 -26 46 l41 44 10 NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 2.309 +0.126 896 35 41 42 42 5 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 2.214 -0.128 639 10 47 l43 45 6 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory  Justin Moore 2.201 +0.087 706 18 42 l44 46 12 DEAR RODEO CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson & Reba McEntire 2.169 +0.147 429 12 58 l45 48 13 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 2.111 +0.182 672 2 45 l46 47 22 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse  Runaway June 2.013 +0.042 1032 -13 38 l47 51 3 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 2.012 +0.441 594 109 50 48 49 22 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 1.679 -0.129 623 -35 49 l49 NEW COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/ Most Added HH Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs 1.641 +1.243 300 2 11 - 50 50 4 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb  Lee Brice 1.570 -0.107 565 39 51 51 52 15 WHAT DO I KNOW Arista Nashville Robert Counts 1.460 -0.070 690 -25 43 l52 54 8 MY BOY Wheelhouse  Elvie Shane 1.394 +0.186 639 1 48 53 40 4 YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 1.084 -1.455 473 -178 55 l54 55 11 WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 1.051 +0.067 428 14 59 l55 56 11 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse  LOCASH 1.014 +0.044 503 -8 52 l56 58 6 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 0.953 +0.053 431 6 57 l57 57 17 ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.885 -0.022 688 15 44 l58 RE-ENTRY WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.748 +0.022 359 10 - l59 RE-ENTRY A SONG TO REMEMBER Low Country Sound/Elektra/WEA A Thousand Horses 0.738 +0.002 428 10 60 l60 60 3 WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 0.738 -0.002 313 13 -

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12/7 CHRIS BANDI Would Have Loved Her CHASE RICE FEAT. RECORDS FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. KYLIE FREY Amen. I Do Thing BBR/Dack Janiels/BMLG Deep Frey’d

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The song pushes 14-13 for a new high on Country Airplay, up 6% to 15.4 million KELSEA impressions. It’s the third — and BALLERINI highest-charting — single from her self- Hole in the Bottle titled album, which reached No. 2 on Top Country Albums in April. FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (LEFT) AND RICE

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Feat. Luke Combs 17 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 9 BROKEN UP Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.671 53 0 HELL OF A VIEW BigEC/EMI Nasvhille Eric Church 7 FAMOUS FRIENDS RCA Nashville Chris Young & Kane Brown 0.646 3 2 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory Thomas Rhett 5 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 0.523 7 2 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 4 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice 4 TAKE ME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 0.514 2 2 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 4 NEED A BAR SOMETIMES Show Dog Nashville Clay Walker 0.464 21 1 BLAME IT ON YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 4 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Broken Bow Lainey Wilson 0.304 32 1 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 3 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 3 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 21.166 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 18.102 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson +3.045 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +2.042 3 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 16.809 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory Thomas Rhett +2.027 4 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 16.065 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +1.999 5 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 15.193 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton +1.871 6 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 11.848 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.856 7 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 11.655 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +1.736 8 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 11.614 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +1.342 9 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Nashville Maddie & Tae 11. 012 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane +1.324 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs +1.242 10 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 9.711 MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson +654 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Valory Thomas Rhett +596 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +541 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +517 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton +393 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +366 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +356 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +348 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +270 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane +261 COMBS JANSON COMBS: JACK MASSEY. JANSON: CONNER DWYER CONNER JANSON: MASSEY. JACK COMBS: TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 22, 2020

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 2 12 BAD GUY (Independent)  HH 1 Week at 1 HH Casey Donahew 1924 161 l11 13 14 ANOTHER TOWN (Independent)  Jon Stork 1343 185 l2 5 20 GRAVITY & YOU (Jake Bush Music)  Jake Bush 1814 255 l12 16 12 DEAR RODEO (COJO/Warners Nashille)  Cody Johnson 1221 111 l3 4 11 HEART TO STEAL TONIGHT (Independent)  Jon Wolfe 1792 201 l13 15 17 TOO MANY LOVE SONGS (Independent)  Kaitlyn Kohler 116 0 32 l4 6 13 WANT TO WITH YOU (Independent)  Jamie Richards 1638 99 l14 17 15 MISSIN’ YOU, MISSISSIPPI (Independent)  Dustin Sonnier 114 3 107 l5 7 9 I DO THING (Independent)  Kylie Frey 1601 132 15 1 26 WHEN SHE’S DRINKIN’ (Independent)  George Navarro 110 3 -925 6 3 23 LONESOME, ON’RY AND MEAN (S.O.T.)  Jody Booth and Tracy Byrd 1587 - 11 l16 21 15 RHYTHM OF YOU (Independent)  Holly Tucker 1055 226 l7 8 22 THE LUCKIEST (Independent)  Josh Abbott Band 1526 110 17 10 24 I’D LOOK GOOD ON YOU (Independent)  Jesse Raub Jr. 971 -247 l8 9 7 DRINKING MONEY (Independent)  Randy Rogers Band 1417 151 18 11 31 LIKE A COWBOY (Independent)  Parker McCollum 953 -252 l9 12 8 STILL A LITTLE COUNTRY LEFT (Independent)  Curtis Grimes 1373 212 l19 26 2 CALLIN’ ALL HEARTS (Independent)  Terry McBride 938 177 l10 14 8 FOOL’S LOVE AFFAIR (117 Music)  Randy Travis 1351 216 l20 18 19 SHE’S MY WHISKEY (Independent)  Mark Winston Kirk 926 52

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 972-252-8777. Copyright 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 9 OF 17

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND

welcomed market president/chief revenue officer Mason Benitez to oversee its four signals, including country KIXS. Benitez was previously Cumulus/Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas, sales manager, working with a cluster that includes country KAYD … Adams Radio/Tallahassee, Fla., hired operations manager Jason Taylor, who will also serve as PD for country WWOF. He arrives from the

PETER KRAMER PETER PD role at crosstown WTNT … Cox Brett Young (left) and Lauren Alaina performed aboard floats during Media Group executive vp Bill the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Nov. 26. Hendrich announced plans to retire on Dec. 31. He will retain an advisory GRAMMYS AN ARTFUL ALTERNATIVE role through 2021 … Cumulus The music business is, almost by definition, an uncomfortable mix of art and regional vp/Cincinnati market industry, and the Recording Academy continues to weigh creativity in favor manager Dave Crowl will retire Darryl Worley showed off his of commercial achievements in its consideration of country music. at year’s end, RadioInsight.com kitchen talents in a Thanksgiving Many of the nominees announced Nov. 24 in the genre’s four categories for reported, concluding a 44-year Day social media post. the 63rd annual Grammy Awards are regularly recognized as awards recipients career. Cumulus’ five Cincinnati and/or finalists, including Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, Old Dominion stations include country WNNF … Voting is open to determine the five acts and Little Big Town. appearing in the New Faces Show during the Country Radio Seminar here But the projects under consideration from the academy are often distinctly through Dec. 4. The contenders: Tenille Arts, Travis Denning, HARDY, Ryan different from the titles that propel artists into the finals in the Country Hurd, Ashley McBryde, Parker McCollum, Niko Moon, Jameson Rodgers Music Association or Academy of Country Music Awards. Lambert’s artful and Matt Stell. In lieu of the pandemic, CRS will be held virtually Feb. 16- “Bluebird,” Maren Morris’ “The Bones” and Ingrid Andress’ “More Hearts 19, 2021. Than Mine” populated the ballots in both of those country-only awards shows, as well as the Grammys. ’ROUND THE ROW But after Old Dominion’s sweet “One Man Band” took the ACM’s song of Courtney Kruckeberg will join Endurance Music Group on Dec. 1 as creative the year in September, it was replaced by the group’s weighty “Some People manager. She was most recently catalog manager for Mojo Music following Do” in two categories, best country song and best country duo/group per- its acquisition of HoriPro Entertainment. Reach her here … The Nashville formance, on the Grammy list. Notably, “One Man Band” hit No. 1 on the Songwriters Association International announced plans to hold its annual Country Airplay chart, while “People” peaked at No. 28. Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival in-person again in 2021, with the dates Two of the Grammys’ best country solo performance nominees, Brandy set for Nov. 16-20. The organization hopes to return the festival to its historic Clark’s “Who You Thought I Was” and Vince Gill’s “When My Amy Prays,” spring time frame in 2022, assuming a recovery from the pandemic … The were never worked to country radio. A third title in that field, Mickey Guyton’s Birthplace of Country Music slated Sept. 10-12, 2021, for the next Bristol gut-wrenching and socially relevant “Black Like Me,” was officially released Rhythm & Roots Reunion in Bristol, Va./Tenn. … The Recording Academy via PlayMPE but never charted. announced Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, as the Similarly, The Highwomen’s best country song nominee “Crowded Table” host of the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 31, 2021 … Hal Ketchum was never a mainstream hit, though it did sneak into a 2020 Campbell’s soup died Nov. 23 of complications from dementia at his Texas home. A clear-voiced commercial, and two of the five best country album contenders, Clark’s Your troubadour who imbued his music with spiritual and emotional depth, he placed Life Is a Record and Little Big Town’s Nightfall, never yielded the requisite hit. nine singles in the top 20 on Hot Country Songs during the 1990s, paced by Both the CMA and ACM have adopted rules over the years that make it “Small Town Saturday Night,” “Past the Point of Rescue” and “Hearts Are difficult, if not impossible, to qualify in some categories without a level of Gonna Roll,” all of which peaked at No. 2. His later years were complicated measurable popularity. The Grammys are less restrictive about commercial by a series of health setbacks, including multiple sclerosis. Ketchum became achievement, and that annually leads to a nominations list with some artful a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1994. choices that might seem left-field selections to observers tied to the charts. The Grammys will likely come under fire from some sectors of the business complaining that they don’t reflect the people’s tastes in country music. But they will also bring awareness of Clark, Guyton and The Highwomen to some of those same people, who might well discover they have a taste for those performances but had simply never been introduced to them through the usual channels. RADIO & RECORDS® Benny Brown’s Quartz Hill label announced two new promotion team additions on Nov. 30. Director of promotion Ray Vaughn was most recently Warner Music Nashville manager of WAR Southwest radio and streaming. Incoming manager of promotion Greg Raneiri was previously KSON San Diego assistant PD/music director … Monument hired director, digital marketing and streaming Jamie Graves and marketing coordinator Jacquie Painten. The label also promoted Joel Beaver to marketing manager from coordinator. Graves arrives from Universal Music Group Nashville, where he was digital marketing manager. Painten joins Monument full time after two years as an intern while she earned RECORDS Nashville artist Chase Martin performed her debut single, her music business degree at Belmont University … Singer-songwriter Corey “Levi Denim,” in a virtual office visit with CMT on Nov. 16. Clockwise Kent and Combustion Masters reached a distribution agreement with ONErpm from upper left: RECORDS Nashville president Ash Bowers, CMT and the Verge label, commencing with the single “Gold,” produced by Chris senior manager of music strategy Stacey Cato, Martin and CMT social Farren (Jameson Rodgers, Deana Carter) … Townsquare/Victoria, Texas, media coordinator Emma Giovino. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 10 OF 17

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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Country music will be prominent enough on TV Dec. 1 this season that Santa Claus may find it difficult to • 2019 — Blanco Brown performs “The wedge in some screen time. After ABC’s Nov. 30 Git Up” and Parmalee plays “Musta Had airing of CMA Country Christmas and the HBO a Good Time” during the halftime show Max Dec. 3 premiere of My Gift: A Christmas at Houston’s NRG Stadium, where the Special From Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton Texans defeat the New England Patriots, has a Dec. 5 takeover of CMT with a Holly Dolly 28-22, in an NFL game. Christmas Movie Marathon that includes four • 2018 — Dan + Shay post a Billboard Hot of her movies. The takeover supports her Dec. 6 PARTON Country Songs No. 1 with “Speechless.” BROWN CBS special A Holly Dolly Christmas. Also coming KAVIAR J. Dec. 20 on CBS are Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Dec. 2 Concert Event and the annual adoption-themed • 2005 — A denim-clad Josh Turner is grand marshal of the Nashville A Home for the Holidays with an appearance by Gas Christmas Parade. Miranda Lambert. • 1990 — Murder, She Wrote goes to Music City, as Sheb Wooley, Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Dean guest in an episode of the CBS drama titled Though COVID-19 is cramping 2020 plans, “Ballad for a Blue Lady.” the holidays are usually a time when people consider togetherness, so duets are apropos. Dec. 3 UNDERWOOD

UNDERWOOD:JOSEPH LLANES UNDERWOOD:JOSEPH Brett Eldredge collaborated with Mexican • 2015 — Kelsea Ballerini performs “Have Yourself a Merry Little singer-songwriter Sofia Reyes on a remake of the Christmas” during the lighting of the national Christmas tree at the 1948 holiday mixer “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” while Darius Rucker issued a White House in Washington, D.C. digital-only version of his CMA Country Christmas carol, “What Child Is This,” pairing him with violinist Lindsey Stirling. Even after the holidays are over, a Dec. 4 new Chase Rice song featuring Florida Georgia Line, “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ • 2017 — Columbia releases the Luke Combs single “One Number God. Amen,” will remain on a lot of lists. Away” to radio.

It’s doubtful that when Shania Twain launched her groundbreaking album, The Dec. 5 Woman in Me, 25 years ago that she saw the songs receiving an Ella Fitzgerald/ • 2000 — Lost Highway releases the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Sarah Vaughn treatment. But that’s on tap from Staci Griesbach, a Los Art Thou? Among the acts featured: Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Angeles-based jazz singer who exceeded her $12,500 goal on Kickstarter to Dan Tyminski, The Whites, Gillian Welch, John Hartford, Ralph fund My Shania Twain Songbook (A Jazz Interpretation). A release date is yet Stanley, The Cox Family and Norman Blake. to be determined. It’s the second such project for Griesbach, who previously • 1978 — The Charlie Daniels Band records “The Devil Went Down issued My Patsy Cline Songbook. To Georgia” at Nashville’s Woodland Sound Studios.

People who plan ahead for the holidays will take a shine to Vince Gill and Amy Dec. 6 Grant’s approach: The couple booked a dozen Christmas concerts for Nashville’s • 2010 — Boston-based vocal group Pitch Slapped, featuring future Ryman Auditorium a year early. The dates are slated for Dec. 13-16, 18-19 and country singer Ingrid Andress, covers the pop song “Good Girls Go 21-22 in 2021, with a matinee or two on the agenda. For country fans who can’t Bad” during the NBC a cappella series The Sing-Off. wait a year for a live Christmas show, Home Free will play a socially distanced Ryman gig on Dec. 21. And for country fans who want a yuletide concert with- Dec. 7 out pandemic risk, LOCASH serves a virtual Christmas Bash on Dec. 16. • 2016 — Chris Stapleton earns gold singles from the RIAA for “Trav- eller,” “Fire Away,” “Parachute” and “Nobody To Blame.” Top Headlines from .com Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Click on headlines below for more details

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Lorde Reveals Why She Decided To ‘Peace Out’ From Niko Moon talked about recording and songwriting in a virtual session Social Media: ‘I Was Losing My Free Will’ with students in the Notes for Notes (N4N) after-school program. Clockwise from upper left: N4N creative services administrator Alec Parrish and PD Max Miller; Moon; N4N PD Cam Cassell; and student Damon “Tae” McKinney. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 11 OF 17

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 83 I HOPE No. 1 (18 weeks) Gabby Barrett RC 1 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN 2 2 2 32 Morgan Wallen 5 2 l J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) REPUBL IC/BIG LOUD HH HH 3 NEW 1 SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Hot Shot Debut Morgan Wallen - 3 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,R.CLAWSON,J.DURRETT,E.K.SMITH) REPUBLI C/BIG LOUD HH HH 4 4 6 48 ONE BEER Airplay Gainer HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 1 4 l J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BI G LOUD 5 3 4 33 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Lee Brice 6 2 B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB PRETTY HEART 6 6 9 30 Parker McCollum 7 6 l JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE HAPPY ANYWHERE 7 8 8 18 Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 2 7 l S.HENDRICKS (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,M.JENKINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN STILL GOIN DOWN 8 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 8 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN) R EPUBLIC/BIG LOUD BETTER TOGETHER 9 9 10 25 Luke Combs 12 6 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 10 5 5 36 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson 3 5 D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS BIG, BIG PLANS 11 11 13 39 Chris Lane 4 11 l J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD 12 7 11 14 STARTING OVER Chris Stapleton 16 7 D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE 13 10 3 5 FOREVER AFTER ALL Luke Combs - 1 CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 14 12 12 18 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Digital Gainer Dan + Shay 9 7 l D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,S.M.DOUGLAS,J.G.EVIGAN) W ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 7 SUMMERS 15 14 15 15 Morgan Wallen 25 1 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY 16 13 14 31 Jon Pardi 8 13 l B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE CHAMPAGNE NIGHT 17 17 17 33 Lady A 11 17 l S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG GOOD TIME 18 15 16 26 Niko Moon 15 15 l N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE LIVIN’ THE DREAM 19 NEW 1 Morgan Wallen - 19 l J.MOI (M.WALLEN,B.BURGESS,J.DURRETT,M.W.HARDY) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 20 16 18 24 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Kelsea Ballerini 13 16 J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER HAPPY DOES 21 19 19 19 Kenny Chesney 10 18 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA COVER ME UP Morgan Wallen 22 RE-ENTRY 22 - 22 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.J.ISBELL) BIG LOUD 23 18 26 3 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG Thomas Rhett 21 18 D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,P.WELLING) VALORY 24 20 20 16 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Darius Rucker 14 20 R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITO L NASHVILLE LONG LIVE 25 22 23 12 Florida Georgia Line 17 22 l C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 2 WKS MORGAN WALLEN  1 30 WKS JOEY MOI  2 HARDY  2 ROSS COPPERMAN  3 ERNEST KEITH SMITH  3 ZACH KALE  4 JOSH OSBORNE  4 DANN HUFF  5 RANDY MONTANA  5 JON RANDALL  6 JACOB DURRETT  6 SCOTT HENDRICKS  TIE 7 GABBY BARRETT  7 SCOTT MOFFATT  TIE 7 ZACH KALE  8 GREG WELLS  9 JON NITE  9 DAN SMYERS  10 HILLARY LINDSEY  10 JAY JOYCE  SMITH DELANEY ROYER DELANEY

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 NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 12 OF 17

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 26 21 21 23 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett 26 21 R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR ONE TOO MANY 27 23 22 11 Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 31 13 l K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE DOWN TO ONE 28 27 29 6 Luke Bryan 18 27 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (K.FISHMAN,D.DAVIDSON,J.EBACH) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 29 48 — 2 UNDER THE MISTLETOE Streaming Gainer Kelly Clarkson & Brett Eldredge - 29 l J.SHATKIN,A.EUBANKS (K.CLARKSON,A.EUBANKS) ATLANT IC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 30 25 25 27 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch 20 25 Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 31 26 27 28 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis 24 25 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR 32 NEW 1 Carrie Underwood - 32 l G.WELLS (C.UNDERWOOD,H.LINDSEY,C. DESTEFANO) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HALLELUJAH 33 NEW 1 Carrie Underwood & John Legend - 33 l G.WELLS (JOHN LEGEND,T.GAD) CAPITOL NASHVILLE JUST THE WAY 34 30 28 41 Parmalee x Blanco Brown 22 28 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 35 28 24 17 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Little Big Town 39 23 LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 36 29 31 5 HELL OF A VIEW Eric Church 35 29 J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) BIGEC/EMI NASHVILLE 37 31 30 30 LADY Brett Young 28 22 D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 38 33 33 12 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Rascal Flatts 19 31 D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE SILENT NIGHT 39 NEW 1 Carrie Underwood - 39 l G.WELLS (PUBLIC DOMAIN) CAPITOL NASHVILLE BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S 40 36 34 6 Sam Hunt 30 34 l Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,Z.CROWELL,E.K.SMITH,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE GONE 41 37 39 6 Dierks Bentley 32 37 l D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 42 32 36 8 SETTLING DOWN Miranda Lambert 34 32 J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N. HEMBY) VAN NER/RCA NASHVILLE SHALLOW 43 42 40 5 Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood - 39 l G.BROOKS (S.G.GERMANOTTA,M.D.RONSON,A.ROSSOMANDO,ANDREW WYATT) PEARL LIL BIT Nelly & Florida Georgia Line 44 RE-ENTRY 3 - 30 l J.M.SCHMIDT (T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,B.REDFERRIN,C.HAYNES, JR.) RECORD S/COLUMBIA 45 35 35 15 ALL NIGHT Brothers Osborne 29 25 J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,A.DEROBERTS) EMI NASHVILLE 46 39 38 9 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Tenille Arts 23 36 A.KLINE (T.ARTS,A.KLINE,A.M.CRUZ) 19TH & GRAND 47 38 37 25 TO HELL & BACK Maren Morris 33 35 BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH 48 47 48 4 Lee Brice 50 38 l B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,B.MONTANA,B.DAVIS) CURB 49 34 32 17 WHO YOU ARE TO ME Chris Tomlin Featuring Lady A - 30 C.TOMILN,C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.TOMLIN,C.KELLEY,D.HAYWOOD,H.SCOTT) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 50 41 44 4 NEXT GIRL Carly Pearce 41 41 S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (C.PEARCE,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE

COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weekly National Music Sales Report

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

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2019 2020 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,277,000 1,312,654,000 141,486,000 Album ’19 49.92 million Consumption 49,928,000 55,673,000 11.5% ’20 55.67 million Last Week 1,238,000 1,257,875,000 134,740,000 Album Sales 9,428,000 7,721,000 -18.1% Change 3.2% 4.4% 5.0% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 49,640,838,000 60,292,463,000 21.5% ’19 62.38 billion This Week Last Year 1,112,000 1,059,452,000 290,576,000 ’20 66.65 billion Change 14.8% 23.9% -51.3% Video On-Demand 12,747,036,000 6,362,139,000 -50.1%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending November 26, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams. For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 13 OF 17

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 SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 1 NEW 1 NEW l MORGAN WALLEN  l MORGAN WALLEN  1 2 1 55 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1 1   ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE STILL GOIN’ DOWN CHRIS STAPLETON STARTING OVER l2 6 48 l2 NEW 2 1 — 2 MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN 1 BRENDA LEE  MORGAN WALLEN  JINGLE BELL ROCK ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE CARRIE UNDERWOOD MY GIFT 3 8 42 3 3 45 4 3 9 1 l BOBBY HELMS  BRENDA LEE  l3 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 032601*/UMGN   MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN HALLELUJAH 3 6 8 DOLLY PARTON A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS 1 l4 2 29 l4 NEW l4 BUTTERFLY RECORDS 23435/12TONE MORGAN WALLEN  CARRIE UNDERWOOD & JOHN LEGEND  STILL GOIN’ DOWN FOREVER AFTER ALL 6 4 130 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 1 l5 NEW 5 1 5 l5 BIG LOUD 783* 1 MORGAN WALLEN  LUKE COMBS  FOREVER AFTER ALL STARTING OVER LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 6 1 5 6 6 13 6 5 2 182 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 l LUKE COMBS  CHRIS STAPLETON  GARTH BROOKS FUN 7 SUMMERS MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN NEW 1 7 l7 11 15 7 4 23 l7 PEARL 60018 MORGAN WALLEN  MORGAN WALLEN  LEE BRICE HEY WORLD I HOPE LIVIN’ THE DREAM NEW 1 8 8 4 57 l8 NEW l8 CURB 79537* GABBY BARRETT  MORGAN WALLEN  CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 9 5 9 BETTER TOGETHER 9 2 65 I HOPE 9 7 5 291 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1 LUKE COMBS  GABBY BARRETT  KOE WETZEL SELLOUT HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (RIGHT DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE) LIL BIT NEW 1 10 10 RE-ENTRY 10 RE-ENTRY l10 YELLABUSH DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA l GENE AUTRY  l NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS JINGLE BELL ROCK 23 — 22 GENE AUTRY RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER AND OTHER CHRISTMAS CLASSICS 1 11 RE-ENTRY 11 RE-ENTRY l11 COLUMBIA 63598/LEGACY (6.98) l BURL IVES  l BOBBY HELMS  TENNESSEE WHISKEY BETTER TOGETHER 15 36 40 ELVIS PRESLEY THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM 9 12 7 190 12 7 22 l12 RCA 45538*/LEGACY (9.98) l CHRIS STAPLETON  LUKE COMBS  STARTING OVER HUMBLE AND KIND 22 — 11 BRENDA LEE ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE: THE DECCA CHRISTMAS RECORDINGS 2 13 3 13 13 RE-ENTRY l13 DECCA/MCA NASHVILLE 70090/UME CHRIS STAPLETON  l TIM MCGRAW  RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER TAKE ME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP) 14 RE-ENTRY 14 23 2 14 9 7 15 RCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/SMN 2 l GENE AUTRY  l DAN + SHAY  GARTH BROOKS FUN / TRIPLE LIVE DELUXE / CHRISTMAS TOGETHER PRETTY HEART WINE, BEER, WHISKEY NEW 1 15 15 10 16 15 13 21 l15 PEARL 60019 WS EX l PARKER MCCOLLUM  LITTLE BIG TOWN  GARTH BROOKS TRIPLE LIVE DELUXE GOT WHAT I GOT 7 SUMMERS NEW 1 16 16 9 26 16 20 15 l16 PEARL 60018* JASON ALDEAN  MORGAN WALLEN  HEARTLESS WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINE 17 22 67 17 5 3 17 10 8 23 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4 l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  THOMAS RHETT  ONE OF THEM GIRLS A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS 41 9 7 BOBBY HELMS THE BEST OF BOBBY HELMS 7 18 12 24 18 18 24 l18 GEFFEN /UME l LEE BRICE  BURL IVES  GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES LIVIN’ THE DREAM HAPPY ANYWHERE 19 NEW 19 17 18 19 11 10 239 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI  BURL IVES RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER ONE BEER I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED RE-ENTRY 22 1 20 13 25 20 25 17 l20 MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS/GEFFEN 322177/UME (8.98) 0 l HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON  DAN + SHAY  SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDE WHISKEY GLASSES GOOD TIME 21 16 93 21 24 9 21 13 12 34 MCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  NIKO MOON  HARDY A ROCK COVER ME UP DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 22 RE-ENTRY 22 RE-ENTRY 22 14 11 12 BIG LOUD 836* 4 l MORGAN WALLEN  l MADDIE & TAE  TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY BEAUTIFUL CRAZY COVER ME UP 12 23 15 134 23 RE-ENTRY 23 19 15 72 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS l LUKE COMBS  l MORGAN WALLEN  ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY BLUE CHRISTMAS GOT WHAT I GOT 24 12 18 89 12 24 RE-ENTRY 24 21 31 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 l ELVIS PRESLEY  JASON ALDEAN  ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 25 17 16 277 3 25 17 73 THE BONES 25 9 4 HELL OF A VIEW HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG MAREN MORRIS  ERIC CHURCH  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights charts. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. reserved. SALES DATA SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS BLUEGRASS ALBUMS

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MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected]

‘The Juggler’ As A Metaphor For Life: Ewing Returns As Ketchum Bows Out

When Hal Ketchum died Nov. 23 of complications from dementia, he left behind As it became increasingly clear that Ewing’s best material was at odds with a catalog of emotionally intelligent songs, heightened by winsome melodies. Nashville’s commercial needs, he left town to work with horses. During that Still, he never heard the final version of one of those pieces: a tune he started period, he met videographer Linda Gordon in Texas. After they married, they nearly 25 years ago with fellow singer-songwriter Skip Ewing. The track only moved to Wyoming, where she took a job with award-winning horseman Chris saw the light of day in September when Ewing emerged from a decade of hiber- Cox. Ewing began writing specifically about his life, and Gordon encouraged nation and self-discovery with the album Wyoming. “The Juggler,” a detailed him to pursue this new chapter in his journey. midtempo that explores the fragility of human relationships, is the highlight Ewing sent a handful of iPhone performances of his material in January 2019 of the collection, a song with layered meaning, an accessible melody and an to producer Kyle Lehning (Randy Travis, Dan Seals), who had worked with exacting vocal that mines every nuance in the story. Ewing on just one previous session, when Ewing played guitar on Travis’ “If “One of the reasons why I loved that song enough that I always wanted to I Didn’t Have You.” Lehning said he would only get involved if he liked the record it,” says Ewing, “is because it reaches across that proscenium between songs, but they easily passed the audition. And Lehning saw “The Juggler” as being an artist and a writer and being a human on the planet, going, ‘This is the height of the album, even though it’s the only song that was not written in all of us, right?’ ” the last two years. Ewing has been out of the spotlight long enough that a generation likely is un- “It’s a timeless subject, and it felt just as fresh as everything else we were aware of his history. He strung together six top 20 singles in 1988-1989, blending doing on the record,” assesses Lehning. “Very interesting lyrically, musically an everyman tone with commercial-sounding titles, paced by “Burnin’ a Hole — the whole thing.” in My Heart” (No. 3) and “It’s You Again” (No. 5). He also penned a string of They recorded the album’s basic tracks across six sessions July 1-3, 2019, in successes for fellow acts, including Collin Raye’s “Love, Me,” Diamond Rio’s the Omni Studios at the edge of Nashville’s Music Row. Ewing sang and played “I Believe,” Kenny Chesney’s “Me and You” and scratch tracks with the band, applying a capo to the Reba McEntire’s “Every Other Weekend.” Clint seventh fret. “I thought it had a little bit of a glassy Black’s “Something That We Do,” which Ewing co- appeal to it on those high strings,” says Ewing. wrote, won the Nashville Songwriters Association He played an interlocking part with guitarist- International’s song of the year in 1998, rewarding mandolinist Bryan Sutton, while the rest of the a well-crafted portrait of love as an intentional act band —drummer Eddie Bayers, bassist Larry rather than a lucky break. Paxton, keyboardist Steve Nathan and electric In 1996, Ewing concocted the first draft of guitarist Brent Mason — entered with graceful “The Juggler” at Ketchum’s Nashville home, es- tact. sentially treating love with the same level of ma- Ewing had written “The Juggler” with an instru- turity as “Something That We Do.” Someone had mental break between the third and fourth verses, mentioned to him that they felt like they were jug- giving the listener time to digest the singer’s rela- gling Christmas ornaments, and Ewing related the tionship to risk and responsibility before fol- concept to a difficult period in his personal life. lowing it to its conclusion. And somewhere in They kicked off “The Juggler” with a simple the two dozen years after the original writing announcement — “Hello, I am the juggler in this session, he had added an extra thought at the circus” — a phrase that sounds as if the singer is song’s finale, that the show is never over “till onstage, leveling with his audience. But Ewing en- the last glass heart’s safe.” A glass heart, of visioned a setting with more built-in equivalency. course, escapes the risk of breaking only when EWING “I imagined this guy backstage, sitting maybe, it stops beating. and having someone walk by and go, ‘Hello, I’m Ewing’s final vocal session captured all of KETCHUM the juggler in this circus,’ ” he says. “To me, it was a very approachable human: the phrasing details he had built into “The Jug- you and me just hanging out right here.” gler” as he had rewritten it through the years. Mirroring the slope of an easy-going acoustic guitar riff, the verse melody “There was no gnashing of teeth or pulling of hair to get any of this done,” formed small hills, allowing the juggler to slowly reveal the dramas in his life. says Lehning. “I always call this kind of music ‘inside-out music.’ It’s coming He is, he concedes, juggling little children, a woman, his past and his future, as from that place of him just expressing what he wants to say. He’s not trying well as his present self — all of them in the form of “glass hearts,” the first phrase to mold himself to some sort of preexisting expectation of commerciality or of the chorus. Ewing and Ketchum stretched out those two syllables, separating something. He’s not trying to pitch it to a particular artist or competing with a that stanza from the verses and revealing the fragility in each of those relation- top five record. It’s just — I think maybe we call this art.” ships. Without saying it directly, the scenario recognizes the responsibility in “The Juggler” has racked up over 100,000 listens on Spotify — not a huge love and the singer’s willingness to accept it. It’s a topic songs rarely address. number by some standards, but a good amount for an artist who has been away “It is a responsibility, but it’s equally an opportunity,” surmises Ewing. “Some- from the limelight for more than a decade. It’s also significant given that the times we don’t [want] to take responsibility, but we will accept the opportunity.” song has never appeared on a Spotify playlist, unlike some of the other tracks The juggler also recognizes that mistakes are inevitable, making the whole on Wyoming. It’s a sign that there’s something special at work in “The Juggler,” pursuit a “precarious profession.” The show, the chorus ultimately determines, not surprising since Ewing and Ketchum invariably threaded their work with is never over “till the last heart breaks.” an innate musicality. The song comes at a time when Ketchum’s glass heart is They recorded a full demo — digital files were not an option in 1996 — and now safe. The song, and the album, are steps in Ewing’s return to music from Ewing pitched it around to a number of fellow acts, none of whom bit. a lengthy side journey. “It wasn’t, for them, a ‘country’ song,” he recalls. “And I don’t know if it’s “Talking about responsibility and opportunity, I have an opportunity to write a country song. I don’t care if it’s a country song. It always moved me. It was what I believe in, what I think will be something that is musically and lyrically

always one of my favorite songs.” substantial,” says Ewing. “There are people, I think, that want that.” ARMSTRONG CHRIS KETCHUM: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 15 OF 17 Country Airplay Index

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GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Universal Music Copperman, A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 46 BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, 45 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. J.Osborne)  WHAT DO I KNOW Sony/ATV Cross Keys Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 35 Publishing, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Dos Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Hobos Music, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of E.K.Smith) 4 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI (R.Counts, Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. BLAME IT ON YOU Makena Cove Music, ASCAP/ Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 51 BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Zona Blue Music, BMI/Lee 45 Rhythm House Music, BMI/Roc Nation WC Publishing Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 41 Music Publishing, BMI/Irishsonmusic, BMI/BMG Platinum Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Songs US, BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/ Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ SB21 Music Publishing, SESAC/BW Tunes, SESAC (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 13 Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By (K.M.Allison, J.Edwards, T.Kennedy, M.Tyler, B.White) 47 Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron 27 Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ O   II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 21 Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 19 ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass WHERE I FIND GOD Jolly To the Roger, BMI/ Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La I   Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Fleet, Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 30 J.Mitchell) 1 C.R.Harrington) 58 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats C   And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 56 Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 9 SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ D.Davidson, L.Brice) 6 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS J   Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Publising, BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 39 G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Music, ASCAP (P.Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 40 James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 31 WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM P   Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 22 M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 42 H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns 11 Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 7 M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson)  L   Y   COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Highly LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, S   Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, YOU TIME Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, Publishing LLC, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/ Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 28 Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sonofgroceries Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 53 Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Songs Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Castle Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 34 Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (J.Rodgers, H.Phelps, Brett Tyler, A.Vanderheym) 49 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 17 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. F   J   P   (Songwriter) Chart Position FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR Carrie-Okie Music, JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing 7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace BMI/410 Music, ASCAP/Concord Sounds, ASCAP/EMI April Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Tempo Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP (C. Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 6 Underwood, H.Lindsey, C. DeStefano) 32 W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 34 Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackstreet Music, S   GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, L   ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/ SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ J.Osborne) 15 Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony/ LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of A    ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 13 Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M. AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 37 Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 42 G   III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, LIL BIT Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, SHALLOW Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 16 GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP/ Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (T.Hubbard, Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/ Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape J.M.Schmidt, B.Redferrin, C.Haynes, Jr.) 44 Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. LIVIN’ THE DREAM Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 45 Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 43 B.Johnson, N.Moon) 41 Wallace Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Corp., BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, SILENT NIGHT Public Domain (Public Domain) 39 Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI (M.Wallen, B.Burgess, ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/ J.Durrett, M.W.Hardy) 19 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., ASCAP/Roc Nation WC Publishing Designee, BMI/ BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 26 Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round A.M.Cruz) 46 Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 31 Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd SOMEBODY’S PROBLEM Big Loud B   GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/ Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Round Hill BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T. Work, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 25 Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI (M. Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, Wallen, R.Clawson, J.Durrett, E.K.Smith) 3 Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 18 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music 24 H   Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 12 HALLELUJAH Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI  BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 (R. STILL GOIN DOWN Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ America, Inc., BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI (John Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 10 Legend, T.Gad) 33 Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Relative Music Group, ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI  M   (L.Combs, D.Isbell, HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI (M.Wallen, M.W.Hardy, Charlie 9 R.Montana)  BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love Handsome) 8 BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ T   Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/ Five, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/ Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (L.Brice, B.Montana, B.Davis) 48 Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/ (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 7 E.K.Smith) 11 MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner- BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 47 Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs U   Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B. Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 30 Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 21 UNDER THE MISTLETOE Songs For My Shrink, MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La ASCAP/DigbyOmega Music, BMI (K.Clarkson, A.Eubanks) 29 HELL OF A VIEW Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 40 Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, Loud Mountain, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of W   C   BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E. (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 2 Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/ Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 36 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, N   Rhettro, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/ HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Tunes by TrailerParker, BMI/ Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/ NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Accent, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP  Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ (Thomas Rhett, Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Rhythm House Music, BMI/Roc Nation WC Publishing R.Akins, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, P.Welling) 23 Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/ Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C. G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 50 WHO YOU ARE TO ME Capitol CMG Paragon, (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 20 BMI/S.D.G. Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo O   Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/ Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/ HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, (C.Tomlin, C.Kelley, D.Haywood, H.Scott) 49 GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR  Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP  (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, 4 H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, 38 J.Mitchell)  Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner- M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 17 J.Osborne, A.Shamblin)  ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, I   COVER ME UP Fame Publishing Company LLC, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 35 BMI/Songs Of Emchant, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.J.Isbell) 22 BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, D   (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 1 D.Davidson, L.Brice) 5 DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/ ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/ Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Curb Wordspring Music, SESAC  Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., (K.Fishman, D.Davidson, BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum James Norton Publishing Designee, ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, J.Ebach) 28 Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 27 S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 14 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 17 CODA On Dec. 4, 1965, Eddy Arnold’s charts dating to 1947. 55 Years Ago “Make the World Go Away” began Born in Henderson, Tenn., a three-week reign on Billboard’s on May 15, 1918, Arnold was Hot Country Songs chart. playing guitar by age 10. In 1944, Eddy Arnold The song was produced by Colonel Tom Parker became his Chet Atkins and written by Hank manager (and, subsequently, Elvis Was On Top Cochran, who was inspired by Presley’s), and Arnold signed with watching the Charlton Heston RCA Records. He was inducted into film Diamond Head. It was first the Country Music Hall of Fame in Of The ‘World’ recorded by Ray Price, who took it 1966 and released his final album, to No. 2 in 1963. After All These Years, in 2005. Arnold’s version also became Arnold died on May 8, 2008, his lone top 10 on the all-genre from natural causes at age 89. When In 1965, the legend’s second Billboard Hot 100. On Hot Coun- RCA posthumously released “To No. 1 would become his try Songs, it marked his sec- Life” from the LP, it reached No. 49 signature song ond of seven No. 1s after he had on Hot Country Songs — his first landed 21 leaders on predecessor entry in 25 years. —JIM ASKER

A portrait of Arnold, circa 1965.

REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES ARCHIVES/GETTY OCHS MICHAEL