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Barrett, Andress Set Precedent Nashville, Take Heed: Country’s >page 4 First COVID-19 Survivor Speaks Out

New Heartland Adds Management The coronavirus has officially hit Nashville’s music community. the manager. “I’ve never felt more influential in this town.” >page 9 CMT closed its offices March 10 to thoroughly sanitize the The manager agreed to speak with the Billboard Country premises after an artist manager who had attended the net- Update, believing it was important for the community to take work’s tornado relief telethon, the COVID-19 threat seriously. held in conjunction with WSMV- Even though a large portion of Postponements: TV Nashville on March 5, tested Nashville’s music community has The New Normal positive for COVID-19. CMT ex- already identified him, he spoke on >page 10 ecutives who were present at that the condition of anonymity to pro- event were asked to work from tect his children’s identities. home for the following two weeks “We’ve had these outbreaks be- as a preventive measure. fore, but this one seems a little dif- Nashville Clubs Black River took similar steps, ferent, a little more aggressive,” he Shut Down closing March 10 for a deep clean says. “There’s maybe a little more >page 10 and requiring five staff members panic in the air.”

who had a 15-minute meeting with That panic mushroomed from the infected manager to work re- a little to a lot over the past week Makin’ Tracks: motely through March 20. as the number of U.S. coronavirus Newcomer Plenty on Music Row were skep- cases exploded, just weeks after Payton Smith tical for a time about COVID-19, the White House minimized the >page 14 a new strain of coronavirus. But virus’ impact. With no cohesive as the number of infections soars plan in place to combat COVID-19 in the U.S. and across the globe, — and with the president openly at- the impact on the community of tempting to manipulate infection Country Coda: the artist manager’s diagnosis is a data for the best possible market- Amazing Gracin’s confirmation that the bug is real, ing position — the stock market No. 1 and it’s not just somebody else’s nose-dived, businesses pulled >page 17 problem. back, and individual states placed “I do joke that I’ve shut down limits on public gatherings, in CMT, Black River and maybe a few other Music Row offices some instances banning events of more than 100 people.

— and the entire Williamson County school system,” says That hit the business hard. Dan + Shay, Blake SPOHNW PHOTOALTO/MATTHIEU MASK:

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Shelton, Reba McEntire, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sturgill Simpson, Dwight Yoakam and the were among the artists who post- poned tours or individual dates. Loretta Lynn, who at age 87 has weathered a stroke and broken a hip in recent years, was quarantined by her doctors to avoid coming in contact with infected visitors. The Stagecoach country music festival in Indio, Calif., was delayed from April to the fall; RodeoHouston, the Tin Pan South Festival and Europe’s C2C music festival were canceled; the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum closed for a thorough cleaning through March 31; and the announced it would turn away audiences through April 4. The lat- termost’s WSM-AM Nashville show will air as an in-studio live broadcast on Saturdays during the interim, but the Opry will not be held on other nights during the week. Chris Janson was unable to perform at the WIRK West Palm Beach, Meanwhile, numerous companies have instructed or encouraged their em- Fla., Rib Round Up on Feb. 7 when a local concert crew member’s ployees to work from home, including Beasley Media and Billboard. heart-related death ended the show. From left prior to the event: WIRK “Nobody wants to lose money, nobody wants to be sitting at home when assistant PD/music director Nick Rivers, Janson, Hubbard/West Palm they could be out singing, but no one wants the country shut down either,” says Beach operations manager Bruce Logan and Warner Music Nashville the manager with COVID-19. “At some level, maybe that’s the choice we’re regional manager WAR radio and streaming Tom Starr. faced with. I don’t fault anyone [for] taking steps that may turn out later to be unnecessary. But it may turn out later that, thank goodness, we did it right, because we had no idea how bad this thing was going to get.” Conflicting messages and a lack of data created much of the nation’s cur- rent panic. President Donald Trump suggested in his first address to the na- tion on Feb. 26 that the number of U.S. coronavirus cases might be capped at 15. Nine days later, he declared a national emergency, with more than 1,000 infections and 41 deaths reported across 48 of the 50 states. Most people who are infected are likely to recover. The manager, who prob- ably contracted COVID-19 during a trip to Colorado on March 1-3, sweated out the bulk of his symptoms in a 48-hour window after he began to feel sick on March 6. He suffered body aches, chills, a runny nose, a dry cough, a sore throat and intestinal issues, while his temperature peaked at 101.5 degrees. But elderly citizens and people with compromised immune systems are par- ticularly vulnerable to the virus, and that’s part of the reason that the manager Walker Hayes received a plaque from YouTube after accruing 100,000 insisted on getting diagnosed. subscribers on the streaming platform’s channel. From left: YouTube “I didn’t come in here for my own health,” he told nurses at the hospital. “I Nashville artist relations executive Copeland Isaacson, Hayes, came in here for everybody else’s.” Monument director of digital marketing and sales Sarah D’Hilly and In fact, he was repeatedly rebuffed in his attempts to get tested. Health care YouTube manager of artist and label relations Margaret Hart. workers told him short supplies required them to ration the tests and he did not fit the criteria to receive one. He pushed four separate times through differ- ent doctors and his local emergency room to get tested. He finally received a test on his last visit, which took seven hours as he was given several other tests first to eliminate other possible illnesses. The COVID-19 test, administered with a throat swab, took less than a minute to complete, and once the results came back positive, he was placed on quarantine for two weeks. He had visited a local school and was initially asked not to reveal his diagnosis to the school

system, but he decided that was irresponsible and notified authorities, who CHAVERS. ROBERT HAYES: shut down facilities and conducted a cleaning. The coronavirus can cause death and appears to reduce long-term lung ca- pacity in some of its survivors, though most people eventually recover. “At its worst, I would call it a mild flu,” says the manager, describing his personal experience. “It doesn’t have to be a dire sentence.” But he was also amused by tales of behavior at an industry party before Josh Abbott (center) checked in with the staff at KVOO Tulsa, Okla., Scotty McCreery’s March 11 concert at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Some including PD Dena Fletcher and Griffin/Tulsa director of radio attendees were in sync with fist bumps and elbow bumps as a replacement operations and programming Steve Hunter. for the traditional handshake, while others seemed insulted when people re- fused to shake their hand. Still others hugged old friends without asking first if it was OK. “I can empathize with people that think we’re overreacting,” says the man- ager. “On the other hand, I’ll think about my peers and, you know, I don’t want people inadvertently infected.” It is, he believes, important for the Nashville music industry to know that COVID-19 is in the community. Though no additional infections have been reported publicly since he appeared at the tornado telethon, it is easy to con- ceive of his fellow telethon attendees Kid Rock, Cassadee Pope, and Lady Antebellum’s and Dave Haywood contracting the virus that night and in turn spreading it to their families as well as cowriters, musicians, radio programmers and fans across the country. An ounce of prevention, the manager believes, is worth a ton of cure. Indie artist Allie Colleen (center) visited WVLT-TV Knoxville, Tenn., in “Whether we’re reacting appropriately or overreacting, we won’t know for support of her current single, “Along the Way.” She’s shown with WVLT some time,” he says. “People, I think, are just trying to do the best they can.” hosts Brittany Tarwater and Harry Sullivan. PROMOTION

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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Hits Top 10, Joining , Marking First Two Female Debuts In Tier Together

Gabby Barrett’s debut single, “I Hope” (Warner Music Nashville/WAR), rises While this week marks the first time that lead solo female debut hits have 11-9 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart dated March 21. The song gained by ranked in the Country Airplay top 10 simultaneously, the feat has been achieved 15% to 24.1 million audience impressions in the week ending March 15, ac- through featured roles. Such a double-up last occurred on the chart dated Aug. 11, cording to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, becoming the first top 10 for the singer- 2018, by Julia Michaels and Tori Kelly: ’s “Coming Home” (fea- , who finished third on ABC’s in 2018. turing Michaels) placed at its No. 3 peak, and Chris Lane’s “Take Back Home Meanwhile, Barrett’s Warner Music Nashville labelmate Ingrid Andress ranks Girl” (featuring Kelly) ranked at No. 9, before reaching No. 8 the following week. at No. 10 with her maiden hit, “” (Atlantic/WMN/WEA) (23.2 million, up MORRIS, TOO Maren Morris’ “The Bones” 4%), a week after it reached its No. 9 high. (Columbia Nashville), which led Country Air- Thanks to both songs, the latest Country Air- play for two weeks beginning Feb. 15, marking play chart is the first to boast two women in the her fourth leader, descends 4-7 (25.7 million in top 10 with solo debut hits in lead roles, dating audience, down 8%). to the list’s January 1990 launch. With Gabby Barrett, Ingrid Andress and “Wow, I feel so blessed to have a top 10 sin- Morris all in the top 10, the chart is the first since gle,” Barrett tells Billboard. “[“I Hope”] felt the survey dated Oct. 20, 2012, to house three special from the beginning, and to see the re- songs by solo women in the top tier simulta- action has been overwhelming in the best way. I neously. That week, ’s can’t thank country radio, my fans and my team “Blown Away” ranked at No. 2, before reign- enough for believing in me. And, I’m so happy ing for two frames starting the following week; for Ingrid. It’s an exciting time.” ’s “Why Ya Wanna” held the No. 4 Says Andress, “Sharing ‘More Hearts Than spot, after peaking at No. 3 the prior week; and Mine’ has been a dream come true. Thank you ’s “Fastest Girl in Town” to everyone who has helped this song continue was steady at No. 9, before rising to No. 3 the climbing into the top 10 and beyond. We’re all next month. part of changing history together, and I can’t Notably, Barrett, Andress and Morris each BARRETT ANDRESS wait to see what we accomplish next.” co-wrote their respective current top 10s. Both Barrett and Andress record for Warner Music Nashville, although different promotion teams work each artist to radio. ‘’ HIT Jordan Davis earns his third straight career-opening top 10 on The combined effort is overseen by WMN senior vp promotion and stream- the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based chart as “Slow ing Kristen Williams. “I’ve been fortunate enough to be part of many artist Dance in a Parking Lot” (MCA Nashville) waltzes 11-10. The song lifts 7-6 on achievements in my career, but this may be among the most impactful,” says Country Airplay, up by 6% to 26.6 million impressions. It also drew 5.3 million Williams. “I’m incredibly proud of Gabby and Ingrid for delivering two bona U.S. streams and sold 2,000 in the tracking week. fide hits, I’m proud of our team for fighting to make sure they continue to be Davis peaked at No. 4 on Hot Country Songs with his first two entries: “Singles heard, and I’m proud of country radio for embracing these artists as they de- You Up,” in April 2018, and “Take It From Me,” in March 2019. The former led

serve to be embraced. Let’s make this habit instead of history.” Country Airplay for a week, and the latter reached No. 2. (2) SHEARER/WIREIMAGE JOHN PROMOTION

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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 32 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Kane Brown 37.610 +1.238 7863 1 1 l2 2 41 HOMEMADE Big Loud 33.662 +1.742 7382 426 2 3 3 23 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville 30.444 -1.287 6164 -280 3 l4 5 21 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Capitol Nashville 28.281 +0.422 6144 144 4 l5 6 42 CATCH BMLG  Brett Young 26.764 +1.425 5759 196 7 l6 7 47 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 26.612 +1.534 6049 290 5 7 4 30 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 25.743 -2.271 5015 -390 10 l8 8 27 WE BACK Macon/Broken Bow 24.750 +0.296 5778 150 6 l9 11 29 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 24.126 +3.175 5273 517 9 l10 9 38 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 23.222 +0.950 5368 93 8 l11 12 12 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory  Featuring Jon Pardi 20.614 +0.698 4466 149 12 l12 17 11 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 19.855 +2.194 4333 424 14 l13 14 33 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 19.598 +1.631 4335 234 13 l14 15 8 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring 18.302 +0.361 3970 157 17 l15 16 23 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & 18.031 +0.269 4256 58 15 16 13 32 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG  Riley Green 17.981 -0.601 4681 -62 11 l17 18 53 AFTER A FEW Mercury  Travis Denning 16.278 +0.392 3984 61 16 l18 19 28 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Black River Kelsea Ballerini 13.661 -0.114 3648 62 18 l19 20 4 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA HH Airpower HH 12.825 +2.079 2847 481 19 l20 21 49 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers HH Airpower HH Scotty McCreery 9.910 +0.503 2834 82 20 l21 22 28 MONSTERS EMI Nashville Eric Church 8.161 +0.229 2503 76 21 l22 23 44 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse  LOCASH 7.076 +0.102 2160 131 22 l23 24 19 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 6.692 +0.126 2107 13 23 l24 26 39 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 6.364 +0.280 1918 6 24 l25 27 24 WHY WE DRINK Valory  5.562 +0.033 1858 69 25 l26 30 32 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury  Maddie & Tae 5.069 +0.628 1569 190 28 l27 28 37 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow 5.011 +0.161 1772 51 26 l28 31 25 DROWNING RCA Nashville 4.979 +0.713 1315 129 29 l29 29 13 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 4.956 +0.466 1627 171 27 l30 33 3 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 4.852 +1.064 1285 327 30

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 MARCH 16, 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 l31 34 16 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 4.226 +0.569 1242 106 31 l32 35 18 Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 3.702 +0.178 110 4 94 33 l33 52 3 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville HH Most Added HH Sam Hunt 3.479 +2.104 868 533 37 34 32 32 DETAILS Mercury  Billy Currington 3.452 -0.429 983 -22 35 l35 38 27 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 2.693 +0.275 116 6 81 32 l36 37 28 FRONT SEAT Legend Entertainment Rayne Johnson 2.633 +0.187 722 -31 41 l37 41 23 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 2.443 +0.326 1070 57 34 l38 39 17 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 2.138 -0.043 920 63 36 l39 40 8 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 2.119 -0.045 658 36 43 40 42 24 BREAK IT IN Valory  Eli Young Band 1.924 -0.009 642 -8 45 l41 51 10 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 1.918 +0.463 224 31 - l42 44 24 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Dillon Carmichael 1.883 +0.146 757 92 40 l43 45 6 ONE BEER Tree Vibez/Big Loud HARDY Featuring & Devin Dawson 1.826 +0.167 569 43 48 l44 46 14 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 1.821 +0.083 782 17 39 45 43 17 HEAD OVER HEELS Wheelhouse  1.807 -0.018 657 -37 44 l46 49 3 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 1.780 +0.273 487 101 53 l47 53 4 WHAT I‚ÄÔM LEAVING FOR BMLG  Lady Antebellum 1.666 +0.292 520 92 52 l48 50 16 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 1.663 +0.180 571 42 47 l49 47 22 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury  Lauren Alaina 1.511 -0.045 852 57 38 50 48 13 FIRE’T UP Valory  1.428 -0.087 557 -24 49 51 36 2 GASLIGHTER Columbia/In2une  Dixie Chicks 1.368 -1.654 413 -129 56 l52 54 14 OVER DRINKING Capitol Nashville 1.254 +0.048 534 1 51 l53 55 14 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville HH Breaker HH LANCO 1.193 +0.072 665 91 42 l54 60 2 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 1.131 +0.215 340 40 58 l55 56 9 DIAMONDS Warner Music Nashville/WEA Morgan Evans 1.109 +0.042 398 -2 57 l56 58 4 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 1.093 +0.097 461 42 54 l57 57 13 I DON’T LOVE YOU Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 1.074 +0.022 572 45 46 l58 59 14 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse  Granger Smith 1.023 +0.030 441 19 55 59 RE-ENTRY SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand/Reviver Tenille Arts 0.845 -0.056 535 10 50 l60 RE-ENTRY FOR MY MONEY EMI Nashville Brandon Lay 0.830 +0.013 324 43 59

GOING FOR ADDS

3/23 3/30 AVENUE BEAT MAREN MORRIS Ruin That For Me To Hell & Back Tape Room/Valory Columbia Nashville JIMMIE ALLEN & NOAH TIFFANY WOYS CYRUS Loved By You This Is Us Tiffany Woys RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek 54

The song rises 60-54 on Country Airplay, up 24% to 1.1 million audience impressions. RUSSELL Co-written by , it was inspired DICKERSON Dickerson Love You Like by his wife, Kailey, and previews his I Used To forthcoming sophomore album. AVENUE BEAT DELANEY ROYER DELANEY JOSH BRASTED/GETTY IMAGES FOR RUSSELL DICKERSON RUSSELL FOR IMAGES BRASTED/GETTY JOSH BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 16, 2020 | PAGE 8 OF 17

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 35 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 19 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 0.783 8 0 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 11 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 0.763 10 5 GASLIGHTER Columbia/in2une Dixie Chicks 9 WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.707 24 1 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 8 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 7 FAMOUS Arista Nashville Adam Doleac 0.606 22 6 WHAT I’M LEAVING FOR BMLG Lady Antebellum 7 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 0.333 7 4 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 6 HEARTLESS Mad Decent/Columbia Diplo & Julia Michaels Feat. Morgan Wallen 0.233 5 1 DROWNING RCA Nashville Chris Young 6 ONLY TRUCK IN TOWN Night Train/Broken Bow Tyler Farr 6 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 22.548 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 10,000 HOURS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 20.738 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +3.175 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani +2.194 3 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 18.994 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +2.104 4 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 17.866 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +2.079 5 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 15.072 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen +1.742 6 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 14.535 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +1.631 7 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 14.415 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +1.534 8 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 14.254 CATCH BMLG Brett Young +1.411 9 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum 13.636 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +1.238 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +1.064 10 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 11.631 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +533 $853,783 MIRANDA LAMBERT 11,516 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett +517 $105, $35.75 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas/Feb. 8 11,516 LIVE NATION HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +481 $691,358 ZAC BROWN BAND 9,788 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen +426 $96.50, $26.50 Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Neb./Feb. 29 10,675 LIVE NATION NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani +424 $629,393 ZAC BROWN BAND 8,705 $96.50, $36.50 TaxSlayer Center, Moline, Ill./Feb. 28 9,698 LIVE NATION GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +327 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis +290 $612,706 MIRANDA LAMBERT 9,440 $90.75, $35.75 BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla./Feb. 7 9,440 LIVE NATION CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen +234 $312,618 BRANTLEY GILBERT 6,383 CATCH BMLG Brett Young +190 $70.25, $30.25 Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio/Feb. 27 7,414 NS2/FPC LIVE DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +190 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]). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING MARCH 15, 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 22 I CAN GIVE YOU ONE (Independent)  HH 1 Week at 1 HH David Adam Byrnes 2032 87 l11 11 21 DANCING IN THE RAIN (Independent)  Darrin Morris Band 1276 74 l2 3 19 SHE LOVES HORSES (Independent)  William Clark Green 1841 76 l12 13 8 RIVER ROAD DREAM (Independent)  Curtis Grimes 1248 56 l3 4 20 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (One Chord Song)  Stoney LaRue 1733 34 l13 16 10 DROVE ME TO THE WHISKEY (Almost Country)  Casey Donahew 1207 85 l4 5 27 EVERY DAY KIND OF LOVE (Independent)  Kyle Park 1702 47 l14 21 10 BREAKING THINGS (Independent)  Mark Powell 1091 107 l5 6 12 ONE MORE SHOT OF WHISKEY (Independent)  Josh Ward 1659 140 15 15 23 BARROOM BUDDIES (Independent)  Dos Borrachos 1074 -79 l6 7 22 DEAR COUNTRY MUSIC, (Independent)  Mike Ryan 1575 81 l16 19 17 UNRUNG (Independent)  Turnpike Troubadours 1023 29 7 1 18 ONE NIGHT IN TULSA (Independent)  Kylie Frey 1564 -515 17 17 24 ROAD TO YOU (Independent)  Micky & The Motorcars 1017 -43 l8 8 19 COME BACK DOWN (Independent)  Flatland Cavalry 1478 15 18 18 23 REAL SMALL TOWN (Independent)  Adam Hood 1006 -29 l9 9 22 I FOUND YOU (Independent)  Robert Ray 1382 97 l19 23 9 GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK (Independent)  Jody Booth 988 55 l10 14 9 SHE GONE (Independent)  Randall King 1285 109 l20 25 6 FOUR MINUTES (King Hall Music)  Chad Cooke Band 977 88

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 MARCH 16, 2020 | PAGE 9 OF 17

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lahassee, Fla., hired Casey Daniels as operations manager for the four-station cluster and PD for country WWOF. She was previously a WSBT-TV South Bend, Ind., personality … Suzanne Berg joined iHeartMedia as a Nashville region account executive. A former New York radio promotion vp, she most recently operated marketing/management firm Berg Entertainment … Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee assumed ownership of Ozark Mountain Media in Bran- son, Mo., The Ozarks Independent reported. The deal includes country KRZK. In tandem with that move, former KRZK personality Steve Willoughby was installed as the cluster’s GM. He has been operating a consultancy, Willoughby Communications … Doug Holzmeier joined Stephens Media/Monroe, La., as operations manager, according to Talkers.com. He oversees four stations, in-

JOHN SHEARER JOHN cluding country KMYY. His prior position was an on-air shift at adult contem- Scotty McCreery received a gold album from the RIAA prior to porary KUEZ Reno, Nev. … CMT personality Cody Alan is being honored with his March 11 concert at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. From left: the Human Rights Campaign’s visibility award. The recognition was to be given RIAA Nashville vp artist and industry relations Jackie Jones, Triple 8 March 14 during the annual HRC Nashville Dinner. That event was postponed Management day-to-day manager Scott Stem, Triple Tigers GM/ in conjunction with COVID-19 prevention efforts … Country Radio Broadcast- partner Norbert Nix, McCreery and Triple 8 Management/Triple Tigers ers will present a CRS360 webinar that follows up on a Country Radio Seminar partner George Couri. research project at 1 p.m. CT on March 17. Go here to register. NEW HEARTLAND ADDS MANAGEMENT ’ROUND THE ROW One of the Nashville music community’s first branding firms is expanding into Janine Appleton Ebach announced the formation of a new management com- management. pany, Ebach Entertainment. Roster announcements are forthcoming. She was The New Heartland Group is launching One Bullet Entertainment, most recently Curb|Word vp publishing … Jamie Cologna resigned her post a digital-first division that handles both management and branding as SMACK executive assistant to facilitate the launch of the Nashville division partnerships. The first One Bullet branding deal matched Luke Bryan and of digital company WMA. Beginning March 23, Amber Anderson will take Lipton, a sponsor of his Proud to Be Right Here Tour. Danielle Bradbery, over the executive assistant role, following a run as client relations manager who previewed new music during the Big Machine Label Group showcase at for 5by5: A Change Agency. Reach Cologna here and Anderson here … Round Country Radio Seminar, is One Bullet’s first management client, Billboard Hill Music Nashville promoted four employees. Steve Nalbert rose to head of Country Update has learned exclusively. creative licensing from senior director of sync and licensing, Kevin Thomp- “Her voice is just jaw-dropping,” says New Heartland founder/CEO Paul son was upped to senior director of sync licensing from director, Emily Cor- Jankowski. “We’re excited about what she has in the works and what she can ter was promoted to manager of royalty services from senior coordinator, and potentially do.” Robbie English climbed to manager of sync licensing from senior coordina- New Heartland was formed to assist artists and companies in reaching a tor … Songwriter-producer-guitarist Brandon Hood (, Jim- blue-collar segment of the U.S. population that is often overlooked. While the mie Allen) and producer Dann Huff (Kane Brown, Keith Urban) launched market is not strictly bound by geographical lines, its core stretches roughly an artist development company with Warner Chappell Nashville. Hood also across 26 states from North Dakota to Virginia on the northern edge and from signed a songwriting deal with Warner Chappell … Sony/ATV signed musician- Texas to Florida at its southern tip. producer Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, ) to a publishing The company has worked with brands that include FedEx, Pizza Hut, deal and renewed its agreements with and Adam Doleac … Alt- Children’s Miracle Hospital Networks, Mountain Dew and the country band Flying Buffaloes signed a management contract with Conway Museum, connecting them with such acts as Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley Entertainment … Producer-author-filmmaker Tamara Saviano received the and Lady Antebellum. One Bullet is primed to apply some of the same data Margaret Moser Women in Music Award during the Austin Music Awards on and strategy from those campaigns to grow artists and their unique brands March 11 … WNET’s All Arts platform renewed Songwriters Under the Covers through plans that encompass both new platforms and established avenues. With Victoria Shaw for a second season … The Country Music Association’s “We now have this massive platform, this digital platform called social media, CMA Foundation and the Academy of Country Music’s ACM Lifting Lives each and it’s incumbent upon us to be very proactive in how we support that radio committed $100,000 to Nashville tornado relief. Victims seeking an immedi- journey by providing this ancillary support,” says Jankowski. “That’s what we’re ate grant from the ACM may email here … Drummer Clair ”Biff” Adam died really about is making sure that we integrate everything we can.” March 7 of congestive heart failure. During four decades as a member of Merle Jankowski has authored two books on heartland marketing and expects to Haggard’s band, The Strangers, Adam contributed to “Ramblin’ Fever,” “If publish another focused on research about Generation Z. We Make It Through December” and “Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish “Finding the right manager is as important as finding the right song,” said a Buck Was Still Silver).” The family is accepting messages here. Bradbery in a statement. “There was no doubt that Paul and his team were the right fit for me, especially at this important phase of my career. I love how they think strategically while really understanding me as an artist. I’m excited to be One Bullet’s first artist.” RADIO & RECORDS® BMG launched the label Renew Records, which will focus on Americana and roots music. BMG executive vp David Hirshland will head the Los Angeles- based imprint. The first wave of projects includes a previously unreleased 1968 concert by … Curb signed singer-songwriter Hannah Ellis to a recording deal … signed a recording deal with the new Verge label, co-founded by producer Mickey Jack Cones (Dustin Lynch, Joe Nich- ols) … Travis Tritt reached an agreement on a recording contract with Big Noise Music Group. An album is expected later this year following work with producer Dave Cobb (, Chris Stapleton) … Big Machine added singer- Trace Adkins (center) signed March 9 with the new Verge label, songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard to its roster. He is working on an album that distributed by ONErpm. He is flanked by ONErpm Nashville GM Ken

will include appearances by Ringo Starr and … Adams Radio/Tal- Madsen (left) and Verge president/COO Mickey Jack Cones. CRABTREE THOMAS BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 16, 2020 | PAGE 10 OF 17

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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

The COVID-19 pandemic March 17 did a real number on tour • 2005 — Keith Urban begins a three- schedules, and it could cre- night stand at Nashville’s Ryman ate a huge concert traffic Auditorium. The encore includes a jam this fall, assuming the surprise appearance by Kenny Chesney, virus has run its course by who joins him in a laughter-filled cover then. Among the festivals of Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried.” HOT COUNTRY KNIGHTS and events that have been • 1990 — begins a four-week CHESNEY pushed back are the Acad- stay at No. 1 on the Billboard country ANN ALLISTER emy of Country Music Awards, now happening in September; Rock the Ocean’s singles chart with “Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart.” Tortuga Festival, set for Oct. 2-4; and the iHeart Country Festival, which has been pushed to an undetermined date. Reba McEntire, Dan + Shay, Kenny March 18 Chesney, Chris Stapleton, Hot Country Knights and Kane Brown are among • 2019 — Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens and retired producer/label the acts who have had to delay shows. executive Jerry Bradley are announced as the 2019 inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Shania Twain, and John Brannen launched in 1993 with a se- • 1980 — Epic releases George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today.” ries of dates billed as the Triple Play Tour. Monument is similarly introduc- ing a new Triple Play Tour featuring Walker Hayes, Brandon Ratcliff and March 19 Teddy Robb beginning April 9, assuming COVID-19 does not upend those • 2013 — Mercury releases the Kacey Musgraves album Same Trailer plans. The label would, of course, love to have two of its three acts hit Twain/ Different Park. Keith success levels. March 20 Online video footage of packed houses on Lower Broadway in Nashville drew • 2018 — Chris Janson joins the Grand Ole Opry. does outrage over the weekend, with some Twitter followers predicting youth who the induction honors. think themselves bulletproof may pass a potentially lethal virus on to their fragile grandparents. Nashville Mayor John Cooper asked bars to shut down, and some March 21 — including John Rich’s Redneck Riviera and Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row — • 2017 — Little Big Town performs in Australia for the first time, were willing to put patrons’ health ahead of their wallets. Bar owner Steve Smith, appearing at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney with opening act whose holdings include Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge and Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Kip Moore. Tonk & Rock’n’Roll Steakhouse, refused to comply for roughly 24 hours before giving in. In one of the most printable Twitter responses, @RobertP46757113 March 22 said the owner “just wants to spread the virus around.” • 2009 — Basketball star Dennis Rodman physically threatens on NBC’s Donald Trump-hosted The Celebrity Apprentice and Two multi-artist benefit albums are taking advantage of the times, with one refers to Black as “the dictator from hell.” Rodman abandons the offering tornado relief and the other recognizing the impending Memorial men’s team, which still wins behind project manager Brian McKnight. Day holiday. The former project, Nashville Strong, is a digital-only creation • 1955 — Johnny Cash records his first single, “Hey, Porter,” at the by Warner Music Nashville, mixing such familiar tracks as Gabby Barrett’s Sun Studio in Memphis. “I Hope” and Ashley McBryde’s “One Night Standards” with material by newcomers like Troy Cartwright, Tegan Marie and Ryan Griffin. The other, March 23 Love Lives On, goes on sale May 22 with proceeds marked for a military sup- • 2016 — Twelve days before the 51st annual Academy of Country port organization. Participants include , , and Music Awards, Chris Stapleton is named new male vocalist of the , among others. year, Kelsea Ballerini claims new female, and Old Dominion takes new vocal duo or group. • 2012 — sing the national anthem before an NBA Top Headlines from .com game at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Phoenix Click on headlines below for more details Suns edge the Indiana Pacers, 113-111.

Academy of Country Music Awards Postponed Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database To September 2020

Nashville Declares Public Health Emergency, Shuts Down Lower Broadway To Combat Coronavirus

Lucian Grainge, Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO, Hospitalized With Coronavirus

California Closes Bars, Clubs In Tough New Measures To Stop Coronavirus Tenille Arts visited WUSY Chattanooga, Tenn., as she promotes her Reviver single “Somebody Like That.” From left: WUSY music director IHeartMedia CEO On Coronavirus: ‘In Times Of Melissa Turner and daughter Avery, Arts, Entercom/Chattanooga Need,’ People ‘Are Hanging Out With Us More’ senior vp programming Justin Cole and WUSY personality Greg “Styckman” Owens. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 16, 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 2 54 THE BONES No. 1 (2 weeks) Maren Morris 7 1 G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 2 2 1 24 10,000 HOURS Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber RC 1 D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.J.DILLON,J.REYNOLDS,J.D.BIEBER,J.BOYD) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR HOMESICK 3 3 4 51 Kane Brown 1 3 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZON E 4/RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 4 6 6 46 I HOPE Airplay Gainer Gabby Barrett 9 4 l R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 5 4 3 23 KINFOLKS Sam Hunt 3 3 Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE HOMEMADE 6 8 14 26 Jake Owen 2 6 l J.MOI,D.COHEN (B.GOLDSMITH,J.MULLINS,D.PARKER,B.PINSON) BIG LOUD 7 5 5 50 ONE MAN BAND Old Dominion RC 2 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.F.TURSI,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE NOBODY BUT YOU 8 7 10 13 Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 12 6 l S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN CHASIN’ YOU 9 9 11 30 Morgan Wallen 13 9 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT 10 11 15 34 Jordan Davis 6 10 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,L.L.FOWLER) MCA NASHVILLE 11 10 9 21 WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Luke Bryan 4 9 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,R.COPPERMAN,H.LINDSEY,J.M.NITE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE WE BACK 12 13 8 27 Jason Aldean 8 8 l M.KNOX (B.D.WARREN,B.WARREN,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT) MACON/BROKEN BOW I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 13 14 12 32 Riley Green 16 12 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,L.BONDS,B.GREEN) BMLG 14 12 13 36 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Ingrid Andress 10 12 S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) A TLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA CATCH 15 15 18 37 Brett Young 5 15 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) BMLG I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 16 16 16 22 Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 15 12 l (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE DOES TO ME 17 17 20 9 Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 14 17 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 18 18 19 27 HOMECOMING QUEEN? Kelsea Ballerini 18 14 J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) BLACK RIVER BEER CAN’T FIX 19 19 21 11 Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 11 19 l D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY HH HH 20 31 — 2 GASLIGHTER Digital & Streaming Gainer Dixie Chicks 51 20 l J.M.ANTONOFF,DIXIE CHICKS (M.MAGUIRE,E.STRAYER,N.MAINES,J.M.ANTONOFF) COLUMBIA/IN2UNE AFTER A FEW 21 20 23 22 Travis Denning 17 20 l J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,K.ARCHER,J.WEAVER) MERCURY HERE AND NOW 22 24 22 3 Kenny Chesney 19 22 l B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA LONELY IF YOU ARE 23 25 26 28 Chase Rice 27 23 l C. DESTEFANO,C.RICE (C.RICE,L.RIMES,H.PHELPS) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART 24 27 29 34 Maddie & Tae 26 24 l J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 25 21 — 2 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Keith Urban 30 21 K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE

COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM

#1 #1 1 3 WKS JIMMY ROBBINS  1 32 WKS DANN HUFF  2 JOSH OSBORNE  2 JOEY MOI  3 ROSS COPPERMAN  3  4 JON NITE  4 DAN SMYERS  TIE 5 LAURA VELTZ  5 ZACH CROWELL  TIE 5 MAREN MORRIS  6 SCOTT HENDRICKS  7 LUKE COMBS  7 ROSS COPPERMAN  8 CRAIG WISEMAN  8 SCOTT MOFFATT  TIE 9 JORDAN DAVIS  9 SHANE MCANALLY 

TIE 9 LONNIE FOWLER  CROWELL 10  JOHN SHEARER FOR BILLBOARD FOR SHEARER JOHN

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 MARCH 16, 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 22 25 18 BETTER TOGETHER Luke Combs - 14 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE IN BETWEEN 27 29 30 19 Scotty McCreery 20 27 l F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS 28 26 27 15 BLUEBIRD Miranda Lambert 29 26 J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 29 28 28 17 MONSTERS Eric Church 21 28 J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE) EMI NASHVILLE 30 23 24 18 BLESSINGS Florida Line RC 23 J.MOI,FLORIDA GEORIGA LINE (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,T.DOUGLAS,J.FRASURE,J.M.SCHMIDT,E.K.SMITH) BMLG DROWNING 31 30 31 25 Chris Young 28 18 l C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.A.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE DRINKING ALONE 32 33 34 18 Carrie Underwood 23 32 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,) CAPITOL NASHVILLE GETTING GOOD 33 42 39 5 Lauren Alaina 49 33 l D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY MY TRUCK 34 35 36 5 - 34 l KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC 35 32 32 20 HER WORLD OR MINE Michael Ray 24 31 S.HENDRICKS (J.PAULIN,T.DENNING,B.BEAVERS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 36 34 33 11 ONE BEER HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 43 33 J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) TREE VIBEZ/BIG LOUD ONE NIGHT STANDARDS 37 36 35 11 Ashley McBryde 32 35 l J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG 38 37 38 13 LOCASH 22 36 l 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE HARD TO FORGET 39 45 46 5 Sam Hunt 33 39 l Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE 40 38 40 15 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Gone West RC 38 J.KENNEY (C.CAILLAT,J.K.YOUNG,J.REEVES,D.J.REEVES,J.KENNEY) TRIPLE TIGERS WHY WE DRINK 41 40 43 6 Justin Moore 25 40 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY JUST THE WAY 42 44 45 4 Parmalee x Blanco Brown - 42 l D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) ST ONEY CREEK 43 39 37 22 BIG, BIG PLANS Chris Lane 48 33 J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD 44 41 41 19 COVER ME UP Morgan Wallen - 35 J.MOI,D.COHEN (M.J.ISBELL) BIG LOUD 45 43 42 6 FAMOUS Adam Doleac - 42 A.SKIB (A.DOLEAC,B.HAMRICK,A.SKIB) ARISTA NASHVILLE DONE 46 48 50 3 Chris Janson 31 46 l C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WA RNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 47 46 44 10 THIS BAR Morgan Wallen - 29 J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,J.MORGAN,J.SCOTT,E.K.SMITH,R.VOJTESAK,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD 48 47 49 3 DETAILS Billy Currington 34 47 M.TRUSSELL (M.TRUSSELL,N.GALYON,S.L.OLSEN) MERCURY HH HH 49 NEW 1 SOME GIRLS Hot Shot Debut Jameson Rodgers 38 49 l C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION /RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 50 49 — 2 SHE’S MINE Kip Moore 35 49 K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA 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.

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 1,094,000 1,169,909,000 277,059,000 Album ’19 9.39 million Consumption 9,394,000 10,419,000 10.9% ’20 10.42 million Last Week 1,110,000 1,458,588,000 284,313,000 Album Sales 1,911,000 1,651,000 -13.6% Change -1.4% -19.8% -2.6% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 9,087,384,000 10,984,591,000 20.9% ’19 11.51 billion This Week Last Year 1,079,000 978,892,000 254,535,000 ’20 13.72 billion Change 1.4% 19.5% 8.8% Video On-Demand 2,422,450,000 2,736,385,000 13.0%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending March 12, 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.

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected] BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 16, 2020 | PAGE 13 OF 17

SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES COMPILED BY DATA COMPILED BY

COUNTRY COUNTRY 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 10,000 HOURS GASLIGHTER LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 1 1 23 1 2 2 DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER  l DIXIE CHICKS  1 1 1 18 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 1   THE BONES NOBODY BUT YOU LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU l2 2 36 2 1 13 2 2 2 145 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1 MAREN MORRIS  BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI  HEARTLESS I HOPE MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 3 4 30 3 3 28 3 3 93 3 l DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  l GABBY BARRETT  l3 BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX 0   I HOPE THE BONES 4 4 13 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRY 1 l4 5 20 4 4 30 l4 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN GABBY BARRETT  MAREN MORRIS  KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 5 3 29 ONE MAN BAND 5 6 23 10,000 HOURS 5 5 5 70 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 0 1 OLD DOMINION  DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER  KINFOLKS DOES TO ME 6 6 53 MAREN MORRIS GIRL 1 l6 7 21 6 9 6 l6 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN SAM HUNT  LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH  WHISKEY GLASSES I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW 7 7 254 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 l7 6 56 l7 11 15 l7 MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 MORGAN WALLEN  CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE  HOMESICK I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 8 8 90 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 1 l8 8 11 8 8 32 l8 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 KANE BROWN  RILEY GREEN  CHASIN’ YOU HOMESICK OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINION 9 11 10 9 12 19 9 9 9 20 RCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1 l MORGAN WALLEN  l KANE BROWN  WHISKEY ONE MAN BAND KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 10 9 153 10 10 39 10 11 11 171 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON  OLD DOMINION  BEAUTIFUL CRAZY MORE HEARTS THAN MINE JASON ALDEAN 9 11 10 97 11 13 25 11 10 10 16 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1 l LUKE COMBS  INGRID ANDRESS  BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART CHASIN’ YOU THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD 12 13 44 12 16 6 12 12 12 41 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 1 l LUKE COMBS  MORGAN WALLEN  TIM MCGRAW 35 BIGGEST HITS NOBODY BUT YOU GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME RE-ENTRY 62 8 13 14 7 13 5 2 l13 CURB 79413 l BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI  KEITH URBAN  MEANT TO BE TENNESSEE WHISKEY 14 14 240 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 3 14 12 120 14 19 215 l14 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG l BEBE REXHA &  CHRIS STAPLETON  I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED GOD’S COUNTRY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY 15 24 9 15 18 50 15 13 13 52 RCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12 l RILEY GREEN  BLAKE SHELTON  ONE THING RIGHT BEER CAN’T FIX 24 22 24 RILEY GREEN DIFFERENT ‘ROUND HERE 11 16 16 36 16 20 5 l16 BMLG BMXRG0100C VS EX l MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN  THOMAS RHETT FEAT. JON PARDI  MAKE ME WANT TO EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING 26 29 35 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORY 17 17 17 5 17 15 35 l17 HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS l JIMMIE ALLEN  LUKE COMBS  JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN 18 15 86 SPEECHLESS 18 25 13 HEARTLESS 18 15 17 100 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1 DAN + SHAY  DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS HOMECOMING QUEEN? BETTER TOGETHER 18 20 229 2 19 18 17 19 23 8 l19 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN l KELSEA BALLERINI  LUKE COMBS  JORDAN DAVIS HOME STATE HOMEMADE BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART 19 24 88 6 20 NEW 20 22 42 l20 MCA NASHVILLE 028014/UMGN l JAKE OWEN  LUKE COMBS  KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR WE BACK KINFOLKS 21 25 5 21 21 20 21 16 15 97 MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1 l JASON ALDEAN  SAM HUNT  JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW MY TRUCK 22 22 21 195 1 22 20 5 22 1 l CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 l CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE  BRELAND  50 NUMBER ONES TEQUILA BLUEBIRD 23 21 23 202 1 23 22 103 23 RE-ENTRY l MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 l DAN + SHAY  MIRANDA LAMBERT  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS 24 17 16 56 1 24 21 2 24 RE-ENTRY BMLG FGL0400* 0 l JORDAN DAVIS  l JOHN DENVER  BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG HEAVEN WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT 25 25 27 161 2 25 RE-ENTRY 25 RE-ENTRY BMLG BY0100A* 1 l KANE BROWN  LUKE BRYAN  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] Newcomer Payton Smith Snares A Percussive Debut With “Like I Knew You Would”

When Big Machine picked “Like I Knew You Would” as a lead single for 20-year- calls her an “angel” and that she’s stolen his heart. But the rest of the riverside old newcomer Payton Smith, the label set him up for an ideal introduction. activities remain a bit foggy. “Drivin’ me crazy with a melody,” for example, It showcases his impressive skills, his energetic performance ap- fits the phrasing in verse one nicely, though it’s not clear if that melody is proach and his homegrown love of percussion. Hailing from the Gulf Coast metaphoric or if she’s literally singing a song over and over. town of Houma, La., he grew up a short drive from New Orleans, and the Big “I don’t really want to tell you what it means to me,” says Bowman, “because Easy made a mark on him as a musician. it may mean something [different] to you.” “There was so much music,” he recalls, “and the thing that it all had in com- Smith injected one more change of pace to the proceedings, building a mon, no matter what genre it was, was rhythm. It skittering guitar interlude that functions like a was all about rhythm. And syncopation. And that bridge at the close of the second chorus. It’s al- has a huge effect on the way that I write music most stately at the start, segueing into arena-rock because it has to have some kind of groove.” bravado, much like a mid-2000s Keith Urban “Like I Knew You Would” definitely meets production. that standard. He created it on Dec. 6, 2018, “Keith was a huge influence on me, and that in his first writing session with bluegrass solo — especially that walk-up [that ends] the musician-songwriter Ronnie Bowman (“No- solo — was definitely something that I grew up body to Blame,” “Never Wanted Nothing hearing from Keith,” says Smith. More”) and guitarist-keyboardist-producer Dan Fernandez produced a smooth demo at the Fernandez at Fernandez’s Nashville home. The end of the writing session with prominent location set the tone for the day’s work. and steel, and all three writers felt they’d created “My studio is kind of like a playground, like something special. Smith hesitated to share it nothing’s in ,” says Fernandez. with the label, though, fearful that it might knock “It’s kind of chaotic, and there’s a bunch of shit out one of the five songs he was already set to re- everywhere, you know? So it’s almost like the cord with producer James Stroud (Chris Young, lightning in the idea is already in the room.” John Anderson). When he finally did reveal it, Appropriately, there’s a degree of chaos in the Big Machine Label Group president/CEO Scott percussion on “Like I Knew You Would,” which Borchetta proclaimed it a “smash” in an email was the song’s starting point. and decided they should record all six songs. “We all talked about how much we love syn- SMITH Stroud and Smith were determined to copation and love rhythms, and we just kind of heighten the song’s percussive quotient on the spent the hour drinking coffee, talking about songs that we love and then master. Stroud — who started out playing the kit on such cuts as Jean Knight’s dove into it,” recalls Smith. “Mr. Big Stuff” and Eddie Rabbitt’s “Drivin’ My Life Away” — hired drum- The work was focused on sonics first, applying a series of claps to a simple mer Wes Little to bang out a steady, complicated stream of 16th notes during chord progression, then looping it to build an attitude in the room. The title a session at Starstruck Studios. Little brought a variety of drums with him, and and the storyline were unknown at the outset, though Bowman freestyled Stroud settled on a piccolo snare to provide a crisp high end for the percussion. a few lines — “Down to the river ’cross the railroad tracks/I was playing it “We tuned it to where it was a little out of tune, to where it didn’t ring,” says cool, you were kickin’ it back/Like I knew you would” — that set the lyrical Stroud. “It sounded like a cross between James Brown’s snare drum and a elements in motion. Louisiana/Neville Brothers snare drum.” “That’s a great cadence,” observes Bowman. “And you’ve already pretty Smith handled most of the guitar work, though guitarist Kenny Greenberg much made your map.” brought extra fire power to a band that included bassist Mike Brignardello, The river resonated with Smith’s swampy bayou history, and “Like I Knew acoustic guitarist Biff Watson and keyboardist Steve Nathan. Smith asked You Would” became a theme. They repeated it at least twice in each verse and them specifically to play as if they were on a concert stage. likewise used it to bookend the opening and closing lines of the chorus, pro- Smith knocked out his vocals later at LOUD Studio with the same Neumann viding a verbal focus for the work. U47 microphone that Stroud had used with Toby Keith and Tim McGraw. And “The Beatles repeat so much the title of their song, you know, inside of the Smith sang with the same passion and rawness that he brings to a concert stage. song, and that was always appealing to me,” says Smith. “I think that some of “I remember wanting to hold a guitar because that helps so much with that that, not even thinking about it, made its way into ‘Like I Knew You Would’ — live energy,” says Smith. “I think I closed my eyes the whole song while I was the idea of just repeating the hook as much as you could.” singing it. You’re envisioning a crowd the whole time, and I felt like that really That first verse percolated as they worked through it, and when they ar- helped how I delivered that vocal.” rived at the chorus, Smith changed it up, hitting power chords on his guitar Stroud insisted that Smith do his own background vocals, which only added and singing the title again with a melody that changes the dynamic. “Knew to the intensity. you would” jumps a fifth, then drops a fourth, creating a jagged set of inter- “When he’s singing with himself it sounds like a dadgum train,” says Stroud. vals that’s unusual in a country song. Smith played “Like I Knew You Would” during a lunch showcase on Feb. 21 “The chords are pretty much the same all the way down,” notes Fernandez. at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, and Big Machine released it to “So we really worked hard on making the phrasing of the verses, the melody terrestrial radio via Play MPE immediately after that performance. The song of the verses, be something you can grasp on to and kind of inject your own received a March 9 add date, bringing a 20-year-old exuberance and an old- story into it, but also having the chorus be something different.” school hybrid sound to the genre. The lyrics were developed with an intentional vagueness, as the singer con- “It is really my favorite song to play live,” says Smith. “It’s just got so much

fesses his infatuation. The listener knows the woman has blue eyes, that he energy.” MCCLISTER DAVID BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 16, 2020 | PAGE 15 OF 17 Country Airplay Index

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DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ I   ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc (Songwriter) Chart Position Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs I DO FOR YOU Riser House Tunes, SESAC/Golden BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, Walls Music, SESAC/The Song Factory LLC, SESAC/Double Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative A   D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 23 Gobble Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (M.D.Carmichael, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing J.Melton) 42 America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 22 AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ I DON’T LOVE YOU Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, ASCAP/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Yamomma, ASCAP/Alrighty Den SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP SESAC (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 28 Music, BMI/Songs Of Mojo Two, ASCAP/Songs Of A Carl RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 17 Music, ASCAP (A.Hambrick, M.Fuller, N.A.Medley) 57 SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 32 E   B   OVER DRINKING W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Songs I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) G.Barrett) 9 Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, 44 II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Hits, Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, F   Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C.R.Barlowe, J.Frasure, R.B.Tedder) 11 Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg A.Gorley, S.Jones, H.Lindsey) 52 FIRE’T UP Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Songs Of Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Rhythm House, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. P   Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Peer, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, ASCAP (B.Gilbert, B.Day, Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 15 Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, J.Weaver) 50 PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing E.K.Smith) 48 IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 41 FOR MY MONEY WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mid Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog South Mood Maker Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt ASCAP/Lanercost Publishing, ASCAP (B.Lay, A.DeRoberts) Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ S   Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, 60 Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 20 SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 29 FRONT SEAT Totally Awesome Music, BMI (J. Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From Jordan) 36 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 35 Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 16 Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, G   ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise K   Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., GASLIGHTER Woolly Puddin’ Music, BMI/Songs Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Scrapin’ WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 6 BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, Toast, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/ KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Ducky Donath Music, BMI  The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller L.J.Veltz) 7 (M. Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., Maguire, E.Strayer, N.Maines, J.M.Antonoff) 51 Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, BREAK IT IN Plaid Flag Music, BMI/McCarty And Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, Blake, LLC, BMI/South By Sea Music Publishing, BMI/ GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, A.M.Cruz) 59 Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ 3 Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP  49 J.Osborne)  Music Machine, BMI/Florida Songs Vibez, BMI/I Finally (E.L.Weisband)  SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Got Some Publishing, BMI/Riser House Tunes, SESAC (B. L   Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Davis, B.Day, D.Ross, M.Whitworth) 40 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, C   Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, ASCAP  38 BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar)  Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing,  30 Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater)  H.Phelps) 27 Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry H   Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 5 Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R. On The Line, BMI (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 54 Rhett) 46 Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., C.Wiseman) 13 BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV M   T   CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/ Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 33 Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV HEAD OVER HEELS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 56 G.Smith) 58 LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, J.Osborne) 39 SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/Big And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, W   Deal Beats, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, T.Cecil, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music D   J.Mullins) 45 Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 21 WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ DETAILS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ MORE HEARTS THAN MINE What Is An Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ Ingrid, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, The Art Music, BMI/Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (B.D.Warren, ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 34 ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 19 ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 10 B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 8 DIAMONDS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., WHAT I‚ÄôM LEAVING FOR Universal Music BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, N   Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP/BMG Words And Music, ASCAP/That Was EZ, BMI/Songs Of Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Mason Jar Moonshine Music Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.Evans, C. Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Publishing, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So DeStefano, E.K.Bogart) 55 Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 24 BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Good Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, M.R.Premnath, L.J.Veltz) 47 Songs LLC, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/ DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner- Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 12 Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (T.Howell, Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV N.Galyon) 18 B.Lancaster, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 53 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/ D.Ruttan) 26 HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 37 BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, O   J.M.Nite) 4 Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 14 J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 2 ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, J.Mitchell) 43 ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 31 T.Phillips) 1 Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 25 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 16, 2020 | PAGE 16 OF 17 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of O   (Songwriter) Chart Position Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, 10,000 HOURS Beats And , ASCAP/Shay Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/WC Music D.Ruttan) 24 J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 6 J.Mitchell) 36 Corp., ASCAP/Bieber Time Publishing, ASCAP/Universal ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Music Corp., ASCAP/Poo BZ Publishing Inc., ASCAP/ DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/ Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.J.Dillon, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill J.Reynolds, J.D.Bieber, J.Boyd) 2 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L. Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative A   Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 17 SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing T.Phillips) 3 America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 38 AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/ BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, I   ONE MAN BAND WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 21 M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 46 ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, G.Barrett) 4 ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, B   DRINKING ALONE Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/ ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Universal Music - Brentwood-Benson Songs, BMI/D I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold Music Corp., ASCAP/Turs And Chorus, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Rosen, B.F.Tursi, J.Osborne) 7 Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/ Of Brett, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 32 Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Influence Media Music Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, DROWNING Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C. SPV, LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love R.B.Tedder) 19 Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 16 RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, SESAC (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 37 BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/ ASCAP/Universal Tunes, SESAC/Songs For Owen Music, IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ SESAC (C.A.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 31 Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two S   ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, F   Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of R.Montana) 26 Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From FAMOUS Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 27 The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Sehr Laut, ASCAP/Songs Of Razor And Tie Music, (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 50 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud ASCAP (A.Doleac, B.Hamrick, A.Skib) 45 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, G   Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 13 Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase E.K.Smith) 43 Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ GASLIGHTER Woolly Puddin’ Music, BMI/Songs J   WC Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 10 BLESSINGS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Scrapin’ Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Toast, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/ JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Ducky Donath Music, BMI (M. Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Countryside, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Warner- Maguire, E.Strayer, N.Maines, J.M.Antonoff) 20 Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 42 West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/ ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 49 House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/ Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ K   WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 33 T   Music, ASCAP/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, KINFOLKS Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Bentween Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold The Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller THIS BAR Relative Music Group, BMI/Ransom Quarter T.Douglas, J.Frasure, J.M.Schmidt, E.K.Smith) 30 Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Twelve6 Note Music, ASCAP/Pie Cost Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, Dogwood, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/ Corp., ASCAP/Torches And Pitchforks Music, BMI/Sony/ BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/ Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers, Loud Mountain, BMI (M.W.Hardy, J.Morgan, J.Scott, E.K.Smith, Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs,  25 5 47 BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater)  J.Osborne)  R.Vojtesak, M.Wallen)  Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 28 H   L   W   THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/ LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, WE BACK Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Publishing Corp., BMI/Loyal Feather Music, BMI/ ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/ Chifforobe Songs, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Big Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., H.Phelps) 23 Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (B.D.Warren, BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/Sony/ATV M   B.Warren, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt) 12 L.J.Veltz) 1 Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, MONSTERS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, C   J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 39 And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/ Publishing America, Inc., BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 29 Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/ (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves, J.Kenney) 40 BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, MORE HEARTS THAN MINE What Is An Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, Ingrid, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From WHAT SHE WANTS TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 15 ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 22 The Art Music, BMI/Songs For A Stone Heart, BMI/ Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, D.Southerland) 14 BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, R.Copperman, H.Lindsey, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Platinum Songs US, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/ J.M.Nite) 11 Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 35 No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, C.Wiseman) 9 Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double HOMECOMING QUEEN? Sony/ATV Accent, Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/ COVER ME UP Fame Publishing Company LLC, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D. Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/Songs Of Emchant, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Muse Magic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Breland, T.Taylor, K.Austin, D.Barton, T.Zeigler) 34 Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.J.Isbell) 44 Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI (K.Ballerini, J.Robbins, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol N   D   N.Galyon) 18 Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., 41 DETAILS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover)  Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs LLC, GMR/Influence Media Music SPV, LLC, GMR/ BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 48 Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 8 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 16, 2020 | PAGE 17 OF 17 CODA On March 19, 2005, ’s Corps shortly after high school. 15 Years Ago “Nothin’ to Lose” crowned Hot He broke through in music as Country Songs, becoming his lone the fourth-place finalist on No. 1 — and the first by an American the second season of American Idol Josh Gracin Idol contestant. in 2003. After he led Hot Country The song, co-written by Kevin Songs, 2005 Idol champ Carrie Un- Won Big With Savigar and Marcel Chagnon, was derwood became the series’ next released as the second single from contestant to reign, with “Jesus, Gracin’s self-titled freshman album, Take the Wheel,” in January 2006. ‘Lose’ which produced two other top 10s Following Idol, Gracin finished on the chart: “I Want to Live” (No. 4) his tour with the marines and signed The former American Idol and “ (Brass Bed)” (No. to the Lyric Street label after being 5). He notched an additional top 10 honorably discharged. Now 39, he contestant scored his lone Hot in 2008 with the No. 10-peaking and his wife, Katie, welcomed son Country Songs leader “We Weren’t Crazy.” Luka Roman Gracin, his fourth Born in Westland, Mich., Gra- child, on Jan. 13. cin enlisted in the U.S. Marine —JIM ASKER

Gracin performed in February 2005 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.

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