Country Update

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Moore, Midland Reign On Charts Ken Burns, Blanco Brown And >page 4 Country’s Decreasing Racial Barriers

Underdogs Impact CMA Noms When Ken Burns’ PBS series Country Music premieres on country has spent any time acknowledging, sort of collectively.” >page 10 Sept. 15, the eight-part documentary will explore multiple Eight years in the making, the 16.5-hour production of storylines in the genre’s rise from rural niche format to Country Music arrives during a chaotic cultural period. More mainstream plank. than half of Americans believe the current president is a racist, One of the plot threads most likely to surprise — even shock — according to multiple polls, and white supremacist actions led to Jake Owen To Visit casual viewers is the prevalence of black influence in an idiom a brutal death at a 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Va., plus mass Post-Dorian Florida that has long been referred to as “the white man’s blues.” shootings at a Charleston, S.C., church in 2015 and an El Paso, >page 11 Burns’ series Texas, shopping recounts how mall in 2019. black musicians But at the taught or assisted same time, the Roger Miller’s such pioneering countr y genre ‘Morning’ Brew figures as The has become more >page 11 Carter Family, open to black

Hank Williams, assimilation. Jimmie Rodgers Such artists of Makin’ Tracks: and Bill Monroe. color as Darius Rodney Atkins I t r e m i n d s Rucker, Jimmie Gives Thanks viewers how Elvis Allen and Kane >page 15 Presley broke Brown all have out through earned recent BROWN BURNS PRIDE cou nt r y a f ter country hits. appropriating Blanco Brown’s Country Coda: elements of R&B and the blues. It shows how Ray Charles “The Git Up” has topped Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart Jason Aldean brought country to popular culture by repackaging songs for eight weeks. The Fisk Jubilee Singers provided prominent Goes ‘Green’ with soul and jazz arrangements in an era of segregation. And backing vocals on Rodney Atkins’ RIAA-certified gold single >page 20 it traces the subsequent rise of Charley Pride, who endured “Caught Up in the Country.” And Lil Nas X received a Country racial slurs and a skeptical industry to become country’s first Music Association Award nomination along with Billy Ray black hitmaker. Cyrus on Aug. 28 for “Old Town Road,” a title that reignited

“This is super important,” says Burns. “It’s nothing that long-standing arguments about country’s boundaries. MELLISH CRAIG PRIDE: KAVIAR. J. BROWN: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 2 OF 20

Even in that era, white musicians liberally borrowed ideas from their black counterparts — the musical roots of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” for example, originated in a spiritual hymn. “I grew up a musician, and we didn’t care [about race],” said Vince Gill while praising the PBS series to an industry crowd at a party for his recently released album Okie. “I loved Ray Charles as much as I love Ray Price. None of that stuff ever mattered to me, and to see it matter to other people is hurtful. It’s so pointless.” But separatism remains a cultural flashpoint, fueled in part by the divide between urban and rural living. While growing up in a split family, Blanco Brown was exposed to hip-hop in city neighborhoods and to country when he resided on a farm. Although others might have exacerbated the differences, he found a way to fuse them. “The gene pool cries out for diversity; tribal tradition cries out for sameness,” Vince Gill performed “Forever Changed” on NBC’s Today on Aug. 27 as jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis says in Country Music. “America, we’re caught he promotes his new album, Okie. From left are co-host Jill Martin, Gill in between those two things. So our music has ended up being segregated. and co-hosts Al Roker and Stephanie Gosk. And that’s not what the origins of the music would leave you to believe would be its trajectory.” Thus, as some of the loudest voices on the national stage encourage Indeed, though early country and the blues both spoke the language of demeaning racial behaviors, it can be argued that a quiet majority is rejecting disenfranchised poor people, the music was marketed under different terms those outdated ideals and adopting more inclusive attitudes, with their — “race” music and “hillbilly” — and those categories have been handed musical tastes leading the way. It’s evident not only in the increasing country down across generations, creating an artificial barrier that has been difficult penetration by minorities, but also in the format’s audio mélange, which finds to transcend. acts like Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt and Florida Georgia Line successfully In the era of mixed-genre streaming playlists and push buttons that allow infusing their brands of country with soul and hip-hop influences. radio listeners to jump formats in a snap, the divisions seem to be dissolving, “I think this [represents] most of rural America,” says new Sony Music white supremacists be damned. Nashville artist Niko Moon, who blends urban drums and bass with country “Commerce and convenience wants to in-silo and categorize,” says Burns. lyrics and instruments. “Everybody is doing their thing, and they’re switching “It’s very understandable. We’ve got a tsunami of information breaking over us back and forth between Post Malone and Luke Bryan, you know. The lines at every moment. Of course, categorization is important, and we understand it. are getting so torn down at this point.” “But we waste so much time reminding [ourselves] that we’ve got these Burns and his associates could not have known when they started work on differences, right? ‘Oh, you’re from a different part of the country.’ ‘Oh, you’ve Country Music in 2010 how significant race would be in the 2019 cultural got an accent.’ ‘Oh, you’re tall.’ ‘Oh, you’re short.’ ‘Oh, you’re rich.’ ‘Oh, you’re landscape. Barack Obama was in his second year as the nation’s first black poor.’ You’re gay, you’re straight, you’re black, you’re white, you’re male, you’re president, and some citizens believed that racism was a thing of the past. female, you’re whatever it is. We’re 99.99% the same, and that means the But the issue has played a role in many of Burns’ previous Florentine Films music — which is, by [songwriter] Harlan Howard, called three chords and the documentaries — including The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz and Vietnam —and truth — reaches every single one of us if we open our hearts and our ears.” it was only natural that his team would explore its connection to country. “We’ve been making documentaries about American history for 30, 40 years, and anybody that looks at American history knows that race is part of that unfolding story of America,” says Country Music script writer Dayton Duncan. “We didn’t go looking for it. It’s there.” It’s woven into the series from its very start. The banjo, one of the hallmarks of country, originated in Africa. Spiritual songs, which provided a form of escape for slaves in Southern fields, influenced the tone of hillbilly ballads sung by white sharecroppers. And producer Ralph Peer guided the first regional country hit, Fiddlin’ John Carson’s “The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane,” while looking for blues artists to record during a trip to Atlanta in 1923. Lesley Riddle, a black guitar player, joined A.P. Carter on numerous trips into the hills of Tennessee and Virginia to find mountain songs. He learned Interscope artist Dylan Schneider (center) celebrated his label’s them and catalogued them, and he taught Maybelle Carter a guitar technique partnership with Florida Georgia Line’s Round Here label as he opens that became revolutionary among early country musicians. for the duo on tour. He’s joined by FGL’s Brian Kelley (left) and Tyler “I will preach from the top of the mountain that Lesley Riddle should be in Hubbard. the Country Music Hall of Fame,” John Carter Cash, Maybelle’s grandson, told Billboard Country Update. Other early country artists had their own African-American mentors who inspired their playing or even their pursuit of live performance. “I would say at least half of these artists in the early days of country music had that same encounter in which they met a black songster and thought, ‘I know what I want to do,’ ” says Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor in the documentary. “And the torch was passed.” Black-and-white photos in the Country Music documentary show both races playing the same instruments in poor, back-porch settings, though society’s cruel divide would be reflected in country for decades. Carson was known to perform for KKK gatherings and Communists in addition to farm families and politicians. Blackface comedy was common, even at the Grand Ole Opry, where black harmonica player DeFord Bailey was popular Trisha Walker International founder Trisha Walker-Cunningham (left) during the show’s first decade. Bailey could not stay at the same hotels as was one of seven honorees at the Aug. 27 SOURCE Nashville Awards, The Delmore Brothers when he toured with them, thanks to segregation. recognizing women in the music business. She is joined by (from left) And Opry GM George D. Hay eventually fired him in a dispute over his event co-host Brenda Lee, SiriusXM personality Charlie Monk and co-

repertoire, deriding Bailey as “lazy.” host Jeannie Seely. PHOTOGRAPHY MOSER BY MOMENTS WALKER:

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Justin Moore Crowns Country Airplay; Midland Rolls Its First No. 1 Album; Taylor Swift & Dixie Chicks ‘Get’ Another Hot Country Songs Top 10

Justin Moore banks his seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as at No. 9 on Top Country Albums (10,000 units; almost all in album sales), “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home” (Valory) rises 3-1 on the list dated marking her 10th top 10 and first top 10 start. Produced by Brandi Carlile and Sept. 7, up 7% to 40.8 million audience impressions in the week ending Sept. 1, Shooter Jennings, the set is Tucker’s first top 10 sinceWhat Do I Do With Me, according to Nielsen Music. which reached No. 6 in 1992. The new album is her first of all-new material Authored by Moore, Paul DiGiovanni, Chase McGill and Jeremy Stover, since Tanya, which peaked at No. 39 in 2002. “Home” is a tribute to fallen soldiers. Plus, Vince Gill notches his 16th top “I’m so thankful that country radio has 10 as Okie (MCA Nashville/Universal provided this song a platform,” Moore Music Group Nashville) bows at No. tells Billboard. “It’s always special to 10 (10,000 units; 9,000 sold). The LP enjoy a No. 1, but even more so when is his first since Down to My Last Bad it’s a song that impacts people’s lives in Habit, which debuted at its No. 4 peak a positive way. Here’s to the ones that in March 2016. didn’t make it back home.” “Home” is the launch single from CHICKS MAKE A SWIFT DEBUT Moore’s fifth full-length, Late Nights Taylor Swift’s “Soon You’ll Get Better,” and Long Necks, which debuted at its No. featuring Dixie Chicks (Republic), 2 high on the Top Country Albums chart flies onto Hot Country Songs at No. MOORE MIDLAND dated Aug. 10, marking his fifth top 10. 10. The acts’ first collaboration is from With “Home,” Moore has mounted Swift’s new album, Lover, which opens seven Country Airplay leaders among 10 top 10s. He first led in his second atop the all-genre Billboard 200 (867,000 units; 679,000 in album sales). The visit with “Small Town USA” in October 2009. He followed with the No. 1s “If stripped-down ballad, which Swift wrote with Jack Antonoff for her mother, Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” (July 2011), “Til My Last Day” (January 2013), who is fighting breast cancer, begins with 10.3 million U.S. streams and 9,000 “Lettin’ the Night Roll” (July 2014), “You Look Like I Need a Drink” (October downloads sold. 2016) and “Somebody Else Will” (September 2017). “Better” marks Swift’s 21st Hot Country Songs top 10. It’s her first since her featured turn on Sugarland’s “Babe” (No. 8, May 2018) and first in a lead role MIDLAND’S LEADING ‘ROLL’ Midland earns its first Top Country Albums since the No. 2-peaking “Red” in December 2013. No. 1 as its sophomore LP, Let It Roll (Big Machine Label Group), launches with Dixie Chicks earn their 15th top 10 and first since their cover ofFleetwood 22,000 equivalent album units (16,000 in album sales). Mac’s “Landslide,” which reached No. 2 in November 2002. They make their first The trio — which consists of Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson and Cameron appearance on the chart since 2006, when “Everybody Knows” reached No. 45. Duddy — follows first album On the Rocks, which entered at its No. 2 peak in October 2017. The set followed Midland’s self-titled EP (No. 38, June 2017). A RUNAWAY HIT Runaway June’s “Buy My Own Drinks” (Wheelhouse) Roll’s first single, “Mr. Lonely,” pushes 29-25 on Country Airplay (6.5 million, becomes the all-female trio’s first Country Airplay top 10 as it climbs 12-10 up 10%) and 39-31 on Hot Country Songs. (21.7 million, up 2%). The song is the first top 10 on the tally by an entirely female group since August 2005, when SheDAISY’s “Don’t Worry ’Bout a Thing”

TUCKER, GILL RETURN Tanya Tucker’s While I’m Livin’ (Fantasy) arrives hit No. 7. HARRISON/ FRAZER MOORE: 1. BEATS MUSIC’S APPLE MIDLAND: ACM FOR IMAGES ACMA2019/GETTY

OVER 90 MILLION ARTIST STREAMS TO DATE

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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 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory  HH No. 1 (1 week)/ Most Increased Audience HH Justin Moore 40.833 +2.813 8150 515 1 l2 4 23 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 37.454 +2.649 7381 590 2 3 2 17 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 37.006 -1.556 7183 -209 3 l4 6 27 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 30.530 +2.622 6274 701 4 5 1 27 REARVIEW TOWN Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 30.240 -9.621 5418 -2330 6 6 5 29 ALL TO MYSELF Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 28.169 -5.584 5246 -620 8 l7 10 41 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 26.879 +2.049 5502 707 5 l8 9 19 SOUTHBOUND Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 25.769 +0.390 5320 187 7 l9 11 40 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 22.676 +1.381 4880 489 10 l10 12 46 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse  Runaway June 21.705 +0.414 4905 170 9 l11 16 27 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 20.442 +2.329 4317 577 12 l12 13 38 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory  Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 20.294 -0.225 4359 57 11 l13 14 32 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 20.127 +1.952 4249 444 13 l14 15 16 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 18.491 +0.356 3970 93 14 l15 17 39 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 17.704 +1.590 3775 319 15 l16 18 8 TIP OF MY TONGUE Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 16.102 +0.773 3397 180 16 l17 19 16 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG  Lady Antebellum 13.223 -0.028 3187 122 17 l18 20 48 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 13.072 +0.362 3028 46 18 l19 21 7 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 12.412 +0.381 2812 114 22 l20 23 9 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory  HH Airpower HH Thomas Rhett 11.918 +1.561 2820 465 20 l21 22 11 DIVE BAR Pearl  Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton 11.811 +0.568 2818 172 21 l22 24 31 THOUGHT ABOUT YOU McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 10.176 +0.014 2830 -55 19 l23 25 12 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 8.455 +1.338 2191 468 23 l24 27 14 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville HH Most Added HH Jon Pardi 6.903 +0.790 1769 339 27 l25 29 21 MR. LONELY Big Machine Midland 6.521 +0.611 2048 52 25 l26 30 23 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 6.506 +0.886 1748 236 28 l27 26 29 REDNECKER Tree Vibez/Big Loud HARDY 6.186 -0.109 2097 31 24 l28 28 32 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 6.112 +0.202 1954 26 26 l29 31 3 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins 6.041 +1.176 1372 336 32 l30 34 27 SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW ZB Collective/BMG/Wheelhouse Zac Brown Band 4.978 +0.591 1508 190 30

BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 148 STATIONS Akron, OH WQMX Des Moines, Iowa KHKI Madison, Wis. WWQM Reno, Nevada KBUL Albany, N.Y. WGNA Detroit WDRQ WMAD KOLC Albuquerque, N.M. KBQI WYCD McAllen, Texas KTEX Richmond, Va. WKHK KRST El Paso, Texas KHEY Memphis WGKX Riverside, Calif. KFRG Allentown, Pa. WCTO Ft. Myers, Fla. WCKT WLFP Roanoke, Va. WSLC Atlanta WKHX WWGR Miami WKIS Rochester, N.Y. WBEE WUBL Ft. Wayne, Ind. WQHK Milwaukee, WI. WMIL Sacramento, Calif. KNCI Augusta, Ga. WKXC Fresno, Calif. KSKS Austin, Texas KASE Gainesville, Fla. WOGK Minneapolis KEEY St. Louis KSD Bakersfield, Calif. KUZZ Grand Rapids, Mich. WBCT KMNB WIL Baltimore WPOC Greensboro, N.C. WTQR Mobile, Ala. WKSJ Salt Lake City KSOP Baton Rouge, La. WYNK Greenville, S.C. WSSL Monmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMK KUBL Birmingham, Ala. WDXB Harrisburg, Pa. WRBT Monterey, Calif.. KTOM San Antonio, Texas KAJA WZZK Hartford, Conn. WWYZ Nashville WKDF KCYY Boise, Idaho KAWO Houston KILT WSIX San Diego KSON KIZN KKBQ Nassau, N.Y. WJVC San Jose, Calif. KRTY Boston WBWL Huntsville, Ala. WDRM New Bern, N.C. WRNS Sarasota, Fla. WCTQ WKLB Indianapolis WFMS New Orleans WNOE Seattle KKWF Buffalo, N.Y. WYRK WLHK New York WNSH KNUC Charleston, S.C. WEZL Jacksonville, Fla. WGNE Norfolk, Va. WGH Spokane, Wash. KXLY WCKN WQIK WUSH Springfield, Mass. WRNX Charlotte, N.C. WKKT Johnson City, Tenn. WXBQ Oklahoma City, Okla. KJKE Stockton, Calif. KATM WSOC Kansas City KBEQ KTST Syracuse, N.Y. WBBS Chattanooga, Tenn. WUSY WDAF Omaha, Neb. KXKT Tampa, Fla. WFUS Chicago WEBG KFKF Orlando, Fla. WWKA WQYK WUSN Knoxville, Tenn. WIVK Oxnard-Ventura, CA KHAY Tucson, Ariz. KIIM Cincinnati WUBE Philadelphia WXTU Tulsa, Okla. KTGX Cleveland WGAR Lafayette, La. KMDL Phoenix KMLE KVOO Colorado Springs, Colo. KATC Lakeland, Fla. WPCV KNIX KWEN KCCY Lancaster, Pa. WIOV Pittsburgh WDSY Visalia, Calif. KJUG Columbia, S.C. WCOS Las Vegas KCYE WOGI Washington, D.C. WMZQ Columbus, Ohio WCOL KWNR WPGB West Palm Beach, Fla. WIRK Corpus Christi, Texas KRYS Lexington, Ky. WBUL Portland, Maine WPOR Wichita, Kan. KFDI Dallas KPLX Little Rock, Ark. KSSN WTHT KZSN KSCS Los Angeles KKGO Portland, Ore. KUPL Wilkes Barre, Pa. WGGY Dayton, Ohio WHKO Louisville, Ky. WAMZ KWJJ Wilmington, Del. WXCY Denver, Colo. KYGO WQNU Providence, R.I. WCTK York, Pa. WGTY KWBL Raleigh, NC WQDR BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 7 OF 20

AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK l31 33 19 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 4.956 +0.406 1595 192 29 l32 35 13 EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Gwendolyn/Pearl  Trisha Yearwood 4.699 +0.325 1272 101 33 l33 36 4 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville HH Breaker HH Kane Brown 4.680 +0.912 959 196 37 34 32 28 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 4.460 -0.339 1239 0 34 l35 38 14 CATCH BMLG  Brett Young 4.088 +0.932 933 61 38 l36 46 10 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA HH Breaker HH Ingrid Andress 3.824 +1.929 926 324 39 l37 37 33 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb  Dylan Scott 3.789 +0.188 1403 26 31 l38 40 4 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG  Riley Green 3.282 +0.467 883 138 41 l39 39 25 AFTER A FEW Mercury  Travis Denning 3.268 +0.349 1068 41 35 l40 42 20 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse  HH Breaker HH LOCASH 2.853 +0.061 774 56 42 l41 49 15 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 2.713 +1.180 912 227 40 42 41 13 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 2.614 -0.186 734 10 44 l43 43 21 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 2.411 -0.021 978 45 36 l44 44 7 WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Triple Tigers Gone West 2.365 +0.042 670 -13 45 l45 55 4 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 1.979 +0.902 357 177 57 46 45 8 THE GIT UP TrailerTrapMusic/BBMG/BMG/Wheelhouse/Stoney Creek/Broken Bow Blanco Brown 1.803 -0.232 573 -17 47 l47 57 2 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.792 +0.921 391 228 55 l48 52 9 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 1.601 +0.103 546 69 49 l49 50 4 DETAILS Mercury  Billy Currington 1.592 +0.065 433 42 51 l50 51 19 SLOWER Curb  Filmore 1.531 +0.023 552 10 48 51 48 11 HER WORLD OR MINE Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 1.501 -0.153 616 1 46 l52 54 20 WORLD FOR TWO 24 Entertainment/Stoney Creek King Calaway 1.407 +0.087 745 58 43 l53 53 5 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 1.373 -0.007 4 11 20 52 54 47 12 PROVE YOU WRONG Valory  Sheryl Crow Featuring Stevie Nicks & Maren Morris 1.102 -0.624 394 -169 54 l55 58 7 CHASIN’ ME True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.924 +0.059 481 -21 50 l56 60 5 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury  Maddie & Tae 0.912 +0.068 394 8 53 l57 NEW DON’T LET HER Monument/Arista Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Walker Hayes 0.900 +0.165 300 26 - 58 59 2 FRONT SEAT Studio2bee/Legend Entertainment Rayne Johnson 0.756 -0.106 88 -3 -

59 NEW I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 0.680 -0.045 327 23 58 l60 NEW NOTHIN’ ON YOU CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 0.672 +0.015 249 47 -

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9/9 9/23 FRANKIE COSMOS BILLY RAY CYRUS & Wannago JOHNNY MCGUIRE Sub Pop Chevys And Fords Wheelhouse LUKE COMBS Even Though I’m Leaving CHRIS YOUNG River House/Columbia Nashville Drowning RCA Nashville 9/16 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE AARON WATSON Blessings Country Radio BMLG 57 BIG Label JOHN WAYNE SCHULZ NOAH SCHNACKY Hard To Keep A Good Man I’ll Be The One Down Jerry Duncan Co-written by Hayes, the song (inspired by Big Machine WALKER his wife, Laney) is his sixth Country Airplay HAYES Don’t Let entry. It arrives at No. 57 with 900,000 Her audience impressions in the tracking week. JASON MENDEZ/GETTY IMAGES MENDEZ/GETTY JASON PROMOTION

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AIRPLAY Country Airplay MONITORED BY

MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 24 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 17 SOME GIRLS River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 0.660 31 1 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Feat. Trace Adkins 17 REALLY SHOULDN’T DRINK AROUND YOU Monument/Arista Nashville Teddy Robb 0.617 23 2 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 17 I DO FOR YOU Riser House Dillon Carmichael 0.536 27 1 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 15 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 13 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 0.530 17 9 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 12 THANK GOD FOR YOU Curb Rodney Atkins 0.480 21 8 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 12 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 0.471 29 8 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 12 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett 11 RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS TOTAL AUD. WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MILLIONS) GAIN 1 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 26.228 TITLE Imprint/Label Artist (IN MIILIONS) 2 GOD’S COUNTRY Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton 19.370 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore +2.813 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.649 3 RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 17.937 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +2.622 4 SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church 16.716 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +2.329 5 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 16.567 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane +2.049 6 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 16.183 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +1.952 7 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 16.147 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress +1.929 8 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 15.685 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +1.590 9 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 13.626 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett +1.561 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell +1.381 10 GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 13.617 MOST INCREASED PLAYS BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane +707 $504,842 CHRIS YOUNG 16,893 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +701 $94, $24 Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, Noblesville, Ind./July 13 24,519 LIVE NATION KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +590 $498,668 CHRIS YOUNG 21,666 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +577 $75, $25 BB&T Pavilion, Camden, N.J./June 22 24,841 LIVE NATION THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore +515 $495,568 CHRIS YOUNG 14,056 $78.75, $25 Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, Texas/July 20 20,000 LIVE NATION LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell +489 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion +468 $457,022 CHRIS YOUNG 10,671 $75.75, $25 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, Calif./Aug. 8 22,439 LIVE NATION REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett +465 $453,271 CHRIS YOUNG 11,403 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +444 $67.25, $27.25 XFINITY Center, Mansfield, Mass./June 14 19,794 LIVE NATION HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +339 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 SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST SPINS +/– l1 3 17 STAY (Independent)  HH 1 Week at 1 HH William Clark Green 1820 170 l11 18 7 BETTER WITH BEER (Independent)  Kevin Fowler 112 5 137 l2 2 16 LET’S MAKE A LOVE SONG (Almost Country)  Casey Donahew 1748 91 l12 15 16 YEAH BUDDY (Dubya)  Wynn Williams 112 1 113 l3 4 16 GOOD COUNTRY SONG (Independent)  Robert Ray 1699 68 13 13 20 WHERE THERE’S A WILLIE (Independent)  Jack Ingram 1096 -6 l4 5 13 STILL (Independent)  Curtis Grimes 1659 79 l14 16 16 CINNAMON SHORE (Independent)  Mark McKinney 1067 67 l5 7 16 THE WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN BLUES (Independent)  Turnpike Troubadours 1579 143 l15 17 21 CRAZY (Independent)  Abe Mac Band 1045 48 6 1 13 HILL COUNTRY BOOGALOO (One Chord Song/ Smith Music)  Stoney LaRue 1578 -266 l16 20 10 THIS BAR NEEDS A TOWN (Independent)  Mark Powell 1038 82 l7 11 15 SOME OL’ BAR IN THE 90’S (Independent)  Jon Wolfe 1466 164 17 10 22 DREAMER (Independent)  Prophets and Outlaws 1032 -308 l8 8 24 JUST FOR A MINUTE (Independent)  Frank Ray 1464 91 18 6 22 OLD SCHOOL (Independent)  Flatland Cavalry 975 -600 l9 9 20 CLOSE ENOUGH TO WALK (Dean Dillon’s Wildcatter )  Sundance Head 1438 75 l19 23 15 DEVIL YOU KNOW (Independent)  Drew Fish Band 960 93 l10 12 8 I’LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (Independent)  Randy Rogers Band 1257 33 l20 22 14 BETWEEN THE STONES AND JONES (Independent)  Dustin Sonnier 949 57

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 817-283-7984. Copyright 2019, Texas Regional Radio Report BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 10 OF 20

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Willie Jones is the division’s first signee. The San Francisco-based firm is affiliated with Snoop Dogg, Robin Thicke and Iggy Azalea … Entertainment attorney Austen Adams starts Sept. 15 as Big Loud COO, working with both the recording and publishing divisions of the company. For the past five years, he has had an “of counsel” relationship with Dickinson Wright. Reach Adams here … Monument signed Georgian singer-songwriter Alex Hall and released his first single, “Half Past You,” on Aug. 30 … Paul Suchman joined Entercom on Sept. 3 as chief marketing officer. He previously held a similar global role with real estate/investment firm CBRE … iHeartMedia/ Denver Region senior vp programming JoJo Turnbeaugh turned over the KWBL PD reins to John E. Kage, InsideRadio.com reported. Kage adds the job to his previous duties as top 40 KPTT PD … Pacific Media Group/Hawaii appointed Terry Gillingham GM for Kaua’i, in addition to his existing role in Honolulu, according to InsideRadio.com. The island’s properties include country KUAI … Seven stations earned nominations for both radio station and broadcast personality of the year for the CMA Broadcast Awards. Doubling up on the ballot are major-market stations WIL St. Louis and WYCD Detroit; large- market KCYY San Antonio and WQDR Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; medium-market Cody Johnson hosted KTEX McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas, WIVK Knoxville, Tenn.; and small-market KKNU Eugene-Springfield, Ore., staff when he played Las Palmas Race Park in Mission on Aug. 23. and WBYT South Bend, Ind. Go here for the full list of broadcast nominees. From left: KTEX PD JoJo Cerda, Johnson, KTEX music director James “Patches” Paczkowski and Warner Music Nashville Southwest regional ’ROUND THE ROW radio and streaming Mark Niederhauser. Sea Gayle hired Emily Witters as creative director in conjunction with the promotion of J.D. Groover to senior director. Witters was previously creative director for Dean Dillon’s publishing house, Dean’s Cabin … Ali Marszalkowski CMA NOMS REWARD ‘MISFITS’ joined Viacom as communications director, focused on CMT with additional Underdogs were among the top dogs when the 53rd annual Country Music duties at MTV and VH1. The Nashville-based job requires a move from Association Awards nominees were announced Aug. 28. Austin, where she previously worked as a Sunshine Sachs publicist. Reach her The entertainer of the year prize experienced major turnover, songs about here … Multigenre Nashville company Bonfire Music Group added a booking overcoming adversity scored well, indie acts thrived, a few females had agency alongside its management division. Ryan Slone was hired as vp of the significant breakthroughs, and a black, openly gay rapper helped a country new wing after working as an Ovation Artist Group agent. He reports to the veteran score his first nomination in 27 years. group’s president, Steve Johnson … Thomas Rhett’s Home Team Publishing That latter contender — Lil Nas X, a musical event nominee for his Billy signed emerging artist Austin Burke to a songwriting deal … Newcomer Cody Ray Cyrus collaboration “Old Town Road” — scored plenty of ink, in great Purvis agreed to a booking arrangement with Red 11 Music. He is already part because Lil Nas X is an unconventional entry with a song that opened managed by the Erv Woolsey Company … Leadership Bluegrass is accepting up a major public discussion about the definitions of the country format. applications for its next class, which meets March 2-4, 2020. Go here to (Billboard removed it from the Hot Country Songs chart because it did not apply … The Academy of Country Music’s ACM Lifting Lives is accepting have enough country elements.) Cyrus’ only previous nominations were for submissions for the 2020 grant cycle through Oct. 1. Go here for info … The the equally controversial “Achy Breaky Heart” in 1992. That title won single first round of balloting for the Country Music Association’s Touring Awards of the year and grabbed a music video nomination while earning open derision is open Sept. 4-24 … Donnie Fritts died Aug. 27. A singer, songwriter and from many critics and some fellow artists. Cyrus notably earned support from musician, he participated in recordings by John Prine, Arthur Alexander such stalwarts as Johnny Cash and Bob Seger. and Kris Kristofferson, who employed him as a keyboard player in his touring “Old Town Road” had plenty of upstart company this year. Fiddler Jenee band for decades. Fleenor became the first female musician of the year nominee in the history of the awards, which now have allotted 263 nominee slots to males. Carrie Underwood was widely hailed for representing women in the final five in the entertainer category, which has been all-male the last two years. And Maren Morris rode “Girl,” a song that is often associated with her gender’s uphill battle in the country format, to a field-leading six nominations. Three acts replaced 2018 nominees at the top of the ticket, with Underwood, Garth Brooks and Eric Church all sliding into the entertainer competition. Church has built his entire persona on a buck-the-system attitude, a perception he shares with Morris, fellow entertainer nominee Chris Stapleton, new artist finalist Cody Johnson, musical event entrant Brantley Gilbert (nominated along with duet partner Lindsay Ell), vocal group contender Midland and Kacey Musgraves, whose song “Rainbow” is the ultimate dark horse. The piano/vocal ballad, which peaked at No. 33 on the radio-driven Country Airplay chart, competes for song and music video of the year while providing encouragement for people engaged in a struggle with themselves or with society: “It’ll all be all right.” Winners will be announced during ABC’s Nov. 13 telecast of the awards, to be hosted by Underwood, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. Chris Young (center) introduced CBS Radio/Pittsburgh vp RADIO & RECORDS programming/WDSY PD Mark Anderson (left) and WDSY morning Indie firm Empire opened a Nashville branch with Eric Hurt aboard as personality Stoney Richards to Tequila Comisario while in town on vp A&R. Hurt previously served as Black River senior director of creative. Aug. 24 for a show at KeyBank Pavillion. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 11 OF 20

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MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Residents in Vero Beach, Fla., spent the Sept. 3 weekend waiting to find out if Hurricane • 2016 — Justin Moore’s Kinda Don’t Dorian was going to hit the city or skirt Care hits No. 1 on the Billboard Top past it. A few more months of waiting are Country Albums chart. in order for hometown boy Jake Owen, • 2009 — Arista releases Carrie who announced plans for his ninth annual Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova” benefit Nov. 1-2. This year’s edition to radio. features a golf tournament and boasts Jimmy Buffett as the top attraction for Sept. 4 the Nov. 2 acoustic concert. Also in the • 2014 — Garth Brooks ends his mix that night are Mac McAnally and new retirement from the road as he and wife artists Matt Stell and Larry Fleet, plus Trisha Yearwood launch an 11-show UNDERWOOD songwriters Craig Wiseman (“Live Like run at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. You Were Dying”), Dean Dillon (“Ocean OWEN Front Property”) and Scotty Emerick KLEIN ROBBY Sept. 5 (“Beer for My Horses”). To date, Owen’s • 1999 — LeAnn Rimes sings “Big Deal” and “I Wanna Be a Cowboy’s Vero Beach concerts have raised $1.6 million for charity. Sweetheart” on the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. The charity event also features Shania Twain, Cher, Ed McMahon, Pam A couple of live albums with global implications made their way to market Tillis, Tom Petty and Sheryl Crow. last week. Eric Paslay dropped Live in Glasgow as he launched a European • 1962 — Ray Charles records “You Are My Sunshine” at Capitol tour on Aug. 29, and bluegrass act Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver issued Live Studios in New York for his album Modern Sounds in Country and in Prague, Czech Republic on Aug. 30. Also on the way are Colt Ford’s We the Western Music Volume 2. People, Vol. 1, featuring Michael Ray, Dan Tyminski and Mitchell Tenpenny among its guest artists, due Sept. 20; Canadian Li’l Andy’s All the Love Songs Sept. 6 Lied to Us, Sept. 20; and Kalie Shorr’s Open Book, Sept. 27. • 1969 — ABC-TV’s The Johnny Cash Show features musical guest Charley Pride, who joins Cash on a medley of Hank Williams songs: With opioid deaths and addiction making national news, iHeartMedia “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You),” “Your Cheatin’ Heart” joined with several other organizations to form the National Opioid Action and “Kaw-Liga.” Coalition and launched a Talk to Me initiative on Sept. 3 to battle any stigmas or embarrassment that might prevent a user from treating their dependency. Sept. 7 Dan + Shay and The Band Perry joined several artists from other genres for • 2018 — Russell Dickerson picks up a gold single from the RIAA for a series of radio spots that will run on iHeart stations, and the chain also is “Blue Tacoma.” launching a #TalkToMe podcast. Go here for more info on NOAC. • 1979 — The RIAA certifies Waylon Jennings’ Greatest Hits platinum.

Fried egg sandwiches, college football and classic country. If the music in a Sept. 8 new Coors Light commercial sounds familiar, it’s the voice of the late Roger • 2017 — Valory releases Thomas Rhett’s album Life Changes. Miller performing a Harlan Howard song, “I Get Up Early in the Morning.” • 1994 — Terri Clark, Chris Waters and Tom Shapiro write Clark’s Now affiliated with “the official beer of Saturday morning,” the track was debut single, “Better Things to Do,” in Nashville. pulled from The One and Only, an album of RCA songs that pre-date Miller’s Mercury breakthroughs “Dang Me” and “King of the Road.” The ad debuted Sept. 9 Aug. 24, just in time for the new football season. Go here to watch. • 2004 — Willie Nelson performs a concert in Plains, Ga., for an upcoming TV special, CMT Homecoming: Jimmy Carter in Plains. He threads the set with “Whiskey River,” “Beer for My Horses,” Top Headlines from .com “Amazing Grace” and “Georgia on My Mind.” Click on headlines below for more details Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus Finishes In First Place On Billboard’s Songs Of The Summer Chart

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programming strategy Jordan Pettit. KUPISH DERREK TUCKER: BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 12 OF 20

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION HH HH 1 1 1 13 THE GIT UP No. 1 (8 weeks) Blanco Brown 46 1 BLANCO BROWN (B.A.III) TRAILERTRAPMUSIC/BBMG/BMG/WHEELHOUS E/STONEY CREEK/BROKEN BOW 2 2 2 17 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART Luke Combs 3 2 S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE HH HH 3 3 4 22 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Airplay Gainer Luke Bryan 2 3 l J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (H.LINDSEY,G.SAMPSON,J.M.NITE) CAP ITOL NASHVILLE 4 5 5 23 GOD’S COUNTRY Blake Shelton RC 1 S.HENDRICKS (M.W.HARDY,J.M.SCHMIDT,D.DAWSON) WARN ER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 5 7 6 46 WHISKEY GLASSES Morgan Wallen RC 1 J.MOI (B.BURGESS,K.KADISH) BIG LOUD 6 6 3 34 ALL TO MYSELF Dan + Shay 6 3 D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,N.GALYON,J.REYNOLDS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME 7 9 9 23 Justin Moore 1 7 l J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,P.DIGIOVANNI,C.MCGILL,J.S.STOVER) VALORY 8 4 7 34 REARVIEW TOWN Jason Aldean 5 4 M.KNOX (N.THRASHER,B.PINSON,K.LOVELACE) MACON/BROKEN BOW 9 8 8 8 ONE THING RIGHT Marshmello & Kane Brown - 8 MARSHMELLO (MARSHMELLO,K.BROWN,J.FRASURE,M.MCGINN) JOYTIME COLLECTIVE/RCA NASHVILLE HH HH 10 NEW 1 SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER Hot Shot Debut Taylor Swift Featuring Dixie Chicks - 10 l J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,J.M.ANTONOFF) REPUBLIC I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU 11 10 12 47 Chris Lane 7 10 l J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.RODGERS) BIG LOUD LIVING 12 11 13 21 Dierks Bentley 4 11 l R.COPPERMAN,J.R.STEWART (R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE,A.GORLEY,D.BENTLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HH HH 13 16 19 33 PRAYED FOR YOU Digital Gainer Matt Stell 13 13 l A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,A.BOWERS,A.CRUZ) WI DE OPEN/RECORDS/GOOD COMPANY/ARISTA NASHVILLE SOUTHBOUND 14 12 14 16 Carrie Underwood 8 12 l D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) CAPITOL NASHVILLE LOVE YOU TOO LATE 15 13 15 27 Cole Swindell 9 13 l M.R.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.R.CARTER,B.KINNEY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 16 14 16 8 TIP OF MY TONGUE Kenny Chesney 16 14 R.COPPERMAN,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,E.C.SHEERAN) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA HH HH 17 25 26 22 ONE MAN BAND Streaming Gainer Old Dominion 23 17 l S.L.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE 18 17 21 28 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Runaway June 10 17 D.HUFF (H.MULHOLLAND,J.WAYNE,N.COOKE,H.LINDSEY,J.KEAR) WHEELHOUSE WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU 19 20 22 15 Lady Antebellum 17 14 l D.HUFF (S.ELLIS,J.GREEN,R.J.HURD,L.VELTZ) BMLG GOOD VIBES 20 24 25 18 Chris Janson 11 20 l Z.CROWELL,C.JANSON (C.JANSON,Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 21 19 20 37 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 12 18 D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,R.AKINS,B.BERRYHILL,J.DUNNE) VALORY THE BONES 22 23 23 26 Maren Morris 47 22 l G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE EVERY LITTLE THING 23 22 24 23 Russell Dickerson 15 22 l C.BROWN (R.DICKERSON,P.WELLING,C.BROWN) TRIPLE TIGERS 24 21 18 16 WE WERE Keith Urban 14 18 D.HUFF,K.URBAN (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,R.TYNDELL) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 25 26 27 7 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Miranda Lambert 19 25 J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,H.LINDSEY,L.MCKENNA,L.ROSE) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE

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The track holds at its No. 3 Hot Country Songs high, bolstered by an 8% kick to Flying by 21% to 4 million domestic clicks, LUKE 37.5 million in audience as it hops 4-2 on DUSTIN the single pushes 35-32 on Hot Country BRYAN LYNCH Knockin’ Country Airplay. It also gains by 1% to 9.3 Ridin’ Roads Songs. It also climbs 30-26 on Country Boots million U.S. streams. Airplay, up 16% to 6.5 million impressions. KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES WINTER/GETTY KEVIN IMAGES BREKKEN/GETTY ISAAC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 13 OF 20

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA Hot Country Songs COMPILED BY

TWO COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION 26 15 — 2 HEARTLESS Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen - 15 DIPLO,KING HENRY,CHARLIE HANDSOME,J.MOI (T.W.PENTZ,H.A.ALLEN,M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,R.J.HURD,CHARLIE HANDSOME) MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA REMEMBER YOU YOUNG 27 31 35 7 Thomas Rhett 20 27 l D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) VALORY 28 27 28 28 REDNECKER HARDY 27 23 J.MOI,D.COHEN (A.ALBERT,M.W.HARDY,J.M.SCHMIDT) TREE VIBEZ/BIG LOUD BACK TO LIFE 29 28 29 34 Rascal Flatts 18 28 l J.DEE,G.LEVOX,J.D.ROONEY (C.R.BARLOWE,N.MOON,S.MOONEY,F.WILHELM) BIG MACHINE DIVE BAR 30 29 30 9 Garth Brooks & Blake Shelton 21 29 l G.BROOKS (M.ROSSELL,B.KENNEDY,T.G.BROOKS) PEARL MR. LONELY 31 39 41 13 Midland 25 31 l D.HUFF,S.L.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.L.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE RIDIN’ ROADS 32 35 34 25 Dustin Lynch 26 26 l Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL) BROK EN BOW HEARTACHE MEDICATION 33 34 33 12 Jon Pardi 24 33 l J.PARDI,B.BUTLER,R.GORE (J.PARDI,BARY DEAN,N.HEMBY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 34 32 31 21 THOUGHT ABOUT YOU Tim McGraw 22 26 B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.T.MILLER,B.WARREN,B.D.WARREN) MCGRAW/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 35 30 — 2 HELL RIGHT Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins 29 30 S.HENDRICKS (D.A.GARCIA,B.TYLER,M.W.HARDY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN TO A T 36 36 36 29 Ryan Hurd 34 35 l D.HUFF,A.ESHUIS (R.J.HURD,N.SPICER,L.VELTZ) RCA NASHVILLE 37 33 32 19 DAY DRUNK Morgan Evans RC 29 C. DESTEFANO (M.EVANS,C. DESTEFANO,L.ROBBINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 38 37 37 18 I HOPE Gabby Barrett 59 31 R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNE R MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW 39 38 38 14 Zac Brown Band 30 27 l ANDREW WATT (Z.A.BROWN,A.WOTMAN,N.MOON,B.SIMONETTI,S.MENDES) ZB COLLECTIVE/BMG/WHEELHOUSE SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT 40 45 48 6 Jordan Davis 31 40 l P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,L.L.FOWLER) MCA NASHVILLE MORE HEARTS THAN MINE 41 43 42 8 Ingrid Andress 36 40 l S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING 42 41 40 12 Luke Combs 45 12 l S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.FULCHER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MAKE ME WANT TO 43 40 39 13 Jimmie Allen 28 39 l A.BOWERS,E.TORRES (J.ALLEN,P.SIKES,J.DENMARK) STONEY CREEK I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 44 42 47 4 Riley Green 38 32 l D.HUFF (R.GREEN,L.BONDS,B.GREEN) BMLG HOMESICK 45 44 44 23 Kane Brown 33 24 l D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE CHASIN’ YOU 46 49 — 2 Morgan Wallen 53 46 l J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD CATCH 47 46 50 9 Brett Young 35 43 l D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY) BMLG LONELY IF YOU ARE 48 47 49 8 Chase Rice 48 43 l C. DESTEFANO,C.RICE (C.RICE,L.RIMES,H.PHELPS) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 49 50 46 29 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Dylan Scott 37 35 M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,M.ALDERMAN,C.TAYLOR) CUR B 50 48 43 8 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Maddie & Tae 56 43 J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY

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

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

ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2018 2019 CHANGE ALBUM CONSUMPTION This Week 1,041,000 1,051,824,000 267,799,000 Album ’18 32.83 million Consumption 32,836,000 34,603,000 5.4% ’19 34.60 million Last Week 1,016,000 1,157,575,000 264,949,000 Album Sales 9,372,000 6,524,000 -30.4% Change 2.5% -9.1% 1.1% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS Audio On-Demand 27,178,321,000 34,252,477,000 26.0% ’18 34.83 billion This Week Last Year 954,000 833,638,000 207,667,000 ’19 43.23 billion Change 9.1% 26.2% 29.0% Video On-Demand 6,966,734,000 8,978,120,000 28.9%

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending August 29, 2019. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit.

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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 MIDLAND LET IT ROLL 1 1 12 THE GIT UP 1 1 13 THE GIT UP 1 NEW 1 1 BLANCO BROWN  BLANCO BROWN  l BIG MACHINE ML0200A/BMLG SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER PRAYED FOR YOU LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 2 NEW 2 19 3 2 1 1 117 1 l TAYLOR SWIFT FEAT. DIXIE CHICKS  l MATT STELL  l RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 2 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY 3 3 16 l3 NEW 3 2 2 62 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 0 1 LUKE COMBS  TAYLOR SWIFT FEAT. DIXIE CHICKS  MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW ME 4 2 8 ONE THING RIGHT 4 5 8 ONE THING RIGHT 4 3 3 65 BIG LOUD DIGITAL EX 3 MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN  MARSHMELLO & KANE BROWN  GOD’S COUNTRY BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 5 4 21 5 6 17 5 5 5 226 1 l BLAKE SHELTON  LUKE COMBS  l MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4   KNOCKIN’ BOOTS GOD’S COUNTRY LUKE COMBS THE PREQUEL (EP) 6 5 14 6 3 22 6 4 4 12 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595688 EX/SMN 1 l LUKE BRYAN  BLAKE SHELTON  SPEECHLESS KNOCKIN’ BOOTS JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN 7 8 58 7 7 22 7 6 6 72 MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1 l DAN + SHAY  LUKE BRYAN  WHISKEY GLASSES ONE MAN BAND 8 NEW 1 TANYA TUCKER WHILE I’M LIVIN’ 8 l8 6 28 l8 11 11 l TUCKAHO/FANTASY 00499*/CONCORD MORGAN WALLEN  OLD DOMINION  BEAUTIFUL CRAZY SPEECHLESS 9 NEW 1 VINCE GILL OKIE 9 l9 7 69 9 9 62 l MCA NASHVILLE 030356*/UMGN LUKE COMBS  DAN + SHAY  TENNESSEE WHISKEY WHISKEY GLASSES THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROAD 10 10 125 10 10 40 10 7 7 13 VALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 1 l CHRIS STAPLETON  MORGAN WALLEN  ALL TO MYSELF WAY TOO PRETTY FOR PRISON KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT 11 11 17 11 NEW 11 9 9 42 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 l DAN + SHAY  l MIRANDA LAMBERT WITH MAREN MORRIS MAREN MORRIS GIRL 12 9 92 MEANT TO BE 12 4 2 HELL RIGHT 12 8 8 25 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 1 BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. TRACE ADKINS  HEAVEN TIP OF MY TONGUE ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR... 13 16 95 13 12 7 13 12 12 214 ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3 l KANE BROWN  KENNY CHESNEY  RUMOR YOUNG FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY 14 12 28 14 22 2 14 10 11 28 BMLG FGL0400* 1 LEE BRICE  l OLD DOMINION  KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 15 14 29 TALK YOU OUT OF IT 15 15 9 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU 15 11 13 143 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE  CHRIS LANE  REARVIEW TOWN GOOD ENOUGH 16 14 14 69 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 1 16 17 8 16 NEW l MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 l JASON ALDEAN  l JANA KRAMER  JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE 17 15 79 TEQUILA 17 14 189 TENNESSEE WHISKEY 17 13 15 167 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 1 DAN + SHAY  CHRIS STAPLETON  HEARTLESS I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED 18 21 23 50 CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTY 1 18 13 2 18 16 4 l CAPITOL NASHVILLE 028557*/UMGN 0 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN  RILEY GREEN  ONE MAN BAND ALL TO MYSELF THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGES 19 NEW 19 13 16 19 15 17 103 VALORY TR0300A/BMLG 1 1 l OLD DOMINION  DAN + SHAY  TAYLOR SWIFT RED THE BONES REARVIEW TOWN 20 19 32 195 1 20 19 9 20 20 14 l BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG (18.98) 7 l MAREN MORRIS  JASON ALDEAN  BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS 21 18 26 LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER 21 23 6 LIVING 21 16 18 201 WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN 2 THOMAS RHETT  DIERKS BENTLEY  GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONES YOU MAKE IT EASY RUMOR 22 20 83 22 17 37 22 17 21 191 MCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1 l JASON ALDEAN  LEE BRICE  TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BACK WHEN 23 21 5 23 NEW 23 18 20 186 CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 6 l CHRIS LANE  l BLAIR MATHEWS  BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME REDNECKER 24 20 22 133 2 24 22 55 24 24 3 BMLG BY0100A* 1 l LUKE COMBS  HARDY  FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES 25 24 24 233 1 25 23 28 GOOD AS YOU 25 25 15 SOUTHBOUND REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 017773/BMLG 2 l KANE BROWN  CARRIE UNDERWOOD  Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/ equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. SALES DATA COMPILED BY AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS

AGO POS. THIS THIS LAST LAST PEAK CERT. WEEK WEEK ARTIST TITLE WEEKS WEEKS ON CHT 2 WEEKS 2 WEEKS IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 1 1 2 172 MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1 2 NEW 1 TANYA TUCKER WHILE I’M LIVIN’ 2 l TUCKAHO/FANTASY 00499*/CONCORD 3 NEW 1 VINCE GILL OKIE 3 l MCA NASHVILLE 030356*/UMGN 4 2 4 74 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 1 l MCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITS 5 6 5 135 COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 3 6 5 3 4 TYLER CHILDERS COUNTRY SQUIRE 1 HICKMAN HOLLER 596034*/RCA 11 HOZIER HOZIER 7 8 6 218 RUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1 8 7 9 177 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA 1 1 DUALTONE 1738* MIRANDA The pairing previews Lambert’s Wildcard JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMS LAMBERT WITH (due Nov. 1), selling 4,000 downloads in 9 9 10 129 JACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC (13.98) 2 6 MAREN MORRIS the week ending Aug. 29 and entering CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 10 12 11 121 MERCURY NASHVILLE 026379*/UMGN 1 1 Way Too Pretty Country Digital Song Sales at No. 11. Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, for Prison based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES WINTER/GETTY KEVIN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 15 OF 20

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Rodney Atkins Takes An Adult View Of His Past With ‘Thank God For You’

At the apex of Rodney Atkins’ career in the mid- to late-2000s, he carved out finds him professionally singing songs about a woman who tamed him while five No. 1s in a span of six singles, staking out a specific turf. playing a pawn-shop guitar. With his gravelly voice holding the material together, “If You’re Going They slipped a reference to a Skynyrd cover band in the second verse. Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows),” “Watching You” and “Cleaning “A whole bunch of bar bands do Skynyrd,” says McElroy. “It could have been This Gun (Come On in Boy)” all tested moral boundaries from an adult’s anybody, but the song was a little more rock.” watchful view. His hits leaned toward the rock side, a point he underscored By the close, the contrast in the man’s progression is subtly palpable. Once by name-checking Bruce Springsteen in “It’s America” and citing Lynyrd wild and reckless with his expensive Trans Am, he seems more cautious and Skynyrd’s “The Ballad of Curtis Loew” in “These Are My responsible in that final verse, the pawn-shop guitar implying People.” that he’s watching his finances as he builds a worthwhile home With his new single — “Thank God for You,” which Curb for his wife. released to terrestrial radio via PlayMPE on Aug. 5 — Atkins “I like how we kept it positive,” says Chaffin. “There was returns to the tone and themes of his commercial peak, some redemption in the song, you know, like the guy does relaying the story of a rebellious teen who matures into a grow up a little bit to a bigger purpose.” dedicated adult. The transformation occurs over a heartland- All four of the writers saw at least a piece of themselves in the rock foundation — its central riff is so energetic and compact song, guaranteeing that they had imbued it with authenticity. that it’s easy to draw a parallel with some of the Boss’s tightly “When I first met my wife, Jill, I was kind of a wreck of a wound signature riffs. human being,” says Mize. “I had been in a bunch of bands, but “I heard the Springsteen kind of treatment,” says Atkins, I didn’t really have anything going that was making money. recalling his introduction to “Thank God” through a Logan And then she was like, ‘You know, maybe you should try to Mize recording. ATKINS actually do something with this, like get more focused and But Atkins also heard a little Anne Murray in it — not in take care of yourself and not drink so much.’ I was kind of the the sound, but in its message of gratitude. Curb | Word Entertainment chief stone she started chipping away at.” creative advisor Jim Ed Norman, who produced Murray’s “You Needed “Thank God for You” was imminently singable, and it attracted plenty Me,” told Atkins during a meeting that if he could find a song that paired its of attention around town. Ronnie Dunn, in particular, was interested in it, sense of appreciation with a rocking attitude, it would be ideal for what would but Sony had it in mind as a potential single for Mize, so Dunn was nixed as a become the Caught Up in the Country album. Within a week, Atkins and his potential suitor. longtime producer, Ted Hewitt, brought in co-producer Blake Bollinger, “If you listen, the verse melody is that signature lick,” says Montana. “Divert who pitched just two songs; one, “Thank God for You,” checked the boxes from that into the chorus, it’s a wailing kind of melody. I think that that’s what Norman had introduced. has drawn people to that song. I mean, it’s been cut three or four different times, “I wanted a song that said thank you to not only my wife and my family, I think.” but to all the fans, to the record labels, the booking agents — to all the people When Mize left Sony, “Thank God for You” was suddenly available, and it was that have kind of believed in me and stuck with me,” says Atkins. “This is a perfect fit for Atkins. In addition to the gratitude that Norman had envisioned, exactly it.” its Skynyrd bar-band reference and Springsteen-like hook paid homage to that Originally, it had seemed right for Mize. He was signed to Sony Music earlier peak period of Atkins’ career. So did the line about the devil. Nashville when he wrote it in early 2015 with Blake Chaffin (“The Ones Atkins recorded it at Curb Studios, gearing its arrangement toward arena That Like Me”), Randy Montana (“Beer Never Broke My Heart”) and Jon audiences. He tweaked the production at his home studio, removing instruments McElroy (“I’ll Take That As a Yes,” “The Shake”) at Rare Spark, McElroy’s in the back half of the song to create a dramatic arc and dropping the sound publisher at the time. under the phrase “college dropout” in an audio pun. Mize threw out several ideas. He had the introductory riff and a series of “I think a record has to grow,” says Atkins. “You kind of fill it up with stuff images: “Burnt tire marks, hometown street/Red Trans Am, bad-boy streak.” He and then figure out what to take away, kind of carving out a David statue.” also mentioned a random title, “Thank God for You,” and Montana recognized Atkins’ wife, singer-songwriter Rose Falcon (“Friday Night”), provided that all of those elements belonged together. They wrote it in order from top harmonies on the verses, while Vicki Hampton and Kim Keyes tore up the to bottom, pumping out shreds of life in incomplete sentences in the verses, backing vocals on the chorus. Atkins sang the final lead vocals at his home then spelling out the redemptive qualities of a woman in full-sentence form studio, starting in pre-dawn hours and working to establish the right amount in a loud chorus. of grit in his tone. “I think laundry-list verses are really cool, where it’s just a series of images all When Atkins performed “Thank God for You” for ABC’s Good Morning pointing toward your chorus,” says Montana. “Then when you sing the chorus, America, producers asked him to change one line: “American girls, Mexican it all makes sense.” weed.” Atkins, who doesn’t smoke, happily agreed, so an altered version went The chorus indeed brought their work into greater focus, with the opening to radio with the new phrase, “American kid, farmhand roots.” lines laying out how the hell-raising kid had grown because of a relationship: “I The writers approved that change, and with good reason. McElroy remembers thank God there’s angels for young wild rebels/Girls who can dance you away a major station refusing to play his Phil Vassar single, “I’ll Take That As a Yes from the devil.” (The Hot Tub Song),” because it mentioned a French kiss. “When Rodney calls “Jon McElroy, I remember getting excited when we came up with the line and says, ‘I think we have to take Mexican weed out of there,’ I’m going, ‘Yeah, ‘Girls who can dance you away from the devil,’ ” recalls Chaffin. “That was just I’m sure we do,’ ” he says. one of those energy/momentum shifts.” “Thank God For You” makes this week’s New and Active chart, as Atkins If they hadn’t already mapped out the character’s progression in the song, reconnects with the sound and the message that brought him to prominence. the chorus cinched it. The first verse was about a carefree high school kid, “I’ve had more success with songs that are about real life,” he says. “That’s the second verse covered his too-cool-for-college period, and the final verse the stuff that I’m willing to kind of place my bets on.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 16 OF 20 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l1 2 23 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Luke Bryan 5273 +211 8.141 2 1 38 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 5040 -230 8.149 l3 4 27 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 4726 +281 7.128 l4 5 19 SOUTHBOUND Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 4481 +84 6.577 l5 8 40 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 4104 + 115 6.018 6 6 17 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 3929 -487 6.775 l7 9 34 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 3790 +132 5.650 8 3 28 REARVIEW TOWN Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 3609 -1400 6.155 l9 10 16 WE WERE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 3601 +29 5.145 l10 12 33 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 3569 +337 5.493 11 11 35 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell 3265 -187 4.918 l12 15 25 GOOD VIBES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 3180 +416 4.718 l13 13 16 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU BMLG Lady Antebellum 2969 +67 4.082 l14 14 8 TIP OF MY TONGUE Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 2862 +38 4.239 l15 17 20 PRAYED FOR YOU RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 2793 +397 4.309 l16 16 8 REMEMBER YOU YOUNG Valory Thomas Rhett 2526 +128 3.623 l17 19 32 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 2456 +182 3.612 l18 18 7 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 2424 +54 3.466 l19 20 11 DIVE BAR Pearl Garth Brooks Feat. Blake Shelton 2389 +121 3.347 20 21 49 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 2187 -32 3.401 21 22 26 REDNECKER TVM/Big Loud HARDY 1877 -34 2.459 l22 23 21 MR. LONELY Big Machine Midland 1794 +61 2.182 l23 24 12 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 1732 +239 2.080 l24 26 3 HELL RIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Feat. Trace Adkins 1675 +400 2.481 l25 25 14 HEARTACHE MEDICATION Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 1524 +179 1.745 l26 27 18 SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1231 + 117 1.368 l27 30 22 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 1058 +57 1.286 l28 28 13 EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Gwendolyn/Pearl Trisha Yearwood 1046 +8 1.415 l29 29 13 CATCH BMLG Brett Young 1030 +2 1.052 l30 31 5 HOMESICK Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 988 +129 1.320

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEAN Fargo, N.D. KBVB Laurel, Miss. WBBN San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG Alexandria, La. KRRV WSTH Lebanon, N.H. WXXK Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ Amarillo, Texas KGNC Fayetteville, N.C. WKML Lincoln, Neb KFGE Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI Asheville, N.C. WKSF Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFF Longview, Texas KYKX Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Atlantic City, N.J. WPUR Flint, Mich. WFBE Lubbock, Texas KLLL Savannah, Ga. WJCL Beaumont, Texas KYKR Florence, Ala. WXFL Lufkin, Texas KYKS WUBB Beckley, W. Va. WJLS Florence, S.C. WEGX Marshalltown, Iowa KXIA Shreveport, La. KXKS Biloxi, Miss. WZKX Ft. Collins, Colo. KUAD Mason City, Iowa KIAI Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX Bloomington, Ill. WIBL Ft. Smith, Ark. KTCS Medford, Ore. KRWQ South Bend, Ind. WBYT Bluefield, W. Va. WHKX Frederick, Md. WFRE Meridian, Miss. WOKK Springfield, Ill. WFMB Burlington, Vt. WOKO Fredericksburg, Va. WFLS Milwaukee, WI. WKTI Springfield, Mo. KTTS Cape Girardeau, Mo. KEZS Green Bay, Wis. WNCY Montgomery, Ala. WLWI Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Charleston, W. Va WKWS Hagerstown, Md. WAYZ Morgantown, W. Va. WKKW Topeka, Kan. WIBW WQBE Hot Springs, Ark. KQUS Muskegon, Mich. WMUS Traverse City, Mich. WTCM College Station, Texas KAGG Huntington, Ky. WDGG New London, Conn. WCTY Tupelo, Miss. WWZD Colorado Springs. KCCY Huntington, W. Va. WTCR Odessa, Texas KHKX Utica, N.Y. WFRG Columbia, Mo. KCLR Idaho Falls, Idaho KTHK Palm Springs, Calif. KPLM Victor Valley, CA. KATJ Columbus, Ga. WKCN Jackson, Miss. WMSI Pensacola, Fla. WXBM Waco, Texas WACO WSTH WUSJ Peoria, Ill. WXCL Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQ Janesville, Wis. WJVL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWD Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK Dothan, Ala. WTVY Jonesboro, Ark. KDXY Rapid City, S.D. KOUT Williamsport, Pa. WILQ Duluth, Minn. KKCB Joplin, Mo. KIXQ Rockford, Ill. WXXQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Eau Claire, Wis. WAXX Kalamazoo, Mich. WNWN Rocky Mount, N.C. WDWG Youngstown, Ohio WQXK Elizabeth City, N.C. WRSF Kalispell, Mont. KDBR Saginaw, Mich. WCEN WWGY Erie, Pa. WTWF Kingmah, Ariz. KFLG St. Cloud, Minn. KZPK Westwood One HOT COUNTRY Eugene, Ore. KKNU Lafayette, Ind. WKOA Salina, Kan. KYEZ MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Evansville, Ind. WKDQ Laredo, Texas KRRG Salisbury, Md. WKTT Music Choice TODAY’S COUNTRY Lansing, Mich. WITL San Angelo, Texas KGKL Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 17 OF 20 Country Indicator

AUDIENCE WKS PLAYS (IN MILLIONS) THIS LAST ON WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l31 32 28 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 863 +7 0.875 32 33 25 SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW ZB Collective/BMG/Wheelhouse Zac Brown Band 836 -21 1.201 l33 42 3 I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED BMLG Riley Green 834 +296 1.170 l34 35 22 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 834 + 111 1.045 35 34 13 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 726 -12 0.817 l36 39 6 NOTHIN’ ON YOU CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 606 +29 0.834 37 38 15 FAMILY TREE Capitol Nashville Caylee Hammack 592 -8 0.634 l38 40 12 LET’S MAKE A LOVE SONG Almost Country Casey Donahew 577 +12 0.683 l39 NEW EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut /Most Increased Plays/Most Added HH Luke Combs 572 +468 0.750 40 37 16 THAT’LL BE THE DAY Forge Lucas Hoge 567 -34 0.654 41 41 15 THE DEVIL DON’T SCARE ME Josh Ward Josh Ward 518 -38 0.664 42 43 11 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Nashville Maddie & Tae 448 -8 0.518 l43 44 10 SUNSHINE Southern Halo Southern Halo 441 0 0.543 l44 46 9 IN AMERICA Dylan Jakobsen/IAE Dylan Jakobsen 433 +9 0.510 l45 48 4 DETAILS Mercury Billy Currington 426 +23 0.489 l46 47 5 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 416 +13 0.519 47 45 13 THAT’S COUNTRY BRO Show Dog Nashville Toby Keith 416 - 11 0.533 l48 50 17 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 389 +26 0.479 49 49 13 GOOD LORD Black River Abby Anderson 353 -12 0.390 l50 52 4 MADE IN AMERICA Lawrence Tracy Lawrence 335 +5 0.385 l51 59 2 MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 310 +62 0.311 l52 55 7 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 298 +9 0.242 l53 54 6 TO BE WITH YOU Dream Walkin’ Smith & Wesley 297 +9 0.345 l54 56 7 JUST FOR A MINUTE White Knuckle Frank Ray 284 +8 0.380 55 51 9 PROVE YOU WRONG Valory Sheryl Crow Feat. Stevie Nicks & Maren Morris 281 -50 0.374 56 53 6 THE GIT UP TralierTrapMusic/BBMG/BMG/Wheelhouse/Stoney Creek/Broken Bow Blanco Brown 247 -80 0.230 57 57 5 BACKYARD Studio2Bee/Star Farm Nashville Chance McKinney 244 -8 0.301 58 58 2 COUNTRY ROAD DDS Entertainment Tony Jackson 242 -4 0.299 l59 60 2 A LITTLE LESS LONELY Dreamlined/Nightlife Marty Heddin 239 +4 0.320 l60 NEW THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 236 +46 0.300

CHARTS LEGEND RANKINGS station downtime for the format. gaining enough audience points MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ Country Airplay is ranked by Titles that decline in audience to bullet or if they rank below No. PLAYS total audience impressions but increase in detections will 10 and post a third consecutive Most Increased Audience on for the week ending Sunday also receive a bullet if the total week of (non-bulleted) audience Country Airplay and Most based on monitored airplay of audience erosion for the week decline, regardless of total chart Increased Plays on Country 149 stations by Nielsen BDS. does not exceed 3%. Bullets are weeks. On Country Indicator, Indicator list the songs with the Audience totals on the chart are awarded on Country Indicator to descending, non-bulleted titles greatest week-to-week increases derived, in part, using certain titles gaining plays or remaining below No. 10 are moved to in total audience or plays, Arbitron Inc. copyrighted flat from the previous week. recurrent after 20 weeks or if they respectively. Persons 12+ audience post a third consecutive week of estimates (under license © TIES decline in plays after 10 weeks. AIRPOWER 2019, Arbitron Inc.) Country On Country Airplay, if two songs Awarded on Country Airplay to Indicator is tabulated using are tied in total audience, the song HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in reported playlists and Nielsen with the larger increase in audience Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for BDS-monitored airplay at 109 is placed first. On Country Indicator, new entry on Country Airplay and the first time, with increases in stations, ranked by total plays. if two songs are tied in total plays, Country Indicator, respectively. both plays and audience. the song with the larger increase in BULLETS plays is placed first. MOST ADDED BREAKER l Awarded on Country Airplay The total number of new adds Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or RECURRENTS officially reported to Billboard by to titles achieving airplay (at remaining flat from the previous On Country Airplay, descending each reporting station, or by an least one detection) at 60% of week. A song will also receive titles below No. 10 in either automatic-add threshold (seven plays reporting stations for the first a bullet if its percentage loss audience or detections are moved for the first time in a chart tracking time. in audience does not exceed to recurrent after 20 weeks, week, according to Nielsen BDS) for the percentage of monitored provided that they are not still stations that do not report adds. © 2019 Prometheus Global Media, LLC BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 18 OF 20 Country Airplay Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. EVERY GIRL IN THIS TOWN Goes Something L   REDNECKER Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/ (Songwriter) Chart Position Like THIS Music, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Music, LIVING EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve BMI (C.Smith, Erik Dylan, C.Harrington) 32 Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., Music, ASCAP (A.Albert, M.W.Hardy, J.M.Schmidt) 27 A   ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Combustion Engine EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs, Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs REMEMBER YOU YOUNG EMI Blackwood Music AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not II, ASCAP/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, A.Gorley, Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC D.Bentley) 4 BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Combustion Engine BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, (R.Dickerson, P.Welling, C.Brown) 15 Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 39 F   BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 20 Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ ALL TO MYSELF Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB FAMILY TREE Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Sounds Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Like Chet Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., H.Phelps) 48 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Low Z Music, BMI/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP (D.Smyers, For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda S.Mooney, N.Galyon, J.Reynolds) 6 LLC, ASCAP (C.Hammack, T.Verges, G.Sampson) 41 BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 26 Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, B   FRONT SEAT Totally Awesome Music, BMI (J. Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, M.R.Carter, S   Jordan) 58 B.Kinney) 9 BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House G   M   Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- THE GIT UP Blanco Theory, SESAC (B.A.III) 46 MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ WB Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 31 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman SLOWER Cry Angel Songs, BMI/Anything But Typical F.Wilhelm) 18 GOOD VIBES ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Music Publishing, ASCAP/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark Music, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Son Of Austin Songs, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (C.Janson, Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 28 ASCAP/Curb Wordspring Music, SESAC/Word Music, BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART Big Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 11 LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., Machine Music, ASCAP/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Songs Of SESAC (T.Filmore, S.D.Jones, J.Ebach) 50 Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/ BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/ H   Songs For A Stone Heat, BMI/Universal Music Corp., SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Weimerhound Jett Music, ASCAP (L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 3 ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV D.Southerland) 36 Music Tunes, SESAC/Andrew Watt Music, BMI/Songs Of THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Siva Moon Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative MR. LONELY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 24 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mendes Music, BMI Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, (Z.A.Brown, A.Wotman, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, S.Mendes) 30 BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 47 HELL RIGHT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Cross Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ SOUTHBOUND Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.L.McAnally, Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Jack Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI J.Osborne) 25 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, (D.A.Garcia, B.Tyler, M.W.Hardy) 29 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music N   J.Miller) 8 Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/ HER WORLD OR MINE Songs Of Universal, Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Inc., BMI/I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/BMG NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Songs, ASCAP/ T   Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Music Good Vibes Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, Music, BMI (J.Paulin, T.Denning, B.Beavers) 51 Publishing, BMI/Good Times Music, SESAC/Universal THOUGHT ABOUT YOU Warner-Tamerlane H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 10 Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (D. Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western Music, HOMEMADE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Scott, M.Alderman, C.Taylor) 37 BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/ C   Big Deal, ASCAP/Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/Mullins Big Loud Brad Music, BMI/Big Loud Brett Songs, BMI It Over Music, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Warner- NOTHIN’ ON YOU Gray Dog Music, BMI/WB Music (L.T.Miller, B.Warren, B.D.Warren) 22 CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works Of RHA Music, Corp., ASCAP/Whiskey Holler Music, ASCAP (B.Baber, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/New Writers Of Sea T.W.Willmon) 60 TIP OF MY TONGUE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (B.Goldsmith, J.Mullins, D.Parker, B.Pinson) 42 BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., O   Rezolant Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 35 Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Ed Sheeran Limited, PRS HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, E.C.Sheeran) 16 CHASIN’ ME True To The Song, BMI (C.D.Jones) 55 Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/ Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, T.Phillips) 33 Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 40 ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 34 I   C.Wiseman) 53 ONE MAN BAND WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ W   D   I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ WE WERE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer DETAILS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Slo Circus Music, ASCAP/ Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP (M. Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Harolds Purple Heart Roc Nation Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Rhythm House Red, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, H.Phelps, Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, J.Osborne) 23 Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, R.Tyndell) 14 ASCAP (M.Trussell, N.Galyon, S.L.Olsen) 49 J.Rodgers) 7 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK WHAT COULD’VE BEEN Maliburrito Music, DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace BMI/Elehala Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/ BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Corp., BMI/MRMD Music, BMI/Songs From Outter Space Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Jet Music, ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Carver Music, ASCAP ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 59 BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, (C.Caillat, J.K.Young, J.Reeves, D.J.Reeves) 44 ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marlow, T.Dye, ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 1 J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 56 IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two P   Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, DIVE BAR Rezemblance Music, BMI/Songs Of Reehits, Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ BMI/Roy Rivers Publishing, BMI/Cowboy Hat Trick, PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/No Fences Music, Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, ASCAP (M.Rossell, B.Kennedy, T.G.Brooks) 21 F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 43 Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 12 BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Cruz) 13 IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH Sony/ WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU DON’T LET HER Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/ ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/ Songs Of Smack, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing PROVE YOU WRONG Old Green Barn Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, America, Inc., BMI/DTCM Ave, ASCAP/Songs In The Key BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Maps And Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/My ASCAP/Dalmatian Music, PRS/Universal-PolyGram Int. Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/ Records Music, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Revival Songs, BMI/Bucked Up Music, BMI/International Tunes, Inc., SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurd- Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (W.Hayes, Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, BMI/ Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI  jamz, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Lambert, (S.Crow, Publishing, BMI (S.Ellis, J.Green, R.J.Hurd, L.Veltz) 17 A.DeRoberts, S.L.McAnally) 57 H.Lindsey, L.McKenna, L.Rose) 19 A.Anderson, L.W.Satcher) 54 WORLD FOR TWO EMI Blackwood Music E   I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED Warner- R   Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Riley Green Publishing Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING Big Music Designee, BMI (R.Green, L.Bonds, B.Green) 38 REARVIEW TOWN Songs Of Peer Ltd., ASCAP/ Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Team Thrash, ASCAP/Songs Of Peer, BMI/New Writers Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Lets Get Brunch Publishing, Publishing, BMI/Big Machine Music, ASCAP/Island South, K   Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI/ BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI (R.Copperman, SESAC/Rosest Music, SESAC/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/ New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., J.Osborne, J.Abrahart) 52 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Works For RHA ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (N.Thrasher, Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Fulcher) 45 KNOCKIN’ BOOTS BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold 5 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Woman, ASCAP/ B.Pinson, K.Lovelace)  Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (H.Lindsey, G.Sampson, J.M.Nite) 2 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 19 OF 20 Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. G   LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, REMEMBER YOU YOUNG EMI Blackwood Music (Songwriter) Chart Position BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane THE GIT UP Blanco Theory, SESAC (B.A.III) 1 Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, A   Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Combustion Engine GOD’S COUNTRY Relative Music Group, BMI/ H.Phelps) 48 Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill Songs ALL TO MYSELF Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/ II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/ LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 27 Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP (D.Smyers, Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI (M.W.Hardy, J.M.Schmidt, Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ S.Mooney, N.Galyon, J.Reynolds) 6 D.Dawson) 4 Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, M.R.Carter, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill B.Kinney) 15 Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two B   GOOD VIBES ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Round Hill M   Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 32 BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (C.Janson, Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 20 MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/ S   Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- H   SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman SLOW DANCE IN A PARKING LOT Ole Red Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, Music Publishing, ASCAP/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Amylase HEARTACHE MEDICATION Sony/ATV Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 43 Songs ‘N Such, ASCAP/Matching Cowlicks Music, ASCAP/ BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, Countryside, BMI/Cowboy And Gus Publishing, BMI/ F.Wilhelm) 29 WB Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Davis, L.L.Fowler) 40 Happy Song Factory, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative MORE HEARTS THAN MINE Songs Of BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART Big Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/ SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Weimerhound Machine Music, ASCAP/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes MV2, BMI (J.Pardi, Bary Dean, N.Hemby) 33 Songs For A Stone Heat, BMI/Universal Music Corp., Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP (I.Andress, S.Ellis, Music Tunes, SESAC/Andrew Watt Music, BMI/Songs Of HEARTLESS I Like Turtles Music, ASCAP/KMR Music D.Southerland) 41 Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Siva Moon BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/ Royalties II SCSp, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing Jett Music, ASCAP (L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 2 Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti LLC, ASCAP/Duke City Music, SESAC/KMR Music Royalties MR. LONELY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/ II SCSp., SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/ ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner- SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mendes Music, BMI Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing (Z.A.Brown, A.Wotman, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, S.Mendes) 39 ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/ Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (T.W.Pentz, H.A.Allen, M.Wallen, Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise E.K.Smith, R.J.Hurd, Charlie Handsome) 26 GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Cross SOON YOU’LL GET BETTER Sony/ATV Tree Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Publishing, BMI/Taylor Swift Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., HELL RIGHT Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 22 Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, BMI/Ducky Donath Music, BMI (T.Swift, J.M.Antonoff) 10 Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.L.McAnally, BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Extremely Combustible J.Osborne) 31 SOUTHBOUND Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/ Music, BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Relative Music Group, BMI N   Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Jack Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, (D.A.Garcia, B.Tyler, M.W.Hardy) 35 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner- NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music HOMESICK Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/ Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Music Good Vibes J.Miller) 14 Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Publishing, BMI/Good Times Music, SESAC/Universal Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (D. T   Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, Scott, M.Alderman, C.Taylor) 49 Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, SESAC/TDP Publishing, BMI  THOUGHT ABOUT YOU Warner-Tamerlane 18 (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, M.J.McGinn, H.Lindsey, J.Kear)  T.Phillips) 45 O   Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western Music, C   BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/ I   ONE MAN BAND WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Big Loud Brad Music, BMI/Big Loud Brett Songs, BMI CATCH Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/ (L.T.Miller, B.Warren, B.D.Warren) 34 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/ ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ TIP OF MY TONGUE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, A.Gorley) 47 ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, Rezolant Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP (M. Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Ed Sheeran Limited, PRS CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, H.Phelps, Ramsey, T. 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EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs, Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, A.Gorley, WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Burgess, K.Kadish) 5 BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not D.Bentley) 12 Music, ASCAP (A.Albert, M.W.Hardy, J.M.Schmidt) 28 Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC (R.Dickerson, P.Welling, C.Brown) 23 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | PAGE 20 OF 20 CODA On Sept. 5, 2009, Jason Aldean’s 31 top 10s since signing with 10 Years Ago “Big Green Tractor” motored 3-1 Broken Bow Records in 2005. (It on Hot Country Songs for its first remains his label home.) He also Jason Aldean week of a four-week reign. won the coveted entertainer of the Authored by Jim Collins and year trophy from the Academy of David Lee Murphy, “Tractor” Country Music in 2016, 2017 and Rolled His was released as the second single 2018 and, this April, was honored from Aldean’s LP Wide Open, with the artist of the decade award. ‘Tractor’ To No. 1 which hit No. 2 on Top Country Most recently, Aldean posted Albums. “Tractor” followed “She’s his 21st Country Airplay No. 1 In 2009, Aldean reaped Country” and preceded “The with “Rearview Town” (on the his fourth leader on Truth,” which led for one and two chart dated Aug. 31). The next weeks, respectively. Fourth single scheduled stop of his Ride All Hot Country Songs “Crazy Town” reached No. 2. Night Tour, which launched May 3, Aldean — who was born in will be at the Saratoga Performing Macon, Ga. — has notched nine Arts Center in Upstate New York Hot Country Songs No. 1s among on Sept. 5. —JIM ASKER

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Aldean poses at the No. 1 celebration for “Big Green Tractor” in Nashville

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