Thursday, October 6, 2016 NEWS CHART ACTION MusicRow 2016 Publisher Issue New On The Chart —Debuting This Week MusicRow is proud to reveal its 2016 Artist/song/label—chart pos. Publisher Issue. The October/November Thomas Rhett/Star Of The Show/Valory Music Co.— 51 issue highlights the music publishing Kelsea Ballerini/Yeah Boy/Black River Ent.— 63 and songwriting community with a Courtney Dickinson/Young Forever— 72 directory for premier music publishers Denny Strickland/Get A Grip/Red Star Productions— 79 and in-depth features. The Expanded Luke Combs/Hurricane/River House Artists-Columbia Nashville— 80 Writers’ Notes portion includes exclusive interviews with Florida ! Georgia Line, Josh Hoge, Kelsea Ballerini, Greatest Spin Increase Abe Stoklasa, Andrew Dorff, and Jamie Artist/song/label—Spin Increase Floyd. CMA Entertainer of the Year Thomas Rhett/Star Of The Show/Valory Music Co.— 453 nominee Carrie Underwood graces the Blake Shelton/A Guy With A Girl/Warner Bros.— 349 cover of the 2016 Publisher Issue. For Jon Pardi/Dirt On My Boots/Capitol Nashville—241 !more info, click here. Carrie Underwood/Dirty Laundry/Arista Nashville— 226 ! Artists of Then, Now, and Forever/Forever Country/MCA— 224 Tim McGraw, Faith Hill Plot Soul2Soul 2017 Tour ! ! Most Added ! Artist/song/label—No. of Adds ! Thomas Rhett/Star Of The Show/Valory Music Co.— 32 ! Blake Shelton/A Guy With A Girl/Warner Bros.—22 ! Kelsea Ballerini/Yeah Boy/Black River Ent.—13 ! Artists of Then, Now, and Forever/Forever Country/MCA—13 ! Jon Pardi/Dirt On My Boots/Capitol Nashville—12 ! Michael Ray/Think A Little Less/Warner Bros.— 6 ! David Nail w/ Brothers Osborne/Good At Tonight/MCA Nashville—6 ! Lauren Alaina/Road Less Traveled/Mercury Nashville— 6 ! ! ! On Deck—Soon To Be Charting ! Artist/song/label—No. of Spins Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will spend 2017 on the road with the Chase Rice/Everybody We Know Does/Columbia Nashville— 197 revived Soul2Soul Tour. The tour was announced during a concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Tuesday (Oct. 4). It was the irst show Tyler Farr/Our Town/Columbia Nashville— 193 at the famous venue the couple had performed together. The new Trace Adkins/Lit/Wheelhouse Records— 191 Soul2Soul tour will begin on April 7 in New Orleans, with U.S. and Dan + Shay/How Not To/Warner Bros.— 187 Canadian dates scheduled through October 2017. The duo will perform Mike Smith/Green Eyed Girl— 183 in Nashville on Aug. 4. For more info, !click here. Luke Combs Signs With River House Artists/ ! Columbia Nashville Sony Music Nashville and River House Artists have inked a joint venture deal by signing Luke Combs to River House !Artists/Columbia Nashville. Combs’ irst single, “Hurricane,” leads his forthcoming full-length album This One’s For You. Combs, a North Carolina native, moved to Nashville in 2014. To read more, !click here. Thursday, October 6, 2016 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Marty Heddin !Sponsored By: Nightlife Entertainment Group Single: “Game Changer” Songwriters: !Casey Wood, Andi Johnson & Ken Johnson Hometown: !Garland, TX !Website: www.martyheddin.com Artist Bio: A true Texas troubadour with an old soul and a modern heart, Marty Heddin is perhaps one of the last great musical workhorses. Born and raised in Garland, Texas, Heddin started his love affair with music at a young age. He found his passion, his place and his voice, singing tenor in the local choir and immersing himself in country’s greatest records. Before long, Heddin was discovered while touring the state’s Opry circuit. His smooth, classic tone and full- throttle style caught the attention of Cowboys’ bandleader Bobby Smith and, well, the rest was history. Chances are, your favorite country singer has probably played with Marty Heddin & the Country Blues. As the house bandleader for Cowboys in Dallas, San Antonio, and Atlanta, he’s opened for everyone from Tim McGraw to Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney. He’s showing no signs of slowing down, readying his irst six-song EP produced by one of Nashville’s biggest hitmakers, Keith Stegall. Like the best of George Strait, Vince Gill and Alan Jackson, it’s an up-tempo twang with a heavy dose of Southern soul and plenty of rock ’n' roll energy !without losing even a second of its Texas swing. Marty Fun Fact: One of the irst songs I ever sang at an opry was “Here in the Real World” by Alan Jackson, produced by Keith Stegall. Twenty-ive years later, Stegall is now my producer. MusicRow’s Troy Stephenson with The Kentucky Headhunters. Pictured: (L - R) WEIO/Huntingdon, TN’s Ken Baker, Break the Cycle Entertainment’s Kris Bradley, WEIO’s Kelly Green. Pictured: (L - R) Tim Richards of KMLE/Phoenix, AZ Pictured: (L - R) WLHK/Indianapolis’ Fritz Moser, Big Loud Records’ Chris Lane, WLHK’s JD Cannon, and the label’s with Warner Bros.’ Chris Janson. Director Midwest Promotion Roger Fregoso. Pictured: (L - R) CMT Sr VP of Music Strategy Leslie Fram, Rebel Engine recording art- Pictured: (L-R) Columbia Nashville’s Maren Morris with ist Stephanie Quayle, CMT’s Stacey Cato and Lauren Tingle. WCKT/Ft Myers, FL’s Mike Tyler. Thursday, September 29, 2016 CALENDAR NO. 1 SONG Singles October 10 Love and Theft/Candyland/Curb Records Brad Paisley/Today/Arista Nashville Kelsea Ballerini/Yeah Boy/Black River Ent Ryan Follesse/Put A Label On It/BMLG Records Tim Elliott/What’s Not To Love/Boggs River Entertainment Jamie Stever/This Life Ain’t For Everyone/Tri-Mount Entertainment Drew Baldridge w/ Emily Weisband/Rebound/Cold River-New Revolution Radio Romance/Secrets Tyler Hammond/Tough Girl !David McArthur/101 Reasons/SMG-Nashville October 17 Justin Moore/Somebody Else Will/The Valory Music Co. Jake Owen/If He Ain't Gonna Love You/RCA Nashville Aubrie Sellers/Sit Here And Cry/Warner Bros.-WEA Robbie Robinson/Make A Wish/GIM Records Inc Josh Abbott Band/Amnesia/Reviver Records Luke Bryan has taken “Move” to the No. 1 spot on this week’s ! MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart. It is the ifth straight No. 1 single October 24 from his Kill The Lights Album. Brian Milson/Gonna Be A Song Someday/First Short Road Productions ! “Move” was written by Bryan, Michael Carter, and Jay Clementi. Hunter Hayes/Yesterday’s Song/Warner Bros. ! ! Bryan’s latest album, Farm Tour…Here’s To The Farmer, topped the Albums country albums chart this week (and lands at No. 4 on the overall October 7 albums rankings) for its debut, with 32K sold. Mo Pitney/Behind This Guitar/Curb Records ! Brent Cobb/Shine On Rainy Day/Low Country Sound-Elektra With the impending Hurricane Matthew approaching, Bryan had to Tucker Beathard/Fight Like Hell [EP]/Dot Records Cancel his irst 2016 Farm Tour Date which was schedule for Hank Williams/20 Greatest Hits (Vinyl)/Mercury-UME Wednesday (Oct. 5) in South Carolina. The remainder of the tour will Buck Owens/Buck Owens (Vinyl)/Capitol Nashville-UME go on as schedule. See the tour dates by clicking here. Sylvia/It’s All in the Family Loretta Lynn/White Christmas Blue/Legacy Recordings Click here to view a full list of MusicRow’s Challenge Coin recipients. 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Thursday, October 6, 2016 Weeks % Spin On Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/- 12 2 1 Luke Bryan / Move / Capitol Nashville 3098/85 7 213 17 3 2 Old Dominion / Song For Another Time / RCA Nashville 3018/90 5 146 25 4 3 Brett Young / Sleep Without You / Republic 2943/87 3 74 15 6 4 Tim McGraw / How I’ll Always Be / Big Machine 2930/91 5 145 22 5 5 Cole Swindell / Middle Of A Memory / Warner Bros. 2862/76 1 35 12 7 6 Jason Aldean / A Little More Summertime / Broken Bow 2833/84 4 100 16 9 7 Maren Morris / 80s Mercedes / Columbia Nashville 2707/87 6 158 8 10 8 Keith Urban / Blue Ain’t Your Color / Capitol Nashville 2574/88 7 168 9 11 9 Florida Georgia Line w/ Tim McGraw / May We All / BMLG Records 2535/90 8 182 24 12 10 Chris Stapleton / Parachute / Mercury 2342/80 2 36 18 13 11 Chris Young / Sober Saturday Night / RCA Nashville 2231/90 4 90 30 14 12 Granger Smith / If The Boot Fits / Wheelhouse Records 2174/79 2 45 7 16 13 Carrie Underwood / Dirty Laundry / Arista 2165/86 12 226 12 1 14 Miranda Lambert / Vice / RCA 2139/62 -27 -805 21 15 15 Brett Eldredge / Wanna Be That Song / Warner Bros.