COUNTRYBREAKOUT CHART COVERING SECONDARY RADIO SINCE 2002 Thursday, June 15, 2017 NEWS CHART ACTION New On The Chart —Debuting This Week Alexandria HarDy Promoted To GM At MusicRow Artist/song/label—chart pos. Reporting Station KYYK Granger Smith/Happens Like That/Wheelhouse Records — 77 Ray Scott/Livin' This Way/Jethropolitan Records, LLC — 78 Williams Honor/No Umbrella/Bar Frog Music — 80 Greatest Spin Increase Artist/song/label—Spin Increase Kenny Chesney/All The Pretty Girls/Blue Chair Records — 300 Jon Pardi/Heartache On The Dance Floor/Capitol Nashville — 223 Kip Moore/More Girls Like You/MCA Nashville — 218 Carly Pearce/Every Little Thing/Big Machine — 187 Dustin Lynch/Small Town Boy/Broken Bow — 185 Thomas Rhett w/ Maren Morris/Craving You/Valory Music Co — 182 Most Added Artist/song/label—No. of Adds Kenny Chesney/All The Pretty Girls/Blue Chair Records — 19 Kelsea Ballerini/Legends Black River/Entertainment — 14 Alexandria HarDy has been promoted to General Manager for Palestine, Gary Allan/Mess Me Up/EMI Records Nashville — 8 Texas station KYYK, a MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart reporting station. Luke Combs/When It Rains It Pours/Columbia — 8 Her duties also include overseeing operations for KYYK 98.3, KNET 1450AM/95.7 FM in Palestine, KKHA 92.5 in Bay City, and KBYC 104.5 in Brantley Gilbert/The Ones That Like Me/The Valory Music Co. — 7 Bay City. To read more, click here. Granger Smith/Happens Like That/Wheelhouse Records — 7 Chris Young/Losing Sleep/Sony Music — 7 Granger Smith’s “Backroad Song” Earns RIAA Gold Jake Owen/Good Company/RCA Nashville — 7 CertiPication Chris Janson/Fix A Drink/Warner Music Nashville — 7 On Deck—Soon To Be Charting Artist/song/label—No. of Spins Brantley Gilbert/The Ones That Like Me/The Valory Music Co. — 156 Luke Combs/When It Rains It Pours/Columbia — 148 Kelsea Ballerini/Legends/Black River Entertainment — 139 Scotty McCreery/Five More Minutes — 138 Kim McAbee/Journey On/Soigne — 115 Wheelhouse Records artist Granger Smith recently accepted a Gold certiication plaque from the RIAA for his No. 1 hit “Backroad Song.” Smith received the honor in front of a record crowd during his Riverfront Stage performance at this year’s CMA Music Fest. For the full article, click here. Pictured (L-R): Brett Eldredge with KVOO/Tulsa, OK’s APD Kristina Carlyle. Pictured (L-R): Jordan Walker, WNCY/Green Bay, WI’s Charli McKenzie and Dan Stone, and Johnny McGuire. Pictured (L-R): Wheelhouse Record’s Granger Smith and WQDR/ Pictured (L-R): Noah Guthrie with MusicRow’s Sherod Robertson. Raleigh, NC’s Mimi Wheeler. Pictured (L-R): WCFT/Bigfoot Country’s Betti Yetti, artist Clark Hill, and WCFT’s Shelly Woods, Harry Mann Pictured (L-R): WCFT/Bigfoot Country’s Shelly Woods, artist Risa and Kyle Hunter. Binder, and WCFT’s Kyle Hunter. Thursday, June 15, 2017 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Nick Brennan Webster Public Relations Debut Single “Buck Naked” Songwriters Cherie Brennan Hometown Marquette, MI Artist Bio Unlike many of today's young artists, Nick Brennan didn't dream about becoming a star. Being the son of a songwriter, Brennan always enjoyed listening and singing to music, but Brennan decided another career path, broadcast journalism. With a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri and a headful of smarts about the profession, inding work did not come easy. For nine months, Brennan mixed his job search with recording his debut single, “Buck Naked.” After two years at WLUC-TV, the pull of music became too strong to resist. Brennan bid his colleagues a fond farewell, headed back to Jacksonville and began recording and performing full-time. After an eight-week radio tour, Brennan returned to Nashville, TN to continue writing and recording. Having taken his irst decisive steps into the spotlight, Brennan knows he’s moving toward the goal he was destined to pursue. For more information, please contact Webster Public Relations 615-777-6995 or Stanley Music Group’s Darlene Fowler 615-491-2074. http://nickbrennanmusic.com/ SHOP MUSIC ROW MERCH musicroworiginal.com Thursday, June 15, 2017 CALENDAR NO. 1 SONG Singles June 16 Jonnie Morgan Band/Walk Around The Sun/Static Live Music June 19 Shania Twain/Life’s About To Get Good/Mercury Nashville Lee Brice/Boy/Curb Records Luke Combs/When It Rains It Pours/River House, Columbia Blake Torrey/Last Night/Watterson Records Julia Capogrossi/Busch Light Budget June 26 Little Big Town/When Someone Stops Loving You/Capitol Records Nashville RaeLynn/Lonely Call/Warner Music Nashville Walker Hayes/You Broke Up with Me/Arista Nashville Dallas Remington/Found Her Freedom Michael Lynne/Break Out The Rowdy/SMG Records Nashville Albums June 16 Eli Young BanD/Fingerprints/Valory Music Co. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit/The Nashville Sound/Southeastern Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris grab the top spot on this week’s Records-Thirty Tigers MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart with “Craving You.” The single is Cheap Trick/We’re All Alright!/Big Machine Records Thomas Rhett’s irst from his upcoming third album. Chuck Berry/Chuck/Dualtone Records “Craving You” was written by Dave Barnes and Julian Bunetta. June 23 Steelism/ism/Intoxicating Sounds-Thirty Tigers The music video for “Craving You” was released on May 3, 2017 and was directed by TK McKamy. It is in the style of a crime thriller movie June 30 trailer and received over 3.6 million views. The music video can be Jim Lauderdale/London Southern viewed here. Sons of the Palomino/Sons of the Palomino/3 Ring Circus June 7 Rhonda Vincent, Daryle Singletary/American Grandstand/Upper Click here to view a full list of MusicRow’s Management Music Challenge Coin recipients. MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations WHMA Anniston AL KXIA Marshalltown IA KRRV Alexandria LA WDNB Liberty NY KGKL San Angelo TX WXFL Florence AL KTHK Idaho Falls ID KQKI Morgan City LA WOLF Syracuse NY KMKS Bay City TX WTDR Talladega AL KQBL Boise ID WKPE Hyannis, MA WCJW Warsaw NY KXOX Sweetwater TX KCJC Russellville AR WAAG Galesburg IL WVMD Cumberland MD WFRY Watertown NY KYYK Palestine TX KCNY Conway AR WOOZ Carterville IL WATZ Alpena MI KWHW Altus OK KMRK Odessa TX KDXY Jonesboro AR WGKC Urbana IL WTCM Traverse City MI KITX Hugo OK WAKG Danville VA KQUS Hot Springs AR WDZQ Decatur IL KZPK St. Cloud MN KWOX Woodward OK KICR Spokane WA KWCK Searcy AR WMCI Mattoon IL KYSM Mankato MN KWEY Weatherford OK WAXX Altoona WI KTTI Yuma AZ WRTB Rockford IL KCLQ Lebanon MO KRKT Albany OR WCOW La Crosse WI KRAZ Santa Barbara CA WIFE Connersville IN KWWR Mexico MO WFGE State College PA WGLR Platteville WI KVAY Lamar CO WYGB Franklin IN KFAV Warrenton MO WCFT Selinsgrove PA WJVL Janesville WI WHWY Destin FL KAIR Atchison KS WQNZ Natchez MS KIQK Rapid City, SD WQPC Prairie du Chien WI WBYZ Baxley GA KYEZ Salina KS KZZY Devils Lake ND WDKN Dickson TN WPCK Green Bay WI WTHO Thomson GA WGGC Bowling Green KY KRVN Lexington NE WLLX Lawrenceburg TN WDGG Huntington WV WUBB Savannah GA WKDZ Cadiz KY KQKX Norfolk NE WUCZ Carthage TN WKKW Morgantown WV KIAI Mason City IA WFGS Murray KY KRGI Grand Island NE Renegade Radio Nashville WTNJ Mount Hope WV KSMA Mason City IA WBKR Owensboro KY KQBA Santa Fe NM KFTX Corpus Christi TX WTCR Huntington WV WDHR Pikeville KY WKPQ Hornell NY Thursday, June 15, 2017 Weeks % Spin On Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/- 11 3 1 Thomas Rhett w/ Maren Morris / Craving You / Valory Music Co 2757/79 7 182 24 2 2 Brothers Osborne / It Ain’t My Fault / EMI Records Nashville 2681/84 3 67 32 4 3 Justin Moore / Somebody Else Will / Valory Music Co. 2607/82 3 67 23 5 4 Cole Swindell feat. Dierks Bentley / Flatliner / Warner Bros. 2485/76 3 75 29 6 5 Billy Currington / Do I Make You Wanna / Mercury Nashville 2468/81 3 76 14 7 6 Old Dominion / No Such Thing As A Broken Heart / RCA Nashville 2239/81 7 147 16 10 7 Kip Moore / More Girls Like You / MCA Nashville 2082/83 12 218 12 8 8 Tim McGraw & Faith Hill / Speak To A Girl / Arista Nashville 1947/74 -5 -113 17 1 9 Midland / Drinkin’ Problem / Big Machine 1930/61 -27 -724 21 11 10 Easton Corbin / A Girl Like You / Mercury Nashville 1919/81 4 74 16 12 11 Brett Eldredge / Something I’m Good At / Warner Bros. 1905/73 5 99 13 14 12 Maren Morris / I Could Use A Love Song / Columbia Nashville 1791/81 7 110 16 15 13 Dustin Lynch / Small Town Boy / Broken Bow 1782/77 12 185 38 13 14 Chris Lane / For Her / Big Loud Records 1736/68 1 13 30 17 15 LoCASH / Ring On Every Finger / Reviver Records 1591/65 7 101 11 18 16 Eric Church / Round Here Buzz / EMI Nashville 1582/79 7 102 11 16 17 Miranda Lambert / Tin Man / RCA Nashville 1581/75 3 42 8 20 18 Jason Aldean / They Don’t Know / Broken Bow 1547/77 11 153 8 21 19 Jon Pardi / Heartache On The Dance Floor / Capitol Nashville 1545/82 17 223 9 19 20 Brad Paisley / Last Time For Everything / Arista Nashville 1532/78 8 117 26 22 21 Drake White / Makin’ Me Look Good Again / BMLG 1236/62 -2 -20 12 25 22 Carly Pearce / Every Little Thing / Big Machine 1162/66 19 187 34 24 23 Morgan Wallen / The Way I Talk / Big Loud Records 1060/55 1 8 6 26 24 Chris Stapleton / Either Way / Mercury 998/64 8 75 3 36 25 Kenny Chesney / All The Pretty Girls / Blue Chair Records 949/62 46 300 16 28 26 Kane Brown feat.