COUNTRYBREAKOUT CHART COVERING SECONDARY RADIO SINCE 2002 Thursday, February 23, 2017 NEWS CHART ACTION MusicRow No. 1 Challenge Coin: Josh Osborne New On The Chart —Debuting This Week Artist/song/label—chart pos. !Midland/Drinkin' Problem/Big Machine— 80 Greatest Spin Increase Artist/song/label—Spin Increase Sam Hunt/Body Like A Backroad/MCA Nashville— 226 Blake Shelton/Every Time I Hear That Song/Warner Bros.— 217 Keith Urban w/ Carrie Underwood/The Fighter/Capitol Nashville— 200 Zac Brown Band/My Old Man/Southern Ground-Elektra— 151 Luke Combs/Hurricane/River House Artists-Columbia Nashville— 133 Lady Antebellum/You Look Good/Capitol Nashville—132 Kenny Chesney/Bar At The End Of The World/Columbia Nashville—110 !Brett Young/In Case You Didn’t Know/BMLG—106 Most Added Artist/song/label—No. of Adds Josh Osborne recently accepted his three MusicRow No. 1 Challenge Coins Zac Brown Band/My Old Man/Southern Ground-Elektra—40 at the Smack Songs ofice in Nashville. Osborne was one of MusicRow’s Sam Hunt/Body Like A Backroad/MCA Nashville—31 songwriters of the year in 2015 and now has 12 No. 1 Challenge Coins. The Keith Urban w/ Carrie Underwood/The Fighter/Capitol Nashville—27 most recent three were for Miranda Lambert’s “Vice,” Kenny Chesney and Blake Shelton/Every Time I Hear That Song/Warner Bros—22 Pink’s “Setting The World On Fire,” and Sam Hunt’s “Make You Miss Me.” All Easton Corbin/A Girl Like You/MCA Nashville—11 artists and songwriters that reach the top of the CountryBreakout Chart Lady Antebellum/You Look Good/Capitol Nashville—11 receive a Challenge Coin. To see the list of recipients, click here. Brett Young/In Case You Didn’t Know/BMLG—6 ! Rachael Turner/Hurts Don’t It/Rustic Records—6 Columbia Records Nashville Signs Old Crow Shane Owens/All The Beer In Alabama/AmeriMonte—5 Medicine Show ! On Deck—Soon To Be Charting Artist/song/label—No. of Spins Southern Halo/Living Like That/Southern Halo Records—116 Jamie Stever/This Life Ain’t For Everyone/Tri-Mount Entertainment—116 Denny Strickland/We Don’t Sleep/Red Star Productions—114 Gretchen Wilson/Rowdy/Redneck Records—107 Kip Moore/More Girls Like You/MCA Nashville—104 Columbia Records Nashville has signed country music roots ensemble Old Crow Medicine Show to the Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records Nashville imprint. On April 28, Columbia Nashville will release the Old Crow Medicine Show special recording of 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde to celebrate 50 years since the release of Bob Dylan’s iconic album Blonde on Blonde, which was recorded partly in Nashville. To read the full story, click here. ! ! Thursday, February 23, 2017 CALENDAR NO. 1 SONG Singles February 27 Midland/Drinkin’ Problem/Big Machine Kip Moore/More Girls Like You/MCA Nashville !Tony Jackson/The Grand Tour/DDS Entertainment March 6 LANco/Greatest Love Story/Arista Nashville Sarah Dunn Band/Figure It Out/Reznam Records Swon Brothers/Don’t Call Me/TSB Records Big & Rich/California/New Revolution-B$R Rick Monroe/This Side Of You/MRG Kali Rose/Jesus On The Jukebox/Rosebud Records-Stanley Music Group Brooke Woods/God Bless The World/Brooktastic Productions- Stanley Music Group Cort Carpenter/Wrong Kind of Right/Spin Doctors Promotions !Aubrie Sellers/Liar Liar/Warner Bros-WEA March 13 Warner Bros. artist Michael Ray secures his second No. 1 song on the Trace Adkins/Watered Down/Wheelhouse Records MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart this week with “Think A Little Less.” Danny Worsnop/Anyone But Me/Earache Records ! ! The single was written by Barry Dean, Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins, and March 20 Thomas Rhett. It is featured on Ray’s self-titled debut album. Amy Jack/Bounce Back/Amy Jack Music ! ! The music video can be viewed by clicking here. Albums ! February 24 According to Ray’s wikipedia page, he was mentored by John Rich of Little Big Town/The Breaker/Capitol Records Nashville Big & Rich on the singing competition The Next: Fame Is at Your Aaron Watson/Vaquero/Big Label Records Doorstep, which he won. Ray co-wrote Big & Rich’s 2015 single, “Run Various/The Shack: Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Away With You.” Picture/Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment Cam/Untamed (vinyl)/Sony Nashville !Rhiannon Giddens/Freedom Highway/Nonsuch March 3 Moonshine Bandits/Baptized In Bourbon/Backroad Records Donovan Woods/They Are Going Away [digital EP] Click here to view a full list of MusicRow’s Challenge Coin recipients. Pictured (L-R): Courtney Dickinson with WXFL/Florence, AL’s Fletch Brown. Pictured (L-R): WDGG/Huntington, WV’s Big John with Luke Bryan. Pictured (L-R): WSIX/Nashville’s Gator Harrison and Dot Pictured (L-R): WLLX/Lawrenceburg, TN’s Lonnie Box, Olivia Officer, Ed Carter, AmeriMonte Records artist Shane Records artist Carly Pearce Owens, Charlotte Stremler and Owen’s band member Rich Eckhardt. Pictured (L-R): KTHK/Idaho Falls, ID’s Don Jarrett with Tracy Lawrence. Pictured (L-R): Renegade Radio’s Captain Jack and Circle S Records’ SaraBeth. Thursday, February 23, 2017 Weeks % Spin On Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/- 40 2 1 Michael Ray / Think A Little Less / Warner Bros. 2930/82 3 92 11 5 2 Jason Aldean / Any Ol’ Barstool / Broken Bow 2651/83 4 106 19 4 3 Kelsea Ballerini / Yeah Boy / Black River Ent 2643/83 3 77 11 1 4 Luke Bryan / Fast / Capitol Nashville 2623/75 -8 -232 36 6 5 Josh Turner / Hometown Girl / MCA Nashville 2463/81 1 17 9 8 6 Kenny Chesney / Bar At The End Of The World / Columbia Nashville 2382/82 5 110 28 7 7 Brantley Gilbert / The Weekend / Valory Music Co. 2364/76 1 31 15 9 8 Dierks Bentley / Black / Capitol Nashville 2344/83 4 100 13 10 9 Miranda Lambert / We Should Be Friends / RCA Nashville 2049/83 4 75 32 12 10 Darius Rucker / If I Told You / Capitol Nashville 1966/75 4 70 26 13 11 Trent Harmon / There’s A Girl / Big Machine 1797/76 2 31 5 15 12 Lady Antebellum / You Look Good / Capitol Nashville 1718/82 8 132 7 14 13 Rascal Flatts / Yours If You Want It / Big Machine 1667/82 5 80 19 16 14 Luke Combs / Hurricane / River House Artists-Columbia Nashville 1653/81 9 133 16 17 15 Justin Moore / Somebody Else Will / Valory Music Co. 1556/78 3 38 13 20 16 Aaron Watson / Outta Style / Big Label Records 1514/76 6 80 23 18 17 Chris Lane / For Her / Big Loud Records 1508/72 0 5 25 19 18 Dylan Scott / My Girl / Curb 1452/70 1 14 13 21 19 Billy Currington / Do I Make You Wanna / Mercury Nashville 1331/72 2 24 7 22 20 Florida Georgia Line / God, Your Mama and Me / BMLG 1330/69 6 75 17 23 21 Dan + Shay / How Not To / Warner Bros. 1263/62 6 66 3 29 22 Sam Hunt / Body Like A Backroad / MCA Nashville 1211/70 23 226 17 24 23 Jake Owen / If He Ain’t Gonna Love You / RCA Nashville 1198/67 3 35 8 25 24 Brett Young / In Case You Didn’t Know / BMLG Records 1185/72 10 106 8 26 25 Brothers Osborne / It Ain’t My Fault / EMI Records Nashville 1096/67 3 35 7 27 26 Cole Swindell feat. Dierks Bentley / Flatliner / Warner Bros. 1062/65 5 50 14 30 27 LoCash / Ring On Every Finger / Reviver Records 994/59 1 12 3 36 28 Zac Brown Band / My Old Man / Southern Ground/Elektra 983/68 18 151 27 28 29 Runaway June / Lipstick / Wheelhouse Records 981/56 -3 -30 21 31 30 Casey Donahew / Kiss Me / Almost Country Entertainment 944/59 -3 -30 17 33 31 Love and Theft / Candyland / Curb 917/56 1 10 41 32 32 High Valley / Make You Mine / Warner Bros. 913/37 -2 -17 18 35 33 Morgan Wallen / The Way I Talk / Big Loud Records 883/56 0 -4 3 40 34 Keith Urban w/ Carrie Underwood / The Fighter / Capitol Nashville 863/61 30 200 21 34 35 James Dupre / Stoned To Death / Purfectt Pitch LLC 863/52 -3 -26 3 44 36 Blake Shelton / Every Time I Hear That Song / Warner Bros. 772/55 39 217 43 37 37 Craig Campbell / Outskirts Of Heaven / Red Bow Records 772/42 2 16 14 39 38 Keith Walker / Me Too / 698/49 4 25 15 41 39 Jason Pritchett / Hung Over You / BDMG 671/47 1 9 20 38 40 Aaron Goodvin / Woman In Love / Warner Music Canada-AJG Music Group 671/47 -1 -8 Weeks % Spin On Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/- 7 43 41 Mo Pitney / Everywhere / Curb Records 661/54 9 52 13 42 42 Tucker Beathard / Momma and Jesus / Dot Records 614/43 -1 -8 5 45 43 Easton Corbin / A Girl Like You / Mercury Nashville 568/43 6 31 7 47 44 CJ Solar / Just Another Day In The Country / Sea Gayle 533/49 3 17 10 46 45 Drake White / Makin’ Me Look Good Again / Dot Records 526/42 1 7 15 49 46 Terra Bella / You’ve Got That Somethin’ / DAX Records 487/37 0 -2 19 48 47 RaeLynn / Love Triangle / Warner Bros. 429/30 -17 -85 5 50 48 Shane Owens / All The Beer In Alabama / AmeriMonte 411/37 9 33 6 51 49 Seth Ennis / Woke Up In Nashville / Arista Nashville 393/35 5 19 8 53 50 Robby Johnson / Together / Contrast Music Records 330/25 7 21 11 52 51 William Michael Morgan / Missing / Warner Bros.