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BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS AUGUST 31, 2015 | PAGE 1 OF 19 INSIDE Carrie Underwood’s “Smoke” Is Hot >page 4 Aristo’s Jeff Walker Remembered >page 9 Lee Brice’s Nifty 50-State Run >page 10 Toby Keith Makes A Late Impression >page 10 Makin’ Tracks: Don Henley & Martina McBride >page 14 Stark Report: Trace Adkins In His Wheelhouse >page 15 When Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook posted a thumbs-up photo from the recovery room of a Boston hospital in June, he put on a brave face. But inside, he was struggling with anxiety, as he had been for months. Westbrook had developed a polyp on his vocal cords that was no more than a millimeter in size. Dr. Steven M. Zei- tels — a surgeon who has helped the likes of Sam Smith, Adele and Ste- ven Tyler — was enlisted to extract the growth, making tiny incisions on a lump that had huge repercussions. The slightest mistake could’ve destroyed Westbrook’s career and left the cre- ative futures of his bandmates, crew and business partners in doubt. “Your vocal cords are covered in this membrane that literally looks like Saran Wrap,” Westbrook says. “The thing is, if you go too far in that sur- gery and damage any of that, there’s no coming back from it. It’s a high-risk surgery, but with him and his skill level, it’s not so high risk because he is so talented.” Westbrook’s recovery went well. On Aug. 22, nearly two months to the date after his surgery, Little Big Town returned to the stage during the Eastbound Hoedown in Newfoundland. He was ecstatic about the way his voice responded, and it gave the band a sense of relief. Postponements and cancellations over vocal problems are just common enough that the average fan — perhaps even the average music-industry employee — gives little thought to the emotional drama behind it. A singer relies disproportionately on one body part — the throat — to earn a living the same way that a baseball pitcher counts on an arm or a marathon run- ner leans on the ankles. Just how extreme is the role of the voice box? Zeitels studied Tyler for a 2007 National Geographic Channel special, Incredible Human Machine, and found that those reedy cords that produce the pitch and tone smack up against each other 270 times per second during a vocal per- formance. That adds up to roughly 500,000 times in a full concert or around a billion times throughout a 30-year career. “There’s no part of the human body that likely sees these kinds of collision forces and sheering stresses, which is why vocal folds essentially wear out over time,” Zeitels said dur- ing the program. It’s one of the reasons vocal problems seem to rear their head periodically for country artists, especially in the current era. Concert sound systems have been built to pump out higher Little Big Town’s Machine Back Up And Running LITTLE BIG TOWN BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE [email protected] Country Update
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INSIDE
Carrie Underwood’s “Smoke” Is Hot
>page 4
Aristo’s Jeff Walker Remembered
>page 9
Lee Brice’s Nifty 50-State Run
>page 10
Toby Keith Makes A Late Impression
>page 10
Makin’ Tracks: Don Henley &
Martina McBride >page 14
Stark Report: Trace Adkins In His Wheelhouse
>page 15
When Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook posted a thumbs-up photo from the recovery room of a Boston hospital in June, he put on a brave face. But inside, he was struggling with anxiety, as he had been for months.
Westbrook had developed a polyp on his vocal cords that was no more than a millimeter in size. Dr. Steven M. Zei-tels — a surgeon who has helped the likes of Sam Smith, Adele and Ste-ven Tyler — was enlisted to extract the growth, making tiny incisions on a lump that had huge repercussions. The slightest mistake could’ve destroyed Westbrook’s career and left the cre-ative futures of his bandmates, crew and business partners in doubt.
“Your vocal cords are covered in this membrane that literally looks like Saran Wrap,” Westbrook says. “The thing is, if you go too far in that sur-gery and damage any of that, there’s no coming back from it. It’s a high-risk surgery, but with him and his skill level, it’s not so high risk because he is so talented.”
Westbrook’s recovery went well. On Aug. 22, nearly two months to the date after his surgery, Little Big Town returned to the stage during the Eastbound Hoedown in Newfoundland. He was ecstatic about the way his voice responded, and it gave the band a sense of relief.
Postponements and cancellations over vocal problems are just common enough that the average fan — perhaps even the average music-industry employee — gives little thought to the
emotional drama behind it. A singer relies disproportionately on one body part — the throat — to earn a living the same way that a baseball pitcher counts on an arm or a marathon run-ner leans on the ankles.
Just how extreme is the role of the voice box? Zeitels studied Tyler for a 2007 National Geographic Channel special, Incredible Human Machine, and found that those reedy cords t hat pro duce t he pitch a nd tone smack up against each other 270 times per second during a vocal per-formance. That adds up to roughly 500,000 times in a full concert or around a billion times throughout a 30-year career.
“There’s no part of the human body that likely sees these kinds of collision forces and sheering stresses, which is why vocal folds essentially wear out over time,” Zeitels said dur-ing the program.
It’s one of the reasons vocal problems seem to rear their head periodically for country artists, especially in the current era. Concert sound systems have been built to pump out higher
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decibels than in previous decades, and the genre’s popularity means more artists than ever before are playing in large environments — such as arenas and stadiums — that require bigger sound.
“That is definitely a factor,” says Westbrook’s new vocal coach Diane Sheets, whose clients have included Diamond Rio and Christian artists Natalie Grant and Jason Crabb. “There’s rumbling in your body; you feel the intensity of the sound.”
Even though sound systems are capable of delivering the voice at the proper level for the entire venue, artists may feel a psychological need to strain to reach the required decibel peak. Artists are particularly susceptible in the early years of their career, as many are performing more frequently. They’re also likely to develop habits that could become exacerbated in time.
In Westbrook’s case, the polyp likely grew over several years. He didn’t know it existed, and had unknowingly adapted to it until the growth finally got his attention.
“The brain is so powerful that even when you have an injury and a mass that is developed on your vocal cords, your brain figures out how to work around it,” he says. “I realized my texture had changed over the years, but I didn’t really think it was because of something like that.”
Westbrook, of course, is not alone. Other country acts who’ve had vocal sur-gery include Kenny Rogers, Kathy Mattea, Patty Loveless, Heidi Newfield, Lauren Alaina and Gary Allan, who had other band members hit the high notes on his behalf during concerts at the height of his vocal strain.
“I had lost my falsetto,” Allan says. “Things where it really hurt me were like ‘Smoke Rings in the Dark.’ Like on the second song in, my vocal cords would fail and I had all mid-voice. I had none of that falsetto.”
Keith Urban, who had vocal surgery in November 2012, offered encourage-ment to Westbrook. That was particularly meaningful because Urban could point to positive results: His post-treatment range and tone had improved significantly, and that in turn upped his game when he recorded his current album, Fuse.
“It’s a new voice in so many ways,” Urban says. “Subconsciously that gave me a lot of confidence to then go out and try a lot of different things.”
Sheets has encountered a bit of a stigma about vocal coaches, though she thinks it’s a misguided attitude.
“A singer is very much like an athlete,” she says. “Athletes work with train-ers for the whole life of their career, because of the importance of making sure that you’re performing at your peak and that you’re mitigating some of the risk for injury.”
Post-surgery, Westbrook certainly brings a different viewpoint to vocal maintenance. Bringing an entire organization to a halt was gut-wrenching, and he would prefer to avoid doing that again.
“Being the one that had to make the train stop was a heavy emotional part of the decision,” he says. “But there was no other option for me. It was going to keep getting worse if I didn’t take care of it.”
Preventing a recurrence? That definitely gets a thumbs-up.
William Michael Morgan paid a visit to KNTY Sacramento as he contin-ues his inaugural radio-promotion tour. From left are KNTY promotion director Alex Guerra, Warner Music Nashville West Coast regional Rick Young, KNTY music director Mike Wilson, Morgan, KNTY PD Tosh Jackson and WMN vp promotion Kristen Williams.
Justin Moore (left) received the Arkansas Traveler Award from Governor Asa Hutchinson when he performed Aug. 23 at the Bank of the Ozarks Arena in Hot Springs.
Kip Moore and WNSH New York personality Kelly Ford pose at his Aug. 24 Up Close and Country performance for 400 station listeners at Brother Jimmy’s BBQ in Union Square.
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Carrie Underwood’s “Smoke Break” (19/Arista Nashville) leaps 36-5 on Bill-board’s Hot Country Songs chart (dated Sept. 12). The first single from her fifth studio album, Storyteller (Oct. 23), is her 22nd top 10 on the survey, a total that encompasses all of her (non-seasonal) singles promoted to country radio. “Smoke” debuts on Country Digital Songs at No. 1 with 56,000 sold in the week ending Aug. 27, according to Nielsen Music. It’s her fourth No. 1 debut on the list and fifth leader overall.
On Country Airplay, “Smoke” lifts 24-22 in its second week, up by 21 percent to 17.4 million audience impressions. The cut also enters Country Streaming Songs at No. 18 (1.3 million U.S. streams).
“ ‘Smoke Break’ is essentially an anthem for hardworking people,” Underwood tells Billboard. “There are times in all of our lives when we’re just stressed out and tired and we need a break, so it’s just about having that mo-ment to be able to step away from whatever it is that’s stressing you out and just have a mo-ment for yourself.”
Given Underwood’s sterling radio track re-cord, programmers are, unsurprisingly, ap-proving of her latest single. “ ‘Smoke Break’ gets Underwood right back into the mainstream of country music,” says WSM-FM and WKDF Nashville PD Charlie Cook. “The lyr-ics address the hectic lives everyone now lives, and the production stands out as a testament that she is willing to take chances, yet play within what her fans expect.”
The song is “an anthem for the overwhelmed, something we can all relate to, and amen,” says iHeartMedia senior vp programming Gator Harrison. “It’s a smash.”
BIG ‘HOUSE’: Sam Hunt registers his third Country Airplay No. 1 in as many chart visits as “House Party” (MCA Nashville) rallies 2-1 in its 30th week (47.3 mil-
lion, up 2 percent). Hunt’s debut single, “Leave the Night On,” topped the Nov. 15, 2014 list and “Take Your Time” led May 2.
Hunt is the first artist to take three introductory Country Airplay entries (pro-moted to radio and excluding holiday fare) to No. 1 since 2008 to 2009, when Darius Rucker pulled off the hat trick with “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” “It Won’t Be Like This for Long” and “Alright.”
BACK FOR MOORE: Kip Moore’s second album, Wild Ones (MCA Nashville), bounds onto Top Country Albums at No. 2 with 35,000 sold. Moore bests the rank of his first set, Up All Night, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in May 2012, although that album scanned a slightly higher first-week sum (37,000). The new release’s lead single, “I’m to Blame” (co-written by Moore, who co-penned all 13 songs on the set), holds at No. 21 (a notch below its No. 20 high) on Country Airplay and pushes 27-24 on Hot Country Songs.
Moore had f inished his second album months ago, but scrapped it and started over. “I’m finally understanding the pur-pose of the delay,” Moore explains. “I’ve al-ways been a spiritual person and, with that, I
knew there was a lesson in all of this. I can rest knowing I made the record that I wanted to make.”
Meanwhile, Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights rules Top Country Albums for a third week (54,000 units, down 35 percent). It has sold 458,000 during its first three weeks.
NEW REPORTER: As of this week’s Country Indicator chart (dated Sept. 12), KBVB Fargo, N.D., joins the reporting panel. The chart now comprises 105 stations.
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l1 2 30 HOUSE PARTY MCA Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Sam Hunt 47.318 +0.951 8075 313 1
l2 3 43 HELL OF A NIGHT Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 47.240 +2.897 7849 351 2
l3 4 21 CRASH AND BURN Valory Thomas Rhett 45.110 +3.152 7391 520 3
l4 5 18 BUY ME A BOAT Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 41.600 +3.601 7170 714 4
l5 6 12 JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Hit Red/Capitol Nashville HH Most Increased Audience HH Keith Urban 40.638 +4.856 6961 699 5
6 1 34 YOUNG & CRAZY Warner Bros./WAR Frankie Ballard 37.314 -10.869 6211 -1966 7
l7 8 19 LOSE MY MIND Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 36.545 +4.022 6563 949 6
l8 9 11 SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney 35.788 +3.270 5983 652 8
l9 12 32 FLY Dot Maddie & Tae 26.632 +1.918 4365 184 11
l10 14 12 ANYTHING GOES Republic Nashville Florida Georgia Line 26.053 +2.171 4335 273 12
l11 11 28 LIKE A WRECKING BALL EMI Nashville Eric Church 25.477 -0.243 4494 89 9
l12 13 43 GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Dack Janiels/Columbia Nashville Chase Rice 25.289 +0.946 4389 135 10
l13 16 4 STRIP IT DOWN Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 24.835 +3.722 3951 564 14
l14 15 21 LET ME SEE YA GIRL Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 24.410 +1.351 4193 217 13
15 7 19 LOVING YOU EASY John Varvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground Zac Brown Band 23.194 -9.782 3698 -1897 16
l16 17 31 BREAK UP WITH HIM RCA Nashville Old Dominion 22.647 +2.460 3560 233 18
l17 18 28 NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 21.202 +1.190 3799 224 15
l18 22 6 GONNA Warner Bros./WMN HH Airpower HH Blake Shelton 19.425 +2.262 3335 365 20
l19 19 14 REAL LIFE RCA Nashville Jake Owen 19.100 -0.260 3654 1 17
l20 20 24 LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 18.889 +0.294 3326 53 21
l21 21 32 I’M TO BLAME MCA Nashville Kip Moore 18.159 +0.479 3533 29 19
l22 24 2 SMOKE BREAK 19/Arista Nashville HH Most Added HH Carrie Underwood 17.420 +3.011 2784 750 24
l23 23 10 BURNING HOUSE Arista Nashville Cam 16.007 +0.551 3277 24 22
l24 25 14 I’M COMIN’ OVER RCA Nashville Chris Young 15.851 +1.462 2751 219 26
l25 26 33 RUN AWAY WITH YOU B$R/New Revolution Big & Rich 13.531 +0.165 3061 -11 23
l26 27 22 STAY A LITTLE LONGER EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 13.185 +0.805 2425 146 28
l27 29 4 TOP OF THE WORLD McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 13.136 +2.503 2494 632 27
l28 28 30 ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE Stoney Creek Parmalee 12.996 +0.653 2766 78 25
l29 30 5 GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Broken Bow Jason Aldean 10.873 +1.899 1941 309 29
l30 31 9 DIBS Black River Kelsea Ballerini 9.120 +0.623 1891 100 30
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BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 150 STATIONSAlbany, N.Y. WGNAAlbuquerque, N.M. KBQI KRSTAllentown, Pa. WCTOAtlanta WKHX WUBLAugusta, Ga. WKXCAustin, Texas KASEBakersfield, Calif. KUZZBaltimore WPOCBaton Rouge, La. WYNKBirmingham, Ala. WDXB WZZKBoise, Idaho KAWO KQFCBoston WKLBBuffalo, N.Y. WYRKCharleston, S.C. WCKN WEZLCharlotte, N.C. WKKT WSOCChattanooga, Tenn. WUSYChicago WEBG WUSNCincinnati WUBECleveland WGARColorado Springs, Colo. KATCColumbia, S.C. WCOSColumbus, Ohio WCOLCorpus Christi, Texas KRYSDallas KPLX KSCSDenver KWOF KYGODes Moines, Iowa KHKI KJJYDetroit WYCD
El Paso, Texas KHEYFt. Myers, Fla. WCKT WWGRFt. Wayne, Ind. WQHKFresno, Calif. KSKSGainesville, Fla. WOGKGrand Rapids, Mich. WBCTGreensboro, N.C. WPAW WTQRGreenville, S.C. WESC WSSLHarrisburg, Pa. WRBTHartford, Conn. WWYZHouston KILT KKBQHuntsville, Ala. WDRMIndianapolis WFMS WLHKJacksonville, Fla. WGNE WQIKJohnson City, Tenn. WXBQKansas City KBEQ WDAF KFKFKnoxville, Tenn. WCYQ WIVKLafayette, La. KMDLLakeland, Fla. WPCVLas Vegas KCYE KWNRLexington, Ky. WBULLittle Rock, Ark. KSSNLos Angeles KKGOLouisville, Ky. WAMZ WQNUMadison, Wis. WWQMMcAllen, Texas KTEXMemphis WGKX
Miami WKISMilwaukee WMILMinneapolis KEEY KMNBMobile, Ala. WKSJMonmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMKMonterey, Calif.. KTOMNashville WKDF WSIX WSM-FMNassau, N.Y. WJVCNew Bern, N.C. WRNSNew Orleans WNOENew York WNSHNorfolk, Va. WGH WUSHOklahoma City, Okla. KJKE KTSTOmaha, Neb. KXKTOrlando, Fla. WWKAPhiladelphia WXTUPhoenix KMLE KNIXPittsburgh WDSY WOGI WPGBPortland, Maine WPOR WTHTPortland, Ore. KUPL KWJJProvidence, R.I. WCTKRaleigh, N.C. WNCB WQDRRichmond, Va. WKHKRiverside, Calif. KFRGRoanoke, Va. WSLCRochester, N.Y. WBEE
Sacramento, Calif. KBEB KNCI KNTYSt. Louis KSD WILSalt Lake City KEGA KSOP KUBLSan Antonio, Texas KAJA KCYYSan Diego KSONSan Jose, Calif. KRTY KSJOSanta Rosa, Calif. KFGYSarasota, Fla. WCTQSeattle KKWF KMPSShreveport, La. KXKSSpokane, Wash. KXLYSpringfield, Mass. WRNXSpringfield, Mo. KTTSStockton, Calif. KATMSyracuse, N.Y. WBBSTampa, Fla. WFUS WQYKTucson, Ariz. KIIMTulsa, Okla. KTGX KVOO KWENVisalia, Calif. KJUGWashington, D.C. WMZQWest Palm Beach, Fla. WIRKWichita, Kan. KFDI KZSNWilkes Barre, Pa. WGGYWilmington, Del. WXCYYork, Pa. WGTY
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l31 34 27 I LOVE THIS LIFE Reviver LoCash 8.743 +1.426 1607 166 33
l32 32 27 I GOT THE BOY Elektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer 8.539 +0.402 1827 -56 31
l33 33 15 21 Atlantic/WMN Hunter Hayes 8.286 +0.189 1714 64 32
l34 37 20 LITTLE BIT OF YOU Red Bow Chase Bryant 5.769 +0.705 1372 121 34
l35 35 14 SOUTHERN STYLE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 5.510 -0.002 1141 13 36
36 36 11 SMOKIN’ AND DRINKIN’ RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert Featuring Little Big Town 4.857 -0.233 1060 -38 37
l37 39 9 (THIS AIN’T NO) DRUNK DIAL Republic Nashville A Thousand Horses 4.200 +0.487 992 86 39
l38 38 13 WE WENT Stoney Creek Randy Houser 4.144 +0.360 1149 -14 35
l39 40 3 LIVE FOREVER Republic Nashville The Band Perry 4.086 +0.341 689 237 45
l40 42 13 DRINKIN’ TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM Mercury Billy Currington 3.624 +0.161 727 32 44
l41 43 10 RISER Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 3.528 +0.320 840 53 42
l42 41 6 BLUE BANDANA Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville Jerrod Niemann 3.511 +0.022 922 30 40
l43 44 12 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice 2.921 +0.057 1026 80 38
l44 47 6 YUP Mercury Easton Corbin 2.695 +0.420 514 26 48
l45 48 12 TOMORROW TONIGHT Red Bow Craig Campbell 2.522 +0.251 911 60 41
l46 50 11 LOVE IS YOUR NAME Dot Steven Tyler 2.470 +0.480 681 -27 46
l47 46 10 WHITE LIGHTNING Big Machine The Cadillac Three 2.450 +0.224 835 30 43
48 49 6 AIN’T NO TRUCKS IN TEXAS Nash Icon/Valory Ronnie Dunn 2.177 -0.100 518 1 47
l49 52 2 UNTIL THEY DON’T LOVE YOU Starstruck/Nash Icon/Valory Reba 2.067 +0.681 320 93 56
l50 51 6 HONEY, I’M GOOD. S-Curve/Valory Andy Grammer Duet With Eli Young Band 1.877 +0.165 265 -1 58
l51 53 5 NIGHT’S ON FIRE MCA Nashville David Nail 1.517 +0.214 446 41 50
l52 55 4 BAD FOR YOU Big Machine Waterloo Revival 1.275 +0.144 484 19 49
l53 57 8 CRAZY TOO G-Force/New Revolution Lucy Angel 1.111 +0.107 399 5 51
l54 56 7 MOVE ON MCA Nashville Clare Dunn 1.092 +0.067 385 7 52
l55 58 8 BACKROAD SONG Pioneer Granger Smith 0.985 -0.032 66 7 -
l56 59 2 HOLE IN A BOTTLE Mercury Canaan Smith 0.974 +0.244 329 89 55
l57 60 2 BETTER IN BOOTS Columbia Nashville Tyler Farr 0.911 +0.233 330 71 54
l58 NEW PAIN KILLER Capitol Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Little Big Town 0.870 +0.481 282 196 57
l59 NEW SOMEWHERE TONIGHT OttoPilot/Blaster James Otto 0.796 +0.165 245 33 59
l60 NEW LIGHT ME UP Architect/Streamsound Kristian Bush 0.605 +0.090 335 20 53
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AMANDA WATKINS If I Was Over You in2une
BROSEPH E. LEE Fill ‘Em On Up Broseph
CASSADEE POPE I Am Invincible Republic Nashville
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BRAD PAISLEY Country Nation Arista Nashville
DALLAS SMITH Kids With Cars Blaster
MICHAEL RAY Real Men Love Jesus Atlantic/WEA
RACHELE LYNAE Quicksand Momentum/in2une
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ALABAMA Wasn’t Through Lovin’ You Yet BMG
JOE NICHOLS Freaks Like Me Red Bow
MATT GARY It’s On You in2une
GOING FOR ADDS
In its 43rd week on Country Airplay, the track steps 3-2, up 7 percent to 47.2 million audience impressions. Lynch is angling for his second No. 1, following “Where It’s At
(Yep, Yep)” last September.
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MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSSMOKE BREAK 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood 34GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Broken Bow Jason Aldean 16PAIN KILLER Capitol Little Big Town 15TOP OF THE WORLD McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 11LIVE FOREVER Republic Nashville The Band Perry 10BETTER IN BOOTS Columbia Nashville Tyler Farr 9DIBS Black River Kelsea Ballerini 7BLUE BANDANA Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville Jerrod Niemann 7HOLE IN A BOTTLE Mercury Canaan Smith 6I MET A GIRL Warner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan 6
MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINLOSE MY MIND Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge +949SMOKE BREAK 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood +750BUY ME A BOAT Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson +714JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +699SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney +652TOP OF THE WORLD McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +632STRIP IT DOWN Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +564CRASH AND BURN Valory Thomas Rhett +520GONNA Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton +365HELL OF A NIGHT Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +351
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCETITLE Imprint/Label Artist
GAIN(IN MIILIONS)
JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +4.856LOSE MY MIND Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge +4.022STRIP IT DOWN Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +3.722BUY ME A BOAT Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson +3.601SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney +3.270CRASH AND BURN Valory Thomas Rhett +3.152SMOKE BREAK 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood +3.011HELL OF A NIGHT Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +2.897TOP OF THE WORLD McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +2.503BREAK UP WITH HIM RCA Nashville Old Dominion +2.460
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BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCOREGross Artist AttendanceTicket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s)
$6,067,017 KENNY CHESNEY 58,642 THE MESSINA GROUP/AEG LIVE$265, $55 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J./Aug. 15 sellout
$5,279,591 KENNY CHESNEY 54,674 THE MESSINA GROUP/AEG LIVE$240, $29 Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver/Aug. 1 sellout
$1,190,374 SHANIA TWAIN 13,154AEG LIVE$136, $46 Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo./Aug. 7 sellout
$1,064,870 SHANIA TWAIN 11,855AEG LIVE$136, $46 Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa/Aug. 6 sellout
$1,001,680 SHANIA TWAIN 10,730AEG LIVE$136, $46 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky./Aug. 3 11,406
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 REPORTWEEK ENDING AUGUST 30, 2015
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 2015, Texas Regional Radio Report
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l1 1 16 WHILE I WAS AWAY (Independent) HH 2 weeks at 1 HH Pat Green 1952 21
2 2 15 SUN SHINES ON A DREAMER (Sea Gayle) Wade Bowen 1752 -125
l3 3 18 EASY (Independent) Cody Canada & The Departed 1739 6
l4 5 21 LIVIN’ THE GOOD LIFE (RROC) Matt Kimbrow 1567 24
l5 8 23 SHELTER FROM THE RAIN (Independent) Whiskey Myers 1403 25
l6 9 18 OLD WITH YOU (Independent) Cory Morrow 1378 83
7 7 22 BACKROAD SONG (Independent) Granger Smith 1352 -39
l8 13 11 REAL COOL HAND (No Big Deal) Reckless Kelly 1336 200
l9 10 9 DOWN HERE (Independent) Turnpike Troubadours 1328 78
l10 11 14 LIFE COMES AT YOU FAST (Independent) Bart Crow Band 1273 98
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l11 14 15 SMILE THAT SMILE (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1225 95
l12 12 13 WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND (Independent) Kyle Park 1220 64
13 6 24 TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER (Independent) Rich O’Toole 1131 -273
l14 17 13 TEASIN’ ME (Hammer Down) Miles Williams 1064 101
15 4 18 HIGHWAY (Independent) Josh Ward 1043 -550
l16 20 6 DAMN THIS OL’ HONKY TONK DREAM (KF) Kevin Fowler & Deryl Dodd 1043 165
17 15 23 TEXAS HOME (Independent) Prophets and Outlaws 1027 -24
l18 24 10 GIRLS I DATE (Independent) Mike Ryan 914 93
l19 19 16 DON’T OWN THE RIGHT (Boo Clap/Thirty Tigers) Uncle Lucius 901 20
20 16 34 DARLIN’ DON’T GO (Independent) Sundance Head 896 -97
RECURRENTSTHIS
WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistTOTAL AUD.
(IN MILLIONS)1 KISS YOU IN THE MORNING Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 22.419
2 TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU Broken Bow Jason Aldean 20.220
3 SANGRIA Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 17.646
4 KICK THE DUST UP Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 17.483
5 LOVE YOU LIKE THAT Mercury Canaan Smith 16.427
6 ONE HELL OF AN AMEN Valory Brantley Gilbert 16.411
7 HOMEGROWN John Varvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground Zac Brown Band 15.250
8 LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT Black River Kelsea Ballerini 14.515
9 DON’T IT Mercury Billy Currington 13.860
10 BABY BE MY LOVE SONG Mercury Easton Corbin 12.507
NEW AND ACTIVETITLE Imprint/Label Artist
TOTAL AUDIENCE
TOTAL STATIONS ADDS
REAL MEN LOVE JESUS Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 0.496 5 5
STONE COLD SOBER Valory Brantley Gilbert 0.459 5 4
SOUTHERN BELLE 19/Interscope/Mercury Scotty McCreery 0.425 5 3
BOY & A GIRL THING Curb Mo Pitney 0.331 4 3
BEAUTIFUL DRUG Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Republic Zac Brown Band 0.299 1 0
ME AND JOHNNY CASH Cingle/Star Farm Nashville Rainey Qualley 0.280 10 3
Country Airplay
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JEFF WALKER CELEBRATEDHundreds of music-industry personnel attended an Aug. 28 memorial for AristoMedia Group president Jeff Walker, who died Aug. 24 while return-ing from a family vacation.
A 30-year member of the Country Radio Broadcasters board, Walker was an ultra-positive executive known as much for his relentless puns as for his busi-ness acumen, which had Aristo advance into such arenas as video promotion and country-club promotion when those avenues were still in their infancy.
The Australian-born Walker, the son of noted arranger Bill Walker (“Sunday Morn-ing Coming Down,” “Help Me Make It Through the Night”), started Aristo in 1980, working from his attic. The firm eventually assisted such acts as Toby Keith, Sugarland and Alan Jackson at various points in their careers.
A longtime member of the Country Music Association board, Walker was a vocal ad-vocate for country artists to think globally, pushing them to consider touring abroad be-fore it was trendy.
“He always amazed me with his kind-ness and warmth,” said Aristo vp publicity Christy Watkins during the service. “Dad
gave everyone a chance and truly saw the best in people ... He was notorious for calling up the guy or girl who had just lost their job and asking if he could take them out to lunch the next week and try to pick them up.”
The Oak Ridge Boys’ Duane Allen, Deborah Allen and CMA CEO Sarah Trahern were among those attending the service, which included a perfor-mance of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Jamie O’Neal and “Journey On” by Ty Herndon.
“Lord, I don’t mean to be sacrilegious or irreverent, but we really feel sorry for you, because for eternity you will have to listen to Jeff Walker’s bad puns,” Sirius XM host Charlie Monk said with a figurative wink.
But Monk soon turned serious: “I’ve loved Jeff Walker a long, long time. And so has everyone in this church.”
Additional reporting by Deborah Evans Price.
MOVERS & SHAKERSCumulus named SB Projects founder Scooter Braun as a guest judge for its Nash Next Challenge, a talent competition that will lead to a record-ing deal with the Nash Next label. Associated with such pop acts as Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, Braun co-manages Dan + Shay with Sandbox Management ... iHeartMedia promoted three executives to new national programming roles. Executive vp/GM Brad Hardin and executive vp pro-gramming operations Jon Zellner were previously executive vps program-ming. Maynard rises to executive vp national programming strategy from senior vp programming ... Wes Teska joined Portland, Ore.-based Alpha Media as director of interactive design. He was previously creative director for New Point Digital in Charleston, S.C. ... WELJ New London, Conn., ad-opted Westwood One’s Nash Icon format on Aug. 31. The station previously simulcast WNSH New York ... WKTI Milwaukee hired Dayton Kane as PD, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. He was previously PD for top 40 WKSZ Green Bay, Wis. WKTI also recruited night host Jillene Khan, most recently an afternoon personality at WLLR Quad Cities ... WTHT Portland, Maine, shuffles its lineup, according to RadioInfo.com, with evening host Andy Austin moving to mornings alongside incumbent Michelle Taylor and newly hired Paul Hunt, a local comedian. Weekend talent Jeremy Daniels slides into Austin’s former slot ... Also from RadioInfo.com: KUAD Fort Collins, Colo., adds afternoon host Matt “Sparx” Ethridge, a former talent at KUPL Portland, Ore.
’ROUND THE ROWThe new Big Loud label has added the f irst two members of its promotion team. Stacy Blythe ar-rives Sept. 15 as national director of promotion after serving most recently as Republic Nashville Southeast promotion manager. Dave Kirth be-comes West Coast director of promotion following a seven-year run in a similar post for New Revolu-tion. Reach Blythe here and Kirth here ... Elizabeth Gregg Santana joins the Big Machine Label Group Sept. 7 as director of Southeast promotion, succeed-ing Stacy Waugh, who is pursuing other opportuni-ties. The Orlando-based Santana was recently a PR consultant in West Palm Beach, Fla. Reach her here ... Music merchandising firm South x Sea will hire 11 full-time employees for an East Nashville screen printing production plant. The firm also has an indie label and a music publishing division. Applications can be sent here ... Jennifer Nettles signed a re-cording deal with Big Machine, with her first single expected in October ... Bluegrass artist Dr. Ralph Stanley signed a booking agreement with New Fron-tier Touring ... Mark and Cherie Oakley, co-writers of Reba McEntire’s “Turn On the Radio,” signed a publishing deal with MV2 Entertainment ... Singer-songwriter Carly Pearce signed a joint publishing agreement with BMG Nashville and songwriter-pro-ducer busbee ...Singer-songwriter Jackson Nance, 16, joined the writing staff at Warner/Chappell Nashville and signed with BMI ... Phil Vassar signed with Webster Public Relations ... Michelle Wright contracted with Thompson Entertainment Group for management ... Brittany Bexton and Jagertown inked management deals with G&N Entertainment ... The next installment of the Who Knew industry meet-up takes place Sept. 24 at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville. Speakers include Pandora senior vp Music Makers Group Lars Murray, Pledge Music president Benji Rogers and Music City Roots co-host Craig Havighurst ... Applications will be accepted here for the second class of the Project Music tech accelerator program beginning Sept. 1. ... Services were held Aug. 31 in Rapid City, S.D., for Winterset Con-cert Events talent buyer Xondra Merrill, who died in her sleep Aug. 24. The company represents numerous fairs and venues in the West.
WALKER
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
Blaster artist James Otto performed his single “Somewhere Tonight” on an August edition of the Grand Ole Opry. From left are WSM-AM Nashville personality Bill Cody, Otto and Opry senior marketing man-ager Dan Rogers.
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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE AUGUST 31, 2015 | PAGE 10 OF 19
MUSIC NOTES“Fifty nifty United States from 13 original colonies” — there’s an old-school song that teachers have used for decades to help students learn all of the states alphabetically. Lee Brice isn’t going at it from A to Z, but he is going full force at covering the nation in 2015. When he plays Nov. 15 in Rome, Ga., he will have performed in each state during this cal-endar year. Odd that Georgia will be the last state in Brice’s chain — it’s a neigh-bor to his current residence in Tennessee.
Country music has gotten fashionable, and the fashion world continues to make a connection. Kacey Musgraves will in-troduce her own line of footwear, Kacey by Lucchese, this fall. Her boots are ex-pected to retail for $350 to $400 a pair. Carrie Underwood, meanwhile, is set to show her new Calia line of active wear in New York on Sept. 10 during Fashion Week. It’s not her only clothing-related activity on the calendar. The day after that show, she’ll shoot the season finale of Lifetime’s Project Runway, serving as a guest judge on the episode with regulars Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn. The episode will air Nov. 5, one day after Underwood and Brad Paisley host the Country Music Association Awards on ABC.
Country artists will, in short order, have one more reason to visit New York. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert debuts Sept. 8 on CBS, renewing the network’s place in late-night TV following the retirement of David Letterman. Will Col-bert be as friendly to country acts as NBC’s Jimmy Fallon? Time will tell, but he is putting country into the mix in the first week. Toby Keith will guest on the Sept. 10 edition, which also features Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Keith is a longtime Colbert buddy. Colbert gave a speech during Keith’s Songwriters Hall of Fame induction in June, and Keith made several stops on The Colbert Report, teaming with John Legend, Willie Nelson, Feist and Elvis Costello in 2008 on a version of “(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love and Under-standing” for the holiday special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
Josh Thompson’s unreleased Sony album will find its way to the general pub-lic this fall as ole issues the project as a two-volume set. Change: The Lost Re-cord, Volume One arrives Oct. 9, with the release date for the second half still unannounced. Musically inspired by such rebels as Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr., the album is a personal expression on family, road life and identity and represented an artistic step forward from his first album, which yielded top 20 hits with “Beer on the Table” and “Way Out Here.” Thompson co-wrote all the material on the project.
BRICE
Michael Ray celebrated the release of his self-titled debut album with an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning, America. From left are ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir, Ray, GMA host Robin Roberts, GMA news anchor Amy Robach, ABC metereologist Ginger Zee and GMA co-host Lara Spencer.
ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Aug. 31 • 2008 — The political satire An American Carol, featuring Trace Adkins, is screened at the Minne-apolis Convention Center for delegates attending the Republican National Convention. Lee Greenwood performs “God Bless the U.S.A.” before the movie. • 1959 — The Browns claim a No. 1 country single in Billboard with “The Three Bells.”
Sept. 1 • 2007 — Chase Rice breaks his left ankle in the opening game of North Carolina’s NCAA football season and is sidelined for the rest of the year. The Tar Heels beat the James Madison Dukes, 37-14, at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill. • 2005 — Toby Keith starts his own label, Show Dog Nashville, part-nering with record executive Scott Borchetta, who simultaneously launches Big Machine. Keith’s first signing is frequent co-writer Scotty Emerick.
Sept. 2 • 2010 — Brooks & Dunn play the final concert of the Last Rodeo fare-well tour at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena with proceeds earmarked for the Country Music Hall of Fame. Reba McEntire guests on “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.” Their last song: “Brand New Man.” • 1990 — Tracy Lawrence arrives in Nashville from Arkansas in a run-down Toyota. He signs his first recording deal with Atlantic within a year.
Sept. 3 • 2009 — Arista releases Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova” to radio.
Sept. 4 • 2014 — Garth Brooks ends his retirement from the road as he and Trisha Yearwood launch an 11-show run at the Allstate Arena in Chicago.
Sept. 5 • 2012 — Eric Church tops the nominations list for the Country Music Association Awards. He’s a finalist in five categories: male vo-calist of the year; album, for Chief; and single, song and music video, for “Springsteen.”
Sept. 6 • 1965 — Capitol releases Merle Haggard’s debut album Strangers. • 1955 — After Johnny Cash tells him a story about a former Air Force buddy with distinctive footwear, Carl Perkins writes “Blue Suede Shoes” backstage before a show in Bono, Ark. Perkins plays it live for the first time that night.
Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database
THE BROWNS
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
GOOD WORKSThe last time that silver-screen cowboy Roy Rogers appeared on the country chart, it was with the 1991 duet “Hold On Partner” alongside Clint Black.
That will make Black an appropriate headliner on Sept. 11, when he plays a benefit at the Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center for the Mustang Heri-tage Foundation. Held in conjunction with the Fort Worth Extreme Mustang Makeover, the concert’s proceeds will aid the foundation’s mission of placing mustangs in private care. More than 5,500 horses have received appropriate homes since the foundation’s inception in 2007.
Black’s appearance comes as he gears up for his first album of new material in 10 years. Thirty Tigers will release On Purpose on Sept. 25.
TWEET OF THE WEEKIt’s safe to say Creative Nation publicist Sarah Lai (@sarahlady) enjoys comfort food:
“Life is too short and too fragile not to chase your big dreams, to take epic chances and worry about how many calories are in mac & cheese.”
To follow BCU, go to Twitter.com/bbcountryupdate.
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Hot Country SongsSALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY
THIS WEEK
LAST WEEK
TWO WEEKS
AGOWKS ON CHART
TITLE Artist PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL CERTIFIED
PEAK POSITION
l1 1 1 36 HOUSE PARTY HH No. 1 (4 weeks)/Streaming Gainer HH Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS) MCA NASHVILLE
1
l2 2 3 21 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (J.FRASURE,C.STAPLETON) VALORY 0 2
l3 4 5 19 BUY ME A BOAT Chris Janson C.JANSON,C.DUBOIS,B.ANDERSON (C.JANSON,C.DUBOIS) WARNER BROS./WAR 0 3
l4 5 6 13 JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 HH Airplay Gainer HH Keith Urban D.HUFF,K.URBAN (S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE
4
l5 36 — 2 SMOKE BREAK Carrie Underwood J.JOYCE (C.UNDERWOOD,C. DESTEFANO,H.LINDSEY) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 5
6 3 2 16 KICK THE DUST UP Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (D.DAVIDSON,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 1
l7 11 13 6 STRIP IT DOWN Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,J.M.NITE,R.COPPERMAN) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 7
l8 9 12 19 LOSE MY MIND Brett Eldredge R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,H.MORGAN,R.COPPERMAN,B.BURTON,T.D.CALLAWAY,G.F.REVERBERI,G.P.REVERBERI) ATLANTIC/WMN 8
l9 10 10 34 HELL OF A NIGHT Dustin Lynch M.J.CONES (Z.CROWELL,A.SANDERS,J.BOYER) BROKEN BOW 9
10 6 8 28 LIKE A WRECKING BALL Eric Church J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD) EMI NASHVILLE 6
l11 12 16 10 SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (A.DORFF,M.RAMSEY,B.TURSI) BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 11
l12 13 14 12 BURNING HOUSE Cam J.BHASKER,T.JOHNSON (C.OCHS,T.JOHNSON,J.BHASKER) ARISTA NASHVILLE 12
13 7 4 19 LOVING YOU EASY Zac Brown Band Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,A.ANDERSON) JOHN VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/BMLG/SOUTHERN GROUND 4
l14 16 18 18 ANYTHING GOES Florida Georgia Line J.MOI (F.MCTEIGUE,C.G.TOMPKINS,C.WISEMAN) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 14
l15 17 20 25 BREAK UP WITH HIM Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,G.SPRUNG,W.SELLERS) RCA NASHVILLE 15
l16 14 15 28 FLY Maddie & Tae D.HUFF (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,T.VARTANYAN) DOT 14
l17 19 21 16 I’M COMIN’ OVER Chris Young C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE 8
18 18 17 24 SANGRIA Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE,T. ROSEN) WARNER BROS./WMN 0 3
l19 21 23 20 LET ME SEE YA GIRL Cole Swindell M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.CARTER,J.STEVENS) WARNER BROS./WMN 19
20 15 11 25 KISS YOU IN THE MORNING Michael Ray S.HENDRICKS (J.WILSON,M.WHITE) ATLANTIC/WEA 10
21 20 22 14 REAL LIFE Jake Owen S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE 17
l22 23 24 22 NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU Dan + Shay C. DESTEFANO (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,A.GORLEY,C. DESTEFANO) WARNER BROS./WAR 22
l23 24 25 34 GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Chase Rice C. DESTEFANO (S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE,J.ROBBINS) DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 23
l24 27 26 30 I’M TO BLAME HH Digital Gainer HH Kip Moore B.JAMES (K.MOORE,J.WEAVER,W.DAVIS) MCA NASHVILLE
24
l25 25 27 21 STAY A LITTLE LONGER Brothers Osborne J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,S.MCANALLY) EMI NASHVILLE 25
Hot Country Songs
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where it climbs 37-34 in its 20th week. It’s the second entry on the survey for the Orange Grove, Texas, native; “Take It On
Back” hit No. 16 in March.
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For week ending Month TK, 2015. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music.
For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected]
The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.
COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report
Hot Country Songs
ALBUMSDIGITAL
ALBUMS*DIGITAL TRACKS
This Week 507,000 177,000 1,903,000
Last Week 530,000 169,000 2,020,000
Change -4.3% 4.7% -5.8%
This Week Last Year 509,000 177,000 2,682,000
Change -0.4% 0.0% -29.0%
*Digital album sales are also counted within album sales.
Weekly Unit SalesYear-Over-Year Album Sales2014 2015 CHANGE
Albums 19,237,000 17,893,000 -7.0%
Digital Tracks 94,292,000 79,335,000 -15.9%
YEAR-TO-DATE
Overall Unit Sales
2014 2015 CHANGE
Physical 12,737,000 11,324,000 9.0%
Digital 6,500,000 6,569,000 1.1%
Sales by Album Format
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY
THIS WEEK
LAST WEEK
TWO WEEKS
AGOWKS ON CHART
TITLE Artist PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL CERTIFIED
PEAK POSITION
l26 26 28 10 LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Lady Antebellum N.CHAPMAN,LADY ANTEBELLUM (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,J.KEAR) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 26
l27 30 38 5 GONNA Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (L.LAIRD,C.WISEMAN) WARNER BROS./WMN 27
l28 28 30 28 I GOT THE BOY Jana Kramer S.HENDRICKS (T.NICHOLS,C.HARRINGTON,J.L.SPEARS) ELEKTRA NASHVILLE/WAR 28
l29 32 34 3 DIBS Kelsea Ballerini F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,J.KERR,R.GRIFFIN,J.DUKE) BLACK RIVER 29
30 29 31 15 21 Hunter Hayes D.HUFF,H.HAYES (D.DAVIDSON,K.LOVELACE,A.GORLEY,H.HAYES) ATLANTIC/WMN 29
l31 31 32 3 RUN AWAY WITH YOU Big & Rich J.RICH,B.KENNY (J.D.RICH,MICHAEL RAY) B$R/NEW REVOLUTION 31
l32 35 29 4 TOP OF THE WORLD Tim McGraw B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (J.ROBBINS,J.M.NITE,J.OSBORNE) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 29
l33 34 36 21 ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE Parmalee NV (M.THOMAS,S.THOMAS,B.KNOX,P.O’DONNELL,W.KIRBY) STONEY CREEK 32
l34 37 39 10 SMOKIN’ AND DRINKIN’ Miranda Lambert Featuring Little Big Town F.LIDDELL,C.AINLAY,G.WORF (N.HEMBY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE 34
l35 39 40 15 I LOVE THIS LIFE LoCash L.RIMES,P.BRUST,C.LUCAS (D.MYRICK,C.JANSON,C.LUCAS,P.BRUST) REVIVER 35
l36 40 — 5 GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Jason Aldean M.KNOX (B.BEAVERS,BRETT JAMES) BROKEN BOW 12
l37 NEW 1 WILD ONES HH Hot Shot Debut HH Kip Moore C. DESTEFANO,K.MOORE (K.MOORE,C. DESTEFANO,BRETT JAMES) MCA NASHVILLE
37
l38 41 47 9 RISER Dierks Bentley R. COPPERMAN (S.MOAKLER,T.MEADOWS) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 38
l39 42 45 13 WE WENT Randy Houser D.GEORGE (J.WILSON,M.ROGERS,J.KING) STONEY CREEK 33
40 33 — 2 LIVE FOREVER The Band Perry REDONE,D.HUFF (N.KHAYAT,C.J.HARRIS, JR.,K.PERRY,R.PERRY,N.PERRY,J.ANDREWS,K.O.KJELLHOLM) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 33
l41 46 44 6 HONEY, I’M GOOD. Andy Grammer Duet With Eli Young Band B.WEST,N.W.SIPE,S.GREENBERG,M.DALY (A.GRAMMER,N.W.SIPE) S-CURVE/VALORY 2 37
l42 47 50 9 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Lee Brice J.STONE,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,R.AKINS,A.GORLEY) CURB 39
l43 48 — 2 SOUTHERN STYLE Darius Rucker F.ROGERS (D.RUCKER,R.RUTHERFORD,T.JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 43
l44 NEW 1 LITTLE BIT OF YOU Chase Bryant D.GEORGE,C.BRYANT (C.BRYANT,D.GEORGE,A.GORLEY) RED BOW 44
l45 50 — 7 WHITE LIGHTNING The Cadillac Three D.HUFF,J.NIEBANK (J.JOHNSTON) BIG MACHINE 43
46 43 46 10 IT FEELS GOOD Drake White R. COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER (D.WHITE,P.PENCE,D.GEORGE) DOT 38
l47 NEW 1 AMNESIA Josh Abbott Band D.BAKER,J.ABBOTT (J.ABBOTT,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) PRETTY DAMN TOUGH 47
l48 NEW 1 BLUE BANDANA Jerrod Niemann J.L.SLOAS,J.L.NIEMANN (B.GOLDSMITH,C.J. SOLAR,A.S.WILLS) SEA GAYLE/ARISTA NASHVILLE 48
49 44 33 3 HOME ALONE TONIGHT Luke Bryan Featuring Karen Fairchild J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (J.STEVENS,C.TAYLOR,J.DREYER,T.CECIL) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 33
l50 NEW 1 (THIS AIN’T NO) DRUNK DIAL A Thousand Horses D.COBB (M.HOBBY,C.CROWDER,N.MASON,C.DODDS) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 50
’15
’14
DIGITAL TRACKS SALES
’15
’14
19.2 million
17.9 million
000.0 million
’14
’13
79.3 million
94.3 million
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l1 NEW SMOKE BREAKCARRIE UNDERWOOD (19/Arista Nashville/SMN)
2 1 22 HOUSE PARTYSAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)
l3 7 6 STRIP IT DOWNLUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
l4 5 10 BURNING HOUSECAM (Arista Nashville/SMN)
5 3 19 BUY ME A BOATCHRIS JANSON (Warner Bros./WMN)
6 6 12 JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16KEITH URBAN (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
7 2 15 KICK THE DUST UPLUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
8 4 21 CRASH AND BURNTHOMAS RHETT (Valory/BMLG)
9 8 29 LIKE A WRECKING BALLERIC CHURCH (EMI Nashville/UMGN)
10 10 18 LOSE MY MINDBRETT ELDREDGE (Atlantic/WMN)
11 9 36 GIRL CRUSHLITTLE BIG TOWN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
l12 13 16 BREAK UP WITH HIMOLD DOMINION (RCA Nashville/SMN)
13 17 15 ANYTHING GOESFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (Republic Nashville/BMLG)
14 11 19 LOVING YOU EASYZAC BROWN BAND (John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Republic)
15 16 16 I’M COMIN’ OVERCHRIS YOUNG (RCA Nashville/SMN)
16 12 44 TAKE YOUR TIMESAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)
17 18 7 SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAYKENNY CHESNEY (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville/SMN)
l18 22 11 STAY A LITTLE LONGERBROTHERS OSBORNE (EMI Nashville/UMGN)
19 21 15 HELL OF A NIGHTDUSTIN LYNCH (Broken Bow/BBMG)
20 19 19 KISS YOU IN THE MORNINGMICHAEL RAY (Atlantic/WMN)
21 20 14 REAL LIFEJAKE OWEN (RCA Nashville/SMN)
22 23 22 SANGRIABLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)
l23 27 15 LET ME SEE YA GIRLCOLE SWINDELL (Warner Bros./WMN)
l24 NEW AMNESIAJOSH ABBOTT BAND (Pretty Damn Tough)
25 25 15 FLYMADDIE & TAE (Dot/BMLG)
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l26 28 11 GONNA WANNA TONIGHTCHASE RICE (Dack Janiels)
27 24 24 TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOUJASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow/BBMG)
28 26 25 ONE HELL OF AN AMENBRANTLEY GILBERT (Valory/BMLG)
29 30 6 NOTHIN’ LIKE YOUDAN + SHAY (Warner Bros./WMN)
l30 32 6 SMOKIN’ AND DRINKIN’MIRANDA LAMBERT FEAT. LITTLE BIG TOWN (RCA Nashville/SMN)
l31 33 5 DIBSKELSEA BALLERINI (Black River)
l32 34 32 BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWNSAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)
l33 RE-ENTRY WILD ONESKIP MOORE (MCA Nashville/UMGN)
34 29 16 YOUNG & CRAZYFRANKIE BALLARD (Warner Bros./WMN)
35 31 28 I GOT THE BOYJANA KRAMER (Elektra Nashville/WMN)
36 35 33 HOMEGROWNZAC BROWN BAND (John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Republic)
l37 NEW LOSE IT ALLBRETT ELDREDGE (Atlantic/WMN)
l38 41 5 WE WENTRANDY HOUSER (Stoney Creek/BBMG)
39 37 90 PLAY IT AGAINLUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
40 38 44 LOVE YOU LIKE THATCANAAN SMITH (Mercury/UMGN)
41 14 2 LIVE FOREVERTHE BAND PERRY (Republic Nashville/BMLG)
42 40 91 THIS IS HOW WE ROLLFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FEAT. LUKE BRYAN (Republic Nashville/BMLG)
l43 NEW GONNABLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)
l44 47 111 WAGON WHEELDARIUS RUCKER (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
45 45 180 CHICKEN FRIEDZAC BROWN BAND (Home Grown/Bigger Picture/Atlantic/AG)
l46 RE-ENTRY TOP OF THE WORLDTIM MCGRAW (McGraw/Big Machine/BMLG)
47 44 163 CRUISEFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (Republic Nashville/BMLG)
48 48 64 BOTTOMS UPBRANTLEY GILBERT (Valory/BMLG)
l49 RE-ENTRY NOWHERE FASTOLD DOMINION (RCA Nashville/SMN)
l50 NEW I LOVE THIS LIFELOCASH (Reviver)
Top-selling paid download country songs compiled from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Thurdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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1 1 1 3 LUKE BRYAN Kill The LightsCAPITOL NASHVILLE 022813/UMGN
l2 NEW 1 KIP MOORE Wild OnesMCA NASHVILLE 019941/UMGN
3 2 — 2 ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis Presley ForeverUSPS/RCA 512373/SONY COMMERCIAL MUSIC GROUP
l4 3 2 44 SAM HUNT MontevalloMCA NASHVILLE 021502/UMGN 0
l5 4 5 18 ZAC BROWN BAND JEKYLL + HYDEJOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG 022962/REPUBLIC
l6 6 7 81 ERIC CHURCH The OutsidersEMI NASHVILLE 019402*/UMGN 1
l7 10 11 46 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Anything GoesREPUBLIC NASHVILLE /BMLG 0
8 7 6 6 ALAN JACKSON Angels And AlcoholACR/EMI NASHVILLE 022814/UMGN
l9 9 8 45 LITTLE BIG TOWN Pain KillerCAPITOL NASHVILLE 021360*/UMGN
l10 12 13 67 BRANTLEY GILBERT Just As I AmVALORY BG0200A/BMLG 0
11 8 3 6 JASON ISBELL Something More Than FreeSOUTHEASTERN 9986*/THIRTY TIGERS
12 11 9 47 JASON ALDEAN Old Boots, New DirtBROKEN BOW 7105/BBMG 1
l13 15 12 108 LUKE BRYAN Crash My PartyCAPITOL NASHVILLE 018733/UMGN 2 2
l14 16 14 10 KACEY MUSGRAVES Pageant MaterialMERCURY 022816*/UMGN
15 13 10 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That’s What I Call Country, Volume 8SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL 023341/UME
16 14 4 3 MICHAEL RAY Michael RayATLANTIC 549778/WMN
17 17 15 42 ZAC BROWN BAND Greatest Hits So Far...ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG
l18 22 21 49 KENNY CHESNEY The Big RevivalBLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 306274/SMN
l19 29 42 12 A THOUSAND HORSES SouthernalityREPUBLIC NASHVILLE 022613/BMLG
20 18 16 54 CHASE RICE Ignite The NightCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 22573/DACK JANIELS
21 5 — 2 PAT GREEN HomeGREENHORSE 001/THIRTY TIGERS
l22 27 26 15 KELSEA BALLERINI The First TimeBLACK RIVER 2015
23 21 23 80 COLE SWINDELL Cole SwindellWARNER BROS. 541372/WMN
24 19 18 13 WILLIE NELSON / MERLE HAGGARD Django And JimmieLEGACY 509378
l25 31 33 17 CHRIS STAPLETON TravellerMERCURY 019405*/UMGN
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l1 1 14 HOUSE PARTY SAM HUNT
2 2 14 KICK THE DUST UP LUKE BRYAN
3 3 35 TAKE YOUR TIME SAM HUNT
l4 4 16 CRASH AND BURN THOMAS RHETT
l5 6 21 LIKE A WRECKING BALL ERIC CHURCH
6 5 27 GIRL CRUSH LITTLE BIG TOWN
l7 8 9 BUY ME A BOAT CHRIS JANSON
8 7 16 SANGRIA BLAKE SHELTON
l9 12 11 JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 KEITH URBAN
l10 11 11 I’M COMIN’ OVER CHRIS YOUNG
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l11 14 3 STRIP IT DOWN LUKE BRYAN
12 9 11 LOVING YOU EASY ZAC BROWN BAND
l13 13 6 LOSE MY MIND BRETT ELDREDGE
l14 19 3 BURNING HOUSE CAM
l15 16 75 PLAY IT AGAIN LUKE BRYAN
16 10 5 FLY MADDIE & TAE
17 17 79 THIS IS HOW WE ROLL FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FEAT. LUKE BRYAN
l18 — 1 SMOKE BREAK CARRIE UNDERWOOD
19 18 88 BOTTOMS UP BRANTLEY GILBERT
l20 24 2 BREAK UP WITH HIM OLD DOMINION
Country Streaming Songs -The week’s top Country streamed radio songs, on-demand songs and videos on leading online music services. Charts update weekly on Thurdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The week’s most popular country albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. Charts update weekly on Thurdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The track debuts at No. 24 on Country Digital Songs with 9,000 downloads, also spurring
its No. 47 start on Hot Country Songs. Abbott founded the band in 2006 while
attending Texas Tech University.
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“There is danger...“In the embers...“And you have only...“Yourself to blame.”The chorus in Don Henley’s “That Old Flame,” a duet with Martina
McBride, unfolds in short chunks. Every sentence is broken up into several phrases, none of which lasts more than five words. The space between them gives the listener time to digest what has been revealed and simultaneously creates a certain drama about where the song is going.
The technique encourages reflection, and a little reflec-tion about the songs Henley has written through the years — both as a solo artist and a founding member of The Eagles — identifies it as one of his go-to approaches in telling a tale. “Hotel California,” “Boys of Summer,” “The Heart of the Matter” and “Desperado” all incorporate some spacious-ness as their storylines roll out.
And that’s...Intentional.“You can really clutter up a melody if you put too many
words in there,” Henley says. “It’s really difficult, actually, to write a simple melody and say something at the same time.”
“If there’s a little struggle going on,” he adds in a follow-up email, “it’s wise to let melody win.”
That’s what happens in “That Old Flame,” released to country radio on July 17 through Play MPE as the first sin-gle from his upcoming album Cass County. A well-sculpted melody arrives in small bursts, allowing the accompanying lyrics to explore all the drama from a simple interaction: an email and a follow-up phone call between two former lov-ers. It’s a page out of real life for Henley, who brought up the concept with co-writer Stan Lynch (who also co-wrote Tim McGraw’s “Back When”) during a songwriting session at Henley’s home studio in late 2012. A girlfriend from the ’80s had reached out to him, and until they actually talked, he had some trepidation about what she wanted.
“This was one of the last things we wrote for the album because we needed another uptempo song,” Henley says. “On radio, it’s all about tempo now — of course, it always has been. You’ve got to start with an uptempo song.”
Henley, of course, got started as a drummer for The Eagles, and Lynch spent more than a decade on the toms for Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, so building a groove is a basic part of their collaborations. In this case, it started with a smol-dering undercurrent of eighth notes.
“A lot of stuff with Don and I will start very nebulous,” Lynch notes. “We’ll be playing our legs, sort of like, ‘Here’s the beat, here’s how it would scan,’ and then we’ll backfill it from there. I remember Don telling me years ago, ‘It’s got to work from the waist down and the neck up.’ Like, ‘It’s got to move me, and I’ve got to be able to think.’ ”
The song took multiple writing sessions to come together — “It’s not a puppy mill,” Lynch quips. “There’s no points for speed” — and it chronicled Henley’s emotional journey as he responded to his ex, who wanted to bring some closure to what had been a difficult parting.
“When you get to a certain point in life,” he says, “it’s good to bury the hatchet. It’s good to put any conf licts you might have had behind you and move on.”
Appropriate for a song about the past, Henley referenced a “cup of kind-
ness” from the standard “Auld Lang Syne” and built the musical elements around songs from another era.
“This melody harkens back to traditional melodies from long ago, a little bit of ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken,’ and there’s some rockabilly in there,” Henley says. “There are a lot of traditional roots in the chord progression.”
But it wasn’t completed until he came up with a short bridge that puts the conversation with his ex into a bigger context: “Is it really me you miss?/Or
just your long-lost youth?”“That couplet, for me, is extraordinary,” Lynch says.
“Don goes, ‘We’re going to need a bridge,’ and I was won-dering how you boil that down. And he did.”
They recorded a demo in Henley’s studio that they ultimately took to McBride’s Blackbird Studio in Nash-ville, where an A-list team of musicians built on — and ultimately replaced — the original instruments around Henley’s voice. Acoustic guitarist Bryan Sutton provides some of the throb underneath the track in tandem with drummer Greg Morrow, who played parts that most lis-teners will likely assume are Henley’s.
“Don puts it in the back pocket,” Lynch says. “He lays everything back a little bit as a drummer, and I think Greg naturally does that, too. They hit it off great — they both have Southern roots, they both love the same records, and they both listen to the same stuff.”
After the original session, Henley changed his mind about the bass part in the bridge. The first player wasn’t available at the time, so Jimmie Lee Sloas overdubbed that section; then they had him redo the entire song, just to keep a tonal continuity.
Henley meanwhile asked McBride to provide the fe-male voice for the second verse. The first album she had ever owned was The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits, so she was easily persuaded to do it, especially after she heard “That Old Flame.”
“It has a lot of layers emotionally,” she says. “It’s kind of angry, kind of suspicious, kind of sweet. It just seemed to be coming from a very interesting place.”
She wedged an overdub session into her schedule and got most of it done that first day, though they had her come back in to “beat up a couple lines,” Lynch says. McBride held back a bit, singing in a way that hints at her inherent force without putting it all on the line.
“It’s not a real power vocal,” she says. “It’s kind of a mid-range, storytelling vocal. It was really just two people
trying to figure out what’s going on with each other.”Henley’s guitarist Chris Holt added a burning, melodic solo at the Dal-
las studio, and “That Old Flame” was an easy pick for a single, thanks to the tempo, McBride’s vocal and the track’s tone.
“It leans toward rock, and a lot of this modern country music that you hear now is very rock-oriented,” says Henley. “Some of it is downright metal.”
Henley and McBride will perform it in tandem live for the first time on Sept. 1 during an Austin City Limits taping in Texas. Audience members get-ting their initial exposure to it will experience “That Old Flame” in chunks: short bites of lyrics and judiciously placed fills that heighten the drama with-out creating a lot of clutter. In essence, the entire performance mirrors the spaciousness that’s built into those short phrases in the melody.
“The hole is just as important as the doughnut,” Henley explains. “It’s not always what you play. Sometimes it’s what you don’t play.”
Don Henley, Martina McBride Make Big Statement In Short Bursts
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Amid the usual items you might find in the office of a Nashville music execu-tive, BBR Music Group president/CEO Benny Brown also keeps a toy-sized replica of the NASCAR truck his company sponsors, and he shows it off with the immense pride only a grandparent can muster. The tiny Ford F-150 is a model of the one driven by Brown’s grandson, 19-year-old Tyler Reddick, a rising star in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Says Brown, “Being able to support his racing efforts and help him make his dream come true is really im-portant to me.”
Brown, 74, feels exactly the same way about the artists signed to the rosters of his labels, which just expanded to include fourth imprint Wheelhouse Records, as Bill-board.biz broke news about on Aug. 31.
“I get more joy out of making people’s dreams come true than anything else,” he says, looking over a ros-ter of stars that now includes Jason Aldean — who has been with the label since his first hit — as well as Randy Houser, Thompson Square, Joe Nichols, Trace Adkins, Craig Campbell, Dustin Lynch, Parmalee and numer-ous up-and-comers.
In addition to sponsoring Reddick, Brown says his greatest accomplishment of the past year was “having enough success to be able to sign a couple more artists and hire additional staff to support them.” He speaks of his staff like family, and they feel the same way about him. But he’s also smart enough to surround himself with people he can con-tinue to learn from, even if he’s been in the business longer than some of them. “I think all of my employees, they’re almost like mentors to me,” he says. “No matter how much you think you know, even your own employees you can learn from.”
Brown’s business, launched 18 years ago, has grown to include publishing company Magic Mustang Music and management arm BBR Management, along with four labels: Broken Bow Records, Stoney Creek Records, Red Bow Records and now Wheelhouse, where newly signed artists Adkins and Granger Smith have been assigned.
Brown was born and partially raised in Broken Bow, Okla., the origin of his first label’s name. He made his mark — and his money — in the auto business before launching BBR, and continues to own and operate seven car dealer-ships in Northern California.
Cars remain his passion, and he is an enthusiastic collector of vintage ve-hicles, some of which are on display in his dealership showrooms. “I’ve got a
couple cars that are probably a little more special than others,” he says, listing a 1965 Mustang convertible, a ’67 Buick Riviera, a Model A coupe with a rumble seat and an ’85 Mercedes roadster among them.
While Brown doesn’t network much with the other label heads in town, he’s up to speed on the issues facing the industry, chief among them, slumping sales.
“One of the biggest changes in country music over the last 10 years first was the decline in physical sales and now the decline in digital sales as streaming becomes more and more dominant and significant,” he says. “It’s changed the business like no other factor ... and we have to continue to figure out a way to operate in this environment where there’s more equitable distribution of revenues. I think all of us labels, we’re going through some growing pains and difficult times in this transition. We don’t know yet where it’s going to take us. I’ve got my concerns that if some of these models aren’t changed that it’s — long term — going to hurt the quality of music.
“It all starts with the song,” he continues. “There are a lot of young writ-ers coming in wanting to write that big No. 1, but more and more it’s harder — even if they have the hits — to get the paydays that they did 10 years ago. Eventually, I think less and less newcomers are going to want to enter into it because they [know] they’ll starve to death.”
Despite the challenges, he’s keen to keep what’s special about Nashville special. “We’re a pretty close-knit group in this town, and I think our sense of community and caring for one another is different than it is in Los Angeles or New York,” he says. “Of course we’re all very competitive, but at the end of the day we all ... work together for common good.”
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l1 2 12 JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Hit Red/Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Keith Urban 4444 +337 5.352
l2 3 21 CRASH AND BURN Valory Thomas Rhett 4342 +235 5.498
3 1 16 HOUSE PARTY MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 4090 -258 5.150
l4 6 17 BUY ME A BOAT Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 4021 +281 5.249
l5 5 44 HELL OF A NIGHT Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 3946 +200 5.174
l6 7 19 LOSE MY MIND Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 3785 +336 4.683
l7 9 11 SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney 3764 +527 4.614
l8 10 28 LIKE A WRECKING BALL EMI Nashville Eric Church 3280 +154 3.843
l9 11 12 ANYTHING GOES Republic Nashville Florida Georgia Line 3021 +226 3.257
10 4 34 YOUNG & CRAZY Warner Bros./WAR Frankie Ballard 2939 -1068 3.873
l11 15 37 GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Dack Janiels/Columbia Nashville Chase Rice 2747 +287 3.200
l12 12 25 LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 2722 +78 3.097
l13 14 14 REAL LIFE RCA Nashville Jake Owen 2717 +83 3.205
l14 17 20 LET ME SEE YA GIRL Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 2695 +248 2.896
l15 13 31 I’M TO BLAME MCA Nashville Kip Moore 2661 +24 2.886
l16 21 4 STRIP IT DOWN Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 2550 +667 2.996
l17 16 34 FLY Dot Maddie & Tae 2537 +88 2.872
l18 18 5 GONNA Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 2387 +289 2.725
l19 19 15 I’M COMIN’ OVER RCA Nashville Chris Young 2035 +90 2.001
l20 20 9 BURNING HOUSE Arista Nashville Cam 2029 +122 2.236
l21 22 23 NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 2016 +138 2.537
l22 23 16 BREAK UP WITH HIM RCA Nashville Old Dominion 1991 +166 2.103
l23 24 23 STAY A LITTLE LONGER EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 1643 +108 1.515
l24 38 2 SMOKE BREAK 19/Arista Nashville HH Most Increased Plays/Most Added HH Carrie Underwood 1489 +817 1.603
l25 26 7 DIBS Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1453 +140 1.347
l26 27 4 TOP OF THE WORLD McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 1442 +218 1.558
l27 25 12 SMOKIN’ AND DRINKIN’ RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert Feat. Little Big Town 1440 +62 1.385
l28 28 29 ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE Stoney Creek Parmalee 1258 +87 1.534
l29 29 30 RUN AWAY WITH YOU B$R/New Revolution Big & Rich 1161 +11 1.436
l30 34 4 GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE Broken Bow Jason Aldean 1124 +216 1.230
Country Indicator
BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 104 STATIONS
Abilene, Texas KEANAbilene, Texas KEANAlexandria, La. KRRVAmarillo, Texas KGNCAsheville, N.C. WKSFAtlantic City, N.J. WPURBeaumont, Texas KYKRBeckley, W. Va. WJLSBiloxi, Miss. WZKXBloomington, Ill. WIBLBluefield, W. Va. WHKXBurlington, Vt. WOKOCape Girardeau, Mo. KEZSCharleston, W. Va WKWS WQBECollege Station, Texas KAGGColumbus, Ga. WKCN WSTH Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQDothan, Ala. WTVYDuluth, Minn. KKCBEau Claire, Wis. WAXXElizabeth City, N.C. WRSFErie, Pa. WTWFEugene, Ore. KKNUEvansville, Ind. WKDQFargo, N.D. KVOXFayetteville, N.C. WKML
Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFFFlint, Mich. WFBEFlorence, Ala. WXFLFlorence, S.C. WEGXFt. Collins, Colo. KUADFt. Smith, Ark. KTCSFrederick, Md. WFREFredericksburg, Va. WFLSGreen Bay, Wis. WNCYHagerstown, Md. WAYZHot Springs, Ark. KQUSHuntington, Ky. WDGGHuntington, W. Va. WTCRIdaho Falls, Idaho KTHKJackson, Miss. WMSI WUSJJanesville, Wis. WJVL Jonesboro, Ark. KDXYJoplin, Mo. KIXQKalamazoo, Mich. WNWNKalispell, Mont. KDBRKingmah, Ariz. KFLGLafayette, Ind. WKOALaredo, Texas KRRGLansing, Mich. WITLLaurel, Miss. WBBNLebanon, N.H. WXXK
Lincoln, Neb KFGELongview, Texas KYKXLubbock, Texas KLLLLufkin, Texas KYKSMason City, Iowa KIAIMedford, Ore. KRWQMeridian, Miss. WOKKMontgomery, Ala. WLWIMorgantown, W. Va. WKKWMuskegon, Mich. WMUSNew London, Conn. WCTYOdessa, Texas KHKXPalm Springs, Calif. KPLMPensacola, Fla. WXBMPeoria, Ill. WXCL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWDRapid City, S.D. KOUTRockford, Ill. WXXQRocky Mount, N.C. WDWGSaginaw, Mich. WCENSt. Cloud, Minn. KZPKSalina, Kan. KYEZSalisbury, Md. WKTTSan Angelo, Texas KGKLSan Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJGSanta Barbara, Calif. KRAZ
Santa Maria, Calif. KSNISheboygan, Wis. WBFMSavannah, Ga. WJCL WUBBShreveport, La. KXKSSioux Cty, Iowa KSUXSouth Bend, Ind. WBYTSpringfield, Ill. WFMBSpringfield, Mo. KTTSTerre Haute, Ind. WTHITopeka, Kan. WIBWTraverse City, Mich. WTCMTupelo, Miss. WWZDUtica, N.Y. WFRGVictor Valley, CA. KATJWaco, Texas WACOWausau, Wis. WDEZWheeling, W. Va. WOVKWilliamsport, Pa. WILQYakima, Wash. KXDDYoungstown, Ohio WQXK WWGYWestwood One HOT COUNTRY MAINSTREAM COUNTRYMusic Choice TODAY’S COUNTRYSirius XM THE HIGHWAY
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l31 30 10 RISER Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 1109 +59 0.981
l32 31 14 21 Atlantic/WMN Hunter Hayes 1106 +83 1.135
l33 32 18 SOUTHERN STYLE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 1004 0 0.814
l34 33 25 I GOT THE BOY Elektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer 1000 +41 1.043
l35 35 10 (THIS AIN’T NO) DRUNK DIAL Republic Nashville A Thousand Horses 984 +87 0.806
l36 43 3 LIVE FOREVER Republic Nashville The Band Perry 917 +414 0.880
l37 37 12 DRINKIN’ TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM Mercury Nashville Billy Currington 851 +50 0.540
38 36 14 WE WENT Stoney Creek Randy Houser 824 -24 0.745
l39 41 5 BLUE BANDANA Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville Jerrod Niemann 662 +65 0.554
l40 40 15 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice 643 +13 0.515
l41 42 13 YOU PART 2 Big Spark Olivia Lane 543 +21 0.223
l42 44 24 I LOVE THIS LIFE Reviver LoCash 489 +19 0.638
l43 45 8 JIM AND JACK AND HANK ACR/EMI Nashville Alan Jackson 449 0 0.081
l44 47 5 YUP Mercury Easton Corbin 425 +30 0.289
l45 46 9 SHINE A LITTLE LOVE Blue Light Brian Collins 418 +21 0.179
l46 48 9 LITTLE BIT OF YOU Red Bow Chase Bryant 375 +21 0.352
l47 51 6 NIGHT’S ON FIRE MCA Nashville David Nail 363 +56 0.242
l48 49 9 MOVE ON MCA Nashville Clare Dunn 343 +13 0.180
l49 50 11 GREAT MINDS DRINK ALIKE MRG Rick Monroe 326 +11 0.117
l50 NEW PAIN KILLER Capitol HH Hot Shot Debut HH Little Big Town 312 +180 0.148
l51 52 4 AIN’T NO TRUCKS IN TEXAS Nash Icon/Valory Ronnie Dunn 293 +6 0.266
l52 53 7 TOMORROW TONIGHT Red Bow Craig Campbell 264 +15 0.225
l53 57 8 THE FORGETTER SSM Nashville Branch & Dean 209 +12 0.035
l54 56 4 SUMMER GIRLS Supergroup/Nine North/Turnpike/Edgehill Music Nashville Boone 207 +10 0.084
55 54 9 LOVE IS YOUR NAME Dot Steven Tyler 202 -34 0.225
l56 NEW HOLE IN A BOTTLE Mercury Canaan Smith 190 +74 0.083
l57 60 2 I’M MAKING MINE GTR Erica Nicole 189 +27 0.035
l58 59 2 DIME STORE COWGIRL Mercury Nashville Kacey Musgraves 187 +18 0.074
l59 NEW BETTER IN BOOTS Columbia Nashville Tyler Farr 185 +44 0.061
60 58 8 WHITE LIGHTNING Big Machine The Cadillac Three 169 -17 0.096
Country Indicator
CHARTS LEGENDRANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 150 stations by Nielsen BDS. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2015, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabulated using reported playlists and Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay at 104 stations, ranked by total plays.
BULLETSl Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or remaining flat from the previous week. A song will also receive a bullet if its percentage loss in audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored
station downtime for the format. Titles that decline in audience but increase in detections will also receive a bullet if the total audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%. Bullets are awarded on Country Indicator to titles gaining plays or remaining flat from the previous week.
TIESOn Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience is placed first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first.
RECURRENTSOn Country Airplay, descending titles below No. 10 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks, provided that they are not still
gaining enough audience points to bullet or if they rank below No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bulleted) audience decline, regardless of total chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bulleted titles below No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks or if they post a third consecutive week of decline in plays after 10 weeks.
HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay and Country Indicator, respectively.
MOST ADDEDThe total number of new adds officially reported to Billboard by each reporting station, or by an automatic-add threshold (seven plays for the first time in a chart tracking week, according to Nielsen BDS) for stations that do not report adds.
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/PLAYSMost Increased Audience on Country Airplay and Most Increased Plays on Country Indicator list the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience or plays, respectively.
AIRPOWERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles ranking inside top 20 in plays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both plays and audience.
BREAKERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles achieving airplay (at least one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time.
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Country Airplay Index21 EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music, BMI/EMI
April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Didn’t Have To Be Music Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Ogden Avenue Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (D.Davidson, K.Lovelace, A.Gorley, H.Hayes) 33
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AIN’T NO TRUCKS IN TEXAS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Fonde Moutian Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Casa Jaco Music, BMI/Songs Of Peer Ltd., ASCAP/Team Thrash, ASCAP (W.Mobley, T.Martin, N.Thrasher) 48
ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE 27861 Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Gallo And Landers Music LLC, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/Steel Wheels Music, BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Kirbtone Music, BMI (M.Thomas, S.Thomas, B.Knox, P.O’Donnell, W.Kirby) 28
ANYTHING GOES Rusty Muffler Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Play Animal, ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (F.McTeigue, C.G.Tompkins, C.Wiseman) 10
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BACKROAD SONG Climbing Windmills, BMI/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (G.Smith, F.Rogers) 55
BAD FOR YOU Raincreek Publishing, ASCAP/C.R. Cooper Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP (G.Birge, C.Cooper, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 52
BETTER IN BOOTS Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/This Is Magic Mustang Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC (J.Wilson, D.Pittenger, N.Cooke) 57
BLUE BANDANA Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Living Wills, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (B.Goldsmith, C.J. Solar, A.S.Wills) 42
BREAK UP WITH HIM Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Wrensong Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, G.Sprung, W.Sellers) 16
BURNING HOUSE Marvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year Yesterday Publishing, BMI/Jeff Bhasker Publishing Designee, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Way Above Music, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson, J.Bhasker) 23
BUY ME A BOAT Buckkilla Music, BMI/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (C.Janson, C.DuBois) 4
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CRASH AND BURN Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Tucky Music, ASCAP (J.Frasure, C.Stapleton) 3
CRAZY TOO International Dog Music, BMI/Clarity Tree Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/Songs of Parallel, ASCAP/Vista Loma Music, ASCAP (K.Rochelle, S.McAnally, L.Clark) 53
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DIBS Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/DHM Administration, ASCAP/Nyssa Music, ASCAP/Jason Duke Music, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, J.Kerr, R.Griffin, J.Duke) 30
DRINKIN’ TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Line In The Sand, BMI/Taste Of Crow Music, BMI/Your Ears Will Never Go Hungry, BMI/Archenland Music, BMI/Gypsy Girl Music, BMI (A.Henningsen, B.Henningsen, C.Henningsen, E.McDavid Elkins, V.A.Olivarez) 40
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position
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FLY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Not Your Average Girl Music, ASCAP/Silva Tone Music, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, T.Vartanyan) 9
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GONNA Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Twangin And Slangin Songs, BMI/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (L.Laird, C.Wiseman) 18
GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/BMG Rights Management, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP (B.Beavers, Brett James) 29
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP (S.McAnally, J.M.Nite, J.Robbins) 12
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HELL OF A NIGHT External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC (Z.Crowell, A.Sanders, J.Boyer) 2
HOLE IN A BOTTLE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Skinny Fat Nashville Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI (C.Smith, B.Beavers, D.Couch) 56
HONEY, I’M GOOD. Ladder Soul Music, BMI/S-Curve Songs Worldwide, BMI/Chrysalis Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP (A.Grammer, N.W.Sipe) 50
HOUSE PARTY Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (S.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers) 1
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I GOT THE BOY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Nichols Boys Music, BMI/Made For This Music, BMI/All For This Music, BMI/Sweet Jamie Music, Inc., BMI (T.Nichols, C.Harrington, J.L.Spears) 32
I LOVE THIS LIFE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/Round Hill, BMI (D.Myrick, C.Janson, C.Lucas, P.Brust) 31
I’M COMIN’ OVER EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 24
I’M TO BLAME WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cool Change Music, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Reefer Road Music, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI (K.Moore, J.Weaver, W.Davis) 21
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JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (S.McAnally, R.Copperman, J.Osborne) 5
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LET ME SEE YA GIRL Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/243 Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (C.Swindell, M.Carter, J.Stevens) 14
LIGHT ME UP Songs Of The Architect, BMI/Songs Of Artist Revolution, SESAC (K.Bush, J.Rice) 60
LIKE A WRECKING BALL Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI (E.Church, C.Beathard) 11
LITTLE BIT OF YOU Orbison Music, LLC, BMI/BMG Rights Management, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP (C.Bryant, D.George, A.Gorley) 34
LIVE FOREVER Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Songs Of RedOne, BMI/Songs By Team Red, SESAC/Lionheart Music Group, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Pearlfeather Publishing, BMI/When I Go To The Moon Music, BMI/Famdamily Music, BMI/SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP (N.Khayat, C.J.Harris, Jr., K.Perry, R.Perry, N.Perry, J.Andrews, K.O.Kjellholm) 39
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Beards And Bullets Music, ASCAP/30A Getaway Songs, ASCAP/Hobbs Hill Publishing, SESAC/Global Dog Music, ASCAP/Book Of Spells, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Kear) 20
LOSE MY MIND Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Universal Music Italia, srl/Killer Tracks, BMI/Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., PRS/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Chrysalis Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP (B.Eldredge, H.Morgan, R.Copperman, B.Burton, T.D.Callaway, G.F.Reverberi, G.P.Reverberi) 7
LOVE IS YOUR NAME Round Hill Works, BMI/Hear Candy Music, BMI/Riding Songs, LLC, BMI/Spirit Catalog Holdings, S.a.r.l./Five Stone Publishing, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville Music, Inc., ASCAP (L.Lee, E.Paslay) 46
LOVING YOU EASY Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Southern Ground, SESAC/Cash Box Music, BMI (Z.Brown, N.Moon, A.Anderson) 15
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MOVE ON BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Leer Jet 87 Publishing, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI (C.Dunn, J.Frasure) 54
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NIGHT’S ON FIRE Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 51
NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Glider Music, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, A.Gorley, C. DeStefano) 17
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PAIN KILLER Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Big Town, BMI/Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Internal Combustion Music, BMI/Kickin’ Grids Music, BMI/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Chrysalis Music, ASCAP (K.Fairchild, J.Westbrook, B.Daly, H.Lindsey) 58
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REAL LIFE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 19
RISER Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Nan Jam Music Publishing, BMI/She And I, LLC, BMI/It’s Killer Music, BMI (S.Moakler, T.Meadows) 41
RUN AWAY WITH YOU J Money Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J.D.Rich, Michael Ray) 25
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SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Endorffin Music, BMI/Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP (A.Dorff, M.Ramsey, B.Tursi) 8
SMOKE BREAK Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C.Underwood, C. DeStefano, H.Lindsey) 22
SMOKIN’ AND DRINKIN’ EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Wruckestrike, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Twangin And Slangin Songs, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (N.Hemby, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 36
SOMEWHERE TONIGHT You Otto Hear This, SESAC/Liz Rose Music, LLC, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Patrick Davis Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Disney Music Group, BMI/Ain’t My Baby Grand Music, BMI/Buffalo Sound, BMI (J.Otto, C.Crowder, P.Davis, J.T.Slater, J.T.Hodges) 59
SOUTHERN STYLE Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Cadaja Publishing, ASCAP/Memphianna, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/T-Bird’s Music, BMI (D.Rucker, R.Rutherford, T.James) 35
STAY A LITTLE LONGER WB Music Corp., ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, S.McAnally) 26
STRIP IT DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI (L.Bryan, J.M.Nite, R.Copperman) 13
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THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Mike Curb Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, R.Akins, A.Gorley) 43
(THIS AIN’T NO) DRUNK DIAL Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Carolina June Publishing, BMI/Greatshakin Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Crowder Taylor Publishing, BMI/Nettwerk One Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Nevada House Music, BMI/Nettwerk One Music Limited Canada, SOCAN/Cale Dodds Publishing, ASCAP (M.Hobby, C.Crowder, N.Mason, C.Dodds) 37
TOMORROW TONIGHT Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Skabetti Bowl Of Songs, SESAC/Nineteen64 Music, BMI (C.Campbell, J.Wilson, V.McGehee) 45
TOP OF THE WORLD Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Robbins, J.M.Nite, J.Osborne) 27
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UNTIL THEY DON’T LOVE YOU Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP (S.McAnally, L.McKenna, J.Osborne) 49
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WE WENT Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ole Canalco Publishing, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP/Songs Of Razor And Tie Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP (J.Wilson, M.Rogers, J.King) 38
WHITE LIGHTNING Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP (J.Johnston) 47
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YOUNG & CRAZY External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (A.Gorley, S.McAnally, R.Akins) 6
YUP Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Code Six Charles Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Kirbtone Music, BMI (S.Minor, P.O’Donnell, W.Kirby) 44
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Hot Country Songs Index21 EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia
Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Didn’t Have To Be Music Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Ogden Avenue Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (D.Davidson, K.Lovelace, A.Gorley, H.Hayes) 30
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ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE 27861 Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Gallo And Landers Music LLC, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/Steel Wheels Music, BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Kirbtone Music, BMI (M.Thomas, S.Thomas, B.Knox, P.O’Donnell, W.Kirby) 33
AMNESIA Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Victory Bells Ring Out Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Abbott, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 47
ANYTHING GOES Rusty Muffler Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Play Animal, ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (F.McTeigue, C.G.Tompkins, C.Wiseman) 14
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BLUE BANDANA Go For The Goldsmith, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Living Wills, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (B.Goldsmith, C.J. Solar, A.S.Wills) 48
BREAK UP WITH HIM Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Wrensong Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, G.Sprung, W.Sellers) 15
BURNING HOUSE Marvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year Yesterday Publishing, BMI/Jeff Bhasker Publishing Designee, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Way Above Music, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson, J.Bhasker) 12
BUY ME A BOAT Buckkilla Music, BMI/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (C.Janson, C.DuBois) 3
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CRASH AND BURN Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Tucky Music, ASCAP (J.Frasure, C.Stapleton) 2
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DIBS Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/DHM Administration, ASCAP/Nyssa Music, ASCAP/Jason Duke Music, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, J.Kerr, R.Griffin, J.Duke) 29
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FLY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Not Your Average Girl Music, ASCAP/Silva Tone Music, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, T.Vartanyan) 16
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GONNA Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Twangin And Slangin Songs, BMI/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (L.Laird, C.Wiseman) 27
TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position
GONNA KNOW WE WERE HERE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/BMG Rights Management, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP (B.Beavers, Brett James) 36
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP (S.McAnally, J.M.Nite, J.Robbins) 23
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HELL OF A NIGHT External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC (Z.Crowell, A.Sanders, J.Boyer) 9
HOME ALONE TONIGHT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/Words & Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI (J.Stevens, C.Taylor, J.Dreyer, T.Cecil) 49
HONEY, I’M GOOD. Ladder Soul Music, BMI/S-Curve Songs Worldwide, BMI/Chrysalis Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP (A.Grammer, N.W.Sipe) 41
HOUSE PARTY Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (S.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers) 1
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I GOT THE BOY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Nichols Boys Music, BMI/Made For This Music, BMI/All For This Music, BMI/Sweet Jamie Music, Inc., BMI (T.Nichols, C.Harrington, J.L.Spears) 28
I LOVE THIS LIFE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/Round Hill, BMI (D.Myrick, C.Janson, C.Lucas, P.Brust) 35
I’M COMIN’ OVER EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 17
I’M TO BLAME WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cool Change Music, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Reefer Road Music, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI (K.Moore, J.Weaver, W.Davis) 24
IT FEELS GOOD EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Reverend Jack Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/Nury3000 Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (D.White, P.Pence, D.George) 46
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JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (S.McAnally, R.Copperman, J.Osborne) 4
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KICK THE DUST UP EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Davidson, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 6
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J.Wilson, M.White) 20
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LET ME SEE YA GIRL Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/243 Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (C.Swindell, M.Carter, J.Stevens) 19
LIKE A WRECKING BALL Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI (E.Church, C.Beathard) 10
LITTLE BIT OF YOU Orbison Music, LLC, BMI/BMG Rights Management, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP (C.Bryant, D.George, A.Gorley) 44
LIVE FOREVER Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Songs Of RedOne, BMI/Songs By Team Red, SESAC/Lionheart Music Group, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Pearlfeather Publishing, BMI/When I Go To The Moon Music, BMI/Famdamily Music, BMI/SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP (N.Khayat, C.J.Harris, Jr., K.Perry, R.Perry, N.Perry, J.Andrews, K.O.Kjellholm) 40
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Beards And Bullets Music, ASCAP/30A Getaway Songs, ASCAP/Hobbs Hill Publishing, SESAC/Global Dog Music, ASCAP/Book Of Spells, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Kear) 26
LOSE MY MIND Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Universal Music Italia, srl/Killer Tracks, BMI/Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., PRS/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Chrysalis Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP (B.Eldredge, H.Morgan, R.Copperman, B.Burton, T.D.Callaway, G.F.Reverberi, G.P.Reverberi) 8
LOVING YOU EASY Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Southern Ground, SESAC/Cash Box Music, BMI (Z.Brown, N.Moon, A.Anderson) 13
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NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Glider Music, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, A.Gorley, C. DeStefano) 22
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REAL LIFE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 21
RISER Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Nan Jam Music Publishing, BMI/She And I, LLC, BMI/It’s Killer Music, BMI (S.Moakler, T.Meadows) 38
RUN AWAY WITH YOU J Money Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J.D.Rich, Michael Ray) 31
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SANGRIA SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Mighty Seven, ASCAP/Heavy Metal Disco, ASCAP/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP (J.T.Harding, J.Osborne, T. Rosen) 18
SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Endorffin Music, BMI/Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP (A.Dorff, M.Ramsey, B.Tursi) 11
SMOKE BREAK Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C.Underwood, C. DeStefano, H.Lindsey) 5
SMOKIN’ AND DRINKIN’ EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Wruckestrike, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Twangin And Slangin Songs, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (N.Hemby, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 34
SOUTHERN STYLE Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Cadaja Publishing, ASCAP/Memphianna, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/T-Bird’s Music, BMI (D.Rucker, R.Rutherford, T.James) 43
STAY A LITTLE LONGER WB Music Corp., ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, S.McAnally) 25
STRIP IT DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI (L.Bryan, J.M.Nite, R.Copperman) 7
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THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Mike Curb Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, R.Akins, A.Gorley) 42
(THIS AIN’T NO) DRUNK DIAL Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Carolina June Publishing, BMI/Greatshakin Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Crowder Taylor Publishing, BMI/Nettwerk One Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Nevada House Music, BMI/Nettwerk One Music Limited Canada, SOCAN/Cale Dodds Publishing, ASCAP (M.Hobby, C.Crowder, N.Mason, C.Dodds) 50
TOP OF THE WORLD Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Robbins, J.M.Nite, J.Osborne) 32
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WE WENT Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ole Canalco Publishing, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP/Songs Of Razor And Tie Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP (J.Wilson, M.Rogers, J.King) 39
WHITE LIGHTNING Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP (J.Johnston) 45
WILD ONES WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cool Change Music, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP (K.Moore, C. DeStefano, Brett James) 37
