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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Tom.Roland@billboard.com

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Chesney’s ‘Here’ Is ‘Now’ No. 1

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Rice, Janson Concert Pushback

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Paisley, Greenwood Line Up For 4th

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Ell, Hammack Share Release Dates

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Makin’ Tracks: Wallen Rooted In

‘Hometown’>page 15

Country Coda: George Jones’

40-Year Landmark>page 18

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The morning after a night of protest in downtown Nashville, Matt Stell snuck into the Fleet Street Pub in the city’s Printer’s Alley, occupying the space for 12 hours as he portrayed 13 dif-ferent characters for the video to “If I Was a Bar.”

I n t h e e n d , t h e p r o j e c t h a d S t e l l i n t e r a c t i n g w i t h d i f fe r e n t ve r s i o n s of himself, a clever, h u m o r o u s w a y t o b u i l d a s t o r y a n d create online content at a time when plenty o f c o n s u m e r s a r e isolated and searching for enter t a i n ment . It’s also a victory over creative limitations, given that social-distancing practices related to the coronavirus forced him to do the shoot as the lone on-camera actor, captured by a skeletal three-person crew.

“My mind was geared on ‘What can I do without bar extras or all these different patrons we’d have, including a bartender?’ ” says video director Dustin Haney. “I had pretty much nobody to work with, so I kind of took that from there and went, ‘Well, what if I just use Matt a bunch of times over?’ ”

The clip is just one of numerous examples of directors and producers finding ways to flex their creative muscle amid re-strictions imposed by COVID-19. Danielle Bradbery took a sexy walk through a lonely field for her “Never Have I Ever”

video. Cole Swindell did a herky-jerky version of the moon-walk in a NASA-themed shirt during the “Single Saturday Night” video. And Kane Brown shot appearances on two NBC shows — The Voice and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon —

o n t h e s a m e d a y, using a green screen to make “Cool Again” look different on both programs.

“ T h e v i r u s h a s definitely made mak-ing videos more diffi-cult,” says Brown. “In the past when we had the opportunity to tape a per formance like The Voice, we would fly to L.A. and record

in front of an audience with all of the show production. Now we have to figure it out ourselves and try to still make it look good.”

And they have to make it safe, too. Record labels and video production companies have all established guidelines for on-set behaviors. Crews are kept small to make social distanc-ing easier; masks are required, except for actors while they are being filmed; the production sites are scrubbed in advance of the shoot; hand sanitizer is plentiful; and all foods are boxed and individually wrapped, eliminating the buffet setup that was previously standard for a shoot.

Complicating matters, some video professionals are understandably squeamish about working in public spaces

Nashville Video Shoots Make Do Amid COVID-Related Limitations

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during the COVID era, forcing producers to hire from a smaller talent pool.The work, however, is fairly plentiful. With concerts on hold for the fore-

seeable future, video is increasingly important as a vehicle for exposure. Both official and lyric videos, as well as TV and concert performances, are in larger demand, and since the crews are smaller, the productions generally cost less, allowing labels and artists to finance more shoots.

But the creators are doing their best to heighten the quality, and variety, of the productions. The industry initially responded to self-isolation with a pa-rade of live, at-home Facebook and Instagram events. Those attempts quickly lost their novelty, and video pros made inventive adjustments within the pan-demic’s limitations, such as the split-screen effects director Haney employed in Stell’s “If I Was a Bar.”

“Dustin came up with that cool idea,” explains Stell. “Necessity is the mother of invention. Figur-ing out the way that we could do something fun and creative within this space, sometimes it does almost help to have some boundaries to push against.”

To facilitate the collection and rollout of the vid-eos, labels have made adjustments, too. At Big Ma-chine Label Group, creative content/asset manager Seth Hellman developed three simple video kits, each of which includes an iPhone with dual-camera technology, a high-grade microphone, a tripod, in-structions and return packaging. The label sends a kit to an artist, who can easily create the content and ship the kit back to the label, where the phone is sterilized and the materials are downloaded and distributed.

Even when the business returns to some level of normalcy, the video kits are likely to remain a part of the BMLG creative department’s practices.

“Especially with some of our artists that don’t live here in Nashville, it’s not easy to have them just, you know, ‘Hey, hop on over here tomorrow at four; we need some liners from you,’ or ‘We need just a little bit of content,’ ” notes senior vp creative Sandi Spika Borchetta. “Almost all of them actu-ally are really savvy with capturing things on their own phone. So this is a step above that.”

Given the current explosion in COVID-19 cases and the likelihood that a vaccine will not be avail-able until 2021, smaller video productions might be the only realistic alter-native for another year or so. BMLG employees and artists are flying rarely, if at all, for safety reasons, so most videos are made near the act’s locale. The lone exception so far is Bradbery’s “Never Have I Ever” clip. Since her home is a three-hour drive from Austin, she met director Peter Zavadil there and purposely conducted the shoot outdoors, which is currently considered to be a safer environment than an indoor site.

“It was a very, very small, stealth crew,” says Borchetta. “They shot an interview with her, we got liners, they shot footage for the music video, and everybody was masked up. They had gloves on, they stayed far apart, and it was very isolated.”

While the video pros are finding ways to work around COVID, it becomes more difficult with each shoot to find new, cre-ative ways to react to the pandemic.

“The videos are more cost-effective, and that’s great for the short term,” says Brown’s video director, Alex Alvga. “However, we can’t do performances like this indefinitely. I don’t think I’m speaking just for myself, but I do look forward to a time when we can get back to fuller performances.”

Even when that time arrives, the coronavirus era will likely leave a mark because it’s forcing cre-ative adjustments and imprinting memories on the participants.

“As different as it was, I’ll never forget it,” says Swindell of the green-screen production behind “Single Saturday Night.” “I’ll probably never shoot another video like it.”

Gabby Barrett received RIAA-certified gold and platinum singles for her debut, “I Hope,” during a June 23 livestream. From left: Red Light Management head of marketing Tom Lord, Barrett, Warner Music Nashville executive vp/GM Ben Kline and Red Light manager Brooke Yancey.

Shawn Parr joined WQKZ Jasper, Ind., social media manager Lindsey Sipe for lunch at the Schnitzelbank restaurant during a visit to the station, which is among the early affiliates on his Key Networks show Shawn Parr’s Across the Country.

Singer-songwriter Adam Sanders (“Ain’t Worth the Whiskey,” “Hell of a Night”) inked a co-publishing deal with Round Hill Nashville. Clockwise from left: Round Hill senior vp Mark Brown, manager Bob Squance and Sanders.

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Kenny Chesney’s “Here and Now” (Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WMN) ascends 2-1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart dated July 4. In the week ending June 28, the song’s audience impressions increased by 18% to 29.8 million, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

The song is Chesney’s record-extending 31st leader. Dating to the list’s January 1990 launch, Tim McGraw ranks second with 29 No. 1s, Blake Shel-ton places third with 27, and Alan Jackson and George Strait follow with 26 apiece.

“I remember cutting ‘Here and Now’ and how great it felt,” Chesney tells Billboard. “But I also hoped it might re-mind really busy people what matters is: Be in the moment. I always try to cut songs that lift people up or say something about how we live because music can speak to those things without preaching.

“For this song to be my 31st No. 1,” he continues, “it tells me to keep pushing, to keep trying to speak to people and create dialogues about what matters through my music. To me, when a song comes out of the radio that makes you smile and helps you live your life in the moment, what could be better?”

“Here and Now” — written by David Garcia, David Lee Murphy and Craig Wiseman — is the second single from Chesney’s same-named LP, which debuted at the peak of Top Country Albums, as well as the all-genre Billboard 200 dated May 16 with 233,000 equivalent album units. First track “Tip of My Tongue” peaked at No. 8 on Country Airplay in December 2019, the 56th of his 57 top 10s.

Chesney rules Country Airplay for the first time since “Get Along” led for two frames in July 2018. He began his run of 31 No. 1s with his ninth of 91 chart entries (second only to Strait’s 100), “She’s Got It All,” which dominated for three weeks beginning in August 1997.

CHART RICHES Gabby Barrett’s first LP, Goldmine (Warner Music Nashville/WMN), flies in at No. 4 on Top Country Albums. It starts with 20,000 units in the week ending June 25. It earned 15.98 million on-demand streams for its songs in the tracking week, the largest opening streaming week ever for a debut

country album by a woman. The sum also marks the biggest opening stream-ing week for a debut country set in 2020 and the third-largest debut stream-ing frame for any such album this year (after Sam Hunt’s Southside, with 36.8 million, and Kelsea Ballerini’s Kelsea, with 16.7 million).

The 13-track set includes 12 songs co-authored by the 20-year-old Barrett, who finished in third place on ABC’s American Idol in 2018. First single “I Hope,”

which led Country Airplay in April, was the first career-opening No. 1 by a woman since Carly Pearce’s “Every Little Thing,” which reigned in November 2017.

On the airplay-, streaming- and sales-powered Hot Country Songs chart, “I Hope” holds at its No. 2 high. It leads Country Streaming Songs for a 12th week, with 13.5 million U.S. streams (up 15%). On Country Digital Song Sales, it lifts 5-3 (7,000 sold, up 7%).

Goldmine’s sophomore single, “The Good Ones,” pushes 59-56 on Country Airplay (1.1 million, up 34%).

NEW TOP 10s Chris Janson earns his fifth Country Air-play top 10 and fourth in succession as “Done” (Warner Music Nashville/WAR) bumps 12-7 (20.4 million, up 23%). It follows “Good Vibes,” which became his first leader in October 2019.

“One Big Country Song” (Wheelhouse) by LOCASH — the duo of Chris Lucas and Preston Brust — climbs 11-9 (20.2 million, up 12%). It’s the pair’s third top 10 and first since its lone No. 1, “I Know Somebody,” led in October 2016. “Song” hits the region in its 59th week, breaking the record for the longest trip to the tier. It passes Travis Denning’s “After a Few,” which reached the top 10 in its 57th frame (April 18); then Scotty McCreery’s “In Between” entered it in its 56th week (May 9). Both songs hit No. 1, leading the lists dated June 13 and 27, respectively.

Plus, Maddie & Tae (Maddie Marlow and Tae Dye) achieve their first Coun-try Airplay top 10 since 2015 as “Die From a Broken Heart” (Mercury) jumps 16-10 (18.9 million, up 24%). The duo lands its third top 10 after “Fly,” which reached No. 9 in September 2015, and debut hit “Girl in a Country Song,” which led for a week in December 2014.

Kenny Chesney ‘Now’ Scores 31st Country Airplay No. 1; Gabby Barrett Strikes Gold

With Top Five Country Albums Debut

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l1 2 19 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Kenny Chesney 29.821 +4.615 7232 549 1

l2 4 14 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 28.939 +4.048 7174 658 2

l3 3 48 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 25.808 +0.693 5786 -350 5

l4 5 18 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 25.537 +4.256 6665 640 3

l5 8 28 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 22.863 +2.713 5937 275 4

l6 7 26 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 21.653 +0.964 5241 90 7

l7 12 31 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 20.379 +3.768 5151 562 8

8 6 23 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 20.298 -0.593 5038 -288 10

l9 11 59 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 20.211 +2.185 5399 269 6

l10 16 47 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 18.867 +3.594 5045 450 9

l11 14 13 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 18.693 +3.233 4814 587 11

12 1 64 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 18.454 -8.243 4144 -3001 15

l13 17 39 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 18.369 +3.359 4651 381 13

l14 13 14 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 18.264 +2.069 4719 404 12

l15 15 18 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 16.854 +1.511 4533 211 14

l16 18 10 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 14.137 +3.062 3729 494 16

l17 19 33 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 12.133 +1.964 3523 265 17

l18 20 8 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 11.158 +1.499 3168 201 18

l19 22 32 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville HH Airpower HH Jameson Rodgers 8.954 +1.740 2861 239 20

l20 21 52 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow HH Airpower HH Chase Rice 8.915 +1.266 2944 188 19

l21 23 12 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 8.648 +1.688 2593 251 21

l22 NEW STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Eric Church 8.028 +8.028 1491 1491 31

l23 31 3 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville HH Breaker HH Luke Combs 7.847 +3.306 1831 748 28

l24 25 11 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 7.168 +1.099 2307 148 24

l25 27 29 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 6.623 +1.344 2369 320 22

l26 26 25 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 6.465 +1.056 1980 321 27

l27 30 12 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 6.407 +1.529 2287 358 25

l28 28 42 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 6.233 +1.283 2308 261 23

l29 29 21 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 5.942 +1.003 1992 70 26

l30 33 23 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 4.455 +0.519 1667 205 29

Country Airplay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

RANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 148 stations by Nielsen Music. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio- copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). The list of all Country Airplay chart reporters can be viewed on Nielsen Music’s platforms.

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%.

TIESOn Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience 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.

HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay.

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 Music) for stations that do not report adds.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCEMost Increased Audience on Country Airplay lists the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience.

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.

© 2020 Prometheus Global Media, LLC

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Released June 25, the track enters Country Airplay at No. 22 with 8 million impressions.

Helped by hourly plays on participating iHeartMedia stations on the day of its release, it marks Church’s highest start, surpassing the No. 23 bow of “Desperate Man” in July 2018.

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l31 32 15 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 4.346 +0.409 1534 87 30

l32 35 18 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 4.200 +0.731 1326 229 33

l33 36 10 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 3.811 +0.527 1338 132 32

l34 34 4 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.750 +0.214 914 43 41

l35 38 5 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen 3.350 +0.883 878 199 43

l36 39 17 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 3.230 +0.770 1239 163 36

l37 37 38 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 3.102 +0.534 1317 97 34

l38 41 31 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 2.746 +0.461 995 82 39

l39 42 37 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 2.704 +0.423 1258 43 35

l40 40 19 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 2.634 +0.274 1169 98 37

l41 44 29 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 2.216 +0.283 1046 21 38

42 24 2 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 2.151 -4.505 646 -682 48

l43 45 6 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.097 +0.184 714 53 47

l44 46 11 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 2.067 +0.201 844 17 44

l45 48 20 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 1.921 +0.175 934 58 40

l46 49 13 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.815 +0.211 742 9 45

l47 51 10 NOBODY Curb HH Breaker HH Dylan Scott 1.703 +0.223 884 44 42

l48 53 9 LADY BMLG Brett Young 1.634 +0.331 586 70 50

l49 50 11 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 1.619 +0.103 553 15 52

l50 52 4 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1.613 +0.210 538 33 54

l51 56 4 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1.543 +0.376 585 84 51

l52 54 6 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 1.373 +0.100 445 17 56

l53 RE-ENTRY HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 1.269 +0.614 502 140 55

l54 55 27 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 1.257 +0.076 724 38 46

55 47 2 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown/19th & Grand Zac Brown Band 1.196 -0.629 294 -112 58

l56 59 3 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 1.119 +0.286 425 66 57

l57 57 9 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.063 +0.163 614 30 49

58 58 6 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 0.831 -0.039 540 -21 53

l59 NEW EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 0.817 +0.071 244 21 -

l60 NEW THE STRANGER Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Ingrid Andress 0.684 +0.135 267 30 59

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7/6ALLIE COLLEEN Ain’t The Only Hell (My Momma Raised) Not Listed

CATHERINE ALTOMARE Fields Of Gold New Notes

7/13DANIELLE BRADBERY Never Have I Ever BMLG

JAKE SIMON I Still Think About You Spaceshot

LINDSAY ELL Want Me Back Stoney Creek

TRAVIS DENNING Where That Beer’s Been Mercury Nashville

7/20DEREK JOHNSON Right Beer Right Now Star Farm Nashville

DWAIN MESSER Ease My Troubled Mind N Crowd

MO PITNEY Ain’t Bad For A Good Ol’ Boy Not Listed

TYLER FARR Soundtrack To A Small Town Sundown Night Train/Broken Bow

ZAC BROWN BAND The Man Who Loves You The Most Home Grown/19th & Grand

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MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSSTICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 82LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 36HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 15HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 13MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen 12CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 8SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 8PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 7HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 7ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 6

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINSTICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church +1491LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +748ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +658HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +640BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +587DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +562HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +549COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +494DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +450I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line +404

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCETITLE Imprint/Label Artist

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STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church +8.028HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +4.615HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +4.256ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +4.048DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +3.768DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +3.594WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore +3.359LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +3.306BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +3.233COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +3.062

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TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING JUNE 28, 2020

THIS WEEK

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l1 1 15 RODEO CLOWN (Independent) HH 2 Weeks at 1 HH Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1907 85

l2 2 17 YOU, ME AND A BOTTLE (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1893 147

l3 3 20 FAMILY NAME (Independent) Cross Rags and Young 1687 1

l4 4 19 BURY MY BONES (Independent) Whiskey Myers 1581 81

l5 7 15 RADIO COWBOY (Independent) Jon Stork 1519 60

l6 8 11 NEON TOWN (Independent) David Adam Byrnes 1454 18

7 5 27 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records) Eleven Hundred Springs 1438 -50

l8 10 10 AS SOON AS YOU (Ten X Music Group) Bri Bagwell 1411 106

l9 9 12 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 1391 22

l10 14 15 FEELS LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1255 127

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11 12 24 NO HANDLE (Independent) The Panhandlers 1167 -5

l12 17 12 EVERYDAYERS (Independent) James Lann 1140 91

l13 20 6 SPUR OF THE MOMENT (Independent) Kylie Frey 1120 137

l14 15 23 RED DIRT TEXAS (Independent) Hayden Haddock 1114 5

15 13 23 WE DON’T CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE (Independent) Casey Baker 1108 -24

16 16 24 THROUGH THE JUKEBOX (Independent) Donice Morace 1063 -9

l17 22 7 AIN’T A TRAIN (Independent) Cody Jinks 1063 134

18 6 21 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent) Reckless Kelly 1034 -441

19 18 27 FAR FROM GOOD (Independent) Triston Marez 1006 -26

l20 23 7 LITTLE BIT (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1001 81

RECURRENTSTHIS

WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistTOTAL AUD.

(IN MILLIONS)1 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 18.885

2 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 17.167

3 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 15.988

4 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 15.646

5 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 15.373

6 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 10.690

7 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 10.400

8 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 9.914

9 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 9.907

10 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 9.791

Country AirplayNEW AND ACTIVE

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STATIONS ADDSLIKE I KNEW YOU WOULD Big Machine Payton Smith 0.590 29 0

MAN ENOUGH NOW RECORDS Chris Bandi 0.423 20 0

HEARTLESS Mad Decent/Columbia Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen 0.406 5 1

SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 0.386 10 6

THESE DAYS Big Loud MacKenzie Porter 0.361 21 2

WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 0.250 5 4

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 972-252-8777. Copyright 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report

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LIVE SHOWS ARE A VIRAL FLOP“Who is Chase Rice, and why is he killing his fans?”

Honolulu photographer Jade Moon’s Facebook post, linking to a Stereogum.com story about a packed concert, was just one example of the negative public-ity created by live shows featuring Rice in Tennessee and Chris Janson in Filer, Idaho, on June 27. Both dates yielded photos of crowds that ignored coronavirus safety measures, such as face masks and prudent social distancing, and both artists took down images from their own social media accounts in the aftermath.

Janson said in a statement that producers of Idaho’s Hwy 30 Music Fest “assured all performers and concert attendees they were safe and following all local guidelines.”

Koe Wetzel, Jack Ingram, Sam Riggs and Ray Wylie Hubbard also were scheduled for the festival, though Janson received the biggest push-back for appearing.

Rice issued a statement, noting that he has a drive-in show booked, but otherwise advocated for following preventive guidelines: “The safer we are now, the quicker we get to actual normal live shows, which I know we all want.”

The Brushy Mountain Group cut capacity at its Tennessee venue from 10,000 people to 4,000, though less than 1,000 purportedly attended. Temperatures were taken before patrons entered, plenty of hand sanitizer was available, and social distancing was encouraged, though apparently fans disregarded it.

The show was the first in a summer series, but Brushy Mountain Group vp Brian May told Billboard that the remainder of the dates are being reevaluated.

Artists and promoters alike will assuredly reference the feedback from these concerts — as well as legal entanglements if any ticket holders later test posi-tive for COVID-19 — as they assess future decisions about when, and under what conditions, it is safe to return to traditional live stages.

RADIO & RECORDS®Patrick Sabatini joined Warner Music Nashville on June 29 as senior vp legal and business affairs. He was most recently Global Music Rights head of business and legal affairs … Big Loud hired Travis Carter as a label A&R consultant and day-to-day manager for singer-songwriter Ben Burgess. He was previously Warner/Chappell Nashville vp A&R, where Burgess was a member of the writing staff … Singer-songwriter Cam signed a recording deal with Triple Tigers and RCA New York. Her first single in the arrangement, “Classic,” will be released July 17 … Sony Music Nashville added Kameron Marlowe to the Columbia Nashville roster … Jeff Brown, the lead singer for Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome, was named vp records by Turnberry Records, a division of The Bluegrass Standard. Turnberry also signed recording artist Sammy Sadler … Entercom/Detroit senior vp/market manager Debbie Kenyon received the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Lifetime Achievement Award. Stations in her portfolio include country WYCD … Syndicated host Sam Alex is launching Camp Broadcast, a four-week Zoom program for aspiring voice talent that begins July 6. Go here for details … Katie Bright and Jason Pullman exited the WUSN Chicago morning show, Windy City media specialist Robert Feder reported. Midday host Drew Walker extends his shift to cover

a.m. drive until a full-time replacement is installed … Binnie Media promoted Heath Cole to vp programming, according to InsideRadio.com. He was GM for Binnie’s Upper Valley stations in New Hampshire and Vermont. The chain’s country stations include WXLF and WZLF Claremont, N.H.; WTHT Portland, Maine; and WBYA Westbrook, Maine … WUBE Cincinnati midday personality Duke Hamilton will retire following his July 3 shift, InsideRadio.com reported. A 2003 inductee in the Country Radio Hall of Fame, he has been a WUBE employee since 1977 … Chris Jones was promoted to iHeartMedia/Atlanta senior vp sales from general sales manager, according to RadioInk.com. The cluster’s assets include country WUBL … Seven Mountains/State College, Pa., hired market manager Joe Wowk, RadioInk.com reported. Wowk spent seven years as vp broadcast media operations for Leighton, Pa., advertising agency Dealer World … Jason McCollim was transferred to iHeartMedia/Austin-San Antonio, where he’ll serve as senior vp programming, according to Talkers.com. He previously held the same position at iHeartMedia/Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colo. His new responsibilities include four country stations: KASE and KVET Austin and KRPT and KAJA San Antonio … Premiere Networks promoted Peter Tripi to executive vp affiliate sales from senior vp, Talkers.com reported. On-air talent in his sphere includes country personality Bobby Bones … Bones will host iHeartCountry 4th of July BBQ , a July 3 special that is televised on the CW and aired throughout the holiday weekend on iHeartCountry radio stations. Guests include Kane Brown, Lauren Alaina and Old Dominion … Jon Pardi voices the syndicated Westwood One radio special Celebrate the USA, available July 3-5.

’ROUND THE ROWNicolle Galyon’s female-driven label, Songs & Daughters, established a pub-lishing company, signing Tiera as the initial staff writer in conjunction with Big Loud Publishing and Warner Chappell Nashville … Dixie Chicks stream-lined their name to Chicks, in recognition of anti-Confederate sentiments stirred by the Black Lives Matter movement. The trio also tabbed Silva Art-ist Management to handle its career … Songwriter Hillary Lindsey (“Buy My Own Drinks,” “Blue Ain’t Your Color”) signed a publishing deal with Concord Music … Singer-songwriter Jordan Rowe agreed to a co-publishing contract with Tape Room Music and River House Artists. He also enlisted River House for management, represented by Zebb Luster. Additionally, Rowe tabbed Creative Artists Agency as his concert booking firm … Livestream company StageIt hired Stephen White as CEO, with founder Evan Lowenstein tak-ing the role of executive chairman. White arrives from rights administration company Dubset, where he was also CEO. Reach White here … American Song-writer is accepting entries through Oct. 31 for its 35th annual songwriting contest. A $10,000 cash award is part of the grand-prize package. Walker Hayes, Mickey Guyton and Grace Potter are among the judges. Go here for details … Former songwriter Charles Lawton Jiles died June 20, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. A Bakersfield, Calif., musician who worked with Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, Jiles also penned several songs that Patsy Cline recorded. The best-known title, “Let the Teardrops Fall,” was used in the TV shows Northern Exposure and The Sopranos.

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Dan + Shay sang “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon” during a June 25 installment of the new HBO Max Sesame Street spinoff The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo! From left: Dan Smyers, Elmo and Shay Mooney.

Cole Swindell used green-screen images and a coronavirus-related plot to create his “Single Saturday Night” video, which premiered June 25 on CMT.

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June 301990 — Kenny Chesney begins an 11-

day tour of the former Soviet Union as a member of a collegiate bluegrass group taking part in the International Folk Arts Festival in Moscow.

1980 — Full Moon/Asylum releases Johnny Lee’s “Lookin’ for Love.” The B-side is another song from the Urban Co wbo y sou ndt rack, The Eagles’ “Lyin’ Eyes.”

July 12010 — Gov. Haley Barbour designates a 17-mile stretch of Mississippi

Highway 23 as the Tammy Wynette Memorial Highway.

July 22019 — The R I A A certif ies Russell Dickerson’s single “Blue

Tacoma” platinum.2018 — Morgan Evans performs “Kiss Somebody” on the ABC real-

ity show The Bachelorette.

July 31993 — Garth Brooks introduces Alison Krauss as she joins the Grand

Ole Opry.

July 42015 — Dierks Bentley performs “Drunk on a Plane” and “Riser”

during the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC. The annual holiday special also features Kelly Clarkson, Meghan Trainor, James Taylor and Brad Paisley. The latter performs “River Bank” and “Crushin’ It.”

1995 — Jo Dee Messina records “Heads Carolina, Tails California” at Sound Stage Studios in Nashville.

July 52014 — Luke Bryan’s “Play It Again” arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard

Hot Country Songs chart.

July 62017 — Jimmy Buffett brings out a surprise guest, Miranda Lam-

bert, for background vocals on “Margaritaville” during a concert at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis.

1970 — Capitol releases Merle Haggard’s The Fightin’ Side of Me.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

At a time when patriotism is being tested, the Fourth of July brings some hope that a divided country can unify for at least 24 hours. Country acts are in-volved in numerous Independence Day events. Trace Adkins and Lauren Alaina will take part in PBS’ A Capitol Fourth; Luke Bryan, Maren Morris and Brad Paisley are on deck for NBC’s Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spec-tacular; and Pat Green, Josh Turner, Lyle Lovett and Hunter Hayes play Houston’s annual Freedom Over Texas, which will air across the Lone Star State this year. Lee Greenwood has a new version of “God Bless the U.S.A.” due July 1 with Home Free and the United States Air Force Band, and he will join the Oak Ridge Boys on a July 3 TBN special. Ad-ditionally, look for the Oaks, Sara Evans and Mark Wills when the Grand Ole Opry lands on the holiday. To top it off, Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic will be staged this year as a virtual concert.

Two of country’s brightest new females have albums on the way this summer. Lindsay Ell’s heart theory and Caylee Hammack’s debut, If It Wasn’t for You, are both due Aug. 14. Meanwhile, a deep Johnny Cash box set, The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991, was just released on seven discs. And Skip Ewing, who has been in veritable seclusion for the last 20 years, will return with a 12-song project, Wyoming, on Aug. 21.

Garth Brooks has a penchant for talking about “the old stuff” when he plays live, and his June 27 concert had an old-time feel when it was beamed to revived drive-ins across the United States. Produced by Encore Live, the show alleg-edly reached 350,000 people, who saw the G man through steamy windows without the hassle of leaving their cars. He has, meanwhile, moved a Cincinnati stadium show from Oct. 1 to May 1, 2021, thanks to coronavirus concerns.

A number of familiar names were prevalent on the list of nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, announced June 26. Fid-dler Michael Cleveland appears nine times among the finalists, while Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver slid onto the ballot in six different places. The awards ceremony, slated for Oct. 1, also will add three new members to the IBMA Hall of Fame: Station Inn owner J.T. Gray, The Johnson Mountain Boys and “Calling Baton Rouge” originators New Grass Revival.

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Clint Black (left) and Darius Rucker shared the stage during the June 20 episode of the Grand Ole Opry, which aired on the Circle Network and WSM-AM Nashville.

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1 1 1 69 THE BONES HH No. 1 (17 weeks) HH Maren Morris G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.M.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE

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l2 2 2 61 I HOPE HH Digital & Streaming Gainer HH Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR

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l3 3 5 20 HARD TO FORGET Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE 4 3

l4 6 9 15 ONE MARGARITA Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 2 4

5 4 3 45 CHASIN’ YOU Morgan Wallen J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD 3 2

l6 5 11 30 BLUEBIRD Miranda Lambert J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 5 5

l7 10 12 18 HERE AND NOW HH Airplay Gainer HH Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA

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8 9 8 28 NOBODY BUT YOU Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 6 2

9 7 6 37 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Carly Pearce & Lee Brice BUSBEE (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE RC 5

10 8 4 24 DOES TO ME Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 8 4

l11 13 16 49 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Maddie & Tae J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 10 11

l12 15 14 14 I LOVE MY COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (K.BROWN,C.CROWDER,R.C.MCGILL,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,W.WEATHERLY) BMLG 14 12

l13 16 15 13 BE A LIGHT Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY 11 13

l14 17 18 17 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Keith Urban K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 15 14

15 14 13 26 BEER CAN’T FIX Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY RC 6

l16 18 20 20 GOT WHAT I GOT Jason Aldean M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW 21 16

l17 19 21 28 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG LOCASH 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE 9 17

l18 20 22 21 WHY WE DRINK Justin Moore J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY 13 18

l19 22 29 18 DONE Chris Janson C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 7 19

l20 23 23 10 COOL AGAIN Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE 16 12

l21 26 26 11 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Lee Brice B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB 27 21

l22 21 24 26 ONE BEER HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD 29 21

l23 25 25 26 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Ashley McBryde J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 17 23

l24 27 34 20 MY TRUCK Breland KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC - 24

l25 28 33 8 PRETTY HEART Parker McCollum JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 26 25

Hot Country Songs

1 #1 2 WKS JOSH THOMPSON

2 CRAIG WISEMAN

3 LUKE COMBS

4 SHANE MCANALLY

5 HARDY

6 JON NITE

TIE 7 GABBY BARRETT

TIE 7 ZACH KALE

9 MATT DRAGSTREM

10 ASHLEY GORLEY

1 #1 39 WKS DANN HUFF

2 JAY JOYCE

3 JOEY MOI

4 ROSS COPPERMAN

5 GREG KURSTIN

6 SCOTT MOFFATT

7 SCOTT HENDRICKS

8 BUSBEE

9 ZACH CROWELL

10 DEREK WELLS

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The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).

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

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l26 29 30 10 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Morgan Wallen J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD 35 12

l27 30 31 8 I CALLED MAMA Tim McGraw T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 18 22

l28 46 — 7 LOVIN’ ON YOU Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 23 19

l29 34 39 14 SOME GIRLS Jameson Rodgers C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 19 29

l30 33 37 9 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 31 30

31 31 32 8 SIX FEET APART Luke Combs C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE RC 10

l32 RE-ENTRY 13 EVERYWHERE BUT ON Matt Stell A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE 25 32

l33 37 35 15 SHE’S MINE Kip Moore K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE 28 29

l34 NEW 1 THE GOOD ONES HH Hot Shot Debut HH Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR

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35 36 36 11 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT Lady A S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG 33 27

l36 NEW 1 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Eric Church J.JOYCE (D.NAISH,JEFFREY STEELE) EMI NASHVILLE 22 36

l37 39 38 14 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 36 31

38 38 40 6 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 51 34

l39 42 45 8 LADY Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 48 22

40 32 28 3 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,SHY CARTER,R.J.HURD,J.M.SCHMIDT) RCA NASHVILLE 34 28

41 41 41 20 GETTING GOOD Lauren Alaina D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY 39 33

l42 48 44 7 NO I IN BEER Brad Paisley L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE 24 42

l43 44 48 14 SOME PEOPLE DO Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,J.FRASURE,S.MCANALLY,THOMAS RHETT) RCA NASHVILLE 32 39

44 43 47 19 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 58 31

45 47 49 7 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 40 45

46 45 42 14 THE OTHER GIRL Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER RC 19

47 24 — 2 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Zac Brown Band B.SIMONETTI,M.MANGANO,Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,B.SIMONETTI,A.JAMES) HOME GROWN/19TH & GRAND 55 24

l48 RE-ENTRY 4 GOOD TIME Niko Moon N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE 49 45

l49 RE-ENTRY 2 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Cole Swindell M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.HOLMES) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN - 42

l50 RE-ENTRY 8 THIS IS US Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus A.BOWERS (N.CYRUS,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,I.JUBER,D.EMILE II) RECORDS/COLUMBIA/STONEY CREEK 57 43

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or josh.bennett@nielsen.com

COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

ALBUM CONSUMPTION

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

VIDEO ON-DEMAND

This Week 1,256,000 1,377,131,000 132,753,000

Last Week 1,263,000 1,392,072,000 129,905,000

Change -0.6% -1.1% 2.2%

This Week Last Year 1,126,000 1,133,160,000 290,836,000

Change 11.5% 21.5% -54.4%

WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-OVER-YEAR

2019 2020 CHANGE

Album Consumption 25,851,000 28,709,000 11.1%

Album Sales 4,987,000 4,134,000 -17.1%

Audio On-Demand 25,414,547,000 30,856,575,000 21.4%

Video On-Demand 6,611,715,000 3,513,809,000 -46.9%

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The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES

Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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2 3 2 108 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW MEBIG LOUD 783* 0 2

3 2 3 160 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOURIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1

l4 NEW 1 GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINEWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4

5 4 4 12 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDEMCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1

l6 6 7 269 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1

7 5 8 68 MAREN MORRIS GIRLCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1

8 7 5 28 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1

9 8 6 4 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OILMAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA 6

10 9 9 255 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3

11 10 12 105 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1

l12 12 14 68 TIM MCGRAW 35 BIGGEST HITSCURB 79413 8

13 11 10 85 KANE BROWN EXPERIMENTZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1

14 14 21 34 MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARDVANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN 1

15 13 13 8 KENNY CHESNEY HERE AND NOWBLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 631374/WMN 1

16 16 15 186 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1

17 17 16 35 OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINIONRCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1

18 15 11 56 THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROADVALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 0 1

l19 18 18 67 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEYRCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12

20 19 19 217 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONESMCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1

l21 20 23 31 JASON ALDEAN 9MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1

l22 25 24 174 JOHNNY CASH THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASHCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 86290*/LEGACY (24.98/17.98) 3 16

23 21 20 244 BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITSWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN 2

24 23 22 210 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISECAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 1

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l3 5 43 I HOPE GABBY BARRETT

l4 NEW HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU RASCAL FLATTS

l5 NEW STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG ERIC CHURCH

6 6 15 BLUEBIRD MIRANDA LAMBERT

7 1 2 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST ZAC BROWN BAND

8 8 45 THE BONES MAREN MORRIS

9 9 13 BE A LIGHT THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN

l10 12 9 GOT WHAT I GOT JASON ALDEAN

11 11 21 CHASIN’ YOU MORGAN WALLEN

12 10 28 NOBODY BUT YOU BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI

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l17 NEW HALF THE MAN JENNIFER SMESTAD

l18 21 227 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

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l21 23 5 WHY WE DRINK JUSTIN MOORE

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 29, 2020 | PAGE 15 OF 18

Given that the genre is known as country music, it’s only natural that the idiom spends plenty of time mining the advantages — and sometimes the disadvan-tages — of life in a small community where everybody knows your business.

Naturally, one of the ways to do that is through a juxtaposition with a metropolis, and country has frequently mined that idea, particularly by exploring relationships that find one participant pining away in their hometown while the other chases bright lights. It’s embedded in the stories of Ronnie Milsap’s “Smok y Mountain Rain,” Tucker Beathard’s “Rock On,” David Frizzell & Shelly West’s “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma” and a pair of Don Williams titles: “Tulsa Time” and “If Hollywood Don’t Need You.”

It’s also at the heart of Morgan Wallen’s new single, “More Than My Hometown,” a snapshot of a man valiantly attempting to offer support to his woman at the very moment she’s prepped to drive off for Los Angeles. It’s a statement about geography, but it’s also a song that Wallen sees as a symbol of deeper traits.

“For me, it was like a way of saying, you know, ‘I love you, but I have to be my-self and I’m never really going to change that,’ ” he notes. “ ‘My Hometown’ is just kind of a way of saying that I’m going to stick to me and I’m going to be true to what I’m doing. If that doesn’t necessarily go with what everybody else around you is doing, that’s OK.”

Hailing from tiny Sneedville, Tenn., Wallen penned “More Than My Home-town” in Nashville during 2018 with three creatives from other Southern lo-cations: Philadelphia, Miss., native HARDY (“One Beer,” “God’s Country”); Atlanta-derived songwriter-producer Charlie Handsome (Post Malone, Breland); and Music City-born Ernest (“I Love My Country,” “Heartless”). HARDY brought the title to the writing session, and even though he is happy that he relocated in Tennessee, he knew the sentiment firsthand.

“I just think about how hard it was for me to leave and some of the sacri-fices I had to make,” he reflects. “They’re all pleasure or leisure sacrifices, stuff like fishing every day and seeing the people that you grew up with and you love every day, but I knew how hard that was.”

Handsome offered a tight guitar riff for a musical foundation, and they set off on a piece that contrasts tough emotions with a tempo that has as much drive as the car in the song. “More Than My Hometown” is essentially a por-trait of loneliness with a backbeat.

“Man, that’s a great description,” says Ernest, “and ain’t that country music.”The opening bars establish an ultra-country, small-town scenario: The

couple’s mothers are best friends and their high school class expected them to form a long-lasting relationship with local roots, but the woman’s “big-dream bags are all packed up and ready to go.”

It flows from there into a smooth, crisp chorus where the singer counts the ways that he loves her: “More than a California sunset” leads the metaphor parade, which reaches its high points with “More than the feelin’ when the bass hits a hook/When the guy gets the girl at the end of the book.”

“Those two lines were all Morgan,” says HARDY. “He threw that out just like it was nothing. That chorus, man; I love what it says, and I love the

youthfulness in it. And I love that it sounds like people that really grew up doing that stuff — you know, [are] truly in love with it.”

So in love with it, in fact, that the protagonist still says goodbye at the close of the stanza, choosing the lifestyle he knows over the uncertainty of love in an unfamiliar city: “I can’t love you more than my hometown.”

The second verse further examines metropolitan problems: “City sky ain’t the same black,” a reference to street lights blocking out the stars, and the “map-dot shame” (a HARDY phrase) that they can’t work their different dreams out.

“I’m pretty sure I almost f lipped the table over because ‘map-dot shame’ is about the most stupid, awesome thing I’ve ever heard in my life,” declares Ernest. “I remember cussing profusely, yelling out the window of my room at Big Loud, say-ing, ‘Ain’t it a map-dot shame ain’t nobody on Music Row writing this damn song.’ ”

A bridge gave them more space to inject yet another country-vs.-city comparison: “I need a house on a hill, girl, not in ’em.”

“Obviously, the end is talking about Beverly Hills,” says Wallen. “That’s just the contrast that we came up with, and we felt that painted a pretty obvious picture.”

They worked up a demo before the session was over, throwing some “ooh” harmonies underneath much of the song with those extra layers creating an Eagles-like smoothness. It was obvious even that day where “More Than My Hometown” was headed.

“I’m pretty sure Morgan had it on hold by the time we were done,” says Ernest.

It was another 18 months before Wallen recorded the final version with producer Joey Moi (Florida Georgia Line, Jake Owen) at Nashville’s Ocean Way in early 2020. Acoustic guitarist Bryan Sutton and electric guitarist Tom Bukovac replayed the foundational hook, while drummer Jerry Roe provided the relentless backbeat. Moi cut back on the “ooh” harmonies to create a little more variance in the song’s flow.

“All of the parts were happening at the same time,” says Moi of the demo. “Basically, I just needed to kind of take the chunks of stuff that they already had and create dynamics on it.”

Originally, Big Loud had planned to release the acerbic midtempo “This Bar” as a single, but Wallen thought it made sense to release a little extra music for fans to take in during coronavirus-related self-isolation. The response to “More Than My Hometown” made it a priority. Though its big-city/small-town breakup was once a familiar plot, it’s no longer an everyday theme in the genre.

“It’s a different kind of topic for country and the radio,” says Moi.“Hometown” was shipped to country radio via PlayMPE on May 27,

and it scoots to No. 35 in its f ifth charted week on the Country Airplay list dated July 4, capturing a widely held attitude with its commitment to territorial roots.

“Coming from the country, there’s just something about it,” says Wal-len. “It’s not like you hate on people from the city or you even hate the city yourself, but there’s something about home and there’s something about the people there. There’s something about it all that kind of just makes you not want to leave.”

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AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 31

ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 43

ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 51

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BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, J.Miller, J.Thompson) 11

BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, E.K.Smith) 38

BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 5

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CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 33

CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 3

CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 30

COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 16

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DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L.Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 8

DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 7

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EVERY OTHER MEMORY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, C.Taylor) 59

EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) 25

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GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 44

GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 39

GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 15

THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 56

GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 49

GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 21

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HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 4

HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 1

HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 50

HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 42

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I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, W.Weatherly) 14

IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 12

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JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 58

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LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 48

LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, H.Phelps) 20

LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R.Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 36

LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Creative Music, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 23

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MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Carl Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 52

THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, B.Simonetti, A.James) 55

MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 40

MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 35

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NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 47

NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 6

NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 24

NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 37

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ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, J.Mitchell) 29

ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 9

ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 2

ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 17

ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, D.Davidson, L.Brice) 27

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 26

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SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 28

SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, A.M.Cruz) 45

SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 19

SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas Rhett) 32

STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Do Write Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey Steele) 22

THE STRANGER Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/What Is An Ingrid, BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/SWMBMGBMI, BMI (I.Andress, R.Lafferty) 60

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THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, G.Smith) 54

THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (N.Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 57

TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 46

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WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI/Abundantiam Publishing, BMI (T.Howell, B.Lancaster, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 41

WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 13

WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 34

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Hot Country Songs IndexA

AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 30

ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 38

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BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, J.Miller, J.Thompson) 13

BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, R.B.Tedder) 15

BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 6

THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.M.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) 1

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CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 35

CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 5

COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 20

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DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 11

DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L.Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 10

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 19

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EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) 32

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GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 41

GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 14

THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 34

GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 48

GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 16

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HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 3

HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 7

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I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 27

I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 2

I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C.Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 9

I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, W.Weatherly) 12

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JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 44

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LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 39

LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R.Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 37

LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Creative Music, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 28

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THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, B.Simonetti, A.James) 47

MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 45

MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 26

MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D.Breland, T.Taylor, K.Austin, D.Barton, T.Zeigler) 24

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NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 8

NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 42

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ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, J.Mitchell) 22

ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 17

ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 4

ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 23

ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, D.Davidson, L.Brice) 21

THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/17Black Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 46

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 25

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SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 33

SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.Holmes) 49

SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 31

SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 29

SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas Rhett) 43

STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Do Write Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey Steele) 36

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THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (N.Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 50

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WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 18

WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 40

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Jones at London’s Country Music Festival

in April 1981.

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O n Ju ly 5, 1980, George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today” rose 2-1

on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.The legend earned his eighth of

13 No. 1s with the song, which Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman cowrote. Reportedly on the day that Jones put the single to tape (Feb. 6, 1980) at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, he bet producer Billy Sherrill that it wouldn’t make it to No. 1.

Not on ly d id t he ba l lad top t he chart, it was named song of the year at t he Cou nt r y Music A ssociat ion Awards in both 1980 and 1981. The Library of Congress has preserved it in the National Recording Registry since 2008.

J o n e s , w h o w a s i n du c t e d i n t o the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992, performed what would be his last concert — in Knoxville, Tenn. —

on April 6, 2013. He died just a few weeks later in Nashville on April 26. At h is f u nera l, spea kers i ncluded former first lady Laura Bush, Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson , t he latter of whom performed “Loving” to close Jones’ memorial at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. The single reentered the May 11, 2013-dated Hot Country Songs chart at No. 21. —JIM ASKER

40 Years Ago‘He Stopped Loving Her Today,’ George Jones’ Iconic Song, Hit No. 1His skepticism about the song’s commercial chances was overwhelmingly proven wrong