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©2009 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] Benefit: A Glass Of Write Wine Next month’s inaugural Nashville in Napa event aims to build a link between the entertainment and winemaking industries for the betterment of children in both communities. And good music and fine wine might have more in common than it seems. According to songwriter and producer Frank Rogers (Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Josh Turner), a birthday celebration for his wife in the Napa Valley was an eye-opening experience. “During the trip we got to be friends with several vineyard owners and managers,” he says. “And I was struck by the similarities in the businesses we’re in. “Just watching the process, you notice on the music side that if you don’t have a song, you don’t have anything. And if a winemaker doesn’t have a good grape, they don’t have anything.” Rogers and his wife Jessica began making repeated trips to the area, and saw some interesting links. “Over time I’d find wines I liked that didn’t seem to be connected, only to discover they had the same winemaker,” Rogers says. “It reminded me of how writers and producers can work behind the scenes and the general public may not really see all that goes on.” The couple built a relationship with Debi Cali of Baldacci Family Vineyards, and she made trips to Nashville to attend Charts: The Best Of Times... ..And it was the worst of times. With apologies to Charles Dickens, this was a musically great week for Country radio, with new singles (this week’s adds in parentheses) from five superstars – Tim McGraw (53), Brad Paisley (46), Toby Keith (42), Sugarland (37) and Keith Urban (27). Adding to the excitement is that the singles from McGraw, Paisley and Keith are all new projects. I can’t recall the last time that many major acts all released new music the same week. It was a great week if you worked at those acts’ labels, as well. Those kind of boxcar add weeks don’t come along very often. And, for Paisley and Urban, the add avalanche began a week before their official add date of July 13. The downside? Well … perfect musical storms can make things dicey for new artists. Recently- charted singles can appear to stall – or worse – as songs can fall out of the Top 50 when multiple superstars debut in the 40s. That can happen despite showing increased airplay over the past seven days. And, of course, it’s tough to gather any new airplay with superstars sucking all available airplay oxygen from the room. According to Mediabase 24/7, 55 country artists (continued on page 5) Brad Paisley Tim McGraw Toby Keith Frank Rogers Sugarland July 6, 2009 Issue 148
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Benefit: A Glass Of Write Wine Next month’s inaugural Nashville in Napa event aims to build a link between the entertainment and winemaking industries for the betterment of children in both communities. And good music and fine wine might have more in common than it seems. According to songwriter and producer Frank Rogers (Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Josh Turner), a birthday celebration for his wife in the Napa Valley was an eye-opening experience. “During the trip we got to be friends with several vineyard owners and managers,” he says. “And I was struck by the similarities in the businesses we’re in. “Just watching the process, you notice on the music side that if you don’t have a song, you don’t have anything. And if a winemaker doesn’t have a good grape, they don’t have anything.” Rogers and his wife Jessica began making repeated trips to the area, and saw some interesting links. “Over time I’d find wines I liked that didn’t seem to be connected, only to discover they had the same winemaker,” Rogers says. “It reminded me of how writers and producers can work behind the scenes and the general public may not really see all that goes on.” The couple built a relationship with Debi Cali of Baldacci Family Vineyards, and she made trips to Nashville to attend
Charts: The Best Of Times... ..And it was the worst of times. With apologies to Charles Dickens, this was a musically great week for Country radio, with new singles (this week’s adds in parentheses) from five superstars – Tim McGraw (53), Brad Paisley (46), Toby Keith (42), Sugarland (37) and Keith Urban (27). Adding to the excitement is that the singles from McGraw, Paisley and Keith are all new projects. I can’t recall the last time that many major acts all released new music the same week. It was a great week if you worked at those acts’ labels, as well. Those kind of boxcar add weeks don’t come along very often. And, for Paisley and Urban, the add avalanche began a week before their official add date of July 13. The downside? Well … perfect musical storms can make things dicey for new artists. Recently-charted singles can appear to stall – or worse – as songs can fall out of the Top 50 when multiple superstars debut in the 40s. That can happen despite showing increased airplay over the past seven days. And, of course, it’s tough to gather any new airplay with superstars sucking all available airplay oxygen from the room. According to Mediabase 24/7, 55 country artists
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Brad Paisley
Tim McGraw
Toby Keith
Frank Rogers
Sugarland
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songwriter nights. “She was equally fascinated,” Rogers says. Walking through the caves at the Baldacci facility, Rogers remarked it seemed a perfect place to stage a writer’s night. “At first it was just about sharing the passion behind it, but we thought if we’re going to throw a party it might as well be for a good reason.” Rogers wanted to support music education in public schools; Cali chose literacy, and the NOTES organization was created to distribute funds accordingly. “The long term goal is to have a Napa in Nashville event, too,” Rogers says. “And then maybe spread out to various sites throughout the country.” ASCAP and SunTrust are sponsoring the Aug. 1 event in California, and songwriters Rivers Rutherford, Jim “Moose” Brown, Jon Randall, Hillary Lindsey, Don Sampson and David Lee Murphy will perform. Details at www.nashvilleinnapa.com.
Radio: Listeners Pay Attention Some good news for radio’s core business, as a new Harris Interactive poll shows that only 9% of consumers say they tend to ignore or disregard radio advertising the most. Thirteen percent said the same of television ads, while 17% overlook Internet search engine ads the most, and a huge 46% said they ignore Internet banner ads more than they disregard other media.
Radio News• A Country format forum will be featured during Talentmasters’ 21st Annual Morning Show Boot Camp in Nashville July 30-Aug. 1 at the Renaissance Hotel. Among the national radio executives participating in a July 31 session called “Star Makers: Searching for Tomorrow’s Stars” will be Lincoln Financial’s Don Benson, Saga’s Steve Goldstein, Cumulus’ Jan Jeffries, Entercom’s Pat Paxton and CBS’s Greg Strassell. Details here or call Don Anthony at 770-737-2700.• The NAB will host a 30-minute webcast July 14 promoting the FCC’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) program. The voluntary, Web-based system allows stations to report their operational status and obtain critical resources they may need to stay on the air during disaster situations. The webcast runs
My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life Brady Seals discusses his most important songs, artists or concerts: 1. Steve Earle, Guitar Town: One of the best country albums of all time. The lyrics and signature guitar riffs are classic. Steve’s Texas slang while singing made a huge impression on me as a vocalist. I still try to sing like him from time to time.2. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gold & Platinum: I’m not sure it’s their best album but I know that it influenced me more than any other. I used to invite kids around the neighborhood and put on concerts. Of course
they weren’t really concerts, we just played and sang along with the record.3. The Band, The Last Waltz: I really got into The Band after watching Scorsese’s concert film “The Last Waltz.” They were a true, honest-to-goodness band. I love how The Band backed other artists during this film. It showed a humility in their artistry that you don’t see much these days.4. The Eagles, Hotel California: The quintessential American rock band. I remember as a boy hearing “Hotel California” and the lyrics being a little scary. Now the only thing that scares me about The Eagles is how tight their live harmonies are. 5. Elvis’ Golden Records: I really wanted to grow up and be like Elvis. The voice, the charisma, and the production of those old records are just amazing. I used to visit rest homes with my mother when I was really young and dress up like Elvis and pantomime to his songs. In fact, after a performance one day we turned on the TV in the lobby of the nursing home and found out Elvis had died. I was heart broken.• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars. One of these days I’m going to check it out. I’ve always admired “Major Tom” but never dug any deeper.• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Nirvana, Kurt Cobain. I just wasn’t a fan of his voice. I remember some of the MTV Unplugged performances where it was just him, a guitar and his songs and I just wasn’t that impressed. It was obvious that he was an honest and passionate artist and for that I have the utmost respect.• An album you played or listened to incessantly: Free, Molten Gold. There are folks out there that probably don’t even know that this band even existed. It was Paul Rogers’ band before Bad Company, somewhere around 1963. They were a four-piece rock & roll band that you have to check out!• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Fleet Foxes’ “White Winter Hymnal.” This song is definitely not for everyone. The only thing that comes to mind for this song is that is very original. The melodic structure and harmonies are spot on.
Brady Seals
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Community Music School. ACM Lifting Lives is also taking submissions for the fall 2009-2010 grant cycle at www.acmliftinglives.org until July 17. BMI is moving 32 jobs from its New York City office to Nashville. A company spokesperson told the New York Times, “Most of the remaining jobs in New York will be executive positions and those of employees who deal with the TV and radio broadcasters based in the city or overseas.” The next installment of the CMA Songwriters Series will be held July 30 at NYC’s Joe’s Pub. Bob DiPiero (“Take Me As I Am”) hosts, with participants Billy Currington, Keith Follese (“Something Like That,” “The Way You Love Me”) and Jason Sellers (“Some People Change,” “I Still Miss You”).
at 3:30pm ET, and is available to both NAB members and non-members. For details, click here.
Chart Chat Congrats to Dierks Bentley, Steve Hodges, Shane Allen and the entire Capital crew on scoring this week’s No. 1 song with Bentley’s “Sideways.” The track is the second cut from his current album to top the chart (“Feel That Fire”), and the sixth No. 1 of Bentley’s career (“Every Mile A Memory,” “Settle For A Slowdown,” “Come A Little Closer” and “What Was I Thinkin’”). And kudos to Universal South’s Teddi Bonadies-led team, whose top 10 with Randy Houser’s “Boots On” makes him the first new male artist to reach the milestone this year, following label mates Eli Young Band, who were the first new artist to hit top 10 with “Always The Love Songs.” Breaking two artists into the top 10 in a year is certainly cause for celebration. And in the Chart Chat history department, Tuesday (7/7) marks the 20-year anniversary of the ascension of “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) to its peak at No. 10. By November of 1989, “If Tomorrow Never Comes” would enjoy two weeks at No. 1 and country music would be irrevocably changed ... as would the life of the artist performing those songs, Garth Brooks.
Industry News Following the final issue of Performing Songwriter last month, Dir./Communications & Special Projects Caroline Davis is looking for her next gig. She can be reached at 615-957-5056 or [email protected]. ACM Lifting Lives has named its first beneficiaries: Bridges Academy; Free Arts For Abused Children; Holston Home; Lollipop Theatre Rhythm Of Hope Program; Music National Service Initiative; Musicians On Call; Peace Thru Music; Songs For Kids; The Art Of Elysium; Vanderbilt Music Therapy Program; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Williams Syndrome Music Camp; and W.O. Smith Nashville
Tuesday (7/7) - Charlie Louvin, Stix Franklin ([email protected]), John Dorris
Wednesday (7/8) - - Toby Keith, Fred Young (Kentucky Headhunters), Terry Choate, Pam Green ([email protected]), Mike Kraski ([email protected]), Lee Logan ([email protected]), Matt Williams, Joe Relyea
Thursday (7/9) - David Ball, Monty Holmes, Bob James ([email protected]), Laura McKinley
Friday (7/10) - Jessica Simpson, Bela Fleck, Gary LeVox (Rascal Flatts), Ken Mellons, Shaw Wilson (BR549), Tracy Fleaner, Stephanie Lynn ([email protected]), Johnny Dorris Jr. ([email protected])
Saturday (7/11) - Scotty Emerick, Jeff Hanna, Dale Turner ([email protected])
Sunday (7/12) - Adam Gregory, Tim Alexander, Joe Manual, Allen Brown ([email protected]), Sandy Neese
Monday (7/13) - Louise Mandrell, Victoria Shaw, Neil Thrasher, Chris Melancon ([email protected]), Nikki Landry ([email protected])
BirThdays
Dierks Bentley
Garth Brooks
Billy Currington
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Crib Note Congrats to industry pros Heather and Bobby Young on the birth of daughter Addison Lea Young this morning (7/6). Addison joins big brothers Josh and Caleb.
Artist News GAC will be airing best-of episodes of the PBS series Soundstage. Sugarland, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Trace Adkins, Lee Ann Womack and Billy Currington, Trisha Yearwood, Travis Tritt and Nickel Creek, Martina McBride, and Kenny Chesney are featured in nine upcoming shows. Check gactv.com for listings Carrie Underwood is the first country artist to be included in TeachersCount’s Behind Every Famous Person Is A Fabulous Teacher campaign to spread awareness about the teaching profession. Underwood is featured with her mother Carole Underwood and her two sisters Stephanie Shelton and Shanna Means for the campaign. Learn more here. Aaron Tippin has launched his lifestyle initiative and line of nutritional supplements Aaron Tippin Nutrition. Products include Acai Energy Diet, Acai 4 Cleanse, Carb-Buster and Daily Defense Greens. Details here. Dean Brody and Emily West will co-host Fashion for EveryBODY for the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee Saturday, Sept. 26 at Nashville’s Commodore Ballroom. Tickets are $35 for general admission and $75 for VIP here. Nominate a 2009 Role Model to walk the runway here. Laura Bryna is the celebrity spokesperson for the National Guard Youth Foundation to raise awareness for the National
Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. The voluntary program focuses on education for high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 18.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com.• Former Radio & Records Country Editor R.J. Curtis joined Arista as Mgr./Regional Promotion Midwest. He succeeds Tyler Waugh, who filled the Southeast slot vacated by Jeri Cooper last week. (CAT 7/6) • Label vet Stacy Rogers joined Golden Music/Nashville as Dir./West Coast Promotion & Marketing. She can be reached at 208-731-8104 or at [email protected]. (CAT 7/2) • The Republic/Nashville staff was finalized with the hires of WBEE/Rochester APD/MD/middayer Weslea Bartholomew as Dir./Southwest Promotion and MTV Networks Coord./Licensing Alicia Torres as Label Resource Manager/Exec. Asst. to Republic/Nashville President Jimmy Harnen. (CAT 6/30) • Sirius XM Chairman/CEO Mel Karmazin was given a 20% pay raise, starting Jan. 1, 2010. Also, Karmazin’s employment, which could have ended this November, was extended through 2012. (CAT 7/1)
Heather and Addison Young
The benefit concert for Warner Music Group/Nashville Coord./Facilities Gina Hilburn’s fight against cancer raised nearly $4,000. Donations are still being accepted at Roger J. Davis Memorial Fund (note “For Gina” in the subject), 1708 21st Ave. S. #101, Nashville, TN 37212.
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Tuesday 7/7 – Darius Rucker, Backstory (GAC).
Wednesday 7/8 – Sara Evans, Backstory (GAC).
Thursday 7/9 – Levon Helm, Late Show with David Letterman (CBS).
Friday 7/10 – Rascal Flatts, Today (NBC).
Saturday 7/11 – Big Kenny, Naomi Judd, Can You Duet (CMT).
Sunday 7/12 –Sugarland, Soundstage (GAC).
Monday 7/13 – Randy Owen, Troy Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, CMT Cribs (re-air).
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July 14 Dolly Parton 9 to 5: The Musical (Dolly)
August 1 Chris Young The Man I Want to Be (RCA)
August 4 Sugarland Live On The Inside (Mercury) Gloriana Gloriana (Emblem/Warner Bros.) Assjack Assjack (Curb) Mac McAnally Down By The River (Show Dog)
August 11 Justin Moore Justin Moore (Valory)
August 18 Reba McEntire Keep On Loving You (Valory/Starstruck) David Nail I’m About To Come Alive (MCA)
August 25 Love And Theft World Wide Open (Carolwood) Willie Nelson American Classic (Blue Note) Jack Ingram Big Dreams & High Hopes (Big Machine)
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Adrian Monk: WXFL/Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL GSM Donald “Rocky” Reich (l) retired last week after more than 50 years in radio. During the festivities, company owner Jerry Phillips (r) and longtime friend Charlie Monk paid their respects.
Charts (continued from page 1) collected an aggregate 348 adds this week from our 123 reporters. The aforementioned five superstars garnered 205 of those adds, leaving just 143 slots for 50 other artists who got at least one add this week. The chart jolt can even be felt by big country acts with recently-released singles. Fact is, when five superstars release new singles, there’s just not much left to go around. Further muddying this week’s chart waters is Fourth of July weekend airplay. Lengthy countdowns of the top few hundred songs impact current airplay, as does a healthy dose of spins from patriotic Gold. In fact, five songs – Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” (605 plays), Aaron Tippin’s “Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagles Fly” (428), Toby Keith’s “American Solider” (390), Brooks & Dunn’s “Only In America” (369) and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The USA” (352) – got enough play to chart in the Top 50. As the saying goes, there are lies, damned lies and statistics. Those are just a few things you might want to keep in mind as you analyze the Mediabase airplay information in both the main chart and the Activator chart in this week’s Country Aircheck on your way to making music decisions. CAC
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2 1 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 16343 126 5322 -2 37.745 -0.032 126 0
1 2 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 15828 -718 5183 -214 36.948 -1.568 124 0
4 3 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 14377 408 4807 108 33.197 1.639 124 0
5 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 4 13781 1103 4604 391 32.721 2.904 126 0
6 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 4 12989 946 4238 338 29.168 0.977 125 0
7 6 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 12425 808 4056 262 29.332 2.221 126 0
3 7 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 11613 -3494 3748 -1187 29.236 -5.728 126 0
8 8 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 10505 -515 3496 -170 24.061 -1.356 126 0
9 9 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 10142 281 3403 142 23.341 0.908 126 0
11 10 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 9824 301 3293 103 22.322 0.827 125 1
12 11 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 9465 63 3070 32 21.256 0.404 125 0
13 12 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 9355 648 3099 212 20.823 1.376 123 1
14 13 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 4 9063 950 3026 351 20.178 1.347 126 0
15 14 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 8000 541 2646 145 17.546 1.355 126 0
16 15 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 7755 314 2608 115 16.632 0.814 125 0
19 16 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 7677 944 2525 302 17.496 2.778 123 4
10 17 ALAN JACKSON/Sissy's Song (Arista) 7586 -1986 2533 -784 15.858 -4.679 125 0
17 18 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 7529 234 2639 115 15.733 0.694 122 1
18 19 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/Warner Bros./New Revolution) 7494 304 2459 71 16.885 0.825 116 1
20 20 BROOKS & DUNN/Indian Summer (Arista) 6378 291 2131 108 14.112 0.775 121 0
21 21 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 6041 242 2041 81 13.175 0.897 115 1
22 22 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 5386 335 1786 91 12.222 1.047 112 0
23 23 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 5138 168 1734 49 10.737 0.436 112 2
25 24 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black... (RCA) 3764 565 1339 226 7.858 1.527 99 7
24 25 MILEY CYRUS/The Climb (Walt Disney/Lyric Street) 3753 286 1299 146 7.743 0.593 98 1
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27 26 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 3303 864 1162 289 7.316 2.421 89 5
26 27 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 2873 294 1010 110 5.679 0.68 93 4
30 28 DAVID NAIL /Red Light (MCA) 2695 461 920 126 5.035 1.027 90 3
28 29 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 2670 286 847 66 5.152 0.563 73 0
29 30 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 2399 120 841 51 4.589 0.287 79 3
36 31 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 2328 537 805 206 4.35 1.284 80 6
31 32 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 2146 65 817 36 4.134 0.301 84 0
32 33 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 2124 175 742 72 4.318 0.256 67 1
35 34 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 2068 251 757 75 4.299 0.59 63 5
34 35 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 2068 244 738 88 4.143 0.875 62 2
33 36 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 1853 20 633 20 3.246 -0.017 78 1
37 37 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 1767 144 502 31 3.039 0.115 58 4
38 38 JAMES OTTO /Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) 1592 114 523 26 3.101 0.249 45 2
40 39 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin' The Beer Gut (Show Dog) 1326 144 507 51 2.435 0.199 42 3
39 40 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 1298 105 442 64 2.312 0.281 47 4
41 41 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 1261 190 422 107 2.32 0.209 48 7
42 TIM MCGRAW/Itís A Business Doing... (Curb) 4 1248 1248 385 385 3.21 3.21 53 53
43 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 1121 988 343 292 2.427 2.111 52 46
48 44 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 1101 641 250 151 2.616 1.54 51 37
45 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 4 1046 1046 315 315 2.92 2.92 42 42
43 46 TRENT TOMLINSON/Henry Cartwright's Produce... (Carolwood) 940 100 335 40 1.445 0.266 39 4
42 47 CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 882 -37 368 -20 1.488 -0.055 61 1
45 48 JIMMY WAYNE/I'll Be That (Valory) 720 77 285 30 1.087 0.188 41 2
44 49 MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) 700 14 255 3 1.008 0.125 37 2
46 50 KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) 611 -6 255 3 0.591 -0.098 40 4
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Aircheck Top Point GainersTIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 1248 4BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 1103 4TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 1046 4BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 988 4GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 950 4TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 946JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 944RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 864DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 808KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 648
Aircheck Top Spin GainersBILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 391TIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 385GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 351TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 338TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 315JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 302BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 292RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 289DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 262CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 226
Activator Top Point GainersGEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 409 4BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 366 4TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 359 4TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 347 4DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 336 4TIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing... (Curb) 335RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 313RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 295BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 285JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 285Activator Top Spin GainersBRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 276TIM MCGRAW/It’s A Business Doing... (Curb) 254GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 250DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 241TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 235TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 213JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 207RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 180BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 179KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 170
Aircheck Add LeadersTIM MCGRAW/It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You (Curb) 53BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 46TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 42SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 37KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 27JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 8
CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 7
MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 7SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 7CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 6
GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 6STEVE HOLY/Baby Don't Go (Curb) 6
CMTJACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) SUGARLAND f/B-52’S/Love Shack (2009 CMT Music Awards) (Mercury)TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin’ The Beer Gut (Show Dog)WHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin’ (Warner Bros.)
CMT PUREDAILEY & VINCENT/On The Other Side (Rounder)JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine)JIMMY WAYNE/I’ll Be That (Valory)LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol)SUGARLAND f/B-52’S/Love Shack (2009 CMT Music Awards) (Mercury)TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin’ The Beer Gut (Show Dog)WHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin’ (Warner Bros.)WILLIE NELSON & ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL/Hesitation Blues (Bismeaux)
GACWHITNEY DUNCAN/Skinny Dippin’ (Warner Bros.)ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture)LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol)JIMMY WAYNE/I’ll Be That (Valory)JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine)TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin’ The Beer Gut (Show Dog)
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Aircheck ActivityTOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) Debuts at 45*; 1046 points, 315 spins 42 ADDS including: KEEY, KKGO, KMLE*, KMPS*, KNIX, WFUS, WKHX, WMZQ, WQYK*, WUBL
TRENT TOMLINSON/Henry Cartwright’s Produce... (Carolwood) Moves 43*-46*; 940 points, 335 spins 4 ADDS: WIWF*, WSSL, WWNU, WYPY
CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) Moves 42-47; 882 points, 368 spins 1 ADD: WPAW
JIMMY WAYNE/I’ll Be That (Valory) Moves 45-48*; 720 points, 285 spins 2 ADDS: KIZN*, KTOM
MEGAN MULLINS/Long Past Gone (Stoney Creek) Moves 44*-49*; 700 points, 255 spins 2 ADDS: WGH, WRNS*
KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) Moves 46*-50*; 611 points, 255 spins 4 ADDS: KATC*, WCOL, WGTY, WOGK
SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 514 points, 168 spins 7 ADDS: KCYE, KJJY*, KPLX, KTOM, WFMS, WTQR, WYNK
JESSE LEE/It’s A Girl Thing (Atlantic/Bigger Picture) 503 points, 197 spins 2 ADDS: WCTK*, WWGR
PHIL VASSAR/Bobbi With An I (Universal South) 437 points, 134 spins; 0 ADDS
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 419 points, 146 spins 8 ADDS: KATC*, KHKI*, KKWF, WBCT, WGGY, WOGK, WUSY, WWGR
ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 396 points, 134 spins 4 ADDS: KATC*, KHKI*, WIVK*, WSOC*
ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 383 points, 106 spins 4 ADDS: KATM*, KSKS, WGTY, WPAW
JULY 13BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) JOEY AND RORY/To Say Goodbye (Vanguard)KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol)SONG TRUST/Choose Me (Giantslayer/S-1 Songs/Nine North)
JULY 20BILLY RAY CYRUS/A Good Day (Walt Disney/CO5)EMMA JACOB/Julianna (Black River)FAST RYDE/That Thang (Republic)HALFWAY TO HAZARD/I Know Where Heaven Is (Stylesonic/Picnic Hill/Bigger Picture)KATIE ARMIGER/Gone (Cold River)SARA EVANS/Feels Just Like A Love Song (RCA)
JULY 27BLAINE LARSEN/It Did (Treehouse)JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia)
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Aircheck Top RecurrentsBRAD PAISLEY/Then (Arista) 13388KEITH URBAN/Kiss A Girl (Capitol) 10814SUGARLAND/It Happens (Mercury) 6440RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 5922JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 5808MONTGOMERY GENTRY/One In Every Crowd (Columbia) 4688ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 4032DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 3845KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 3784TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 3725
STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 383 points, 161 spins 1 ADD: WXTU
TRACY LAWRENCE/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 347 points, 147 spins; 0 ADDS
Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
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1 1 ZAC BROWN BAND/Whatever It Is (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) 4373 -71 2900 -20
4 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM/I Run To You (Capitol) 4173 16 2736 10
2 3 DIERKS BENTLEY/Sideways (Capitol) 4171 -82 2744 -57
5 4 BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 3997 285 2611 179
7 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/You Belong With Me (Big Machine) 3733 359 2393 213
6 6 DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 3729 336 2426 241
3 7 KENNY CHESNEY/Out Last Night (BNA) 3093 -1125 1994 -782
10 8 RASCAL FLATTS/Summer Nights (Lyric Street) 3074 295 1964 163
9 9 RANDY HOUSER/Boots On (Universal South) 3061 260 2005 180
8 10 TOBY KEITH/Lost You Anyway (Show Dog) 2987 -288 1956 -213
14 11 GEORGE STRAIT/Living For The Night (MCA) 2660 409 1752 250
11 12 REBA/Strange (Starstruck/Valory) 2646 15 1755 9
12 13 KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA) 2465 51 1575 36
15 14 JACK INGRAM/Barefoot And Crazy (Big Machine) 2362 193 1533 131
13 15 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Just Hold On (Warner Bros.) 2358 103 1537 62
17 16 JUSTIN MOORE/Small Town USA (Valory) 2237 216 1488 128
16 17 GLORIANA/Wild At Heart (Emblem/Warner Bros./New Revolution) 2149 61 1398 26
18 18 ERIC CHURCH/Love Your Love The Most (Capitol) 2133 112 1396 71
19 19 BROOKS & DUNN/Indian Summer (Arista) 2111 197 1394 119
20 20 JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 2077 285 1366 207
21 21 DARRYL WORLEY/Sounds Like Life To Me (Stroudavarious) 1784 140 1164 77
23 22 RODNEY ATKINS/15 Minutes (Curb) 1417 313 886 168
22 23 LOVE AND THEFT/Runaway (Carolwood) 1411 45 903 24
24 24 TRACE ADKINS/All I Ask For Anymore (Capitol) 1105 81 727 46
26 25 JOE NICHOLS/Believers (Universal South) 993 112 640 66
29 26 CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 938 194 553 112
27 27 PAT GREEN/What I'm For (BNA) 873 96 586 73
31 28 CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black... (RCA) 799 207 511 130
28 29 BUCKY COVINGTON/I Want My Life Back (Lyric Street) 797 26 496 9
30 30 LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 791 108 500 72
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34 31 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Long Line Of Losers (Columbia) 701 192 436 129
32 32 JAMES OTTO/Since You Brought It Up (Warner Bros.) 589 28 394 12
33 33 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Dead Flowers (Columbia) 585 24 370 10
36 34 JESSICA HARP/Boy Like Me (Warner Bros.) 555 98 351 46
35 35 BOMSHEL/Fight Like A Girl (Curb) 548 41 361 17
37 36 MARTINA MCBRIDE/I Just Call You Mine (RCA) 486 54 265 31
37 BRAD PAISLEY/Welcome To The Future (Arista) 376 366 284 276
38 38 DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 362 45 244 33
39 TOBY KEITH/American Ride (Show Dog) 347 347 235 235
40 TIM MCGRAW/Itís A Business Doing... (Curb) 335 335 254 254
39 41 TRAILER CHOIR/Rockin' The Beer Gut (Show Dog) 268 45 171 32
42 KEITH URBAN/Only You Can Love Me This Way (Capitol) 250 242 173 170
43 SUGARLAND/Joey (Mercury) 241 207 171 155
40 44 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 228 30 152 22
41 45 JIMMY WAYNE/I'll Be That (Valory) 225 27 162 16
52 46 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 189 92 128 57
44 47 GRETCHEN WILSON/If I Could Do It All Again (Columbia) 173 21 102 6
43 48 SARAH DARLING/Jack Of Hearts (Black River) 166 7 111 6
46 49 STEVE AZAR/Moo La Moo (Ride) 158 18 113 10
45 50 TRENT TOMLINSON/Henry Cartwright's Produce... (Carolwood) 152 5 105 5
42 51 MARK CHESNUTT/She Never Got Me Over You (Lofton Creek) 141 -29 94 -20
47 52 CAITLIN & WILL/Address In The Stars (Columbia) 140 7 91 6
49 53 KATE & KACEY/Dreaming Love (Big Machine) 134 7 105 10
51 54 PHIL VASSAR/Bobbi With An I (Universal South) 127 23 66 3
48 55 TRACY LAWRENCE/Up To Him (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 117 -14 65 -9
55 56 ELI YOUNG BAND/Radio Waves (Republic/Universal South) 105 16 67 10
54 57 ZONA JONES/Bluer Than Blue (Rocky Comfort) 103 9 69 7
53 58 TELLURIDE/Pencil Marks (American Roots/Quarterback) 102 8 69 6
59 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 94 40 47 24
58 60 DUE WEST/I Get That All The Time (Bigger Than Me/Nine North) 90 14 65 10
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