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©2008 Country Aircheck™ — All rights reserved. Sign up free at www.countryaircheck.com. Send news to [email protected] CMAMF Sets New Attendance Mark All 50 states and 28 countries, including Brazil, Greece, Japan and Latvia – were represented in the tens of thousands of fans who were in Nashville for CMA Music Festival (6/5-6/8). With a stated attendance increase of 9.4% over last year’s 191,000 aggregate, 2008 clocked in with almost 209,000 over the four-day event – a new record. That number has not been officially released by CMA, however, as the trade organization is instead focusing on daily attendance figures. This year’s average daily attendance was 52,000, up from last year’s 48,000. “We made a decision this year to announce our attendance as a daily average rather than a four-day aggregate so people are not overwhelmed by a huge number and potentially turned off from attending the Festival because they are concerned about parking or moving around downtown,” CMA CEO Tammy Genovese says. “It is actually much easier than people think and we want to communicate that in a new way.” Fans don’t seem dissuaded by the crowds, however, as 2009 sales are already on a record-setting pace, up 4.2%. Gold Circle four-day passes sold out in an unprecedented 15 minutes Saturday. As always, half of net proceeds benefit Nashville music education. Check pages 5 & 6 for photo coverage of this year’s festival. About Face With Universal South The sidewalk isn’t the most conventional spot for signage, but Universal South’s concrete graphics (pictured) sure made an impression during the festival. Country Aircheck ran into Sr. VP/GM Van Fletcher Thursday morning and asked if the label had permission for the floor-borne fliers. “Yeah, but we almost got arrested anyway,” Fletcher said. Bruce Burton, the label’s Manager/National Sales & Marketing, came up with the campaign. “They’ve been used in sports marketing for a while,” he says. “A guy who makes our promo items pitched me on them. We got permission from the city, but still ran into problems. “As we were putting them down, the police pulled up and asked what we were doing. We told them we had permission so they called the mayor’s office, who said they had no idea who we were or what we were doing. So we sat in the sun for an hour waiting while everyone called around and figured out it was okay.” Rodney Atkins Jamey Johnson Julianne Hough Faith Hill June 9, 2008 Issue 93
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CMAMF Sets New Attendance Mark All 50 states and 28 countries, including Brazil, Greece, Japan and Latvia – were represented in the tens of thousands of fans who were in Nashville for CMA Music Festival (6/5-6/8). With a stated attendance increase of 9.4% over last year’s 191,000 aggregate, 2008 clocked in with almost 209,000 over the four-day event – a new record. ThatnumberhasnotbeenofficiallyreleasedbyCMA,however, as the trade organization is instead focusing on daily attendancefigures.Thisyear’saveragedailyattendancewas52,000, up from last year’s 48,000. “We made a decision this year to announce our attendance as a daily average rather than a four-day aggregate so people are not overwhelmed by a huge number and potentially turned off from attending the Festival because they are concerned about parking or moving around downtown,”CMACEO Tammy Genovese says. “It is actually much easier than people think and we want to communicate that in a new way.”
Fans don’t seem dissuaded by the crowds, however, as 2009 sales are already on a record-setting pace, up 4.2%. Gold Circlefour-daypassessoldoutinanunprecedented15minutesSaturday.Asalways,halfofnetproceedsbenefitNashvillemusiceducation.Checkpages5&6forphotocoverageofthisyear’s festival.
About Face With Universal South The sidewalk isn’t the most conventional spot for signage, but Universal South’s concrete graphics (pictured) sure made an impression during the festival. Country Aircheck ran into Sr. VP/GMVan Fletcher Thursday morning and asked if the label had permissionforthefloor-bornefliers.“Yeah, but we almost got arrested anyway,” Fletcher said. Bruce Burton, the label’s Manager/NationalSales&Marketing,cameupwiththecampaign. “They’ve been used in sports marketing for a while,” he says. “A guy who makes our promo items pitched me on them. We got permission from the city, but still ran into problems. “As we were putting them down, the police pulled up and asked what we were doing. We told them we had permission so theycalledthemayor’soffice,whosaidtheyhadnoideawhowe were or what we were doing. So we sat in the sun for an hourwaitingwhileeveryonecalledaroundandfiguredoutitwas okay.”
Rodney Atkins
Jamey Johnson Julianne Hough
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Burton says the label’s artists appreciated the “face” time. “Fans were coming up to them saying, ‘I’ve been walking all over you all week.’” The fun part, Burton adds, was pulling the graphics back up once the festival was over. “Some of them cameupeasy,butmostwereratherdifficult.”
Their Home’s In Ft. Payne, AL Alabama’s Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, Jeff Cook and Mark Herndon were immortalized in Ft. Payne, AL Saturday (6/7) with the unveiling of larger-than-life bronze statues of the CountryMusicHallofFamequartet. Country Aircheck intrepid reporter Keith Gale – whodoublesasRCA/NashvilleVP/Promotion in his spare time – attended the event and told CA,“JeffCookspokeabouthow he was a little sad that his dad was not here to witness this day; that he sold auto parts in a storedirectlyacrossthestreetfor40years.MarkHerndontoldmehewas‘finallyinaheavymetalband.’TeddyGentrywassomovedhe shed tears and could barely speak. Randy spoke about how many generationsofOwen’shavelivedinFt.Payneandhowthiswasalso an honor to all of them.” The shrine honoring the foursome is intheFt.PayneCityParkatGaultAve.and4thSt.NE. InotherAlabamabandnews,RandyOwenisinWashington,DCtonighttoacceptanNABEducationFoundationServiceToAmericaSamaritanAwardonbehalfofCountryCaresForSt. Jude Kids. It is given to a broadcaster or organization exemplifying the industry’s commitment to use the airwaves effectively in promoting the public interest. Since its inception,
CountryradiohashelpedCountryCaresraisemorethan$315million for the kids of St. Jude. All of you will be on that stage with Randy tonight. You should be proud.
Radio NewsFlood Warning: WFMS/IndianapolisOMBob Richards checkedinwithCAtodayafter60mphwinds,heavyrainsandpea-sized hail hit the area. “Yes, we are alive and well but very wet,”saysRichards.“Thestudiosandtransmittersitesarefinebut it’s pretty bad about 15 miles south of the station.” The NationalWeatherServicehasissuesaflash-floodwatchformetroIndy.Moreinfohere.Personalities: Magic Broadcasting/Dothan, AL OMKris Van DykehasaddedafternoonsatCountryWTVY after Dave Sommer’s exit last Wednesday. Sommers has moved to crosstown WDJR in the same capacity.
Stationality: WSM-FM/Nashville is hosting the 12th Annual Ultimate Country Golf Classic June 17 at the Vanderbilt Legends Club.Luke Bryan and Heidi Newfield have signed on as celebrity chairs, with T. Graham Brown and Aaron Tippin
June 21 - Whitney Shafer, Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - www.countrymusichalloffame.com
August 21 - 2008 SOURCE Foundation Awards and Dinner - Musician’s Hall Of Fame and Museum - www.sourcenashville.com
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Tuesday (6/10) - Joanna Carter ([email protected]), Kaci Jones, R. W. Smith ([email protected]), Dave Wright
Wednesday (6/11) - Jay McDowell
Thursday (6/12) - Junior Brown, Jeff Allen, Guy Floyd, Candace Nuyens, Mark Phillips, Danielle Taylor ([email protected])
Friday (6/13) - Joe Barnhill Jr., Lori Hartigan ([email protected])
Saturday (6/14) - Matt Corbin ([email protected]), Bobby Roberts, Mary Forest Campbell ([email protected])
Sunday (6/15) - Michael Britt, the late Waylon Jennings, Terri Gibbs, Roger Springer, Jeff Stevens, the late Joe Deters, Mary Martin, Joel Raab ([email protected])
Monday (6/16) - Billy “Crash” Craddock, Sarah Brosmer ([email protected]), Jim Kemp, Jeff Stouten
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scheduleascelebrityguests.TheeventbenefitstheMiddleTennessee Branch of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Gig Alerts • GAC Nights ExecutiveProducerDonna Hughes is seeking aCoord./RadioProduction&AssociateProducer.Interestedparties can apply here.• KNIX/Phoenix PD Ray Massie is seeking a new afternoon personalityHeisacceptingairchecksandresumesatphoenixrecruiter@clearchannel.com. • WOKK/Meridian, MS PD Todd “Sharkey” Rupe is looking for a Produciton Dir./afternoon jock. Send airchecks and resumes to him [email protected]. • KRYS/Corpus Christi PD Frank Edwards has been searching for a midday personality since April. Send airchecks and resumes to him at [email protected].
Industry News Universal Music Group has expanded its digital media distribution services agreement with Destiny Media’s Play MPEtoincludeaffiliatesinCanadaandMexico. Casey Beathard (“No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems,” “Don’t Blink”) has extended his exclusive publishing agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Desmond Child and Victoria Shaw will judge The Next GAC Star as contestants vie for a record deal. The show is accepting entries through July 14 at www.gactv.com/star.
Artist News Phil Vassar, Charlie Daniels, Jimmy Webb and Mike Musick are taping a PBS series entitled Legends & Lyrics that isopentothepublicJune12attheGrandMasonicLodgeOfTennessee. Stephen Cochran will headline the ThanksUSAbenefitconcertinWashington,D.C.July26,co-sponsoredbyWMZQ. The event is part of a fundraiser to provide scholarships to the spouses and dependents of active-duty troops. James OttowillperformattheMissTennesseeScholarshipPageantJune18.Otto’ssister-in-lawMissTennessee1999Allison Alderson DeMarcus, wife of Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus,willhosttheeventfortheeighthconsecutiveyear. Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Bucky Covington and Marcel have all been invited to appear in Hannah Montana: The Movie.
Tuesday 6/10 - Garth Brooks, Ellen (syndicated).
Wednesday 6/11 - Bill Engvall, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS).
Thursday 6/12 - Taylor Swift, Once Upon A Prom (MTV); Road Hammers, The Road Hammers (GAC); Bobby Bare, Kathy Mattea, Luke Bryan, Crook & Chase (RFD-TV).
Friday 6/13 - Kenny Chesney, Today (NBC); Larry The Cable Guy, Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC); Trisha Yearwood, Live with Regis & Kelly (syndicated).
Saturday 6/14 - Luke Bryan, Montgomery Gentry, The Oak Ridge Boys, Carrie Underwood, Opry Live (GAC).
Sunday 6/15 - Steve Azar, Country Music Across America (GAC).
Monday 6/16 - Various Artists, From CMA Fest (GAC).
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John Berry will headline Nikos Garavelas’ 6th Annual Country Music Festival in Athens, Greece July 12. Charlie Daniels will host the 10th Annual Phillip Fulmer Golf ClassicbenefitingtheJasonFoundationJune10inOldHickory,TN.TheJasonFoundationiscommittedtotheawareness and prevention of youth suicide. Rascal Flatts sold-out the opening weekend of their Bob That Head tour in St. Louis and Indianapolis, selling more than 45,000 tickets. U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker of Tennessee are co-sponsoring legislation to assist schools in protecting children with life-threatening food allergies. The FoodAllergyandAnaphylaxisManagementActwoulddevelopvoluntary guidelines for schools to prevent exposure to food allergens and provide grants to local educational agencies to assist in teh implementation of those guidelines. In addition to the legislation the duo also recognized the work of the school that Trace Adkins’ daughter Brianna attends and the efforts of the FAAN. Sara EvanswaspresentedtheCrystalCrossawardbytheAmerican Red Cross June 6 for her membership of the Red CrossNationalCelebrityCabinet. Carrie Underwood has added dates of her Carnival Ride tourthroughtheendofDecember.Checkthemoutatwww.carrieunderwood.fm.BeginningSeptember23,Little Big Town join the tour as special guests. CMT’sGone Country castmates Maureen McCormick, Bobby Brown and Carnie Wilson are starring in the network’s latest reality show Outsider’s Inn. The show follows the three as they attempt to run a Bed and Breakfast in east Tennessee and premieres August 15.
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Montgomery Gentry Back When I Knew It All (Columbia) Troy and Eddie are back with their seventh album, and it’s a who’s who of Nashville songwriters. The late Dennis Linde, Ira Dean, David Lee Murphy, Kim Tribble, Trent Willmon, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, Terri Clark, Tom
Shaprio, Brett James and Montgomery can all be found in the credits. Guest appearances are turned in by Toby Keith on “I Pick My Parties,” and Jypsi’s Lillie Mae Rische on “God Knows Who I Am.”
The Roys Good Days (Pedestal/Nine North) Brother/sister duo Lee and Elaine Roy share one co-write, “The Good life Paradise,” on their debut album with producer Kenny Royster. Lee pens an additional four with songwriters Pebe Sebert, Larry Alderman and Royster. Tracks include “Workin’ Girl Blues,” “Grandpa’s Barn,”
“I Only Have Good Days,” “D All of The Above,” and “Absolutely, Positively, Maybe.”
Album release info to news@countryaircheck com.
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CMA Music Fest
Andy Man: Montage Music’s Andy Griggs jumped into CMA Music Fest head first by playing the Greased Lightning Daytime Stages Thursday. Pic-tured (l-r) are Montage’s Ted Wagner, Jim Bucek and Liz Sledge, Griggs, Montage’s Mike Wilson and Hedgewood International’s Erik Haag.
Crystal Springs: RCA’s Crystal Shawanda played the CMA Music Fest Greased Lightning Daytime Stages with some heavy hitters in the audience. Pic-tured (l-r) are Nashville Convention Center & Visitor Bureau President Butch Spyridon, Shawanda, Bud-dy Lee Attractions Pres./CEO and CMAMF producer Tony Conway and CMA CEO Tammy Genovese.
Entourage: Equity Music Group staff were out in full force for Laura Bryna’s performance at the CMA Music Fest Greased Lightning Daytime Stages. Pictured (l-r) are Equity’s Derek Simon, Tim Wipperman and Nathan Cruise, Bryna, manager Roger Sarchet and Equity’s Pepper Meiler, Karen Goodner, David Haley, Whitney Cheshier and Jack Christopher.
18 & Legal: Valory’s Jewel was presented with a career plaque from the RIAA for over 18 million in domestic sales. Here she is receiving it at the label’s CMA Music Fest booth last Thursday with Valory’s Kelly Rich (l) and Jon Loba (r).
Fish Upon A Star: Emerson Drive’s Dale Wallace (c) and Pro Angler Ramey Colson (r) took first place at the First Annual Porter Waggoner Artist & Anglers Fishing Tournament and had to enlist the help of Gary Yamamoto Custom Bait’s George Braswell to show off their catch.
I Walk The (Autograph) Line: Curb’s Heidi New-field signs for fans Megan Migs (Missouri) and Vicki Middleton (Indiana) in the Nashville Conven-tion Center Friday.
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CMA Music Fest
Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog, After All: 19/BNA’s Kellie Pickler caught up with the men of KFRG/Riverside at the Premiere remotes. Pictured (l-r) are Scott Ward, Frogman Tommy, Pickler and Jeremiah Bullfrog.
Roy Codgers: Pedestal/Nine North’s The Roys per-formed at the Greased Lightning Daytime Stages and are pictured here with (l-r) Nine North’s Larry Parei-gis, AristoMedia’s Jeff Walker, Elaine Roy, Lee Roy and Spielberg Consulting’s Neal Spielberg.
Fast Stars & Freedom: Lyric Street’s Rascal Flatts received the Make-A-Wish Shining Star Award at the foundations Wish Kid Re-union last week. Pictured (l-r) are RF’s Gary LeVox and Jay DeMar-cus, event attendee Ashley Lee, emcee Allison DeMarcus, event attendee Jordan Cimini and RF’s Joe Don Rooney.
No Timberlake: Capitol’s Emily West experienced a slight wardrobe malfunction during her CMA Music Fest Greased Lightning Daytime Stages performance when the zipper broke on the back of her dress. Nothing some binder clips couldn’t fix. Pictured (l-r) are CAA’s Blake McDan-iel and Mark Dennis, Capitol’s Cindy Mabe, West and Capitol’s Mike Dungan, Joanna Carter and Dixie Owen.
Come On Over: Clear Channel’s WCOL/Columbus morning co-hosts Dan
Zuko (r) and Woody (l) met Jessica Simpson at a listening party for her
forthcoming Columbia album.
Who DAT: Staying out of the heat, Phil Vassar made an appearance at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Songwriter Sessions, where he donated a DAT tape and lyric sheets to some of his early hits. Pictured (l-r) are Red Light’s Greg Hill, Universal South’s Mark Wright, Vassar, CMHFM’s Jay Orr and Universal South’s Teddi Bonadies and Fletcher Foster.
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1 1 BRAD PAISLEY/I'm Still A Guy (Arista) 14147 -697 4673 -239 35.936 -1.689 121 0
2 2 RASCAL FLATTS/Every Day (Lyric Street) 13567 669 4471 118 34.404 2.493 121 0
5 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 13505 1198 4424 343 34.144 3.537 121 0
6 4 KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 12555 583 4196 183 31.824 1.947 121 0
7 5 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 11755 1033 3990 412 28.863 1.25 121 0
4 6 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 11103 -1221 3717 -362 27.458 -3.161 120 0
8 7 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew It All (Columbia) 11019 765 3643 241 28.146 1.544 121 0
9 8 ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista) 10330 727 3460 235 26.175 2.155 121 0
3 9 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 9822 -2743 3307 -885 23.609 -7.977 121 0
10 10 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 9306 173 3079 65 23.646 0.83 121 0
12 11 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 7719 801 2531 221 18.474 2.325 114 3
16 12 BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 4 7711 1654 2613 545 18.967 3.342 121 2
11 13 TOBY KEITH/She's A Hottie (Show Dog) 4 7250 -235 2385 -80 17.391 -0.6 119 0
13 14 JOSH TURNER f/T. YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 6864 394 2357 115 15.837 0.925 117 0
15 15 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 6825 621 2297 181 16.387 1.594 112 2
18 16 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 6541 826 2291 220 15.074 1.932 118 2
17 17 REBA MCENTIRE/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 6287 423 2170 198 15.112 0.536 113 3
23 18 SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 4 6053 1830 1885 571 15.505 4.901 112 14
14 19 TIM MCGRAW/Kristofferson (Curb) 5882 -448 1927 -126 13.863 -1.211 115 0
19 20 GARY ALLAN/Learning How To Bend (MCA) 5684 569 1965 177 13.165 1.796 113 1
20 21 LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 5604 577 1841 218 12.514 1.683 113 3
26 22 TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 4 4889 1416 1631 538 11.682 3.018 112 14
21 23 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I'm... (Arista) 4884 259 1650 86 11.084 0.646 110 1
24 24 JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 4580 678 1502 218 10.437 1.626 102 5
25 25 JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 4559 967 1509 268 9.85 1.895 104 1
4th Week at No. 1
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22 26 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're Talking To (Big Machine) 4474 61 1447 19 10.136 -0.046 109 4
31 27 DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 3266 984 981 292 7.472 2.395 86 14
27 28 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb) 3191 179 1082 65 7.406 0.498 78 4
28 29 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 3112 338 1050 99 7.045 0.863 81 3
44 30 KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 3048 2142 1003 738 7.979 5.47 90 42
29 31 SUGARLAND/Life In A Northern Town (Mercury) 2430 47 823 17 6.738 0.285 34 0
32 32 CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA) 2331 213 816 81 4.442 0.308 86 6
35 33 CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA) 2163 378 726 134 4.713 0.942 67 5
34 34 JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR) 2158 356 772 150 4.375 0.869 73 5
33 35 LEANN RIMES/Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine (Curb) 1985 114 649 21 3.951 0.033 65 2
36 36 JO DEE MESSINA/I'm Done (Curb) 1753 84 647 29 3.487 0.208 61 0
37 GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 4 1663 1308 568 445 4.061 3.196 67 28
39 38 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 1621 260 559 102 2.923 0.552 71 7
47 39 JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 1613 796 444 214 3.894 1.522 51 33
40 40 RODNEY ATKINS/Invisibly Shaken (Curb) 1250 105 481 34 2.259 0.224 60 6
42 41 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 1187 75 447 21 2.411 0.155 52 2
43 42 ADAM GREGORY/Crazy Days (No Strings Attached/Midas) 1115 192 443 68 1.771 0.332 51 4
46 43 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 1098 218 429 88 1.801 0.244 52 4
45 44 ERIC CHURCH/His Kind Of Money (My Kind...) (Capitol) 983 96 343 20 1.868 0.203 34 2
50 45 ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Republic/Universal South) 825 167 265 68 1.762 0.349 28 4
46 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 803 163 244 44 1.206 0.439 36 6
48 47 DAVID NAIL/I'm About To Come Alive (MCA) 771 44 302 9 1.409 0.059 41 0
49 48 RISSI PALMER/No Air (1720 Entertainment) 768 54 275 14 1.673 0.3 31 1
49 KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're... (19/BNA) 730 290 219 112 1.56 0.554 26 12
50 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 658 173 255 77 1.253 0.267 33 6Debut
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Aircheck Top Point GainersKEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 2142 4SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 1830 4BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 1654 4TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 1416 4GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 1308 4CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 1198BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 1033DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 984JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 967JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 826
Aircheck Top Spin GainersKEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 738SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 571BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 545TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 538GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 445BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 412CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 343DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 292JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 268MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew....(Columbia) 241
Activator Top Point GainersKEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 1014 4GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 695 4SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 539 4BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 418 4TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 409 4BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 309JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 243REBA MCENTIRE/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 212LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 199JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 179
Activator Top Spin GainersKEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 569
GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 489
SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 366
TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 272
BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 242
BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 200
LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 152
JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 146
REBA MCENTIRE/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 138
JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 126
Aircheck Add LeadersKEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 42JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 33GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA ) 28DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 14SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 14TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 14JAMES OTTO/For You (Warner Bros.) 13KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're ... (19/BNA) 12CROSSIN DIXON/I Love My Old Bird Dog (BBR) 9RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 8ROAD HAMMERS/Girl On The Billboard (Montage) 8
CMT COLT FORD/No Trash In My Trailer (Mobile Home Disaster Version) (Average Joes)JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory)
CMT Pure CARTERS CORD/Different Breed (Show Dog)
GAC No Video Adds
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ONE FLEW SOUTH/My Kind Of Beautiful (Decca) 305 points, 87 spins 2 ADDS: KNCI*, WQYK*
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)
Aircheck Top RecurrentsJAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 10813GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 9078TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 8820CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 5266RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 5205TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 4726ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 4602CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl (19/Arista) 3843KENNY CHESNEY/Don't Blink (BNA) 3707BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 3495
Aircheck Activity
ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Republic/Universal South) Moves 50*- 45*; 825 points, 265 spins 4 ADDS: KASE, KHEY, WGKX*, WRNS*
CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) Enters at 46*; 803 points, 244 spins 6 ADDS: KFRG*, KUPL*, KWNR, WGNA, WSSL, WYCD*
DAVID NAIL/I’m About To Come Alive (MCA) Moves 48*- 47*; 771 points, 302 spins 0 ADDS
RISSI PALMER/No Air (1720 Entertainment) Moves 49*- 48*; 768 points, 275 spins 1 ADD: WXCY
KELLIE PICKLER/Don’t You Know You’re... (19/BNA) Enters at 49*; 730 points, 219 spins 12 ADDS INCLUDING: KATM*, KDRK, KHKI*, KRTY, KSCS*, KUSS, KWNR, WQDR, WUBE, WYNK
ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) Enters at 50*; 658 points, 255 spins 6 ADDS: KFRG*, KTOM, WCOS, WGNE, WPCV*, WWGR
LONESTAR/Let Me Love You (Lonestar/CO5) 495 points, 196 spins 1 ADD: WYPY
RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 385 points, 125 spins 8 ADDS: KFRG*, KMDL, KNTY, KSOP, WGNA, WQHK, WUBE, WWGR
ASHLEY GEARING/Out The Window (Curb) 348 points, 110 spins 0 ADDS
KEVIN FOWLER/Best Mistake I Ever Made (Equity) 339 points, 68 spins 0 ADDS
JUNE 16ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists)JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia)
JUNE 23LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin’ For A Good Time (Capitol)SARA EVANS/Love You With All My Heart (RCA)EMMA MAE JACOB/With You (Sassy Angel/New Revolution)JEWEL/I Do (Valory)BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin’ On A Woman (Arista)TRAILER CHOIR/Off The Hillbilly Hook (Show Dog)
JUNE 30CAROLINA RAIN/American Radio (Equity)DARREN KOZELSKY/She Got Me There (Major 7th/Spinville/Nine North)
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2 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 4751 -17 2930 37
5 2 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 4629 309 2813 200
4 3 KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 4626 46 2838 23
1 4 BRAD PAISLEY/I'm Still A Guy (Arista) 4503 -508 2757 -276
7 5 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew It All (Columbia) 4180 132 2535 79
6 6 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 3941 -349 2403 -234
8 7 ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista) 3938 60 2473 92
15 8 BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 4 3082 418 1829 242
9 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 2980 -189 1888 -78
14 10 REBA MCENTIRE/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 2943 212 1808 138
13 11 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 2933 129 1760 98
10 12 TOBY KEITH/She's A Hottie (Show Dog) 2745 -400 1718 -218
16 13 JOSH TURNER f/T. YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 2618 71 1684 80
12 14 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 2617 -226 1649 -18
11 15 TIM MCGRAW/Kristofferson (Curb) 2617 -236 1578 -136
17 16 GARY ALLAN/Learning How To Bend (MCA) 2478 76 1514 48
18 17 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 2375 76 1407 49
22 18 SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 4 2072 539 1227 366
19 19 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I'm Dead (Arista) 1946 0 1162 30
23 20 TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 4 1915 409 1115 272
21 21 LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 1737 199 1040 152
24 22 JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 1558 129 894 68
20 23 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're Talking To (Big Machine) 1551 -80 933 -37
25 24 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 1495 162 885 106
26 25 JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 1487 179 848 146
41 26 KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 4 1419 1014 859 569
27 27 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb) 1271 52 740 0
28 28 JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR) 1150 49 675 54
40 29 GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 4 1122 695 681 489
30 30 DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 939 70 550 82
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33 31 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 874 85 459 63
31 32 CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA) 866 15 480 17
32 33 SUGARLAND/Life In A Northern Town (Mercury) 745 -106 434 -32
37 34 RODNEY ATKINS/Invisibly Shaken (Curb) 636 98 334 36
34 35 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 633 23 310 13
36 36 JO DEE MESSINA/I'm Done (Curb) 601 37 248 15
35 37 LEANN RIMES/Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine (Curb) 589 20 336 16
38 38 ERIC CHURCH/His Kind Of Money (My Kind...) (Capitol) 500 -36 244 -22
42 39 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 454 74 254 22
45 40 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 434 85 202 40
54 41 JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 424 243 195 126
43 42 CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA) 412 52 154 45
46 43 ADAM GREGORY/Crazy Days (No Strings Attached/Midas) 360 44 145 26
44 44 LONESTAR/Let Me Love You (Lonestar/CO5) 320 -31 146 -9
48 45 CHRIS CAGLE/No Love Songs (Capitol) 312 31 156 -11
51 46 CARTER'S CHORD/Different Breed (Show Dog) 309 74 117 33
55 47 KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're ... (19/BNA) 292 120 157 73
49 48 ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Republic/Universal South) 281 10 136 0
50 49 RISSI PALMER/No Air (1720 Entertainment) 275 18 134 16
52 50 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 243 35 110 7
Debut 51 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 190 98 109 63
56 52 DAVID NAIL/I'm About To Come Alive (MCA) 189 25 87 16
57 53 FISHER STEVENSON/No Tomorrow Here Tonight (Big Machine) 154 8 65 -2
Debut 54 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 140 40 37 8
59 55 RICK HUCKABY/I Got You Covered (HeadCoach) 132 0 98 0
Debut 56 DIERKS BENTLEY f/S. BUXTON/Sweet And Wild (Capitol) 120 35 24 7
Debut 57 CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED/Cry Lonely (Universal South) 120 20 87 12
Debut 58 MARCEL/I Love This Song (Lyric Street) 110 29 70 32
Debut 59 JAMES OTTO/For You (Warner Bros.) 108 81 47 28
60 60 JOSHUA STEVENS/Rock 'N' Roll & Pensacola (Robbins) 105 -8 50 -1
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