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The Social Media Secret As the largest social media platform, Facebook has been a focus for artists, publications and radio stations. So much so that when the company recently updated its algorithm, CRS went so far as to title a panel “Facebook: Still Our Strongest Ally.“ Unfor-tunately, that claim met a lot of skepticism. Perhaps surprisingly,

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Et Tu, James? Big Machine’s James Marsh does his best Caesar impression on a float in Dallas’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade, celebrating his 50th Birthday. Pictured (l-r) are Big Machine’s Michelle Kammerer, SiriusXM’s J.R. Schumann, Marsh, Big Machine’s Brooke Nixon and wife Melissa.

Big Three: Data, Gut, Relationships As detailed and analyzed more than capably during CRS 2018 (CAW 2/26), programmers have more tools than ever to help them

make music decisions. Towering mountains of data are not only daunting, they have the potential to overshadow other aspects of the process. Country Aircheck checked in with PDs in the Midwest, East, West and Texas to find out how things are changing. Maybe the better question is ... if they are changing. Infoverload: Despite the digital utopia’s promise of actionable insight into consumer be-havior, radio programmers aren’t finding many new solutions. “The real problem I face today is just too much data,” says Bruce Logan, Entercom/Houston SVPP and KILT PD. “Every song has a story of some sort, so it’s harder to identify a hit.” Adding new music might only benefit from a limited slice of research. “When it comes to data that moves the needle for me it’s simply an artist’s batting average,” says Logan. “If they have proven success, the decision is much easier. All of my adds are gut and artist history. I don’t put much stock in M-Scores. We toyed with them for a while but couldn’t find any value.” Conversely, conversions are based mainly on research and local callout. “I care about all information, but local research is the most important for me,” Logan says. “I compare it to all the other data ranging from Shazam to streaming and downloads.” Category changes can be art and science for WUBE/Cincinnati PD Grover Collins. Nate Deaton

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as companies adjust to Facebook›s new rules, they are finding the paradigm has shifted in a direction radio pros will find very familiar. Earlier this month, Cox Media announced the shuttering of its Fans 1st Media publications including RareCountry.com. Representatives from the company have tiptoed around how much of that decision has to do with Facebook specifically, but a look at RareCountry traffic on SimilarWeb shows that it re-ceived 399.33K total visits in February. That’s down from 630K in January when the change was announced, and well below the six-month high of 930K in October 2017. Understandably, many are wondering if Facebook is damaging the way various entities connect with their audiences. Townsquare Media’s Social Content Strategist Anthony Lauletta, who oversees the digital strategy for Taste of Country and The Boot, has found each Facebook algorithm change to be predictable. “It has become more and more focused on a person-to-per-son connection and less about how a user interacts with a publication or a brand,” he says. “For us, especially with Taste of Country and The Boot, it’s working in our favor. Coun-try music is something that people connect with each other over. It amplifies our content in a person’s newsfeed [since real people] really talk to each other about it.” In fact, Taste of Country and The Boot have seen an increase in organic reach on Facebook since the change. Concurrently, Cox VP/Audience & Content for Radio Tim Clarke says their stations› strategies are fitting into the algorithmic mold. ”We didn›t react in a big way,» he says. ”[Facebook founder] Mark Zuckerberg talked about this change as a move to get Facebook to a place where people can have more meaningful interactions. Radio is different from packaged goods and retail brands: We have actual people at the core of the content we push out. What radio is doing on social media is right in line with meaningful interactions.” Personal connection, or in radio parlance, «talking to the listener,» is furthered by content with a positive slant. So says Ashley Alexander of Girlilla Marketing, which works with Darius Rucker, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, Toby

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Keith and the Hemsworth brothers, to name a few. “When the news came out about the algorithm changes, the first thing we did was go to Zuckerberg’s post and try to dissect it as much as possible,” she says. “You can read through and pick out what you think he’s trying to say and adjust your strategy. What we saw was that posts from businesses, brands and media were crowding personal moments that people expect to see. He wants to make Facebook a better place.” Next week in part two, more on so-cial media strategy and examples from those who are winning. –Erin Duvall

Chart Chat Congrats to Chris Stapleton, Royce Risser, Damon Moberly and the Mer-cury promotion team for securing this week’s No. 1 with “Broken Halos.” Writers are Stapleton and Mike Henderson. And kudos to Kris Lamb and the Big Machine reps on landing 53 adds for Trent Harmon’s “You Got ‘Em All,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes Grayscale Marketing’s Tim Gray has launched web series The Golden Rules, with season one guests including Justin Lev-enson, Rusty Gaston, Al McManus, John Ozier, Der-ek Crownover, John Folk, Michelle Tigard Kammerer, Mike Molinar and Pam Matthews. More here. The Merle Travis 100th Birthday Celebration Concert, presented by Bigsby and the Grammy Museum, will be at Nashville’s City Winery April 18 with performances by Tom-my Emmanuel, Steve Wariner, Pat Bergeson, John Jorgenson and Thom Bresh, among others. Proceeds will benefit the Grammy Museum’s Music Education Programs. More here. Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, Inc. promoted Danielle DeMaso and Brian Gordner to Account Managers, Chris Scott to Account Executive and Lara-mie Lomanto to Sr. Account Assistant. SOLID’s annual Music Row Madness event will be April 25 at Nashville’s Topgolf. The tournament will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee. Details here.

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(continued from page 1)Big Three: Data, Gut, Relationships

Jordan Walker and Johnny McGuire of Wheelhouse’s Walker McGuire discuss their most influential music:1. Blake Shelton’s “Austin:” (JW) It’s my favorite song. The first time I heard it, I was 10 and my family and I were on the way

to the bowling alley. I was blown away. What a cool story song.2. Keith Whitley: (JW) The best voice in the history of music.3. Keith Urban’s Get Closer: (JW) I listened to that while delivering pizzas, all summer long in college. I could tell you every note on that record. It changed my life. 4. Neal McCoy at Billy Bob’s: (JW) I was seven years old when I saw him. He was crazy. He was climbing the trusses, running all over the stage, sweating like crazy. He was working the stage but you could tell he was having a blast.5. The Great Divide: (JW) I saw them when I was 10 years old. My mom told the lead singer, Mike McClure, that I wanted to be a singer. He gave me a hat, signed it and talked to me for a few minutes. I always thought that was so cool. He didn’t have to spend that much time with me, but I’ll never forget it.• Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: (JM) Jordan’s been telling me how awesome the latest Bruno Mars album is. I need to check it out.• “Important” music you just don’t get: (JM) EDM. I’m in-terested in how DJs make that music, but I’ve always just been an old-school “guitars, amps, bass, drums” guy. • An album you listened to incessantly: (JM) Tom Petty’s Wildflowers. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: (JM) There’s a band called The War On Drugs. Their song “Holding On” is a brilliant record.• Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: (JM) Savage Garden and boy bands. I grew up in the ‘90s and heard so much of that stuff. I really dug the melodies.

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“Every song should be treated differently when it comes to moving No. 1s to recurrent,” he says. “If the research was only medium and it went to the top, I won’t keep it around.” Beasley Country Format Captain and WSOC/Charlotte OM/PD DJ Stout also widens the array of inputs once music has reached significant airplay levels. “It’s a combination of research, record sales, iTunes, streaming numbers, Shazam and my gut,” he says. “If a No. 1 isn’t burning yet, sometimes I’ll packet the song so it still plays quite a bit. If there’s something ready to pop behind it, I’ll move it out.” Guts Like A Knife: KRTY/San Jose GM Nate Deaton com-bines elements of a research focus group with gut instinct. “I have an 18-person music team mainly composed of real-life everyday listeners,” he says. “Whichever song gets the most votes wins, whether it’s an add to KRTY’s playlist or conversion to a better category. We look at research, the chart and the sound of the station. Plus, if that artist just had a sold-out show, that has a huge influence on the record for us.” Collins tempers his view of show attendance. “Let’s say an artist is sold out here but the song isn’t testing local. I remind myself that 20,000 people in a sold-out venue is only a small representation of my total cume, so I must remain steady. One reactive measure programmers actively avoid is fear. “Take chances,” Deaton says. “I compete against Silicon Valley and all the streaming services, so I’ve got to be early on stuff. KRTY needs to be the place people go for country music discovery. Your audience always returns when your choices for new music are right. We’ve been taking chances for 20 years and I’ve seen six competitors come and go. You won’t always be right but, when you win, you win big.” By contrast, there’s at least one leap Deaton won’t make. “If somebody is unsigned, I’m not interested in making a regional star,” he says. “That’s a risk I won’t take. Artists need a national backing.” Stout agrees with bold decision making, but isn’t opposed to unsigned artists. “Programmers shouldn’t be afraid to play new music,” he says. “We need to be exposing these new artists to grow the format while cultivating relationships with the artists and labels. You can do that without hurting your radio station.” He adds, “Unsigned artists don’t scare me. I played Kane Brown

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before he was signed and we sold out two shows.” Visitour: Perhaps the best indication of how important rela-tionships are to music decisions is the considerable investment labels continue to make in station visits. “An artist really needs to resonate in person,” Collins says. “You like to know if they have the full package before you’re going to invest in them with airplay. If the song they present is good, I’ll play it, but if the presentation is bad, that just backfires.” Deaton agrees. “An artist has a 1,000-times greater chance of being played if they make the effort to do a station visit versus sending me product,” he says. “A visit lets you see the artist play live so you can assess the reality of their potential. Save your five-song samplers.” “Visits sometimes speed up the process of adding the record,” echoes Stout. “You can tell if an artist has something and, if they

do, play the song and then bring them back to the market for [a listener show]. That’s the most reliable process.” A programmer armed with the right information – from the statistical to the visceral – is a programmer primed for success. And that never really changes. “It always trips me out when I hear stories from my record reps about programmers who don’t listen to the music,” Stout says of those who skip at least one crucial step. “They’re making their decisions based solely on research and consultants.” Guest columnist Tyler Reese is a 15-year radio vet whose programming and on-air stops include WMAD/Madison, WKKT/Charlotte, WSIX/Nashville and WEZL/Charleston, SC. Reach him here. CAC

Beer Pressure: Sony Music Nashville staff and artists in Austin at the label group’s South By Southwest (SXSW) showcase, sponsored by Budweiser. (l-r) SMN’s John Zarling and Randy Goodman, Anheuser-Busch’s Ryan Mortimer, RCA/Nashville’s Kane Brown and RCA’s Elle King, Anheuser-Busch’s Taylor Eickenhorst and SMN’s Nicole Marinake.

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Seek & eMployAvailable Jobs

Here’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we’ll include you in a future update:

Buck Owens Productions KUZZ AM & FM/Bakersfield is searching for a Sales Assistant in the Radio Sales and Camera Ads departments. Send résumés here.

Saga WPOR/Portland, ME has an opening for a morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés to PD Crash Poteet here.

iHeartMedia KNIX/Phoenix has an opening for a PD. Apply here.

Dick WRNS/Greenville, NC is looking for a morning host. Send airchecks and résumés here.

Cumulus WIOV/Lancaster, PA is searching for a morning co-host. Apply here.

Scripps KTTS/Springfield, MO is seeking a morning show co-host. Apply here.

Vallie Richards Donovan Consulting has an immediate PM drive opening at a legendary east coast Country station. Send airchecks and résumés to “Country Jobs” here.

Ingstad KXDD/Yakima, WA is searching for a MD/morning co-host. Send airchecks, résumés, social media samples and a cover letter here.

Leighton KZPK/St. Cloud, MN is searching for a PD/morning host. Send airchecks and résumés to OM JJ Holiday here.

DBC Radio WUBB/Savannah, GA has a morning show open-ing. Send airchecks and résumés to OM Gabe Reynolds here.

Entercom KMNB/Minneapolis is searching for an OM/PD. Apply here.

iHeartMedia has a number of key PD openings including WQIK/Jacksonville and KBEB/Sacramento. Send materials to iHeartCountry format captain Rod Phillips here.

MWC Media Knoxville’s WIMZ Classic Rock is searching for a full-time night personality. Send airchecks and résumés to Brand Mgr. Randy Chambers here.

iHeartMedia/Huntsville is searching for a Dir./Promotions, a newly created position for the cluster that includes Country WDRM. Apply here.

W&B WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY has an opening for a morn-ing co-host. Airchecks and résumés can be sent to Managing Partner/GM René Bell here.

Entercom KFRG/Riverside has a full-time on-air opening. Apply here.

Southern Stone WKRO/Daytona Beach, FL has an opening for a PD/morning host. Send résumé, aircheck and success stories to consultant Jeff Sanders here and OM Tremble here.

Entercom KMLE/Phoenix has an opening for a morning host. Apply here.

Entercom WKIS/Miami is searching for an evening host. Apply here.

Mid-West’s WRTB/Rockford, IL has newly created on-air open-ing. Airchecks and résumés to PD Steve Summers here.

Beasley WQYK/Tampa is looking for a PD. Send materials here.

Cumulus KSCS/Dallas is looking for an APD/MD/afternoon host. Send materials here.

Binnie Media-Maine is searching for a Dir./Traffic and a part-time Sales Assistant in Portland, for its stations which include Country WTHT and WBQQ. Send materials here.

Midwest KVOX/Fargo has an unspecified on-air opening. Send airchecks and résumés here.

Hubbard KVRQ/Seattle is looking for a Program Direc-tor, morning show and on-air host here.

Cumulus KQFC/Boise is looking for an afternoon host who can also handle afternoon traffic and production for the five-station cluster. Details here.

Townsquare WXXQ/Rockford, IL is looking for an afternoon host who also has social media skills. Send materials here.

Consultant Joel Raab has two client stations looking for a PD and an APD/MD in two different Top 100 markets. Send materials here.

iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington is looking for an MD/eve-ning host. Send materials here.

iHeartMedia/Tampa is looking for a Sr. Dir./Promotions. Apply here.

Cumulus WIVK/Knoxville is looking for a morning show Exec. Producer. Apply here. Summit WQNU/Louisville is looking for an APD/MD/on-air host. Submit materials here.

Entercom KKWF/Seattle is looking for a morning show co-host. Details here.

Scripps WKTI/Milwaukee is looking for a morning show host here.

Saga WPOR/Portland, ME is looking for a PD. Details here.

CMA is looking for a Market Research Analyst and a Creative Content Project Manager. Send cover letter, résumé and salary requirements to HR Consultant Sarah Pinson here.

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2 CHRIS STAPLETONBroken Halos (Mercury)

22931 540 8755 108 57.972 1.031 157 0

1 2 THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 21600 -1840 8029 -665 55.579 -4.352 157 0

3 3 LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) ✔ 21131 1501 7961 554 54.027 5.353 157 0

4 4 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 18803 360 7116 134 47.578 1.259 157 0

5 5 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 18683 678 6777 211 47.501 2.062 157 0

6 6 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) ✔ 18389 844 6794 379 45.035 2.474 156 0

9 7 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) ✔ 17348 1548 6253 585 42.299 4.026 152 0

7 8 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 16805 167 6434 117 41.216 0.372 154 1

10 9 JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 14981 535 5545 220 38.45 1.717 157 0

11 10 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 13827 465 5173 133 34.496 1.303 157 0

12 11 KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 13284 705 4918 362 33.083 2.516 157 0

13 12 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 11807 -153 4374 -51 27.624 -0.024 157 0

14 13 BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 11454 584 4224 216 29.164 2.12 156 1

16 14 DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) 10161 531 3602 160 24.61 1.617 156 3

15 15 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 10159 -293 3795 -6 23.274 0.315 154 1

17 16 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 9951 369 3728 95 24.787 1.255 149 0

18 17 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 9520 61 3624 58 20.933 0.087 155 0

19 18 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud/BMLGR) 8631 289 3249 151 19.784 1.098 148 2

20 19 LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) ✔ 8452 835 3056 324 20.58 1.724 154 6

21 20 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 7180 -65 2777 -33 16.075 0.279 145 2

22 21 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 7091 303 2377 126 15.064 1.397 127 0

23 22 LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek) 6238 235 2424 73 11.958 0.393 146 0

24 23 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 6118 282 2416 63 14.113 1.136 142 2

25 24 MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 5730 342 2248 129 12.37 0.795 128 3

27 25 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 5724 595 1977 178 10.905 1.427 132 4

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26 26 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 5508 190 1942 56 9.695 0.441 146 6

28 27 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 5229 208 1920 53 9.708 0.752 142 0

32 28 JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) ✔ 5194 1959 1951 799 11.602 4.559 141 13

29 29 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 4528 213 1743 90 10.05 1.601 129 5

30 30 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 4460 147 1666 22 8.476 0.321 138 0

31 31 COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 3806 150 1456 115 6.78 -0.034 124 7

37 32 DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) 3361 319 1161 133 7.724 0.604 113 3

33 33 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) 3238 133 1083 10 8.489 0.45 92 0

36 34 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 3149 103 1171 50 5.132 0.467 131 4

35 35 CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 3127 77 1208 23 5.789 0.408 113 2

34 36 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 3051 -42 1161 -3 4.551 -0.199 112 2

38 37 BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 3008 216 1075 59 6.101 0.778 107 3

39 38 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 2797 54 1060 12 4.352 0.427 108 1

40 39 SUGARLAND/Still The Same (UMG/Big Machine) 2633 58 1087 17 3.062 -0.025 122 3

41 40 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville) 2448 10 975 12 4.393 0.121 103 2

43 41 KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA) 2252 -56 883 -13 3.365 0.08 103 4

45 42 BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers... (EMI Nashville) 2177 63 833 40 2.812 0.216 108 1

46 43 CAM/Diane (Arista) 2054 1 761 10 2.958 -0.22 91 0

47 44 MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 1967 242 659 53 3.8 0.864 83 3

44 45 JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) 1961 -214 693 -64 4.956 -0.71 78 1

48 46 LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 1728 44 599 13 2.778 0.225 85 5

49 47 LOCASH/Don't Get Better Than That (Reviver) 1610 -42 616 -14 2.564 -0.207 73 2

50 48 JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) 1555 13 651 -3 2.49 0.089 76 2

49 CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 1346 420 554 176 1.808 0.394 76 8

50 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) 1201 321 467 134 1.697 0.289 70 7

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersJAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 799

BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 585

LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) 554

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 379

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 362

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 324

KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 250

JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 220

BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 216

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 211

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersJAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 1959 ✔BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 1548 ✔LUKE BRYAN/Most People Are Good (Capitol) 1501 ✔JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 844 ✔LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 835 ✔KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 705


KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 616

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 595


Activator Top Spin GainersJAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 341

BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 274

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 162

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 125

MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud) 119


HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 108


BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 104


Activator Top Point GainersJAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 1552 ✔

BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 1309 ✔

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 832 ✔

GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 691 ✔

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 676 ✔



BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 508


JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 492

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents PointsSCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 14695

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 10178

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 10139

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 9740

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 9029

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 8680

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 8605

KANE BROWN f/L. Alaina/What Ifs (RCA) 8424

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 8420

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 7979

Country Aircheck Add Leaders AddsTRENT HARMON/You Got 'Em All (Big Machine) 53TRAVIS DENNING/David Ashley Parker From... (Mercury) 40KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 15JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 13CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 8COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 7RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) 7CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 6LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 6DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) 5JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 5LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 5


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JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) Moves 44-45 1,961 points, 693 spins 1 add: KUPL

LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) Moves 48-46* 1,728 points, 599 spins 5 adds: KCYE, WGTY, WLHK, WPOR, WSSL

LOCASH/Don’t Get Bett er Than That (Reviver) Moves 49-47 1,610 points, 616 spins 2 adds: KCYY*, WMAD

JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) Moves 50-48* 1,555 points, 651 spins 2 adds: KSSN, WMAD

CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin’ On (RCA) Debuts at 49* 1,346 points, 554 spins 8 adds: KBEB, KCYY*, KFRG, KHEY, WAVW, WCTK, WNCY, WYRK

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) Debuts at 50* 1,201 points, 467 spins 7 adds: KHEY, KUBL*, KYGO, WCTQ, WGAR, WMAD, WUSH

DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) 1,110 points, 394 spins 5 adds: KBEQ, KMNB, KTTS, KXLY, WDSY

KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 1,070 points, 452 spins 15 adds including: KBEB, KBQI, KJUG, KKGO, KSSN, KWNR, WBEE, WDRM, WDRQ*, WFUS

KID ROCK/American Rock’n’Roll (BBR/BMG/Red Bow) 913 points, 388 spins 1 add: WYCT

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March 26MITCHELL TENPENNY/Drunk Me (Riser House/Columbia)SMITHFIELD/Hey Whiskey (Deluge/in2une)CALE DODDS/Take You Back (Warner Bros./WMN)KEITH URBAN f/JULIA MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol)

April 2TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory)

April 9CRAIG CAMPBELL/See You Try (Red Bow)MIDLAND/Burn Out (Big Machine)

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Jordan Davis Home State (MCA)The singer/songwriter’s debut album was produced by Paul DiGiovanni and features 12 songs co-written by Davis, including the lead single “Singles You Up” and previously-released tracks “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot” and “Take It From Me.”

High Valley Farmhouse Sessions (Atlantic/WEA)Recorded in their farmhouse outside of Nash-ville, the aptly-titled project features acoustic versions of songs from their debut album, Dear Life, including “Make You Mine,” “I Be U Be” and “She’s With Me.”

March 30Ashley McBryde Girl Going Nowhere (Atlantic/WAR)Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour (MCA)Mary Chapin Carpenter Sometimes Just The Sky (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers)Lindi Ortega Liberty (Shadowbox Music Co.)

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS

2 1 LUKE BRYANMost People Are Good (Capitol) 11837 365 2524 72 53 01 2 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 11204 -753 2497 -148 52 0

5 3 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 10532 565 2285 112 52 0

3 4 THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 10274 -535 2344 -49 49 0

4 5 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 10162 -84 2312 38 52 0

6 6 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 9541 492 2057 95 53 0

7 7 JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 8525 453 1795 92 52 0

8 8 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 8261 489 1780 108 51 1

10 9 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) ✔ 7973 1309 1715 274 52 2

9 10 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 7730 272 1660 57 52 0

12 11 KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) ✔ 7210 832 1426 125 51 0

11 12 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 6829 295 1434 53 53 0

13 13 BLAKE SHELTON/I Lived It (Warner Bros./WMN) 6821 590 1448 105 52 1

14 14 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) ✔ 6730 691 1417 99 49 0

15 15 DIERKS BENTLEY/Woman, Amen (Capitol) 6368 402 1316 99 54 3

16 16 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Blue Chair/Reviver) 5814 359 1233 79 52 0

17 17 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 5701 508 1261 104 52 0

18 18 LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) ✔ 5475 676 1121 162 53 5

20 19 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (BMLGR/Big Loud) 4298 389 967 119 50 2

19 20 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 4178 166 883 36 51 1

24 21 LINDSAY ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek) 3394 474 677 61 48 4

22 22 MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 3360 315 680 63 51 2

21 23 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 3224 65 631 18 49 1

23 24 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 3191 155 663 16 48 4

33 25 JAKE OWEN/I Was Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) ✔ 3133 1552 644 341 49 15

25 26 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 3092 439 681 85 46 1

27 27 COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 2810 484 560 95 47 7

28 28 DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) 2294 243 411 40 41 4

26 29 CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 2241 -108 397 -7 41 3

29 30 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 2012 164 430 30 39 1

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

31 31 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 1956 236 405 44 37 4

34 32 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 1934 508 408 101 40 8

30 33 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) 1794 7 441 -1 33 1

32 34 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 1778 183 385 41 40 2

36 35 BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 1311 147 260 28 28 0

37 36 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 1196 89 246 21 29 1

35 37 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Shoot Me Straight (EMI Nashville) 1178 -40 222 -14 20 0

38 38 STEPHANIE QUAYLE/Selfish (Rebel Engine) 1100 45 201 6 16 0

39 39 AARON WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label) 1013 3 206 -3 21 0

42 40 MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 994 67 199 22 23 1

41 41 CAM/Diane (Arista) 989 39 206 9 27 0

43 42 LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 976 78 141 13 9 0

44 43 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 934 35 192 15 33 1

45 44 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 873 21 200 3 30 0

46 45 SUGARLAND/Still The Same (UMGN/Big Machine) 863 130 208 30 38 0

40 46 JERROD NIEMANN/I Got This (Curb) 841 -145 187 -44 16 0

48 47 KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 830 125 127 24 8 3

53 48 CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 757 236 147 54 21 4

47 49 BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers And Preachers (EMI Nashville) 680 -38 155 -10 23 0

49 50 CJ SOLAR/Airplane (Sea Gayle) 669 -10 122 -1 14 0

54 51 LOCASH/Don't Get Better Than That (Reviver) 614 115 128 14 9 0

52 52 DANIELLE BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) 597 4 95 1 11 0

50 53 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Reason (Atlantic/WMN) 560 -80 56 -8 1 0

51 54 THOMAS RHETT/When You Look Like That (Valory) 540 -70 54 -7 1 0

58 55 C. UNDERWOOD f/LUDACRIS/The Champion (Capitol) 478 50 49 5 3 0

55 56 SIR ROSEVELT/Something 'Bout You (Elektra/WAR) 478 21 73 0 5 0

56 57 TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory) 460 30 46 3 1 0

57 58 KEITH URBAN/Parallel Line (Capitol) 440 10 44 1 1 0

59 59 OLD DOMINION/Stars In The City (RCA) 420 0 42 0 1 0

60 60 DEVIN DAWSON/Dark Horse (Atlantic/WEA) 370 -40 37 -4 1 0

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