MusicRow  2016  Publisher  Issue    MusicRow  is  proud  to  reveal  its  2016  Publisher  Issue.  The  October/November  issue  highlights  the  music  publishing  and  songwriting  community  with  a  directory  for  premier  music  publishers  and  in-­‐depth  features.  The  Expanded  Writers’  Notes  portion  includes  exclusive  interviews  with  Florida  Georgia  Line,  Josh  Hoge,  Kelsea  Ballerini,  Abe  Stoklasa,  Andrew  Dorff,  and  Jamie  Floyd.  CMA  Entertainer  of  the  Year  nominee  Carrie  Underwood  graces  the  cover  of  the  2016  Publisher  Issue.  For  more  info,  click  here.    !!Tim  McGraw,  Faith  Hill  Plot  Soul2Soul  2017  Tour  !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tim  McGraw  and  Faith  Hill  will  spend  2017  on  the  road  with  the  revived  Soul2Soul  Tour.  The  tour  was  announced  during  a  concert  at  the  Ryman  Auditorium  in  Nashville  on  Tuesday  (Oct.  4).  It  was  the  \irst  show  at  the  famous  venue  the  couple  had  performed  together.  The  new  Soul2Soul  tour  will  begin  on  April  7  in  New  Orleans,  with  U.S.  and  Canadian  dates  scheduled  through  October  2017.  The  duo  will  perform  in  Nashville  on  Aug.  4.  For  more  info,  click  here.    !

Luke  Combs  Signs  With  River  House  Artists/Columbia  Nashville  !

Sony  Music  Nashville  and  River  House  Artists  have  inked  a  joint  venture  deal  by  signing  Luke  Combs  to  River  House  Artists/Columbia  Nashville.    !Combs’  \irst  single,  “Hurricane,”  leads  his  forthcoming  full-­‐length  album  This  One’s  For  You.  Combs,  a  North  Carolina  native,  moved  to  Nashville  in  2014.  To  read  more,  click  here.  !

New  On  The  Chart  —Debuting  This  Week  Artist/song/label—chart  pos.  Thomas  Rhett/Star  Of  The  Show/Valory  Music  Co.—  51  Kelsea  Ballerini/Yeah  Boy/Black  River  Ent.—  63  Courtney  Dickinson/Young  Forever—  72  Denny  Strickland/Get  A  Grip/Red  Star  Productions—  79  Luke  Combs/Hurricane/River  House  Artists-­‐Columbia  Nashville—  80  !Greatest  Spin  Increase  Artist/song/label—Spin  Increase  Thomas  Rhett/Star  Of  The  Show/Valory  Music  Co.—  453  Blake  Shelton/A  Guy  With  A  Girl/Warner  Bros.—  349  Jon  Pardi/Dirt  On  My  Boots/Capitol  Nashville—241  Carrie  Underwood/Dirty  Laundry/Arista  Nashville—  226  Artists  of  Then,  Now,  and  Forever/Forever  Country/MCA—  224  !Most  Added  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Adds  Thomas  Rhett/Star  Of  The  Show/Valory  Music  Co.—  32  Blake  Shelton/A  Guy  With  A  Girl/Warner  Bros.—22  Kelsea  Ballerini/Yeah  Boy/Black  River  Ent.—13  Artists  of  Then,  Now,  and  Forever/Forever  Country/MCA—13  Jon  Pardi/Dirt  On  My  Boots/Capitol  Nashville—12  Michael  Ray/Think  A  Little  Less/Warner  Bros.—  6  David  Nail  w/  Brothers  Osborne/Good  At  Tonight/MCA  Nashville—6  Lauren  Alaina/Road  Less  Traveled/Mercury  Nashville—  6  !On  Deck—Soon  To  Be  Charting  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Spins  Chase  Rice/Everybody  We  Know  Does/Columbia  Nashville—  197  Tyler  Farr/Our  Town/Columbia  Nashville—  193  Trace  Adkins/Lit/Wheelhouse  Records—  191  Dan  +  Shay/How  Not  To/Warner  Bros.—  187  Mike  Smith/Green  Eyed  Girl—  183

Thursday,  October  6,  2016

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Thursday,  October  6,  2016

ARTIST  SPOTLIGHTMarty  Heddin  Sponsored  By:  Nightlife  Entertainment  Group  !Single:  “Game  Changer”                                Songwriters:    Casey  Wood,  Andi  Johnson  &  Ken  Johnson  !Hometown:    Garland,  TX  !Website:  www.martyheddin.com  !Artist  Bio:  A  true  Texas  troubadour  with  an  old  soul  and  a  modern  heart,  Marty  Heddin  is  perhaps  one  of  the  last  great  musical  workhorses.  Born  and  raised  in  Garland,  Texas,  Heddin  started  his  love  affair  with  music  at  a  young  age.  He  found  his  passion,  his  place  and  his  voice,  singing  tenor  in  the  local  choir  and  immersing  himself  in  country’s  greatest  records.    Before  long,  Heddin  was  discovered  while  touring  the  state’s  Opry  circuit.  His  smooth,  classic  tone  and  full-­‐throttle  style  caught  the  attention  of  Cowboys’  bandleader  Bobby  Smith  and,  well,  the  rest  was  history.    Chances  are,  your  favorite  country  singer  has  probably  played  with  Marty  Heddin  &  the  Country  Blues.  As  the  house  bandleader  for  Cowboys  in  Dallas,  San  Antonio,  and  Atlanta,  he’s  opened  for  everyone  from  Tim  McGraw  to  Toby  Keith  and  Kenny  Chesney.  He’s  showing  no  signs  of  slowing  down,  readying  his  \irst  six-­‐song  EP  produced  by  one  of  Nashville’s  biggest  hitmakers,  Keith  Stegall.  Like  the  best  of  George  Strait,  Vince  Gill  and  Alan  Jackson,  it’s  an  up-­‐tempo  twang  with  a  heavy  dose  of  Southern  soul  and  plenty  of  rock  ’n'  roll  energy  without  losing  even  a  second  of  its  Texas  swing.    !Marty  Fun  Fact:  One  of  the  \irst  songs  I  ever  sang  at  an  opry  was  “Here  in  the  Real  World”  by  Alan  Jackson,  produced  by  Keith  Stegall.  Twenty-­‐\ive  years  later,  Stegall  is  now  my  producer.  

Pictured: (L - R) CMT Sr VP of Music Strategy Leslie Fram, Rebel Engine recording art-ist Stephanie Quayle, CMT’s Stacey Cato and Lauren Tingle.

Pictured: (L-R) Columbia Nashville’s Maren Morris with WCKT/Ft Myers, FL’s Mike Tyler.

Pictured: (L - R) Tim Richards of KMLE/Phoenix, AZ with Warner Bros.’ Chris Janson.

Pictured: (L - R) WLHK/Indianapolis’ Fritz Moser, Big Loud Records’ Chris Lane, WLHK’s JD Cannon, and the label’s Director Midwest Promotion Roger Fregoso.

MusicRow’s Troy Stephenson with The Kentucky Headhunters. Pictured: (L - R) WEIO/Huntingdon, TN’s Ken Baker, Break the Cycle Entertainment’s Kris Bradley, WEIO’s Kelly Green.

Singles  October  10  Love  and  Theft/Candyland/Curb  Records  Brad  Paisley/Today/Arista  Nashville  Kelsea  Ballerini/Yeah  Boy/Black  River  Ent  Ryan  Follesse/Put  A  Label  On  It/BMLG  Records  Tim  Elliott/What’s  Not  To  Love/Boggs  River  Entertainment  Jamie  Stever/This  Life  Ain’t  For  Everyone/Tri-­‐Mount  Entertainment  Drew  Baldridge  w/  Emily  Weisband/Rebound/Cold  River-­‐New  Revolution  Radio  Romance/Secrets  Tyler  Hammond/Tough  Girl  David  McArthur/101  Reasons/SMG-­‐Nashville  !October  17  Justin  Moore/Somebody  Else  Will/The  Valory  Music  Co.  Jake  Owen/If  He  Ain't  Gonna  Love  You/RCA  Nashville  Aubrie  Sellers/Sit  Here  And  Cry/Warner  Bros.-­‐WEA  Robbie  Robinson/Make  A  Wish/GIM  Records  Inc  Josh  Abbott  Band/Amnesia/Reviver  Records  !October  24  Brian  Milson/Gonna  Be  A  Song  Someday/First  Short  Road  Productions  Hunter  Hayes/Yesterday’s  Song/Warner  Bros.  !Albums  October  7  Mo  Pitney/Behind  This  Guitar/Curb  Records  Brent  Cobb/Shine  On  Rainy  Day/Low  Country  Sound-­‐Elektra  Tucker  Beathard/Fight  Like  Hell  [EP]/Dot  Records  Hank  Williams/20  Greatest  Hits  (Vinyl)/Mercury-­‐UME  Buck  Owens/Buck  Owens  (Vinyl)/Capitol  Nashville-­‐UME  Sylvia/It’s  All  in  the  Family  Loretta  Lynn/White  Christmas  Blue/Legacy  Recordings

Luke  Bryan  has  taken  “Move”  to  the  No.  1  spot  on  this  week’s  MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart.  It  is  the  \ifth  straight  No.  1  single  from  his  Kill  The  Lights  Album.  !“Move”  was  written  by  Bryan,  Michael  Carter,  and  Jay  Clementi.  !Bryan’s  latest  album,  Farm  Tour…Here’s  To  The  Farmer,  topped  the  country  albums  chart  this  week  (and  lands  at  No.  4  on  the  overall  albums  rankings)  for  its  debut,  with  32K  sold.  !With  the  impending  Hurricane  Matthew  approaching,  Bryan  had  to  Cancel  his  \irst  2016  Farm  Tour  Date  which  was  schedule  for  Wednesday  (Oct.  5)  in  South  Carolina.  The  remainder  of  the  tour  will  go  on  as  schedule.  See  the  tour  dates  by  clicking  here.    

Click  here  to  view  a  full  list  of  MusicRow’s  Challenge  Coin  recipients.

WHMA  Anniston  AL  WXFL  Florence  AL  WTDR  Talladega  AL  KCJC  Russellville  AR  KCNY  Conway  AR  KDXY  Jonesboro  AR  KQUS  Hot  Springs  AR  KWCK  Searcy  AR  KTTI  Yuma  AZ  KRAZ  Santa  Maria  CA  KVAY  Lamar  CO  WHWY  Destin  FL  WBYZ  Baxley  GA  WTHO  Thomson  GA  WUBB  Savannah  GA  KBOE  Oskaloosa  IA  KIAI  Mason  City  IA  KLMJ  Hampton  IA  !!

KSMA  Mason  City  IA  KXIA  Marshalltown  IA  KTHK  Idaho  Falls  ID  WAAG  Galesburg  IL  WIBL  Normal  IL  WOOZ  Carterville  IL  WGKC  Urbana  IL  WDZQ  Decatur  IL  WMCI  Mattoon  IL  WRTB  Rockford  IL  WIFE  Connersville  IN  WYGB  Franklin  IN  KAIR  Atchison  KS  KYEZ  Salina  KS  WBKR  Owensboro  KY    WDHR  Pikeville  KY  WGGC  Bowling  Green  KY  WKDZ  Cadiz  KY  !

KRRV  Alexandria  LA  KQKI  Morgan  City  LA  WKPE  Hyannis,  MA  WVMD  Cumberland  MD  WATZ  Alpena  MI    WTCM  Traverse  City  MI  WJNR  Iron  Mountain  MI  KZPK  St.  Cloud  MN  KYSM  Mankato  MN  KYLS  Farmington  MO  KCLQ  Lebanon  MO  KWWR  Mexico  MO  KBXB  Sikeston  MO  KFAV  Warrenton  MO  WQNZ  Natchez  MS  KZZY  Devils  Lake  ND  KRVN  Lexington  NE  KRGI  Grand  Island  NE  KQBA  Santa  Fe  NM  

WDNB  Liberty  NY  WOLF  Syracuse  NY  WCJW  Warsaw  NY  WFRY  Watertown  NY  KWHW  Altus  OK  KITX  Hugo  OK  KWOX  Woodward  OK  KWEY  Weatherford  OK  KRKT  Albany  OR  WFGE  State  College  PA  WCFT  Selinsgrove  PA  WDKN  Dickson  TN  WEIO  Huntingdon  TN  WLLX  Lawrenceburg  TN  WUCZ  Carthage  TN  Renegade  Radio  Nashville    KFTX  Corpus  Christi  TX  KGKL  San  Angelo  TX  

KMKS  Bay  City  TX  KXOX  Sweetwater  TX  KYYK  Palestine  TX  KMRK  Odessa  TX  WAKG  Danville  VA  KICR  Spokane  WA  WAXX  Altoona  WI  WCOW  La  Crosse  WI  WGLR  Platteville  WI  WJMQ  Shawano  WI    WJVL  Janesville  WI  WQPC  Prairie  du  Chien  WI  WPCK  Green  Bay  WI  WDGG  Huntington  WV  WKKW  Morgantown  WV  WTNJ  Mount  Hope  WV  WKWS  Charleston  WV  WTCR  Huntington  WV  !!!

MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart  Reporting  Stations  

Thursday,  September  29,  2016

CALENDAR NO.  1  SONG

Weeks % SpinOn Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/-

Thursday, October 6, 2016

12 2 1 Luke Bryan / Move / Capitol Nashville 3098/85 7 21317 3 2 Old Dominion / Song For Another Time / RCA Nashville 3018/90 5 14625 4 3 Brett Young / Sleep Without You / Republic 2943/87 3 7415 6 4 Tim McGraw / How I’ll Always Be / Big Machine 2930/91 5 14522 5 5 Cole Swindell / Middle Of A Memory / Warner Bros. 2862/76 1 3512 7 6 Jason Aldean / A Little More Summertime / Broken Bow 2833/84 4 10016 9 7 Maren Morris / 80s Mercedes / Columbia Nashville 2707/87 6 1588 10 8 Keith Urban / Blue Ain’t Your Color / Capitol Nashville 2574/88 7 1689 11 9 Florida Georgia Line w/ Tim McGraw / May We All / BMLG Records 2535/90 8 18224 12 10 Chris Stapleton / Parachute / Mercury 2342/80 2 3618 13 11 Chris Young / Sober Saturday Night / RCA Nashville 2231/90 4 9030 14 12 Granger Smith / If The Boot Fits / Wheelhouse Records 2174/79 2 457 16 13 Carrie Underwood / Dirty Laundry / Arista 2165/86 12 22612 1 14 Miranda Lambert / Vice / RCA 2139/62 -27 -80521 15 15 Brett Eldredge / Wanna Be That Song / Warner Bros. 2138/76 7 13122 17 16 Jerrod Niemann w/ Lee Brice / A Little More Love / Curb 1868/76 3 637 19 17 Eric Church / Kill A Word / EMI Nashville 1859/86 13 21818 18 18 Josh Turner / Hometown Girl / MCA Nashville 1788/83 7 11120 20 19 Easton Corbin / Are You With Me / Mercury 1316/64 4 456 24 20 Lauren Alaina / Road Less Traveled / Mercury Nashville 1312/72 15 17514 21 21 Darius Rucker / If I Told You / Capitol Nashville 1283/69 5 6623 22 22 Chris Janson / Holdin’ Her / Warner Bros 1227/62 6 6910 23 23 Brantley Gilbert / The Weekend / Valory Music Co. 1196/66 5 5412 25 24 Toby Keith / A Few More Cowboys / Show Dog Nashville 1098/55 3 3223 27 25 Michael Ray / Think A Little Less / Warner Bros. 1062/60 7 6515 26 26 Eli Young Band / Saltwater Gospel / Valory Music Co. 1054/53 3 318 31 27 Ronnie Dunn w/ Kix Brooks / Damn Drunk / BMLG 1020/55 9 8214 30 28 Dustin Lynch / Seein’ Red / Broken Bow 986/55 5 4615 29 29 Gary Allan / Do You Wish It Was Me? / EMI Records Nashville 985/50 2 249 28 30 The Band Perry / Comeback Kid / Mercury Nashville-Interscope Records 984/58 2 178 32 31 Vince Gill / Me And My Girl / MCA Nashville 954/58 7 668 34 32 LANco / Long Live Tonight / Arista Nashville 919/56 9 723 41 33 Jon Pardi / Dirt On My Boots / Capitol Nashville 898/62 37 2413 40 34 Artists of Then, Now, and Forever / Forever Country / MCA 892/45 34 22420 33 35 Donica Knight / Love Ain’t A Prize / MTS-Donica Knight, Inc 881/43 2 177 35 36 Dylan Scott / My Girl / Curb 839/57 10 735 36 37 Chris Lane / For Her / Big Loud Records 782/58 8 5713 37 38 Mickey Guyton / Heartbreak Song / Capitol Nashville 731/40 2 1311 39 39 Presley & Taylor / My Hometown / SMG Records Nashville 719/45 6 3818 38 40 Darryl Worley / Rainmaker / Worleybird Records 715/40 0 1

Weeks % SpinOn Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/-

No. 1 Song Greatest Spin Increase Highest Debut

2 63 41 Blake Shelton / A Guy With A Girl / Warner Bros. 703/45 99 3498 42 42 Trent Harmon / There’s A Girl / Big Machine 673/43 5 339 46 43 Smith & Wesley / You’re The One / Garage Door Records 666/49 15 8613 43 44 Bobby Wills / Down by the River / MDM 651/46 5 2916 44 45 Southern Halo / Rewind / Southern Halo Records 626/42 3 2111 45 46 Mark Chesnutt / Oughta Miss Me By Now / Row Entertainment 618/38 4 258 47 47 Eric Paslay / Angels In This Town / EMI Nashville 616/37 8 439 48 48 Runaway June / Lipstick / Wheelhouse Records 574/36 1 420 50 49 Sam Austin / Savin’ It Up For Saturday Night / Plateau 518/30 2 910 52 50 Macy Martin / Heart Sleeve Soul / GTR Records 498/35 5 251 133 51 Thomas Rhett / Star Of The Show / Valory Music Co. 492/35 1162 45315 53 52 The Stickers / Ain’t Nothin’ Better / Wodarek Music 476/28 3 1424 51 53 High Valley / Make You Mine / Warner Bros. 474/27 -1 -313 54 54 Shane Owens / Country Never Goes Out Of Style / AmeriMonte Records 459/30 0 24 57 55 David Nail w/ Brothers Osborne / Good At Tonight / MCA Nashville 455/38 15 605 55 56 Cody Jinks / I’m Not The Devil / Cody Jinks Music 448/37 6 2513 56 57 Steve Dorian / Edge of 18 / VIMH Music 442/30 7 304 61 58 George Strait / Goin’ Goin’ Gone / MCA Nashville 432/30 21 748 58 59 Jeff Bates / That Thing We Do / 402/25 4 146 59 60 Alex Smith / Load It Up / Lila 398/31 9 326 64 61 Aaron Lewis / That Ain’t Country / Dot Records 380/26 12 4013 65 62 Jessie G / Drop A Line / Hook & Line 376/21 15 501 85 63 Kelsea Ballerini / Yeah Boy / Black River Ent 326/26 88 1539 69 64 SaraBeth / You Rock My Rodeo / Circle S Records 318/22 9 268 67 65 Cody Johnson / With You I Am / 318/21 -2 -722 62 66 Parmalee / Roots / Stoney Creek Records 318/19 -11 -3815 68 67 Josh Goodlett / I Don’t Usually Do This / 300/19 0 18 70 68 Sarah Dunn Band / Dirty / Reznam Records 297/24 2 78 72 69 David Shelby / Back To Us / Highway South Records 290/20 4 1126 66 70 Craig Campbell / Outskirts Of Heaven / Red Bow Records 289/19 -11 -378 71 71 Williams Honor / Send It To Me / All Hour Recordings 288/19 1 21 90 72 Courtney Dickinson / Young Forever / 274/15 72 1153 77 73 Casey Donahew / Kiss Me / Almost Country Entertainment 256/18 21 444 74 74 Leslie Cours Mather / We Are America / LionEyes Records 252/18 6 1517 73 75 Joe Nichols / Undone / Red Bow 248/16 3 74 76 76 Madison Station / Back In The Day / ABM Music 244/20 11 244 75 77 Callie Twisselman / Party Lights / Sugar Cube Records 243/17 3 73 78 78 James Dupre / Stoned To Death / Purfectt Pitch LLC 240/22 14 291 82 79 Denny Strickland / Get A Grip / Red Star Productions 232/18 23 441 83 80 Luke Combs / Hurricane / River House Artists-Columbia Nashville 223/19 20 37