Country Update

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Country Update

Country Update
BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS
INSIDE
FGL, Urban
Still Reign
>page 4
CMA Tries To Curb
Campaigning
>page 9
Paisley’s Flood Relief
Raises $567K So Far
>page 10
Makin’ Tracks:
The Last Bandoleros’
‘Where Do You Go?’
>page 14
Stark Report:
The Impact Of
Randy Travis’
Storms Of Life
>page 15
Country Coda:
Ricky Skaggs’
‘Highway 40 Blues’
>page 20
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 1 OF 20
Tom.Roland@billboard.com
Love Story: The Impact Of
Taylor Swift’s First Decade
When “Tim McGraw” slipped onto Billboard’s Hot C ountry
Songs chart at No. 60 on July 1, 2006, the single earned a
thumbnail breakout synopsis, courtesy of now-deceased
country chart manager Wade Jessen: “Singer gets first national chart
SWIFT
ink exclusively in Billboard. Song
title name-checks fellow artist.”
It was a rather quiet beginning for
Taylor Swift, who in the ensuing
decade managed to conquer country and, in an unprecedented move,
transition fully into life as a pop artist
with her latest album, 1989, without
even a hiccup.
Swift, of course, was a mere 16
years old when she made that “Tim
McGraw” debut, defying a few basic
tenets in the process. She insisted
on writing her own songs, mining
real-life experiences and worming
her way into a format that was historically viewed as a place where
adults sang grown-up songs for other
adults. She had her battles. Radio
research — particularly in the early
years — showed males in the upper demos were chilly. But teenage girls loved her. She became a bonding element for those
girls and their mothers, and — boom! — a country star was born.
In fact, the country landscape is much different today, thanks
in part to Swift and her insistence on following a game plan that
many considered unorthodox.
“It was always really uncanny to
me,” says Cassetty Entertainment
president Todd Cassetty, who
worked with Swift on videos, social media campaigns and at least
one NBC TV special. “In the early
days, she would make decisions that
‘adults’ would question, and she was
always right. She’s just acutely aware
of what her fan base wants.”
Country is viewed much more
favorably in the current media landscape than it was when Swift debuted
in 2006, and while she didn’t create that change alone, it’s safe to say
that she played a role in that shift.
Listed below are a handful of ways
that Swift i nfluenced the evolution
of the genre, s ometimes on her own,
sometimes in tandem with other acts
or in lockstep with the culture as a
whole:
The audience grew younger. While country radio has long
embraced a wide 25-54 demographic as its target a udience, it
historically skewed toward the 35-plus s egment. Music Row
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has wanted to lower the median age since at least the early 1980s, but it never
has been more successful than during Swift’s rise. One could argue, in fact,
that the bro-country fad — which temporarily brought in a ton of 25-34 listeners — might not have occurred if Swift hadn’t shown that younger listeners were open to country.
“She introduced a new age group to this format because of her sound and
because of her writing,” says Nash Network director of programming John
Shomby, who has been in Swift’s c orner since meeting her on her first radiopromotion tour when he was WGH Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Va., PD. “She
wrote for that specific age and was the first one to ever do that.”
Online metrics became a meaningful way to influence radio. Swift
established a MySpace page on Aug. 31, 2005 — the day before Big Machine
officially launched as a label — and she subsequently amassed more than 45
million streams through that site. Big Machine Label Group president/CEO
Scott Borchetta used that data to prove to skeptical stations that an audience
indeed existed for his artist. Employing social media and/or streaming service
info to prove an act’s viability to radio is now standard operating procedure.
Social media became a way to engage the audience. Swift figured
out quickly that cat photos and personal messages could demonstrate to her
audience that she is one of them. Instead of giving a story to media and p
raying
that reporters would not only care, but convey her intended meaning, she went
straight to fans, flipping the process along the way. It doesn’t work for every
artist, but it does for many, who — like Swift — now put out their message on
social media and let traditional reporters take the story to a wider audience
after they have already left a trail.
Young women felt they had a voice. The number of females on the
country chart tailed off in recent years, an ironic development since Swift
i nspired so many younger women to put their inner world to music. Kelsea
Ballerini is the most obvious success story, though some of the other c ontenders
tried to duplicate Swift’s approach instead of using it as a guide.
“When we first started [the Song Suffragettes showcase] two years ago, we
jokingly called it ‘Taylor Swift-itus,’ ” says Cassetty. “Everybody was trying to
mimic her. That’s started to dissipate. I think a lot of young women are trying
to find their own voice now, but a lot of them were definitely inspired to pick
up a guitar because of Taylor Swift.”
Staging is more elaborate at many arena shows. Such acts as Kenny
Chesney, Brad Paisley, Shania Twain and Reba McEntire had previously
incorporated big production elements — like high-quality video, dancers and
overhead conveyors — into the concert experience, but no one has made it as
seamless and theatrical as Swift.
“She created an experience,” observes Shomby. “She definitely has had an
influence on what a live show looks like.”
The two-year album cycle became more of an industry standard. In
2006, the typical country act cranked out a new album every 12-18 months.
Swift has followed a 24-month cycle like clockwork, putting out a new project in
a late-October/early-November window every even-numbered year. Wait times
still vary, but two years looks more like the industry norm than it did before.
Country music now thinks globally. As a genre that’s native to the
United States, it was natural to consider America’s borders as the limit for
country. Some previous acts, such as Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton, thought
outside the box, but no one chased international territories more aggressively
than Swift, who even started a world tour in Singapore — hardly a bastion of
country heritage.
“They were thinking international very early on,” says Cassetty.
Leaving the format no longer carries the stigma it once did. Strident
country fans are angry about the direction of modern country, but recent Country Music Association research reaffirms what radio has known for a while: The
genre’s listeners engage in multiple formats. Where country radio once turned
its back on artists who “left the format” — Gary Morris took on an operatic
part in Les Miserables, and Restless Heart dared to release a pop-only single;
both saw their country careers dive — Swift was forthcoming about making
a pop album with 1989. Radio is different now, too. In the pre-consolidation
era, country programmers felt abandoned when a country artist targeted a
different audience. Now, the PD for a radio cluster simply finds Swift moving
from the country brand to another station in their portfolio. Swift hasn’t tried
to return to country, though many expect she eventually will, and it appears
to many that the door remains open to her.
“I don’t think anybody has faulted her for what she has done,” says Shomby.
“It was a natural progression, and I don’t think anybody would fault her for
coming back.”
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 2 OF 20
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High Valley visited KKBQ Houston as the duo continues an extensive
radio promotion tour. From left: KKBQ operations manager Johnny
Chiang, High Valley’s Curtis Rempel, KKBQ assistant PD/music
director Christi Brooks, High Valley’s Brad Rempel and Warner Music
Nashville manager of radio promotion Stephanie Holzer.
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Granger Smith (right) performed
“Backroad Song” and “If the
Boot Fits” for listeners on June
27 during a visit with WDRM
Huntsville, Ala., assistant PD/
music director A.J. McCloud.
Trent Harmon (left) visited WNSH
New York personality Jess Addy
on June 23 in the early stages
of his first radio promotion tour.
Spencer’s Own joined KAWO Boise, Idaho, personalities Rick Dunn
and Carly Cash to meet fans during the Boise Music Festival. From left
are band members Jordon and Quinn Williams, Dunn, band member
Nate Williams, Cash and Spencer’s Own members Nic and Morgan
Williams.
SPENCER’S OWN: ELECTRIC HOUSE
•
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 4 OF 20
ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com
FGL’s ‘H.O.L.Y.’ Reign; Urban
Wastes No Time Landing 20th No. 1
can resonate in different ways, depending [on] where you are in life. Plus, I’m
a sucker for hooks, and I just wanted, one day, to get [a lyrical mention of Guns
N’ Roses’] ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ into one of my songs. It’s an awesome title
that just rolls off the tongue.”
CHASE IS ON Chase Rice’s “Everybody We Know Does” (Dack Janiels/
Columbia Nashville) debuts at No. 26 on Hot Country Songs. Fueled by firstweek sales of 26,000, the song also launches at No. 2 on Country Digital
Songs, tying his best bow and rank on the list; his debut hit, “Ready Set Roll”
(2014), and “Whisper,” his single prior to “Everybody,” both also began and
peaked at No. 2 on the sales tally.
‘RED’ HOT Dustin Lynch’s “Seein’ Red” (Broken Bow)
debuts on Hot Country Songs at No. 31, his highest career
start. It’s powered most heavily by its No. 8 entrance on
Country Digital Songs (20,000), matching Lynch’s best
rank on the chart; he first hit No. 8 on Country Digital
Songs with his 2012 breakthrough, “Cowboys and Angels.”
OVER-’TIME’ Keith Urban’s “Wasted Time” (Hit Red/
RUCKER RETURNS Darius Rucker’s new ballad “If I
Capitol Nashville) paces Billboard’s Country Airplay chart
Told You” (Capitol Nashville), the maiden single from
for a second week, increasing by 6 percent to 49 million in
his upcoming fifth solo album, arrives at No. 46 on Hot
audience. Urban’s 20th Country Airplay No. 1 is his first
Country Songs and No. 43 on Country Airplay (2.9 million
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
multiweek leader since “Somewhere in My Car” parked in
in audience). Rucker, who has scored six No. 1s each on
the most coveted spot for two weeks in December 2014.
Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, charts his first
Written by Urban, Greg Wells and James Abrahart, “Time” is the third entry on the lists since “Southern Style,” which peaked at Nos. 38 and 33 on
single from Urban’s album Ripcord, which arrived as his fifth No. 1 on Top
the surveys, respectively, in 2015.
Country Albums (dated May 28). It follows the Country Airplay No. 1 “Break
on Me” and the No. 2-peaking “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16.”
ON THE CHARTS, ON THE AIR On the latest episode of Billboard’s Chart Beat
“I’ve had a lot people ask me if I feel that the best days of my life are behind
podcast, producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Mary
me,” Urban tells Billboard about the meaning of “Time.” “For me, personally,
Chapin Carpenter) and Americana Music Assn. executive director Jed Hilly
the song isn’t so much about yearning for another time as it is a reminder that discuss all things Americana, including the stable growth of the genre and the
life is right now. It’s brief, and being alive and in the moment doesn’t take much.
recent renaming of Billboard’s Folk Albums chart to Americana/Folk A
lbums.
It’s remembering the beauty, in the simplest ways. I think these kinds of songs Listen to the podcast here.
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FGL: JEREMY COWART
Florida Georgia Line, the duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, continues
to rule three of Billboard’s country songs charts with “H.O.L.Y” (Republic
Nashville).
The Nate Cyphert-, William Larsen- and busbee-penned first single from
FGL’s third studio full-length, Dig Your Roots (due Aug. 26), tops Billboard’s
airplay-, sales- and streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart (dated July 16)
for a ninth week. It also crowns Country Digital Songs for a ninth frame, up by
14 percent to 79,000 downloads sold in the week ending June 30, according to
Nielsen Music. Since bowing at the Country Digital Songs summit (May 21),
the track has moved 730,000 downloads to date. “H.O.L.Y.” additionally
leads Country Streaming Songs for a ninth week, up by
10 p
ercent to 6.9 million U.S. streams for the week. On
Country Airplay, the song pushes 5-4 with an 11 percent
increase to 39.9 million audience impressions.
FGL holds one of the most vaunted records in Hot C
ountry
Songs history (dating to the chart’s 1958 inception as a
multimetric survey), as its debut single, “Cruise,” topped
the survey for an unprecedented 24 weeks in 2012-13.
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 6 OF 20
Country Airplay
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AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS)
PLAYS
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
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NOISE B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville
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Keith Urban
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RANK
Jason Aldean
48.551
+3.884
8224
537
Carrie Underwood
44.220
+2.453
7550
211
3
Florida Georgia Line
39.887
+3.956
6895
615
4
6
Eric Church
36.182
+2.751
6220
279
Kenny Chesney
34.842
+2.859
6325
406
5
Chris Lane
32.471
+5.706
5577
666
8
Jon Pardi
32.203
+1.790
5818
241
7
Thomas Rhett
30.673
-2.625
4789
-403
10
HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY C apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
30.639
-9.668
5297
-1841
9
11
22
FROM THE GROUND UP W
arner Bros./WAR
Dan + Shay
26.398
+1.963
4763
352
11
12
18
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG R CA Nashville
Jake Owen
24.994
+2.229
4543
287
12
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MAKE YOU MISS ME M
CA Nashville
Sam Hunt
23.420
+1.688
4158
186
15
16
35
YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK V alory
Justin Moore
22.575
+2.936
4208
281
13
14
48
NIGHT’S ON FIRE M
CA Nashville
David Nail
22.100
+0.827
4174
83
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PETER PAN B lack River
Kelsea Ballerini
20.415
+2.247
3910
202
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IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER W
arner Bros./WAR
Frankie Ballard
20.403
+0.637
4109
174
16
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RUNNING FOR YOU M
CA Nashville
Kip Moore
17.940
+1.618
3438
157
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WITHOUT A FIGHT A
rista Nashville
HH Airpower HH Brad Paisley Featuring Demi Lovato
17.183
+2.602
3024
257
19
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14
Zac Brown Band
15.084
+0.921
3001
127
20
CASTAWAY S outhern Ground/John Varvatos/Republic/Dot
22
5
SHE’S GOT A WAY WITH WORDS W
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DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS C apitol Nashville
Blake Shelton
15.005
+2.984
2662
479
23
Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
13.699
+1.930
2494
306
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ROCK ON D
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25
Tucker Beathard
13.377
+0.772
2840
16
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I MET A GIRL W
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IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO M
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William Michael Morgan
12.921
+1.641
2834
213
22
Billy Currington
11.050
+1.713
2278
134
26
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LOVIN’ LATELY B $R/New Revolution
Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw
10.898
+0.860
2544
185
24
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SLEEP WITHOUT YOU R epublic Nashville
30
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Brett Young
9.703
+0.905
1958
205
28
I KNOW SOMEBODY R eviverLoCash
9.463
+1.796
1933
187
26
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UNLOVE YOU B ig Machine
30
Jennifer Nettles
9.375
-0.006
2212
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LIVIN’ THE DREAM D
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Drake White
9.121
+0.449
1933
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BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 151 STATIONS
Albany, N.Y.
WGNA
Albuquerque, N.M.
KBQI
KRST
Allentown, Pa.
WCTO
Atlanta
WKHX
WUBL
Augusta, Ga.
WKXC
Austin, Texas
KASE
Bakersfield, Calif.
KUZZ
Baltimore
WPOC
Baton Rouge, La.
WYNK
Birmingham, Ala.
WDXB
WZZK
Boise, Idaho
KAWO
KIZN
BostonWBWL
WKLB
Buffalo, N.Y.
WYRK
Charleston, S.C.
WCKN
WEZL
Charlotte, N.C.
WKKT
WSOC
Chattanooga, Tenn.
WUSY
ChicagoWEBG
WUSN
CincinnatiWUBE
ClevelandWGAR
Colorado Springs, Colo.
KATC
Columbia, S.C.
WCOS
Columbus, Ohio
WCOL
Corpus Christi, Texas
KRYS
DallasKPLX
KSCS
DenverKWOF
KYGO
Des Moines, Iowa
KHKI
KJJY
DetroitWYCD
El Paso, Texas
KHEY
Ft. Myers, Fla.
WCKT
WWGR
Ft. Wayne, Ind.
WQHK
Fresno, Calif.
KSKS
Gainesville, Fla.
WOGK
Grand Rapids, Mich.
WBCT
Greensboro, N.C.
WPAW
WTQR
Greenville, S.C.
WESC
WSSL
Harrisburg, Pa.
WRBT
Hartford, Conn.
WWYZ
HoustonKILT
KKBQ
Huntsville, Ala.
WDRM
IndianapolisWFMS
WLHK
Jacksonville, Fla.
WGNE
WQIK
Johnson City, Tenn.
WXBQ
Kansas City
KBEQ
WDAF
KFKF
Knoxville, Tenn.
WCYQ
WIVK
Lafayette, La.
KMDL
Lakeland, Fla.
WPCV
Las Vegas
KCYE
KWNR
Lexington, Ky.
WBUL
Little Rock, Ark.
KSSN
Los Angeles
KKGO
Louisville, Ky.
WAMZ
WQNU
Madison, Wis.
WWQM
McAllen, Texas
KTEX
MemphisWGKX
WLFP
MiamiWKIS
MilwaukeeWMIL
MinneapolisKEEY
KMNB
Mobile, Ala.
WKSJ
Monmouth/Ocean, N.J.
WKMK
Monterey, Calif..
KTOM
Nashville
WKDF
WSIX
WSM-FM
Nassau, N.Y.
WJVC
New Bern, N.C.
WRNS
New Orleans
WNOE
New York
WNSH
Norfolk, Va.
WGH
WUSH
Oklahoma City, Okla.
KJKE
KTST
Omaha, Neb.
KXKT
Orlando, Fla.
WWKA
PhiladelphiaWXTU
Phoenix
KMLE
KNIX
PittsburghWDSY
WOGI
WPGB
Portland, Maine
WPOR
WTHT
Portland, Ore.
KUPL
KWJJ
Providence, R.I.
WCTK
Raleigh, N.C.
WNCB
WQDR
Richmond, Va.
WKHK
Riverside, Calif.
KFRG
Roanoke, Va.
WSLC
Rochester, N.Y.
WBEE
Sacramento, Calif.
KBEB
KNCI
KNTY
St. Louis
KSD
WIL
Salt Lake City
KEGA
KSOP
KUBL
San Antonio, Texas
KAJA
KCYY
San Diego
KSON
San Jose, Calif.
KRTY
KSJO
Santa Rosa, Calif.
KFGY
Sarasota, Fla.
WCTQ
SeattleKKWF
KMPS
Shreveport, La.
KXKS
Spokane, Wash.
KXLY
Springfield, Mass.
WRNX
Springfield, Mo.
KTTS
Stockton, Calif.
KATM
Syracuse, N.Y.
WBBS
Tampa, Fla.
WFUS
WQYK
Tucson, Ariz.
KIIM
Tulsa, Okla.
KTGX
KVOO
KWEN
Visalia, Calif.
KJUG
Washington, D.C.
WMZQ
West Palm Beach, Fla.
WIRK
Wichita, Kan.
KFDI
KZSN
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
WGGY
Wilmington, Del.
WXCY
York, Pa.
WGTY
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Cole Swindell
7.360
+1.016
1499
137
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Brothers Osborne
4.869
+0.120
1348
87
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Brett Eldredge
4.470
+0.518
958
160
37
High Valley
4.364
+0.120
955
20
38
Old Dominion
4.364
+0.452
823
149
41
Granger Smith
4.291
+0.257
1172
50
33
Thomas Rhett
4.047
+1.040
866
233
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Jerrod Niemann & Lee Brice
3.743
+0.253
1014
66
36
HH Breaker HH
SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME R CA Nashville
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VACATION V alory
39
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A LITTLE MORE LOVE C urb
IF THE BOOT FITS W
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PARACHUTE M
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SOUTHERN BOY B roken Bow
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Chris Stapleton
3.546
+0.012
1053
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35
3.369
-0.321
1061
-2
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Maren Morris
3.330
+1.939
621
348
47
39
Brandy Clark
3.073
+0.108
946
97
Darius Rucker
2.931
+2.931
423
423
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Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill
2.767
+0.590
649
101
45
43
GIRL NEXT DOOR S late Creek/Warner Bros./WMN
HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH
43
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46
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HOLDIN’ HER W
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44
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ARE YOU WITH ME M
ercury
45
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OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN R ed Bow
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THINK A LITTLE LESS A
tlantic/WEA
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DANCE WITH YA C old River
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LIPSTICK W
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SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT R CA Nashville
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HOMETOWN GIRL M
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Jordan Rager With Jason Aldean
80S MERCEDES C olumbia Nashville
IF I TOLD YOU C apitol Nashville
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MAKE YOU MINE A
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WANNA BE THAT SONG A
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AIRPLAY
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Chris Janson
2.250
+0.257
740
54
Easton Corbin
2.141
+0.035
537
21
51
Craig Campbell
2.085
+0.007
718
15
44
Michael Ray
2.032
+0.164
643
41
46
Drew Baldridge
1.964
+0.323
794
122
42
1.837
+0.169
537
161
50
Josh Turner
1.765
+0.257
568
43
48
Maddie & Tae
1.638
-0.159
470
-5
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Josh Abbott Band With Carly Pearce
1.581
-0.305
294
-44
57
SALTWATER GOSPEL V alory
Eli Young Band
1.393
+0.801
238
143
60
SUMMER R epublic Nashville
Cassadee Pope
1.314
+0.173
304
27
56
Clare Dunn
1.291
+0.084
554
-19
49
WASN’T THAT DRUNK P retty Damn Tough/1608
TUXEDO M
CA Nashville
57
54
9
ROOTS S toney CreekParmalee
1.191
-0.076
493
13
52
58
l
57
2
YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO GOOD S toney Creek
Thompson Square
1.169
+0.064
378
24
55
59
41
2
Dustin Lynch
0.862
-2.111
164
-233
-
The Last Bandoleros
0.775
+0.363
247
86
59
60
l
NEW
SEEIN’ RED B roken Bow
WHERE DO YOU GO? C herrytree/Warner Bros./WAR
GOING FOR ADDS
7/11
DUSTIN LYNCH
Seein’ Red
Broken Bow
LANCO
Long Live
Tonight
Arista Nashville
14
JUSTIN
MOORE
You Look
Like I Need
A Drink
The lead single from Moore’s fourth studio
album, Kinda Don’t Care (due Aug. 12),
hits the Country Airplay top 15 in its 35th
week (16-14; 22.6 million in audience, up
15 percent). On Hot Country Songs,
it bounces 27-25, further aided by a
10 percent gain to 676,000 U.S. streams.
LAUREN ALAINA
Road Less
Traveled
19/Interscope/Mercury
PRESLEY &
TAYLOR
My Hometown
SMG Nashville
TIM MCGRAW
How I’ll Always
Be
Big Machine
7/18
CHASE RICE
Everybody We
Know Does
Dack Janiels/Columbia
Nashville
JAKE MCVEY
Back Seat
Purple Cow
JANA KRAMER
Circles
Elektra Nashville/WAR
MIKE SMITH
Green Eyed Girl
EMS
RANDY HOUSER
Chasing Down A
Good Time
Stoney Creek
TRENT HARMON
There’s A Girl
Big Machine
7/25
KELSEY
HICKMAN
Gone
GTR
TRACE ADKINS
Lit
Wheelhouse
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 8 OF 20
Country Airplay
MOST ADDED®
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
NEW AND ACTIVE
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist ADDS
31
25
22
18
15
14
13
13
11
11
IF I TOLD YOU Capitol Nashville
Darius Rucker
arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
80S MERCEDES C
olumbia Nashville
Maren Morris
SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME R
CA Nashville
Old Dominion
A LITTLE MORE LOVE C
urb
Jerrod Niemann & Lee Brice
VACATION V
alory
T
homas Rhett
HOLDIN’ HER W
arner Bros./WAR
Chris Janson
LIPSTICK W
heelhouse
R
unaway June
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU Republic Nashville
Brett Young
SALTWATER GOSPEL V
alory
Eli Young Band
ADDS
J
oe Nichols
0.644
24
4
SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE V
alory T
ara Thompson
0.466
19
0
HOW I’LL ALWAYS BE B
ig Machine
Tim McGraw
0.375
2
1
Aaron Watson
0.345
4
1
Mickey Guyton
0.309
16
11
L
uke Bryan
0.272
1
1
UNDONE R
ed Bow
BLUEBONNETS B
IG Label
HEARTBREAK SONG C
apitol Nashville
MOVE C
apitol Nashville
RECURRENTS
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE
GAIN
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS)
FIX B
ig Loud
Chris Lane
H.O.L.Y. R
epublic Nashville
LIGHTS COME ON B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
arner Bros./WMN
B
lake Shelton
WASTED TIME H
it Red/Capitol Nashville
Keith Urban
YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK V
alory
Justin Moore
Darius Rucker
NOISE B
lue Chair/Columbia Nashville
Kenny Chesney
RECORD YEAR E MI Nashville
Eric Church
WITHOUT A FIGHT A
rista Nashville
B
rad Paisley Feat. Demi Lovato
TOTAL
TOTAL
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist AUDIENCE STATIONS
+5.706
+3.956
+3.884
+2.984
+2.944
+2.936
+2.931
+2.859
+2.751
+2.602
THIS
WEEK TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
TOTAL AUD.
(IN MILLIONS)
1
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH C
apitol NashvilleDierks Bentley
30.158
2
THINK OF YOU R CA Nashville/Republic NashvilleChris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope
24.789
3
CAME HERE TO FORGET W
arner Bros./WMNBlake Shelton
23.556
4
HUMBLE AND KIND M
cGraw/Big MachineTim McGraw
20.613
5
SNAPBACK R
CA NashvilleOld Dominion
19.453
6
DIE A HAPPY MAN V
alory
Thomas Rhett
19.051
7
MIND READER B
roken BowDustin Lynch
16.747
8
I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT B
ig MachineRascal Flatts
15.161
9
I LOVE THIS LIFE R
eviver
LoCash
14.544
10
YOU SHOULD BE HERE W
arner Bros./WMNCole Swindell
13.713
BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE
MOST INCREASED PLAYS
GAIN
FIX B
ig Loud
C
hris Lane
H.O.L.Y. R
epublic Nashville
LIGHTS COME ON B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
Darius Rucker
NOISE B
lue Chair/Columbia Nashville
K
enny Chesney
arner Bros./WAR
Dan + Shay
80S MERCEDES C
olumbia Nashville
Maren Morris
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS C
apitol Nashville
Dierks Bentley Feat. Elle King
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG R
CA Nashville
Jake Owen
+666
+615
+537
+479
+423
+406
+352
+348
+306
+287
Gross
Artist
Attendance
Capacity
Promoter(s)
$4,812,602
$246, $56
$2,022,400
$119.49, $30.60
$824,242
$136, $35
$817,664
$133, $39
$815,190
$76, $46
KENNY CHESNEY
Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wis./June 18
DIXIE CHICKS
Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto/June 21-22
DIXIE CHICKS
Saratoga Perf. Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y./June 11
DIXIE CHICKS
Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, Pa./June 24
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland/May 18
41,342
sellout
30,477, 31,351
two shows
15,943
24,599
12,157
16,532
12,270
sellout
MESSINA TOURING
GROUP/AEG LIVE
Ticket Price(s)
Venue/Date(s)
LIVE NATION
LIVE NATION
LIVE NATION
AEG LIVE
Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob
Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email (bob.allen@billboard.com).
TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT
WEEK ENDING JULY 3, 2016
THIS
WEEK
LAST WKS ON
WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST
TW
SPINS
SPINS
+/–
THIS
WEEK
HH 1 week at 1 HH Aaron Watson 2093
196
12
WHERE THE SEEDS FALL (Independent)
79
11
l
12
l
13
Rich O’Toole 1705
15
9
DAY ONE (Greenhorse)
Brandon Jenkins 1634
5
13
5
21
BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH (Independent)
Curtis Grimes 1189
Casey Donahew Band 1536
73
25
RHINESTONE WORLD (Mis B Havin)
Breelan Angel 1139
57
37
14
l
15
l
17
William Clark Green 1506
21
11
ME AND THESE BOOTS (Independent)
Kylie Frey 1108
114
1
l
2
l
3
l
4
l
5
l
6
l
7
l
8
16
LITTLE THAT WE’RE LIVIN’ ON ( Independent)
11
8
SAN ANTONE (Independent)
8
1
21
SINGIN’ THING (Independent)
9
l
10
l
9
15
WASN’T THAT DRUNK ( Pretty Damn Tough)
10
12
SELLOUT SONG (Independent)
2
14
BLUEBONNETS (JULIA’S SONG) ( BIG Label Thirty Tigers) 4
21
BACK TO BACK ( Independent)
3
22
THE FLAG (Red Dirt Legend Recordings)
7
17
FEELS THIS RIGHT ( Almost Country)
6
19
NEXT BIG THING ( Independent)
LAST WKS ON
WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST
TW
SPINS
Matt Kimbrow 1252
Pat Green 1216
SPINS
+/–
73
61
-347
Cameran Nelson 1447
83
16
12
25
DEAR MUSIC, (Independent)
Randy Rogers Band 1422
175
17
16
25
SLEEPING ON YOUR SIDE (Independent)
Jon Wolfe 1385 -530
18
l
22
15
ONE BOOT IN THE GRAVE ( Independent)
Mario Flores
995
34
Bart Crow Band 1096 -128
Luke Robinson 1051
-42
Josh Abbott f./ Carly Pearce 1361
25
19
20
19
HEART OF BREAKING UP (Independent)
Cooder Graw
924
-75
Kevin Fowler f/ Zane Williams 1344
60
20
l
23
17
HOPELESS ROMANTIC (Independent)
Julia Hatfield
916
5
Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty
shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or
contact Dave Smith at 817-283-7984. Copyright 2016, Texas Regional Radio Report
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 9 OF 20
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
Bayou Outdoor Supercenter … KXDD Yakima, Wash., morning personality
Dewey Boynton retired July 1 after 44 years in radio … Two changes are
afoot at WYCD Detroit, RadioInfo.com reports: Tim Roberts was promoted
to CBS Radio/Detroit vp programming from WYCD operations manager,
while Roxanne Steele took over WYCD middays, shifting from top 40 sister
WDZH … Scott LeTourneau is hosting mornings at KLEN Cheyenne, Wyo.,
and afternoons at KWYY Casper, Wyo., according to RadioInfo.com. He was
previously a personality at Westwood One … iHeartMedia appointed Tony
Banks as Central division director of talent development, InsideRadio.com
reported. He’ll work with 300 stations in 52 markets, based in St. Louis. He
was previously Midwest senior vp programming.
JESS VALIYI
‘ROUND THE ROW
Former Hot Chelle Rae vocalist Ryan Follese sat in on an edition
of the Happy Hour on SiriusXM’s The Highway as he launched his
first country single, “Float Your Boat.” From left: Big Machine Label
Group executive vp Jimmy Harnen, SiriusXM senior director of
country music programming J.R. Schumann, Follese, SiriusXM
personality Buzz Brainard and Switched On Entertainment
president/CEO John Hamlin.
CMA RESTRUCTURES VOTING
As the Country Music Association (CMA) sent out the first ballots on July 5
for its 50th annual awards, the organization hoped a new feature will reduce
the unseemly campaigning that accompanies the process.
The 2016 vote introduces Nominee Showcase, a centralized location for
the second and final ballots that will give backers of the nominees a chance
to attach vital information — such as statistics, credits, sound files and videos
— that members can access while making their decisions.
The move is intended to satisfy multiple issues. By providing a specific
locale for info about the nominees, it gives voters an easy-to-reference tool
for comparison and is expected to reduce the volume of solicitations CMA
members have typically received. It similarly cuts expenses for labels and
managers, since the new, free service is intended to eliminate the need for
costly email blasts and physical mailers. Additionally, it may give the electorate
better information in some of the less-publicized categories — particularly
musician of the year, where the candidates do not typically solicit votes and
the membership has not received information about their accomplishments
during the eligibility period.
CMA is offering a July 20 tutorial for nominees’ representatives, with the
second round of balloting slated for Aug. 15-24 and the final ballot set for Oct. 10.
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will host the 50th annual awards on
Nov. 2 on CBS. It will be the ninth straight time they have co-hosted the show.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Emmis/Indianapolis senior vp/market manager Charlie Morgan was
re-elected Country Radio Broadcasters president for 2016-2017. New additions
to the board include Curb vp country promotion Ryan Dokke, Sony Music Nashville chairman/CEO Randy Goodman, Big Machine Label Group d irector
of strategic research Dave Kelly and iHeartCountry senior vp p
rogramming
Rod Phillips. Go here for the full list of CRB board members. Registration
for the 2017 Country Radio Seminar (Feb. 22-24, 2017) opens July 12 with a
discounted rate of $429 for a limited time … WTRS Gainesville-Ocala, Fla.,
revamped its format as a country/rock hybrid on June 29, a dopting new call
letters: WXUS. Bo Hamilton continues as PD … KOSO Modesto, Calif., traded
an adult contemporary format for country on July 1. The on-air lineup includes
The Bobby Bones Show, morning; Greg Lane, midday; and Christina Martinez, afternoon drive … WOMG Columbia, S.C., dropped its country format
July 1 in favor of classic hits … Adams Radio/Las Cruces, N.M. welcomed
Scott Brocato for on-air shifts at country KGRT and classic hits KSNM. He
was most recently a personality for CBS Radio/St. Louis … Melinda Coyer
and Derek James started July 5 as the morning team at KRMD Shreveport,
La., which dropped its “Nash” branding. It’s a return to on-air work for Coyer,
who went into radio sales and marketing and worked for Business First Bank.
James previously did mornings for KRMD and remained in the market with
CMT made four adjustments to its executive team with two hires and two promotions. New vp consumer marketing Rory Levine spent seven years with
BBC America, most recently serving as American Institute of Graphic Arts
director of marketing and communications. New vp program planning Tessa
Jordan was recently Nickelodeon director of brand and content management.
Heather DeVaney Graffagnino was promoted to vp production management from senior director, and Quinn Brown was raised to vp production
from executive producer … Hedley Entertainment hired Anthony Corder as
director of publishing and added Dean Dillon (“Marina Del Rey,” “Tennessee
Whiskey”) to the writing roster at the firm. Corder was previously Dark Horse
Institute music business instructor. Reach Corder here … Warner/Chappell
Nashville promoted B.J. Hill to vp A&R from senior director. Hill will split his
time between Warner/Chappell and Rhythm House, a new company formed
by songwriter-producer Jesse Frasure (“Fix,” “Crash and Burn”) in tandem
with Warner/Chappell and Roc Nation. Frasure was previously Major Bob
vp A&R … Dave Cobb’s Low Country Sound and Warner/Chappell Nashville signed co-publishing deals with songwriters Adam Hood, Charlie Pate
and Aaron Raitiere… Big Machine Music added Emily Landis to its writing
corps … Average Joes duo The Lacs formed a new label, Barn Burner, with
plans to release music by Racket County, a band the duo formed with tour
mates Hard Target. Average Joes will handle distribution … Music Health Alliance will honor Hazel Smith as a Music Row Storyteller on Aug. 15 at Well
Placed Smile in Nashville, with receipts earmarked
for MHA. Go here for tickets… Pioneering guitarist
Scotty Moore died June 28 in Nashville. His work
with Elvis Presley on “That’s All Right,” “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Don’t Be Cruel,” to name just a
few, set a standard for future musicians. Moore’s
ventures also included a studio, Music City Recorders, that hosted hit sessions in the 1970s for John
GOLDSTONE
Conlee, Moe Bandy and Ronnie McDowell … Thirty
Tigers partner/vp sales Bob Goldstone died July 3
of injuries from a biking accident near his home in Pegram, Tenn. Thirty Tigers president/founder David Macias referred to Goldstone as “the beating,
loving heart” of the company. Goldstone’s résumé included stints with Tower
Records, Capricorn and Mercury Nashville. Services are pending.
Lorrie Morgan (center) reunited with her former booking agency when
she signed with Buddy Lee Attractions. She is pictured with Conway
Entertainment Group president Tony Conway (left) and BLA senior vp
David Kiswiney.
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 10 OF 20
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
MUSIC NOTES
ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
The Band Perry is the latest act affected
by heightened security issues. The group’s
July 3 concert at the Freeman Stage at
PAISLEY
Bayside in Selbyville, Del., was p
ostponed
15 minutes before its scheduled start
following threats that were called into the box office. According to The
Wilmington News Journal, two men were agitated when they discovered the
show was sold out and began contemplating ways they could gain access,
including the use of firearms. Local media circulated photos of the suspects,
and one turned himself in to police on July 4. The concert has been rescheduled
for Aug. 17.
An Oct. 18 street date has been assigned for Without Getting Killed or Caught: The
Life and Music of Guy Clark. Written by his former publicist Tamara Saviano,
who also produced the album This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, the 406page effort was started in 2008 and finished this spring just days prior to his
May 17 death. More than 200 people were interviewed for the work, and Saviano
was also granted access to the journals of Clark’s wife, songwriter Susanna
Clark (“Come From the Heart,” “Easy From Now On”). Texas A&M University
Press is publishing the book as part of a series on Texas music.
Curb duo American Young will release its self-titled debut on Aug. 5 after
finishing the 12-song project with co-producer Lee Brice. The pair comprises
songwriter Jon Stone, who co-wrote Brice’s “A Woman Like You,” and Kristy
Osmunson, formerly one-half of the female duo Bomshel. The twosome
collectively wrote 11 of the album’s tracks.
Top Headlines from
Click on headlines below for more details
July 5
• 2013 — Luke Bryan makes a surprise appearance during an Alabama
show in Orange Beach, Ala. He provides a vocal assist on “Love in
the First Degree.”
• 2011 — “Drop everything now”: Big Machine releases Taylor Swift’s
“Sparks Fly” to radio.
July 6
• 2 008 — Kix Brooks runs with the bulls in
Pamplona, Spain.
• 1991 — Alan Jackson begins a three-week run
at No. 1 on the Billboard country singles chart
with “Don’t Rock the Jukebox.”
BROOKS
July 7
• 2012 — Eric Church writes “Talladega” with
Luke Laird at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y.
• 1956 — After an introduction from Carl Smith, Johnny Cash makes
his Grand Ole Opry debut at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville,
p erforming “I Walk the Line,” “Get Rhythm” and “So Doggone
L onesome.” Backstage, Cash also meets future wife June Carter
for the first time.
July 8
• 2015 — The Zaxby’s restaurant chain introduces a new TV commercial
for its house zalad featuring Brett Eldredge and Thomas Rhett.
July 9
• 1996 — Curb releases LeAnn Rimes’ debut album, Blue.
• 1981 — Merle Haggard records “Big City” and “Are the Good Times
Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)” at Britannia Studios in
Hollywood.
July 10
• 1976 — Charlie Daniels plays during a Southern rock fundraiser
for presidential candidate Jimmy Carter at the Gator Bowl in
Jacksonville, Fla., with The Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws
and Bonnie Bramlett. Lynyrd Skynyrd cancels, citing illness.
• 1966 — Bill Monroe performs on the same bill with Flatt & Scruggs
at a bluegrass festival at Whippoorwill Park near Warrenton, Va. It
marks the first time Monroe has been willing to share the stage with
his former band members since they left him in 1948.
Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database
.com
Apple In Talks To Acquire Jay Z’s Tidal: Report
25 People Taken To Hospitals
During Kenny Chesney Concert
Spotify Claims Apple Is Keeping
An Update Out Of Its App Store
Lawyer Who Sued Led Zeppelin
Suspended From Practicing Law
Department Of Justice
To Deny Consent Decree Amendment
Dan + Shay met with WDSY Pittsburgh music director Brian “Wookie”
Kostek when the duo played the market on June 26. From left: Dan
Smyers, Kostek and Shay Mooney.
BROOKS: BRETT WARREN
Brad Paisley raised more than half his stated goal of $1 million within the
first six days of launching a GoFundMe page to help citizens in his native West
Virginia recover from a ghastly flood that hit the state on June 23. He seeded
the fund with a $100,000 personal donation and had earned $567,000 in
pledges from 5,305 people as of July 5. Paisley is unfortunately more familiar
with floods than he cares to be — the 2010 Nashville flood destroyed guitars
and equipment that he owned and forced his
crew to remake parts of the set for that year’s
tour at the last minute. Floods also impacted
the Midwest: classic country KFTI Wichita,
Kan., shut down during the weekend when
water in the station’s facility put the station’s
transmitter at risk. Waters were receding
July 5, though the station remained offline
that afternoon. Five Scripps/Wichita sister
stations remained in operation.
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 11 OF 20
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J.MOI (BUSBEE,N.CYPHERT,W.W.LARSEN)
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Artist
IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL
HH No. 1 (9 weeks) HH
CHURCH BELLS
M.BRIGHT (Z.CROWELL,BRETT JAMES,H.LINDSEY)
LIGHTS COME ON
M.KNOX (B.KELLEY,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.ROBBINS,B.WARREN,B.WARREN)
WASTED TIME
G.WELLS,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,G.WELLS,J.ABRAHART)
HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY
J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP)
RECORD YEAR
J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE)
HEAD OVER BOOTS
B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (J.PARDI,L.LAIRD)
T-SHIRT
D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY)
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH
R. COPPERMAN (M.TYLER,J.BOYER,A.PALMER,D.KUNCIO,J.MIRENDA)
FROM THE GROUND UP
D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,C. DESTEFANO)
HUMBLE AND KIND
B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.MCKENNA)
PETER PAN
F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.LEE)
MAKE YOU MISS ME
15
16
28
14
15
17
S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,J.JOHNSTON)
16
17
15
B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE)
17
19
28
13
12
17
21
24
22
20
23
26
25
27
20
25
21
14
22
29
23
24
18
BENTLEY: GETTY IMAGES
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DIERKS
BENTLEY
Featuring
ELLE KING
Different For
Girls
5
6
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25
29
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10
27
SALES, AIRPLAY &
STREAMING DATA
COMPILED BY
Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,J.OSBORNE,M.RAMSEY)
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG
NOISE
FIX
J.MOI (S.BUXTON,J.FRASURE,A.STOKLASA)
HH Airplay Gainer HH
CAME HERE TO FORGET
R. COPPERMAN (S.MCANALLY,J.T.HARDING)
HH Streaming Gainer HH
SHE’S GOT A WAY WITH WORDS
S.HENDRICKS (W.EARP,A.ALBERT,M.BEESON)
NIGHT’S ON FIRE
MY CHURCH
3
4
2
6
0
IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER
M.ALTMAN (J.JOHNSTON,N.MASON,J.S.STOVER)
HH Digital Gainer HH
CASTAWAY
3
0
YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK
J.S.STOVER,J.RAYMOND,S.BORCHETTA (R.CLAWSON,M.DRAGSTREM,N.HEMBY)
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BLAKE
SHELTON
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1
9
0
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12
13
14
14
16
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18
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David Nail
20
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ARNER BROS./WMN
0
5
Frankie Ballard
W
ARNER BROS./WAR
22
Brad Paisley Featuring Demi Lovato
A
RISTA NASHVILLE
Zac Brown Band
23
Justin Moore
V
ALORY
24
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OUTHERN GROUND/JOHN VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/DOT
Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,W.DURRETTE,C.BOWLES,J.D.HOPKINS)
6
Blake Shelton
C
OLUMBIA NASHVILLE
BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (BUSBEE,M.MORRIS)
Written by J.T. Harding and Shane McAnally,
the song made its late-night TV premiere
when Bentley and King performed it on CBS’
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on
June 27. It lifts 21-18 on Hot Country Songs
and re-enters the Country Digital Songs
top 10 (11-10; 19,000 sold, up 11 percent).
2
Chris Lane
B
IG LOUD
Blake Shelton
M
CA NASHVILLE
Maren Morris
C.AINLAY,F.LIDDELL,G.WORF (J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN)
PEAK
POSITION
1
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ARNER BROS./WMN
Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
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APITOL NASHVILLE
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS
B.PAISLEY,L.WOOTEN (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE,L.T.MILLER)
CERTIFIED
B
LUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
S.HENDRICKS (C.WISEMAN,D.RUTTAN)
WITHOUT A FIGHT
R
EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
Carrie Underwood
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE
Jason Aldean
B
ROKEN BOW
Keith Urban
H
IT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE
Luke Bryan
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Eric Church
E MI NASHVILLE
Jon Pardi
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Thomas Rhett
V
ALORY
Dierks Bentley
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Dan + Shay
W
ARNER BROS./WAR
Tim McGraw
M
CGRAW/BIG MACHINE
Kelsea Ballerini
B
LACK RIVER
Sam Hunt
M
CA NASHVILLE
Jake Owen
R
CA NASHVILLE
Kenny Chesney
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with the chart’s greatest gain in streaming
following the June 28 release of its official
video. It arrives on Country Streaming Songs
at No. 22 with 1.8 million U.S. streams (up
4 percent) and also lifts 17-14 on Country
Digital Songs (16,000, up 27 percent).
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D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,T.ALLEN,H.BROWN,M.DICKERSON,S.M.DOUGLAS,G.GOLDSTEIN,L.L.JORDAN,C.W.MILLER,L.OSKAR,A.SCHULLER,H.E.SCOTT,JOE LONDON,E.FREDERIC,J.RYAN)
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ALORY
ROCK ON
Tucker Beathard
A.PETRAGLIA (T.BEATHARD,C.BEATHARD,M.CANNON-GOODMAN)
D
OT
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY
Cole Swindell
M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL)
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ARNER BROS./WMN
RUNNING FOR YOU
Kip Moore
B.JAMES,K.MOORE (K.MOORE,T.VERGES,B.DALY)
M
CA NASHVILLE
SEEIN’ RED
Dustin Lynch
M.J.CONES (T.KENNEDY,K.ALLISON,S.BOGARD,J.SEVER)
B
ROKEN BOW
IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO
Billy Currington
D.HUFF (B.CURRINGTON,C.R.BARLOWE,S.CARTER)
M
ERCURY
UNLOVE YOU
Jennifer Nettles
D.HUFF (J. NETTLES,B.CLARK)
B
IG MACHINE
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU
Brett Young
D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,K.ARCHER,J.EBACH)
R
EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
I MET A GIRL
William Michael Morgan
J.RITCHEY,S.HENDRICKS (T. ROSEN,S.HUNT,S.MCANALLY)
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ARNER BROS./WMN
THY WILL
Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
R.SKAGGS,B.HERMS (H.SCOTT,E.L.WEISBAND,B.HERMS)
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ST/EMI NASHVILLE
WANNA BE THAT SONG
Brett Eldredge
R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,SCOOTER CARUSOE)
A
TLANTIC/WMN
PARACHUTE
Chris Stapleton
D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,J.BEAVERS)
M
ERCURY
21 SUMMER
Brothers Osborne
J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,C.WISEMAN)
E MI NASHVILLE
SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME
Old Dominion
S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,M.JENKINS)
R
CA NASHVILLE
LOVIN’ LATELY
Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw
B.KENNY,J.D.RICH (W.K.ALPHIN,J.D.RICH,T.MCGRAW)
B
$R/NEW REVOLUTION
I KNOW SOMEBODY
LoCash
L.RIMES (R.AKINS,R.COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER)
R
EVIVER
LIVIN’ THE DREAM
Drake White
R. COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER (T.DOUGLAS,J.JOHNSTON,L.LAIRD)
D
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80S MERCEDES
Maren Morris
BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,BUSBEE)
C
OLUMBIA NASHVILLE
TUXEDO
Clare Dunn
C.DUNN,B.WEST (C.DUNN,BRETT JAMES,B.WEST)
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CA NASHVILLE
IF I TOLD YOU
Darius Rucker
R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE,S.MCANALLY)
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APITOL NASHVILLE
MAYDAY
Cam
J.BHASKER,T.JOHNSON (C.OCHS,T.JOHNSON)
A
RISTA NASHVILLE
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT
Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill
C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,B.WARREN,B.WARREN)
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CA NASHVILLE
MAKE YOU MINE
High Valley
S.MOSLEY (B.REMPEL,S.MOSLEY,B.STENNIS)
A
TLANTIC/WEA
WASN’T THAT DRUNK
Josh Abbott Band With Carly Pearce
D.BAKER,J.ABBOTT (M.J.MCGINN,N.A.MEDLEY,E.L.WEISBAND)
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COMPILED BY
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VACATION
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Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.
COUNTRY MARKET WATCH
A Weekly National Music Sales Report
YEAR-TO-DATE
Year-Over-Year
ALBUM SALESAlbum Sales
’15
’16
13.4 million
’14
12.1 million
DIGITAL TRACKS SALES
60.6 million
000.0 million
’16
47.3 million
For week ending June 30, 2016. Figures are rounded. Compiled from
a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and
provided by Nielsen Music.
ALBUMS
DIGITAL
ALBUMS*
DIGITAL
TRACKS
This Week
404,000
132,000
1,837,000
Last Week
504,000
167,000
1,832,000
-19.8%
-21.0%
0.3%
548,000
208,000
2,406,000
-26.3%
-36.5%
-23.6%
Change
’15
Overall Unit Sales
Weekly Unit
’15 Sales
This Week Last Year
Change
2015
2016
CHANGE
Albums
13,355,000
12,057,000
-9.7%
Digital Tracks
60,648,000
47,307,000
-22.0%
Sales by Album Format
2015
2016
Physical
8,415,000
7,886,000
9.0%
Digital
4,940,000
4,171,000
-15.6%
*Digital album sales are also counted within album sales.
For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or josh.bennett@nielsen.com
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STREAMING DATA
COMPILED BY
IF I’M HONEST
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NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL COUNTRY, VOLUME 9
BLACK
WARNER BROS. 555352/WMN ()
SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL 024990/UME ()
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5
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6
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CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024745*/UMGN (024745)
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 023591*/UMGN ()
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN ()
+ RORY
10 20 JOEY
FARMHOUSE/GAITHER 49134*/CAPITOL CMG ()
7
8
COLE SWINDELL
RHETT
12 40 THOMAS
VALORY RT0200A/BMLG ()
6
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MAREN MORRIS
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 516885*/SMN ()
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JEKYLL + HYDE
23 25 28 62 ZAC
SOUTHERN GROUND/JOHN VARVATOS/BMLG 022962/REPUBLIC ()
KANE BROWN
25 21 24 15 ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 531694/SMN ()
33 30 29 YOU SHOULD BE HERE
COLE SWINDELL(Warner Bros./WMN)
LIGHTS COME ON
JASON ALDEAN(Broken Bow/BBMG)
34 35 9 ROCK ON
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SEEIN’ RED
DUSTIN LYNCH(Broken Bow/BBMG)
6 SHE’S GOT A WAY WITH WORDS
BLAKE SHELTON(Warner Bros./WMN)
14 WASTED TIME
KEITH URBAN(Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
8 VACATION
THOMAS RHETT(Valory/BMLG)
18 14 24 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH
DIERKS BENTLEY(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS
DOMINION
27 26 34 OLD
RCA NASHVILLE 513496/SMN ()
32 29 36 TENNESSEE WHISKEY
CHRIS STAPLETON(Mercury/UMGN)
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A SAILOR’S GUIDE TO EARTH
PETER PAN
KELSEA BALLERINI(Black River)
16 13 17 AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG
JAKE OWEN(RCA Nashville/SMN)
MR. MISUNDERSTOOD
SIMPSON
11 STURGILL
ATLANTIC 551380*/AG (551380)
YOUNG
24 28 25 33 CHRIS
RCA NASHVILLE 506963/SMN ()
10 THY WILL
HILLARY SCOTT & THE SCOTT FAMILY(HST/EMI Nashville/UMGN)
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS
35 34 15 UNLOVE YOU
JENNIFER NETTLES(Big Machine/BMLG)
DIERKS BENTLEY FEAT. ELLE KING( Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
FROM
THE
GROUND
UP
36 33 27 SNAPBACK
11 4 21
OLD DOMINION(RCA Nashville/SMN)
DAN + SHAY(Warner Bros./WMN)
IF I TOLD YOU
RECORD
YEAR
37 NEW DARIUS RUCKER(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
12 12 18 ERIC CHURCH(EMI Nashville/UMGN)
NIGHT’S ON FIRE
38 49 16 DAVID NAIL(MCA Nashville/UMGN)
13 9 24 T-SHIRT
THOMAS RHETT(Valory/BMLG)
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19 20 21 36 BLAKE
29 22 17 CAME HERE TO FORGET
BLAKE SHELTON(Warner Bros./WMN)
31 25 24 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER
FRANKIE BALLARD(Warner Bros./WMN)
2
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18 18 19 34 TIM
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CARRIE UNDERWOOD(19/Arista Nashville/SMN)
6 35 HEAD OVER BOOTS
JON PARDI(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
STORYTELLER
BIG MACHINE JN0100A/BMLG ()
7
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CARRIE UNDERWOOD
JENNIFER NETTLES
5
CALIFORNIA SUNRISE
RANDY TRAVIS ON THE OTHER HAND: ALL THE NUMBER ONES
7
EVERYBODY WE KNOW DOES
27 23 152 COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)
LUKE BRYAN(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
CHASE RICE(Dack Janiels/Columbia Nashville/SMN)
FIX
17 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ AND LOVIN’ EVERY DAY 28 32 25 CHRIS LANE(Big Loud)
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EMI NASHVILLE 024200*/UMGN ()
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NOISE
14 KENNY CHESNEY(Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville/SMN)
3 24 HUMBLE AND KIND
TIM MCGRAW(McGraw/Big Machine/BMLG)
MONTEVALLO
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19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 510539*/SMN ()
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FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE( Republic Nashville/BMLG)
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KILL THE LIGHTS
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DIGITAL SONGS
TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS
22 MAKE YOU MISS ME
SAM HUNT(MCA Nashville/UMGN)
5 CASTAWAY
ZAC BROWN BAND(Southern Ground/John Varvatos/BMLG/Republic)
39 36 24 THINK OF YOU
CHRIS YOUNG DUET WITH CASSADEE POPE( RCA Nashville/SMN)
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OLD DOMINION(RCA Nashville/SMN)
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CHRIS STAPLETON(Mercury/UMGN)
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KANE BROWN(Zone 4/RCA Nashville/SMN)
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BRETT ELDREDGE(Atlantic/WMN)
46 38 67 THAT’S MY KIND OF NIGHT
21 15 25 MY CHURCH
MAREN MORRIS(Columbia Nashville/SMN)
DIE A HAPPY MAN
47 41 125 NEED YOU NOW
22 21 41 THOMAS RHETT(Valory/BMLG)
LADY ANTEBELLUM(Capitol Nashville)
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defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard
200’s top 100. Charts update weekly on Thurdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2016, Prometheus
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THERE’S A GIRL
TRENT HARMON(19/Republic/Dot/BMLG)
BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN
SAM HUNT(MCA Nashville/UMGN)
50 44 13 FISHIN’ IN THE DARK
25 20 51 DRUNK ON A PLANE
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND(Warner Bros./Rhino)
DIERKS BENTLEY(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
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Music. Charts update weekly on Thurdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2016, Prometheus Global
Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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song’s official video, “Thy Will” gains
by 25 percent to 627,000 U.S. streams
and by 4 percent to 9,000 sold, pushing
31-30 on Country Digital Songs. The
lead single from Love Remains, due
July 29, also strides 38-36 on Hot Country
Songs and 3-2 on Hot Christian Songs.
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AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG
6 JAKE OWEN
TENNESSEE WHISKEY
35 CHRIS STAPLETON
TAKE YOUR TIME
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SNAPBACK
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CRUISE
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MAKIN’ TR ACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com
The Last Bandoleros Hope To Travel Far
With ‘Where Do You Go?’
The first single in an artist’s career is crucial. It establishes a sonic baseline as the melodies were built. Those harmonies change from song to song —
for the act, and every move after that — whether it’s building on that sound sometimes the guys even switch parts in the middle of a song — creating a
or moving away from it — is part of the artistic storyline.
complex web that forces them to work as a team to pull it off.
Rarely, however, is that first single as central to an act as “Where Do
“We’re all lead singers,” says James, “so it’s been kind of fun to hear which
You Go?” is for The Last Bandoleros. It’s not just because it’s the group’s vocal texture we all agree on — ‘You sound best on that verse’ or ‘Diego sounds
i ntroductory release — it’s also the first song it wrote, and in fact, the band
great on this chorus.’ Every chorus, we’re pretty much all singing, but that’s
only exists because it wrote the song.
what makes it really fun to be a part of this band. It’s vocally so stimulating.”
“It started as a writing project,” says drummer Emilio Navaira IV. “As soon
“I’m rarely on top,” adds Fuentes, “because I can’t sing as high.”
as that happened, it was like, ‘This is something else. It’s special. It’s a band.’ ”
“He’s rarely on top,” corrects Diego, “because he’s lazy.”
Much like one of their influences, The Beatles, the Bandoleros are a group
More laughter ensues.
that operates with a lot of playful sarcasm, as they did in a Warner Music
As they sewed up “Where Do You Go?,” the bridge took a unique turn.
Nashville (WMN) conference room while discussing the track. Emilio was
Instead of injecting a new melody, they held out some long harmonic notes
d issecting the frustrating push/pull romance in
around the 2:15 mark, rebuilding the energy the same
“Where Do You Go?” As he wrapped the evaluation,
way The Beatles did in “Twist and Shout.” From there,
he suddenly halted and stammered, and the whole senthey made space for a frenetic button accordion solo,
tence completely fell apart.
played on the final version by Chris Arocha, who had
“He was just cataloging the one-night stands he’s
worked in Emilio Sr.’s band.
had in his head,” guitarist Derek James joked.
The Bandoleros recorded most of the instrumental
Emilio didn’t miss a beat.
parts together, then overdubbed the vocals in Brooklyn,
“It only took me 30 seconds,” he riffed.
the way the bulk of their album was made.
That kind of verbal sparring and laughter were present
“What you hear on the recording, that’s what you’re
at the start when the Bandoleros — i ncluding guitarist
going to get live,” says Diego.
Jerry Fuentes and Navaira’s brother, bass player Diego
It still wasn’t officially a band. The guys continued to
Navaira — held their first writing session roughly twopursue other projects, and Fuentes was actually trying
and-a-half years ago in San A ntonio. In some ways, it
to get a songwriting/producing deal when he met with
represented the melding of two p
artnerships. The
Cherrytree Music founder Martin Kierszenbaum,
Navairas had played in a band fronted by their father,
whose Los Angeles firm has worked with the likes of
Emilio Navaira, a Tejano/country singer who landed
Lady Gaga, Feist and Far East Movement. Three or
six titles on Hot Country Songs in the 1990s under the
four songs in, Fuentes played “Where Do You Go?,”
name Emilio. Meanwhile, Fuentes formed the other
and the meeting took a different turn. Kierszenbaum
partnership after moving from S
an A
ntone to New
offered a management deal on the spot.
THE LAST BANDOLEROS
York, where he and James became r oommates and put
As the band was formalized, Emilio continued to work
together a basement studio in Brooklyn.
on other projects and wasn’t always available. As a result,
Mutual friends introduced Fuentes to the Navaira brothers, and after
he co-wrote “Where Do You Go?,” played on the album and tours with the Banthey musically hit it off, Fuentes brought James along to Texas to do some
doleros, but is not officially a member of the trio. (“I’m the drummer with the
songwriting. They were specifically thinking country as they started in on bad timing,” he deadpans.) But he continues to play a big part in the Bandoleros’
“Where Do You Go?,” though their various backgrounds practically g
uaranteed
live presentation, appearing for all intents and purposes as part of the group.
it would be atypical.
WMN executive vp A&R Scott Hendricks saw the band on Oct. 3, 2015,
“Derek’s original singer-songwriter music had this train-beat kind of flair,” at the Austin City Limits Festival. It signed with WMN, and “Where Do You
says Fuentes. “Diego and [his brother] Emilio grew up with Tejano music in Go?” became the obvious first single.
San Antonio, and I grew up producing and working in studios, so we all kind
“ ‘Where Do You Go?’ was not only the first song,” says James. “It really, more
of had these [different] influences.”
than any other song, is kind of in the middle and has the best representation
“Where Do You Go?” “started with the verse,” continues Fuentes. “We all of the variety of sounds that we have in our music.”
put guitars in our hands, and we literally started throwing out ideas. It just
During the first week of its radio promotion tour, the band repeatedly ran
becomes a whirlpool of ideas.”
into programmers who had known the senior Emilio, and Diego phoned his
That concoction includes thick, accomplished harmonies — a la Restless
dad with some of the feedback. The following week, the Bandoleros were in
Heart or Little Texas — layered over a rambunctious backbeat akin to the Fort Pierce, Fla., when Emilio died on May 16. That cast a shadow over their
Dwight Yoakam/Buck Owens version of “Streets of Bakersfield.” That upbeat efforts, though the Navairas focus on the positive aspects of their father’s
sound rubs against the lyric, which finds a confused guy obsessing about a guidance rather than his departure.
woman who’s both flirtatious and elusive.
“I don’t know if we’d be doing this if it wasn’t for him,” explains Diego.
“We were kind of going for like a [Rolling] Stones ‘Satisfaction’ or like a
“Now after playing a few shows after his death, I find it to be very therapeutic
Beatles ‘Day Tripper’ kind of thing,” says Diego. “The sound is up and happy,
and actually feel a bit close to him onstage.”
but the lyric is not. Not that it’s sad, but he’s sort of screwed up or twisted by
“I love that we’re continuing what he did, but with our own spin on it,” adds
this female.”
Emilio. “That makes me feel really, really proud.”
It was absolutely a group effort.
WMN released “Where Do You Go?” to radio via Play MPE on June 6. It
“Derek would have a lyric here, Emilio would write a guitar riff, Diego would debuts at No. 60 on the Country Airplay chart as the Bandoleros work to take
come up with a chorus hook, and it literally manifested itself,” notes Fuentes.
it to another level. It’s central to their sound; they hope to make it central to
In addition to the Tex-Mex framework, they instinctively created h
armonies
the entire format.
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 15 OF 20
THE STARK REPORT PHYLLIS STARK phyllis.stark@billboard.com
Thirty Years On, Randy Travis’ Storms of Life
Still Reigns Over Country Music
It has been 30 years since Randy Travis released his groundbreaking debut
up on the music scene at a time when the post-Urban Cowboy phase had swung
album, Storms of Life, sparking a new traditionalist movement in the format
toward a pop sensibility … Randy’s baritone popped out of the radio speakers
and, according to the radio programmers who spun its singles, profoundly
with his more traditional approach. He got listeners’ attention because he
influencing country not just at the time but for decades to come.
sounded different … and was fresh, young, handsome and magnetic p
erforming
Released by Warner Bros. in June 1986, Storms spawned four hits on Hot live. It’s no wonder those first singles tested into our gold libraries for years
Country Songs: the No. 1s “On the Other Hand” and “Diggin’ Up Bones,” and years.”
the No. 2-peaking “No Place Like Home” and the No. 6 “1982.” Its success
“Right in the heart of the mid-’80s down cycle, the country format began to
positioned Travis to scoop up the Country Music Assn.’s Horizon Award that
re-energize again on the success of Storms and a fresh, new look,” says WBEE
fall. In total, he has enjoyed 16 No. 1s in his career and 14 additional top 10s. Rochester, N.Y., operations manager Bob Barnett. “An unknown 27-year-old,
And the songs from Storms are still being spun three decades later. “Diggin’
hatless, clean-shaven, good-looking country singer helped kick the f ormat out
Up Bones” got 36 spins across all the country stations monitored by Nielsen
of its pop-country love affair down a more organic, pure, traditional path.”
Music for the week ending June 26. “On the Other Hand” got 31.
Competing labels “redirected A&R efforts to find more artists like Travis,”
In June, Travis was honored with the Country Radio Broadcasters’ Career he says, calling the singer “a game-changer” since his success “reset the path
Achievement Award in Nashville, just a few months
that resulted in the format’s ratings and sales surge of
before he’s scheduled to be inducted into the Country
the ’90s.”
Music Hall of Fame. At the CRB event, fellow country
“Randy created a tsunami in our country world that
star Josh Turner paid tribute with a medley of five T
ravis
every programmer in America benefited from,” agrees
songs, including “Diggin’ Up Bones,” and called Travis
WKSJ Mobile, Ala., PD Bill Black. “I vividly remember
a “hero.”
the first time I sat at my desk and listened to Randy’s
Travis is still fighting his way back from a 2013 stroke
first single. After too many years of the Urban Cowboy
that affected his voice and mobility, so his wife, Mary,
tunes and homogenized country sound, it was i ncredibly
spoke for him at the CRB event. Calling her spouse a
refreshing to hear honest, from-the-heart country music
“fighter” and a “warrior” she said, “He lived the songs
filled with poignant, clever lyrics.”
that he sang … [and] left us a beautiful body of work that
“When Randy came along, country music and country
will live on forever and ever.”
radio were in a down period,” recalls radio consultant
Countr y radio programmers heartily agree. “I
Joel Raab. “His success with a new traditional sound
wouldn’t just say [Storms of Life] changed country music:
made what was old new again. Remarkably though, it
I’d say it saved country music,” says KRTY San Jose,
had a fresh sound that crossed generational appeal.”
TRAVIS
Calif., PD Julie Stevens. CBS Radio Detroit vp music
Fellow radio consultant Alan Sledge says Travis “helped
programming Tim Roberts calls it “one of the most
the country music industry — and radio — pivot to what
important and impactful country albums of all time.
b ecame an explosion of a new country dynasty that
“There’s no question that Storms and those smash
began in the early ’90s.”
singles completely changed country music forever and
“There was something new, fresh and exciting about
in a massive, positive way,” says Roberts. “Randy was
Randy Travis,” says WKLB Boston PD Mike Brophey. “I
an international superstar overnight and influenced so
hadn’t been in country radio too long when Storms came
many other acts to come afterward, including the class
out, but still for me … it represented a break from oldof ’89 with Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Garth [Brooks]
school, household-name country artists and provided
and Travis Tritt.”
a look to the future. Randy’s voice and the strength of
Programmers who were working in radio at the time
the lyrics put very traditional songs on the charts that
clearly remember Travis’ impact and how l isteners
were new — but belonged.
i mmediately responded to him. As Stevens recalls,
“I can remember being on the air in Philadelphia
“We were mired in the crap-tastic sound that was Urban
singing ‘Diggin’ Up Bones’ at the top of my lungs,” adds
Cowboy. That [Travis] album landed on my desk and I
Brophey. “It was one of the songs that really allowed me
couldn’t get it on the air fast enough. George Strait was
to participate in traditional country music and not feel
booked to play the San Jose Center for the Performing Brannigan and Travis, circa 1986.
like I was looking back to the ’60s … He drew attention to
Arts. The promoter added Randy Travis to that show,
the format and appealed to both upper and lower demos.”
and it sold out fast. When he walked out onstage that night, he got a standing
But Cumulus Media vp country Charlie Cook remembers that Travis’
ovation. It wasn’t just us programmers who recognized what a godsend this success “did not come without a hiccup.” First single “On the Other Hand”
kid was. It was the audience that saw it as well.”
famously peaked initially at an inauspicious No. 67. After the success of “1982,”
Roberts was working at WPCM Greensboro, N.C., when “On the Other however, it was rereleased and topped the chart. “It might have been because
Hand” was climbing the chart and remembers heading to a club gig only to find Randy was a 180-degree change from what was on the radio at that time,”
it so packed he had to park a mile away. When he finally arrived, he d
iscovered
says Cook of the initial stiff. “Randy was traditional, and that deep voice was
to his surprise the overflow crowd was there to see Travis.
country with a capital C.” But, he adds, once Travis hit his stride, “there was
“Randy connected immediately with the listener,” says now semi-retired no stopping him, and I believe that he opened so many eyes and ears.”
WXBQ Johnson City, Tenn., operations manager Bill Hagy. “People could not
Three decades later, the legacy of Travis and his debut album live on in the
get enough of Randy Travis. [But] the interesting thing to me is how well that
country format, something Brophey says the singer should be very proud of.
sound has stood the test of time.”
Adds Barnett, “As a wise man once told me, ‘If you don’t know where you’re
Scripps Media vp programming Beverlee Brannigan says, “Randy showed
going, any road will take you there.’ Storms of Life was the road map.”
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 16 OF 20
Country Indicator
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WKS
ON
CHART
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14
LIGHTS COME ON B roken Bow
3
14
CHURCH BELLS 1 9/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood
4
10
H.O.L.Y. R epublic Nashville Florida Georgia Line
4
1
14
WASTED TIME H
it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban
l
6
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7
l
8
l
9
l
10
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11
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14
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5
15
NOISE B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney
6
21
RECORD YEAR EMI Nashville Eric Church
8
42
1
5
AUDIENCE
(IN MILLIONS)
PLAYS
THIS WEEK
+/–
THIS WEEK
+131
8.975
4765
+128
9.002
4706
+326
8.645
4416
-485
8.117
4373
+103
7.922
4344
+176
8.019
HEAD OVER BOOTS C apitol Nashville Jon Pardi
3969
+174
7.461
HH No. 1 (1 week) HH
Jason Aldean
4814
9
18
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG R CA Nashville Jake Owen
3227
+163
5.647
10
21
arner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay
3109
+209
5.857
14
30
FIX B ig Loud
+390
HH Most Increased Plays HH
Chris Lane
3047
5.496
12
16
PETER PAN B lack River Kelsea Ballerini
2938
+173
5.238
11
35
YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK V alory Justin Moore
2869
+81
5.273
15
18
MAKE YOU MISS ME M
CA Nashville Sam Hunt
2706
+93
4.698
16
33
IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER W
arner Bros./WAR Frankie Ballard
2693
+93
5.020
15
13
50
NIGHT’S ON FIRE M
CA Nashville David Nail
2650
-16
4.715
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17
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18
l
19
l
20
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21
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22
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23
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2
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25
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26
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27
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2
l8
29
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3
l0
17
37
RUNNING FOR YOU M
CA Nashville Kip Moore
2501
+69
4.625
18
8
WITHOUT A FIGHT A
rista Nashville Brad Paisley Feat. Demi Lovato
2482
+152
4.430
19
12
CASTAWAY S outhern Groud/Varvatos/Republic/Dot Zac Brown Band
2456
+164
4.654
21
4
arner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton
2139
+301
3.805
20
6
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS C apitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Elle King
2046
+203
3.640
22
14
ROCK ON D
ot Tucker Beathard
1762
+115
2.966
24
35
I MET A GIRL W
arner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan
1651
+162
3.019
23
23
IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO M
ercury Billy Currington
1618
+63
2.624
25
9
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY W
arner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell
1415
+78
2.408
26
19
21 SUMMER E MI Nashville Brothers Osborne
1389
+104
2.169
29
13
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU R epublic Nashville Brett Young
1293
+166
2.041
27
25
UNLOVE YOU B ig Machine Jennifer Nettles
1260
+9
2.147
28
25
LOVIN’ LATELY B $R/New Revolution Big & Rich Feat. Tim McGraw
1212
+67
2.123
30
22
I KNOW SOMEBODY R eviver LoCash
1204
+137
2.109
31
28
LIVIN’ THE DREAM D
ot Drake White
1043
+42
1.771
16
BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 106 STATIONS
Abilene, Texas
KEAN
Alexandria, La.
KRRV
Amarillo, Texas
KGNC
Asheville, N.C.
WKSF
Atlantic City, N.J.
WPUR
Beaumont, Texas
KYKR
Beckley, W. Va.
WJLS
Biloxi, Miss.
WZKX
Bloomington, Ill.
WIBL
Bluefield, W. Va.
WHKX
Burlington, Vt.
WOKO
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
KEZS
Charleston, W. Va
WKWS
WQBE
College Station, Texas
KAGG
Columbia, Mo.
KCLR
Columbus, Ga.
WKCN
WSTH
Cookeville, Tenn.
WGSQ
Dothan, Ala.
WTVY
Duluth, Minn.
KKCB
Eau Claire, Wis.
WAXX
Elizabeth City, N.C.
WRSF
Erie, Pa.
WTWF
Eugene, Ore.
KKNU
Evansville, Ind.
WKDQ
Fargo, N.D.
KBVB
WSTH
Fayetteville, N.C.
WKML
Flagstaff, Ariz.
KAFF
Flint, Mich.
WFBE
Florence, Ala.
WXFL
Florence, S.C.
WEGX
Ft. Collins, Colo.
KUAD
Ft. Smith, Ark.
KTCS
Frederick, Md.
WFRE
Fredericksburg, Va.
WFLS
Green Bay, Wis.
WNCY
Hagerstown, Md.
WAYZ
Hot Springs, Ark.
KQUS
Huntington, Ky.
WDGG
Huntington, W. Va.
WTCR
Idaho Falls, Idaho
KTHK
Jackson, Miss.
WMSI
WUSJ
Janesville, Wis.
WJVL
Jonesboro, Ark.
KDXY
Joplin, Mo.
KIXQ
Kalamazoo, Mich.
WNWN
Kalispell, Mont.
KDBR
Kingmah, Ariz.
KFLG
Lafayette, Ind.
WKOA
Laredo, Texas
KRRG
Lansing, Mich.
WITL
Laurel, Miss.
WBBN
Lebanon, N.H.
Lincoln, Neb
Longview, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Lufkin, Texas
Mason City, Iowa
Medford, Ore.
Meridian, Miss.
Montgomery, Ala.
Morgantown, W. Va.
Muskegon, Mich.
New London, Conn.
Odessa, Texas
Palm Springs, Calif.
Pensacola, Fla.
Peoria, Ill.
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Rapid City, S.D.
Rockford, Ill.
Rocky Mount, N.C.
Saginaw, Mich.
St. Cloud, Minn.
Salina, Kan.
Salisbury, Md.
San Angelo, Texas
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
WXXK
KFGE
KYKX
KLLL
KYKS
KIAI
KRWQ
WOKK
WLWI
WKKW
WMUS
WCTY
KHKX
KPLM
WXBM
WXCL
WRWD
KOUT
WXXQ
WDWG
WCEN
KZPK
KYEZ
WKTT
KGKL
KKJG
Santa Barbara, Calif.
KRAZ
Santa Maria, Calif.
KSNI
Sheboygan, Wis.
WBFM
Savannah, Ga.
WJCL
WUBB
Shreveport, La.
KXKS
Sioux Cty, Iowa
KSUX
South Bend, Ind.
WBYT
Springfield, Ill.
WFMB
Springfield, Mo.
KTTS
Terre Haute, Ind.
WTHI
Topeka, Kan.
WIBW
Traverse City, Mich.
WTCM
Tupelo, Miss.
WWZD
Utica, N.Y.
WFRG
Victor Valley, CA.KATJ
Waco, Texas
WACO
Wausau, Wis.
WDEZ
Wheeling, W. Va.
WOVK
Williamsport, Pa.
WILQ
Yakima, Wash.
KXDD
Youngstown, Ohio
WQXK
WWGY
Westwood One
HOT COUNTRY
MAINSTREAM COUNTRY
Music Choice
TODAY’S COUNTRY
Sirius XM
THE HIGHWAY
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 17 OF 20
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AUDIENCE
(IN MILLIONS)
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WKS
ON
CHART
THIS WEEK
+/–
THIS WEEK
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34
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35
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l9
40
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32
10
PARACHUTE M
ercury Chris Stapleton
972
+30
1.392
33
18
IF THE BOOT FITS W
heelhouse Granger Smith
883
+67
1.393
37
4
VACATION V alory Thomas Rhett
822
+144
1.075
34
14
BLUEBONNETS B IG Label Aaron Watson
808
+58
1.244
40
4
SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME R CA Nashville Old Dominion
795
+182
1.445
36
5
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT R CA Nashville Chris Young Feat. Vince Gill
776
+92
1.308
35
9
A LITTLE MORE LOVE C urb Jerrod Niemann & Lee Brice
763
+33
1.191
38
7
WANNA BE THAT SONG A
tlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge
720
+53
1.029
39
26
MAKE MY OWN SUNSHINE B ig Spark Olivia Lane
669
+4
0.985
41
16
HEALING HIGHWAY B lue Light Brian Collins
523
+5
0.738
43
5
HOMETOWN GIRL M
CA Nashville Josh Turner
455
+32
0.714
44
6
HOLDIN’ HER W
arner Bros./WAR Chris Janson
444
+113
0.576
43
42
20
TUXEDO M
CA Nashville Clare Dunn
433
-6
0.624
44
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47
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49
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50
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80S MERCEDES C olumbia Nashville Maren Morris
429
+228
0.573
397
+390
0.593
58
59
31
HOW I’LL ALWAYS BE B ig Machine
NEW
HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH
Tim McGraw
PLAYS
50
14
MAKE YOU MINE A
tlantic/WEA High Valley
368
+81
0.591
45
11
OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN R ed Bow Craig Campbell
350
+19
0.625
46
20
SOUTHERN BOY B roken Bow Jordan Rager w/ Jason Aldean
339
+10
0.522
48
8
FRIENDS WITH BOATS K eith Walker Keith Walker
303
+13
0.431
52
17
GIRL NEXT DOOR S late Creek/Warner Bros./WMN Brandy Clark
292
+17
0.340
49
10
ROOTS S toney Creek Parmalee
290
0
0.536
51
5
I’LL BE HOME SOON B lack River Craig Morgan
284
+3
0.458
54
3
SUMMER R epublic Nashville Cassadee Pope
276
+31
0.426
53
5
ARE YOU WITH ME M
ercury Nashville Easton Corbin
261
+7
0.356
55
9
SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN T hird Floor Diana Upton-Hill
258
+15
0.368
56
12
SPIN ME R yan Broshear Ryan Broshear
212
+5
0.278
DO YOU WISH IT WAS ME? E MI Nashville Gary Allan
185
+47
0.321
WASN’T THAT DRUNK P retty Damn Tough/1608 Josh Abbott Band Feat. Carly Pearce
174
-5
0.256
NEW
4
59
l
NEW
THY WILL H
ST/EMI Nashville Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
172
+11
0.225
60
NEW
THINK A LITTLE LESS A
tlantic/WEA Michael Ray
172
-2
0.297
CHARTS LEGEND
RANKINGS
Country Airplay is ranked by
total audience impressions
for the week ending Sunday
based on monitored airplay of
151 stations by Nielsen BDS.
Audience totals on the chart are
derived, in part, using certain
Arbitron Inc. copyrighted
Persons 12+ audience
estimates (under license ©
2016, Arbitron Inc.) Country
Indicator is tabulated using
reported playlists and Nielsen
BDS-monitored airplay at 106
stations, ranked by total plays.
station downtime for the format.
Titles that decline in audience
but increase in detections will
also receive a bullet if the total
audience erosion for the week
does not exceed 3%. Bullets are
awarded on Country Indicator to
titles gaining plays or remaining
flat from the previous week.
BULLETS
TIES
On Country Airplay, if two songs
are tied in total audience, the song
with the larger increase in audience
is placed first. On Country Indicator,
if two songs are tied in total plays,
the song with the larger increase in
plays is placed first.
remaining flat from the previous
week. A song will also receive
a bullet if its percentage loss
in audience does not exceed
the percentage of monitored
RECURRENTS
On Country Airplay, descending
titles below No. 10 in either
audience or detections are moved
to recurrent after 20 weeks,
provided that they are not still
l Awarded on Country Airplay
to titles gaining audience or
gaining enough audience points
to bullet or if they rank below No.
10 and post a third consecutive
week of (non-bulleted) audience
decline, regardless of total chart
weeks. On Country Indicator,
descending, non-bulleted titles
below No. 10 are moved to
recurrent after 20 weeks or if they
post a third consecutive week of
decline in plays after 10 weeks.
HOT SHOT DEBUT
Awarded to the highest-ranking
new entry on Country Airplay and
Country Indicator, respectively.
MOST ADDED
The total number of new adds
officially reported to Billboard by
each reporting station, or by an
automatic-add threshold (seven plays
for the first time in a chart tracking
week, according to Nielsen BDS) for
stations that do not report adds.
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/
PLAYS
Most Increased Audience on
Country Airplay and Most
Increased Plays on Country
Indicator list the songs with the
greatest week-to-week increases
in total audience or plays,
respectively.
AIRPOWER
Awarded on Country Airplay to
titles ranking inside top 20 in
plays and audience rankings for
the first time, with increases in
both plays and audience.
BREAKER
Awarded on Country Airplay
to titles achieving airplay (at
least one detection) at 60% of
reporting stations for the first
time.
© 2016 Prometheus Global Media, LLC
TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org.
(Songwriter) C hart Position
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I IF I TOLD YOU E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/
21 SUMMER W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Trampy
McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Songstein
Publishing, ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP ( J.
Osborne, T.J. Osborne, C.Wiseman) 3 2
80S MERCEDES International Dog Music, BMI/BMG
Platinum Songs, BMI (M.Morris, busbee) 4 1
A AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG E MI
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/
Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite
Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae
Music, ASCAP ( R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Johnston) 1 2
ARE YOU WITH ME P retty Woman Publishing,
LLC, BMI/Super Phonic Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs,
BMI/Orbison Music, LLC, BMI/Turn Me On Music, BMI/
Crazy Water Music, ASCAP/Little Blue Egg, ASCAP/
Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP ( T.L.James,
T.McFadden, S.McAnally) 4 6
C CASTAWAY D ay For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/
Southern Ground, SESAC/Life On Fire Music, SESAC/
Poppsolotamus Music, BMI/Brighter Shade Publishing,
BMI (Z.Brown, N.Moon, W.Durrette, C.Bowles, J.D.Hopkins) 2 0
CHURCH BELLS E xternal Combustion Music,
ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music
Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My
Publishing, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/
HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs,
ASCAP (Z.Crowell, Brett James, H.Lindsey) 3
D DANCE WITH YA W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp., BMI/THiS Music, BMI/Goes Something Like THIS
Music, BMI/Songs of Sunset Beach, BMI/SONGS MP
Publishing, BMI ( D.Baldridge, C.Yarber, J.Mitchell) 4 9
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS S mack Hits, GMR/
Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/
Mighty Seven Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Heavy Metal
Disco, ASCAP ( S.McAnally, J.T.Harding) 2 2
F FIX R ound Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/
Bux Tone Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry
Productions, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP (S.
Buxton, J.Frasure, A.Stoklasa) 7
B Music Corp.,
ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/EMI
April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP ( D.
Smyers, S.Mooney, C. DeStefano) 1 1
G GIRL NEXT DOOR H ighway 508 Songs, ASCAP/
House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Nettwerk One B
Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/
Nettwerk One Music Limited Canada, SOCAN/Universal
Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP ( B.Clark,
J.J.Dillon, S.McAnally) 4 2
H HEAD OVER BOOTS G olden Vault Music, BMI/
The Song Factory, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Creative Nation Music, BMI ( J.Pardi, L.Laird) 8
HOLDIN’ HER R ed Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/Buckkilla
Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Eldorotto Music
Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI (C.Janson, J.Otto) 4 5
H.O.L.Y. B MG Platinum Songs, BMI/Pulse Ventures,
BMI/BRRCOFFEE, BMI/IDAP Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights
Management Scandinavia AB, STIM ( busbee, N.Cyphert,
W.W.Larsen) 4
HOMETOWN GIRL D owntown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/
Son Of Ron Songs, ASCAP/Diver Dann Music, ASCAP/
International Dog Music, BMI ( M.Beeson, D.Tashian) 5 1
S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music,
BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp.,
ASCAP/Tar-Cam-Knox Music, ASCAP/Thankful For This
Music, ASCAP ( L.Bryan, D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 1 0
Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt
Music Group Ltd., GMR ( R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, S.McAnally)
43
IF THE BOOT FITS Tree Vibez Music, LLC, ASCAP/
Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/
Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI
(J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert, M.Tenpenny) 3 6
I KNOW SOMEBODY E MI Blackwood Music
Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Songs By Red
Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ole Songs Of
Countrywood, ASCAP ( R.Akins, R.Copperman, J.S.Stover) 2 8
I MET A GIRL R eHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown
Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three
Mules Music, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (T. Rosen, S.Hunt,
S.McAnally) 2 4
IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER S ony/ATV
Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP/Nettwerk One
B Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Nevada House Music,
BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes,
ASCAP (J.Johnston, N.Mason, J.S.Stover) 1 7
IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO C oconut
Hut Publishing, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/
We Be Pawtying, SESAC/BMG Rights Management (UK)
Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/
Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI
(B.Currington, C.R.Barlowe, S.Carter) 2 5
L LIGHTS COME ON B ig Loud Mountain, BMI/
Round Hill Works, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/T Hubb
Publishing, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, ASCAP/Freshy
Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-Volve
Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins,
ASCAP/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary
Alien Publishing, ASCAP (B.Kelley, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt,
J.Robbins, B.Warren, B.Warren) 2
LIPSTICK M
agic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/WarnerTamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Duchess Music,
BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/
Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M.
Music Corp., SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Hatchoo
Music, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Hannah
Mulholland Publishing, BMI/Hyper Hobby Music,
SESAC/Tri Star Sports and Enterainment Group, SESAC/
Fabulicious Music, SESAC/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI/
Round Hill Works, BMI/Music From Riding Songs, BMI/
Songs of Colton Entertainment, BMI (J.Wayne, N.Cooke,
H.Mulholland, C.Hobby, E. Hoffman, R.L.Howard) 5 0
A LITTLE MORE LOVE S mack Hits, GMR/
Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music
Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/HappyGoWrucke,
BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs,
BMI/Hello Jerry, SESAC (S.McAnally, R.Copperman, N.Hemby,
K.Neumann) 3 8
LIVIN’ THE DREAM S ony/ATV Tree Publishing,
BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/
Texa Rae Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Creative Nation Music, BMI ( T.Douglas, J.Johnston, L.Laird)
30
LOVIN’ LATELY B ig Love Music, BMI/Songs Of
Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/J Money
Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,
ASCAP/StyleSonic Music, LLC, BMI ( W.K.Alphin, J.D.Rich,
T.McGraw) 2 6
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY S ony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Combustion
Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB
Music Corp., ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/
Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside
Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants
To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Swindell, A.Gorley,
Z.Crowell) 3 1
N NIGHT’S ON FIRE S uper Big Music, ASCAP/Jett
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie
Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (J.Singleton,
D.Ruttan) 1 5
NOISE S ony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Basuare Music,
BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room,
BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI
April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP ( K.
Chesney, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.M.Nite) 6
O OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Legends Of Magic
Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Ole
Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Full Of Bulls Music, ASCAP/Ole
Ole, ASCAP ( C.Campbell, D.Turnbull) 4 7
P PARACHUTE W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken
Tucky Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
Dontcallmebrett Musicm, BMI (C.Stapleton, J.Beavers) 3 9
PETER PAN S ongs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music,
ASCAP/ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Honey Lee Music, BMI
(K.Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, J.Lee) 1 6
R RECORD YEAR S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/
Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 5
ROCK ON B ig Music Machine, BMI/Fayde 49 Music,
BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus
Songs, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/My My My Music,
ASCAP (T.Beathard, C.Beathard, M.Cannon-Goodman) 2 3
ROOTS M
usic Of Big Deal, BMI/The Stennis Mightier
Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America,
Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing,
LLC, BMI/ Parallel Music Publishing, LLC, BMI (J.Mullins,
B.Stennis, B.Bollinger) 5 7
RUNNING FOR YOU M
usic Of Stage Three,
BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/Roll Through Music, BMI/
BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc.,
BMI/Songs From The Engine Room, BMI/Southside
Independent Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Internal
Combustion Music, BMI/Kickin’ Grids Music, BMI ( K.Moore,
T.Verges, B.Daly) 1 8
S SALTWATER GOSPEL N ot Listed ( Not Listed) 5 4
SEEIN’ RED M
agic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-
Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/This Is Magic Mustang
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Legends Of Magic
Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Casa
Del Amour Music, SESAC/Little Champion Music, ASCAP/
Big Deal Notes, ASCAP/Leighalu Music, ASCAP ( T.Kennedy,
K.Allison, S.Bogard, J.Sever) 5 9
estern
Legend Music, BMI/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Son Of
Ron Songs, ASCAP (W.Earp, A.Albert, M.Beeson) 2 1
SIERRA S uper Big Music, ASCAP/Big Machine Music,
BMI (M.Marlow, T.Dye, A.Scherz) 5 2
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU S uper Big Music, ASCAP/
M Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DMP Songs,
MAKE YOU MINE C entricity Music Publishing,
BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/
ASCAP/Bluenort Records, SOCAN/CentricSongs, SESAC/2
Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC
Hour Songs, SESAC/Pickin Publishing, BMI/Songs Of
(B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 2 7
Kickingbird, BMI ( B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.Stennis) 3 4
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT E MI Blackwood
MAKE YOU MISS ME U niversal Music
Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Goodbye Pants
Corporation, ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/Three
Music, BMI/Sagequinnjude Music, BMI ( C.Young, B.Warren,
Mules Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Sonic
B.Warren) 4 4
Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/RPM
Global Publishing, BMI/Hori Productions America, ASCAP SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME C arrot Seed
Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,
(S.Hunt, J.Osborne, M.Ramsey) 1 3
ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc.,
ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment,
ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs,
ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing,
ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/WB Music
Corp., ASCAP/Jenkalenk Tunes, ASCAP/Who Wants To
Buy My Publishing, ASCAP ( M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi,
M.Jenkins) 3 5
SOUTHERN BOY S ongs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Creative Nation Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/
Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/ole Songs
Of Countrywood, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP ( L.
Laird, B.Dean, J.S.Stover) 4 0
SUMMER U niversal Music Corporation, ASCAP/It’s
The Coolest Publishing, ASCAP/Canal Music Publishing
BV, BUMA/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music,
BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp., BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI ( C.Pope,
K.Archer, E.Shackelton) 5 5
T THINK A LITTLE LESS E MI April Music, Inc.,
ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music
Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Songs Of Universal,
Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Country Paper,
BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Extraordinary Alien Publishing,
ASCAP (J.M.Nite, Thomas Rhett, B.Dean, J.Robbins) 4 8
T-SHIRT E xternal Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of
Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/
Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/
Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP
(A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 9
TUXEDO B MG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Leer Jet 87
Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of
Brett, ASCAP/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/For The Kids
Platinum, BMI/Legitimate Efforts Music, BMI (C.Dunn,
Brett James, B.West) 5 6
U UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/
House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508 Songs,
ASCAP (J. Nettles, B.Clark) 2 9
V VACATION E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On
The Line, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Far Out Music,
Inc., ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/
Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/Frederic And Reid Music,
BMI/Songs From The Boardwalk Music Publishing, LLC,
BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs,
BMI/The Family Songbook, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/
Bob Erotik Music, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/
The Viking Pimp Music, BMI/Honua Songs, BMI/Nice Life,
BMI (Thomas Rhett, T.Allen, H.Brown, M.Dickerson, S.M.Douglas,
G.Goldstein, L.L.Jordan, C.W.Miller, L.Oskar, A.Schuller, H.E.Scott,
Joe London, E.Frederic, J.Ryan) 3 7
W WANNA BE THAT SONG S ony/ATV
Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI
Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbott’s Creek Music, ASCAP ( B.
Eldredge, R.Copperman, Scooter Carusoe) 3 3
WASN’T THAT DRUNK Thankful For This
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music
Corporation, ASCAP ( M.J.McGinn, N.A.Medley, E.L.Weisband)
53
WASTED TIME S ongs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Mary Rose Music, BMI/Firehouse Cat Music, ASCAP/
BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/360 Music, SESAC/Ray Daniels,
SESAC/Jayded Ink Publishing, SESAC ( K.Urban, G.Wells,
J.Abrahart) 1
WHERE DO YOU GO? A rboretum Music, ASCAP/
Melt My Mind Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing
America, Inc., ASCAP/Kickin’ed Music, ASACP/Derek
James Music, ASCAP/Dayside Songs, ASCAP (J.Fuentes,
E.Navaira, D.J.Breslow, D.Navaira) 6 0
WITHOUT A FIGHT N ew House Of Sea Gayle
Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Making The Turn
Music, ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI ( B.Paisley,
K.Lovelace, L.T.Miller) 1 9
Y YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK R ound
Hill Works, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/Big Loud Proud
Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud
Proud Songs, ASCAP/HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative
Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (R.Clawson,
M.Dragstrem, N.Hemby) 1 4
YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO GOOD B MG
Platinum Songs, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/Universal
Tunes, SESAC/Buzzcut Music, SESAC/Brave Sons Cuts, BMI
(M.Dodson, T.Cecil, J.Bussey, M.Lane) 5 8
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Hot Country Songs Index
TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org.
(Songwriter) C hart Position
I IF I TOLD YOU E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/
21 SUMMER W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Trampy
McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Songstein
Publishing, ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP ( J.
Osborne, T.J. Osborne, C.Wiseman) 3 9
80S MERCEDES International Dog Music, BMI/BMG
Platinum Songs, BMI (M.Morris, busbee) 4 4
A AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG E MI
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/
Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite
Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae
Music, ASCAP ( R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Johnston) 1 4
C CAME HERE TO FORGET R ound Hill Songs
BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe
Rocker, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie
Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP ( C.Wiseman,
D.Ruttan) 1 7
CASTAWAY D ay For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/
Southern Ground, SESAC/Life On Fire Music, SESAC/
Poppsolotamus Music, BMI/Brighter Shade Publishing,
BMI (Z.Brown, N.Moon, W.Durrette, C.Bowles, J.D.Hopkins) 2 4
CHURCH BELLS E xternal Combustion Music,
ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music
Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My
Publishing, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/
HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs,
ASCAP (Z.Crowell, Brett James, H.Lindsey) 2
D DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS S mack Hits, GMR/
Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/
Mighty Seven Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Heavy Metal
Disco, ASCAP ( S.McAnally, J.T.Harding) 1 8
E EVERYBODY WE KNOW DOES U niversal
Tunes, SESAC/Buzzcut Music, SESAC/I’m About To Go RED
On Ya Music, BMI/ole, BMI (J.Bussey, T.Denning) 2 6
F FIX R ound Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/
Bux Tone Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry
Productions, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP (S.
Buxton, J.Frasure, A.Stoklasa) 1 6
B Music Corp.,
ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/EMI
April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP ( D.
Smyers, S.Mooney, C. DeStefano) 1 0
H HEAD OVER BOOTS G olden Vault Music, BMI/
The Song Factory, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Creative Nation Music, BMI ( J.Pardi, L.Laird) 7
H.O.L.Y. B MG Platinum Songs, BMI/Pulse Ventures,
BMI/BRRCOFFEE, BMI/IDAP Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights
Management Scandinavia AB, STIM ( busbee, N.Cyphert,
W.W.Larsen) 1
HUMBLE AND KIND S ongs Of Universal, Inc.,
BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI (L.McKenna) 1 1
S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music,
BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp.,
ASCAP/Tar-Cam-Knox Music, ASCAP/Thankful For This
Music, ASCAP ( L.Bryan, D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 5
Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt
Music Group Ltd., GMR ( R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, S.McAnally)
46
I KNOW SOMEBODY E MI Blackwood Music
Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Songs By Red
Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ole Songs Of
Countrywood, ASCAP ( R.Akins, R.Copperman, J.S.Stover) 4 2
I MET A GIRL R eHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown
Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three
Mules Music, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (T. Rosen, S.Hunt,
S.McAnally) 3 5
IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER S ony/ATV
Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP/Nettwerk One
B Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Nevada House Music,
BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes,
ASCAP (J.Johnston, N.Mason, J.S.Stover) 2 2
IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO C oconut
Hut Publishing, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/
We Be Pawtying, SESAC/BMG Rights Management (UK)
Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/
Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI
(B.Currington, C.R.Barlowe, S.Carter) 3 2
L LIGHTS COME ON B ig Loud Mountain, BMI/
Round Hill Works, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/T Hubb
Publishing, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, ASCAP/Freshy
Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-Volve
Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins,
ASCAP/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary
Alien Publishing, ASCAP (B.Kelley, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt,
J.Robbins, B.Warren, B.Warren) 3
LIVIN’ THE DREAM S ony/ATV Tree Publishing,
BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/
Texa Rae Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Creative Nation Music, BMI ( T.Douglas, J.Johnston, L.Laird)
43
LOVIN’ LATELY B ig Love Music, BMI/Songs Of
Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/J Money
Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,
ASCAP/StyleSonic Music, LLC, BMI ( W.K.Alphin, J.D.Rich,
T.McGraw) 4 1
M MAKE YOU MINE C entricity Music Publishing,
ASCAP/Bluenort Records, SOCAN/CentricSongs, SESAC/2
Hour Songs, SESAC/Pickin Publishing, BMI/Songs Of
Kickingbird, BMI ( B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.Stennis) 4 9
MAKE YOU MISS ME U niversal Music
N NIGHT’S ON FIRE S uper Big Music, ASCAP/Jett
T THY WILL W
.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing,
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie
Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (J.Singleton,
D.Ruttan) 2 0
SESCA/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music,
ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/G650 Music, BMI (H.
Scott, E.L.Weisband, B.Herms) 3 6
NOISE S ony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Basuare Music,
T-SHIRT E xternal Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of
BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room,
BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI
April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP ( K.
Chesney, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.M.Nite) 1 5
P PARACHUTE W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken
Tucky Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
Dontcallmebrett Musicm, BMI (C.Stapleton, J.Beavers) 3 8
PETER PAN S ongs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music,
ASCAP/ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Honey Lee Music, BMI
(K.Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, J.Lee) 1 2
R RECORD YEAR S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/
Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 6
ROCK ON B ig Music Machine, BMI/Fayde 49 Music,
BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus
Songs, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/My My My Music,
ASCAP (T.Beathard, C.Beathard, M.Cannon-Goodman) 2 8
RUNNING FOR YOU M
usic Of Stage Three,
BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/Roll Through Music, BMI/
BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc.,
BMI/Songs From The Engine Room, BMI/Southside
Independent Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Internal
Combustion Music, BMI/Kickin’ Grids Music, BMI ( K.Moore,
T.Verges, B.Daly) 3 0
S SEEIN’ RED M
agic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-
Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/This Is Magic Mustang
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Legends Of Magic
Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Casa
Del Amour Music, SESAC/Little Champion Music, ASCAP/
Big Deal Notes, ASCAP/Leighalu Music, ASCAP ( T.Kennedy,
K.Allison, S.Bogard, J.Sever) 3 1
estern
Legend Music, BMI/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Son Of
Ron Songs, ASCAP (W.Earp, A.Albert, M.Beeson) 1 9
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU S uper Big Music, ASCAP/
Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DMP Songs,
BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/
Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC
(B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 3 4
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT E MI Blackwood
Corporation, ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, ASCAP/Three
Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Goodbye Pants
Mules Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Sonic
Music, BMI/Sagequinnjude Music, BMI ( C.Young, B.Warren,
Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/RPM
B.Warren) 4 8
Global Publishing, BMI/Hori Productions America, ASCAP
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH P eermusic
(S.Hunt, J.Osborne, M.Ramsey) 1 3
III, Ltd., BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer
MAYDAY M
arvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year
Music, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Fuego Songs
YesterdayPublishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/
Publishing, SESAC/David Ryan Music, ASCAP/The Real
These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson) 4 7
Brain Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music
Of The Corn, ASCAP ( M.Tyler, J.Boyer, A.Palmer, D.Kuncio,
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY S ony/ATV Tree
J.Mirenda) 9
Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Combustion
Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME C arrot Seed
Music Corp., ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/
Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,
Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside
ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc.,
Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants
ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment,
To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Swindell, A.Gorley,
ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs,
Z.Crowell) 2 9
ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing,
ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/WB Music
MY CHURCH International Dog Music, BMI/BMG
Corp., ASCAP/Jenkalenk Tunes, ASCAP/Who Wants To
Platinum Songs, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI/7189
Buy My Publishing, ASCAP ( M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi,
Music Publishing, BMI ( busbee, M.Morris) 2 1
M.Jenkins) 4 0
Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/
Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/
Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP
(A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 8
TUXEDO B MG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Leer Jet 87
Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of
Brett, ASCAP/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/For The Kids
Platinum, BMI/Legitimate Efforts Music, BMI (C.Dunn,
Brett James, B.West) 4 5
U UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/
House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508 Songs,
ASCAP (J. Nettles, B.Clark) 3 3
V VACATION E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On
The Line, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Far Out Music,
Inc., ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/
Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/Frederic And Reid Music,
BMI/Songs From The Boardwalk Music Publishing, LLC,
BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs,
BMI/The Family Songbook, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/
Bob Erotik Music, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/
The Viking Pimp Music, BMI/Honua Songs, BMI/Nice Life,
BMI (Thomas Rhett, T.Allen, H.Brown, M.Dickerson, S.M.Douglas,
G.Goldstein, L.L.Jordan, C.W.Miller, L.Oskar, A.Schuller, H.E.Scott,
Joe London, E.Frederic, J.Ryan) 2 7
W WANNA BE THAT SONG S ony/ATV
Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI
Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbott’s Creek Music, ASCAP ( B.
Eldredge, R.Copperman, Scooter Carusoe) 3 7
WASN’T THAT DRUNK Thankful For This
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music
Corporation, ASCAP ( M.J.McGinn, N.A.Medley, E.L.Weisband)
50
WASTED TIME S ongs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Mary Rose Music, BMI/Firehouse Cat Music, ASCAP/
BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/360 Music, SESAC/Ray Daniels,
SESAC/Jayded Ink Publishing, SESAC ( K.Urban, G.Wells,
J.Abrahart) 4
WITHOUT A FIGHT N ew House Of Sea Gayle
Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Making The Turn
Music, ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI ( B.Paisley,
K.Lovelace, L.T.Miller) 2 3
Y YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK R ound
Hill Works, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/Big Loud Proud
Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud
Proud Songs, ASCAP/HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative
Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (R.Clawson,
M.Dragstrem, N.Hemby) 2 5
CODA
33 Years Ago
Ricky Skaggs
Raced To No. 1
He dominated Hot Country
Songs before making history
on the Bluegrass Albums chart
JULY 5, 2016 | PAGE 20 OF 20
On July 9, 1983, Ricky Skaggs’
“Highway 40 Blues” sped to No. 1 on
Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart,
marking his fifth consecutive No.
1. The Larry Cordle-penned track,
from Skaggs’ f irst Top C
ountry
A lbums chart-topper, Highways and
Heartaches, won airplay thanks to
Skaggs’ love of bluegrass mixed
with radio-friendly hooks.
A master of many instruments,
Skaggs received his first mandolin
at age 5. By his teens, he, along
with now-deceased Keith Whitley, joined Ralph Stanley’s Clinch
Mountain Boys. Skaggs joined
Vince Gill and Patty Loveless to
perform Gill’s “Go Rest High on
That Mountain” at S
tanley’s funeral
service last week (June 28).
A member of the Grand Ole Opry
since 1982 — the youngest ever at
the time — Skaggs has scored 11
No. 1s on Hot Country Songs and
four on Top Country Albums. He
has notched a record seven leaders
on Billboard’s Bluegrass Albums chart
(which launched in 2002), including
his most recent entry, 2013’s Cluck
Ol’ Hen: Live, with Bruce Hornsby.
Most r ecently, Skaggs, 61, p
roduced
Hillary Scott & The Scott Family’s
C hristian/countr y album Love
Remains, due July 29. —JIM ASKER
Skaggs performing in
Chicago in November 1984.
PAUL NATKIN/WIREIMAGE
R EW I N D I N G
THE
C O U N T RY
C H A RT S

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