Country Update
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Country Update
Country Update BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS INSIDE FGL, Sturgill Simpson Own No. 1 Chart Slots >page 3 CMA Preps Research Webinars >page 7 Kenny Chesney Launches Stadium Tour Season >page 8 Makin’ Tracks: Keith Urban’s “Wasted Time” >page 12 The Stark Report: Is Country In For A Summer Slowdown? >page 13 Country Coda: Rodney & Rosanne’s “Small World” >page 18 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 1 OF 18 [email protected] Coca-Cola Cowboys Get Their Share Of New Soda Campaign As a homeless teenager, singer-songwriter Jimmy Wayne’s life turned around when he met an elderly woman, Bea Costner, who hired him to cut her lawn every week. She would compensate him with $20 and a Coca-Cola, and he ended up living with the Costners. He has told that story through the years at concerts; in his book, Walk to Beautiful; and, more recently, on his blog. Wayne finally got to recount it to a gathering of Coke executives on April 20. “The room just cheered like you wouldn’t believe,” he says. “I was like, ‘Man, this is not a one-time speech. I’ve been trying to get your attention for 18 years.’ ” Appropriately, Coca-Cola is now using one of Wayne’s songs, “I Love You This Much,” among just seven country copyrights in its new Share a Coke and a Song campaign, which d ebuted April 18. It’s an extension of the Share a Coke program in which people’s names were imprinted on the soft drink’s labels. Those names are now replaced by WAYNE the title — or a key lyric — from a song. Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me,” Faith Hill’s “The Way You Love Me” and Willie Nelson’s “Always on My Mind” are among the country tracks in the effort, which uses approximately 70 songs total. They range in eras from C harlie Puth’s current pop single “One Call Away” to the public-domain composition “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” and in styles from Bachman Turner Overdrive’s classic-rocker “Takin’ Care of Business” to Carlos Vives’ Latin-pop release “Ella Es Mi Fiesta” (“She’s My Party”). “We wanted to use the lyrics that connect people and c reate those moments of sharing,” Coke global head of music Joe B elliotti told Billboard in March. “This was not about f inding the most popular songs of today. This was about finding lyrics that can help you connect with someone. Because at the end of the day, music and the lyrics in songs help you express what you sometimes aren’t able to put into words yourself.” Using phrases to connect people isn’t an entirely new idea. “It’s like those Valentine’s [Day] sweet-tart things that have those little messages on them,” says Shane McAnally, a co-writer of Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow,” which is also in the campaign. And using music isn’t a new idea for Coca-Cola, either. A 1971 Coke ad built around “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” is widely regarded as among the most effective spots in history (one of its writers, British-born Roger Cook, became a Nashville songwriter, responsible for Don Williams’ “I Believe in You” and George Strait’s “One Night at a Time”). Dottie West’s “Country Sunshine” was also part of a Coke campaign. In this modern Coke/music hookup, the songs on the labels can be scanned with the Shazam app, allowing consumers to hear a part of a track — and maybe become aware of the artist — and create a lip-synch video that JAMES they’re able to share. “Coca-Cola should fit anyone, no matter who they are — whatever race, whatever job they do,” says “Always on My Mind” co-writer Mark James. “Coca-Cola has been around so long that it’s just one of those icon things. You’d miss it if it wasn’t here anymore.” Coke, in fact, is extremely protective of the brand. The recipe for its syrup is a closely guarded secret, and its marketing efforts — particularly after its New Coke debacle in 1985 — are meticulous. “The world we’re living in today, everybody has to be so diplomatic about what they believe in and [whether they] might offend somebody,” says Wayne. “I thought, ‘Wow, I can hardly believe they’re going to print my song on their cans and bottles.’ ” Coke had to pass a test, too — and not the Pepsi challenge. A line from Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” — “I’m proud to be an American” — is included in GREENWOOD Coke’s campaign, but Greenwood isn’t in a hurry to license it to everyone. “I wouldn’t put it on a beer label,” says Greenwood. “But if Coke wants to use it, I think it’s really cool to be associated with America’s most popular and well-known brand.” Coke has not revealed details of the deals it made with publishers, though Greenwood says it’s a favored-nation agreement — thus, every title receives the same compensation — and both sides hold an option to continue the association after one year. That said, it’s difficult to believe that anyCLARK one who thought the deal was a winner beforehand would want to get out of it after being associated with the iconic Coke logo. “It’s my favorite soft drink and it always has been,” says “Follow Your Arrow” co-writer Brandy Clark. “I just love the way it looks. JAMES I love the glass bottles. To me, it’s A merican. It’s like Ford and Chevy and Coke — but actually, Coke goes above Ford and Chevy for me. You know, it’s like the [New York] Yankees.” Clark is tied to one of the minor pitfalls in the program. She received a Grammy nomination this year for her album cut “Hold My Hand,” which is a title that’s featured on some Coke bottles. Her fans might think it’s her song that’s being l icensed, though more consumers are likely to associate the title with Darius Rucker — “Hold My Hand” was Hootie & The Blowfish’s 1994 breakthrough hit. But the actual track in question, determined by using the Shazam app, is Jess Glynne’s 2015 release “Hold My Hand,” which reached the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/ Electronic Songs chart. Less problematic is Luke Bryan’s “I Don’t Want This Night to End,” which — much like Wayne’s song — represents a personal Coke connection to Dallas Davidson, one of Bryan’s three co-writers. The Share a Coke campaign phrase is ironic in his case — Davidson’s grandmother gave out Coca-Cola stock certificates at Christmastime, essentially sharing shares of the company. The Georgia-born Davidson still holds his stock in the business, which he visited during a school function as a kid. “That’s a pretty big deal how it all comes full circle,” says Davidson. “You’re touring Coca-Cola when you’re 7 years old, and then when you’re 38 years old, they’re putting your song title on the side of the can. That’s pretty badass.” APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 2 OF 18 Brothers Osborne performed “21 Summer” and “Stay a Little Longer” when the duo made its Grand Ole Opry debut on April 19. From left: Opry Entertainment Group president Steve Buchanan, T.J. Osborne, John Osborne and Opry vice president/GM Pete Fisher. Michael Ray visited with WIVK Knoxville, Tenn., PD Bob Raleigh during an April 15 stop at Thompson-Boling Arena with Brantley Gilbert. From left: Raleigh, Ray and Warner Music Nashville promotion manager Stephanie Holzer. Martina McBride delivered the inaugural Big Machine Label Group special for HSN on April 17. From left: Nash Icon GM Jim Weatherson, BMLG senior vp creative Sandi Spika Borchetta, BMLG president/CEO Scott Borchetta, McBride and HSN CEO Mindy Grossman. Drake White chatted with WNSH New York personality Shila Nathan April 18 following a guest appearance on NBC’s Today CLARK: PAMELA LITTKY; BROTHERS OSBORNE: RACHEL BLACK; MCBRIDE: RICK DIAMOND BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 3 OF 18 ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] Florida Georgia Line’s “Confession” (Republic Nashville) crowns Billboard’s radio something fresh with “Confession.” “FGL is one of the acts to pioneer a Country Airplay chart (dated May 7), lifting 2-1, up 4 percent to 44.8 m illion new sound, yet they’ve managed to mature as well,” he tells Billboard. “While audience impressions in the tracking week ending April 24, according to their music always performs with younger demos, this one also fared well with Nielsen Music. the older end of our audience.” Penned by Rodney Clawson, Ross Copperman and Matt Jenkins, “Confession” marks a milestone for the duo of Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard. ‘T’ IS FOR TOP 10 As Dierks Bentley’s “Somewhere on a Beach” ( Capitol The fifth single from FGL’s sophomore album, Anything Goes, is the pair’s fourth N ashville) leads Billboard’s hybrid Hot Countr y Songs chart, which to top Country Airplay, following “Sippin’ on Fire” (June 20, 2015), “Sun Daze” encompasses airplay, digital sales and streaming, for a second week, Thomas (Feb. 28, 2015) and “Dirt” (Oct. 25, 2014). (The title-track fourth single peaked Rhett’s “T-Shirt” (Valory) enters the top 10 (12-9). “T-Shirt” is sparked by a at No. 3 in October.) 14 percent increase on Country Airplay, where it also reaches Florida Georgia Line’s first full studio set, Here’s to the Good the top 10 (14-10; 28.5 million, up 13 percent). The track Times, also produced four Country Airplay leaders (2012zooms 10-4 on Country Digital Songs (25,000 downloads 14), matching the record for the most No. 1s from a debut sold; up 16 percent) and 10-5 on Country Streaming Songs major-label album, previously set by Brooks & Dunn (Brand (2.3 million U.S. streams, up 14 percent). “T-Shirt” is Rhett’s New Man, 1991-92) and Zac Brown Band (The Foundation, sixth Hot Country Songs top 10 and seventh Country A irplay 2008-10). top 10. Now, FGL joins ZBB as the only two acts to accomplish Also on Country Airplay, Luke Bryan’s “Huntin’, Fishin’ four Country Airplay chart-toppers from each of their first & Lovin’ Every Day” (Capitol Nashville) becomes his 21st top two albums. ZBB’s second full-length, You Get What You Give, 10 (12-9; 30 million, up 10 percent). produced the No. 1s “As She’s Walking Away” (featuring Alan Jackson), “Colder Weather,” “Knee Deep” (featuring Jimmy SIMPSON SAILS TO NO. 1 On Top Country Albums, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Buffett) and “Keep Me in Mind” (2010-11). A mericana singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson tops the “It still feels like a dream to us and we’re humbled,” FGL’s survey for the first time as Sailor’s Guide to Earth (Atlantic/ Kelley tells Billboard. “ ‘Confession’ is in our hearts and we are thankful it had Atlantic Group) bows with 52,000 in its opening week. It also starts at No. 1 a chance to be a single and have an impact. It really opens the door for what on Top Current Albums, Top Rock Albums and Folk Albums. Simpson’s third we’ve got coming on [April 29].” appearance on Top Country Albums follows his No. 31-peaking 2014 debut, “This is an amazing achievement and it couldn’t happen to nicer people,” High Top Mountain, and 2015’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (No. 8). adds Big Machine Label Group executive vp and Republic Records president Jimmy Harnen. “On the eve of launching their debut single from their third MARIE’S NEW ‘MUSIC’ Marie Osmond achieves her first solo top 10 on the LP, FGL continues to lead the pack.” Top Country Albums chart in more than 41 years as Music Is Medicine (Oliveme) Wait — what was that about April 29 and a new single and album? While not enters at No. 10 (4,000). She posts her first solo entry since 1989’s No. 68-peaking divulging the exact date, Harnen told Billboard that the duo’s third album will Steppin’ Stone and first top 10 since 1974’s In My Little Corner of the World (No. 10). arrive in late summer. Osmond tallied one top 10 since with brother Donny: 2011’s Donny & Marie KKBQ Houston PD Johnny Chiang feels that Florida Georgia Line gave opened and peaked at No. 7 (16,000). Country UPDATE Get your message front and center with top country radio programmers and other key music influencers THE COUNTRY MUSIC INDUSTRY’S MUST-HAVE SOURCE FOR NEWS ANALYSIS AND CHART INFO. NOW, ONE WEEKLY EDITION, EVERY MONDAY. TO ADVERTISE, CONTACT: Lee Ann Photoglo, 615-376-7931, [email protected] JEREMY COWART FGL, Simpson Sail To No. 1; Osmond Returns To Top 10 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 4 OF 18 Country Airplay THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART 1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 2 25 3 14 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH C apitol Nashville 5 17 6 23 SNAPBACK R CA Nashville AIRPLAY MONITORED BY AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK CONFESSION R epublic Nashville Florida Georgia Line 44.761 +1.792 7940 215 1 Dierks Bentley 43.926 +4.288 7780 652 2 THINK OF YOU R CA Nashville/Republic Nashville HH Most Increased Audience HH Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope 43.178 +4.526 7776 871 3 39.736 +1.935 7232 421 4 HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Old Dominion 5 1 32 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT B ig Machine Rascal Flatts 37.960 -8.553 6642 -1555 5 l 7 l 8 l 9 l 1 l0 11 l 1 l2 13 l 14 l 15 l 1 l6 17 l 1 l8 19 l 20 l 21 l 2 l2 23 l 2 l4 25 l 26 l 27 l 2 l8 29 l 30 l 8 30 MIND READER B roken Bow Dustin Lynch 36.252 +3.189 6505 466 6 9 14 HUMBLE AND KIND M cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 31.791 +2.359 5863 533 7 Blake Shelton 30.363 +2.550 5565 544 8 Luke Bryan 29.982 +2.752 5153 438 10 Thomas Rhett 28.464 +3.230 5107 390 11 6 10 7 CAME HERE TO FORGET W arner Bros./WMN 12 7 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY C apitol Nashville 14 13 T-SHIRT V alory 11 46 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU C urb 13 17 MY CHURCH C olumbia Nashville 15 5 16 30 HEAD OVER BOOTS C apitol Nashville Jon Pardi 17 4 WASTED TIME H it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 19 12 21 4 20 20 23 8 22 23 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER W arner Bros./WAR 24 38 NIGHT’S ON FIRE M CA Nashville 25 25 YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK V alory 30 4 26 36 HOLE IN A BOTTLE M ercury 27 12 FROM THE GROUND UP W arner Bros./WAR 28 27 RUNNING FOR YOU M CA Nashville 29 7 ROCK ON D ot 31 9 MAKE YOU MISS ME M CA Nashville 32 29 I MET A GIRL W arner Bros./WMN 34 16 LOVIN’ LATELY B $R/New Revolution NOISE B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville Lee Brice 27.154 -0.231 5177 170 9 Maren Morris 26.444 +0.936 5092 172 12 Kenny Chesney 24.764 +1.914 4463 526 13 20.105 +1.424 4268 267 14 20.038 +4.477 3884 954 15 Eric Church 15.532 +1.656 3199 212 16 Jason Aldean 14.958 +3.123 2879 587 20 FIX B ig Loud Chris Lane 14.244 +0.648 3005 96 17 AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG R CA Nashville Jake Owen 12.810 +1.583 2625 294 21 Frankie Ballard 12.126 +0.723 2995 55 18 19 RECORD YEAR E MI Nashville LIGHTS COME ON B roken Bow CHURCH BELLS 1 9/Arista Nashville HH Airpower HH HH Airpower HH David Nail 11.333 +0.669 2912 239 Justin Moore 11.107 +0.628 2524 124 22 Carrie Underwood 11.091 +3.474 2299 854 24 Canaan Smith 10.475 +0.551 2405 153 23 Dan + Shay 10.311 +0.685 2194 68 26 Kip Moore 9.779 +0.881 2231 128 25 Tucker Beathard 9.320 +0.993 2006 377 27 Sam Hunt 7.389 +1.705 1457 181 29 William Michael Morgan 5.951 +0.340 1449 77 30 Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw 5.593 +0.431 1643 235 28 HH Most Added HH 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 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART 31 l 32 l 3 l3 34 l 35 l 3 l6 37 l 38 l 3 l9 40 l 41 l 4 l2 43 l 4 l4 45 l 37 6 36 20 LIVIN’ THE DREAM D ot APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 5 OF 18 Country Airplay TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist PETER PAN B lack River AIRPLAY MONITORED BY AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK Kelsea Ballerini 4.749 +0.953 1207 210 33 Drake White 4.632 +0.263 1335 42 31 35 15 UNLOVE YOU B ig Machine Jennifer Nettles 4.481 +0.106 1266 -13 32 40 12 IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO M ercury Billy Currington 3.732 +0.726 918 93 36 38 11 USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER Z one 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.416 +0.019 873 56 37 34 39 11 MAYDAY A rista NashvilleCam 3.410 +0.332 1040 101 41 13 SOUTHERN BOY B roken Bow Jordan Rager With Jason Aldean 3.211 +0.326 933 73 35 49 4 CASTAWAY S outhern Ground/John Varvatos/Republic/Dot Zac Brown Band 3.089 +1.348 517 283 47 GIRL NEXT DOOR W arner Bros./WMN 42 11 48 9 44 11 Brandy Clark 2.483 -0.017 624 18 41 High Valley 2.359 +0.522 597 73 43 I KNOW SOMEBODY R eviverLoCash 2.332 +0.224 682 59 39 Brothers Osborne 2.199 +0.118 646 51 40 Trace Adkins 2.199 +0.038 811 61 38 Sam Hunt 2.100 +0.001 274 11 52 44 MAKE YOU MINE A tlantic/WEA 46 10 21 SUMMER E MI Nashville 43 14 JESUS AND JONES W heelhouse 45 19 RAISED ON IT M CA Nashville 51 9 SLEEP WITHOUT YOU R epublic Nashville Brett Young 1.834 +0.396 539 124 46 47 8 IF THE BOOT FITS W heelhouse Granger Smith 1.779 -0.098 619 49 42 47 l 48 l 53 7 SONG NUMBER 7 S toney Creek Randy Houser 1.759 +0.444 530 90 46 52 12 49 50 6 RECKLESS N ash Icon 50 l 51 l 52 l 53 l 54 l 55 l 5 l6 57 l 5 l8 59 l 60 l 54 9 DADDY’S MONEY R ed Bow 55 6 TUXEDO M CA Nashville 57 5 GHOST TOWN N ash Records DANCE WITH YA C old River THINK A LITTLE LESS A tlantic/WEA NEW Drew Baldridge 1.375 +0.039 536 4 45 Martina McBride 1.276 -0.442 366 -60 49 Brooke Eden 0.973 +0.017 365 -36 50 48 Clare Dunn 0.972 +0.057 375 57 Breaking Southwest 0.862 +0.031 145 -19 - Michael Ray 0.859 +0.668 215 182 56 51 HH Hot Shot Debut HH 56 2 OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN R ed Bow Craig Campbell 0.837 -0.005 339 62 58 3 BEER CAN IN A TRUCK BED R CA Nashville Old Dominion 0.624 +0.010 50 1 - 59 2 LONELY GIRL C apitol Nashville Charles Kelley 0.593 +0.105 233 98 54 RE-ENTRY SAID NO ONE EVER E lektra Nashville/WAR 60 SOUTHERNALITY R epublic Nashville 6 RE-ENTRY NEW WASN’T THAT DRUNK P retty Damn Tough/1608 Jana Kramer 0.559 +0.154 220 20 55 A Thousand Horses 0.483 -0.000 262 7 53 Josh Abbott Band With Carly Pearce 0.464 +0.087 179 34 57 Tara Thompson 0.318 +0.083 167 6 59 SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE V alory GOING FOR ADDS GETTY IMAGES 17 JASON ALDEAN Lights Come On The country-rock track rolls 21-17 on Country Airplay (15 million in audience, up 26 percent) and 19-16 on Hot Country Songs, boosted by a 7 percent gain to 1.4 million U.S. streams. On April 22, a show set for Sept. 9 at Boston’s Fenway Park on Aldean’s upcoming Six String Circus Tour sold out in less than two hours. 5/2 5/9 ALABAMA Come Find Me BMG Chrysalis WILLIAMS HONOR Send It To Me All Hour CHRIS JANSON Holdin’ Her Warner Bros./WAR 5/16 CHRIS STAPLETON Parachute Mercury Nashville CYNDI THOMSON Sippin’ Wine On The Water Dreamlined HOMEGROWN BAND Summer Song Homegrown LANCO Long Live Tonight Arista Nashville PARMALEE Roots Stoney Creek BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 6 OF 18 Country Airplay MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist ADDS CHURCH BELLS 1 9/Arista Nashville CASTAWAY S outhern Groud/Varvatos/Republic/Dot PETER PAN B lack River LIGHTS COME ON B roken Bow ROCK ON D ot SLEEP WITHOUT YOU Republic Nashville LONELY GIRL C apitol Nashville THINK A LITTLE LESS A tlantic/WEA OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN R ed Bow MAYDAY A rista Nashville AIRPLAY MONITORED BY 39 19 17 11 10 10 10 10 9 8 Carrie Underwood Zac Brown Band Kelsea Ballerini Jason Aldean Tucker Beathard Brett Young Charles Kelley Michael Ray Craig Campbell Cam ADDS Olivia Lane 0.316 12 1 Parmalee 0.275 3 3 LIGHT IT UP S tar Farm Nashville/Basis D avid Ray 0.270 18 0 IT’S ON YOU 1 7/in2une M att Gary 0.266 24 0 FISHIN’ WITH MY DAD B lack River Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots 0.230 0 0 HOLDIN’ HER W arner Bros./WAR 0.228 1 1 MAKE MY OWN SUNSHINE B ig Spark ROOTS S toney Creek Chris Janson RECURRENTS MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE GAIN TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS) THINK OF YOU R CA Nashville/Republic Nashville Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope WASTED TIME H it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH C apitol Nashville Dierks Bentley CHURCH BELLS 1 9/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood T-SHIRT V alory T homas Rhett MIND READER B roken Bow Dustin Lynch LIGHTS COME ON B roken Bow Jason Aldean HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY C apitol Nashville L uke Bryan CAME HERE TO FORGET W arner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton HUMBLE AND KIND M cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw TOTAL TOTAL TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist AUDIENCE STATIONS +4.526 +4.477 +4.288 +3.474 +3.230 +3.189 +3.123 +2.752 +2.550 +2.359 THIS WEEK TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist TOTAL AUD. (IN MILLIONS) 1 YOU SHOULD BE HERE W arner Bros./WMNCole Swindell 31.191 2 LITTLE BIT OF YOU R ed BowChase Bryant 26.316 3 DIE A HAPPY MAN V alory Thomas Rhett 22.134 4 DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE A tlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 5 BACKROAD SONG W heelhouse Granger Smith 17.999 6 HEARTBEAT 1 9/Arista NashvilleCarrie Underwood 7 I LOVE THIS LIFE R eviver LoCash 16.364 8 BEAUTIFUL DRUG S outhern Ground/John Varvatos/DotZac Brown Band 9 STAY A LITTLE LONGER E MI NashvilleBrothers Osborne 14.015 10 HOME ALONE TONIGHT Capitol NashvilleLuke Bryan Feat. Karen Fairchild 13.243 20.059 17.832 16.223 BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist GAIN WASTED TIME H it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban THINK OF YOU R CA Nashville/Republic Nashville Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope CHURCH BELLS 1 9/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH C apitol Nashville Dierks Bentley LIGHTS COME ON B roken Bow Jason Aldean CAME HERE TO FORGET W arner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton HUMBLE AND KIND M cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw NOISE B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville K enny Chesney MIND READER B roken Bow Dustin Lynch HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY C apitol Nashville Luke Bryan +954 +871 +854 +652 +587 +544 +533 +526 +466 +438 Gross Artist Attendance $841,100 $76, $46 $715,339 $79.50, $46 $676,344 $76, $46 $542,490 $76, $46 $475,939 $79.50, $46 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Pepsi Center, Denver/March 30 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Oracle Arena, Oakland/April 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Save Mart Center, Fresno, Calif./April 5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Broadmoor World Arena, Colorado Springs/March 29 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Reno Events Center, Reno, Nev./April 8 12,830 sellout 9,775 10,375 9,534 sellout 7,935 sellout 6,234 sellout Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) AEG LIVE AEG LIVE AEG LIVE AEG LIVE 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 ([email protected]). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT WEEK ENDING APRIL 24, 2016 THIS WEEK 1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l LAST WKS ON WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST TW SPINS SPINS +/– THIS WEEK Cody Jinks 1894 147 72 11 l 12 l 14 Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1724 13 Deryl Dodd 1687 83 13 10 22 I CAN’T RUN ( Independent) Bleu Edmondson 1166 -7 Cody Canada & The Departed 1680 98 14 l 15 l 16 l 17 l 18 l 19 l 20 l 19 12 THE FLAG (Red Dirt Legend) Brandon Jenkins 1151 230 12 15 DEAR MUSIC, (Independent) Bart Crow Band 1143 45 17 11 SINGIN’ THING (Independent) 18 11 BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH (Independent) 21 11 BACK TO BACK ( Independent) Rich O’Toole 991 22 15 RHINESTONE WORLD (Mis B Havin) Breelan Angel 965 55 24 10 GULF COAST TIME ( Independent) Roger Creager 954 104 2 19 CAST NO STONES (Independent) 3 10 ‘TIL IT DOES ( Lil Buddy Toons) 4 19 FEELS LIKE HOME ( Smith) 5 13 ALL NIGHTER (Independent) 8 16 HALF AS GOOD ( Independent) Bri Bagwell 1494 127 7 17 THE LUCKY ONES ( Independent) Sam Riggs 1416 28 9 14 BAD REPUTATION (Independent) Mike Ryan 1359 74 HH 1 week at 1 HH 8 1 23 WINNING HAND (Independent) 9 l 11 21 UH HUH (Independent) Kaleb McIntire 1256 10 6 14 HERE’S TO YOU ( Independent) Zane Williams 1221 -315 Cory Morrow 1309 -535 105 LAST WKS ON WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST TW SPINS SPINS +/– 8 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RIGHT & WRONG ( Independent) Josh Ward 1194 155 29 LET’S DO THIS THING (Stag) 126 Stephen Chadwick 1180 Jon Wolfe 1050 68 Curtis Grimes 1040 106 78 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 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 7 OF 18 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND executive. Adams arrives from Entercom, where she was national director of e-commerce and digital sales ... iHeartMedia appointed Steve Weed as Central California senior vp programming, according to InsideRadio.com. He retains his role as Fresno senior vp, which includes oversight of country KHGE. Country KTOM Monterey is also now under Weed’s jurisdiction ... CBS Radio senior vp communications Karen Mateo will step down from her position on May 6, InsideRadio.com reported. ’ROUND THE ROW CMA RESEARCHES CONSUMER SHIFTS As consumers and the music industry continue to adapt to a changing technological environment, understanding the fan base — and the rate at which it is altering its behaviors — is increasingly challenging. The Country Music Association will release important findings about consumers’ evolving behaviors and attitudes in a three-part webinar during May. “Understanding Today’s Shifting Consumer Landscape and C hanging Country Music Audiences, Music Choices and Behaviors” launches at 2 p.m. CT on May 3, with successive one-hour installments at the same time on May 10 and 17. Available to CMA members, the webinars are based on research conducted during the fourth quarter of 2015 through the Futures Company. The data is expected to provide clues about how country fans will interact with the genre in the coming years. The individual sessions are “Tomorrow’s Music Consumer and Emerging Behaviors” (May 3), “New Ownership Beliefs and Music Spending Profiles” (May 10) and “The Fan Economy Difference” (May 17). For more info about accessing the webinar, email the CMA research department here. MOVERS & SHAKERS Jay Cruze was appointed iHeartMedia/Kentucky-Indiana director of c ountry programming, a post that includes oversight of WAMZ Louisville, Ky., WBUL Lexington, Ky. and WUBG Indianapolis. He most recently was iHeartMedia/ Augusta, Ga., senior vp programming ... Scott Innes joined WRKN New Orleans-Baton Rouge, La., as a midday personality on April 21, a move that accompanies the station’s rebranding as a regional outlet. P rogramming shifted simultaneously from a current format to one with a heavier emphasis on c ountry gold. The on-screen voice for Scooby-Doo and Shaggy in several movies, Innes previously was a personality at WYNK Baton Rouge ... Rick Daniels joined KQFC Boise, Idaho, on April 20 in afternoon drive. His previous job was p roduction manager at WSCH Lawrenceburg, Ind. ... Bobby Bones has been added to the Musicians On Call board of directors ... Kelsea Ballerini hosts Westwood One’s Summer Kick Off Memorial Day special, available May 28 to 30. Reach Westwood One senior director of radio syndication affiliate sales Donny Walker here for more info ... Geisler Radio’s Today in Country Music History marks 10 years on the air May 1. The two-minute short-form daily airs on 25 stations ... CBS Radio/Chicago promoted Todd Cavanah to vp programming, overseeing six stations including country WUSN, The Chicago Business Journal reported. He was PD of top 40 WBBM and classic hits WJMK ... Cherry Creek appointed Jonathan Brewster as its new CEO, according to RadioInfo.com. He previously was Qantum Communications senior vp. The chain has 15 country stations, including KAAR Butte, Mont.; KYSN Wenatchee, Wash.; and KYYZ Williston, N.D. ... Cumulus/New Orleans named Rachel Adams and Kelwynn Napoleon local sales managers for the four-station cluster, RadioInfo.com reported. Napoleon is promoted from senior account JOHN SHEARER Frankie Ballard checked in with WKLB Boston assistant PD Ginny Rogers when he played the House of Blues on April 15. From left: Warner Music Nashville executive vp/GM Peter Strickland, Rogers, Ballard and WMN WAR regional promotion manager Anna Cage. BBR Music Group made six personnel moves that affect the promotions department, including two new hires. Renee Leymon was promoted to vp radio syndication and group strategy, with Shelley Hargis Gaines assuming L eymon’s previous title, Red Bow vp promotion. Gaines’ old job as Red Bow national director of promotion goes to Neda Tobin, who arrives after serving as Southern Ground Southeast regional. Chelsey Flick was upped to BBR director of marketing from manager of national syndication, and Hilary Hoover shifted to Stoney Creek director of Northeast regional promotion from a similar LEYMON post at Red Bow. Newcomer Jeff Davis takes Hoover’s Red Bow position after working as Nine North/Turnpike vp promotion ... Universal Music Group Nashville added Mike Harris as COO. He previously was Caroline executive vp/GM ... Sony Music Nashville hired Hannah Dudley as marketing director. She was in the m arketing department for Warner Music Group U.K. before b ecoming a consultant for Nashville-based Dream Big. Reach Dudley here ... MV2 Entertainment hired Kendall Lettow as creative director from the same role she held at THiS Music ... Charley Pride joined the stable of artists at Webster Public Relations HARRIS ... Bluegrass band Steep Canyon R angers has aligned with Ramseur Management and New Frontier Touring ... N ashville’s Young E ntertainment Professionals appointed its 2016 board of directors, headed by executive d irector Andrew Cohen (of Suit Music) and co-chairs Jarrod Holley (Suit Music) and Garrison Snell (Gyrosity Projects). Go here for the entire board ... Music i ndustry veteran Bob Tubert died April 10, The Hendersonville (Tenn.) Star-News reported. The producer, publisher and songwriter wrote such hits as Eddy Arnold’s “Here Comes Heaven,” Marty Robbins’ “Gardenias in Her Hair” and Sonny James’ “You’re the Only World I Know.” Dustin Lynch (right) made an appearance on the new CMT program The Ed Bassmaster Show on April 21. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 8 OF 18 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND MUSIC NOTES ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC CHESNEY: ALLISTER ANN The stadium concert season began in earnest this past weekend as Kenny Chesney launched his Spread the Love Tour on April 23 with the first-ever concert at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., the home of the Auburn T igers football team. Chesney included his opening acts in his set, with Miranda Lambert providing the female voice on “You and Tequila,” Sam Hunt r eturning for “Come Over” and Old Dominion chipping in on “Save It for a Rainy Day” in front of a reported 50,000 people. Meanwhile, Jason A ldean’s Sept. 9 date at Boston’s Fenway Park with Kid Rock sold out in a scant 90 minutes. Two more charit y events are on the calendar for the week of the CMA Music Festival in Nashville. Songwriter Craig Wiseman (“Came Here to Forget,” “Live Like You Were Dying”) booked his 12th annual Stars for Second Harvest benefit for June 7 at the Ryman A uditorium, while Clay Walker scheduled his seventh CHESNEY annual Chords of Hope concert for Bands Against MS on June 8 at 3rd & Lindsley. Special guests for both shows will be announced a later date. Among the week’s previously announced charity outings: Darius Rucker’s seventh Darius & Friends concert for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (June 6, Wildhorse Saloon); City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game (June 7, First Tennessee Park); and Marty Stuart’s 15th annual Late Night Jam (June 8, Ryman Auditorium). Prince’s death on April 21 may have superceded the passing of Merle Haggard in the public consciousness, but Haggard’s April 6 departure is still w orthy of attention. Toby Keith, who took over for Haggard at a Las Vegas date in February that now appears to be Hag’s last concert, will pay homage to him during the May 1 American Country Countdown Awards on Fox. One of Haggard’s collaborators, songwriter Freddy Powers (“I Always Get Lucky With You,” “Let’s Chase Each Other Around the Room”) also is expected to provide some insight on Haggard in his autobiography The Spree of ’83, due in February 2017 through Waldorf Publishing. Luke Bryan may have held his last spring break concert at Spinnaker’s in Panama City, Fla., but Dierks Bentley will invade the turf come Memorial Day (May 30) for an appropriate Somewhere on a Beach Bash. The concert comes three days after the release of Bentley’s new album, Black, and it’s just down the road from Destin, where three of the “Somewhere on a Beach” songwriters conceived the single’s title last summer. Top Headlines from April 25 • 2006 — Kellie Pickler sings “Unchained Melody” in what proves to be her final appearance as a contestant on Fox TV’s American Idol. • 2003 — Billy Currington sings “Walk a Little Straighter” at his Grand Ole Opry debut. April 26 • 2014 — Jake Owen is the musical guest at Peyton Manning’s Celebration of Caring Gala in India- PICKLER napolis. Manning climbs onstage to sing “Folsom Prison Blues” with Owen. • 2008 — Kenny Chesney’s right foot is caught between a mechanical lift and the stage at W illiams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., creating a severe hematoma. He still finishes the concert. April 27 • 2015 — Warner Bros. releases Chris Janson’s “Buy Me a Boat” to radio. •1976 — Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris perform together for the first time at a taping of the syndicated Dolly TV show. April 28 • 2001 — Brooks & Dunn begin a six-week romp at No. 1 on the Billboard country chart with “Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You.” April 29 • 2011 — Garth Brooks sings “Friends in Low Places” at a Las Vegas wedding party for casino owner Steve Wynn. Also attending: Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Spielberg and Donald Trump. April 30 • 2013 — Keith Urban records “Little Bit of Everything” with producer Nathan Chapman at Nashville’s Blackbird Studio. May 1 • 2012 — Arista releases the Carrie Underwood album Blown Away. • 2010 — Rascal Flatts sings the national anthem before the Kentucky Derby at Louisville’s Churchill Downs. Little Big Town, Smokey Robinson and Terry Bradshaw attend the race. Super Saver wins the Run for the Roses. Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database .com Facebook Reportedly Developing Standalone Camera App Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Is The Week’s Top-Selling Song, As Six Of His Classics Re-Enter Hot 100 CBS Argues Remastered Versions of Old Songs Original Enough to Be Copyrighted Big Ruling in Copyright Lawsuit Over In-Flight Music Spotify Denies Security Breach After Report of Stolen Passwords, Addresses Chris Lane connected with Indiana radio when he performed at the Indiana-Purdue University campus in Fort Wayne, Ind., on April 19. From left: WAWC Warsaw, Ind., personality Chris Cage, WQHK Fort Wayne promotions director Sally Alleger, Lane and WQHK operations manager/PD Dave Michaels. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 9 OF 18 Hot Country Songs THIS WEEK 1 l 2 3 l 4 l 5 6 7 l 8 9 l 10 11 l 12 l 13 l 14 l LAST WEEK 1 2 4 7 5 6 9 3 12 8 11 10 TWO WEEKS WKS ON TITLE AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) 4 14 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH R. COPPERMAN (M.TYLER,J.BOYER,A.PALMER,D.KUNCIO,J.MIRENDA) 1 6 9 3 5 10 2 13 12 14 11 17 23 31 7 25 19 19 31 8 15 Artist IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH HUMBLE AND KIND C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) HH Airplay Gainer HH SNAPBACK S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI) DIE A HAPPY MAN D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,S.M.DOUGLAS,JOE LONDON) CAME HERE TO FORGET S.HENDRICKS (C.WISEMAN,D.RUTTAN) CONFESSION J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,R.COPPERMAN,M.JENKINS) YOU SHOULD BE HERE M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,A.GORLEY) T-SHIRT D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) HH Streaming Gainer HH I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT J.DEMARCUS,RASCAL FLATTS (M.TRAINOR,J.FRASURE,S.MOONEY) HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP) MY CHURCH 1 1 Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope R CA NASHVILLE/REPUBLIC NASHVILLE Old Dominion R CA NASHVILLE Thomas Rhett V ALORY Blake Shelton W ARNER BROS./WMN Florida Georgia Line R EPUBLIC NASHVILLE Cole Swindell W ARNER BROS./WMN 3 Thomas Rhett V ALORY Rascal Flatts B IG MACHINE Luke Bryan C APITOL NASHVILLE Maren Morris C OLUMBIA NASHVILLE BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (BUSBEE,M.MORRIS) MIND READER 28 B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (J.PARDI,L.LAIRD) C APITOL NASHVILLE 15 14 8 23 R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN) DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE 16 l 17 l 18 l 19 l 19 7 4 M.KNOX (B.KELLEY,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.ROBBINS,B.WARREN,B.WARREN) 23 17 4 G.WELLS,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,G.WELLS,J.ABRAHART) Brett Eldredge A TLANTIC/WMN Jason Aldean B ROKEN BOW Keith Urban 21 l 22 l 23 24 l 25 l 20 21 17 25 28 22 26 32 21 23 15 26 30 22 27 34 19 ERIC CHURCH Record Year 5 10 25 18 7 26 11 4 WASTED TIME H IT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE NOISE RECORD YEAR J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE) NOBODY TO BLAME D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,B.BALES,R.BOWMAN) FIX J.MOI (S.BUXTON,J.FRASURE,A.STOKLASA) AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,J.JOHNSTON) HEARTBEAT Z.CROWELL (C.UNDERWOOD,Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY) FROM THE GROUND UP D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,C. DESTEFANO) CHURCH BELLS M.BRIGHT (Z.CROWELL,BRETT JAMES,H.LINDSEY) Church notches his 20th top 20 hit on Hot Country Songs (21-19), a run that includes at least one each year since 2009. The track rises 19-16 on Country Airplay (up 12 percent to 15.5 million impressions) and 24-23 on Country Streaming Songs (up 5 percent to 1.5 million U.S. streams). 24 DAN + SHAY From The Ground Up 2 7 1 9 8 11 5 14 7 17 Kenny Chesney 14 Eric Church E MI NASHVILLE Chris Stapleton M ERCURY Chris Lane B IG LOUD Jake Owen R CA NASHVILLE Carrie Underwood 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE Dan + Shay W ARNER BROS./WAR Carrie Underwood 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 19 B LUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE) 1 2 24 LIGHTS COME ON 1 13 19 20 HEAD OVER BOOTS 4 Dustin Lynch B ROKEN BOW Jon Pardi 18 M.J.CONES (R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP) PEAK POSITION Tim McGraw CAPITOL NASHVILLE M CGRAW/BIG MACHINE B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.MCKENNA) THINK OF YOU CERTIFIED Dierks Bentley 15 20 GETTY IMAGES 14 SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY 13 21 18 2 22 25 Written by the duo (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) and Chris DeStefano, the track was inspired by the death of Smyers’ and Mooney’s grandparents. It lifts 26-24 on Hot Country Songs, buoyed by a 25-18 jump on Country Digital Songs (13,000 sold; up 7 percent). The pair’s sophomore album, Obsessed, arrives June 3. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 10 OF 18 Hot Country Songs THIS WEEK LAST WEEK 26 l 27 l 28 l 29 l 30 30 31 l 32 l 33 l 34 l 35 l 36 l 37 38 39 l 40 l 41 l 42 l 43 l 44 l 45 46 47 l 48 l 49 l 50 l 31 TWO WEEKS WKS ON TITLE AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) 31 19 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER 31 34 28 5 37 38 13 33 25 11 1 NEW 35 38 41 35 37 42 39 42 46 44 44 39 41 49 45 — 36 45 3 13 8 Kip Moore 29 Chris Stapleton M ERCURY 25 Adam Wakefield R EPUBLIC Justin Moore V ALORY Canaan Smith M ERCURY Jennifer Nettles B IG MACHINE Dierks Bentley C APITOL NASHVILLE Tucker Beathard D OT Eric Paslay E MI NASHVILLE Cam A RISTA NASHVILLE Brothers Osborne E MI NASHVILLE William Michael Morgan W ARNER BROS./WMN Cole Swindell W ARNER BROS./WMN Billy Currington M ERCURY Drake White D OT Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw B $R/NEW REVOLUTION Cole Swindell Featuring Dierks Bentley W ARNER BROS./WMN Chase Rice D ACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE Jordan Rager With Jason Aldean B ROKEN BOW Sturgill Simpson A TLANTIC Lauren Alaina 19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY Clare Dunn M CA NASHVILLE 31 — F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.LEE) YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK J.S.STOVER,J.RAYMOND,S.BORCHETTA (R.CLAWSON,M.DRAGSTREM,N.HEMBY) HOLE IN A BOTTLE B.BEAVERS,J.ROBBINS (C.SMITH,B.BEAVERS,D.COUCH) UNLOVE YOU D.HUFF (J. NETTLES,B.CLARK) WHAT THE HELL DID I SAY R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,J.KEAR,C.G.TOMPKINS) ROCK ON A.PETRAGLIA (T.BEATHARD,C.BEATHARD,M.CANNON-GOODMAN) HIGH CLASS J.FRASURE,M.ALTMAN (E.PASLAY,C.CROWDER,J.FRASURE) MAYDAY J.BHASKER,T.JOHNSON (C.OCHS,T.JOHNSON) 17 11 1 NEW 1 RE-ENTRY 19 RE-ENTRY 4 HH Hot Shot Debut HH SOULSHINE B.APPLEBERRY (W.HAYNES) 26 28 M CA NASHVILLE FIRE AWAY I MET A GIRL 8 HH Digital Gainer HH D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,D.GREEN) 4 2 43 PETER PAN B.JAMES,K.MOORE (K.MOORE,T.VERGES,B.DALY) J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,C.WISEMAN) J.RITCHEY,S.HENDRICKS (T. ROSEN,S.HUNT,S.MCANALLY) STARS M.CARTER (B.HAYSLIP,C.MCGILL) IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO D.HUFF (B.CURRINGTON,C.R.BARLOWE,S.CARTER) LIVIN’ THE DREAM R. COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER (T.DOUGLAS,J.JOHNSTON,L.LAIRD) LOVIN’ LATELY B.KENNY,J.D.RICH (W.K.ALPHIN,J.D.RICH,T.MCGRAW) FLATLINER M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.BRONLEEWE,J.BOYER) WHISPER C. DESTEFANO (C. DESTEFANO,J.M.NITE,C.RICE) SOUTHERN BOY J.S.STOVER (L.LAIRD,B.DEAN,J.S.STOVER) IN BLOOM S.SIMPSON (K.COBAIN) NEXT BOYFRIEND BUSBEE (L.ALAINA,E.L.WEISBAND,M.MCVANEY) TUXEDO C.DUNN,B.WEST (C.DUNN,BRETT JAMES,B.WEST) PEAK POSITION 26 C.AINLAY,F.LIDDELL,G.WORF (J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) RUNNING FOR YOU CERTIFIED Frankie Ballard W ARNER BROS./WAR David Nail M CA NASHVILLE Kelsea Ballerini B LACK RIVER NIGHT’S ON FIRE 21 SUMMER 1 48 NEW 12 3 NEW 47 18 1 NEW 49 17 1 NEW 40 Artist IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL M.ALTMAN (J.JOHNSTON,N.MASON,J.S.STOVER) 32 SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY 31 33 34 35 36 32 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 36 17 47 48 39 48 The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by 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 7.8 million ’14 7.1 million DIGITAL TRACKS SALES 36.6 million 000.0 million ’16 29.1 million For week ending April 21, 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 480,000 163,000 1,765,000 Last Week 450,000 141,000 1,954,000 6.7% 15.6% -9.7% 607,000 255,000 2,546,000 -20.9% -36.1% -30.7% Change ’15 Overall Unit Sales Weekly Unit ’15 Sales This Week Last Year Change Albums Digital Tracks 2015 2016 CHANGE 7,806,000 7,087,000 -9.2% 36,573,000 29,110,000 -20.4% Sales by Album Format 2015 2016 Physical 4,888,000 4,660,000 9.0% Digital 2,917,000 2,427,000 -16.8% *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 [email protected] CHANGE BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 11 OF 18 SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY STURGILL SIMPSON ATLANTIC 551380*/AG CHRIS STAPLETON 2 1 1 51 3 2 2 + RORY 10 JOEY FARMHOUSE/GAITHER 49134/CAPITOL CMG Traveller MERCURY 019405*/UMGN 1 1 Hymns 1 1 4 4 5 RHETT 30 THOMAS VALORY RT0200A/BMLG Tangled Up 5 5 4 HUNT 78 SAM MCA NASHVILLE 021502/UMGN Montevallo 2 1 6 3 3 UNDERWOOD 26 CARRIE 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 510539*/SMN Storyteller 0 1 7 6 9 BRYAN 37 LUKE CAPITOL NASHVILLE 022813/UMGN Kill The Lights 1 1 8 8 7 MCGRAW 24 TIM MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE TM0300A/BMLG 9 7 6 CHURCH 25 ERIC EMI NASHVILLE 024200*/UMGN 10 l 11 l Damn Country Music 3 Mr. Misunderstood 2 Music Is Medicine 10 SHELTON 15 16 26 BLAKE WARNER BROS. 551788/WMN Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 2 YOUNG 23 CHRIS RCA NASHVILLE 506963/SMN I’m Comin’ Over 1 Midwest Farmer’s Daughter 10 8 13 11 19 l 15 l 16 1 NEW 12 10 14 MARIE OSMOND OLIVEME 81292* 14 2 2 14 7 15 3 4 l 10 14 5 6 14 6 3 7 7 5 19 8 8 7 9 9 31 10 13 17 11 11 12 l 13 15 l 14 16 l 15 21 l 3 NEW 25 4 WHEELER WALKER JR. Redneck Shit 9 DOMINION 16 13 24 OLD RCA NASHVILLE 513496/SMN Meat And Candy 3 16 20 8 Django And Jimmie 1 17 14 20 Full Circle 4 18 25 l The First Time 4 19 19 26 Remington 3 20 17 23 1 RE-ENTRY 17 14 THIRD MAN 339* PEPPER HILL 013*/THIRTY TIGERS NELSON / MERLE HAGGARD 29 41 WILLIE LEGACY 509378 11 7 LORETTA LYNN LEGACY 51689* 19 20 17 7 GRANGER SMITH WHEELHOUSE 16777/BBMG FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 20 23 21 80 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 021594/BMLG l 21 18 15 22 13 10 RE-ENTRY 6 RANDY HOUSER 3 JOEY + RORY 2 CHRIS LANE SUGAR HILL/VANGUARD 39587/CONCORD 11 3 21 30 15 l 22 NEW l The Album Collection 10 23 26 25 Fix EP 23 24 27 3 BIG LOUD ZAC BROWN BAND 1 20 Fired Up STONEY CREEK 16767/BBMG UNDERWOOD 24 12 23 72 CARRIE 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 500876/SMN 27 27 52 Anything Goes 4 HUMBLE AND KIND T IM MCGRAW ( McGraw/Big Machine/BMLG) SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH DIERKS BENTLEY ( Capitol Nashville/UMGN) MY CHURCH MAREN MORRIS ( Columbia Nashville/SMN) T-SHIRT THOMAS RHETT ( Valory/BMLG) THINK OF YOU CHRIS YOUNG DUET WITH CASSADEE POPE ( RCA Nashville/SMN) CAME HERE TO FORGET BLAKE SHELTON ( Warner Bros./WMN) YOU SHOULD BE HERE COLE SWINDELL ( Warner Bros./WMN) HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ AND LOVIN’ EVERY DAY LUKE BRYAN ( Capitol Nashville/UMGN) DIE A HAPPY MAN THOMAS RHETT ( Valory/BMLG) SNAPBACK OLD DOMINION ( RCA Nashville/SMN) LIGHTS COME ON JASON ALDEAN ( Broken Bow/BBMG) SOULSHINE ADAM WAKEFIELD ( Republic) HEAD OVER BOOTS JON PARDI ( Capitol Nashville/UMGN) WASTED TIME KEITH URBAN ( Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN) I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT RASCAL FLATTS ( Big Machine/BMLG) RECORD YEAR ERIC CHURCH ( EMI Nashville/UMGN) DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE BRETT ELDREDGE ( Atlantic/WMN) FROM THE GROUND UP DAN + SHAY (Warner Bros./WMN) TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON ( Mercury/UMGN) NOBODY TO BLAME CHRIS STAPLETON ( Mercury/UMGN) MIND READER DUSTIN LYNCH ( Broken Bow/BBMG) WHAT THE HELL DID I SAY DIERKS BENTLEY ( Capitol Nashville/UMGN) CONFESSION FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (Republic Nashville/BMLG) CHURCH BELLS CARRIE UNDERWOOD ( 19/Arista Nashville/SMN) NOISE KENNY CHESNEY ( Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville/SMN) PETER PAN 26 29 3 K ELSEA BALLERINI ( Black River) FIRE AWAY 27 22 7 CHRIS STAPLETON ( Mercury/UMGN) AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG 28 40 7 JAKE OWEN ( RCA Nashville/SMN) ARTIST (IMPRINT/LABEL) LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART LAST WEEK 1 MARGO PRICE BALLERINI 18 17 12 49 KELSEA BLACK RIVER 2015 25 l 1 4 9 23 l 2 THIS WEEK PEAK POSITION Sailor’s Guide To Earth TITLE THIS WEEK 1 NEW Title IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL CERT. WEEKS ON CHT 2 WEEKS AGO LAST WEEK THIS WEEK 1 l ARTIST WKS ON CHART COUNTRY DIGITAL SONGS TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS TITLE ARTIST (IMPRINT/LABEL) l THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU 29 12 32 L EE BRICE ( Curb) LITTLE BIT OF YOU 30 33 2 CHASE BRYANT ( Red Bow/BBMG) FIX 31 38 15 CHRIS LANE ( Big Loud) UNLOVE YOU 32 RE-ENTRY JENNIFER NETTLES ( Big Machine/BMLG) STARS 33 NEW COLE SWINDELL ( Warner Bros./WMN) IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER 34 45 14 FRANKIE BALLARD ( Warner Bros./WMN) BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN 35 36 66 SAM HUNT ( MCA Nashville/UMGN) FLATLINER 36 18 2 COLE SWINDELL FEAT. DIERKS BENTLEY (Warner Bros./WMN) MAKE YOU MISS ME 37 39 12 SAM HUNT ( MCA Nashville/UMGN) BEAUTIFUL DRUG 38 41 27 ZAC BROWN BAND (John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Republic) RUNNING FOR YOU 39 NEW KIP MOORE ( MCA Nashville/UMGN) HOME ALONE TONIGHT 40 44 25 LUKE BRYAN FEAT. KAREN FAIRCHILD ( Capitol Nashville/UMGN) GIRL CRUSH 41 35 70 LITTLE BIG TOWN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN) HEARTBEAT 42 42 24 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ( 19/Arista Nashville/SMN) STONE COLD SOBER 43 RE-ENTRY BRANTLEY GILBERT ( Valory/BMLG) USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER 44 RE-ENTRY KANE BROWN ( Zone 4/RCA Nashville/SMN) HOLE IN A BOTTLE 45 NEW CANAAN SMITH ( Mercury/UMGN) TAKE YOUR TIME 46 RE-ENTRY SAM HUNT ( MCA Nashville/UMGN) HOUSE PARTY 47 RE-ENTRY SAM HUNT ( MCA Nashville/UMGN) NIGHT’S ON FIRE 48 RE-ENTRY DAVID NAIL ( MCA Nashville/UMGN) BURNING HOUSE 49 48 43 CAM (Arista Nashville/SMN) TOES 50 RE-ENTRY ZAC BROWN BAND (Home Grown/Bigger Picture/Atlantic/AG) l l l l l l l l l l l l Greatest Hits: Decade #1 1 1 25 28 4 JEKYLL + HYDE 0 1 Top-selling paid download country songs compiled from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Thurdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2016, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. JOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG 022962/REPUBLIC The week’s most popular country albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are 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 Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. WKS ON CHART DIE A HAPPY MAN T HOMAS RHETT BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN SAM HUNT SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH DIERKS BENTLEY CAME HERE TO FORGET BLAKE SHELTON T-SHIRT THOMAS RHETT SNAPBACK OLD DOMINION THINK OF YOU CHRIS YOUNG DUET WITH CASSADEE POPE HUMBLE AND KIND TIM MCGRAW YOU SHOULD BE HERE COLE SWINDELL CONFESSION 11 11 12 F LORIDA GEORGIA LINE I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT 12 19 5 R ASCAL FLATTS DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE 13 13 14 BRETT ELDREDGE MY CHURCH 14 14 9 M AREN MORRIS TENNESSEE WHISKEY 15 12 25 CHRIS STAPLETON HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY 16 15 3 L UKE BRYAN MIND READER 17 16 4 D USTIN LYNCH MAKE YOU MISS ME 18 18 4 S AM HUNT HOUSE PARTY 19 17 48 S AM HUNT ARTIST 1 30 2 2 38 l 4 8 4 3 6 5 l 6 l 7 l 10 6 8 10 6 9 8 7 7 9 5 16 10 9 69 TAKE YOUR TIME AM HUNT S LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART THIS WEEK ADAM WAKEFIELD Soulshine STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY TITLE 1 3 In his top 12 performance on NBC’s The Voice (April 18), Wakefield offered a countrified rendition of the track, originally recorded by The Allman Brothers Band in 1994. The update enters the Country Digital Songs chart at No. 12 with first-week sales of 19,000. LAST WEEK THIS WEEK COUNTRY STREAMING SONGS 12 SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY TITLE ARTIST l l l l l l 20 l 20 158 CRUISE FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Country Streaming Songs -The week’s top Country streamed radio songs, on-demand songs and videos on leading online music services. Charts update weekly on Thurdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2016, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 12 OF 18 MAKIN’ TR ACKS TOM ROLAND [email protected] Keith Urban Uses Personal Heritage To Push Country Limits In ‘Wasted Time’ When his father died on Dec. 5, 2015, Keith Urban was in the midst of working on what would become Ripcord, an album that’s due May 6. That kind of event is profoundly emotional, typically inducing questions about the meaning of life, one’s core beliefs and how to prioritize one’s days. For Urban, that pondering was bound to make its way into the threads of Ripcord. “The impact that it had is just bringing me again back into the moment and the brevity of time,” he says. “That theme is in a few songs on this record — ‘Wasted Time,’ for sure, is sort of reflective. When life is its simplest, it’s really at its best.” Released to radio on March 29 through Play MPE, “Wasted Time” finds Urban doing what he seems to do best, pushing the boundaries of country music while balancing his appreciation for its foundations. But it avoids the moody, downcast atmosphere that would be expected from someone adjusting to life without his dad. Instead, the song begins with co-producer Greg Wells (Adele, Katy Perry) playing an EDM-like synthesized keyboard. It’s a full 29 seconds before an electric guitar thread and the choppy sounds of ganjo percussion move the production to more familiar turf. By the time the j ourney ends, Urban m anages to fold those jarring dance tones into his standard wheelhouse with a big singalong chorus, lots of six-string sounds and a cheery, nigh-inspirational message about life in the 21st century. “I always chuckle when people go, ‘Oh, I’m trying to make a different record,’ ” says Urban. “Anybody can make a different record. But to try and make a different record that still has enough familiarity to keep you listening to it, URBAN and it still feels and sounds right — that’s what I’m always trying to balance in the studio.” Wells played a big role in the “different” part of “Wasted Time” when they started writing the song in late January or early February. “Keith was actually the one really pushing to have it not sound like what you would think maybe it should sound like,” says Wells. “He’s like, ‘Look, I’ve been making records for 20 years. I will still bring my thing to it, but in terms of what you do, Greg, I really want it to be fresh and kind of not what you would think is possible.’ So I just went for it.” The process started at Wells’ Rocket Carousel Studio in Culver City, Calif., with pop songwriter James “JHart” Abrahart, who has cuts on current albums by Justin Bieber and Charlie Puth, bringing a third voice to the writing mix. Wells and Urban had met only briefly during the 1990s, when they both were part of a songwriting retreat at a French castle, so there was an introductory period before the work began in earnest. “We were kicking the can around as it were, and just getting to know each other a little bit, and then at some point I just started hearing this r eally funky, almost kind of Michael Jackson Off the Wall, very syncopated thing,” recalls Wells. He developed a six-chord progression on the keyboard, Urban pulled a guitar from the studio wall, and the music began to take shape. The big-picture life stuff that his father’s death triggered came tumbling out in their conversation as the Australian Urban, Canadian Wells and British-born, Atlanta-raised Abrahart found commonalities in their upbringing. “We were talking about some of the similar things we all did — crazy shit, running around town, drinking too much, smoking too much, hanging out down by a river,” says Urban. “Jay liked the title ‘Wasted Time.’ That’s kind of what all that is, but it’s when you’re really living.” Once the first verse was mostly finished, they took a break at a nearby Starbucks. When they got back to the music, Urban strapped on the guitar again and instantly found the chorus by changing direction. “It’s a big, straight-up, three-chord, power-chord chorus in the tradition of The Who,” he says. Wells recorded it all as they went along. Once the basic blueprint was laid, he focused on building the tracks while Urban and Abrahart concentrated on lyrics in the next room. Urban folded in a rope swing he and his friends played on in Caboolture, Queensland. And they dropped in two references to Guns N’ Roses, name-checking “Sweet Child O’ Mine” in the chorus and inserting a “Guns on the radio” line in the prechorus. “I remember us discussing whether we should clarify that we’ve got ‘Guns N’ Roses on the radio,’ as opposed to we’ve got ‘Guns on the radio,’ because that might be a different, more of an NRA song,” Urban says with a laugh. “We were like, ‘Well, if someone thinks that, the chorus will clarify that here pretty soon.’ ” They didn’t finish it that day, but some of Urban’s original vocals would remain on “Wasted Time” all the way to the final product. Urban and Abrahart also worked on background vocals with Abrahart singing a third above the melody and both of them stacking extra vocals way off the mic to create a bigger sound. “That’s a nice element to blend in,” says Wells. “You don’t really hear it, but if you took it out, you would miss it.” Late in the track’s development, Urban added ganjo, heightening the country quotient. “He grooves so hard when he plays that the banjo becomes like a sequencer almost,” says Wells. “It masks a lot of the stuff that’s going on behind it. But when that banjo went on, it not only sounded a billion times better, but it just felt like the song had come home in terms of the listener.” Urban, meanwhile, flashed back to some of the top 40 clubs he had played in the early part of his career, r emembering that even in the midst of the dance grooves, the crowd always responded if the DJ played John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy.” Urban decided the ganjo was the right choice for the solo section. “That memory of ‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy’ has always stayed with me, and I thought this would be the hoedown moment right smack dab in the middle of this synth-based song,” says Urban. Wells had him play for 20 minutes, then took the best pieces for the solo, including an inventive snippet of slide banjo. The final mix of “Wasted Time” was completed just days before it went to radio, with its bouncy rhythms and upbeat message synced to summer’s playful energy. It already is No. 15 on the Country Airplay tally in its fourth charted week, paying homage discreetly to Urban’s father. Not only has Robert Urban’s death made Urban more philosophical, it also has brought a spotlight to his dad’s influence on his music. “I’m becoming more and more aware of the rhythmic blood that f lows through me because of my father, who was a drummer his whole life, and my grandfather, who played piano his whole life,” says Urban. “My lineage is very rhythm-based, and I remember so much rhythm in our house from my dad tapping on the table to jingling his keys to tapping on the dashboard of the car. He was always in rhythm mode.” “Wasted Time,” meanwhile, recognizes the ticking of the clock as one of the rhythms of life. Urban views it metaphorically — the song digs up joy from the past, but he doesn’t have to go backward to find happiness in living in the moment. “Right now I feel my life is the best it has ever been,” he says, “but p robably because it feels like it’s back to being in that place of enjoying life again. Which I did when I was a kid.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 13 OF 18 THE STARK REPORT PHYLLIS STARK [email protected] Country Radio Programmers Debate Surplus Of Slow Songs For Spring As warm spring weather arrives in most of the states, country radio fans might be tuning in expecting to hear more of the uptempo fare that typically populates playlists from this time of year through the end of summer. Instead, they’re h earing more ballads and downtempo fare than usual, according to Bob Walker, Hall Communications vp programming and PD at WCTK (Cat Country 98.1) Providence, R.I., who asks, “What’s up with all the slow, sleepy stuff from Nashville as we gear up for May?” After crunching the numbers in his music scheduling system, Walker notes, “In the Billboard top 30, I’ve got 10 coded as ‘ballad’ or ‘can’t play next to b allad.’ If you look at the top 30 as the s napshot of the format, a third of it is too low-energy for late spring. Then you look at what’s waiting in the wings, [and] I’m getting sent more ballads ... in April!” Walker also wonders if this is why hot AC and classic hits are “ kicking our butts this month,” according to Nielsen’s P ortable People Meter. “In the markets I p rogram against c ountry, we are going to ram tempo down their throat to boost our hot ACs. The labels are just making it easier.” While he does not see it as a r ef lection of the quality of the songs themselves, which Walker WALKER notes are all “really good,” among the currents he has coded as “slow and sleepy” are Cole Swindell’s “You Should Be Here,” Lee Brice’s “That Don’t Sound Like You,” Tim M cGraw’s “Humble and Kind,” Blake S helton’s “Came Here to Forget,” Eric Church’s “Record Year,” Frankie Ballard’s “It All Started With a Beer” and Dan & Shay’s “From the Ground Up.” He adds to that list three more coded as “low energy” and “can’t play next to a ballad”: Brantley Gilbert’s “Stone Cold Sober,” Jon Pardi’s “Head Over Boots” and McKAY D ierks Bentley’s “ Somewhere on a Beach.” Additionally, Walker says there are “a slew” of songs below No. 30 on the Billboard chart that are slow, and new projects with a similar tempo from Easton Corbin, Chris Janson, Parmalee and Craig Campbell are in the pipeline. They all i mpact before Memorial Day. Walker adds that he’s “seriously thinking about a major [playlist] house-cleaning to ‘turn up the burners’ ... Radio success is all about flow,” he says. “There comes a point where the flow is more important than any one song.” But not all country programmers share Walker’s level of concern. WGH-FM (97.3 The Eagle) Virginia Beach, Va., PD Mark McKay says the oversupply of ballads is at least partially balanced by current singles from Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Jake Owen and Zac Brown Band that “are all mid- or uptempo.” McKay says the only problem the surfeit of slow singles has caused for him is “additional pressure on our recurrent/gold libraries. It’s increasingly tough to get a ballad to schedule, so the tempo songs in the library are getting played a bit more than is optimal.” Plus, he admits, “It is taking a bit longer to groom logs, that’s for sure.” “The slow songs haven’t brought the station down much,” says WCYQ K noxville, Tenn., music director Opie Joe Creason. “A little more editing time and an adjustment or two on a rule fixes most of the major issues ... If that means three songs in our heavy category are ballads, so be it.” WBWL (101.7 The Bull) Boston PD Lance Houston says the plethora of downtempo songs this spring “isn’t a huge issue for me. I make sure that we balance the slower currents with the recurrent and gold records that are in the clocks next to the currents anyway. There are also a few of the slower songs that are on the chart that I’m not playing yet, and that’s strategic.” McKay says, “If we i gnored ‘H umble and K ind,’ ‘From the Ground Up’ and [Thomas Rhett’s recu r rent] ‘Die a Happy Ma n’ because they didn’t have screaming guitars, we’d be missing out on big songs. Does tempo get considered? Sure. But if a ballad is a slam-dunk, you just have to get creative with what’s scheduled around it.” Like Houston, KIIM Tucson, Ariz., PD Buzz Jackson says, “I don’t worry too much about tempo. If you look at a music test, the songs HOUSTON at the top are a lways [slow ones like] ‘Don’t Take the Girl’ or ‘The Chair’ or ‘The Dance.’ Our format a ppeals to emotions often, and tempo is a big part of that. The trick is to find those great songs that p eople will still want to hear in 10 years and balance that with all the other things you strive to balance the music blend with.” As for current music, he says, “We haven’t had a problem with tempo yet, although it is something that I keep an eye on. But a great song is a great song, and nobody ever called to complain that we were playing too many great songs.” JACKSON McK ay sees it as a posit ive development. He says labels’ “old theory” that a debut single from a baby act must always have tempo even if it’s not the act’s best song “seems to be waning. I’m inclined to hear the best first. It might be a slower climb, sure, but it beats a bad tempo record stalling in the 50s.” Creason calls the current plentitude of slow songs “a nice change of pace for country radio. For the longest time, all we had were uptempo, ‘live in the moment’ records. It’s nice to see country go back to where it came from with songs that tell a story.” Houston, meanwhile, has a piece of advice for any programmers concerned about tempo right now. “I challenge stations to go out there and find good, uptempo songs to play that aren’t singles,” he says. “Why does Nashville have to dictate to us what to play? I’m 700-plus spins into ‘Raised on It’ by Sam Hunt, and it’s testing [like] a hit. I know other markets are playing Old D ominion’s ‘Beer Can in a Truck Bed,’ and some were playing Zac Brown [Band’s] ‘Castaway’ before it was a single.” BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 14 OF 18 Country Indicator THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART l 2 l 3 l 4 l 2 16 THINK OF YOU R epublic Nashville/RCA Nashville 1 4 5 l 7 l 8 l 9 l 10 l 1 6 TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Chris Young Duet with Cassadee Pope 4758 +208 8.937 14 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH C apitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 4702 +136 8.821 20 SNAPBACK R CA Nashville Old Dominion 4493 +77 8.380 6 14 HUMBLE AND KIND M cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 4388 +340 8.205 3 24 CONFESSION R epublic Nashville Florida Georgia Line 4251 -254 8.027 9 7 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY C apitol Nashville Luke Bryan 3603 +333 6.730 7 29 MIND READER B roken Bow Dustin Lynch 3602 +120 6.653 6.469 8 15 MY CHURCH C olumbia Nashville Maren Morris 3531 +194 11 7 CAME HERE TO FORGET W arner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 3429 +331 6.125 10 12 T-SHIRT V alory Thomas Rhett 3287 +120 6.071 11 12 49 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU C urb Lee Brice 3004 -54 5.939 l 13 l 14 l 15 l 16 l 17 l 18 l 19 l 20 l 21 l 22 l 23 l 2 l4 25 l 26 l 27 l 2 l8 29 l 3 l0 14 5 NOISE B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney 2987 +357 5.395 13 32 HEAD OVER BOOTS C apitol Nashville Jon Pardi 2890 +120 5.242 15 11 RECORD YEAR EMI Nashville Eric Church 2611 +132 4.962 12 17 4 WASTED TIME H it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 2468 +361 4.441 16 23 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER W arner Bros./WAR Frankie Ballard 2219 +8 4.020 20 25 YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK V alory Justin Moore 2065 +129 3.657 18 20 FIX B ig Loud Chris Lane 2059 +47 3.682 19 40 NIGHT’S ON FIRE M CA Nashville David Nail 2043 +85 3.603 21 8 AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG R CA Nashville Jake Owen 1947 +227 3.368 22 4 LIGHTS COME ON B roken Bow Jason Aldean 1912 +219 3.488 26 4 CHURCH BELLS 1 9/Arista Nashville HH Most Increased Plays HH Carrie Underwood 1774 +404 3.091 24 11 FROM THE GROUND UP W arner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 1575 +62 2.857 27 27 RUNNING FOR YOU M CA Nashville Kip Moore 1476 +140 2.460 25 35 HOLE IN A BOTTLE M ercury Canaan Smith 1446 +61 2.492 28 28 HIGH CLASS E MI Nashville Eric Paslay 1087 +36 1.720 30 6 PETER PAN B lack River Kelsea Ballerini 1067 +147 1.769 29 8 MAKE YOU MISS ME M CA Nashville Sam Hunt 1035 +67 1.597 32 15 UNLOVE YOU B ig Machine +60 1.452 33 12 MAYDAY A rista Nashville Cam +58 1.270 HH Most Added HH Jennifer Nettles 851 831 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 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 15 OF 18 Country Indicator AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) THIS WEEK LAST WEEK WKS ON CHART THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK l 32 l 3 l3 34 l 35 l 36 l 37 l 38 l 3 l9 40 l 41 l 42 l 4 l3 44 l 45 l 4 l6 47 l 4 l8 49 l TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist 31 13 IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO M ercury Billy Currington 819 +18 1.241 35 9 21 SUMMER E MI Nashville Brothers Osborne 790 +58 1.049 34 15 LOVIN’ LATELY B $R/New Revolution Big & Rich Feat. Tim McGraw 781 +19 1.239 36 25 I MET A GIRL W arner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan 756 +27 1.225 40 4 ROCK ON D ot Tucker Beathard 743 +214 1.423 37 18 LIVIN’ THE DREAM D ot Drake White 718 +56 1.232 38 12 I KNOW SOMEBODY R eviver LoCash 586 +8 0.939 41 8 IF THE BOOT FITS W heelhouse Granger Smith 585 +61 0.931 50 2 CASTAWAY S outhern Groud/Varvatos/Republic/Dot Zac Brown Band 576 +328 1.199 39 10 USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER Z one 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 575 +20 0.826 42 16 MAKE MY OWN SUNSHINE B ig Spark Olivia Lane 507 +7 0.780 43 6 SONG NUMBER 7 S toney Creek Randy Houser 432 +2 0.721 47 4 BLUEBONNETS B IG Label Aaron Watson 388 +106 0.580 44 6 HEALING HIGHWAY B lue Light Brian Collins 381 +22 0.600 45 14 JESUS AND JONES W heelhouse Trace Adkins 363 +19 0.524 46 10 TUXEDO M CA Nashville Clare Dunn 316 +21 0.418 54 3 SLEEP WITHOUT YOU R epublic Nashville Brett Young 292 +72 0.330 48 8 SOUTHERNALITY R epublic Nashville A Thousand Horses 279 +6 0.374 51 10 SOUTHERN BOY B roken Bow Jordan Rager with Jason Aldean 270 +23 0.464 50 49 11 TAKE ME DOWN M CA Nashville Vince Gill 253 -19 0.347 51 l 53 7 GIRL NEXT DOOR W arner Bros./WMN Brandy Clark 221 0 0.321 52 52 7 RECKLESS N ash Icon Martina McBride 214 -21 0.251 53 55 9 Y’ALL GIRLS P urple Cow Jake McVey 189 31 l 55 l 56 l 57 l 5 l8 59 l 60 l 54 OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN R ed Bow NEW 57 4 PLAYS HH Hot Shot Debut HH Craig Campbell 183 -4 0.347 +87 0.253 0.288 MAKE YOU MINE A tlantic/WEA High Valley 176 +31 LONELY GIRL C apitol Nashville Charles Kelley 151 +38 0.196 60 4 TELL ME V illa One/Grassroots Frank Ortega 151 +20 0.202 58 2 SAID NO ONE EVER E lektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer 148 +14 0.140 59 2 SPIN ME R yan Broshear Ryan Broshear 142 +9 0.187 SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN T hird Floor Diana Upton-Hill 138 +8 0.188 NEW NEW 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 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) C hart Position 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) 4 2 A AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG EMI 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) 19 B BEER CAN IN A TRUCK BED Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Wrensong Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, M.Jenkins) 5 5 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) 8 CASTAWAY Day 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) 3 8 CHURCH BELLS External 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 3 CONFESSION B ig Red Toe, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP (R.Clawson, R.Copperman, M.Jenkins) 1 D DADDY’S MONEY W arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Muddy Magnolia Music, BMI/Mama’s Exit Publishing, BMI/ Music Of Parallel, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI (K.North, J.Wilson, T.McHugh) 5 0 DANCE WITH YA Warner-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 8 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) 18 FROM THE GROUND UP W 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) 2 5 G GHOST TOWN Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/ Big Machine Music, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Singleton, J.Thompson) 5 2 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) 3 9 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) 14 APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 16 OF 18 Country Airplay Index HOLE IN A BOTTLE B MG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Skinny Fat Nashville Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/ Stalefish Music, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI (C.Smith, B.Beavers, D.Couch) 2 4 HUMBLE AND KIND Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI (L.McKenna) 7 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Sony/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) 9 I 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) 4 6 I KNOW SOMEBODY EMI 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 1 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/MTrain Music, ASCAP (M.Trainor, J.Frasure, S.Mooney) 5 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 9 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER Sony/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 0 IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO Coconut 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 4 J JESUS AND JONES ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/ole, BMI/ MAYDAY M arvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year YesterdayPublishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson) 3 6 MIND READER EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rhettro Music, BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 6 MY CHURCH International Dog Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (busbee, M.Morris) 12 N NIGHT’S ON FIRE Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/ WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 2 1 NOISE Sony/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) 13 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) 5 4 P PETER PAN Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Honey Lee Music, BMI (K.Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, J.Lee) 3 1 R RAISED ON IT U niversal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/JFLO Music, BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (S.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers) 4 4 RECKLESS R ound Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/ Bux Tone Music, BMI/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/I Love Pizza Music, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (S.Buxton, Z.Crowell, H.Morgan) 4 9 Rack City Publishing, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI/ BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI (T.Farr, J.McCormick, C.Beathard) 4 3 RECORD YEAR Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And L ROCK ON B ig Music Machine, BMI/Fayde 49 Music, BMI/Sony/ 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) 17 LIVIN’ THE DREAM Sony/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) 3 2 Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 16 ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/My My My Music, ASCAP (T.Beathard, C.Beathard, M.CannonGoodman) 2 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) 2 6 S SAID NO ONE EVER W arner-Tamerlane Publishing Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI (C. Stapleton, J.Frasure) 5 6 Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Jam Writers Group, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (N.Galyon, N.Hemby, busbee) 5 7 LOVIN’ LATELY Big Love Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music SLEEP WITHOUT YOU Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville LONELY GIRL W B Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle 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) 30 M MAKE YOU MINE Centricity 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) 40 MAKE YOU MISS ME U niversal Music Corporation, ASCAP/ Three Mules Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/RPM Global Publishing, BMI/ Hori Productions America, ASCAP (S.Hunt, J.Osborne, M.Ramsey) 2 8 Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC (B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 4 5 SNAPBACK Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP (M. Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi) 4 SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE B ig Music Machine, BMI/Songs Of Spoon Tunes, BMI/Songs Of Starstruck, SESAC/ Vision Board Songs, SESAC/Airplanes For Stars Music, SESAC/Sony/ ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Leslie Satcher Music, BMI (T.Thomas, A.Kline, L.Satcher) 6 0 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/ Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Fuego Songs Publishing, SESAC/David Ryan Music, ASCAP/The Real Brain Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, A.Palmer, D.Kuncio, J.Mirenda) 2 SONG NUMBER 7 Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI (J.Wilson, B.Hayslip, C.Janson) 4 7 SOUTHERNALITY W arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Carolina June Publishing, BMI/Greatshakin Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Crowder Taylor Publishing, ASCAP/Nettwerk One B Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Nevada House Music, BMI (M.Hobby, C.Crowder, N.Mason) 5 8 SOUTHERN BOY Songs 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) 3 7 T THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU M ike Curb Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/ External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/ WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, R.Akins, A.Gorley) 11 THINK A LITTLE LESS EMI 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) 5 3 THINK OF YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/ Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 3 T-SHIRT External 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) 10 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 1 U UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508 Songs, ASCAP (J. Nettles, B.Clark) 3 3 USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC/B Frank Entertainment, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Song House Publishing, ASCAP (K.Brown, M.McVaney, J.Hoge) 3 5 W 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) 5 9 WASTED TIME Songs 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) 15 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 2 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 17 OF 18 Hot Country Songs Index TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) C hart Position 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 A AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG EMI 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) 2 2 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) 6 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 5 CONFESSION B ig Red Toe, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP ( R.Clawson, R.Copperman, M.Jenkins) 7 D DIE A HAPPY MAN E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/ Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Nice Life, BMI/Frederic And Reid Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI ( Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, Joe London) 5 DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE S ony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Ross Copperman Songs, BMI (B.Eldredge, R.Copperman) 1 5 F FIRE AWAY W B Music Corp., ASCAP/New Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP/Black In The Saddle Songs, ASCAP (C.Stapleton, D.Green) 3 0 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) 2 1 FLATLINER S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Forest For The Trees Music, SESAC/ So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/ Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC ( C.Swindell, M.Bronleewe, J.Boyer) 4 5 FROM THE GROUND UP W 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) 2 4 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) 1 4 HEARTBEAT C arrie-Okie Music, BMI/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/ Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP ( C.Underwood, Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 2 3 HIGH CLASS W B Music Corp., ASCAP/Five Foot Sixteen Publishing, ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI ( E.Paslay, C.Crowder, J.Frasure) 3 7 HOLE IN A BOTTLE B MG Gold Songs, ASCAP/ Skinny Fat Nashville Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI (C.Smith, B.Beavers, D.Couch) 3 3 HUMBLE AND KIND S ongs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI (L.McKenna) 2 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Sony/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 1 I I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Y ear Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/WarnerTamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/MTrain Music, ASCAP ( M.Trainor, J.Frasure, S.Mooney) 1 0 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) 4 0 IN BLOOM B MG Silver Songs, SESAC/The End Of Music, SESAC ( K.Cobain) 4 8 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 6 IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO Coconut 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) 4 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) 1 6 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) 4 3 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 4 M MAYDAY M arvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year YesterdayPublishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/ These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson) 3 8 MIND READER E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Rhettro Music, BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (R. Akins, B.Hayslip) 1 3 MY CHURCH International Dog Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (busbee, M.Morris) 1 2 N NEXT BOYFRIEND W arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/A Frank Entertainment, ASCAP/Song House Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP (L.Alaina, E.L.Weisband, M.McVaney) 4 9 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) 2 7 NOBODY TO BLAME W B Music Corp., ASCAP/ House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Quackhead Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI ( C.Stapleton, B.Bales, R.Bowman) 2 0 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) 1 8 P 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) 2 8 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) 1 9 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) 3 6 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) 2 9 S SNAPBACK C arrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi) 4 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH P eermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Fuego Songs Publishing, SESAC/David Ryan Music, ASCAP/The Real Brain Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP ( M.Tyler, J.Boyer, A.Palmer, D.Kuncio, J.Mirenda) 1 SOULSHINE B uzzard Rock Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (W.Haynes) 3 1 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 7 STARS W B Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP (B. Hayslip, C.McGill) 4 1 T THINK OF YOU E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC ( C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 3 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 0 U UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508 Songs, ASCAP (J. Nettles, B.Clark) 3 4 W 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 7 WHAT THE HELL DID I SAY E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/ Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Songs Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Play Animal, ASCAP ( R. Copperman, J.Kear, C.G.Tompkins) 3 5 WHISPER E MI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel’s Publishing, BMI (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, C.Rice) 4 6 Y YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK Round 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) 3 2 YOU SHOULD BE HERE S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/ Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Swindell, A.Gorley) 8 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE CODA 28 Years Ago Rodney And Rosanne Were Together At No. 1 “It’s Such a Small World” became Crowell’s first Hot Country Songs No. 1 APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 18 OF 18 On April 30, 1988, Rodney Crowell a nd Ro s a n n e C a s h crow ned Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with the Crowell-penned “It’s Such a Small World.” The two married in 1979 and collaborated creatively many times — they co-wrote Cash’s 1985 No. 1 “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me” — but “World” marked their only Hot Country Songs entry credited as a duo. “World” was Crowell’s first Hot Country Songs No. 1 and the first of five chart-toppers from his album Diamonds & Dirt, the first set to produce five No. 1s on the tally; Brad Paisley matched the record with five of his own from 2007’s aptly named Fifth Gear. Crowell scored all five of his No. 1 singles from Diamonds & Dirt; Cash collected 11 Hot Country Songs No. 1s. The parents of three daughters together, Crowell, now 65, and Cash, 60, divorced in 1992. Each remains a chart force: Crowell and Emmylou Harris reached the top 10 of the Top Country Albums chart with their duets sets Old Yellow Moon (2013) and The Travelling Kind (2015), while Cash’s The River & the Thread hit No. 2 in 2014. —JIM ASKER Cash and Crowell at the inaugural American Video Awards held at the Beverly Theatre in Beverly Hills in 1983. RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE R EW I N D I N G THE C O U N T RY C H A RT S