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Kip Moore
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Brett Eldredge
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Toby Keith Rides Tavern-Built
Songs To Songwriters Hall
When Toby Keith takes the spotlight on June 18 at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in midtown New York,
he cou ld draw f rom more t ha n 4 0 bona f ide h its for
a performance.
He might also do the unexpected and play the title track
from Clancy’s Tavern. The song was never a single, but Keith’s
discography is littered with songs centered on bars — “As Good
As I Once Was,” “I Love This Bar,” “Hope on the Rocks” and
“Honkytonk U,” to name a few — and “Clancy’s Tavern” is specifically about the bar that set up his songwriting career.
His grandmother, Hilda Marie “Clancy”
Martin, ran the place — Billy Garner’s Supper Club in Fort Smith, Ark. — and “Clancy”
gives an idea of the setting: a smoke-filled
joint with working-class regulars who know
her by name, live bands filling the air beginning at 9 p.m., and Martin counting the
receipts at the end of the night with a loaded
pistol at her side for protection.
She was clearly a strong woman. And she
had a strong influence on Keith’s ultimate
career path.
KEITH
“I’d stay with her in the summertime,” he
remembers. “She bought me a guitar, and I
learned a few chords and put it away, and came back as a teenager and picked it back up and started trying to write songs.
And here I stand at the doorway of something really special.”
Something special indeed. Keith and Bobby Braddock (“He
Stopped Loving Her Today,” “People Are Crazy”) are the newest country-centric additions to the Songwriters Hall, which
represents composers across all genres. It puts them alongside
such country stalwarts as Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn and
Willie Nelson, but also among such non-country figures as
Cole Porter, Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson and John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
W h i le Keit h is a proven h it ma ker, a major live att r ac t io n a nd a s u c c e s s f u l b u si ne s s man, t his mont h ’s induct ion into t he
Songwriters Hall is “my favorite accomplishment,” he says. “That’s what I started out
doing before I ever even went to Nashville.
I just happened to trick ’em into thinking I
was an artist, too.”
It’s fairly safe to say that Toby Keith
the artist would not have reached multiplatinum success without Toby Keith the
songwriter. His songs have often gone
against the grain, setting him apart from
the rest of the genre. The boastful revenge of “How Do You Like Me Now?!”
spent five weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country
Songs in 2000, a contrast from the adult
contemporary f lavor that dominated that year’s chart-topping singles, such as Faith Hill’s “Breathe” and Lee Ann
Womack’s “I Hope You Dance.”
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Seven Sony Music Nashville artists journeyed to Jamaica for Boots on
the Beach, a fundraiser for the Boot Campaign. From left are Unique
Vacations director of partnership marketing Liz Kaiser, Chris Young,
SMN senior vp marketing Paul Barnabee, Cam and Casey James.
ANDERSON: PARKER YOUNG
Keith wrote and released a bevy of songs about alcohol — “Beer for My
Horses,” “Whiskey Girl,” “I Love This Bar,” “Stays in Mexico” — after country
had experienced a long, self-imposed dry spell surrounding the topic.
His songs have also been populated with the occasional word or image that
is so unusual or unsettling it becomes a defining piece. The most famous of
those moments — when he inserted the line “We’ll put a boot in your ass” in
the 9/11-reaction song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry
American)” — created a polarizing single that still went to No. 1. In other, less
controversial instances, the uncommon-to-songwriters word “roughneck” is
key to the chorus in “When Country Comes to Town,” “electricity” is bolted
into “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This,” and Keith boldly rhymes “Pasadena”
with “basketball arena” in “Honkytonk U.”
“It’s not intentional,” insists Keith. “I think it’s from growing up and listening
to Roger Miller records. He rhymed ‘purple’ with ‘maple syruple,’ you know.”
Some of Keith’s most provocative departures from the norm — the “boot
in your ass” reference and the lynch-mob hanging in “Beer for My Horses”
— have made him a cartoonish figure to his detractors. But to assess Keith
solely on such songs is a disservice. His 2012 single “Hope on the Rocks” is a
tightly knit character study of the regulars in a neighborhood bar. His 2003
ballad “American Soldier” adroitly visits the emotions and the challenges
behind the uniform of a typical working-class enlistee. “Who’s That Man”
effectively captures a divorced father who’s tortured by being replaced in his
own nuclear family.
As much swagger as he has put out for the public, there’s still a sensitive guy
underneath it all. There has to be if he’s going to empathize with the vulnerabilities of those characters during the writing process.
“I don’t think I completely become that person, but I look through that
person’s eyes,” he says. “You have to do that. If you’re trying to express a feeling, it’s hard to say how somebody else feels. You have to kind of think how
you’d feel if you were in that situation.”
Keith’s image as a rabble-rouser, the guy who helps set the tone for a party,
wasn’t always part of his public persona. He built the early part of his career
in somewhat typical fashion for the ’90s, mixing story songs, uptempo numbers and ballads. But “How Do You Like Me Now?!” changed everything. He
walked away from his first recording deal and bought the masters, and that
kiss-off song was the first single when he arrived at DreamWorks. It launched
him to a new level on the concert circuit, which soon changed the inspiration
behind much of his music.
“You’d have a big tailgate party all day, and then the opening acts start about
6:30, and then you hit the stage and everybody’s already up and running,
feeling good, and then you go out there and you just got all that electricity,”
he says. “Doing that for the last 15 years puts me where I’m writing in that
environment a lot, and you’re inspired by that environment, so [the music]
took a switch to the party songs and the more uptempo kind of thing. There’s
just not many ballads that come out of that.”
Ultimately, the music connected. At his commercial peak, presumably in
John Anderson taped an edition of Artist Confidential for SiriusXM’s
Outlaw Country channel, with Jamey Johnson dropping by to
collaborate on “Swingin’.” From left are Anderson, Outlaw Country
host Elizabeth Cook and Johnson.
The Raging Idiots, the live music/comedy act of iHeartRadio’s Bobby
Bones, signed a recording deal with Black River. From left are Black
River vp publishing Celia Froehlig and GM Greg McCarn, The Raging
Idiots’ “Producer Eddie” Garcia, Bones and Black River vp A&R Doug
Johnson and CEO Gordon Kerr.
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first country single, “Love Is Your
Name.” From left are host Elaina
Smith, Tyler and host Shawn Parr.
JUNE 1, 2015 | PAGE 4 OF 15
the mid-2000s, Keith was at a BMI
event where Graham Nash told
him the accepted rumor around
the party was that Keith’s songs had
single-handedly accounted for 1
percent of BMI’s revenue that year.
Executives declined to pinpoint that
percentage for Keith, but he figures
once songwriters outside of country began to understand how much
he was generating, it increased the
likelihood that he would one day arrive in the Songwriters Hall.
That day is just a couple weeks
away. But it wouldn’t be a big surprise if — after he pays homage to
his grandmother Clancy — Keith
also takes a few seconds during
his acceptance speech to question
some prominent omissions. Miller,
Merle Haggard and Mel Tillis are
all missing from the hall.
“It really makes you scratch your
head how they get left out,” says Keith.
That doesn’t mean he won’t be happy to accept his own induction. Songwriting is, after all, the centerpiece of his career.
“I’ve got a warehouse full of awards and plaques and stuff like that,” says
Keith. “But this one’s the king daddy.”
CMA FEST INVITES DISCOVERY
The bulk of the 80,000 people expected to attend the CMA Music Festival in
Nashville next week are drawn in by the allure of artists they’re familiar with,
BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE
Gross
Artist
Attendance
Capacity
Promoter(s)
$874,935
$79, $32.50
$781,073
$79.50, $34.50
$779,775
$62.50, $25
$765,362
$75, $32.50
$674,447
$69, $25
KENNY CHESNEY
KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky./April 17
KENNY CHESNEY
Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa/May 7
ERIC CHURCH
Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Neb./May 20
KENNY CHESNEY
Gila River Arena, Glendale, Ariz./April 29
BRAD PAISLEY
PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, N.J./May 15
15,461
sellout
13,201
sellout
15,823
sellout
13,278
sellout
21,789
24,000
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such as Carrie Underwood, The Band Perry or Gary Allan.
But more than half of those visitors will leave the festival as a newly converted devotee to someone they had never heard of before they arrived, according to just-released research from the Country Music Association.
Some 56 percent of attendees became a quick fan of an artist they were previously unaware of during last year’s festival, based on data compiled from
2,1000 attendees. That climbs to 62 percent among fans who were attending for the first time.
That should be heartening news to the artists who play the smaller, lesspublicized stages during the event. Most media attention focuses on the concerts at LP Field, which draw more than 50,000 people and are the primary
source of performances for a summer ABC special.
But those smaller stages — most of which are open for free to the locals —
can be important building blocks for acts as festival-goers discover new acts
and take their appreciation back to their hometowns.
Some 500 acts will play from June 11-14. Among those artists who might
benefit from the exposure are songwriter Joey Hyde, Aaron Watson, Ryan
Kinder and Mockingbird Sun.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
E.W. Scripps f lipped a music-variety format to country WKTI Milwaukee
on May 29 … Alpha Media hired Stefan Brock as corporate vp interactive.
He was most recently Super Mackerel executive director of product and
operations. Among Alpha country stations are KUPL Portland, Ore.; WXCL
Peoria, Ill.; and WUBB Savannah, Ga. … The
Raging Idiots — the comedic act of WSIX
Nashville host Bobby Bones and “Producer Eddie” Garcia — signed a recording deal with Black River … CBS/Phoenix
promoted KMLE PD Tim Richards to vp
programming for the cluster, RadioInfo.
com reported … WWYZ Hartford, Ct.,
moved Cory Myers from afternoons to
the morning shift, according to RadioInfo.
BROCK
com. Part-timer John Saville, a longtime
WWYZ talent, replaces Myers in the afternoon … Jenny Law started as KWEN Tulsa, Okla., midday personality on June
1, InsideRadio.com reported. She arrives from iHeartRadio/Bryan-College
Station, Texas … The Country Music Association presented two trophies to
radio personalities from the United Kingdom: BBC Radio Scotland’s Another
Country host Ricky Ross earned the CMA international country broadcaster
award, and BBC music director Bob Shennan received the CMA Wesley Rose
international media achievement award … KLBC Durant, Okla., morning cohost Bob McKinzie died May 23. McKinzie’s former co-host, Scott Corbin,
is handling the wake-up shift solo.
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’ROUND THE ROW
CMT named Kurt Patat senior vp communications, overseeing departments
in Nashville and Santa Monica. The former MTV vp communications will split
his time between both cities … Leslie Cohea
was hired by Sandbox Entertainment, which
manages Kacey Musgraves and Little Big
Town. Cohea was previously AEG Live/The
Messina Group senior director of operations.
Reach her here … Singer-songwriter Hailey
Whitters signed with APA Nashville for concert booking … “Love Me Like You Mean It”
songwriter Josh Kerr renewed his agreement
with Black River Publishing … Casey Driessen
PATAT
was named Berklee College of Music director of the contemporary performance master’s
program at Valencia, Spain. A bluegrass and Americana fiddler, he has played
on albums by Bela Fleck and Steve Earle, and on several tracks in the Nashville TV soundtrack series … Veteran publicist Mike Hyland died May 28 of
cancer in Sonoma, Calif. During his tenure with Capricorn, he became the
first publicist for The Allman Brothers Band and went on to establish several Nashville companies, working with such clients as Keith Whitley, Eddie
Rabbitt and the Ryman Auditorium … Angie Crabtree Reynolds died May
24 of cancer in Nashville. Married to former Maverick Robert Reynolds,
she spent nine years as the Grand Ole Opry interactive marketing manager.
Donations may be made in her honor to Nashville’s Monroe Harding, Inc. or
to Turnip Green Creative Reuse … Music publisher and former steel guitarist
Bob Stegall died May 27 in Santa Fe, Tenn., of Lewy body disease. The father
of producer Keith Stegall, he worked during his career with Johnny Horton
and the Hackberry Ramblers.
JUNE 1, 2015 | PAGE 6 OF 15
GOOD WORKS
How do you purchase a Hunter Hayes concert ticket this year? One alternative is with blood money.
In honor of his current single — “21,” released via Play MPE on May 21
— Hayes hopes to inspire at least 21,000 fans to donate life-giving fluids in
the Hunter Hayes Sleeves Up virtual blood drive. The campaign encourages
followers to donate blood or platelets to the American Red Cross during the
summer months, when donations are at their lowest.
Using his campaign page, fans can
document their participation and potentially win tickets to see Hayes on
Lady Antebellum’s Wheels Up Tour,
which also features Sam Hunt.
Hayes was the first to roll his sleeves
up and succumb to the needle.
TWEET OF THE WEEK
Studio g uitarist Derek Wells (@
DweeZee) might be fashionably heroic the next time he does a session
for Chris Young or Thomas Rhett:
“Strongly considering wearing a
cape full time... But, a casual one ya
know?.. I’m not gonna be all uppity
about it.”
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Ashley Monroe visits with WIRK
West Palm Beach PD Sammy
Cruise in support of her current
single, “On To Something Good.”
ON THE CHARTS
A THOUSAND HORSES: DAVID MCCLISTER
‘Smoke’ Rises: A Thousand Horses First
Rookie Band To Reign This Decade
Rookie country/Southern rock quartet A Thousand Horses becomes the first
in the winners’ circle, Republic Nashville labelmate Florida Georgia Line
group (of at least three members) to send a debut entry to No. 1 on Billboard’s
lifts 3-2 with “Sippin’ On Fire” (43.6 million, up 5 percent). Soloists had last
Country Airplay chart this decade, as “Smoke” (Republic Nashville) surges
looked in from outside the top two on the chart dated Feb. 1, 2014, when Zac
2-1. The song crowns the tally (dated June 13) in its 21st week with a 6 per- Brown Band’s “Sweet Annie” and The Band Perry’s “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely”
cent gain to 46.8 million audience impressions, according to Nielsen Music. ranked at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. The acts’ domination wrapped a run of six
The band is the first group to crown Country Airplay on its first try since
consecutive weeks of duos or groups controlling the top two; Eli Young Band,
Zac Brown Band arrived with the two-week No. 1 “Chicken Fried,” which
Parmalee and FGL also contributed to the stretch.
took over atop the Dec. 6, 2008 chart. Prior to A Thousand Horses, Maddie &
Bookending the Country Airplay top 10, Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush”
Tae was the last act (either duo, group or solo) to send its introductory single
(Capitol Nashville) climbs 12-10 (26.8 million, up 10 percent). With its new
to No. 1 when its “Girl in a Country Song” led the Dec. 20, 2014 list.
milestone, the group’s seventh top 10 reinforces radio’s support for the song
A Thousand Horses, which is currently opening
— which drew airplay on all 150 Country Airplay
Darius Rucker’s Southern Style Tour (with Brett
reporters in the tracking week — after many media
A THOUSAND HORSES
Eldredge and Brothers Osborne), will release their
outlets had, due to misjudging the song’s lyrics,
debut album, Southernality, on June 9. The quartet —
widely overstated programmers’ avoidance of it.
lead vocalist Michael Hobby, guitarists Bill Satcher
“Crush” has led the airplay/sales/streaming-based
and Zach Brown, and bassist Graham DeLoach —
Hot Country Songs chart for five weeks; on the June
recently told Billboard that its sound is a product of
6 tally, sales accounted for 58 percent of its activity,
its members’ musical upbringing. “Growing up in the
followed by airplay and streaming (21 percent each).
Southern rock realm with Lynyrd Skynyrd [and] the
Meanwhile, Jake Owen’s “Real Life” (RCA
Marshall Tucker Band, as well as Tom Petty and
Nashville) jumps onto Country Airplay at No. 29
The Black Crowes, I think that’s where a lot of our
(9.1 million in first-week audience), marking his
influences come from and that’s what people hear [in
highest launch of 18 career entries. The ’90s-altour music],” says Hobby. “To me, that’s one of the bigrock-leaning track (Sublime reportedly influenced
gest compliments you can give, because I’m a big fan of those artists, for sure.” the sound Owen was seeking for it) bows benefited by hourly plays May 26 on
The second single from Southernality will be “(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial,” participating iHeartMedia stations.
which goes to radio on June 29.
Meanwhile, it’s the first time in a year-and-a-half that soloists are blocked
This column was written by Billboard co-director of charts Gary Trust (gary.
from the Country Airplay chart’s top two. As A Thousand Horses celebrate
[email protected]).
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MUSIC NOTES
ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
MOORE: JESSICA WARDELL
Anyone who’s uncertain about
Brett Eldredge’s roots should
have their questions answered
with his sophomore album. It’s
titled Illinois, and it’s scheduled
to hit the market on Sept. 11. Eldredge was expected to announce
the project on Late Night With Seth
Meyers on June 1. The lead single,
“Lose My Mind,” is at No. 26 in
its sixth week on Country Airplay.
Asleep at the Wheel frontman
Ray Benson will be inducted into
the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame on Oct. 26. The western-swing vocalist
is part of a wide-ranging class that also includes hard-rock band Cinderella,
Broadway singer Andrea McArdle, jazz singer Billie Holiday and hip-hop
band The Roots.
“It’s basically like breathing to me.” That’s Chris Stapleton’s explanation
for his relentless pursuit of music on “15 Years of Traveller,” a six-minute
promotional video that premiered June 1 on YouTube. His album Traveller
debuted at No. 2 on Hot Country Albums, and the “15 Years” video provides
an intimate glimpse into the thought process and passionate dedication at the
heart of one of Nashville’s most unique voices.
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Chris Janson Buy Me A Boat
Jason Aldean Tonight Looks Good On
Billy Currington Don’t It
Dustin Lynch Hell Of A Night
Michael Ray Kiss You In The Morning
Frankie Ballard Young & Crazy
Zac Brown Band Loving You Easy
Thomas Rhett Make Me Wanna
A Thousand Horses Smoke
Gloriana Trouble
Canaan Smith Love You Like That
Brad Paisley Crushin’ It
George Strait Let It Go
Keith Urban Featuring Er Raise ‘Em
Cole Swindell Ain’t Worth The Whisk
Zac Brown Band Homegrown
Luke Bryan I See You
Dierks Bentley Say You Do
Lady Antebellum Long Stretch Of Lov
Jake Owen Real Life
Tim McGraw Shotgun Rider
Jason Aldean Just Gettin’ Started
Mickey Guyton Better Than You Left
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Luke Bryan Kick The Dust Up
LoCash I Love This Life
Blake Shelton Sangria
Dustin Lynch Hell Of A Night
Zac Brown Band Loving You Easy
Little Big Town Girl Crush
Eli Young Band Turn It On
Thompson Square Trans Am
Kip Moore I’m To Blame
JT Hodges Ray Bans
Randy Houser We Went
Zac Brown Band Homegrown
Old Dominion Break Up With Him
Easton Corbin Baby Be My Love Song
A Thousand Horses Smoke
Blackjack Billy Why God Made Summertime
Logan Mize El Camino
Haley & Michaels Giving It All
Adam Sanders Somewhere That You
The Cadillac Three White Lightning
Cole Taylor Drop Top
Dean Alexander Life Ain’t Fair
Sam Hunt Take Your Time
Keith Urban Feat. Er Raise ‘Em
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June 1
•1975 — Columbia releases Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger album.
•1955 — Patsy Cline has her first recording session in Nashville, cutting
“A Church, a Courtroom and Then Goodbye.”
June 2
•2011 — Elvis Presley is honored with a Mississippi Country Music Trail marker in Tupelo.
• 1985 — Roger Miller and the Broadway production of Big River win seven Tony Awards, including
best musical and best score.
NELSON
June 3
•2009 — John Rich sings “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the
seventh-inning stretch at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Cincinnati
Reds belt the Cardinals, 9-3.
June 4
•2008 — The Oak Ridge Boys perform for President George W.
Bush and both houses of Congress at a White House barbecue. The
set list includes “Elvira.”
June 5
•1993 — Toby Keith goes to No. 1 on the Billboard country singles
chart for the first time with “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.”
• 1980 — The John Travolta movie Urban Cowboy premieres. It includes
music by Kenny Rogers, Johnny Lee, Mickey Gilley, Anne Murray,
the Eagles, the Charlie Daniels Band, Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Raitt,
Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther.
June 6
• 2012 — Carrie Underwood wins a pair of trophies during the CMT
Music Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. She claims video of the
year, for “Good Girl”; and collaborative video of the year, for the Brad
Paisley duet “Remind Me.”
June 7
• 2014 — George Strait delivers his final concert at AT&T Stadium in
Arlington, Texas. Guests on the show include Alan Jackson, Sheryl
Crow, Jason Aldean, Lee Ann Womack, Eric Church, Ronnie Dunn,
Vince Gill, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Faith Hill and Martina McBride.
•2010 — A Darius Rucker & Friends benefit at Nashville’s Wildhorse
Saloon raises $48,000 for charity. Guests include Jamey Johnson,
Randy Houser, Radney Foster, Jake Owen and Kid Rock, who
joins Rucker on “Family Tradition.”
Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database
WDSY Pittsburgh welcomed eight acts to its fourth annual 8 Man Jam
on May 21 at Rivers Casino. From left at the event are Big & Rich’s John
Rich, WDSY assistant PD/music director Brian “Wookie” Kostek, Big &
Rich’s Big Kenny, New Revolution director of Northeast promotion
Maurisa Pasick and Mo Pitney.
NELSON: DAVID MCCLISTER
Kip Moore’s sophomore album, Wild Ones, is cued up for an Aug. 21 release.
All 13 tracks were co-written by Moore, whose current single, “I’m to Blame,”
is No. 27 on the Country Airplay
chart dated June 13. Moore is
MOORE
meanwhile on deck for the June 9
Music City Gives Back concert in
downtown Nashville, alongside
Rodney Atkins, Tyler Farr, Lee
Brice and Maddie & Tae.
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WILD CHILD B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville
7
11
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
1
4
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS)
PLAYS
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
THIS WEEK
+/–
THIS WEEK
+/–
RANK
21
SMOKE R epublic Nashville A Thousand Horses
46.745
+2.674
7974
359
1
18
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE R epublic Nashville
Florida Georgia Line
43.568
+2.249
7438
228
2
HH No. 1 (1 week) HH
Billy Currington
40.252
-5.307
7016
-952
4
Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter
40.075
+1.676
7027
136
3
Blake Shelton
35.245
+3.914
5781
486
8
6
38
BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
ercury
Easton Corbin
35.064
+3.646
6109
459
6
5
17
LITTLE TOY GUNS 1 9/Arista Nashville
Carrie Underwood
34.625
+2.649
6034
248
7
8
35
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT B lack River
Kelsea Ballerini
33.813
+4.014
6247
760
5
10
19
DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS M
cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn
29.175
+1.804
5370
295
9
12
25
GIRL CRUSH C apitol Nashville
Little Big Town
26.766
+2.431
4702
304
10
15
11
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B roken Bow
Jason Aldean
26.093
+4.143
4451
392
12
Canaan Smith
26.061
+1.798
4558
244
11
Brad Paisley
24.878
+1.841
4315
113
14
Brantley Gilbert
24.165
+2.586
4405
295
13
Frankie Ballard
23.169
+1.923
4266
223
15
Michael Ray
21.815
+2.614
4053
321
16
Zac Brown Band
16.901
+3.266
2972
429
17
13
43
LOVE YOU LIKE THAT M
ercury
14
19
CRUSHIN’ IT A
rista Nashville
16
29
ONE HELL OF AN AMEN V alory
17
21
YOUNG & CRAZY W
arner Bros./WAR
18
16
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING W
arner Bros./WEA
20
6
LOVING YOU EASY J ohn Varvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground
19
2
KICK THE DUST UP C apitol Nashville
24
30
25
8
HELL OF A NIGHT B roken Bow
HH Airpower HH
CRASH AND BURN V alory
22
27
RIOT B ig Machine
23
15
LIKE A WRECKING BALL E MI Nashville
27
5
Luke Bryan
15.724
-0.408
2645
329
20
Dustin Lynch
13.140
+1.972
2779
400
18
Thomas Rhett
13.137
+2.342
2248
328
22
19
Rascal Flatts
12.947
+1.613
2759
162
Eric Church
12.166
+0.980
2459
173
21
BUY ME A BOAT W
arner Bros./WAR
Chris Janson
12.002
+2.106
2135
354
23
Maddie & Tae
10.479
+1.023
2070
74
25
Luke Bryan
10.362
-2.668
1825
-592
26
Brett Eldredge
10.315
+1.821
1776
324
28
28
19
FLY D
ot
25
21
13
GAMES C apitol Nashville
26
l
27
l
2
l8
29
l
30
l
30
6
29
19
I’M TO BLAME M
CA Nashville
Kip Moore
9.458
+0.956
2104
51
24
34
17
HOUSE PARTY M
CA Nashville
Sam Hunt
9.295
+3.012
1536
440
30
REAL LIFE R CA Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Jake Owen
9.080
+9.080
1270
1270
35
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT D
ack Janiels/Columbia Nashville
8.149
+0.436
1812
44
27
NEW
31
30
LOSE MY MIND A
tlantic/WMN
Chase Rice
BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 150 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
KQFC
BostonWKLB
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
MiamiWKIS
MilwaukeeWMIL
MinneapolisKEEY
KMNB
Mobile, Ala.
WKSJ
Monmouth/Ocean, N.J.
WKMK
Monterey, Calif..
KTOM
Nashville
WKDF
WSIX
WSM-FM
Nassau, N.Y.
WJVC
New Bern, N.C.
WRNS
New Orleans
WNOE
New York
WNSH
Norfolk, Va.
WGH
WUSH
Oklahoma City, Okla.
KJKE
KTST
Omaha, Neb.
KXKT
Orlando, Fla.
WWKA
PhiladelphiaWXTU
Phoenix
KMLE
KNIX
PittsburghWDSY
WOGI
WPGB
Portland, Maine
WPOR
WTHT
Portland, Ore.
KUPL
KWJJ
Providence, R.I.
WCTK
Raleigh, N.C.
WNCB
WQDR
Richmond, Va.
WKHK
Riverside, Calif.
KFRG
Roanoke, Va.
WSLC
Rochester, N.Y.
WBEE
Sacramento, Calif.
KBEB
KNCI
KNTY
St. Louis
KSD
WIL
Salt Lake City
KEGA
KSOP
KUBL
San Antonio, Texas
KAJA
KCYY
San Diego
KSON
San Jose, Calif.
KRTY
KSJO
Santa Rosa, Calif.
KFGY
Sarasota, Fla.
WCTQ
SeattleKKWF
KMPS
Shreveport, La.
KXKS
Spokane, Wash.
KXLY
Springfield, Mass.
WRNX
Springfield, Mo.
KTTS
Stockton, Calif.
KATM
Syracuse, N.Y.
WBBS
Tampa, Fla.
WFUS
WQYK
Tucson, Ariz.
KIIM
Tulsa, Okla.
KTGX
KVOO
KWEN
Visalia, Calif.
KJUG
Washington, D.C.
WMZQ
West Palm Beach, Fla.
WIRK
Wichita, Kan.
KFDI
KZSN
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
WGGY
Wilmington, Del.
WXCY
York, Pa.
WGTY
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Country Airplay
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WKS
ON
CHART
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
THIS WEEK
+/–
THIS WEEK
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
4
l6
47
l
48
l
49
l
33
21
GOING OUT LIKE THAT S tarstruck/Nash Icon/ValoryReba
7.275
+0.138
1481
-67
32
39
8
LET ME SEE YA GIRL W
arner Bros./WMN
Cole Swindell
6.290
+1.102
1223
100
36
36
18
BREAK UP WITH HIM R CA Nashville
Old Dominion
6.248
+0.688
1054
131
39
35
15
NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU W
arner Bros./WAR
Dan + Shay
6.088
+0.415
1410
77
34
38
17
ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE S toney CreekParmalee
5.814
+0.584
1475
159
33
29
31
37
20
RUN AWAY WITH YOU B $R/New Revolution
41
21
BETTER THAN YOU LEFT ME C apitol Nashville
40
11
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE C apitol Nashville
TURN IT ON R epublic Nashville
42
14
44
9
43
14
46
18
COUNTRY C urb
45
20
ALL COUNTRY ON YOU S treamsound
47
13
BISCUITS M
ercury
STAY A LITTLE LONGER E MI Nashville
I GOT THE BOY E lektra Nashville/WAR
8
51
14
+0.294
1584
111
+0.655
1529
28
31
Lady Antebellum
5.361
+0.235
1102
69
38
43
Eli Young Band
4.496
-0.002
847
8
Brothers Osborne
4.196
+0.693
902
53
41
Jana Kramer
4.070
+0.470
969
68
40
42
Mo Pitney
3.840
+0.927
881
67
Austin Webb
3.486
+0.050
1113
-25
37
Kacey Musgraves
2.774
+0.045
710
32
44
+1.534
533
307
51
367
16
55
I LOVE THIS LIFE R eviverLoCash
2.308
+0.356
601
59
46
LITTLE BIT OF YOU R ed Bow
TRANS AM S toney Creek
50
32
2
21 A
tlantic/WMN
51
l
52
l
53
l
54
l
55
l
5
l6
57
l
53
12
55
9
54
14
IT FEELS GOOD D
ot
FALL APART 1 9/Columbia Nashville
FOLKS LIKE US B laster
SOUTHERN STYLE C apitol Nashville
4
5.767
5.684
+0.261
7
56
Big & Rich
Mickey Guyton
2.382
7
14
RANK
2.540
52
NEW
+/–
Chris Young
LET IT GO M
CA Nashville
50
59
PLAYS
George Strait
I’M COMIN’ OVER R CA Nashville
NEW
49
AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS)
HIT THE ROAD B ig Machine
FIRST KISS T op Dawg/Warner Bros./WEA
Chase Bryant
2.287
+0.363
601
14
47
Thompson Square
2.171
+0.178
624
19
45
Hunter Hayes
2.166
-5.538
337
-638
58
Drake White
1.949
+0.050
546
-22
49
Casey James
1.719
+0.219
319
-47
60
Montgomery Gentry
1.702
+0.085
477
35
53
Darius Rucker
1.687
+0.492
431
109
54
Waterloo Revival
1.514
+0.174
586
17
48
Kid Rock
1.444
+0.051
313
-15
-
Aaron Watson
1.432
+0.568
134
25
-
Toby Keith
1.341
-0.043
544
-19
50
RE-ENTRY
THAT LOOK B IG Label/Thirty Tigers
58
57
4
35 MPH TOWN S how Dog Nashville
59
l
60
16
MY MISTAKE A
rista NashvilleCam
1.268
+0.014
341
-62
57
60
58
11
ON TO SOMETHING GOOD W
arner Bros./WMN
1.243
-0.110
322
-24
59
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AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
COUNTRY
COUNTRY INDICATOR
MOST ADDED™
MOST ADDED™
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
REAL LIFE R
CA Nashville
KICK THE DUST UP C
apitol Nashville
I’M COMIN’ OVER R
CA Nashville
HOUSE PARTY M
CA Nashville
BUY ME A BOAT W
arner Bros./WAR
21 A
tlantic/WMN
LOSE MY MIND A
tlantic/WMN
SOUTHERN STYLE C
apitol Nashville
RUN AWAY WITH YOU B$R/New Revolution
LET ME SEE YA GIRL W
arner Bros./WMN
Jake Owen
Luke Bryan
Chris Young
S
am Hunt
Chris Janson
Hunter Hayes
Brett Eldredge
D
arius Rucker
Big & Rich
Cole Swindell
ADDS
60
47
27
25
17
14
8
8
7
7
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
KICK THE DUST UP C
apitol Nashville
REAL LIFE R
CA Nashville
HOUSE PARTY M
CA Nashville
I’M COMIN’ OVER R
CA Nashville
21 A
tlantic/WMN
BUY ME A BOAT W
arner Bros./WAR
LOSE MY MIND A
tlantic/WMN
ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE S
toney Creek
BREAK UP WITH HIM R
CA Nashville
WE WENT S
toney Creek
ADDS
35
33
25
17
13
11
7
5
5
5
Luke Bryan
Jake Owen
S
am Hunt
Chris Young
Hunter Hayes
Chris Janson
Brett Eldredge
Parmalee
Old Dominion
R
andy Houser
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE
GAIN
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS)
GAIN
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS)
+9.080
+4.143
+4.014
+3.914
+3.646
+3.266
+3.012
+2.674
+2.649
+2.614
REAL LIFE R
CA Nashville
KICK THE DUST UP C
apitol Nashville
LOVING YOU EASY V
arvatos/BMLG/Southern Ground
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT B
lack River
HOUSE PARTY M
CA Nashville
LITTLE TOY GUNS 1 9/Arista Nashville
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
ercury
HELL OF A NIGHT B
roken Bow
CRASH AND BURN V
alory
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
GAIN
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
REAL LIFE R
CA Nashville
Jake Owen
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT B
lack River
Kelsea Ballerini
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
ercury
Easton Corbin
HOUSE PARTY M
CA Nashville
S
am Hunt
LOVING YOU EASY J ohn Varvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground Zac Brown Band
HELL OF A NIGHT B
roken Bow
Dustin Lynch
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
SMOKE R
epublic Nashville
A
Thousand Horses
BUY ME A BOAT W
arner Bros./WAR
Chris Janson
+1270
+760
+486
+459
+440
+429
+400
+392
+359
+354
KICK THE DUST UP C
apitol Nashville
HOUSE PARTY M
CA Nashville
REAL LIFE R
CA Nashville
LOVING YOU EASY V
arvatos/BMLG/Southern Ground
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT B
lack River
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
HELL OF A NIGHT B
roken Bow
BUY ME A BOAT W
arner Bros./WAR
I’M COMIN’ OVER R
CA Nashville
CRASH AND BURN V
alory
REAL LIFE R
CA Nashville
Jake Owen
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT B
lack River
Kelsea Ballerini
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
ercury
Easton Corbin
LOVING YOU EASY J ohn Varvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground Zac Brown Band
HOUSE PARTY M
CA Nashville
S
am Hunt
SMOKE R
epublic Nashville
A
Thousand Horses
LITTLE TOY GUNS 1 9/Arista Nashville
Carrie Underwood
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING W
arner Bros./WEA
Michael Ray
MOST INCREASED PLAYS
AVAILABLE
FREE
TO CURRENT
BILLBOARD
SUBSCRIBERS
billboard.com/ipad
Jake Owen
Luke Bryan
Zac Brown Band
Kelsea Ballerini
S
am Hunt
Carrie Underwood
Blake Shelton
Easton Corbin
Dustin Lynch
Thomas Rhett
+0.681
+0.641
+0.603
+0.558
+0.528
+0.419
+0.379
+0.319
+0.299
+0.254
MOST INCREASED PLAYS
Luke Bryan
S
am Hunt
Jake Owen
Zac Brown Band
Kelsea Ballerini
Blake Shelton
Dustin Lynch
Chris Janson
Chris Young
Thomas Rhett
GAIN
+549
+449
+431
+395
+301
+294
+258
+219
+215
+203
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AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
NEW AND ACTIVE
GOING FOR ADDS
TOTAL
TOTAL
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist AUDIENCE STATIONS
FOR A BOY V
alory/Republic
1.215
0.994
0.894
0.807
0.369
0.349
RaeLynn
WE WENT S
toney Creek
Randy Houser
THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU C
urb
Lee Brice
BACKROAD SONG S
unfire
Granger Smith
HANGING ON A LIE C
rush/I.R.S. Nashville/Capitol
Striking Matches
ALL-AMERICAN KID P
earl/RCA Nashville
Garth Brooks
ADDS
44
23
27
3
11
1
2
6
2
0
0
0
CRAIG CAMPBELL
Tomorrow Tonight
Red Bow
HUNTER HAYES
21
Atlantic/WMN
INDICATOR NEW AND ACTIVE
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
AIN’T ALWAYS THIRSTY deciBel Nashville
TOTAL
PLAYS
TOTAL
STATIONS
ADDS
187
153
145
134
126
112
13
8
8
11
14
8
0
0
0
1
3
0
Ray Scott
FUTURE EX-BOYFRIEND O
ne Country
Abi Ann
THIS IS ME S
ound Check/Nine North
Bryan Mayer
LITTLE BIT OF YOU R
ed Bow
Chase Bryant
GREAT MINDS DRINK ALIKE M
RG
Rick Monroe
NEVER DIDN’T LOVE YOU W
illing Nashville/MDM/UMC
Bobby Wills
6/8
CAINS
Journey’s End
GMV Nashville
JAKE OWEN
Real Life
RCA Nashville
OLIVIA LANE
You Part 2
Big Spark
SUSAN HARTMAN
Love You Everyday
Pink Scarf/SDMG
RECURRENTS
THIS
TOTAL AUD.
WEEK TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MILLIONS)
1
HOMEGROWN J ohn Varvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern GroundZac Brown Band
22.215
2
TAKE YOUR TIME MCA NashvilleSam Hunt
21.512
3
RAISE ‘EM UP H
it Red/Capitol NashvilleKeith Urban Featuring Eric Church
21.015
4
A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR C
olumbia NashvilleTyler Farr
20.795
5
SAY YOU DO C
apitol NashvilleDierks Bentley
16.547
6
AIN’T WORTH THE WHISKEY Warner Bros. Nashville/WMNCole Swindell
14.530
7
I SEE YOU C
apitol NashvilleLuke Bryan
13.467
8
SHE DON’T LOVE YOU E MI NashvilleEric Paslay
13.095
9
LONELY EYES R
CA NashvilleChris Young
12.249
10
LEAVE THE NIGHT ON M
CA NashvilleSam Hunt
12.147
TWO WAY CROSSING
Car Trouble
JMarlowe
6/15
LAVENDINE
Maybe I Might (Which Way Should I Go)
400 SWC
TYLER FARR
Withdrawals
Columbia Nashville
6/22
No Going for Adds for this Week
TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT
WEEK ENDING MAY 31, 2015
THIS
WEEK
LAST WKS ON
WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST
TW
SPINS
SPINS
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THIS
WEEK
16
l
17
l
18
l
19
l
20
l
21
l
22
l
23
l
20
9
LONG SHOT (Independent)
18
11
TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER (Independent)
17
18
IGNORANT BLISS (Independent)
19
10
FREIGHT TRAIN (Independent)
16
18
THE CHASE (Independent)
21
13
BUY YOU A DRINK (Independent)
22
12
TURN IT ON ( Republic Nashville)
Eli Young Band
888
7
24
12
IF THESE OLD BONES COULD TALK (Independent)
Matt Hillyer
826
25
1
1
14
JAYTON AND JILL ( BE) l
3
l
4
l
5
l
6
l
7
l
8
l
9
l
10
l
11
l
2
11
STANDARDS ( Lil Buddy Toons)
3
17
SMILE ON MINE ( Tone Tree)
4
15
MY BED (Thirty Tigers)
5
13
BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT (KF) Kevin Fowler With Amy Rankin 1522
9
7
11
WHERE THE GRINGOS DON’T GO ( Independent)
Roger Creager 1444
59
9
16
BOB WILLS IS STILL THE KING (Bismeaux) Asleep At The Wheel With Shooter Jennings,Randy Rogers,Reckless Kelly 1342
45
8
14
LOVES DONE GOT ME (Independent)
Mario Flores 1341
6
2
HH 2 weeks at 1 HH Zane Williams 1749
-20
Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1745
17
Jon Wolfe 1594
21
Sunny Sweeney Feat. Will Hoge 1530
1
LAST WKS ON
WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST
TW
SPINS
SPINS
+/–
Sam Riggs 1043
103
Rich O’Toole
987
Jake Ward
986
17
Aaron Watson
984
37
Kylie Frey
981
1
Clayton Gardner
922
18
39
10
17
QUIT YOU (Way Out West)LiveWire 1301
25
24
23
18
COWBOY GIRL (Independent)
Jason Cassidy
807
-10
13
13
LET IT RAIN ( Independent)
James Lann 1290
99
8
LIVIN’ THE GOOD LIFE (RROC)
Matt Kimbrow
777
94
12
8
STICKS AND STONES ( Independent)
William Clark Green 1234
33
25
5
HIGHWAY ( Independent)
Josh Ward
771
28
12
6
21
LONG ROAD TO NOWHERE (Smith)
Micky & The Motorcars 1212 -218
27
18
NEXT FLIGHT HOME ( Independent)
Troy Cartwright
737
19
13
11
19
DIGGIN’ MY GRAVE ( Texas Evolution)
Mark McKinney 1193
28
19
STUPID ANGEL (Independent)
Casey Berry
721
15
14
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BACKROAD SONG (Independent)
33
14
COUNTRY LOOKS GOOD ON YOU ( Vision)
Gabe Garcia
707
36
15
14
15
WAY TOO LONG ( Independent)
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14
PLEAD THE FIFTH ( Independent)
Jesse Raub Jr.
696
41
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Granger Smith 1145
70
Adam Hood 1063
-16
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 2015, Texas Regional Radio Report
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE
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TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
AUDIENCE
(IN MILLIONS)
PLAYS
THIS WEEK
+/–
THIS WEEK
4256
-32
5.509
WILD CHILD B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter
4145
+26
5.301
15
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE R epublic Nashville Florida Georgia Line
4130
+13
4.918
5
17
LITTLE TOY GUNS 1 9/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood
3950
+198
4.985
6
38
BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
ercury Easton Corbin
3836
+142
4.899
8
10
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton
3631
+294
4.394
9
34
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT B lack River Kelsea Ballerini
3562
+301
4.041
HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH
A Thousand Horses
7
20
DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS M
cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn
3555
+107
4.389
10
26
GIRL CRUSH C apitol Nashville Little Big Town
3133
+106
3.403
10
2
32
DON’T IT M
ercury Billy Currington
3094
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YOUNG & CRAZY W
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2907
+37
3.336
11
20
CRUSHIN’ IT A
rista Nashville Brad Paisley
2899
+26
3.418
14
42
LOVE YOU LIKE THAT M
ercury Canaan Smith
2780
+154
3.240
13
11
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B roken Bow Jason Aldean
2716
+81
3.232
15
29
ONE HELL OF AN AMEN V alory Brantley Gilbert
2586
+79
3.015
19
6
LOVING YOU EASY V arvatos/BMLG/Southern Ground Zac Brown Band
2211
+395
2.725
17
14
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING W
arner Bros./WEA Michael Ray
2176
+180
2.639
18
15
LIKE A WRECKING BALL E MI Nashville Eric Church
1933
+16
1.955
20
18
I’M TO BLAME M
CA Nashville Kip Moore
1760
+29
1.654
22
8
CRASH AND BURN V alory Thomas Rhett
1623
+203
1.849
21
26
RIOT B ig Machine Rascal Flatts
1609
+54
1.793
27
31
HELL OF A NIGHT B roken Bow Dustin Lynch
1566
+258
1.565
23
16
20
RAISE ‘EM UP H
it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Feat. Eric Church
1443
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2.016
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FLY D
ot Maddie & Tae
1437
+100
1.741
33
2
HH Most Increased Plays/Most Added HH
Luke Bryan
1371
+549
1.613
26
12
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE C apitol Nashville Lady Antebellum
1363
+50
1.163
27
24
21
BETTER THAN YOU LEFT ME C apitol Nashville Mickey Guyton
1343
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1.146
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LOSE MY MIND A
tlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge
1219
+165
1.236
30
4
BUY ME A BOAT W
arner Bros./WAR Chris Janson
1130
+219
1.134
30
23
11
GAMES C apitol Nashville Luke Bryan
991
-412
1.323
11
24
28
KICK THE DUST UP C apitol Nashville
BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 104 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
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.
KVOX
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.
WXXK
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.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
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
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
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AUDIENCE
(IN MILLIONS)
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WKS
ON
CHART
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
THIS WEEK
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HOUSE PARTY M
CA Nashville Sam Hunt
925
+449
0.924
32
13
TURN IT ON R epublic Nashville Eli Young Band
895
+7
0.795
33
31
20
GOING OUT LIKE THAT N
ash Icon/Valory Reba
875
-25
0.895
34
29
20
HOMEGROWN V arvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground Zac Brown Band
857
-178
1.265
35
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LET ME SEE YA GIRL W
arner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell
842
+75
0.898
36
34
14
HANGOVER TONIGHT M
CA Nashville Gary Allan
793
-7
0.494
37
35
24
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT D
ack Janiels/Columbia Nashville Chase Rice
780
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0.759
38
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ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE S toney Creek Parmalee
731
+87
0.849
39
37
8
LET IT GO M
CA Nashville George Strait
706
-26
0.502
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BISCUITS M
ercury Kacey Musgraves
701
+6
0.333
40
10
STAY A LITTLE LONGER E MI Nashville Brothers Osborne
637
+15
0.571
41
8
35 MPH TOWN S how Dog Nashville Toby Keith
551
+3
0.382
43
42
18
COUNTRY C urb Mo Pitney
508
-34
0.500
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NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU W
arner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay
474
+12
0.550
50
2
I’M COMIN’ OVER R CA Nashville Chris Young
473
+215
0.340
55
49
56
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PLAYS
Jake Owen
431
+431
0.681
45
17
RUN AWAY WITH YOU B $R/New Revolution Big & Rich
404
+8
0.494
46
5
SOUTHERN STYLE C apitol Nashville Darius Rucker
388
+73
0.307
53
3
BREAK UP WITH HIM R CA Nashville Old Dominion
338
+109
0.255
48
12
I GOT THE BOY E lektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer
310
+21
0.229
47
16
(WHEN YOU LOVE A) WILD THING PCG Nashville/Nine North Brooklyhn Woods
309
+13
0.089
51
2
THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU C urb Lee Brice
291
+54
0.146
REAL LIFE R CA Nashville
NEW
HH Hot Shot Debut HH
NEW
21 A
tlantic/WMN Hunter Hayes
275
+100
0.291
NEW
WE WENT Stoney Creek Randy Houser
267
+88
0.202
6
TRANS AM S toney Creek Thompson Square
253
-14
0.100
52
3
TRAVELLER M
ercury Nashville Chris Stapleton
246
+12
0.136
57
9
YOU CAN’T HIDE LOVE J ohn And John Johnny Orr Band
216
+7
0.062
58
54
13
CAN’T GET AWAY FROM A GOOD TIME A
rista Nashville Logan Mize
215
-4
0.189
59
55
10
BLACK CROW C reation Lab/Grassroots Mitchell Tenpenny
209
-6
0.021
WHOLE LOTTA NOTHIN’ M
omentum/in2une Rachele Lynae
203
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0.098
60
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RE-ENTRY
CHART LEGEND
RANKINGS
Country Airplay is ranked by
total audience impressions
for the week ending Sunday
based on monitored airplay of
150 stations by Nielsen BDS.
Audience totals on the chart are
derived, in part, using certain
Arbitron Inc. copyrighted
Persons 12+ audience
estimates (under license ©
2015, Arbitron Inc.). Country
Indicator is tabulated using
reported playlists and Nielsen
BDS-monitored airplay at 104
stations, ranked by total plays.
BULLETS
l Awarded on Country Airplay
to titles gaining audience or
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
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.
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.
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 gaining enough audience
points to bullet or if they rank
below No. 10 and post a third
consecutive week of audience
decline, regardless of total chart
weeks. On Country Indicator,
descending, non-bulleted titles
below No. 10 are moved to
recurrent after 20 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.
© 2015 Prometheus Global Media, LLC
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE
TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org.
(Songwriter) C hart Position
JUNE 1, 2015 | PAGE 15 OF 15
Country Airplay Index
F FALL APART V aughn Fenwick Music, BMI/Little
21 EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music,
BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Didn’t Have To Be Music
Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs
Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, L/WB Music
Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Ogden Avenue
Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (D.Davidson,
K.Lovelace, A.Gorley, H.Hayes) 5 0
35 MPH TOWN Tokeco Tunes, BMI/Bobby’s Lyrics,
Land And Livestock, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI (T.Keith,
B.Pinson) 5 8
A ALL COUNTRY ON YOU Year Of The Dog Music,
ASCAP/Book Of Spells, ASCAP/Green Vinyl Music, ASCAP/Big
Loud Songs, ASCAP/Play Animal, ASCAP (J.Kear, Mark Irwin,
C.G.Tompkins) 4 3
ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE 27861 Music,
BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Gallo And Landers Music LLC, BMI/
Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc.,
BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/Steel Wheels Music, BMI/
Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Kirbtone Music, BMI (M.Thomas, S.Thomas,
B.Knox, P.O’Donnell, W.Kirby) 3 5
B BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
usic Of Cal IV, BMI/
Tractor Factor Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of
Brett, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP (J.Collins,
Brett James) 6
BETTER THAN YOU LEFT ME M
ickey’s Island
Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Chaylynn
Music, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI/Schoot Heard Around The
World Songs, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Songs Of
Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Pain Publishing, BMI (M.Guyton,
J.Hanson, J.Schott, N.Chapman) 3 7
BISCUITS W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/351
Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink,
ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508
Songs, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP (K.Musgraves, S.McAnally,
B.Clark) 4 4
BREAK UP WITH HIM S onic Geo Music, ASCAP/
Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro
Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Wrensong Publishing Corp., ASCAP/
Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC,
ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP (M.
Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, G.Sprung, W.Sellers) 3 3
BUY ME A BOAT R ed Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/House Of
Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (C.Janson, C.DuBois) 2 3
C COUNTRY M
ike Curb Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI/Mr. Bubba Music, BMI (M.Pitney, B.Tomberlin,
B.Anderson) 4 2
CRASH AND BURN R io Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Tucky Music, ASCAP (J.Frasure,
C.Stapleton) 2 0
CRUSHIN’ IT H ouse Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Making
The Turn Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI/WarnerTamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western
Music, BMI (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace, L.T.Miller) 1 3
D DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD
BARSTOOLS S ongs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative
Nation Music, BMI/Twangin And Slangin Songs, BMI/Country
Paper, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/
Glassbean, ASCAP/We Jam Writers Group, ASCAP (L.Laird,
B.Dean, J.Singleton) 9
DON’T IT S ony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music,
ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite
Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music
Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI (J.Johnston, A.Gorley,
R.Copperman) 3
Extra Music, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI ( W.Bowen, J.Carter,
Z.Carter) 5 2
FIRST KISS R JR Music Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt
Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Jo Ray Dean Music,
BMI/Bluewater Music Services Corporation, BMI (R.J.Ritchie,
M.Young) 5 6
FLY S uper Big Music, ASCAP/Big Machine Music, ASCAP/
Not Your Average Girl Music, ASCAP/Silva Tone Music,
ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, T.Vartanyan) 2 4
FOLKS LIKE US Laughing Gull Music, Inc., BMI/Wide
Open, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Big Spaces Music,
BMI/Amplified Admin., BMI (N.Coty, A.Bowers, A.Craig) 5 3
G GAMES S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill
Songs, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s
Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP ( L.Bryan,
A.Gorley) 2 5
GIRL CRUSH W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI/Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal,
Inc., BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI/HillarodyRathbone Music,
ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP ( L.Rose,
L.McKenna, H.Lindsey) 1 0
GOING OUT LIKE THAT W
B Music Corp.,
ASCAP/Tar-Cam-Knox Music, ASCAP/Thankful For
This Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/EMI
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Becky’s Boy Music, ASCAP/
Brooks Country Boy Music, BMI (B.Hayslip, R.Akins, J.Sellers) 3 1
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT U niversal Music
Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc.,
ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien
Publishing, ASCAP ( S.McAnally, J.M.Nite, J.Robbins) 3 0
H HELL OF A NIGHT E xternal Combustion Music,
ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing,
L/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Year Of The
Dog Music, ASCAP/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer
Music, SESAC ( Z.Crowell, A.Sanders, J.Boyer) 1 9
HIT THE ROAD D ustin James Muic Publishing,
ASCAP/Raincreek Publishing, ASCAP/C.R. Cooper
Publishing, ASCAP/Jason E Carter Publishing, ASCAP/
Samuel Smyers Music, BMI ( S.Smyers, G.Birge, C.Cooper,
D.James, J.Carter) 5 5
HOUSE PARTY U niversal Music Corporation, ASCAP/
Three Mules Music, ASCAP/External Combustion Music,
ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Songs
Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, L/WB Music
Corp., ASCAP ( S.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers) 2 8
I I GOT THE BOY W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp., BMI/Nichols Boys Music, BMI/Made For This Music,
BMI/All For This Music, BMI/Sweet Jamie Music, Inc., BMI (T.
Nichols, C.Harrington, J.L.Spears) 4 1
I LOVE THIS LIFE S ony/ATV Tree Publishing,
BMI/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/Round Hill, BMI (D.Myrick,
C.Janson, C.Lucas, P.Brust) 4 7
I’M COMIN’ OVER E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be
Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 4 5
I’M TO BLAME W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Cool Change
Music, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Magic Mustang
Music Inc., BMI/Reefer Road Music, Inc., BMI/Big Loud
Bucks, BMI ( K.Moore, J.Weaver, W.Davis) 2 7
IT FEELS GOOD E MI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Reverend Jack Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys
Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar
Music, ASCAP/Nury3000 Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp.,
SESAC (D.White, P.Pence, D.George) 5 1
K KICK THE DUST UP EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/
Two Chord Georgia Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs,
ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Davidson, C. DeStefano,
A.Gorley) 1 8
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING M
agic Mustang
Music Inc., BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs,
BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI (J.Wilson, M.White) 1 6
L LET IT GO D ay Money Music, ASCAP/HoriPro
Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Living For The Night Music,
BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI/Pioneer Town Songs, BMI (G.Strait, B.Strait,
K.Gattis) 46
LET ME SEE YA GIRL Sony/ATV Tree Publishing,
BMI/243 Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP
(C.Swindell, M.Carter, J.Stevens) 3 2
LIKE A WRECKING BALL Sony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Sony/ATV
Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI (E.Church,
C.Beathard) 2 2
LITTLE BIT OF YOU O rbison Music, LLC, BMI/BMG
Rights Management, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar
Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion
Engine Music, ASCAP (C.Bryant, D.George, A.Gorley) 4 8
LITTLE TOY GUNS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/
EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Glider Music, ASCAP/
HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C.
Underwood, C. DeStefano, H.Lindsey) 7
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE B eards And Bullets
Music, ASCAP/30A Getaway Songs, ASCAP/Hobbs Hill
Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Publishing, SESAC/Global Dog Music,
ASCAP/Big Yellow Dog Music, ASCAP/Book Of Spells, ASCAP (D.
Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Kear) 3 8
LOSE MY MIND Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris
Not France Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/EMI
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Universal
Music Italia, srl/Killer Tracks, BMI/Warner/Chappell Music
Publishing Ltd., PRS/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/
BMG Chrysalis Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC,
ASCAP (B.Eldredge, H.Morgan, R.Copperman, B.Burton, T.D.Callaway,
G.F.Reverberi, G.P.Reverberi) 2 6
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT Songs Of Black
River, ASCAP/Songs of Parallel, ASCAP/HPRD Publishing,
ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, J.Kerr,
F.G.Whitehead, L.Carpenter) 8
LOVE YOU LIKE THAT B MG Gold Songs, ASCAP/
Skinny Fat Nashville Music, BMI/BMG RM US LLC, BMI/BMG
Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music,
BMI/BMG RM US LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
Dontcallmebrett Musicm, BMI (C.Smith, B.Beavers, J.Beavers) 1 2
LOVING YOU EASY D ay For The Dead Publishing,
SESAC/Southern Ground, SESAC/Cash Box Music.BMI (Z.Brown,
N.Moon, A.Anderson) 1 7
M MY MISTAKE M
arvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year
Yesterday Publishing, BMI (C.Ochs, T.S.Johnson) 5 9
N NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats
And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/
Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/
Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Sugar Glider Music, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, A.Gorley, C.
DeStefano) 34
O ONE HELL OF AN AMEN W
arner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Royal Doll
Music, ASCAP/Mike Curb Music, BMI (B.Gilbert, M.Dekle, B.Davis) 1 4
ON TO SOMETHING GOOD M
onroe Suede
Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,
BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/
Country Paper, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Twangin And Slangin
Songs, BMI (A.Monroe, B.Dean, L.Laird) 6 0
R REAL LIFE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red
Room, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Combustion Engine
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs,
ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs
Of Black River, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (R.
Copperman, A.Gorley, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 2 9
RIOT P eertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/
Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Comp And Circumstance, BMI (J.
Boyer, S.Haze) 2 1
RUN AWAY WITH YOU J Money Music, ASCAP/
Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/WarnerTamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J.D.Rich, Michael Ray) 3 6
S SANGRIA SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Mighty
Seven, ASCAP/Heavy Metal Disco, ASCAP/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/
One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River,
ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP
(J.T.Harding, J.Osborne, T. Rosen) 5
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE B ig Red Toe, BMI/Farm Town Songs,
BMI/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation,
ASCAP (R.Clawson, M.Dragstrem, C.Taylor) 2
SMOKE W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Carolina
June Publishing, BMI/Greatshakin Music, BMI/EMI April
Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Songs By Red
Room, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI (M.Hobby, J.M.Nite,
R.Copperman) 1
SOUTHERN STYLE U niversal Music Corporation,
ASCAP/Cadaja Publishing, ASCAP/Memphianna, ASCAP/
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/T-Bird’s Music, BMI (D.
Rucker, R.Rutherford, T.James) 5 4
STAY A LITTLE LONGER W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/
All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/
Smack Ink, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, S.McAnally) 4 0
T THAT LOOK Tunes From HTK, BMI (A.Watson) 5 7
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU EMI
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music, BMI/
Brooks Country Boy Music, BMI/Highly Combustible Music,
ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP
(D.Davidson, R.Akins, A.Gorley) 1 1
TRANS AM Legends Of Magic Mustang Music,
SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Barragina Music, SESAC/Mack
2 Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of
Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Pain Publishing, BMI/Skull Town
Sounds, BMI (K.Thompson, S.Thompson, N.Chapman, B.Daly) 4 9
TURN IT ON Small Town Kid Music, BMI/NTAC Music,
BMI/Young James Young Music, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/
Farm Town Songs, BMI/Big Red Toe, BMI/Big Loud Songs,
ASCAP/Round Hill Songs, ASCAP (M.Eli, J.Young, R.Clawson,
M.Dragstrem) 3 9
W WILD CHILD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Basuare
Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink,
ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black
River, ASCAP (K.Chesney, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 4
Y YOUNG & CRAZY External Combustion Music, ASCAP/
Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside
Independent Music Publishing, L/Universal Music Corporation,
ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/
Rhettneck Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (A.Gorley,
S.McAnally, R.Akins) 1 5