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JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 1 OF 19
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE
Steven Tyler,
Miranda Lambert
Make Hot Debuts
>page 4
Tom.Roland@billboard.com
Stapleton, Hunt,
Rhett Are Midyear
Sales Champs
>page 8
Scott Showcases
Family Album
>page 9
Makin Tracks:
RaeLynns Triangle
Shoots Straight
>page 13
Stark Report:
Songwriter J.T.
Hardings Radio
Heritage
>page 14
Country Coda: LeAnn

Rimes Blue
>page 19
When the Country Music Association (CMA) solicited firstround submissions in July for its 50th annual awards, it seemed
a no-brainer that Humble and Kind, a Tim McGraw single
that offers a cultural primer for strong character, would get
heavy consideration for song of the year.
Songs with social relevance invariably have a leg up in the
trophy battles, and when they capture the mood of a large swath
of people as Humble and Kind did, emerging in the midst
of increasing public chaos those songs have an almost unfair
advantage over competition that merely entertains.
We found out that Humble and Kind was
going to be No.1 on the Sunday that we woke
up to Orlando, says songwriter Lori McKenna.
It was such a strange day for me because you
wanted to celebrate, but it was such a heavy
day for everybody.
McKenna has accidentally set herself up for
a similar juxtaposition. The Bird & the Rif le,
a 10-song album that explores gritty life issues with an uncanny honesty, arrives at retail on July 29, the day after the Democratic
National C
onvention comes to a close. Its title
track employs a firearm as symbolism in a chalMcKENNA
lenged relationship the mans powerful, dangerous essence shuts down the womans freedom of self-expression and it hints at the c omplexities of a
hot-button issue.
I guess Ive sort of blocked out the fact that Im putting out
this record with a big picture of a gun on it, says McKenna.

I guess somebody could look at that art and think, Is she
making a statement about guns? When I think of that rifle,
I think of that guy, and I dont think of anything else but the
metaphor that we attached to it and where it came from, which
was the mom and the daughter from the punchline of [a] joke
[on Modern Family]. I just think of it as a relationship.
McKenna is, in fact, a master at exploring relationships. She
and her co-writers expressed jealousy with a literate sensibility in Little Big Towns Girl Crush and captured the pain of
a dying flame in another LBT single, Your
Side of the Bed, that nabbed a Grammy nomination. She likewise had a hand in Hunter
Hayes plea for passion, I Want Crazy, and
in RaeLynns gender celebration God Made
Girls.
The Bird & the Rifle hinges on r elationships
with significant others, with community
and with the self, the songs full of rich detail
that paint emotional pictures, often w ithout
s pecifying the feelings in question. Stale
d isappointment rings through Giving Up
On Your Hometown, frustration forms the
foundation for the opening Wreck You and
delusion underscores the couple in Old Men
Young Women. McKennas raw delivery is perfectly suited for
the material, much the way that the hard-edged vocals of Guy
Clark and Kris Kristofferson were well-equipped to convey
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JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 2 OF 19
the detailed imagery of their finely tuned work.

Producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell) framed her voice in The
Bird & the Rifle with tremolo guitars and the occasional string arrangement,
carefully allowing the words themselves to maintain the listeners focus.
I couldnt be happier the way everything has happened, says McKenna.
The process has been so joyful around all these really sad songs.
The Massachusetts-based McKenna has been recording her own material
since 2000 with one project, 2007s Unglamorous, released on Warner
Music Nashville. The rest of her albums have landed in the marketplace via
independent labels, although The Bird & the Rifle will be issued by her p
ublisher,
Creative Nation owned by songwriter Luke Laird (Talladega, Head Over
Boots) and his wife, Beth Laird in conjunction with Thirty Tigers.
It was probably the shortest phone call any artist has had with their lawyer after looking at a contract, says McKenna, chuckling about the deal. It
a lmost leans more in my favor than the labels.
McKenna is touring behind the album, though purposely keeping her
schedule light no more than five shows in a single month so she can stay
focused on the relationships that are most important in her life: her connection
to her family and her connection to her writing.
That writing has served her well. Girl Crush spent 13 weeks atop Hot
Country Songs in 2015, winning a Grammy for best country song and the
CMAs song of the year trophy. Humble and Kind became the first song
penned by just one songwriter to reach No. 1 on Hot Country Songs since
Taylor Swifts Ours on March 31, 2012. One industry group (subscribers
to the Nashville magazine Music Row) has already recognized Humble as
the song of the year. If the CMA follows suit, McKenna would become the first
woman to win that trophy in back-to-back years. No writer has claimed that
category consecutively since Vince Gill did so three times from 1991-1993
with When I Call Your Name, Look at Us and I Still Believe in You.
My friends talk about this, and I cant listen, says McKenna. I dont want
to put it in my heart. Music has given me so many lessons, so many gifts that
I didnt deserve or expect. I never want to get to the point where I think Im
going to be awarded with something that doesnt happen and then have that
feeling of, Aw, I thought that was going to happen.
But its hard to picture McKenna allowing herself to get too far removed from
reality. The flawed people and challenged relationships on The Bird & the Rifle
are the work of someone committed to the truth, even when its painful. In fact,
her reaction to an unflattering truth is telling a Billboard C
ountry Update
reader expressed her distaste for Humble and Kind. The song, says the reader,
is a list of common-sense rules for living that we all ought to live by already.
McKenna doesnt flinch at the criticism refreshingly, shes amused by it.
I see what shes saying, and really, that was the point of it, allows M
cKenna.
I want to say that to my friends sometimes like when youre sitting around
and someone says, Well, this happened, and this happened, and were g
etting
divorced because I cheated. Its like, Well, dont cheat! We all have to be
reminded of these things sometimes. That was the point.
Country
UPDATE
Miranda Lambert met with iHeartMedia executives to prep the world

premiere of her new single, Vice, released July 18. From left: Sony
Music Nashville senior vp promotion and artist development Steve
Hodges, iHeartMedia national programming group coordinator of
artist content Jackie Tigue, Lambert and iHeartCountry senior vp
programming Rod Phillips.
Thompson Square helped raise $250,000 for the Clay Buchholz

Foundation when the duo appeared July 7 at the Red Sox pitchers
bowling event in Boston. From left: Keifer Thompson, Foundation
founders Lindsay Buchholz and Clay Buchholz, and Shawna
Thompson.
Big Loud artist Morgan Wallen paid a visit to WQHK Fort Wayne, Ind.,
as he conducts the first radio-promotion tour of his career. From left:
Big Loud director of Midwest promotion Roger Fregoso, Wallen and
WQHK operations manager/PD Dave Michaels.
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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com
Tyler Nabs No. 1 Country Crossover;

FGLs H.O.L.Y. Still Rolling
H.O.L.Y. SMOKES THE COMPETITION Florida Georgia Line (Tyler Hubbard

and Brian Kelley) collects its ninth No. 1 on Country Airplay, as H.O.L.Y.
(Republic Nashville) rises 2-1 in its 13th week, increasing by 4 percent to 47.6
million audience impressions. The duo completes its fastest flight to the top,
besting Dirt, which reached No. 1 in its 14th week (Oct. 25, 2014).
H.O.L.Y penned by busbee, Nate Cyphert and William Wiik Larsen
is the lead single from FGLs third studio album, Dig Your Roots, due Aug. 26.
The sets May We All, with its more traditional country sound, signals the pair
progressing from the party-oriented style it sported on its 2012 debut smash,
Cruise. May, which was released July 15 and features Tim McGraw, arrives
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H.O.L.Y. has worked very well for us, and sales are fantastic, Entercom
ommunications vp programming Mike Moore tells Billboard. It feels like a muC
sical evolution, or maturity, for them. Im really excited to hear the whole project.
KKBQ Houston director of operations Johnny Chiang concurs. H.O.L.Y.
has consistently tested power for us, which obviously meant a lot to me as a
programmer, he says. However, the song has had far greater implications
for FGL. If there were any doubts about Brian and Tylers potential longevity
in the format, H.O.L.Y should put those to rest.
As it crowns Country Airplay, H.O.L.Y. paces Hot Country
Songs and Country Streaming Songs for a 12th week each, leading
the latter list with 6.9 million U.S. streams (up 4 percent). On
Country Digital Songs, it drops to No. 2 after 11 frames on top
(61,000, down 1 percent).
VICTORIOUS VICE Miranda Lamberts Vice (RCA
Nashville), released July 18, swoops in at No. 1 on Country
Digital Songs with 64,000 sold in its first week, marking her
second No.1; Somethin Bad, with Carrie Underwood, also
launched at the summit (June 7, 2014). On Hot Country Songs,
Vice opens at No. 2 to become her highest debut, passing the
No. 5 start for Bad.
Concurrently, Vice arrives as Lamberts highest debut on Country Airplay,
at No. 18 (14.7 million in audience), fueled in part by hourly plays following its
release on participating iHeartMedia-owned stations. The entrance tops the
No. 26 start of Automatic (Feb. 22, 2014).
Penned by Lambert, Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally, Vice is the
first single from her forthcoming sixth studio album, expected later in 2016. Its
also Lamberts first new music since her divorce from Blake Shelton.
TOP 10 NEWS Chris Lanes debut single, Fix (Big Loud), enters the Hot
Country Songs top 10 (11-10). On Country Airplay, it bumps 5-4 (42.3 million,
up 5 percent). Plus Kelsea Ballerinis Peter Pan (Black River) hops 11-10 on
Country Airplay (28.7 million, up 12 percent). Her third top 10 follows the careerlaunching No. 1s Love Me Like You Mean It and Dibs.
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Were All Somebody From Somewhere (Dot/Big Machine Label Group), the first
solo album from Steven Tyler, bounds in at No. 1 on Billboards Top Country
Albums chart (dated Aug. 6), selling 17,000 copies in its first week (ending
July 21), according to Nielsen Music. On the all-genre, consumption-based
Billboard 200, it starts at No. 19, with 18,000 equivalent album units.
The longtime leader of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Aerosmith coproduced the album, which was recorded in Nashville, and co-wrote 12 of its
15 tracks. The first two singles, Love Is Your Name and Red, White & You,
peaked at Nos. 19 and 29 on Hot Country Songs and Nos. 33 and
46 on Country Airplay, respectively. The title track is the newly
released third single.
Tyler, who confirmed in a June 21 interview on SiriusXMs The
Howard Stern Show that Aerosmith will embark on a f arewell
tour in 2017, is currently touring solo. Steven TylerOut on a
Limb kicked off July 2 at the Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, and
will hit 19 cities.
Tyler follows a trail of artists from other genres (typically rock)
that have landed in Nashville, including fellow Rock and Roll
TYLER
Hall of Famers and Big Machine labelmates Cheap Trick. In recent years, Darius Rucker has notably conquered country radio
after leading Hootie & The Blowfish to mainstream success. He has earned
six No.1s on Country Airplay and four on Top Country Albums.
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33.442
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6038
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Jake Owen
32.613
+2.676
5753
353
Sam Hunt
31.141
+3.877
5431
592
Kelsea Ballerini
28.701
+3.021
5149
468
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21
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10
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MAKE YOU MISS ME M

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11
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12
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Justin Moore
24.229
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Blake Shelton
22.446
+1.828
3990
451
12
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Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
20.152
+2.991
3608
416
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Kip Moore
18.741
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3660
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17.527
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17.350
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14.165
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13.690
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7.936
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Jason Aldean
6.804
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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.
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112
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Granger Smith
6.171
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1713
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Thomas Rhett
5.328
+0.180
1194
130
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Luke Bryan
4.981
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655
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Brett Eldredge
4.909
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Brantley Gilbert
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3.197
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Craig Campbell
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+1.467
350
317
58
47
53
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THERES A GIRL 1 9/Republic/Dot
NEW
54
47
Toby Keith
1.599
-0.503
313
21
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56
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57
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52
12
ROOTS S toney CreekParmalee
1.560
+0.132
516
-3
51
53
10
SIERRA D
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Maddie & Tae
1.533
+0.121
564
13
50
59
55
A FEW MORE COWBOYS S how Dog Nashville
55
SUMMER R epublic Nashville
56
YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO GOOD S toney Creek
59
54
19
TUXEDO M
CA Nashville
60
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59
14
BEER CAN IN A TRUCK BED R CA Nashville
Cassadee Pope
1.385
+0.148
344
11
Thompson Square
1.205
+0.002
412
54
Clare Dunn
1.195
-0.065
607
13
46
Old Dominion
1.096
+0.098
67
GOING FOR ADDS

8/1
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CODY JINKS
Im Not The Devil
Cody Jinks/Thirty Tigers
KAITLYN BAKER
Heart Of Appalachia
Kaitlyn Baker
Co-written by Bryan, Michael Carter and Jay

Clementi, the song is the fifth single from Kill
the Lights, which has passed 1 million copies
sold, according to Nielsen Music. Move
struts 58-35 on Country Airplay, increasing
by 374 percent to 5 million in audience. On
Hot Country Songs, it re-enters at No. 42.
35
THE BAND PERRY

Comeback Kid
Mercury
8/8
LUKE BRYAN
Move
ADAM CRAIG
Reckon
Stoney Creek
BRANTLEY GILBERT
The Weekend
Valory
FRANKIE BALLARD
Cigarette
Warner Bros./WAR
KREE HARRISON
Dead Mans House
Plaid Flag
MAGNOLIA BELLE
Lucky Number
Heartland
JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 7 OF 19
Country Airplay
MOST ADDED
NEW AND ACTIVE
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist ADDS

VICE R
CA Nashville
THE WEEKEND V
alory
HOW ILL ALWAYS BE M
cGraw/Big Machine
acon/Broken Bow
MOVE C
apitol Nashville
THERES A GIRL 1 9/Republic/Dot
80S MERCEDES C
olumbia Nashville
tlantic/WMN
DO YOU WISH IT WAS ME? E MI Nashville
SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME R
CA Nashville
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
86
49
29
28
28
24
23
19
18
12
M
iranda Lambert
Brantley Gilbert
Tim McGraw
Jason Aldean
L
uke Bryan
Trent Harmon
Maren Morris
Brett Eldredge
G
ary Allan
Old Dominion
ADDS
Gary Allan
0.918
48
18
Darius Rucker
0.900
31
J
oe Nichols
0.703
30
Chase Bryant
0.651
26
10
ROAD LESS TRAVELED 1 9/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina
0.633
15
ANGELS IN THIS TOWN EMI Nashville
0.512
DO YOU WISH IT WAS ME? E MI Nashville

IF I TOLD YOU Capitol Nashville
UNDONE R
ed Bow
ROOM TO BREATHE R
ed Bow
Eric Paslay
RECURRENTS
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE

GAIN
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS)
VICE R
CA Nashville
M
iranda Lambert
THE WEEKEND V
alory
Brantley Gilbert
MOVE C
apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
MAKE YOU MISS ME M
CA Nashville
Sam Hunt
arner Bros./WAR
Dan + Shay
HOW ILL ALWAYS BE M
cGraw/Big Machine
Tim McGraw
PETER PAN B
lack River
Kelsea Ballerini
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS C
apitol Nashville
D
ierks Bentley Feat. Elle King
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG R
CA Nashville
Jake Owen
ROCK ON D
ot
Tucker Beathard
TOTAL
TOTAL
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist AUDIENCE STATIONS
+14.650
+4.717
+3.930
+3.877
+3.804
+3.255
+3.021
+2.991
+2.676
+2.522
THIS
WEEK TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
TOTAL AUD.
(IN MILLIONS)
WASTED TIME H
it Red/Capitol NashvilleKeith Urban
T-SHIRT V
alory
Thomas Rhett
26.456
32.504
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH C
apitol NashvilleDierks Bentley
25.343
THINK OF YOU R CA Nashville/Republic NashvilleChris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope
20.323
CAME HERE TO FORGET W

arner Bros./WMNBlake Shelton
18.507
SNAPBACK R
CA NashvilleOld Dominion
17.620
DIE A HAPPY MAN V

alory
Thomas Rhett
17.251
HUNTIN, FISHIN & LOVIN EVERY DAY C

apitol NashvilleLuke Bryan
17.205
NIGHTS ON FIRE M
CA NashvilleDavid Nail
16.018
10
I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT B

ig MachineRascal Flatts
14.107
BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE
MOST INCREASED PLAYS

GAIN
Gross
Artist
Attendance
VICE R
CA Nashville
M
iranda Lambert
arner Bros./WAR
Dan + Shay
MAKE YOU MISS ME M
CA Nashville
Sam Hunt
THE WEEKEND V
alory
Brantley Gilbert
MOVE C
apitol Nashville
L
uke Bryan
HOW ILL ALWAYS BE M
cGraw/Big Machine
Tim McGraw
PETER PAN B
lack River
Kelsea Ballerini
arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
FIX B
ig Loud
C
hris Lane
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS C
apitol Nashville
Dierks Bentley Feat. Elle King
+1969
+634
+592
+588
+525
+521
+468
+451
+442
+416
Capacity
Promoter(s)
$3,887,143
$225, $25
$1,057,715
$137, $43
$979,925
$136, $42
$927,073
$136, $42
$862,430
$99, $34
KENNY CHESNEY
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo./July 16
DIXIE CHICKS
Sunlight Supply Amphitheater, Ridgefield, Wash./July 9
DIXIE CHICKS
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, Calif./July 12
DIXIE CHICKS
White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, Wash./July 8
KEITH URBAN
Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford, N.H./July 2-3
51,293
53,062
15,342
17,160
17,832
21,142
13,758
15,432
11,985
16,740
MESSINA TOURING
GROUP/AEG LIVE
Ticket Price(s)
Venue/Date(s)
LIVE NATION
LIVE NATION
LIVE NATION
IN-HOUSE
Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob
Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email (bob.allen@billboard.com).
TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT

WEEK ENDING JULY 24, 2016
THIS
WEEK
LAST WKS ON
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SPINS
+/
THIS
WEEK
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BLUEBONNETS (JULIAS SONG) ( BIG/Thirty Tigers) HH 4 weeks at 1 HH Aaron Watson 1620 -151
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FEELS THIS RIGHT ( Almost Country)
24
BACK TO BACK ( Independent)
22
NEXT BIG THING ( Independent)
5
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LITTLE THAT WERE LIVIN ON ( Independent)
Cameran Nelson 1497
25
THE FLAG (Red Dirt Legend)
Brandon Jenkins 1425 -149
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10
12
DAY ONE (Greenhorse)
11
SAN ANTONE (Independent)
18
WASNT THAT DRUNK ( Pretty Damn Tough)
10
15
SELLOUT SONG (Independent)
Casey Donahew Band 1547
28
Rich OToole 1544 -145

William Clark Green 1509
-39
6
LAST WKS ON
WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST
TW
SPINS
SPINS
+/
11
15
WHERE THE SEEDS FALL (Independent)
Matt Kimbrow 1303
34
15
WITH YOU I AM (Independent)
Cody Johnson 1294
314
Turnpike Troubadours 1124
155
Mario Flores 1068
64
Kylie Frey 1043
73
17
13
MERCURY ( Independent)
13
18
ONE BOOT IN THE GRAVE ( Independent)
16
14
ME AND THESE BOOTS (Independent)
21
LONELY STREET (Independent)
19
28
RHINESTONE WORLD (Mis B Havin)
28
REDNECKS WITH PAYCHECKS ( Independent)
Pat Green 1393
120
Randy Rogers Band 1387
36
Josh Abbott feat. Carly Pearce 1320
-34
19
20
21
IF THE BOOT FITS (Independent)
Kevin Fowler feat. Zane Williams 1312
-36
20
14
28
DEAR MUSIC, (Independent)
Jake Ward
942
Breelan Angel
903
Kyle Park
860
126
Granger Smith
845
-31
Bart Crow Band
839
-155
68
Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty
shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or
contact Dave Smith at 817-283-7984. Copyright 2016, Texas Regional Radio Report
JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 8 OF 19
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Maddie & Tae were part of the entertainment when the Starkey
Hearing Foundation raised $9.5 million with an event in St. Paul, Minn.,
on July 17. From left: Maddie Marlow, Starkey Foundation co-founders
Tani Austin and William F. Austin, and Tae Dye.
COUNTRYS MIDYEAR LEADERS
Chris Stapleton, Sam Hunt and Thomas Rhett were all tangled up in
consumers minds for the first six months of the year as they dominate Nielsens
2016 midyear country music charts.
Stapletons Traveller album is the most popular country set of the first half
of 2016, according to Nielsen Music, with 931,000 equivalent album units
earned in the tracking period of Jan. 1-June 30, 2016. (Equivalent album
units comprise traditional album sales, track-equivalent albums [TEA] and
streaming-equivalent albums [SEA].) Hunts Montevallo is the No. 2 most
popular album, with 444,000 units, and Rhetts Tangled Up ranks at No. 4
with 408,000 units. Stapletons set is also the top-selling country album of
the first half of the year, with 746,000 copies sold.
Overall country album sales dropped 10 percent compared with a year ago
(12,057,000 sold versus 13,355,000).
Among all genres of music, overall album consumption (album sales plus
TEA and SEA) totaled 279.9 million units for the first six months of 2016
(up 9 percent compared with 257 million for the first half of 2015). Country
albums represented 8.4 percent of the 2016 figure.
Hunt and Rhett lead countrys midyear on-demand streaming lists, as
Rhetts Die a Happy Man is the most-streamed song overall (audio and
video combined) with 87,737,000 streams. Its also the top audio stream
(55,465,000). Hunts Break Up in a Small Town is the top streamed video,
with 32,307,000 streams. Interestingly, Taylor Swifts 2009s hit video You
Belong With Me remains popular, clocking in at No. 5 on the Mid-Year Top
10 On-Demand Country Video Streams tally with 19,702,000 streams.
Rhett also landed two titles among the 10 best-selling digital tracks during
the period, as Die a Happy Man finished No. 3 with 711,000 downloads and
T-Shirt fit snugly at No. 8 with 431,000 sales. Big Machine Label Group
had the three best-selling tracks: In addition to Die a Happy Man, Tim McGraws Humble and Kind topped the list with 747,000 downloads, followed
by Florida Georgia Lines H.O.L.Y., with 730,000.
Following is the digital country songs chart (go here for all six lists):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

2016s Midyear Top 10-Selling Digital Country Songs

Tim McGraw, Humble and Kind
747,000
Florida Georgia Line, H.O.L.Y.
730,000
Thomas Rhett, Die a Happy Man
711,000
Maren Morris, My Church
634,000
Dierks Bentley, Somewhere on a Beach
589,000
Cole Swindell, You Should Be Here
569,000
Blake Shelton, Came Here to Forget
459,000
Thomas Rhett, T-Shirt
431,000
Chris Young featuring Cassadee Pope, Think of You
421,000
Brett Eldredge, Drunk On Your Love
409,000
Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles
Florida Georgia Line and Sam Hunt are in the mix for the sixth annual
i HeartRadio Music Festival, slated for Sept. 23-24 at the T-Mobile Arena in
Las Vegas. The multigenre shows will air live on iHeart stations in 150 markets
and be condensed into a two-night TV special on the CW Oct. 6-7Beasley
Broadcast Group is acquiring Greater Medias 21 stations in seven markets. The
deal includes WKLB Boston, which becomes Beasleys sixth country station,
alongside sisters WSOC Charlotte, N.C., and KCYE Las VegasJohn Crenshaw is transferring to Cumulus/Youngstown, Ohio, to serve as operations
manager for the cluster in his home market, which includes country WQXK.
He had been Cumulus/Grand Rapids, Mich., regional operations manager, as
well as PD for country WTNRCumulus/Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.,
operations manager Jerry Padden added PD duties at adult contemporary
WLEV. He was already PD for country sister WCTOCox Media/Tulsa (Okla.)
promoted Mary Garcia to digital sales manager after 17 months as a specialist. The seven-station group includes country KWENEntercom promoted
Kim Reis to vp digital audience engagement after three years as a director.
Among the chains country brands are KKWF Seattle and WBEE Rochester,
N.Y.Joe Wade Formicola joined Local Radio Networks as an on-air talent.
He previously held a similar role with Westwood Ones mainstream c ountry
formatUnited Stations Radio Networks has licensed the weekly show 25
Years of Hits after distributing it for eight years. Creator Bob Utley becomes
a creative consultant. Concurrently, KNTY Sacramento, Calif., music director/personality Mike Allen takes over as hostCharlie Thomas started July
25 as GM of Heartland Communications/Ashland, Wis., The Ashland Daily
Press reported. The cluster includes country WBSZ. Thomas arrives from
Townsquare/Duluth, Minn.-Superior, Wis., where he was an account executiveCBS Radio/Miami named Sarah Lanieu director of marketing and
promotions, according to RadioInfo.com. Formerly director of promotions,
Lanieu adds three stations, including country WKIS, to the brands she overseesChris Michaels took over the morning shift at KBKB Burlington, Iowa,
on July 25, RadioInfo.com reported. Michaels was most recently an afternoon
talent at KOEL Waterloo, Iowa. He replaces Andrew Kirby and Tory Wuychuck, who are expected to resurface in CaliforniaToni Marie rejoined
KUZZ Bakersfield, Calif., in a weekend and part-time capacity, according to
InsideRadio.com. She most recently handled middays at KWNR Las Vegas.
ROUND THE ROW
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Nashville welcomed music agent Joseph Martin, who previously held a similar position at William Morris Endeavor in Los
AngelesAubrie Sellers signed a recording deal with Warner Music NashvilleKeith Stegalls Dreamlined Entertainment signed songwriter-artist
Kevin MaC in a joint venture with Prescription Songs. Star Farm Nashville is
handling promotion for his first single, WinningSongwriter Marty Dodson
(Must Be Doin Somethin Right, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven) signed
a publishing deal with SNG Music. Songwriter Steve Leslie (Let It Rain, Second Wind) and former Edward Jones general partner Gary Reamey formed
the company in 2014Warner/Chappell signed Nashville-based songwriterproducer Bobby Campbell to a publishing dealProducer Dave Cobb (Chris
Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson) moderates the next Change the Conversation
panel about female producers and engineers on Aug. 3. Among the panelists
are Lari White and songwriter-producer Victoria Shaw (The River, I
Love the Way You Love Me)Songwriter-artist-producer Gary S. Paxton died July 17. The producer of
Bobby Boris Picketts pop novelty Monster Mash, Paxton helmed
several Vern Gosdin country hits, including Break My Mind and Yes- Toby Keith entertained WYRK
terdays Gone, and wrote Don Gib- Buffalo, N.Y., staff when his tour
sons Woman (Sensuous Woman) arrived July 15 in Darien Lake, N.Y.
and Roy Clarks Honeymoon Fee- From left: Townsquare/Buffalo
lin. Following Paxtons wishes, no fu- digital managing editor Melissa
neral is planned, though a celebration Kory, Keith and WYRK personality
of life is being considered.
Rob Banks.
JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 9 OF 19
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
MUSIC NOTES
Hillary Scott & The Scott Family showcased their new album, Love Remains
(due July 29), on July 19 at the Bell Tower in Nashville. The family i ncluding mother Linda
Davis, father Lang Scott and sister Riley Scott
offered impressively tight harmonies and emotional performances, including Hillarys read of
the Tom Douglas-penned title track. With a band
that c ontained H
illarys husband, Chris Tyrrell,
on drums and former Edens Edge member Dean
Berner on Dobro, the evening also featured onstage appearances by album co-producer Ricky
Skaggs and The Whites Cheryl White. Lady
Antebellum bandmate Dave Haywood was in
SCOTT
the audience, and is apparently in cahoots with
Scott and Charles Kelley on Lady As next project, with time blocked out to work in earnest on an album this fall.
July 25
2015 Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean coheadline the first country concert in the history
of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The package
also includes Brantley Gilbert, Cole Swindell
and Old Dominion.
Among the most notable impressions from the new Country Music Hall of Fame
exhibit Homegrown: Zac Brown Band is the length of time that has been invested in the bands rise. While Chicken Fried launched the group into the
mainstream in 2008, the actual hand-written lyric sheet is pretty much chicken
scratch in a notebook that was started in 1992. The 2012 single Goodbye in
Her Eyes is likewise in a notebook begun in 2001. The display which includes
instruments, clothing and a dragon-head stage prop gives a sense of the time
the act put in, but its merely a hint at the drama that went with it. Frontman Zac
Brown told media that his group should have slid off a mountain years ago,
traveling in a vehicle that broke down repeatedly, messing with its schedules
and patience. You cant fake the chemistry that comes from those things,
added Brown. The exhibit remains open through June 18, 2017.
July 28
1971 Charley Pride records Kiss an Angel Good Mornin at
Nashvilles RCA Studios.
1956 Three weeks after his first appearance on the Grand Ole
Opry, Johnny Cash returns to Nashvilles Ryman Auditorium for
his first performance as a member.
If the music thing ever falls through, Willie Nelson and Maren Morris are
definitely establishing their brands in other quarters. After several years of
discussion, Nelsons new line of weed, Willies Reserve Cannabis, is ahem
rolling out in Washington and Colorado. Nelson played a show celebrating
the launch on July 23 in Redmond, Wash., and has another set for July 30 in
Greenwood, Colo. Morris has teamed with Wayfair, an online home f urnishings
company, to offer her own selection of patio home goods, including a fire pit,
a chaise lounge for two and longhorn skull-shaped wall decor. The collection
is available through Aug. 22.
As Kenny Rogers slowly winds toward retirement from touring, his 2016
Christmas outing an annual trek he has made since 1981 will be his last
holiday jaunt. The dates begin Nov. 25 in Independence, Mo., and conclude
Dec. 23 in Westbury, N.Y. Meanwhile, two of Rogers former road partners
have their own holiday attractions planned. The Oak Ridge Boys have 28
bookings on the calendar, beginning Nov. 15 in Branson, Mo., and ending
Dec. 22 in Burlington, Iowa. Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers will launch
a 38-date Country Christmas residence at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel on
Nov. 11. The Gatlins engagement runs through Dec. 25, which also marks
their 40th anniversary as Grand Ole Opry members.
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CHESNEY
July 26
2011 EMI releases the Eric Church album Chief.
1986 Randy Travis scores his first No. 1 single in Billboard with
On the Other Hand.
July 27
2012 Jana Kramer is heard singing the familiar Nationwide is on
your side jingle as Nationwide Insurance debuts a new ad campaign
during the NBC telecast of the Summer Olympics opening ceremonies.
July 29
2014 Columbia releases Tyler Farrs A Guy Walks Into a Bar to
radio.
2004 On the night presidential candidate John Kerry accepts the
nomination at the Democratic National Convention, Willie Nelson
performs Living in the Promiseland at Bostons FleetCenter.
July 30
2013 Little Big Town members Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild
and Phillip Sweet write Day Drinking in Nashville with Troy Verges
and Barry Dean.
July 31
2001 Ada, Okla., honors a hometown boy in declaring Blake Shelton
Day.
1976 Kris Kristofferson hosts Saturday Night Live from New York
on NBC-TV with musical guest Rita Coolidge. Kristofferson sings
Help Me Make It Through the Night.
Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database
.com
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The Controversys Impact On Their Careers
Verizon Acquires Yahoo For $4.83 Billion
Midyear Touring Update: Bruce Springsteen,
Madonna, Beyonc And The Rolling Stones Soar
Michael Ray visited with staff from KFRG Riverside-San

Bernardino, Calif., in advance of a July 23 concert at the San Manuel
Amphitheater. From left: KFRG promotions coordinator Dana
Swearingen, Ray, KFRG marketing and promotions director Leslie
Bischoff and Warner Music Nashville Team WEA manager of West
regional promotion Ray Mariner.
ALLISTER ANN
ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC
JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 10 OF 19
Hot Country Songs

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J.MOI (BUSBEE,N.CYPHERT,W.W.LARSEN)
NEW
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10
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12
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F.LIDDELL,E.MASSE,G.WORF (M.LAMBERT,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE)
D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,C. DESTEFANO)
M.BRIGHT (Z.CROWELL,BRETT JAMES,H.LINDSEY)
RECORD YEAR
J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE)
HEAD OVER BOOTS
B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (J.PARDI,L.LAIRD)
LIGHTS COME ON
M.KNOX (B.KELLEY,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.ROBBINS,B.WARREN,B.WARREN)
PETER PAN
F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.LEE)
MAKE YOU MISS ME
Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,J.OSBORNE,M.RAMSEY)
J.MOI (S.BUXTON,J.FRASURE,A.STOKLASA)
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS
R. COPPERMAN (S.MCANALLY,J.T.HARDING)
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG
S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,J.JOHNSTON)
SHES GOT A WAY WITH WORDS
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17
G.WELLS,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,G.WELLS,J.ABRAHART)
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STREAMING DATA
COMPILED BY
S.HENDRICKS (W.EARP,A.ALBERT,M.BEESON)
WASTED TIME
HUNTIN, FISHIN & LOVIN EVERY DAY

A LITTLE MORE SUMMERTIME
M.KNOX (W.MOBLEY,T.MARTIN,J.FLOWERS)
CAME HERE TO FORGET
S.HENDRICKS (C.WISEMAN,D.RUTTAN)
CASTAWAY

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EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
Miranda Lambert
R
CA NASHVILLE
Dan + Shay
W
ARNER BROS./WAR
Carrie Underwood
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE
Eric Church
E MI NASHVILLE
Jon Pardi
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Jason Aldean
B
ROKEN BOW
Kelsea Ballerini
B
LACK RIVER
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY
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IT DONT HURT LIKE IT USED TO
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JASON ALDEAN
A Little More
Summertime
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A.PETRAGLIA (T.BEATHARD,C.BEATHARD,M.CANNON-GOODMAN)
WITHOUT A FIGHT
B.PAISLEY,L.WOOTEN (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE,L.T.MILLER)
RUNNING FOR YOU
B.JAMES,K.MOORE (K.MOORE,T.VERGES,B.DALY)
The second single from Aldeans September

album They Dont Know follows the
Country Airplay No. 1 Lights Come On.
Summertime bounds onto Hot Country
Songs at No. 16, powered by 35,000
first-week downloads sold, good for a
No.3 arrival on Country Digital Songs.
On Country Airplay, it holds at No. 30
(6.8 million in audience, up 1 percent).
30
MAREN
MORRIS
80s
Mercedes
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6
11
10
13
4
2
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30
ROCK ON
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26
D.HUFF (B.CURRINGTON,C.R.BARLOWE,S.CARTER)
Cole Swindell
22
31
10
Justin Moore
J.S.STOVER,J.RAYMOND,S.BORCHETTA (R.CLAWSON,M.DRAGSTREM,N.HEMBY)
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ALORY
VACATION
Thomas Rhett
D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,T.ALLEN,H.BROWN,M.DICKERSON,S.M.DOUGLAS,G.GOLDSTEIN,L.L.JORDAN,C.W.MILLER,L.OSKAR,A.SCHULLER,H.E.SCOTT,JOE LONDON,E.FREDERIC,J.RYAN)
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Chris Lane
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IG LOUD
Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
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APITOL NASHVILLE
Jake Owen
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CA NASHVILLE
Blake Shelton
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ARNER BROS./WMN
Keith Urban
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IT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE
Luke Bryan
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Jason Aldean
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ACON/BROKEN BOW
Blake Shelton
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Zac Brown Band
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CA NASHVILLE
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M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL)
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OUTHERN GROUND/JOHN VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/DOT
Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,W.DURRETTE,C.BOWLES,J.D.HOPKINS)
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Billy Currington
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Tucker Beathard
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Brad Paisley Featuring Demi Lovato
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Kip Moore
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CA NASHVILLE
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Songs, boosted by its 31-29 push on Country
Airplay (7.9 million, up 20 percent). Following
her performance of the song on NBCs Late
Night With Seth Meyers (July 18), it increases
by 27 percent to 1.2 million U.S. streams and
44 percent to 6,000 downloads sold.
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MAY WE ALL
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SLEEP WITHOUT YOU
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S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,M.JENKINS)
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D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,K.ARCHER,J.EBACH)
I MET A GIRL
J.RITCHEY,S.HENDRICKS (T. ROSEN,S.HUNT,S.MCANALLY)
80S MERCEDES
BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,BUSBEE)
SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME

I KNOW SOMEBODY
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT
C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,B.WARREN,B.WARREN)
LOVIN LATELY
B.KENNY,J.D.RICH (W.K.ALPHIN,J.D.RICH,T.MCGRAW)
UNLOVE YOU
D.HUFF (J. NETTLES,B.CLARK)
PARACHUTE
D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,J.BEAVERS)
THY WILL
R.SKAGGS,B.HERMS (H.SCOTT,E.L.WEISBAND,B.HERMS)
21 SUMMER
J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,C.WISEMAN)
WANNA BE THAT SONG
R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,SCOOTER CARUSOE)
LIVIN THE DREAM
R. COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER (T.DOUGLAS,J.JOHNSTON,L.LAIRD)
SEEIN RED
M.J.CONES (T.KENNEDY,K.ALLISON,S.BOGARD,J.SEVER)
MOVE
J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,M.CARTER,J.CLEMENTI)
HOW ILL ALWAYS BE
B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (J.S.STOVER,C.JANSON,J.PAULIN)
MAKE YOU MINE
S.MOSLEY (B.REMPEL,S.MOSLEY,B.STENNIS)
IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW
D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,T.REEVE,K.SCHILENGER,T.TOMLINSON)
SMOOTH
J.MOI (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,N.GALYON,J.M.SCHMIDT)
IF HE AINT GONNA LOVE YOU
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
WASNT THAT DRUNK
D.BAKER,J.ABBOTT (M.J.MCGINN,N.A.MEDLEY,E.L.WEISBAND)
IF THE BOOT FITS
G.SMITH,F.ROGERS (J.M.SCHMIDT,A.ALBERT,M.TENPENNY)
R. COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER,ELI YOUNG BAND (R.COPPERMAN,N.GALYON,A.GORLEY)
SALTWATER GOSPEL
PEAK
POSITION
Kenny Chesney
14
Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw

R
EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
Brett Young
R
EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
William Michael Morgan
W
ARNER BROS./WMN
Maren Morris
C
OLUMBIA NASHVILLE
Old Dominion
R
CA NASHVILLE
LoCash
R
EVIVER
Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill
R
CA NASHVILLE
Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw
B
$R/NEW REVOLUTION
Jennifer Nettles
B
IG MACHINE
Chris Stapleton
M
ERCURY
Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
H
ST/EMI NASHVILLE
Brothers Osborne
E MI NASHVILLE
Brett Eldredge
A
TLANTIC/WMN
Drake White
D
OT
Dustin Lynch
B
ROKEN BOW
Luke Bryan
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Tim McGraw
M
CGRAW/BIG
MACHINE

High Valley
A
TLANTIC/WEA
Brett Young
R
EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
R
EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
Jake Owen
R
CA NASHVILLE
Josh Abbott Band With Carly Pearce
P
RETTY DAMN TOUGH/1608
Granger Smith
W
HEELHOUSE
Eli Young Band
V
ALORY
27
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LUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE)
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The weeks 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
SALES Album Sales
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15.1 million
13.3 million
DIGITAL TRACKS SALES
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68.8 million
000.0 million
16
52.5 million
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a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and
provided by Nielsen Music.
ALBUMS
DIGITAL
ALBUMS*
DIGITAL
TRACKS
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130,000
1,784,000
Last Week
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120,000
1,627,000
4.0%
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-32.6%
-21.3%
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Albums
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13,259,000
-12.3%
Digital Tracks
68,816,000
52,499,000
-23.7%
Sales by Album Format

2015
2016
Physical
9,544,000
8,685,000
9.0%
Digital
5,578,000
4,574,000
-18.0%
*Digital album sales are also counted within album sales.
For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or josh.bennett@nielsen.com
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STREAMING DATA
COMPILED BY
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DOT 025219/BMLG
DAVID NAIL
BLAKE SHELTON
TRAVELLER
IF IM HONEST
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DIERKS BENTLEY
11
RHETT
43 THOMAS
VALORY RT0200A/BMLG
TANGLED UP
HUNT
12 91 SAM
MCA NASHVILLE 021502/UMGN
MONTEVALLO
KILL THE LIGHTS
WARNER BROS. 555352/WMN
URBAN
11 KEITH
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 023591*/UMGN
BRYAN
10 13 50 LUKE
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 022813/UMGN
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11 COLE
MAREN MORRIS
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 516885*/SMN
UNDERWOOD
39 CARRIE
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 510539*/SMN
+ RORY
14 12 10 23 JOEY
FARMHOUSE/GAITHER 49134*/CAPITOL CMG
15 11
JON PARDI
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN
CHURCH
16 14 15 38 ERIC
EMI NASHVILLE 024200*/UMGN
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CAPITOL NASHVILLE 024745*/UMGN
BLACK
DAN + SHAY
BALLERINI
19 15 18 62 KELSEA
BLACK RIVER 2015
20 18 16
NETTLES
10 JENNIFER
BIG MACHINE JN0100A/BMLG
MCGRAW
21 19 17 37 TIM
MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE TM0300A/BMLG
OBSESSED
THE FIRST TIME
PLAYING WITH FIRE
DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC
MEAT AND CANDY
YOUNG
24 22 36 CHRIS
RCA NASHVILLE 506963/SMN
IM COMIN OVER
A SAILORS GUIDE TO EARTH
The weeks 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
200s 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.
TITLE
ARTIST (IMPRINT/LABEL)
VICE
MIRANDA LAMBERT(RCA Nashville/SMN)
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH
26 21 27 DIERKS BENTLEY(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
12 H.O.L.Y.
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE(Republic Nashville/BMLG)
A LITTLE MORE SUMMERTIME
JASON ALDEAN(Macon/Broken Bow/BBMG)
NEW
7 24 FROM THE GROUND UP

DAN + SHAY(Warner Bros./WMN)
8 DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS
DIERKS BENTLEY FEAT. ELLE KING(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
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CHART
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WEEK
NEW
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ARTIST (IMPRINT/LABEL)
IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW

BRETT YOUNG(Republic Nashville/BMLG)
28 16 17 WASTED TIME
KEITH URBAN(Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
29 19 30 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT
RASCAL FLATTS(Big Machine/BMLG)
30
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IF HE AINT GONNA LOVE YOU

JAKE OWEN(RCA Nashville/SMN)
MAY WE ALL
31 24 28 MY CHURCH
MAREN MORRIS(Columbia Nashville/SMN)
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FEAT. TIM MCGRAW( Republic Nashville/BMLG)
32 27 13 THY WILL
16 PETER PAN
HILLARY SCOTT & THE SCOTT FAMILY( HST/EMI Nashville/UMGN)
KELSEA BALLERINI(Black River)
NEW
2
11 VACATION
THOMAS RHETT(Valory/BMLG)
5 38 HEAD OVER BOOTS

JON PARDI(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
33 28 39 TENNESSEE WHISKEY
CHRIS STAPLETON(Mercury/UMGN)
34 3
2 SMOOTH
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE(Republic Nashville/BMLG)
10 6
16 CHURCH BELLS
CARRIE UNDERWOOD(19/Arista Nashville/SMN)
35 30 12 ROCK ON
TUCKER BEATHARD(Dot/BMLG)
11 8
16 LIGHTS COME ON
JASON ALDEAN(Broken Bow/BBMG)
36 33 6 SLEEP WITHOUT YOU

BRETT YOUNG(Republic Nashville/BMLG)
12 10
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ERIC CHURCH(EMI Nashville/UMGN)
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BLAKE SHELTON(Warner Bros./WMN)
13 9
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DOMINION
21 20 37 OLD
RCA NASHVILLE 513496/SMN
STURGILL SIMPSON
25 23 23 14 ATLANTIC 551380*/AG
CALIFORNIA SUNRISE
RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS
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SHELTON
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NEW
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BROWN BAND
JEKYLL + HYDE
17 21 65 ZAC
SOUTHERN GROUND/JOHN VARVATOS/BMLG 022962/REPUBLIC
16 14
YOU SHOULD BE HERE
STORYTELLER
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MCA NASHVILLE 024989*/UMGN
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POS.
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STAPLETON
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MERCURY 019405*/UMGN
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COUNTRY
DIGITAL SONGS
TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS
25 MAKE YOU MISS ME

SAM HUNT(MCA Nashville/UMGN)
NEW
BLUE AINT YOUR COLOR

KEITH URBAN(Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
38 26 17 NOISE
KENNY CHESNEY(Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville/SMN)
39 31 32 YOU SHOULD BE HERE
COLE SWINDELL(Warner Bros./WMN)
15 13 27 HUMBLE AND KIND

TIM MCGRAW(McGraw/Big Machine/BMLG)
40 36 8 PARACHUTE
CHRIS STAPLETON(Mercury/UMGN)
16 15 20 HUNTIN, FISHIN AND LOVIN EVERY DAY

LUKE BRYAN(Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
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JUSTIN MOORE(Valory/BMLG)
I MET A GIRL
WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN(Warner Bros./WMN)
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY
COLE SWINDELL(Warner Bros./WMN)
43 38 18 UNLOVE YOU
JENNIFER NETTLES(Big Machine/BMLG)
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT

CHRIS YOUNG FEAT. VINCE GILL(RCA Nashville/SMN)
44 48
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BILLY CURRINGTON(Mercury/UMGN)
45 34 20 CAME HERE TO FORGET

BLAKE SHELTON(Warner Bros./WMN)
CASTAWAY
ZAC BROWN BAND(Southern Ground/John Varvatos/BMLG/Republic)
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DAVID NAIL(MCA Nashville/UMGN)
47 37 5 SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME

OLD DOMINION(RCA Nashville/SMN)
23 17 27 T-SHIRT
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3 80S MERCEDES
MAREN MORRIS(Columbia Nashville/SMN)
NEW
48 42
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KINDA DONT CARE

JUSTIN MOORE(Valory/BMLG)
6 WITHOUT A FIGHT
BRAD PAISLEY FEAT. DEMI LOVATO(Arista Nashville/SMN)
28 FIX
CHRIS LANE(Big Loud)
49 40 27 THINK OF YOU
CHRIS YOUNG DUET WITH CASSADEE POPE(RCA Nashville/SMN)
44 DIE A HAPPY MAN

50 43
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BRETT ELDREDGE(Atlantic/WMN)
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.
WKS ON
CHART
H.O.L.Y.
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
DIE A HAPPY MAN
THOMAS RHETT
MAKE YOU MISS ME
SAM HUNT
PETER PAN
KELSEA BALLERINI
CHURCH BELLS
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
RECORD YEAR
ERIC CHURCH
HUNTIN, FISHIN & LOVIN EVERY DAY
LUKE BRYAN
FROM THE GROUND UP
DAN + SHAY
HEAD OVER BOOTS
JON PARDI
T-SHIRT
11 10 19 T HOMAS RHETT
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS
12 16 4 D IERKS BENTLEY FEAT. ELLE KING
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH
13 11 21 DIERKS BENTLEY
LIGHTS COME ON
14 13 11 J ASON ALDEAN
15 18 9 J AKE OWEN
TENNESSEE WHISKEY
16 15 38 C HRIS STAPLETON
HUMBLE AND KIND
17 14 20 TIM MCGRAW
18 20 3 B LAKE SHELTON
TAKE YOUR TIME
19 17 82 SAM HUNT
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CHRIS YOUNG
Featuring
VINCE GILL
Sober Saturday
Night
STREAMING DATA
COMPILED BY
TITLE
Following the release of its official

video on July 14, the traditional-styled
breakup song increases by 286 percent
to 12,000 sold, starting at No. 19 on Country
Digital Songs. On Hot Country Songs
it leaps 45-33, also aided by a 3percent
lift to 3.2 million in airplay audience.
LAST
WEEK
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WEEK
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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.
JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 13 OF 19
MAKIN TR ACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com
RaeLynn Gives Voice To A

Painful Reality In Love Triangle
Love Triangle, the first single RaeLynn released in her new recording deal
with Warner Music Nashville (WMN), already has a reputation, despite the
fact that its only now being revealed to the mainstream country audience.
Programmers were introduced to the song when she made it a regular part
of her set during a radio-promotion tour in 2013. And the demo was c irculated
among Nashville songwriters, becoming a de facto calling card inside the
industry before the song ever made its way into the real world.
Ive been living in Nashville for four years, and this song gets brought up
to me at least every other day, says RaeLynn. Songwriter friends will be like,
Oh my God, when are you going to put out Love Triangle? Its just been
that song for me that really helped me get a lot of writing sessions and helped
jump-start my writing career.
For co-writers Nicolle Galyon (Automatic, Saltwater Gospel) and
Jimmy Robbins (Beachin, Sure Be Cool If You Did), Love Triangle
has been a source of frustration, a song they thought could
be important if only it was heard.
I would take a bullet for this song, says Galyon with
a laugh.
Love Triangle could have been released earlier in a
different format. RaeLynn recorded the first version of
the song during her time at the Big Machine Label Group.
And several other artists offered to record it when it was
clear that hers was not destined for release. But RaeLynn
insisted on keeping it for herself.
If someone wants to cut one of my songs, thats fine,
but not Love Triangle, she says. Love Triangle is too
special to me and hits home too much for me.
Understandably. Its her story.
Born in 1994, RaeLynn turned 3 the year her parents
divorced. She lived with her mother throughout her youth,
with the court allowing her father to have custody every other weekend. Her
parents did their best not to take out their interpersonal issues on RaeLynn,
but the tension still came through.
I always felt like I was stuck in between my parents, relaying i nformation
back and forth and walking on egg shells, not knowing what was going to
trigger something to make them mad and not knowing what to say in front
of them, she remembers. I was feeling that way at like 6 and 7, you know,
having all these emotions run through my head when I should have just been
thinking about Barbie [dolls].
All of that reared its head before a writing appointment with Galyon and
Robbins on Jan. 8, 2013, and RaeLynn was in a foul mood when she arrived
at Robbins home studio in Nashville.
My mom and dad were blowing me up about the stupidest thing, recalls
RaeLynn. Here I am, 18, dont live with them, out on my own, the fact that
were still at this point is stupid, and so I get to my writing session and they
were like, Have you had a good day? And I was like, No, but its going to get
better. Lets write a fun song today.
RaeLynn brought up the title, which she envisioned as a flirty song about
carrying on two relationships. But her situation with her parents overshadowed
that idea.
I dont remember who said it, but one of us was like, Well, thats kind of a
love triangle, says Robbins. We all kind of got the tingles as soon as we had
the idea, just because we hadnt heard that turn of phrase with that perspective.
They wrote the chorus first, contrasting the confusing triangle of a divorced
family with the path of a more stable home: Some mamas and daddies are
loving in a straight line.
We couldve overwritten the chorus pretty easily going into a shapes
concept, things going in circles or being in a box, notes Galyon. But that
just wasnt real. I think we kept it as honest and raw as possible.

When the chorus was completed, they turned to the verses, built around a
moody line that Robbins invented on acoustic guitar. Galyon and RaeLynn
adopted that progression for the melody, and they established the drama in
that first verse, the daughters suitcase packed as she waits for Dad to pick
her up for a weekend.
It moves into the pre-chorus with his arrival shes excited to leave with
him, but heartbroken as she watches her mom wave goodbye: I cry for her/
Out the window. Tellingly, the second pre-chorus reverses the scenario
shes excited to come home to her mom, but heartbroken as she says goodbye
to her father: I cry for him/Out the window.
My dad would pick me up every other Friday at 6 oclock and drop me off
every Sunday at 6 oclock, and I remember those last couple hours, like around
4 oclock, my dad would get kind of sad because he knew that he was about to
not see me for two more weeks, says RaeLynn. At the
time, I didnt understand, but now being married, I cant
imagine going through that.
They used the bridge to introduce a new, hauntingly
sad melody, but decided against matching any words to it.
The songs so heavy, I said, Can we just do some
oooos and let everybody breathe? recalls RaeLynn.
RaeLynn recorded it for Republic Nashville on April29,
2013, but it never made it to market. Robbins suggests that
he might have over-produced it one version included a
childrens choir. Plus it was the height of the bro-country
era at the time, and sad family dramas were not quite the
order of the day.
Big Machine always looked at this song as being
RAELYNN
s pecial, says Robbins, but it was a very different
climate.
When she parted ways with the label this spring, RaeLynn enlisted Robbins
and Galyon to co-produce some new recordings, intent on making music
without any label oversight. Robbins played all the basic tracks for a new version
of Love Triangle, kicking it off with the acoustic guitar part, stacked twice,
the tension palpable in its reverberations.
I used a guitar where the strings havent been changed in about 10 years,
so theyre very, very dead, he says. It makes you hear more of the finger
movements and stuff.
RaeLynn did the vocal part in roughly 40 minutes with Galyon overseeing the session during the week of April 4. Derek Wells added atmospheric
guitar parts later, and Nir Z overdubbed the drums, which dont enter until
the second verse.
Love Triangle was key as RaeLynn shopped for a new label. Part of her
attraction to WMN was the labels commitment to the song, which it targeted
as her first single in the new deal, announced June 7.
WMN vp A&R Scott Hendricks sat in with Robbins to jointly mix the final
version, which went to radio via Play MPE on July 13. It hasnt charted yet no
surprise, since the label isnt officially seeking adds until Aug. 1. But Galyon is
already psyched to see a song with potential cultural significance get its shot.
Theres only room for someone to sing about this particular thing once
every so often, she says. Were just so thankful that this is the song that gets
to be out right now and gets to speak to this topic.
Numerous fans have already posted their approval of Love Triangle on
social media, many referring to it as my life. As personal as it is for RaeLynn,
she understands why they appreciate it.
This song has changed my situation with my parents a lot, she says. And
I want this song to do that for a lot of kids and raise awareness to parents, that
yall need to handle your stuff and leave the kids out of it.
JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 14 OF 19
THE STARK REPORT PHYLLIS STARK phyllis.stark@billboard.com
Popular Hollywood Actor And Hit Nashville

Songwriter Share A Surprising Bond
When J.T. Harding was an aspiring artist living in Los Angeles, the view from
his apartment window included a billboard promoting Jay Thomas, then the
popular morning host on top 40 KPWR (Power 106). Every day, he would look
out the window and see Thomas head Photoshopped onto a womans body
with the caption We apologize for Jay Thomas. Little did he know he was
looking at the face of his father.
The New Orleans-bred Thomas was a young aspiring actor and radio
personality when he fathered a child. He and the mother opted to give up the
baby for adoption, a decision he says was horrible at the time, but u
ltimately
the right thing to do. I wasnt even allowed to see him after he was born,
he recalls.
Harding, now a top Nashville
songwriter, was adopted at birth
by Vanderbilt University football
coach Larry Harding and his wife,
Kendra. The family later moved
from Nashville to Grosse Pointe,
Mich., where he was raised in their
happy home.
Bot h set about hav ing ver y
s uccessf u l l ives a nd ca reers .
T h o m a s , a n E m m y A w a r d -
winning actor, starred in such
films as Mr. Hollands Opus and
Dragonfly and had recurring roles
on n
umerous TV shows including
Mork & Mindy, M
urphy Brown,
Cheers and, c urrently, Ray Donovan. He s imultaneously has enjoyed a f our-decade radio career.
Thomas has worked for the last
10 years at SiriusXM, where he
HARDING (left) and THOMAS
hosts an e
ponymous, four-days-aweek show on the Comedy Greats
channel and a Friday program on Howard Sterns channel. He resides in Santa
Barbara, Calif., with his wife and their two sons.
After moving to Los Angeles as a teen, Harding landed recording deals
with both EMI and Atlantic Records that ultimately went nowhere. He also
enjoyed a wild stint working as Marilyn Mansons assistant (a job that largely
involved procuring Dippin Dots and blue Slurpees for the singer, as well as
taking him to Chuck E. Cheeses while on the road and making sure Who
Let the Dogs Out was playing whenever M
anson entered a party) before
landing his first big hit as a songwriter with Uncle Krackers Smile. He
moved to Nashville where the hits kept c oming, including Kenny Chesneys
Somewhere With You, Blake Sheltons Sangria, Jake Owens Alone
With You, Keith Urbans Somewhere in My Car and the current Dierks
Bentley/Elle King duet, Different for Girls.
Harding was still living in Los Angeles when he discovered the identity
of his biological father, but there were interesting signposts along the way.
One of the weirdest things is when I was little, my favorite commercial was
the animated lips eating Twizzlers, he says. I found out years later that was
Jay doing that commercial. And during those same formative years, Harding
remembers that he was always enamored with pretending I was a DJ. I would
make tapes and talk over them, and I set up a fake microphone in my bedroom.
After first connecting with his biological mother as a teen, Harding learned
that his father was an actor on Cheers, and remembers thinking at first that
he was the son of star Ted Danson. Upon learning his dads real identity,
Harding reached out to Thomas, and recalls the actors initial wariness. But
Thomas invited him to a taping of the CBS show he was in at the time, Love
& War, then out to dinner. That was the start of a relationship that grew from
cautious to close over time.
Thomas eventually hired Harding to work as an assistant on Love & War,
and recalls with a laugh, After CBS canceled my show and asked me to leave
the lot, they offered J.T. another job.
Both men now delight in their relationship, which Harding describes as
something more like fraternity brothers than father and son. They detail each
others accomplishments with pride and share memories of vacations theyve
enjoyed, including their annual trips to New York, where Thomas for many
years was tasked with the tradition of knocking a meatball off the top of a
Christmas tree with a f ootball as a
guest on a pre-holiday episode of
Late Night With David Letterman.
Thomas has travelled around the
country to see Harding perform at
various w riters nights.
Jay and I have a real wild,
fun relationship, says H arding.
Were ver y close. We can be
pretty o bnoxious, but its fun.
That warmth also extends to the
rest of Thomas family, including
his wife and 19- and 22-year-old
sons, who have known Harding
since they were small. Hes a huge
part of our family, Thomas says of
his oldest son.
Thomas also met the parents
who raised Harding, and is e ffusive
in his praise for them. Theyre the
two greatest people that any kid
could have, he says, before joking, I thought of sending my two
kids to them to raise, the two that I kept. (Larry Harding has since died.)
In 2014, Thomas and Harding got a chance to work together for the first
time since Love & War. New York playwright Peter Zinn wrote a musical
featuring many of Hardings hits, and Thomas was cast in a role when the
show, Somewhere With You, played at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Harding calls the experience a total blast.
The bond between them is evident when they take good-natured jabs at
each other in separate telephone interviews. Harding quips that Thomas star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is so out of the way you have to take an Uber
to see it. He adds: Im lucky that Jay didnt raise me. Id probably be even
more self-centered than I am, and dress in Tommy Bahama clothes like it
was Miami Vice day every day. Thomas, meanwhile, describes Harding as
a total square and kids him about his frugal lifestyle, beat-up car, OK
apartment and penchant for buying the stupidest gifts.
They celebrate both their differences and similarities. Hes totally different
than me, Harding says of Thomas. He thinks The Beatles are idiots. Hes
not into any kind of music at all. All he thinks about is sports, and I dont r eally
care about sports.
But Thomas says of his son, I see a lot of myself in him, particularly when
Harding performs. Hes really great onstage, says Thomas. Theres a lot
of showmanship there were very much alike.
Both agree Harding also inherited Thomas drive and ambition. Says Harding, Jay said that when he gave me up for adoption, he always felt I would be
OK, because I would have him in me. It turns out he was right.
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4878
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9.246
24
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4756
+102
8.921
45
HEAD OVER BOOTS C apitol Nashville Jon Pardi
4249
+31
8.116
21
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG R CA Nashville Jake Owen
3909
+209
6.924
33
FIX B ig Loud Chris Lane
3898
+233
7.103
24

arner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay
3824
+233
7.061
10
21
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CA Nashville Sam Hunt
3694
+579
6.710
19
PETER PAN B lack River Kelsea Ballerini
3635
+344
6.485
17
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3564
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3132
+105
5.812
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2996
+417
5.459
18
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS C apitol Nashville Dierks Bentley Feat. Elle King
2757
+307
4.980
17
40
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CA Nashville Kip Moore
2724
+147
5.172
13
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rista Nashville Brad Paisley Feat. Demi Lovato
2709
+31
4.857
15
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CASTAWAY S outhern Groud/Varvatos/Republic/Dot Zac Brown Band
2694
+97
5.110
20
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ercury Billy Currington
2164
+309
3.703
19
17
ROCK ON D
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2052
+157
3.381
21
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arner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan
1987
+158
3.732
22
12
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY W
arner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell
1794
+124
3.044
23
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I KNOW SOMEBODY R eviver LoCash
1776
+226
3.011
24
16
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU R epublic Nashville Brett Young
1598
+61
2.664
25
22
21 SUMMER E MI Nashville Brothers Osborne
1556
+67
2.568
26
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LOVIN LATELY B $R/New Revolution Big & Rich Feat. Tim McGraw
1534
+190
2.836
28
31
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1272
+135
2.187
25
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1216
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2.086
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1190
+150
2.050
33
HOW ILL ALWAYS BE M

cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw
1140
+238
1.974
35
80S MERCEDES C olumbia Nashville Maren Morris
1139
+319
1.783
32
21
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heelhouse Granger Smith
1098
+124
1.578
29
VACATION V alory Thomas Rhett
1070
+25
1.463
10
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
TODAYS COUNTRY
Sirius XM
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1063
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1.562
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Miranda Lambert
1043
+1043
2.031
31
VICE R CA Nashville
NEW
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THIS WEEK
34
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BLUEBONNETS T he BIG Label/Thirty Tigers Aaron Watson
935
+95
1.423
36
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tlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge
926
+108
1.312
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acon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean
836
+614
1.405
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SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT R CA Nashville Chris Young Feat. Vince Gill
835
+31
1.419
38
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A LITTLE MORE LOVE C urb Jerrod Niemann & Lee Brice
801
+50
1.209
MOVE C apitol Nashville Luke Bryan
665
+586
0.996
39
HOMETOWN GIRL M
CA Nashville Josh Turner
589
+32
0.940
40
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HEALING HIGHWAY B lue Light Brian Collins
563
+32
0.811
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HOLDIN HER W
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532
+69
0.784
42
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464
+32
0.752
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CA Nashville Clare Dunn
418
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0.639
44
SEEIN RED B roken Bow Dustin Lynch
375
+17
0.427
45
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OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN R ed Bow Craig Campbell
358
+22
0.649
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IF I TOLD YOU Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker
330
+23
0.420
50
ARE YOU WITH ME M

ercury Nashville Easton Corbin
329
+50
0.457
46
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FRIENDS WITH BOATS K eith Walker Keith Walker
310
+1
0.453
49
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SUMMER R epublic Nashville Cassadee Pope
304
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294
+37
0.406
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WITH YOU I AM C oJo Cody Johnson
283
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0.376
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279
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278
+96
0.436
51
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ROOTS S toney Creek Parmalee
278
+11
0.482
54
HEARTBREAK SONG C apitol Nashville Mickey Guyton
248
+12
0.324
58
THY WILL H
ST/EMI Nashville Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
217
+21
0.268
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SPIN ME R yan Broshear Ryan Broshear
215
0.284
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SIERRA D
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205
+3
0.270
60
LIPSTICK W
heelhouse Runaway June
187
+6
0.158
SUMMER SONG H
omegrown Homegrown Band
186
+22
0.253
50
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
TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org.
(Songwriter) C hart Position
JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 17 OF 19
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IF THE BOOT FITS Tree Vibez Music, LLC, ASCAP/Major
21 SUMMER W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Trampy McCauley,
ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/

Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne,
C.Wiseman) 3 2
80S MERCEDES International Dog Music, BMI/BMG
Platinum Songs, BMI (M.Morris, busbee) 2 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/Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV
Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, A.Gorley,
J.Johnston) 8
ARE YOU WITH ME P retty Woman Publishing, LLC,
BMI/Super Phonic Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Orbison

Music, LLC, BMI/Turn Me On Music, BMI/Crazy Water Music,
ASCAP/Little Blue Egg, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America,
Inc., ASCAP (T.L.James, T.A.McBride, S.McAnally) 4 6
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) 6 0
C
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) 1 5
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
D
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt
Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/Mighty Seven Music

Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Heavy Metal Disco, ASCAP (S.McAnally,
J.T.Harding) 1 3
F
A FEW MORE COWBOYS Tokeco Tunes, BMI/
Bobbys Lyrics, Land And Livestock, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC,

BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/Tenorado Publishing, BMI/HoriPro
Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI (T.Keith, B.Pinson, D.Dillon) 5 4
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) 4

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) 7
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) 6
HOLDIN HER R ed Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/Buckkilla Music,
BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Eldorotto Music Publishing,

BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (C.Janson, J.Otto) 4 1
H.O.L.Y. B MG Platinum Songs, BMI/Pulse Ventures, BMI/
BRRCOFFEE, BMI/IDAP Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management

Scandinavia AB, STIM (busbee, N.Cyphert, W.W.Larsen) 1
HOMETOWN GIRL D owntown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Son
Of Ron Songs, ASCAP/Diver Dann Music, ASCAP/International

Dog Music, BMI (M.Beeson, D.Tashian) 4 8
HOW ILL ALWAYS BE O le Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/
Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/Songs Of

Universal, Inc., BMI (J.S.Stover, C.Janson, J.Paulin) 3 1
Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ

Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert,
M.Tenpenny) 3 3
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) 2 1
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 0
IT DONT 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) 19
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) 5
LIPSTICK M
agic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Duchess Music, BMI/Songwriters

of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang
Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC/
Hatchoo Music, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Hannah
Mulholland Publishing, BMI/Hyper Hobby Music, SESAC/Tri
Star Sports and Enterainment Group, SESAC/Fabulicious Music,
SESAC/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Music
From Riding Songs, BMI/Songs of Colton Entertainment, BMI (J.
Wayne, N.Cooke, H.Mulholland, C.Hobby, E. Hoffman, R.L.Howard) 4 9
A LITTLE MORE LOVE Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt
Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs

By Red Room, BMI/HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music,
BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Hello Jerry, SESAC (S.McAnally,
R.Copperman, N.Hemby, K.Neumann) 4 0
A LITTLE MORE SUMMERTIME W

arner-
Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Fonde Moutian Music, BMI/

Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Casa Jaco Music, BMI/ole, BMI/
Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp.,
ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music,
ASCAP (W.Mobley, T.Martin, J.Flowers) 3 0
LIVIN THE DREAM Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
MOVE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/
Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP (L.

Bryan, M.Carter, J.Clementi) 3 5
N
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) 2 3
O
OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Legends Of Magic
Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Ole Red Cape

Songs, ASCAP/Full Of Bulls Music, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP (C.
Campbell, D.Turnbull) 4 3
P
PARACHUTE W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Tucky Music,
ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dontcallmebrett Musicm,

BMI (C.Stapleton, J.Beavers) 3 9
PETER PAN Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music,
ASCAP/ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Honey Lee Music, BMI (K.

Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, J.Lee) 1 0
R
ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, 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) 9
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY Sony/ATV Tree Publishing,
BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Music,

ASCAP/Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/
External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing,
ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC,
ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Swindell,
A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 2 5
Publishing, ASCAP/Canal Music Publishing BV, BUMA/Stars And

Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI
(C.Pope, K.Archer, E.Shackelton) 5 7
T
THERES A GIRL B ig Music Machine, BMI/19 Music
Publishing Worldwide, BMI/Trent Harmon Publishing, BMI/

Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien
Publishing, ASCAP/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/WarnerTamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI (T.
Harmon, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 5 3
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,
Bary Dean, J.Robbins) 4 7
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 9
U
UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/House
RECORD YEAR Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer
Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508 Songs, ASCAP (J.

Nettles, B.Clark) 2 7
ROCK ON B ig Music Machine, BMI/Fayde 49 Music, BMI/
VACATION EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The
And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Mammaws

Fried Okra Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 3
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) 1 7
ROOTS M
usic Of Big Deal, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music,
BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead

Aim Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI/ Parallel Music
Publishing, LLC, BMI (J.Mullins, B.Stennis, B.Bollinger) 5 5
RUNNING FOR YOU M

usic Of Stage Three, BMI/
Songs Of Cornman, BMI/Roll Through Music, BMI/BMG Platinum

Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songs From The Engine
Room, BMI/Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/
Internal Combustion Music, BMI/Kickin Grids Music, BMI (K.Moore,
T.Verges, B.Daly) 1 4
S
SALTWATER GOSPEL EMI Blackwood Music Inc.,
BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Combustion Engine Music,
ASCAP/Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (R.
Copperman, N.Galyon, A.Gorley) 5 0
Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae

Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, SEEIN RED M agic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/WarnerBMI (T.Douglas, J.Johnston, L.Laird) 2 6
Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/This Is Magic Mustang Music,
ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang
LONG LIVE TONIGHT W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing
Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Casa Del Amour Music,
Corp., BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/WB
SESAC/Little Champion Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Notes, ASCAP/
Music Corp., ASCAP/Sonic Graffiti, ASCAP (B.Lancaster, J.Reeves) 5 1
Leighalu Music, ASCAP (T.Kennedy, K.Allison, S.Bogard, J.Sever) 4 4
LOVIN LATELY B ig Love Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt
estern
Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/J Money Music, ASCAP/
Legend Music, BMI/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Son Of Ron
Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/StyleSonic Music,
Songs, ASCAP (W.Earp, A.Albert, M.Beeson) 1 2
LLC, BMI (W.K.Alphin, J.D.Rich, T.McGraw) 2 2
SIERRA Super Big Music, ASCAP/Big Machine Music, BMI (M.
M
Marlow, T.Dye, A.Scherz) 5 6
MAKE YOU MINE Centricity Music Publishing, ASCAP/
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU Super Big Music, ASCAP/
Bluenort Records, SOCAN/CentricSongs, SESAC/2 Hour Songs,
Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Stars
SESAC/Pickin Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kickingbird, BMI (B.
And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC,
Rempel, S.Mosley, B.Stennis) 3 7
SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 2 4
MAKE YOU MISS ME U niversal Music Corporation,
SUMMER U niversal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Its The Coolest
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT EMI Blackwood Music
Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/

Sagequinnjude Music, BMI (C.Young, B.Warren, B.Warren) 4 2
SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME Carrot Seed Songs,
ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Smackville

Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music,
ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/
BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP/Atlas Music
Publishing, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/WB Music
Corp., ASCAP/Jenkalenk Tunes, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My
Publishing, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, M.Jenkins) 2 8
V
Line, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Far Out Music, Inc., ASCAP/

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond
Publishing, BMI/Frederic And Reid Music, BMI/Songs From The
Boardwalk Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/
BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/The Family Songbook, BMI/Music Of
Big Deal, BMI/Bob Erotik Music, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group,
BMI/The Viking Pimp Music, BMI/Honua Songs, BMI/Nice Life,
BMI (Thomas Rhett, T.Allen, H.Brown, M.Dickerson, S.M.Douglas,
G.Goldstein, L.L.Jordan, C.W.Miller, L.Oskar, A.Schuller, H.E.Scott, Joe
London, E.Frederic, J.Ryan) 3 4
VICE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/
Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Anderson Fork

In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America,
Inc., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP (M.Lambert, S.McAnally,
J.Osborne) 1 8
W
WANNA BE THAT SONG Sony/ATV Countryside,
BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/

Songs By Red Room, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts
Creek Music, ASCAP (B.Eldredge, R.Copperman, Scooter Carusoe) 3 6
WASNT THAT DRUNK Thankful For This Music,
ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation,

ASCAP (M.J.McGinn, N.A.Medley, E.L.Weisband) 4 5
THE WEEKEND W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/

Lanercost Publishing, ASCAP (B.Gilbert, A.DeRoberts) 3 8
WHERE DO YOU GO? A rboretum Music, ASCAP/
Melt My Mind Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America,

Inc., ASCAP/Kickined Music, ASACP/Derek James Music, ASCAP/
Dayside Songs, ASCAP (J.Fuentes, E.Navaira IV, D.J.Breslow,
D.Navaira) 5 2
WITHOUT A FIGHT N ew House Of Sea Gayle Music,
ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Making The Turn Music, ASCAP/

The Country And Western Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp., BMI (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace, L.T.Miller) 1 6
Y
YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK R ound Hill
Works, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/

Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/
HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse
Songs, BMI (R.Clawson, M.Dragstrem, N.Hemby) 1 1
YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO GOOD B MG Platinum
Songs, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/Universal Tunes, SESAC/

Buzzcut Music, SESAC/Brave Sons Cuts, BMI (M.Dodson, T.Cecil,
J.Bussey, M.Lane) 5 8
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Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org.
(Songwriter) C hart Position
I
IF HE AINT GONNA LOVE YOU N ot
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 8
80S MERCEDES International Dog Music, BMI/
BMG Platinum Songs, BMI ( M.Morris, busbee) 3 0

A
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room,
BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp.,

ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadies
Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/
Texa Rae Music, ASCAP ( R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Johnston)
12
C
CAME HERE TO FORGET R ound Hill Songs
BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red

Toe Rocker, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And
Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP
(C.Wiseman, D.Ruttan) 1 7
CASTAWAY D ay For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/
Southern Ground, SESAC/Life On Fire Music, SESAC/

Poppsolotamus Music, BMI/Brighter Shade Publishing,
BMI (Z.Brown, N.Moon, W.Durrette, C.Bowles, J.D.Hopkins) 1 8
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) 4
D
DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS S mack Hits, GMR/
Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/

Mighty Seven Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Heavy
Metal Disco, ASCAP (S.McAnally, J.T.Harding) 1 1
F
FIX R ound Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd,
BMI/Bux Tone Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/

Telemitry Productions, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music,
ASCAP (S.Buxton, J.Frasure, A.Stoklasa) 1 0
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) 3
H
HEAD OVER BOOTS Golden Vault Music, BMI/
The Song Factory, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc.,

BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI ( J.Pardi, L.Laird) 6
H.O.L.Y. BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Pulse Ventures,
BMI/BRRCOFFEE, BMI/IDAP Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights

Management Scandinavia AB, STIM ( busbee, N.Cyphert,
W.W.Larsen) 1
HOW ILL ALWAYS BE O le Red Cape Songs,
ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP/Red Vinyl Music,

Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI ( J.S.Stover,
C.Janson, J.Paulin) 4 3
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 5
Listed (Not Listed) 4 7

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 9
I KNOW SOMEBODY E MI Blackwood Music
Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Songs By Red

Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ole Songs Of
Countrywood, ASCAP ( R.Akins, R.Copperman, J.S.Stover) 3 2
I MET A GIRL R eHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation,

ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP ( T.
Rosen, S.Hunt, S.McAnally) 2 9
IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW S uper
Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Brown

Hound Publishing, BMI/Kyle Schlienger Productions,
ASCAP/Big Spaces Music, BMI/Bootheel Music, BMI/Big
Mosquito Music, BMI/Amplified Admin., BMI (B.Young,
T.Reeve, K.Schilenger, T.Tomlinson) 4 5
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) 2 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) 7
A LITTLE MORE SUMMERTIME W
arner-
Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Fonde Moutian

Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Casa Jaco
Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing,
ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing,
ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP ( W.Mobley,
T.Martin, J.Flowers) 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) 40
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) 3 4
M
MAKE YOU MINE C entricity Music Publishing,
ASCAP/Bluenort Records, SOCAN/CentricSongs,

SESAC/2 Hour Songs, SESAC/Pickin Publishing, BMI/
Songs Of Kickingbird, BMI ( B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.Stennis)
44
MAKE YOU MISS ME U niversal Music
Corporation, ASCAP/Sam Hunt Publishing, 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) 9
MAY WE ALL R ound Hill Works, BMI/Farm
Town Songs, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/BMG

Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Destiny, ASCAP (R.Clawson,
J.Moore) 2 7
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY S ony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Combustion

Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP/External Combustion Music,
ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of
Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/
Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Swindell,
A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 1 9
MOVE S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut
Mill Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing,

ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, M.Carter, J.Clementi) 4 2
N
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) 2 6
P
PARACHUTE W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken
Tucky Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/

Dontcallmebrett Musicm, BMI (C.Stapleton, J.Beavers) 3 6
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) 8
R
RECORD YEAR S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs,

BMI/Mammaws Fried Okra Music, BMI (E.Church,
J.Hyde) 5
ROCK ON B ig Music Machine, BMI/Fayde 49 Music,
BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus

Songs, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/My My My Music,
ASCAP (T.Beathard, C.Beathard, M.Cannon-Goodman) 2 3
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 5
S
SALTWATER GOSPEL EMI Blackwood Music
Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/
Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadies Favorite
Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Copperman,
N.Galyon, A.Gorley) 5 0
SEEIN RED M
agic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/This Is

Magic Mustang Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/
Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M.
Music Corp., SESAC/Casa Del Amour Music, SESAC/
Little Champion Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Notes, ASCAP/
Leighalu Music, ASCAP (T.Kennedy, K.Allison, S.Bogard,
J.Sever) 41
Western Legend Music, BMI/Downtown DLJ Songs,
ASCAP/Son Of Ron Songs, ASCAP (W.Earp, A.Albert,

M.Beeson) 1 3
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU S uper Big Music,
ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DMP

Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music,
BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp.,
SESAC (B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 2 8
SMOOTH Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb
Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round

Hill Works, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Freshy Music, ASCAP/
We-Volve Music, ASCAP (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, N.Galyon,
J.M.Schmidt) 4 6
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT E MI Blackwood
Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Goodbye

Pants Music, BMI/Sagequinnjude Music, BMI (C.Young,
B.Warren, B.Warren) 3 3
SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME C arrot Seed
Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America,

Inc., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music,
Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair
Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG
Gold Songs, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP/Atlas Music
Publishing, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Jenkalenk Tunes, ASCAP/Who
Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP ( M.Ramsey, T. Rosen,
B.Tursi, M.Jenkins) 3 1
T
THY WILL W
.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT
Publishing, SESCA/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful

For This Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
G650 Music, BMI (H.Scott, E.L.Weisband, B.Herms) 3 7
U
UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing,
ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508

Songs, ASCAP ( J. Nettles, B.Clark) 3 5
V
VACATION E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket
On The Line, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Far Out

Music, Inc., ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/Frederic
And Reid Music, BMI/Songs From The Boardwalk
Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/
BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/The Family Songbook, BMI/
Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Bob Erotik Music, BMI/Artist 101
Publishing Group, BMI/The Viking Pimp Music, BMI/
Honua Songs, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, T.Allen,
H.Brown, M.Dickerson, S.M.Douglas, G.Goldstein, L.L.Jordan,
C.W.Miller, L.Oskar, A.Schuller, H.E.Scott, Joe London, E.Frederic,
J.Ryan) 21
VICE S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog
Publishing, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group

Ltd., GMR/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/
Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/
Smackville Music, ASCAP (M.Lambert, S.McAnally,
J.Osborne) 2
W
WANNA BE THAT SONG S ony/ATV
Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI

Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/
Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music, ASCAP
(B.Eldredge, R.Copperman, Scooter Carusoe) 3 9
WASNT THAT DRUNK T hankful For This
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music

Corporation, ASCAP ( M.J.McGinn, N.A.Medley, E.L.Weisband)
48
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 4
WITHOUT A FIGHT N ew House Of Sea Gayle
Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Making The Turn

Music, ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI ( B.Paisley,
K.Lovelace, L.T.Miller) 2 4
Y
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) 2 0
CODA
20 Years Ago
LeAnn Rimes
Arrived Out
Of The Blue
The singer, then just 13, began

a 28-week run at No. 1 on
Top Country Albums
JULY 25, 2016 | PAGE 19 OF 19
On July 27, 1996, LeAnn Rimes Grammy Award wins in 1997, for
Curb Records debut, Blue, bowed
best new artist and best female
ato p B il lboard s To p C ou nt r y
country vocal p
erformance (for
A lbums chart and reigned for a Blue). Curb founder/chairman
whopping 28 weeks.
Mike Curb m arveled in the BillThen only 13, Rimes launched
board issue where Blue debuted that
as the rare teen country star. The
such records come along once in a
likes of her had not been seen since
lifetime.
Tanya Tucker made her initial
Blue has sold 6 million copies
splash with Delta Dawn in 1972, in the United States, according to
also at 13.
Nielsen Music, while Rimes, now
Blues title-track lead single
33, has notched five Top Country
r evived the composition by Bill
Albums No. 1s and 12 Hot Country
M a c k , w h o h a d r ele a s e d h i s
Songs top 10s. Following her run on
version as a single in 1958. Rimes Curb, Rimes has inked a new deal
renewal hit No. 10 on Hot Coun- with the RCA Label Group in the
tr y Songs and sparked her two
United Kingdom.
JIM ASKER
Rimes, then 14,

waved her cowboy
hat in the air while
riding a statue of a
bull, circa 1996.
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C O U N T RY
C H A RT S

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