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Christmas Singles:Katie Armiger/All I Want For Christmas Is YouKatie Armiger/I Wanna Be With You This ChristmasLuke Bryan/Run Run RudolphWhitney Duncan/All I Want For Christmas Is YouJoey + Rory/Cheater, Cheater (The Sleighbell Mix)Tracy Lawrence/All Wrapped Up In Christmas Tracy Lawrence/Cold BeerPoint Of Grace/Tennessee ChristmasRascal Flatts/White ChristmasRascal Flatts/Jingle Bell RockRascal Flatts/I’ll Be Home For ChristmasTaylor Swift/Last ChristmasTaylor Swift/Christmases When You Were MineTaylor Swift/Santa BabyTaylor Swift/Silent NightTaylor Swift/Christmas Must Be Something MoreTaylor Swift/White ChristmasCarrie Underwood/Do You Hear What I HearJimmy Wayne/Paper Angels 2008
All We Want For Christmas Is Music Faith Hill’s Joy To The World, the technologically enhanced Elvis Presley Christmas Duets project and the Target-exclusive Julianne Hough Holiday Collection are among the country holiday offerings new in stores this year. Black River Music Group is sending radio a sampler featuring holiday songs from Jeff Bates, Sarah Darling, Emma Jacob and Jeremy McComb, and even a tune called “Walken In A Winter Wonderland” (you have to hear it). And, of course, Rascal Flatts included their first Christmas cuts in a limited edition version of their Greatest Hits Vol. 1. All-Christmas format flips are already underway and Black Friday is in four days. Unless you believe Santa will stay home this year waiting for a bailout, it’s time to look at the sounds of Christmas past and present. We’ve listed the top 100 most-played Christmas songs of 2007, according to Mediabase, on page 6. Below is a list of current titles up for addition to your Yuletide canon. Send additions or suggestions to [email protected].
Country Aircheck will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27 and Friday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will resume regular publication on Monday, Dec. 1.
Holiday ScHedule
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Cumulus’ Dickey Predicts “Shakeout” Radio is “fundamentally a very sound business,” Cumulus President/CEO Lew Dickey, Jr. told the Atlanta Business Chronicle recently. But with so many broadcasters deep in debt, he also predicted grimly, “I think there’s going to be a pretty big shakeout ... half the [broadcast radio] companies in business today will be gone within 36 months.” While noting
that declining ad revenues and erosion of stock valuations are partly to blame, so is the industry’s cannibalistic sales culture: “Price integrity and value-based selling have been replaced by often vicious rate-cutting to take share from competitors. The radio industry has been its own worst enemy in terms of commoditizing its product.” Dickey
added that his company intends to acquire more stations as consolidation continues.
Chart Chat Hearty congrats to the Zac Brown Band, Jeff Solima, Michael Powers and the entire Big Picture team on this week’s No. 1 with ZBB’s “Chicken Fried.” The accomplishment is all the more remarkable considering the band’s shifting label situation, with Live Nation making an abrupt about face in its music strategy. So now, just a few weeks after signing with Atlantic, ZBB scores its first chart-topper. We caught up with Zac Monday evening at his Atlanta home, where he was preparing to undergo Lazik eye surgery Tuesday morning. When congratulated on having the No. 1 song in the USA, he told CA, “We are very honored to be where we’re at right now, and really want to thank everyone in radio for getting behind us and helping us. And we want to thank America for embracing it.”
My TuneS: MuSic THaT SHaped My life WOWC/McMinnville, TN & WOWF/Crossville, TN PD Josh Brandon discusses his most important songs, albums or concerts:1. Pearl Jam, Ten: This album not only started my love affair with grunge, Seattle and layering, but it was an introduction to a darker and more serious type of writing and musical expression. I related to the aggression and depth in Alternative Rock in the early ‘90s. Ten started it all for me.
2. Barry Manilow, Greatest Hits: I was in a thrift store and found this album. I thought it’d be a funny gag to play it in my dorm room and have my friends ask, “What the hell are you listening to?” From the first time the needle hit the vinyl, I was blown away. It calms me. Don’t judge. 3. Conway Twitty, Merry Twismas: This brings back so many great memories of Christmas from my childhood. My Dad was responsible for keeping country music in my life. He was the biggest Conway fan and would wear this out every year. 4. Queen, Classic Queen & Greatest Hits: I stumbled across Queen thanks to a friend, and what an amazing body of work. There has never been and never will be another human being who can control their voice like Freddie Mercury. And I still have Brian May in my top 5 guitarists of all time.5. Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song and Gary Allan, Tough All Over: I’ve been through my personal struggles and fought my demons. Jamey’s new CD is relatable on so many levels of raw emotion. Gary’s Tough All Over came to me several years after my brother’s suicide, but it was the single most healing and therapeutic thing for me. I’ve met Gary a couple of times just in passing and I’ve always wanted to tell him how much it helped me. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: This list is huge. I’ve always been a single junkie, never got much into albums until I became a PD. Let’s go with anything from Zeppelin or Floyd. As much as I respect them, I’ve never heard an album all the way through. • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Most pop music, to be honest. I find a great deal of it soulless and poorly written set to a catchy beat. • An album you played or listened to incessantly: I’m big into Gary Allan’s Greatest Hits. It’s my default CD. Blake Shelton’s More Pure B.S. and Darius Rucker’s new CD are in there, too.
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Lew Dickey
Zac Brown Band
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He got the news of his first chart-topper less than 24-hours ago. “I was at home when I got the news about midnight last night. I had been watching the charts and wondered if anything was going to slide in at the last minute, but about midnight I knew for sure. It’s just amazing. I wrote the song with Wyatt Durette. We sat down and made a long list of the things we thought mattered, and we put every single one of them into this song. “We were writing the song around Sept. 11 and I was also thinking about how many sacrifices we take for granted that other people make so we can be free and do what we do. I was living with a Marine at the time, and it was just a way to say thanks. It was also a reminder to me and everyone else that it is the little things that matter, and we should be thankful for them. “I just can’t tell you how this feels or what it means. We’re a grass roots band; we’ve been playing five-six nights a week for 12 years. We just love to play, and have a great band, family and crew. And to have this happen after all this time is just such an amazing honor. I lead a charmed life and just feel so blessed. I just can’t thank everyone enough.”
Radio News• Citadel’s KRST/Albuquerque PD Eddie Haskell has assumed PM drive following the exit of Ann Perkins. She had been with the station for a decade. Also exiting is Promotions Dir. Tom Marshall. • Double O’s WWNQ/Columbia, SC has begun playing wall-to-wall Christmas music and will continue to do so throughout the holiday season. • Premiere’s Big D and Bubba can now be heard on 50 stations with the addition of WXTA-FM/Erie, PA. • The American Forces Network will broadcast the 24-hour Brooks & Dunn American Country Christmas to U.S. troops overseas for the third year.
Tuesday (11/25) – Amy Grant, Steve Lassiter, Patsy Wells
Wednesday (11/26) – Linda Davis, Joe Nichols, Anne Buchman, Bob Frank, Steve Grisaffe, George Meeker ([email protected]), Jenell Parker ([email protected]).
Thursday (11/27) – the late Eddie Rabbitt; Darlene Starr ([email protected])
Friday (11/28) - Kristine Arnold, Cheryl Cranford, Gene Dries, Mike Kennedy ([email protected]), Clint Clifton ([email protected]).
Saturday (11/29) - Jody Miller, the late Merle Travis, Ryan Bitzer, Kory James ([email protected])
Sunday (11/30) - Jeannie Kendall, Mindy McCready, Teddy Wilburn, Jimmy Bowen, Adam Clark, Linda Engbrenghoff
Monday (12/1) - Kim Richey, Dave Ashcraft, Larry Shell, Jenny Wallace, Kirk Yoquelet, Paul Riddle
BirTHdayS
Eddie Haskell
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Gig Alerts• CC SVP/Programming Clay Hunnicutt is looking for someone to join WUBL/Atlanta morning teamers Kristen Gates and Todd Veal. Airchecks & resumes to Hunnicut at WUBL, 1819 Peachtree Rd. NE Suite 700, Atlanta, GA 30309.• AristoMedia has an open entry-level position in its Video Promotions department beginning in January 2009. The job includes some administrative work in addition to promotion calls. Organized, highly motivated applicants with strong communications skills and basic knowledge of music genres may apply at [email protected].
Industry News The T.J. Martell Foundation will honor former BMI CEO/Pres. Frances Preston, former Vice President Al Gore, Ingram Industries CEO Orrin Ingram and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer’s Dr. Harold L. Moses, MD Wed., March 25 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. Each will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Tables start at $10,000 and are available by calling 615-256-2002 or by visiting www.tjmartellfoundation.org. The Women’s Music Business Association is inviting women working in the industry to apply for membership from now until Jan. 15. More info at www.wmbanashville.org.
Artist News Brad Paisley and Keith Urban are featured in radio spots for St. Jude Children’s Hospital’s 5th annual Thanks and
Trace Adkins X (Capitol) Adkins’ precisely named tenth album includes 12 tracks form various songwriters including, Jason Matthews, Casey Beathard, Chris Dubois, Chris Stapleton, Jay Knowles, Dave Turnbull and Rick Huckaby. Tracks include “Marry For Money,” “Hillbilly Rich,” “Sometimes A Man Takes A Drink,”
“Sweet” and current single “Muddy Water.” Frank Rogers produced.
Upcoming Releases:
Dec. 23 Danielle Peck Can’t Behave (Big Machine) Digital Release
Jan. 27 Pat Green What I’m For (BNA)
Feb. 24 Jake Owen TBA
Album release info to [email protected].
cHeck ouT in SToreS: 11/25
Giving campaign throughout the end of the year. The campaign asks consumers to “Give thanks for the healthy kids in your life and give to those who are not.” It partners with 57 retailers from Target to Domino’s Pizza allowing consumers to donate at the point of purchase to raise funds for the hospital. Jennifer Aniston, Robin Williams, Antonio Banderas, and more will be featured in TV spots. Taylor Swift is not only CosmoGirl’s 2008 Girl Of The Year, but she resides on the cover of the mag’s December/January double issue. Eric Durrance is encouraging families to “Turn It Off,” the title of his current single, as part of National Family week (Nov. 23-29). Americans are asked to turn off their TVs, iPods, cell phones and computers Nov. 29 in honor of the “old-fashion family lifestyle.”
January 9. 2009 - Sound And Speed Concert - Nashville, TN
January 15, 2009 - Colgate Country Showdown Final -Nashville, TN - http://www.countryshowdown.com
February 8, 2009 - 51st Annual Grammy Awards - Los Angeles, CA - www.grammy.com.
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Tuesday 11/25 - Trace Adkins, X (Ten) Days (GAC); Faith Hill, The View (ABC).
Wednesday 11/26 - Ashton Shepherd, Holidays At Home (GAC).
Thursday 11/27 - Faith Hill, PBS Soundstage; Jewel, Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC); Darius Rucker, Tonight Show with Jay Leno (CBS); Taylor Swift, CMT Insider Special Edition.
Friday 11/28 - Faith Hill, Late Show with David Letterman (CBS); Dolly Parton, Ellen (syndicated).
Saturday 11/29 - Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, Wynonna, Lee Greenwood, Opry Live (GAC).
Sunday 11/30 - Various Artists, The 43rd Annual ACM Awards (re-air) (GAC).
Monday 12/1 - Tracy Lawrence, Christmas Special (GAC).
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The Raconteurs, made up of Brendan Benson, Patrick Keeler, Jack “LJ” Lawrence and Jack White, have invited Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe to re-record their new single “Old Enough.” Footage of the experience will debut Dec. 2 at music.yahoo.com and will be released on Amazon that same day. Clay Walker presented a $100,000 check from Band Against MS to The National Pediatric MS Center at New York’s Stony Brook Hospital funding pediatric MS research.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com.• Cumulus Media has reached an agreement with Nielsen to provide audience measurement data in 50 small and mid-sized markets starting Q3 next year. Clear Channel also signed up for 17 metros where the service is offered. See the full list of markets here. (CAT 11/18)
• The New York Stock Exchange suspended Westwood One (WON) from trading on Monday (11/24), as a result of WW1’s failure to maintain a $25 million market capitalization. It not trades as WWON on the OTC Markets. (CAT 11/18) • Capitol VP/Radio Strategies & Field Marketing Shane Allen announced he is leaving the company at the end of the year to join Red Light Management. For now, he can still be reached here. (CAT 11/24) • MTV Networks’ CMT restructured its CMT.com, Music Strategy and Music & Talent departments. Changes include the Music Strategy group will now include CMT.com, under the oversight of SVP/Music Strategy Jay Frank and CMT.com VP Mark Clayton now reports to Frank. SVP/Production & Development John Hamlin is now overseeing talent booking for all of CMT’s long-form shows and musical events and Sr. Dir./Talent Relations Laurissa Ryan will report to Hamlin. Exiting CMT are Sr. Dir./Music Programming Evan Kroft (reach him here) and Mgr./Music & Talent Kellie Robinson. (CAT 11/24) • Former Premiere Radio Networks SVP/National Music Syndication Jeff Steele joined Bob Kingsley’s KCCS Productions as VP/Business Development. He can be reached at 817-599-4099 ext. 2234 or [email protected]. (CAT 11/18) • Mt. Wilson KKGO/Los Angeles Sr. Manager/Programming Charlie Cook will host the United Stations Radio Networks’ live music show The Road. KKGO is also the syndicated program’s newest affiliate. (CAT 11/24) • Clear Channel WUBL/Atlanta morning personality personality Cledus T. Judd exited. He can be reached at 770-871-9265. (CAT 11/19)
Lon Helton, [email protected] Aly, [email protected] Erin Duvall, [email protected]
(615) 320-1450
Charlie Cook
Shane Allen
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1. VINCE VANCE & THE VALIANTS/All I Want For Christmas... 19902. BRENDA LEE/Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 19583. JEFF FOXWORTHY/Redneck 12 Days Of Christmas 19954. BOBBY HELMS/Jingle Bell Rock 19575. CLINT BLACK/’Til Santa’s Gone (Milk & Cookies) 19956. BURL IVES/Have A Holly Jolly Christmas 19637. ALABAMA/Christmas In Dixie 19828. CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Do You Hear What I Hear 20079. FAITH HILL/Where Are You Christmas 200010. ALAN JACKSON/A Holly Jolly Christmas 199111. GEORGE STRAIT/Christmas Cookies 200012. GENE AUTRY/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 194913. ELVIS PRESLEY/Blue Christmas 195714. JOSE FELICIANO/Feliz Navidad 197015. DOLLY PARTON/Hard Candy Christmas 198216. MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Merry Christmas From The... 200017. SKIP EWING/Christmas Carol 199518. KELLIE PICKLER/Santa Baby 200719. NEWSONG/The Christmas Shoes 200020. ALAN JACKSON/Let It Be Christmas 200221. LEANN RIMES/Put A Little Holiday In Your... 199622. GARTH BROOKS/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy 199223. ALAN JACKSON/I Only Want You For Christmas 199124. KENNY CHESNEY/All I Want For Christmas Is... 200325. JOE DIFFIE/Leroy The Redneck Reindeer 199526. GARTH BROOKS/(There’s No Place Like) Home... 199927. RASCAL FLATTS/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 200128. RICOCHET/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 199629. GENE AUTRY/Here Comes Santa Claus 194830. SHEDAISY/Deck The Halls 200031. ALABAMA/Angels Among Us 199332. ELMO & PATSY/Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer 198433. GARTH BROOKS/It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 199934. ALAN JACKSON/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 199635. GEORGE STRAIT/Merry Christmas Strait To You 200236. EAGLES/Please Come Home For Christmas 197837. BRAD PAISLEY/Winter Wonderland 200638. SONG TRUST/Bring Him Home Santa 200739. DEAN MARTIN & MARTINA MCBRIDE/Baby, It’s Cold... 200640. TAYLOR SWIFT/Santa Baby 200741. BING CROSBY/White Christmas 194242. GARTH BROOKS/The Old Man’s Back In Town 199243. LONESTAR/Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town 200044. WILLIE NELSON/Pretty Paper 196445. MARTINA MCBRIDE/Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 199846. GARTH BROOKS/Sleigh Ride 199947. CLAY WALKER/Feliz Navidad 200248. REBA MCENTIRE/I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus 1999
49. TOBY KEITH/Rockin’ Around The Christmas... 200750. VINCE GILL/Have Yourself A Merry Little... 199351. NAT KING COLE/The Christmas Song 194652. MARTINA MCBRIDE/Let It Snow, Let It Snow... 199853. TIM MCGRAW/Dear Santa 200454. KENNY ROGERS & WYNONNA/Mary, Did You Know 199655. BRAD PAISLEY/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy 200656. TOBY KEITH/Old Toy Trains 200057. GEORGE STRAIT/Frosty The Snowman 200258. BROOKS & DUNN/Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town 200259. KEITH ANDERSON/Please Come Home For Christmas 200660. SAMMY KERSHAW/Christmas Time’s A Comin’ 199461. MARTINA MCBRIDE/O Holy Night 199862. MARTINA MCBRIDE/White Christmas 199863. LORRIE MORGAN/Sleigh Ride 199464. JOE NICHOLS/Let It Snow! Let It Snow... 200465. LITTLE BIG TOWN/Go Tell It On The Mountain 200666. BROOKS & DUNN/Winter Wonderland 200267. SUGARLAND/Nuttin’ For Christmas 200768. SHEDAISY/Jingle Bells 200069. GEORGE STRAIT/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 199170. JOHN BERRY/O Holy Night 199571. ALAN JACKSON/Honky Tonk Christmas 199372. LORRIE MORGAN/My Favorite Things 199273. TAYLOR SWIFT/Christmases When You Were Mine 200774. STEVE WARINER/The Most Wonderful Time Of... 199075. DWIGHT YOAKAM/Santa Claus Is Back In Town 199276. TOBY KEITH/Little Drummer Boy 200777. BRAD PAISLEY/Born On Christmas Day 200678. TRACE ADKINS/The Christmas Song 199879. JUDDS/Silver Bells 198780. MARTINA MCBRIDE/Silver Bells 199881. LONESTAR/Little Drummer Boy 200082. TOBY KEITH/Santa, I’m Right Here 199583. GARTH BROOKS/White Christmas 199284. RANDY TRAVIS/Meet Me Under The Mistletoe 198985. BILL ENGVALL/Here’s Your Sign Christmas 199886. VINCE GILL/It’s The Most Wonderful Time... 199887. JO DEE MESSINA/Sleigh Ride 200288. BROOKS & DUNN/It Won’t Be Christmas w/o You 200289. TOBY KEITH/Let It Snow, Let It Snow... 200790. LEANN RIMES/Rockin’ Around The Christmas... 200491. REBA MCENTIRE/Up On The Housetop 199992. MARTINA MCBRIDE/The Christmas Song 199893. GARY ALLAN/Please Come Home For Christmas 199694. LONESTAR/I’ll Be Home For Christmas 199595. ANDY WILLIAMS/Most Wonderful Time Of The... 196396. 3 OF HEARTS/The Christmas Shoes 200197. SUZY BOGGUSS/Two-Step ‘Round The Xmas Tree 199298. VINCE GILL/Let There Be Peace On Earth 199399. WILLIE NELSON/Frosty The Snowman 1979100. GEORGE STRAIT/Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1999
Top 100 Christmas Songs of 2007For your listening and playing pleasure, here are the 100 Most-Played holiday songs from 2007, according to Mediabase 24/7.
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2 1 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken... (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture) 16038 1086 5127 285 34.895 2.422 118 1
4 2 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 14994 1728 4730 400 32.201 3.863 121 0
1 3 TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 14686 -813 4506 -303 32.031 -1.677 122 0
3 4 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 14393 872 4592 253 31.323 1.599 122 0
5 5 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 12796 975 4030 237 27.388 2.2 121 0
7 6 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 12703 1418 3950 388 27.219 2.35 122 0
8 7 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 11198 96 3441 82 23.499 0.058 121 0
10 8 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 9946 259 3308 83 21.279 0.662 120 0
14 9 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 9458 971 2935 270 20.207 2.324 120 0
11 10 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 9224 500 3006 136 19.309 0.763 120 2
13 11 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 9177 662 2910 163 19.557 1.574 118 0
12 12 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 9146 468 3042 142 19.236 1.098 118 0
15 13 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 8976 569 2865 150 19.131 1.171 117 0
16 14 BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 8413 437 2674 154 17.452 0.916 118 0
9 15 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 7846 -2028 2592 -733 15.625 -4.464 121 0
17 16 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 7186 480 2267 154 14.733 1.092 114 0
18 17 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 7116 753 2294 236 14.558 1.719 116 2
19 18 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 6589 748 1982 184 13.114 1.791 117 1
22 19 TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 6353 1407 1984 442 13.371 3.227 116 11
25 20 KENNY CHESNEY f/MAC MCANALLY/Down The Road (Blue Chair/BNA) 5948 1669 1835 512 12.645 3.328 112 15
26 21 KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 5829 1681 1669 483 12.547 3.696 116 17
21 22 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) 5547 232 1875 58 10.784 0.415 107 0
20 23 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 5262 -65 1736 -22 10.369 -0.271 103 0
23 24 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 5063 331 1664 93 9.561 0.698 110 2
24 25 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 4915 205 1562 79 9.287 0.62 108 2
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35 26 GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 3943 1501 1209 487 8.374 3.193 96 22
29 27 DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 3810 533 1131 152 7.384 1.143 95 8
27 28 PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South) 3764 -78 1239 -26 7.056 -0.348 93 0
30 29 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 3562 288 1103 73 6.876 0.826 89 1
28 30 JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 3542 259 1139 65 6.708 0.443 93 3
31 31 KRISTY LEE COOK/15 Minutes Of Shame (19/Arista) 3295 71 1007 16 5.999 0.109 91 3
33 32 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 2740 254 927 86 5.236 0.467 84 9
34 33 GARY ALLAN/She's So California (MCA) 2633 172 849 62 4.846 0.391 72 4
32 34 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 2632 -134 834 -29 4.564 -0.135 86 4
37 35 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 1943 357 533 168 3.668 0.364 66 19
40 36 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love... (Republic/Universal South) 1719 293 513 76 3.025 0.548 49 2
36 37 JOSH GRACIN/Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (Lyric Street) 1554 -94 571 -42 2.52 -0.133 69 0
38 38 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 1482 -42 458 -10 2.211 -0.037 55 1
41 39 JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) 1403 92 441 38 2.655 0.105 30 0
39 40 JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory) 1378 -126 486 -53 2.265 -0.081 63 0
42 41 SARAH BUXTON/Space (Lyric Street) 1174 70 416 31 1.457 0.137 57 5
44 42 JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury) 945 -7 283 -10 1.093 -0.008 49 2
46 43 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 908 30 323 24 1.562 0.101 33 1
43 44 DARRYL WORLEY/Tequila On Ice (Stroudavarious) 903 -71 359 -30 1.254 -0.25 47 2
45 45 JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Columbia) 865 -29 233 -10 1.233 -0.136 37 1
47 46 KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia) 748 -30 232 1 0.974 -0.101 31 0
47 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 723 460 186 114 1.318 0.917 40 33
49 48 DEAN BRODY/Brothers (Broken Bow) 660 2 271 10 0.965 -0.052 35 4
49 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry (Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) 591 92 208 21 0.843 0.094 35 6
50 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 537 84 197 43 0.555 -0.019 32 3
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Aircheck Top Point GainersGEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 774 4KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 593 4TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 558 4KENNY CHESNEY f/MAC McANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 462 4BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 351 4MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 333BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 228RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 224DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 223SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 194
Aircheck Top Spin GainersGEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 419TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 309KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 304KENNY CHESNEY f/MAC McANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 254BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 218RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 144MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 138BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 131DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 113JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 107
Activator Top Point GainersKEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 657 4GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 573 4RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 517 4KENNY CHESNEY f/M. MACANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 450 4BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 382 4TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 351BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 292JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 271TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 222JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 220
Activator Top Spin GainersKEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 376GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 309RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 257KENNY CHESNEY f/M. MACANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 216TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 190BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 181BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 178JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 166TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 111RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 111
Aircheck Add LeadersRODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 33GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 22MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 19KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 17JESSICA ANDREWS/Everything (Carolwood) 15KENNY CHESNEY w/MAC McANALLY/Down... (Blue Chair/BNA) 15TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 11TAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine) 10JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 9DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 8EMERSON DRIVE/Belongs To You (Midas/Valory) 8JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 8
CMT BROOKS & DUNN f/REBA MCENTIRE/Cowgirls Don’t Cry (Arista)ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Excerpt From CMT Giants) (Arista)BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista)ELVIS PRESLEY & MARTINA MCBRIDE/Blue Christmas (RCA/Sony)JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA)
CMT PUREBROOKS & DUNN f/REBA MCENTIRE/Cowgirls Don’t Cry (Arista)ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Excerpt From CMT Giants) (Arista)JEWEL/Till It Feels Like Cheatin’ (Valory)BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista)ELVIS PRESLEY & MARTINA MCBRIDE/Blue Christmas (RCA/Sony)JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA)
GACBROOKS & DUNN f/REBA MCENTIRE/Cowgirls Don’t Cry (Arista)EMERSON DRIVE/All Belongs To You (Valory/Midas)ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (Big Machine)ELVIS PRESLEY & MARTINA MCBRIDE/Blue Christmas (RCA/Sony)
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Aircheck Top RecurrentsCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (19/Arista) 3140DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 2552KENNY CHESNEY/Everybody Wants To Go To... (Blue Chair/BNA) 2331TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 2235KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5) 1950JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 1904BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 1836JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 1676TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 1400BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 1311
DECEMBER 1JASON ALDEAN/She’s Country (BBR)KELLIE PICKLER/Best Days Of Your Life (19/BNA)LITTLE BIG TOWN/Good Lord Willing (Capitol)
DECEMBER 8CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/My Roots Are Showing (RCA)TAYLOR SWIFT/White Horse (Big Machine)
DECEMBER 15JOSH GRACIN/Telluride (Lyric Street)
add daTeSAircheck ActivityJESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Columbia) Moves 46-45; 865 points, 233 spins 1 ADD: WBEE
KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia) Moves 47-46*; 748 points, 232 spins ; 0 ADDS
RODNEY ATKINS/It’s America (Curb) Enters at 47*; 723 points, 186 spins 33 ADDS including: KBWF, KKGO, KKWF, KNCI, KNIX, KNTY, KUSS, WKKT, WFUS, WQYK*
DEAN BRODY/Brothers (BBR) Moves 48*; 660 points, 271 spins 4 ADDS: KWJJ, WEZL, WPCV*, WRBT
HEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry (‘Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) Enters at 49*; 591 points, 208 spins 6 ADDS: KEEY, KKWF, KMDL, WIWF, WKKT, WPAW
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I’m From (Arista) Enters at 50*; 537 points, 197 spins 3 ADDS: WIL, WKKT, WYPY
JASON ALDEAN/She’s Country (BBR) 532 points, 160 spins 8 ADDS: KBQI, KRTY, KSOP, KUSS, WPCV*, WUBE, WXCY, WYRK
JAMES OTTO/These Are The Good Ole Days (Warner Bros.) 500 points, 175 spins 1 ADD: WWGR
JEREMY MCCOMB/Cold (Parallel/New Revolution) 459 points, 192 spins; 0 ADDS
ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine) 459 points, 191 spins 4 ADDS: KATM*, KNIX, KRTY, WOGI
EMERSON DRIVE/Belongs To You (Midas/Valory) 442 points, 108 spins 8 ADDS: KBWF, KIZN*, KKWF, WDAF, WIRK*, WTQR, WUBE, WWGR
MELISSA LAWSON/What If It All Goes Right (Warner Bros.) 387 points, 62 spins; 0 ADDS
KEVIN FOWLER/Best Mistake I Ever Made (Equity) 350 points, 57 spins; 0 ADDS
JAMIE O’NEAL/Like A Woman (1720) 316 points, 129 spins; 0 ADDS
Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
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1 1 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture) 5468 160 3000 95
2 2 TIM MCGRAW/Let It Go (Curb) 5319 222 2946 111
3 3 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Roll With Me (Columbia) 5182 173 2868 92
4 4 TAYLOR SWIFT/Love Story (Big Machine) 4856 -19 2668 13
5 5 SUGARLAND/Already Gone (Mercury) 4793 112 2657 71
7 6 RASCAL FLATTS/Here (Lyric Street) 4 4734 517 2562 257
6 7 BRAD PAISLEY & KEITH URBAN/Start A Band (Arista) 4464 23 2462 35
9 8 ALAN JACKSON/Country Boy (Arista) 4156 214 2278 108
12 9 BILLY CURRINGTON/Don't (Mercury) 4 3576 382 1943 181
11 10 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 3361 17 1895 27
14 11 DIERKS BENTLEY/Feel That Fire (Capitol) 3335 192 1795 101
13 12 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 3293 121 1827 68
8 13 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 3265 -778 1707 -492
16 14 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 3225 271 1889 166
15 15 BLAKE SHELTON/She Wouldn't Be Gone (Warner Bros.) 3194 160 1715 82
19 16 BROOKS & DUNN/Cowgirls Don't Cry (Arista) 2853 292 1536 178
18 17 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 2842 202 1553 111
17 18 TRACE ADKINS/Muddy Water (Capitol) 2798 30 1467 -11
20 19 TOBY KEITH/God Love Her (Show Dog) 2687 351 1426 190
22 20 KENNY CHESNEY F/M. MACANALLY/Down The... (Blue Chair/BNA) 4 2406 450 1246 216
21 21 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 2203 162 1197 82
25 22 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 1932 135 993 68
23 23 JAKE OWEN/Don't Think I Can't Love You (RCA) 1892 57 997 18
29 24 KEITH URBAN/Sweet Thing (Capitol) 4 1824 657 969 376
24 25 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 1810 12 942 -3
31 26 GEORGE STRAIT/River Of Love (MCA) 4 1692 573 921 309
27 27 JOSH TURNER/Everything Is Fine (MCA) 1586 63 805 39
26 28 PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South) 1477 -81 738 -52
28 29 JACK INGRAM/That's A Man (Big Machine) 1461 78 750 42
30 30 DARIUS RUCKER/It Won't Be Like This For Long (Capitol) 1304 155 691 106
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32 31 GARY ALLAN/She's So California (MCA) 1223 120 601 54
34 32 JIMMY WAYNE/I Will (Valory) 1078 65 567 45
33 33 KRISTY LEE COOK/15 Minutes Of Shame (19/Arista) 1059 -37 534 -16
35 34 MIRANDA LAMBERT/More Like Her (Columbia) 965 5 464 -13
37 35 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Ride (RCA) 780 157 357 89
36 36 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/Forever (Stringtown) 654 22 250 7
41 37 ELI YOUNG BAND/Always The Love Songs (Republic/Universal South) 573 103 304 49
38 38 JOSH GRACIN/Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (Lyric Street) 559 -8 254 -11
39 39 DARRYL WORLEY/Tequila On Ice (Stroudavarious) 503 -63 203 -24
40 40 KEITH ANDERSON/Somebody Needs A Hug (Columbia) 492 12 184 -1
45 41 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Where I'm From (Arista) 400 83 132 34
48 42 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Cry Cry (Til The Sun Shines) (Curb) 380 80 185 34
43 43 JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory) 372 -53 183 -20
49 44 JOEY & RORY/Cheater, Cheater (Vanguard/Sugar Hill/Nine North) 370 73 228 46
42 45 JULIANNE HOUGH/My Hallelujah Song (Mercury) 368 -89 167 -46
44 46 JAMIE O'NEAL/Like A Woman (1720) 343 22 119 7
50 47 MARK WILLS/The Things We Forget (Tenacity) 343 58 111 13
53 48 KATIE ARMIGER/Unseen (Cold River/Nine North) 322 76 177 26
47 49 SARAH BUXTON/Space (Lyric Street) 309 10 135 6
Debut 50 JASON ALDEAN/She's Country (BBR) 264 220 108 86
Debut 51 RODNEY ATKINS/It's America (Curb) 263 209 108 79
55 52 JAMES OTTO/These Are The Good Ole Days (Warner Bros.) 249 13 115 2
54 53 TRACY LAWRENCE/You Can't Hide... (Rocky Comfort/Nine North) 245 2 110 3
52 54 JESSICA SIMPSON/Remember That (Columbia) 227 -29 103 -1
56 55 LOST TRAILERS/How 'Bout You Don't (BNA) 209 -15 95 -15
46 56 JEWEL/Till It Feels Like Cheating (Valory) 170 -139 52 -59
57 57 STEVE AZAR/You're My Life (Ride/Dang/CO5) 139 -21 49 2
60 58 ADAM GREGORY/What It Takes (NSA/Midas/Big Machine) 131 27 54 7
Debut 59 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Good Lord Willing (Capitol) 116 109 64 60
Debut 60 MELISSA LAWSON/What If It All Goes Right (Warner Bros.) 112 50 30 10
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