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Dear Readers;Hearts are light and there’s a renewed feeling around the CDX building this week as it appears Spring is here (or arriving) and we have an abundance of great music to deliver to country radio. We’ve been hopping from meeting to meeting these past few days and hearing the singles we are servicing in the coming weeks makes us as excited as a March hare. You should be too...great stuff coming!We are also very excited to look at the chart this week and see our customers doing so well on the TRACtion Monitored Chart. We need to point out a few and send out hearty...CONGRATULATIONS to Carrie Underwood and the team at Sony Music Nashville for grabbing the top spot this week with “Heartbeat”. The Most added single to the TRACtion Monitored Chart also makes its chart debut this week…congratulations to the team at EMI Records Nashville and Brothers Osborne (UMGN) for being MOST ADDED (21) and debuting at #48 with “21 Summer”. The GREATEST SPIN GAINER kudos this week are sent to the Team at Valory Music Co. (BMLG) and Thomas Rhett for their awesome 334 spin increase on “T-Shirt”. Also, congratulations to the following for making their chart debut this week:BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me/MCA Records (UMGN)A THOUSAND HORSES/Southernality/Republic Nashville (BMLG)MATT GARY/It’s On You/17 Music Entertainment (in2une)JASON PRITCHETT (FT. BILLY DEAN)/Already A Dead Man/BDMGPETE SCOBELL/Walkin’ A Wire/FrogBonz Entertainment

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New music March is on!CONTENTS

—Charts

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—Chart Breakouts

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—Currently On CDX

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Vol 1. #6 Mar. 9, 2016

CARRIE UNDERWOODHeartbeat

Arista Nashville (SMN)

Stay tuned,Joe Kelly

CDX VP/GM joe@cdxcd.com

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2 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Heartbeat/Arista Nashville (SMN) 3186 38 100 0 61 2 KEITH URBAN/Break On Me/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 3064 -224 98 0 63 3 RANDY HOUSER/We Went/Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) 3058 63 96 0 65 4 BRETT ELDREDGE/Drunk On Your Love/Atlantic (WMN) 2906 127 101 1 64 5 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Confession/Republic Nashville (BMLG) 2886 25 98 0 67 6 COLE SWINDELL/You Should Be Here/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 2785 258 95 0 66 7 ZAC BROWN BAND/Beautiful Drug/Varvatos (BMLG) 2693 92 96 2 68 8 CHRIS STAPLETON/Nobody To Blame/Mercury Records (UMGN) 2560 50 100 0 610 9 RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 2388 177 97 1 611 10 OLD DOMINION/Snapback/RCA Nashville (SMN) 2353 161 97 0 612 11 MAREN MORRIS/My Church/Columbia Nashville (SMN) 2338 164 98 2 614 12 CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You/Red Bow Records (BBRMG) 2205 173 91 3 613 13 LEE BRICE/That Don't Sound Like You/Curb Records 2199 55 95 1 617 14 CHRIS YOUNG (WITH CASSADEE POPE)/Think of You/RCA Nashville (SMN) 2115 281 97 0 615 15 MICHAEL RAY/Real Men Love Jesus/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 2019 14 96 0 616 16 DUSTIN LYNCH/Mind Reader/Broken Bow Records (BBRMG) 2001 116 94 0 618 17 DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 1982 213 97 2 620 18 JON PARDI/Head Over Boots/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 1871 140 90 1 623 19 TIM MCGRAW/Humble and Kind/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 1849 287 91 2 619 20 TYLER FARR/Better In Boots/Columbia Nashville (SMN) 1780 40 93 3 622 21 MADDIE & TAE/Shut Up And Fish/Dot Records (BMLG) 1699 124 90 0 621 22 BRANTLEY GILBERT/Stone Cold Sober/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 1691 88 92 2 629 23 THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 1415 334 87 13 426 24 FRANKIE BALLARD/It All Started With A Beer/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 1351 133 87 0 624 25 DAVID NAIL/Night's On Fire/MCA Records (UMGN) 1329 49 81 1 625 26 CHRIS LANE/Fix/Big Loud Records 1327 95 84 1 627 27 JUSTIN MOORE/You Look Like I Need A Drink/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 1234 70 85 4 628 28 CANAAN SMITH/Hole In A Bottle/Mercury Records (UMGN) 1188 74 81 2 630 29 KIP MOORE/Running For You/MCA Records (UMGN) 977 45 75 3 631 30 ERIC PASLAY/High Class/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 892 74 66 0 6

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34 31 ERIC CHURCH/Record Year/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 823 212 64 14 332 32 BIG & RICH (FT. TIM MCGRAW)/Lovin' Lately/Big & Rich Records 755 33 65 2 633 33 DYLAN SCOTT/Crazy Over Me/Curb Records 641 5 57 2 635 34 JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 613 92 52 6 642 35 CAM/Mayday/Arista Nashville (SMN) 558 166 52 14 436 36 CHRIS JANSON/Power Of Positive Drinkin'/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 547 30 50 5 640 37 DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 535 122 48 13 239 38 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A Girl/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 500 71 45 3 637 39 TRACE ADKINS/Jesus and Jones/Wheelhouse (BBRMG) 471 -9 46 2 643 40 DRAKE WHITE/Livin' The Dream/Dot Records (BMLG) 405 33 36 3 644 41 BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To/Mercury Records (UMGN) 395 52 40 2 646 42 TOBY KEITH/Beautiful Stranger/Show Dog/Universal 335 28 28 1 645 43 LOCASH/I Know Somebody/Reviver Records 314 -1 33 5 547 44 LAUREN ALAINA/Next Boyfriend/Mercury Records (UMGN) 299 6 30 2 648 45 RACHAEL TURNER/I Don't Love You/Rustic Records Incorporated 232 -8 20 1 653 46 KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober/RCA Nashville (SMN) 227 62 19 7 250 47 JORDAN RAGER (WITH JASON ALDEAN)/Southern Boy/Broken Bow Records (BBRMG) 216 38 22 3 4-- 48 BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 200 200 21 21 149 49 LINDSAY ELL/By The Way/Stoney Creek Records (BBRMG) 192 0 19 0 5-- 50 SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me/MCA Records (UMGN) 191 191 12 12 152 51 VINCE GILL (FT. LITTLE BIG TOWN)/Take Me Down/MCA Records (UMGN) 180 7 17 3 351 52 LOVE AND THEFT/Whiskey On My Breath/Thirty Tigers 174 -1 16 0 555 53 BRANDY CLARK/Girl Next Door/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 169 38 14 2 654 54 OLIVIA LANE/Make My Own Sunshine/Big Spark Music Group 161 25 19 3 5-- 55 A THOUSAND HORSES/Southernality/Republic Nashville (BMLG) 122 103 10 10 157 56 PRESLEY & TAYLOR/While You Were Gone/SMG Records Nashville 111 11 9 1 4-- 57 MATT GARY/It's On You/17 Music Entertainment (in2une) 98 85 3 3 159 58 SARABETH/Runnin' Outta Lipstick/Circle S Records 97 11 10 1 660 59 CLARE DUNN/Tuxedo/MCA Records (UMGN) 94 14 11 5 263 60 RACHELE LYNAE/Quicksand/Momentum Label Group 94 18 9 2 6

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Monitored Stations Albany, OR KRKT-FMAlbertville, AL WQSB-FMAlexandria, LA KRRV-FMAltoona, WI WAXX-FMArdmore, OK KKAJ-FMBaxley, GA WBYZ-FMBig Stone Gap, VA WAXM-FMBowling Green, KY WBVR-FMBowling Green, KY WGGC-FMCadiz, KY WKDZ-FMCape Girardeau, MO KEZS-FMCarterville, IL WOOZ-FMCharleston, WV WKWS-FMCheboygan, MI WMKC-FMClinton, MO KDKD-FMConnersville, IN WIFE-FMCottonwood, AZ KVRD-FMCrossville, TN WOWF-FMCumberland, MD WVMD-FMDanville, VA WAKG-FMDayton, OH WHKO-FMDecatur, IL WDZQ-FMDestin, FL WHWY-FMDickson, TN WDKN-AMDouglas, GA WOKA-FMElkins, WV WDNE-FMFlorence, AL WXFL-FMFlagstaff, AZ KSED-FMFrankfort, KY WVKY-FMFranklin, IN WYGB-FMGeneva, OH WKKY-FM

Grand Forks, ND KYCK-FMGrand Island, NE KRGI-FMGreenville, MS WDMS-FMHardinsburg, KY WXBC-FMHarrison, AR KHBZ-FMHazard, KY WSGS-FMHoisington, KS KHOK-FMHonolulu, HI KHCM-FMHot Springs, AR KQUS-FMHugo, OK KITX-FMHuntingdon, TN WEIO-FMHuntington, WV WDGG-FMHyannis, MA WKPE-FMIdaho Falls, ID KTHK-FMIron Mountain, MI WJNR-FMJackson, WY KJAX-FMJamestown, ND KYNU-FMJanesville, WI WJVL-FMJonesboro, AR KDXY-FMLamar, CO KVAY-FMLaredo, TX KRRG-FMLawrence, KS KMXN-FMLexington, NE KRVN-FMLiberty, NY WDNB-FMLinden, AL WINL-FMLondon, KY WKFC-FMLongview, TX KYKX-FMLuckey, OH WPFX-FMMankato, MN KYSM-FMMarion, VA WMEV-FMMarshalltown, IA KXIA-FM

Mason City, IA KIAI-FMMattoon, IL WMCI-FMMiami, AZ KQSS-FMMoncks Corner, SC WCKN-FMMorgantown, WV WKKW-FMMount Hope, WV WTNJ-FMNatchez, MS WQNZ-FMNew Philadelphia, OH WTUZ-FMNormal, IL WIBL-FMOdessa, TX KMRK-FMOntonagon, MI WUPY-FMOskaloosa, IA KBOE-FMOwensboro, KY WBKR-FMOxford, AL WHMA-FMPalestine, TX KYYK-FMPikeville, KY WDHR-FMPittsburg, KS KKOW-FMPlatteville, WI WGLR-FMPulaski, TN WKSR-FMRuston, LA KXKZ-FMSalina, KS KYEZ-FMSalisbury, MD WKTT-FMSandpoint, ID KICR-FMScottsbluff, NE KNEB-FMSearcy, AR KCNY-FMSelinsgrove, PA WWBE-FMShawano, WI WJMQ-FMSparta, WI WCOW-FMSpokane, WA KXLY-FMSt. Cloud, MN KZPK-FMState College, PA WFGE-FM

Superior, NE KRFS-FMTulare, CA KJUG-FMTupelo, MS WWMS-FMUnion City, TN KYTN-FMWaltham, MA WKLB-FMWarrenton, MO KFAV-FMWeatherford, OK KWEY-FMWest Bend, WI WMBZ-FMWest Plains, MO KKDY-FMWorthington, MN KUSQ-FM

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67 61 STICKERS, THE/Countrified/Wodarek Music 89 17 9 0 661 62 SPENCER'S OWN/Livin' In The Moment/Electric House 87 9 11 2 265 63 SOUTHERN HALO/Little White Dress/Southern Halo Records 87 12 8 1 564 64 CALLIE TWISSELMAN/Hung Me On The Line/Sugar Cube Records 86 10 8 1 458 65 RANDY ROGERS BAND, THE/Neon Blues/Thirty Tigers 85 -9 9 1 277 66 HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine/Atlantic (WMN) 84 32 6 3 269 67 DAVE AND WHITNEY/Alibi/Chelsea Creek Entertainment 80 14 6 0 666 68 DREW BALDRIDGE/Dance With Ya/Cold River 79 6 7 0 675 69 ROBBY JOHNSON/Hate Me Tonight/Contrast Music Records Nashville 75 22 9 1 673 70 SCOTT BRANTLEY/Good Thing Going/Studio Gold Nashville 75 18 7 2 662 71 DALLAS SMITH/Kids With Cars/Blaster Records 74 -3 7 0 6-- 72 JASON PRITCHETT (FT. BILLY DEAN)/Already A Dead Man/BDMG 71 59 6 6 179 73 SAMMY SADLER/No Place To Land/S Records 69 22 7 2 272 74 BROSEPH E. LEE/Right Where She Wants Me/Broseph E. Lee Music 68 7 8 2 676 75 HOMEGROWN BAND/She Loves To Ride/Homegrown Entertainment LLC 68 15 8 2 680 76 CHRIS CHITSEY/Just Don't Know It Yet/Premier Nashville Records 63 17 9 4 6-- 77 PETE SCOBELL/Walkin' A Wire/FrogBonz Entertainment 63 32 7 3 168 78 TARA THOMPSON/Someone To Take Your Place/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 61 -8 7 0 271 79 JERROD NIEMANN/Yellow Brick Road/SMG Records Nashville 57 -7 5 0 4-- 80 STEVEN TYLER/Red, White & You/Dot Records (BMLG) 53 8 5 1 4

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TRACtion only recognizes detections on songs that have been “fingerprinted.” We do our best to obtain and fingerprint all new releases; songs serviced through CDX are encoded automatically. A song .wav file and information can also be sent to chart-editor@cdxnashville.com.

Number 1 =

Most Added =

Spin Gainer =

Underlined = Frozen this WeekBold= Newly Added

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Southern Halo swung by Renegade Radio Nashville during their radio tour. (L-R) Christina Morris, Natalia Morris, Robby Lynn from Renegade Radio, and Hannah Morris.

CDX artist, Kelsea Ballerini, performing for Twitter during her first visit to Australia.

Greatest Spin Increase IncreaseTHOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 334TIM MCGRAW/Humble and Kind/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 287CHRIS YOUNG (WITH CASSADEE POPE)/Think of You/RCA Nashville (SMN) 281COLE SWINDELL/You Should Be Here/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 258DIERKS BENTLEY/Somewhere On A Beach/Capitol Records Nashville (UMGN) 213ERIC CHURCH/Record Year/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 212BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 200SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me/MCA Records (UMGN) 191RASCAL FLATTS/I Like The Sound Of That/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 177CHASE BRYANT/Little Bit Of You/Red Bow Records (BBRMG) 173

Most Added AddsBROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 21ERIC CHURCH/Record Year/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 14CAM/Mayday/Arista Nashville (SMN) 14THOMAS RHETT/T-Shirt/Valory Music Co. (BMLG) 13

DAN + SHAY/From The Ground Up/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 13

SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me/MCA Records (UMGN) 12

A THOUSAND HORSES/Southernality/Republic Nashville (BMLG) 10KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober/RCA Nashville (SMN) 7JENNIFER NETTLES/Unlove You/Big Machine Records (BMLG) 6JASON PRITCHETT (FT. BILLY DEAN)/Already A Dead Man/BDMG 6

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Volume 630 artist, Kane Brown, meeting his little big fans at 97.1 HANK FM.

CDX is the ONLY resource offering digital and CD distribution of new Country music to all key radio programming decision makers, labels, publishing companies and music business execs. In addition to our proprietary InstaTrack download delivery system, mobile app and numerous new music digital blasts, we deliver a compilation CD to our entire database on the third Monday of each month. For more information please contact Joe Kelly (joe@cdxcd.com) or Pam Lovelace (pamela@cdxcd.com) 615-292-0123

Bubbling Under PositionDIANNA CORCORAN/God Did Good/Krian Music Group 81BRIAN COLLINS/Healing Highway/Blue Light Entertainment LLC 82MACY MARTIN/Baby What Ya Doing/Go Time Records 83ERIC CHESSER/I Can't Read Your Mind/BIG BIG Records Nashville 84JAKE WORTHINGTON/Just Keep Falling In Love/W3 Music, LLC 85MITCHELL TENPENNY/Love & Rock N' Roll/Creation Lab Records 86CAINS, THE/Knock Knock/GMV Nashville 87JAKE MCVEY/Ya'll Girls/Purple Cow Records 88CHASE RICE/Whisper/Columbia Nashville (SMN) 89RYAN BROSHEAR/Spin Me/Painted Horse Records 90

Currently On CDXVolume 630

KANE BROWN/Used To Love You Sober/RCACYNDI LAUPER/Funnel Of Love/Heartaches By The Number/

Sire RecordsCASEY DONAHEW/Feels This Right/Almost Country RecordsBRIAN COLLINS/Healing Highway/Blue Light Ent.SIERRA BLACK/Heart On Ice/O.m.g Ent.BROTHERS OSBORNE/21 Summer/EMI Records NashvilleSAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me/MCA NashvilleJANA KRAMER/Said No One Ever/Elektra Nashville/

Warner Music NashvilleLONESTAR/Never Enders/Shanachie EntertainmentDENNIE HALL/Different Just The Same/DH MusicMIKE SMITH/Little Bit Of Us/22 RecordsLESLIE COURS MATHER/That Was The Whiskey/Lioneyes Records

CDX Volume 631-(building)JAKE OWEN/American Country Love Song/RCA NashvilleLUKE BRYAN/HUNTIN’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day/

Capitol Records NashvilleKELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan/Black River EntertainmentALAN JACKSON/The One You’re Waiting On/ACR/EMIJOHN ANDERSON/Magic Mama/Bayou Boys Music GroupVINCE HATFIELD/American Oil From American Soil/Blue Moon RecordsGINA MILLER/Angel From Montgomery/Playback RecordsMARY FLETCHER/Called Him Dad/Red & Black EntertainmentJESSIE G/Drop A Line/Hook And Line RecordsCASSIDY HUCKABAY/I Heard It Through The Grapevine/

Cassidy Huckabay MusicALEXANDRA DEMETREE/You Still Think I’m Beautiful/SSM Nashville