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Luke Combs’ ‘Crazy’ Milestone

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ACM Tabs New Artist Winners

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Brooks & Dunn Build On Hall

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Maddie & Tae On The Way

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Makin’ Tracks: John King’s

‘Goodbye’ Earworm >page 14

Country Coda: Darius Rucker’s

Second No. 1 >page 19

The chorus of Jake Owen’s current top 10 single, “Down to the Honkytonk,” playfully discounts the importance of a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame or on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: “I might not go down in history/But I’ll go down to the honky-tonk.”

So it’s ironic that “Down to the Honkytonk” went down in history by picking up an Academy of Country Music Award nomination for single of the year. (The 54th annual event is scheduled for April 7 in Las Vegas.) The timing was ideal, bringing him attention as “Honkytonk” hits the home stretch in its chart climb (it’s at No. 10 on the Country Airplay list dated March 30) and as his first Big Loud album, Greetings From… Jake, is released March 29.

The ACM accolade didn’t knock him off his game. Owen is “super flattered,” he says, to be on the ballot for the first time since he won top new male vocalist in 2009, but trophy consideration is gravy for his career, not the meat and potatoes.

“It’s obv iou sly a hu ge honor to b e nominated for something, but I just don’t put much emphasis on it anymore,” he says. “I’d rather people remember me 10 years, 20 years down the road for having good character and being a good person than remembering me because I won a single of the year award.”

That sort of practical, common-man attitude fits the tone of Greetings, an album that returns Owen to the country core that served as his bread and butter at the starting gate on his

career journey, which has yielded 10 Country Airplay top 10 titles, including seven No. 1s. Instead of the programmed drums and plug-in effects that are fairly standard in modern country, Owen drapes the album in guitars — biting honky-tonk electrics, ringing acoustics and Paul Franklin’s tangy steel — and reconnects with the twang in his Florida-bred accent and the rich basement tones that dominated his

early recordings.“He’s a classic-country-song jukebox,”

says producer Joey Moi (Florida Georgia Line, Morgan Wallen). “He can sit there and play any old, old classic country song for hours and hours and hours, and he sings in this awesome, great baritone country voice, which is so natural to him. I really wanted to get him [to do] more [of] that: more organic, more traditional, more singing down in those lower keys.”

Greetings is graphically presented as a vacation postcard, intended to portray the 14-song project as a message from the current location of Owen’s career journey. But the album itself works as a journey, too.

Starting with “Down to the Honkytonk,” it travels in stages through classic-rock inf luence — represented by his John Mellencamp-derived “I Was Jack (You Were Diane)” and a weed-referencing Kid Rock collaboration, “Grass Is Always Greener” — to Owen’s familiar beach-party brand and into more philosophical songs about life and love before circling back to its traditional country starting line with “Damn.”

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The path includes a visit from YouTube star Lele Pons, a Venezuelan-born singer-actress with 33.8 million Instagram followers. “Senorita” is a tropical-country effort dusted with Spanglish phrases and Mexicali guitar, and it marks the biggest side trip on Greetings.

“I like the fact that she’s not someone that’s expected on a country album,” he says. “It kind of gives me a little bit of cred outside of just the country genre. I know that might contradict [the foundation of] this country album, but I think that it’s important for any artist to kind of step outside the comfort zone sometimes and actually do something that does throw people for a loop.”

Owen has made it a point to test roads less traveled of late. When he signed with Big Loud, he represented the first established act to join the roster, which already included newer talents Wallen, Chris Lane and Jillian Jacqueline. Owen started work in February on his first movie, The Friend, starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson and Jason Segal. And he established his own management firm, Good Company, with founding partners Keith Gale and Jon Andolina. Good Company created, at least temporarily, a radio promotion wing in support of RECORDS artist Matt Stell.

“It’s a lot like when I left Tallahassee to move to Nashville,” says Owen of the management firm. “It was a big chance. It was something [where] people are like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe you’re doing this.’ But anything I’ve ever done in life where I’ve just taken a chance but believed in myself to do it has really flourished and worked out in a great way.”

Good Company also gives Owen a bigger role in directing his business life in conjunction with his personal life, and that played into his concert plans behind Greetings. Following last summer’s tour, which focused on minor-league baseball parks, this summer’s schedule is grounded in festivals and fair dates, where the production costs are minimized and Owen is just one attraction in a ream of events and entertainers.

It makes creative sense — he’ll be promoting an album with greater traditional country vibes by playing the kind of venues that have long been associated with the genre — but it also fits his domestic needs. Girlfriend Erica Hartlein is carrying his second daughter and is due in late spring. Owen indicates that his career focus has been partly responsible for damaging previous relationships; the fairs and festivals will allow him to be more casual about work for the baby’s first six months or so.

“It’s a grind putting together a big show, paying for a lot of big production, paying your opening acts,” he says. “There’s a lot that goes into that, and I fully intend on doing that with this album come 2020, but for this summertime, I just felt like it was good for me to go out, make some money playing fairs and festivals and not have the pressure of having my own tour. Actually, for the first time in 10 years, it’ll give the guys in the band a little bit of a break.”

In the meantime, the ACM nomination gives some validation to the approach Owen has used in his work, represented well in the country-grounded odyssey that is Greetings From… Jake.

“I’ve had a really great journey, and I’m so proud of who I am through all of this,” he says. “The music really helps me say that for anybody who’s listening.”

Dan + Shay appeared on CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown on March 23-24 after catching up with host Cody Alan at St. Augustine Amphitheatre in Florida. From left: Dan Smyers, Alan and Shay Mooney.

Aaron Watson (center) performed at the KASE Live Music Lounge on March 16 before a show in Austin. He’s pictured with KASE PD Anthony “The AntMan” Allen (left) and BIG Label Records head of promotion Tony Morreale.

Lauren Jenkins (center) made her Grand Ole Opry debut on March 15, the same day Big Machine released her debut album, No Saint. From left: Connie Smith, Jenkins and Jeannie Seely. J

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Luke Combs makes history as the first artist to simultaneously lead all five of Billboard’s country charts for multiple weeks: Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs, Country Digital Song Sales and Top Country Albums (all dated March 30). He first staged the quintuple chart achievement on the lists dated March 9.

One other artist previously led all five charts at the same time for one week: Kane Brown, on Oct. 28, 2017.

Combs, who co-penned “Beautiful Crazy” (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) with Wyatt Durrette and Robert Williford, tops all four country song charts — and makes for a personal best for himself on Country Airplay. The ballad leads that chart for a f ifth frame, down 3 percent to 39.4 million audience impressions in t he week ending March 24, according to Nielsen Music. Combs surpasses his prior longest stay atop the tally, when “She Got the Best of Me” reigned for four weeks starting in October 2018.

“Crazy” initially topped the Country Airplay c h a r t d a t e d M a r c h 2 , b e c o m i n g C o m b s’ unprecedented fifth consecutive career-opening entry on the survey to hit No. 1. Before “Crazy” and “Best,” his debut hit, “Hurricane,” led for two weeks beginning May 27, 2017, followed by “When It Rains It Pours,” which also dominated for two frames, beginning Nov. 4, 2017, and “One Number Away” (June 9, 2018).

Combs’ hit is the longest-ruling Country Airplay No. 1 by any act since Thomas Rhett’s “Die a Happy Man,” which crowned the chart for six weeks starting Jan. 2, 2016. What makes it such a rare lengthy leader? “It’s a special song,” says KKBQ Houston PD Johnny Chiang. “It’s pretty amazing to see that in a matter of just a few songs, Luke Combs has become a core artist on most country stations . . . a new artist whose songs are now pretty much

must-adds out of the box. It’s really incredible.”“Crazy” likewise paces the airplay-, streaming- and sales-fueled Hot

Country Songs chart for a fifth week, as well as Country Streaming Songs for a fifth frame, essentially even week over week with 12.1 million U.S.

streams in the week ending March 21. On Country Digital Song Sales, it rebounds 2-1 for a sixth total week at the summit (12,000 sold, up 15 percent in the week ending March 21).

Meanwhile, Combs’ debut LP, This One’s for You, returns to the Top Country Albums attic for a 29th cumulative week, up less than 1 percent to 24,000 euivalent album units.

BROWN LOOKS ‘GOOD’ IN TOP 10 Kane Brown nets his fourth Hot Country Songs top 10 as “Good as You” (Zone 4/RCA Nashville) hops 11-10. It increases by 9 percent to 18.7 million audience impressions and climbs 14-11 on Country Airplay.

Brown boasts two Hot Country Songs No. 1s: “What Ifs,” featuring Lauren Alaina (five weeks, beginning Oct. 21, 2017), and “Lose It” (Nov. 24, 2018). His other top 10, “Heaven,” hit No. 2 in March 2018.

REBA RETURNS Superstar Reba McEntire extends her record for the most Country Airplay appearances among women as “Freedom” (Rockin’ R/Big

Machine) enters as the chart’s top debut at No. 52 with 1.7 million impressions. It’s her 69th visit to the chart and first since December 2017.

McEntire pads her lead among women over runner-up Martina McBride, with 56 Country Airplay appearances. Among all acts, McEntire, who has notched 11 No. 1s among 36 top 10s, ranks seventh for the most entries. George Strait leads all artists with 99; his latest, “Every Little Honky Tonk Bar” (MCA Nashville), lifts 22-21 (10.9 million in audience, up 7 percent).

Luke Combs Repeats Atop All Five Country Charts And Scores His

Longest Country Airplay Reign Yet

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1 1 20 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (5 weeks) HH Luke Combs 39.364 -1.205 8033 -151 1

l2 2 49 MILLIONAIRE Mercury HH Most Increased Audience HH Chris Stapleton 34.954 +2.539 7691 660 2

l3 5 27 HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young 30.155 +2.026 6440 390 5

l4 3 37 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green 29.774 +0.929 6630 356 3

l5 6 36 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 29.654 +2.368 6484 544 4

6 4 28 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 26.101 -2.058 4662 -547 10

l7 8 24 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 26.060 +0.479 5557 164 6

8 7 43 THIS IS IT Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 24.354 -1.893 4707 -315 9

l9 9 32 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 24.189 +2.110 5367 361 8

l10 10 33 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud Jake Owen 22.134 +0.479 5458 190 7

l11 14 12 GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 18.696 +1.506 4061 276 15

l12 13 22 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 18.647 +1.127 4203 214 12

l13 12 35 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 18.641 +0.051 4308 57 11

14 11 28 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 18.220 -0.806 4186 -25 13

l15 15 33 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 17.745 +0.573 3841 117 16

l16 16 41 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 17.347 +1.667 4098 198 14

l17 18 30 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 14.485 +0.750 3603 256 17

l18 20 4 LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER Valory HH Airpower HH Thomas Rhett 13.474 +1.452 2956 492 19

l19 19 38 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 13.405 +0.801 3208 119 18

l20 21 29 RUMOR Curb HH Airpower HH Lee Brice 12.012 +1.076 2953 108 20

l21 22 6 EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR MCA Nashville George Strait 10.857 +0.695 2365 124 23

l22 23 21 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Florida Georgia Line 9.744 +0.812 2783 294 21

l23 24 50 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 8.461 +0.267 2493 189 22

l24 25 10 GIRL Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 8.398 +0.720 2072 67 25

l25 29 12 SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church 7.491 +1.162 1853 211 28

l26 26 11 RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 7.413 +0.541 1746 139 29

l27 27 15 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell 7.046 +0.178 2049 106 26

l28 28 23 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 6.954 +0.524 2235 191 24

l29 30 29 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse LOCASH 5.702 +0.148 1893 68 27

l30 31 6 SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Columbia Nashville Tenille Townes 5.420 +0.270 1263 20 33

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 150 STATIONSAkron, OH WQMXAlbany, N.Y. WGNAAlbuquerque, N.M. KBQI KRSTAllentown, Pa. WCTOAtlanta WKHX WUBLAugusta, Ga. WKXCAustin, Texas KASEBakersfield, Calif. KUZZBaltimore WPOCBaton Rouge, La. WYNKBirmingham, Ala. WDXB WZZKBoise, Idaho KAWO KIZNBoston WBWL WKLBBuffalo, N.Y. WYRKCharleston, S.C. WEZL WCKNCharlotte, N.C. WKKT WSOCChattanooga, Tenn. WUSYChicago WEBG WUSNCincinnati WUBECleveland WGARColorado Springs, Colo. KATC KCCYColumbia, S.C. WCOSColumbus, Ohio WCOLCorpus Christi, Texas KRYSDallas KPLX KSCSDayton, Ohio WHKODenver KYGODes Moines, Iowa KHKI

Detroit WDRQ WYCDEl Paso, Texas KHEYFt. Myers, Fla. WCKT WWGRFt. Wayne, Ind. WQHKFresno, Calif. KSKSGainesville, Fla. WOGKGrand Rapids, Mich. WBCTGreensboro, N.C. WTQRGreenville, S.C. WSSLHarrisburg, Pa. WRBTHartford, Conn. WWYZHouston KILT KKBQHuntsville, Ala. WDRMIndianapolis WFMS WLHKJacksonville, Fla. WGNE WQIKJohnson City, Tenn. WXBQKansas City KBEQ WDAF KFKFKnoxville, Tenn. WCYQ WIVKLafayette, La. KMDLLakeland, Fla. WPCVLas Vegas KCYE KWNRLexington, Ky. WBULLittle Rock, Ark. KSSNLos Angeles KKGOLouisville, Ky. WAMZ WQNUMadison, Wis. WWQM WMADMcAllen, Texas KTEX

Memphis WGKX WLFPMiami WKISMilwaukee, WI. WKTI WMILMinneapolis KEEY KMNBMobile, Ala. WKSJMonmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMKMonterey, Calif.. KTOMNashville WKDF WSIXNassau, N.Y. WJVCNew Bern, N.C. WRNSNew Orleans WNOENew York WNSHNorfolk, Va. WGH WUSHOklahoma City, Okla. KJKE KTSTOmaha, Neb. KXKTOrlando, Fla. WWKAOxnard-Ventura, CA KHAYPhiladelphia WXTUPhoenix KMLE KNIXPittsburgh WDSY WOGI WPGBPortland, Maine WPOR WTHTPortland, Ore. KUPL KWJJProvidence, R.I. WCTKRaleigh, NC WQDRReno, Nevada KBUL KOLC

Richmond, Va. WKHKRiverside, Calif. KFRGRoanoke, Va. WSLCRochester, N.Y. WBEESacramento, Calif. KBEB KNCI KNTYSt. Louis KSD WILSalt Lake City KSOP KUBLSan Antonio, Texas KAJA KCYYSan Diego KSONSan Jose, Calif. KRTYSarasota, Fla. WCTQSeattle KKWF KMPSSpokane, Wash. KXLYSpringfield, Mass. WRNXStockton, Calif. KATMSyracuse, N.Y. WBBSTampa, Fla. WFUS WQYKTucson, Ariz. KIIMTulsa, Okla. KTGX KVOO KWENVisalia, Calif. KJUGWashington, D.C. WMZQWest Palm Beach, Fla. WIRKWichita, Kan. KFDI KZSNWilkes Barre, Pa. WGGYWilmington, Del. WXCYYork, Pa. WGTY

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l31 35 6 ALL TO MYSELF Warner Bros./WAR HH Breaker HH Dan + Shay 4.902 +0.728 1059 193 39

32 32 36 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Featuring Hillary Lindsey 4.616 -0.132 1633 -10 30

l33 34 17 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 4.247 -0.043 1101 59 36

l34 33 7 RAINBOW MCA Nashville Kacey Musgraves 4.221 -0.120 1213 67 34

l35 38 20 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 4.067 +0.172 1017 31 40

l36 41 4 REARVIEW TOWN Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 4.065 +0.817 1068 162 38

l37 37 23 DAY DRUNK Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 3.866 -0.121 1078 25 37

38 36 18 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 3.830 -0.206 1366 5 32

l39 39 25 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 3.682 +0.286 1425 83 31

l40 40 16 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers HH Most Added HH Russell Dickerson 3.595 +0.293 1211 228 35

l41 43 18 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 3.245 +0.519 802 113 44

l42 45 8 THOUGHT ABOUT YOU McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 2.811 +0.519 833 120 42

43 42 7 REDNECKER Tree Vibez/Big Loud HARDY 2.720 -0.129 774 56 46

l44 44 19 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.620 +0.129 780 37 45

l45 46 21 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 2.496 +0.366 918 123 41

l46 50 4 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 2.222 +0.473 595 99 50

l47 47 30 HOW DOES IT SOUND Dylan Schneider/Placer Dylan Schneider 2.120 +0.001 708 -2 47

l48 52 4 GOOD VIBES Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 2.054 +0.349 610 113 49

49 48 9 PRAYED FOR YOU Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company Matt Stell 1.909 -0.091 512 29 53

50 49 10 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Dylan Scott 1.866 -0.130 812 16 43

l51 51 9 MAKE ME WANT TO Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 1.750 +0.013 707 20 48

l52 NEW FREEDOM Rockin’ R/Valory HH Hot Shot Debut HH Reba McEntire 1.723 +1.723 301 301 59

l53 54 15 GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 1.182 +0.091 567 19 51

54 55 20 90’S COUNTRY Monument/Arista Nashville Walker Hayes 1.001 -0.039 476 15 54

55 56 9 ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Buena Vista/Capitol Nashville Adam Hambrick 0.988 -0.043 553 14 52

l56 57 4 ALCOHOL YOU LATER Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.962 -0.008 375 19 57

57 53 5 TO A T RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 0.931 -0.231 299 -6 60

l58 58 2 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 0.895 +0.148 446 41 55

l59 59 4 SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Southern Ground/Wheelhouse Zac Brown Band 0.873 +0.150 396 75 56

l60 NEW BETTER OFF GONE Big Yellow Dog Logan Mize 0.727 +0.179 348 43 58

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RACHEL WAMMACK Enough RCA Nashville

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The ballad hits the Country Airplay top 20 (21-20), up 10 percent to 12 million

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MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSEVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 24LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 16REARVIEW TOWN Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 16FREEDOM Rockin’ R/Valory Reba McEntire 15ALL TO MYSELF Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 13THOUGHT ABOUT YOU McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 12SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church 10WORLD FOR TWO Stoney Creek King Calaway 10RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 8WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell 6

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINMILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton +660ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray +544LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER Valory Thomas Rhett +492HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young +390EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice +361THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green +356FREEDOM Rockin’ R/Valory Reba McEntire +301TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Florida Georgia Line +294GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +276WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen +256

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MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton +2.539ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray +2.368EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice +2.110HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young +2.026FREEDOM Rockin’ R/Valory Reba McEntire +1.723LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band +1.667GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +1.506LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER Valory Thomas Rhett +1.452SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church +1.162MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini +1.127

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCOREGross Artist AttendanceTicket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s)

$105,565 CODY JINKS 2,230LIVE NATION$150, $20 North Charleston Performing Arts Center, North Charleston, S.C./Feb. 9 2,341

$77,647 PAUL BRANDT 1,915 LIVE NATION, SPECTRA PRESENTS$55.15, $29.09 Tribute Communities Centre, Oshawa, Ont./Feb. 19 2,193

$31,735 CHRIS JANSON 1,211 THE BOWERY PRESENTS$35, $30, $15 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, N.J./Feb. 21 2,000

$22,978 DYLAN SCOTT 875LIVE NATION$28.50, $26 The Cannery, Nashville, Tenn./Feb. 14 1,100

$19,555 TYLER FARR 974 THE BOWERY PRESENTS$30, $25, $15, $12.50 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, N.J./Feb. 8 1,000

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 REPORTWEEK ENDING MARCH 24, 2019

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 2019, Texas Regional Radio Report

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l1 4 9 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN I LOVE YOU AND I’M LEAVIN’ (Rounder Rec) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Cody Jinks 1771 115

l2 3 20 RUN AWAY WITH YOU (Independent) Robert Ray 1746 61

l3 2 15 I’M YOUR ONLY FLAW (Independent) Josh Abbott Band 1733 42

l4 6 9 CHEAT ON ME (Independent) Bri Bagwell 1702 114

l5 5 14 WALK AWAY (Independent) Mark Powell 1701 54

l6 7 10 HAD A THING (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1688 107

l7 8 17 NONE’YA (Independent) Hayes Carll 1642 92

l8 10 5 CRAZY PEOPLE (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1591 135

9 1 15 GONER (Independent) William Clark Green 1575 -156

l10 11 13 TOP OF MY HEART (Cory Morrow Music) Cory Morrow 1430 36

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l12 13 12 KISS THAT GIRL GOODBYE (Independent) Aaron Watson 1258 22

l13 16 10 OTHER SIDE OF THE RADIO (Independent) Mike Ryan 1232 136

l14 15 15 AIN’T ENOUGH BEER (Independent) Kylie Frey 1185 29

15 14 21 LEAVE HER WILD (Dean Dillon’s Wildcatter ) Sundance Head 1144 -14

l16 17 26 WHATEVER IT TAKES (King Hall Music) Chad Cooke Band 1112 37

17 18 30 ON MY WAY TO YOU (CoJo Music) Cody Johnson 980 -36

18 9 20 BEER BUCKET LIST (Silverado) David Adam Byrnes 907 -578

l19 21 14 PAY NO RENT (Independent) Turnpike Troubadours 902 28

l20 23 12 HARD HEADED HEART (Independent) Clay Hollis 867 73

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(IN MILLIONS)1 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 21.116

2 TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 19.498

3 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 18.923

4 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 16.901

5 GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 14.890

6 SIXTEEN Valory Thomas Rhett 14.637

7 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 14.378

8 TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 13.349

9 BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 12.465

10 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 11.108

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STATIONS ADDSHOUSTON, WE GOT A PROBLEM River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 0.696 3 0

RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 0.668 8 4

THE BULL MCA Nashville Kip Moore 0.616 21 5

MY MIRACLE Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 0.573 6 4

WORLD FOR TWO Stoney Creek King Calaway 0.450 18 10

DANCING AWAY WITH MY HEART Riser House Dillon Carmichael 0.433 30 2

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ACM UNVEILS NEW-ARTIST WINNERSAlthough the 54th annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards are less than two weeks away, Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde and LANCO are already winners. The acts have been named the new male artist, new female artist and new group of the year, respectively.

Carrie Underwood, who won the new female vocalist category at the 2006 ACM Awards, recently called each artist to personally congratulate them on their big wins, and the surprise phone calls were captured on video.

Combs, McBryde and LANCO are also nominated in the male artist, female artist and group of the year categories. Underwood and each new-artist winner will also perform at the awards show in Las Vegas.

Previously announced performers include Brandi Carlile, Kelly Clarkson, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett,Chris Stapleton and Jason Aldean, who was named ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade. Additionally, newly announced Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Brooks & Dunn will perform, as well as Eric Church, Dan + Shay and Florida Georgia Line.

The ACM Awards show will air April 7 from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. ET on CBS. —Annie Reuter

RADIO & RECORDSJason Aldean announced March 25 that Tyler Farr is the first outside artist signed to Night Train, a joint venture Aldean established with the BBR Music Group … Triple Tigers promoted Laura Hostelley to director of marketing from product manager … Big Loud promoted Brianne Deslippe to vp promotion for Canada from national director of promotion. She remains GM for the Toronto-based division. Reach her here … Cumulus/Memphis re-signed WGKX PD/morning co-host Duane Shannon to a multiyear deal, extending his eight-year relationship with the station. Additionally, Shannon is PD for adult contemporary WKIM … Angel Aristone was promoted to iHeartMedia executive vp communications from vp … Cash Warren and Carly Quinn take the morning reins at WGH Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Va., InsideRadio.com reported. Warren previously worked as KNGC Amarillo, Texas, PD/morning co-host, using the name Jason Kidd. Quinn segues from Cumulus/Youngstown, Ohio, where she worked on country WQXK and classic rock WYFM … Cox Media/Houston adds Leti Aguilera as general sales manager, effective April 8, according to InsideRadio.com. She was previously Mexican WLEY Chicago GM. The Cox cluster includes country stations KKBQ and KTHT … Chris Huff rose to KILT Houston PD from assistant PD/music director, Talkers.com reported … Entercom/Minneapolis-St. Paul added vp sales Ben Hoffman, according to Talkers.com. The cluster includes country KMNB. Hoffman transfers from the senior vp/market manager role at Entercom/Indianapolis, which is being acquired by Cumulus.

’ROUND THE ROWSinger-song w riter Tebey (“Somebody Else Will” ) and Road A ngel Entertainment owner/operator Jill Snell founded Jayward Artist Group, a Canadian management company and label. Tebey, who is established as an artist in Canada, and Quebec-based Matt Lang are the first acts signed to the roster … CDX vp/GM Joe Kelly purchased the company and moved to a new office at 920 Twin Elms Court in Nashville. Reach Kelly here … A new publishing/marketing firm, Mojo Music & Media, was launched in Nashville as the company’s three principals acquired the HoriPro Entertainment Group. The owners include two former Spirit Music Group execs, Spirit founder Mark Fried and former Spirit senior vp Peter Shane, plus former Ernst & Young head of media and entertainment valuation and business modeling Alan Wallis, based in London. The Nashville staff is built around a bevy of HoriPro holdovers, including senior vp creative Butch Baker, vp administration and business affairs Carrie Wilkins and song pluggers Keithan Melton and Courtney Crist. Among the staff writers are Bart Butler (“Heartache on the Dance Floor”) and Mike Walker (“Caught Up in the Country”) … Former Country Music Association vp communications and talent relations Amber Williams launched a boutique PR firm, Beaucoup Media. Reach her here … Songwriter-producer Ben West inked a joint publishing deal with Warner/Chappell and busbee’s Altadena. Based in Detroit, West has landed cuts with LANCO, Chris Lane and Lady Antebellum … Developing trio Avenue Beat signed a joint publishing agreement with Ashley Gorley’s Tape Room Music and Dennis Entertainment … Bluegrass singer-songwriter Donna Ulisse joined the artist roster at Billy Blue Records … Singer-songwriter Cherie Oakley (“Turn On the Radio”) hired PLA Media for PR … ASCAP Nashville selected eight songwriters for its GPS program, which provides critiques from a rotation of publishers: Kyle Daniel, Owen Danoff, Makayla Lynn, Michelle Pereira, Blane Mitchell, Joe Ragosta, Lauren Weintraub and Hunter Wolkonowski … In conjunction with Australia’s CMC Rocks festival, the Country Music Association presented two international trophies. Chugg Entertainment managing director Susan Heymann received the Joe Walker Meador International Award, and Australian act Travis Collins earned the Jeff Walker Global Country Artist Award … Rascal Flatts will receive a star on the Walk of Champions at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on March 28 … The Association of Independent Music Publishers unveiled its finalists for the fourth annual AIMP Nashville Awards, with Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey, Jessie Jo Dillon, Josh Osborne, Ross Copperman and Shane McAnally up for songwriter of the year. The awards will be presented April 30. Go here for the complete ballot … The Unsigned Only Music Competition is accepting Video Only entries through March 29 here. Country artists in the extensive judging panel include Jack Ingram and Craig Campbell.

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Midland performed two new songs when the band appeared at a Recording Academy block party in Austin during South by Southwest on March 14. From left: Midland’s Cameron Duddy, Recording Academy Texas chapter president Yolanda Adams, Midland’s Mark Wystrach, Recording Academy senior executive director Theresa Jenkins and Midland’s Jess Carson.

Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild joined with Nordstrom to host a March 19 celebration of fashion designer Christian Louboutin’s 2019 collection at her Nashville-area home.

Cody Johnson (right) met with Cox Media/Houston director of operations Johnny Chiang when he played a sold-out RodeoHouston concert on March 15.

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MUSIC NOTESBrooks & Dunn are capitalizing n i c e l y o n t h e M a r c h 1 8 announcement of their Country Music Hall of Fame induction. Their collaborative album Reboot — featuring remakes of their hits with such new-generation acts as Kane Brown, Cody Johnson and Brett Young — arrives April 5. The duo will perform during the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 7, it has six dates set in its Las Vegas residency with Reba McEntire in June and July, and an exhibit dedicated to it at the Hall of Fame and Museum will open Aug. 9. Additionally, the pair — Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn — kicked off a four-episode appearance on March 25 as guest mentors for Blake Shelton’s team on NBC’s The Voice.

Friends don’t need to wait much longer for new Maddie & Tae music. A five-song EP — One Heart to Another, paced by first single “Friends Don’t” — is due April 26, five days before they hit the road on Carrie Underwood’s 2019 tour. May 3 brings two other new releases: Americana artist Rhiannon Giddens releases concept album there is no Other, recorded with Italian instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, and Daniel Tashian, who co-produced Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour, issues a children’s album, I Love Rainy Days.

May 9 will mark 30 years since the death of Keith Whitley, and the anniversary will be observed with a tribute concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame’s CMA Theater. Hosted by Whitley’s former wife, Lorrie Morgan, and their son, Jesse Whitley, the lineup boasts more than 15 artists, including Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence.

Ashley McBryde got an unexpected boost on March 20 when her December 2018 appearance on CBS This Morning Saturday earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for outstanding musical performance. Additionally, the syndicated Pickler & Ben appeared twice on the list: Kellie Pickler and Ben Aaron are up for outstanding informative talk show host, and Ben Rector’s performance during one episode competes with McBryde for musical performance. The awards will be presented May 5 in Pasadena, Calif.

FROM LEFT: DUNN, SHELTON and BROOKS

Kathy Mattea received the American Master Award from Boston-based Berklee College of Music when the school’s 34th annual trip to Nashville brought students to Warner Music Nashville. From left: Mattea and Berklee president Roger Brown, assistant professor Mark Wessel, chair of songwriting Bonnie Hayes and New York executive director Stephen Webber.

ON THIS DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC

March 26 • 2018 — Lauren Alaina is named new

female vocalist of the year at the 53rd annual Academy of Countr y Music Awards, while Brett Young is tabbed new male vocalist and Midland takes new vocal duo or group.

March 27 • 2008 — Trace Adkins sings “You’re Gonna Miss This” during the

season finale of Donald Trump’s NBC series The Celebrity Apprentice, won by his opponent Piers Morgan. Making cameo appearances are Eddie Montgomery, Dean Sams and Ronnie Milsap.

• 1999 — Kenny Chesney starts a six-week stay at the top of the Billboard country chart with “How Forever Feels.”

March 28 • 2009 — Reba McEntire MC’s Celebrity Fight Night at the Marriott

Desert R idge Resort in Phoenix. Jon Bon Jovi performs as Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner receives the Muhammad Ali Leadership Award.

March 29 • 2016 — Capitol releases Keith Urban’s “Wasted Time” to radio. • 2004 — Dierks Bentley undergoes knee surgery in Nashville nine

days after an onstage accident leaves him with a torn ligament and bruised knee bone.

March 30 • 2013 – Kacey Musgraves sings “Merry Go ’Round” during her Grand

Ole Opry debut.

March 31 • 2017 — Jason Aldean records “You Make It Easy” at Treasure Isle

in Nashville. • 2003 — The Cincinnati Reds open the Great American Ball Park

with a 10-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. President George W. Bush throws out the first pitch, with music from Clay Walker and Lee Greenwood, who sings “God Bless the U.S.A.”

April 1 • 2014 — Warner Bros. releases Dan + Shay’s debut album, Where It

All Began. • 1979 — Mark Herndon joins Alabama as the band’s drummer.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

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3 3 3 69 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) WARNER BROS./BMLG RC 1

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l6 8 10 27 HERE TONIGHT Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,B.CAVER,J.EBACH,C.KELLEY) BMLG 3 6

l7 10 14 31 EYES ON YOU Chase Rice C. DESTEFANO (C.RICE,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 9 7

8 7 7 37 TAKE IT FROM ME Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.DAVIS,J.GANTT) MCA NASHVILLE RC 4

9 6 6 35 THIS IS IT Scotty McCreery F.ROGERS,D.WELLS,A.ESHUIS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,A.ESHUIS) TRIPLE TIGERS 8 3

l10 11 17 22 GOOD AS YOU Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,S.CARTER,T.PHILLIPS,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 11 10

l11 12 15 30 THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green D.HUFF (R.GREEN,ERIK DYLAN) BMLG 4 11

l12 15 20 23 WHISKEY GLASSES Morgan Wallen J.MOI (B.BURGESS,K.KADISH) BIG LOUD 17 12

l13 14 16 24 MAKE IT SWEET Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.TURSI,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE 7 12

l14 17 18 21 MISS ME MORE Kelsea Ballerini F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,D.H.HODGES,B.MCLAUGHLIN) BLACK RIVER 12 14

l15 18 22 26 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Michael Ray S.HENDRICKS (J.FRASURE,T. ROSEN,M.RAMSEY,J.OSBORNE) ATLANTIC/WEA 5 15

l16 16 5 4 LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,J.BUNETTA,J.K.HINDLIN,A.MALIK,J.H.RYAN) VALORY 18 5

17 13 13 32 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Jake Owen J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) BIG LOUD 10 11

18 9 27 10 GIRL Maren Morris G.KURSTIN,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,S.AARONS,G.KURSTIN) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 24 9

l19 19 21 31 NIGHT SHIFT Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (T.BROWN,P.LARUE,B.MONTANA) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 13 19

l20 20 26 28 RUMOR Lee Brice L.BRICE,J.STONE,K.JACOBS,D.FRIZSELL (L.BRICE,K.JACOBS,A.GORLEY) CURB 20 20

l21 22 23 28 TALK YOU OUT OF IT Florida Georgia Line J.MOI (M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.ROGERS,A.VANDERHEYM) BMLG 22 13

l22 23 25 32 ON MY WAY TO YOU Cody Johnson T.W.WILLMON (BRETT JAMES,T.LANE) COJO/WMN 15 16

23 24 24 29 LOVE WINS Carrie Underwood D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 14 14

24 21 12 26 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE RC 7

l25 25 28 26 LOVE AIN’T Eli Young Band D.HUFF (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY) VALORY 16 25

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For week ending March 21, 2019. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music.

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or josh.bennett@nielsen.com

The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.

COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

Hot Country Songs

ALBUMSDIGITAL

ALBUMS*DIGITAL TRACKS

This Week 207,000 57,000 688,000

Last Week 229,000 69,000 698,000

Change -9.6% -17.4% -1.4%

This Week Last Year 305,000 91,000 919,000

Change -32.1% -37.4% -25.1%

*Digital album sales are also counted within album sales.

Weekly Unit SalesYear-Over-Year Album Sales2018 2019 CHANGE

Albums 3,090,000 2,342,000 -24.2%

Digital Tracks 10,476,000 7,641,000 -27.1%

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2018 2019 CHANGE

Physical 2,212,000 1,610,000 -27.2%

Digital 898,000 732,000 -18.5%

Sales by Album Format

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l26 27 31 35 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers R.ATKINS,T.HEWITT,B.BOLLINGER (C.HARRINGTON,J.M.SCHMIDT,M.WALKER) CURB 23 26

l27 29 30 21 LOVE SOMEONE Brett Eldredge R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,H.MORGAN) ATLANTIC/WMN 19 27

28 28 29 6 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves I.FITCHUK,D.TASHIAN,K.MUSGRAVES (N.HEMBY,S.MCANALLY,K.MUSGRAVES) MCA NASHVILLE 34 17

l29 31 32 6 EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR George Strait C.AINLAY,G.STRAIT (G.STRAIT,B.STRAIT,D.DILLON) MCA NASHVILLE 21 29

l30 32 34 24 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Chris Lane J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.RODGERS) BIG LOUD 41 30

31 30 — 3 THE BONES Maren Morris G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.ROBBINS,L.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE - 30

l32 33 35 11 ALL TO MYSELF Dan + Shay D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,N.GALYON,J.REYNOLDS) WARNER BROS./WAR 31 29

l33 36 38 7 RAISED ON COUNTRY HH Streaming Gainer HH Chris Young C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,C.R.BARLOWE,C.CROWDER) RCA NASHVILLE

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l34 35 37 8 SOME OF IT Eric Church J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,C.DANIELS,B.PINSON) EMI NASHVILLE 25 34

35 34 36 14 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Brantley Gilbert + Lindsay Ell D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,R.AKINS,B.BERRYHILL,J.DUNNE) VALORY 27 31

l36 38 40 3 SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Tenille Townes J.JOYCE (T.TOWNES,L.LAIRD,BARY DEAN) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 30 36

37 26 — 2 RIDIN’ ROADS Dustin Lynch Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL) BROKEN BOW - 26

l38 40 49 4 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Cole Swindell M.R.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,MICHAEL RAY,B.KINNEY) WARNER BROS./WMN 33 38

l39 50 45 11 REARVIEW TOWN Jason Aldean M.KNOX (N.THRASHER,B.PINSON,K.LOVELACE) MACON/BROKEN BOW 36 24

l40 42 44 5 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Runaway June D.HUFF (H.MULHOLLAND,J.WAYNE,N.COOKE,H.LINDSEY,J.KEAR) WHEELHOUSE 28 40

l41 41 46 5 REDNECKER HARDY J.MOI,D.COHEN (A.ALBERT,M.HARDY,J.M.SCHMIDT) TREE VIBEZ/BIG LOUD 43 41

l42 43 43 9 CLOSER TO YOU Carly Pearce BUSBEE (H.LINDSEY,G.SAMPSON,T.VERGES) BIG MACHINE 38 39

l43 NEW 1 THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE HH Hot Shot Debut HH George Strait C.AINLAY,G.STRAIT (G.STRAIT,B.STRAIT,D.DILLON) MCA NASHVILLE

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l44 48 48 9 FEELS LIKE A PARTY LOCASH C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD (P.BRUST,C.LUCAS,T.HUBBARD,C.CROWDER) WHEELHOUSE 29 44

45 44 42 6 TO A T Ryan Hurd D.HUFF,A.ESHUIS (R.J.HURD,N.SPICER,L.VELTZ) RCA NASHVILLE - 42

l46 49 — 2 I HOPE Gabby Barrett R. COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) GABBY BARRETT/RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT NASHVILLE - 46

47 39 39 13 FRIENDS DON’T Maddie & Tae J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.M.NITE,J.EBACH) MERCURY RC 39

l48 RE-ENTRY 6 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Randy Houser Featuring Hillary Lindsey K.GATTIS (R.HOUSER,K.GATTIS,H.LINDSEY) STONEY CREEK 32 40

l49 RE-ENTRY 11 BACK TO LIFE Rascal Flatts J.DEE,G.LEVOX,J.D.ROONEY (C.R.BARLOWE,N.MOON,S.MOONEY,F.WILHELM) BIG MACHINE 39 31

l50 NEW 1 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Justin Moore J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,P.DIGIOVANNI,C.MCGILL,J.S.STOVER) VALORY 35 50

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The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES

Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2019, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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2 1 — 2 MAREN MORRIS GIRLCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 1

l3 4 3 39 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAYWARNER BROS. 570796/WMN 0 1

l4 6 5 203 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY 019405*/UMGN 3 1

5 3 2 5 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRYBMLG FGL0400* 1

6 5 4 46 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOURMCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 1

7 7 6 120 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 1 1

l8 9 8 49 JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWNMACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 538375642*/BBMG (538375730) 0 1

9 8 7 19 KANE BROWN EXPERIMENTZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1

l10 20 10 168 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONESMCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1

11 10 9 80 THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGESVALORY TR0300A/BMLG 1 1

l12 12 11 144 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISECAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 1

l13 14 14 42 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW MEBIG LOUD DIGITAL EX 11

14 13 13 191 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3

l15 15 12 110 BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNGBMLG BY0100A* 1 2

l16 RE-ENTRY 58 TIM MCGRAW 35 BIGGEST HITSCURB 79413 8

17 16 15 178 BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITSWARNER BROS. 551788/WMN 2

l18 19 17 68 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2MERCURY 027408*/UMGN 0 1

19 17 19 40 JORDAN DAVIS HOME STATEMCA NASHVILLE 028014/UMGN 6

l20 23 22 9 CODY JOHNSON AIN’T NOTHIN’ TO ITCOJO 574233*/WMN 1

21 18 18 98 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1MERCURY 026379*/UMGN 1 1

22 11 16 27 CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTYCAPITOL NASHVILLE 028557*/UMGN 0 1

l23 22 21 67 LUKE BRYAN WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRYCAPITOL NASHVILLE 027589*/UMGN 0 1

l24 29 20 15 BRETT YOUNG TICKET TO L.A.BMLG BMBY200A* 1

l25 27 26 214 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLOMCA NASHVILLE 021502/UMGN 3 1

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l5 6 17 WHISKEY GLASSES MORGAN WALLEN

l6 5 20 MISS ME MORE KELSEA BALLERINI

7 7 9 GOOD AS YOU KANE BROWN

l8 11 6 RAINBOW KACEY MUSGRAVES

9 8 61 TEQUILA DAN + SHAY

l10 12 9 GIRL MAREN MORRIS

11 9 14 RUMOR LEE BRICE

12 10 30 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK JAKE OWEN

l13 13 167 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

l14 14 25 MILLIONAIRE CHRIS STAPLETON

l15 16 5 EYES ON YOU CHASE RICE

l16 15 4 I HOPE GABBY BARRETT

17 1 2 RIDIN’ ROADS DUSTIN LYNCH

l18 18 9 TALK YOU OUT OF IT FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

l19 NEW MY MIRACLE BRAD PAISLEY

l20 17 6 HERE TONIGHT BRETT YOUNG

l21 21 10 ON MY WAY TO YOU CODY JOHNSON

22 20 69 MEANT TO BE BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

l23 23 14 MAKE IT SWEET OLD DOMINION

l24 24 6 NIGHT SHIFT JON PARDI

l25 NEW EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR GEORGE STRAIT

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Paisley ’s new single honors his wife of 16 years, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley . It enters Country Digital Song Sales at No. 19 (4,000 sold) in its first full week of tracking.

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l3 4 102 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

l4 3 56 TEQUILA DAN + SHAY

l5 6 72 HEAVEN KANE BROWN

l6 7 35 SPEECHLESS DAN + SHAY

7 5 3 GIRL MAREN MORRIS

8 8 5 TAKE IT FROM ME JORDAN DAVIS

l9 10 32 SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME LUKE COMBS

l10 11 6 TALK YOU OUT OF IT FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

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Few things will tell you more about a person’s character than how they handle hard times.

Do they step up to the plate? Do they fall apart? Do they try to hang the blame on someone else?

For singer-songwriter John King, bad news meant he needed to go full bore into the future. He was signed for a few years to both a recording contract and a publishing deal with Black River. He scored one No. 1 single as a songwriter on Randy Houser’s “We Went,” but King’s artist career was a little less fruitful. Black River released two singles, and only one of those charted: “Tonight Tonight,” which peaked at No. 39 on Country Airplay in 2014.

When his recording deal ended, he could have gotten mad. Instead, he got busy.

“I wrote some of my best songs in that period,” says King. “I was a little bit like, ‘OK, I need to go write some of the best songs I’ve ever written. I need to build up the artillery, because it’s time to go a different path.’ So it re-energized me as a writer in a good way.”

“Try Saying Goodbye,” released to radio on Feb. 19 by his management company, Narvel Blackstock’s Starstruck Entertainment, was written right around that period — either right before or right after King split with Black River — and it coincidentally explores the dissolution of a relationship. Black River didn’t trigger the song. Neither did any real-life breakup. Instead, it emerged from a conversation with fellow songwriters Paul DiGiovanni (“How Not To,” “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home”) and Jamie Paulin (“Backwoods,” “How I’ll Always Be”) about handling a dispute with a significant other.

“We’ve all been in long-term relationships, and we were talking about how you go through those struggles, like those little turning points where you get into arguments and it’d be so easy just to give up and quit,” remembers King. “It’s worth it if you have the right person to push through, and sometimes that includes swallowing your pride and saying you’re sorry, even when you think you’re not wrong.”

The song’s lyrical hook came directly from the conversation: “If you think saying I’m sorry is hard,” mused Paulin, “try saying goodbye.”

That’s all they needed for a title. DiGiovanni, working in his home studio, developed the musical threads that would provide a foundation.

“I started doing a little finger-picky thing on the acoustic guitar that you hear at the intro,” he says. “I think I recorded that into the track, and we were just doing the little drum beat kind of feel. We didn’t actually establish what the chords were until I put that bassline in the verse.”

They started right from the opening line, setting a scene in which two people have a significant blowup: Tears fall, the door slams, and they’re not even sure what started it. The singer cuts through the tension at the start of the chorus — “Hey” — shifting into a higher pitch and a common-sense reminder: “Nobody said love was easy.”

“It kind of grabs your attention,” says King of that “hey.” “It [changes] it from telling a story to, ‘Hey, I’m talking to you now.’ ”

That chorus lasts four lines before it gets to the “Try Saying Goodbye” title, which originally ended rather plainly. The open-vowel ending of “goodbye” felt a little incomplete, so King developed an eight-note rollercoaster tag that became a de facto earworm.

“It’s a pretty complicated little run, melodically, for a country boy like me,”

he says with a laugh. “For Ariana Grande, I’m sure it wouldn’t be a problem or whatever, but I always like writing songs that challenge you vocally.”

Verse two puts the singer in a barroom, immersed in alcohol, loneliness — perhaps a little guilt — and a whole lot of uncertainty about what’s ahead if neither person apologizes. “It’s not too late,” he concludes, then breaks into the chorus once again.

A bridge adds one more dimension as the singer’s internal dialogue emerges. “You think you’re tough?” he asks himself before projecting a tragic finality: watching in a cloud of dust as the woman he loves drives away.

Is that threat enough to save them? Will this couple survive its fight?

“I don’t know,” says King. “Tell me how it ends.”

“I feel like the singer comes to their senses in the end,” adds DiGiovanni.

“I think it’s over,” counters Paulin. “He’s made his bed, and now he’s gotta lie in it. Or drink in it.”

Things were not over for “ Tr y Say ing Goodbye.” The track DiGiovanni created during the writing session set the foundation for the demo, and King wrapped the day with a passionate read of the relationship mystery — so effective that that vocal became the centerpiece of the final release.

“John just has such an old soul,” says Paulin. “He can sing a lot of stuff that other people don’t

necessarily do — and make you believe it.”DiGiovanni continued working on the demo for a short time, inserting a triple

hand clap into the verses that subtly enhances the unresolved tension. Once that demo was completed, they closed it up, feeling like it was too good to release without a game plan.

Over the next couple of years, King continued writing and recording new material, releasing music independently to build his presence online. And when it felt right, DiGiovanni brought bass player Jimmie Lee Sloas, drummer Chris McHugh and guitarist Derek Wells into Starstruck to give the existing demo of “Try Saying Goodbye” a human touch. Their contributions included a sudden, hard ending that simulates the closing of a door. The studio date had its own minor computer-related tension.

“I opened up the session because it was from two years ago or so, and I always have my fingers crossed,” says DiGiovanni. “I was like, ‘Man, I hope I have all these plug-ins and everything is still there and this hard drive doesn’t die.’ But I got in, and that was a sigh of relief.”

“Try Saying Goodbye” got a start on streaming platforms, earning 1 million on-demand streams in its first six weeks. Starstruck put it out to radio on PlayMPE to gain further traction, whether that means carrying it forward in independent fashion or eventually landing with a major label.

“We’ve talked about labels, but we haven’t taken any meetings yet and we haven’t shopped around at all,” says King. “We’re so happy with the way it’s going — you know, don’t fix it if it ain’t broke. But obviously my goal is to get back to country radio, and we all know that the labels have the power to make that happen.”

In the meantime, “Try Saying Goodbye” continues to connect, bringing up the old adage that pride goes before a fall and relating it in a way that listeners can apply to disputes in their own relationships, both romantic and familial.

“In everything I’ve ever experienced, every little argument I’ve gotten in,” says King, “nothing is ever worth losing that person.”

Singer-Songwriter John King Turns ‘Goodbye’ Into An Artistic Re-introduction

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com

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l1 3 26 HERE TONIGHT BMLG HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Brett Young 4960 +152 7.357

2 1 33 THERE WAS THIS GIRL BMLG Riley Green 4869 -151 7.758

3 2 17 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 4801 -165 7.670

l4 5 31 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 4654 +262 7.161

5 4 48 MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapleton 4611 -97 7.311

l6 6 23 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashville Old Dominion 4310 +121 6.412

l7 7 30 ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson 3931 +77 5.775

l8 11 23 EYES ON YOU Dack Janiels/Broken Bow HH Most Increased Plays HH Chase Rice 3858 +455 5.454

l9 9 33 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud Jake Owen 3843 +184 5.885

l10 8 34 NIGHT SHIFT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 3818 +62 5.374

l11 12 23 MISS ME MORE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 3510 +166 5.004

12 10 28 LOVE WINS Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 3437 -112 5.075

l13 14 33 LOVE AIN’T Valory Eli Young Band 3410 +304 5.070

l14 13 11 GOOD AS YOU Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3361 +200 4.956

l15 16 28 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 2822 +426 3.901

l16 15 35 LOVE SOMEONE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 2614 +155 3.690

l17 18 21 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Florida Georgia Line 2479 +252 3.152

l18 17 6 EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR MCA Nashville George Strait 2461 +230 3.487

l19 20 4 LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER Valory Thomas Rhett 2410 +405 3.486

l20 19 17 RUMOR Curb Lee Brice 2312 +204 3.171

l21 21 10 GIRL Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1954 +204 2.508

l22 22 47 CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Feat. The Fisk Jubilee Singers 1895 +194 2.664

l23 23 11 SOME OF IT EMI Nashville Eric Church 1780 +145 2.449

l24 24 12 WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Valory Brantley Gilbert & Lindsay Ell 1642 +122 2.047

l25 25 17 BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheelhouse Runaway June 1463 +92 1.932

l26 28 5 REARVIEW TOWN Macon/Broken Bow HH Most Added HH Jason Aldean 1385 +274 1.949

l27 26 27 FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheelhouse LOCASH 1377 +44 1.651

l28 27 9 RAISED ON COUNTRY RCA Nashville Chris Young 1368 +102 1.774

l29 29 6 RAINBOW MCA Nashville Kacey Musgraves 1131 +42 1.290

l30 30 34 WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Feat. Hillary Lindsey 964 +53 1.206

Country IndicatorBILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE MARCH 25, 2019 | PAGE 15 OF 19

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 109 STATIONS

Abilene, Texas KEANAlexandria, La. KRRVAmarillo, Texas KGNCAsheville, N.C. WKSFAtlantic City, N.J. WPURBeaumont, Texas KYKRBeckley, W. Va. WJLSBiloxi, Miss. WZKXBloomington, Ill. WIBLBluefield, W. Va. WHKXBurlington, Vt. WOKOCape Girardeau, Mo. KEZSCharleston, W. Va WKWS WQBECollege Station, Texas KAGGColorado Springs. KCCYColumbia, Mo. KCLRColumbus, Ga. WKCN WSTH Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQDothan, Ala. WTVYDuluth, Minn. KKCBEau Claire, Wis. WAXXElizabeth City, N.C. WRSFErie, Pa. WTWFEugene, Ore. KKNUEvansville, Ind. WKDQ

Fargo, N.D. KBVB WSTH Fayetteville, N.C. WKMLFlagstaff, Ariz. KAFFFlint, Mich. WFBEFlorence, Ala. WXFLFlorence, S.C. WEGXFt. Collins, Colo. KUADFt. Smith, Ark. KTCSFrederick, Md. WFREFredericksburg, Va. WFLSGreen Bay, Wis. WNCYHagerstown, Md. WAYZHot Springs, Ark. KQUSHuntington, Ky. WDGGHuntington, W. Va. WTCRIdaho Falls, Idaho KTHKJackson, Miss. WMSI WUSJJanesville, Wis. WJVL Jonesboro, Ark. KDXYJoplin, Mo. KIXQKalamazoo, Mich. WNWNKalispell, Mont. KDBRKingmah, Ariz. KFLGLafayette, Ind. WKOALaredo, Texas KRRGLansing, Mich. WITL

Laurel, Miss. WBBNLebanon, N.H. WXXKLincoln, Neb KFGELongview, Texas KYKXLubbock, Texas KLLLLufkin, Texas KYKSMarshalltown, Iowa KXIAMason City, Iowa KIAIMedford, Ore. KRWQMeridian, Miss. WOKKMilwaukee, WI. WKTIMontgomery, Ala. WLWIMorgantown, W. Va. WKKWMuskegon, Mich. WMUSNew London, Conn. WCTYOdessa, Texas KHKXPalm Springs, Calif. KPLMPensacola, Fla. WXBMPeoria, Ill. WXCL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWDRapid City, S.D. KOUTRockford, Ill. WXXQRocky Mount, N.C. WDWGSaginaw, Mich. WCENSt. Cloud, Minn. KZPKSalina, Kan. KYEZSalisbury, Md. WKTTSan Angelo, Texas KGKL

San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJGSanta Barbara, Calif. KRAZSanta Maria, Calif. KSNISheboygan, Wis. WBFMSavannah, Ga. WJCL WUBBShreveport, La. KXKSSioux Cty, Iowa KSUXSouth Bend, Ind. WBYTSpringfield, Ill. WFMBSpringfield, Mo. KTTSTerre Haute, Ind. WTHITopeka, Kan. WIBWTraverse City, Mich. WTCMTupelo, Miss. WWZDUtica, N.Y. WFRGVictor Valley, CA. KATJWaco, Texas WACOWausau, Wis. WDEZWheeling, W. Va. WOVKWilliamsport, Pa. WILQYakima, Wash. KXDDYoungstown, Ohio WQXK WWGYWestwood One HOT COUNTRY MAINSTREAM COUNTRYMusic Choice TODAY’S COUNTRYSirius XM THE HIGHWAY

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l31 31 11 KISS THAT GIRL GOODBYE BIG Label Aaron Watson 927 +61 1.222

l32 34 5 ALL TO MYSELF Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 918 +137 1.139

l33 32 7 THOUGHT ABOUT YOU McGraw/Columbia Nashville Tim McGraw 865 +38 1.208

l34 36 4 LIVING Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 839 +137 1.205

35 33 16 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Carly Pearce 802 -18 0.857

l36 35 26 BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rascal Flatts 770 +22 0.731

l37 37 20 LADIES IN THE ‘90S 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 756 +56 0.770

l38 38 21 I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 662 +53 0.695

l39 42 9 EVERY LITTLE THING Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 564 +119 0.679

l40 39 11 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 535 +32 0.615

l41 40 26 THE IN BETWEEN Captain & Bear Cash Campbell 517 +45 0.527

l42 41 3 REDNECKER Tree Vibez/Big Loud Hardy 483 +32 0.482

l43 45 12 A LITTLE ON THE REDNECK SIDE Dream Walkin’ Smith & Wesley 431 +15 0.503

l44 48 2 GOOD VIBES Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 419 +62 0.431

l45 46 16 ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Buena Vista/Capitol Nashville Adam Hambrick 419 +24 0.377

46 44 6 NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Dylan Scott 405 -15 0.434

47 43 18 NOW WE’RE GETTIN’ SOMEWHERE Bison Creek James Robert Webb 394 -29 0.410

l48 47 8 GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde 386 +14 0.388

l49 49 5 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN I LOVE YOU AND I’M LEAVIN’ Rounder/Concord Cody Jinks 379 +32 0.422

l50 50 15 THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Valory Justin Moore 371 +25 0.531

l51 51 5 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 347 +20 0.400

l52 57 2 SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Columbia Nashville Tenille Townes 305 +62 0.419

l53 54 3 IF I WAS A COWBOY Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 305 +47 0.401

l54 58 5 GET AWAY High4Records/Curve Music/Grassroots Ryan Sims 270 +32 0.276

l55 53 2 DAY DRUNK Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 262 +3 0.228

l56 56 10 I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane 256 +2 0.276

l57 59 2 SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW ZB Collective/BMG/Wheelhouse Zac Brown Band 240 +23 0.199

l58 60 2 LOVE TO TRY THEM ON Amerimonte Shane Owens 225 +12 0.317

l59 NEW THE BULL MCA Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut HH Kip Moore 208 +20 0.250

60 55 3 BRAND NEW MAN Arista Nashville Brooks & Dunn w/ Luke Combs 197 -59 0.347

Country Indicator

CHARTS LEGENDRANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 149 stations by Nielsen BDS. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2019, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabulated using reported playlists and Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay at 109 stations, ranked by total plays.

BULLETSl Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or remaining flat from the previous week. A song will also receive a bullet if its percentage loss in audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored

station downtime for the format. Titles that decline in audience but increase in detections will also receive a bullet if the total audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%. Bullets are awarded on Country Indicator to titles gaining plays or remaining flat from the previous week.

TIESOn 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.

RECURRENTSOn Country Airplay, descending titles below No. 10 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks, provided that they are not still

gaining enough audience points to bullet or if they rank below No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (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 DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay and Country Indicator, respectively.

MOST ADDEDThe 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/PLAYSMost 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.

AIRPOWERAwarded 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.

BREAKERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles achieving airplay (at least one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time.

© 2019 Prometheus Global Media, LLC

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Country Airplay Index90’S COUNTRY Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing

America, Inc., BMI/Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/Songs Of Smack, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/LYRX Publishing, LLC, BMI (W.Hayes, S.McAnally, LYRX) 54

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AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 58

ALCOHOL YOU LATER Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Sam Sumser Music, ASCAP/Lava Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (M.Tenpenny, S.Sumser, M.Lotten) 56

ALL TO MYSELF Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, N.Galyon, J.Reynolds) 31

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BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, F.Wilhelm) 39

BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Williford) 1

BETTER OFF GONE Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Shakapublishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (A.Stoklasa, D.Woods) 60

BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 28

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CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, M.Walker) 23

CLOSER TO YOU BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Low Z Music, BMI (H.Lindsey, G.Sampson, T.Verges) 38

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DAY DRUNK Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Hey Kiddo Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, L.Robbins) 37

DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Clawson, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 10

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EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR Day Money Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Living For The Night Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Ohio Creek Music, BMI/Dean’s Cabin Publishing, LLC, BMI (G.Strait, B.Strait, D.Dillon) 21

EVERY LITTLE THING BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC (R.Dickerson, P.Welling, C.Brown) 40

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EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 9

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FEELS LIKE A PARTY ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Mars Marley Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (P.Brust, C.Lucas, T.Hubbard, C.Crowder) 29

FREEDOM Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/Get It Done Music Entertainment Global, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/XOXOMG, ASCAP (J.Brunswick, T.Cecil, J.Dreyer, J.Pierce) 52

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GIRL International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd., APRA/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Kurstin Music, ASCAP (M.Morris, S.Aarons, G.Kurstin) 24

GIRL GOIN’ NOWHERE Songs Of Song Factory, BMI/Universal Tunes, SESAC (A.McBryde, J.Bussey) 53

GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) 6

GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 11

GOOD VIBES ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (C.Janson, Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 48

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HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 3

HOW DOES IT SOUND Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Songs For Buddy.ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Schneider, J.Johnston, C.Crowder) 47

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I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rodgers) 41

I DON’T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, M.Dragstrem, S.McAnally) 44

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LADIES IN THE ‘90S Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cookie Jar Music LLP, PRS (Lauren Alaina, J.Frasure, A.Wadge) 45

LIVING EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.M.Nite, A.Gorley, D.Bentley) 46

LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Don Wyan Music, BMI/Maru La La, BMI/MaruSongs, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Rap Kingpin Music, ASCAP/Prescription Songs, LLC., ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, R.Akins, J.Bunetta, J.K.Hindlin, A.Malik, J.H.Ryan) 18

LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 16

LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B.Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 19

LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 14

LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, Michael Ray, B.Kinney) 33

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MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 7

MAKE ME WANT TO Red Lining Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, SESAC/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Sounds Of Soperman Music Publishing, ASCAP/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Dreamark Publishing, ASCAP (J.Allen, P.Sikes, J.Denmark) 51

MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 2

MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 12

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NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, B.Montana) 13

NOTHING TO DO TOWN Curb Songs, ASCAP/Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Music Good Vibes Publishing, BMI/Good Times Music, SESAC/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (D.Scott, M.Alderman, C.Taylor) 50

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THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 35

ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 5

ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 15

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PRAYED FOR YOU Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/Big Spaces Music, BMI/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (M.Stell, A.Bowers, A.Veltz) 49

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RAINBOW HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/351 Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI (N.Hemby, S.McAnally, K.Musgraves) 34

RAISED ON COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, C.Crowder) 26

REARVIEW TOWN Songs Of Peer Ltd., ASCAP/Team Thrash, ASCAP/Songs Of Peer, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (N.Thrasher, B.Pinson, K.Lovelace) 36

REDNECKER Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (A.Albert, M.Hardy, J.M.Schmidt) 43

ROCKIN’ ALL NIGHT LONG Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Crack The Glass Songs, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Garda Songs, SESAC/King Pen Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Downtown, SESAC (A.Hambrick, K.Archer, P.Good) 55

RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 20

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SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Be Barry Quiet, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI (T.Townes, L.Laird, Bary Dean) 30

SOME OF IT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, C.Daniels, B.Pinson) 25

SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Andrew Watt Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Siva Moon Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mendes Music, BMI (Z.A.Brown, A.Wotman, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, S.Mendes) 59

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TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 22

THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 4

THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 8

THOUGHT ABOUT YOU Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country And Western Music, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Big Loud Brad Music, BMI/Big Loud Brett Songs, BMI (L.T.Miller, B.Warren, B.D.Warren) 42

TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 57

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WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 27

WHAT WHISKEY DOES EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Little Britches Music, BMI/Gattis Music, BMI/Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP (R.Houser, K.Gattis, H.Lindsey) 32

WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over-Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B.Burgess, K.Kadish) 17

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Hot Country Songs IndexA

ALL TO MYSELF Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, N.Galyon, J.Reynolds) 32

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BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barlowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, F.Wilhelm) 49

BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Williford) 1

THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.Robbins, L.Veltz) 31

BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music Of Platinum Pen, SESAC/Wild Wild West Songs, SESAC/Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/Hannah Mulholland Music, BMI (H.Mulholland, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 40

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CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, M.Walker) 26

CLOSER TO YOU BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Still Working For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Low Z Music, BMI (H.Lindsey, G.Sampson, T.Verges) 42

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DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Clawson, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 17

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EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR Day Money Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Living For The Night Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Ohio Creek Music, BMI/Dean’s Cabin Publishing, LLC, BMI (G.Strait, B.Strait, D.Dillon) 29

EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel’s Publishing, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 7

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FEELS LIKE A PARTY ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Mars Marley Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (P.Brust, C.Lucas, T.Hubbard, C.Crowder) 44

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

FRIENDS DON’T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 47

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GIRL International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Ltd., APRA/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Kurstin Music, ASCAP (M.Morris, S.Aarons, G.Kurstin) 18

GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/TDP Publishing, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhill, S.Carter, T.Phillips, W.Weatherly) 10

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HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Kelley) 6

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I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorley, M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rodgers) 30

I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 46

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LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE HER EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Don Wyan Music, BMI/Maru La La, BMI/MaruSongs, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Rap Kingpin Music, ASCAP/Prescription Songs, LLC., ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, R.Akins, J.Bunetta, J.K.Hindlin, A.Malik, J.H.Ryan) 16

LOVE AIN’T EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 25

LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B.Eldredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 27

LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 23

LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swindell, Michael Ray, B.Kinney) 38

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MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkules Music, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, W.Sellers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 13

MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 3

MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 4

MISS ME MORE Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Bob Ochoa’s Homemade Salsa, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughlin) 14

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NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Itself, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Mike Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, B.Montana) 19

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THE ONES THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT BACK HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGill, J.S.Stover) 50

ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 15

ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 22

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RAINBOW HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/351 Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI (N.Hemby, S.McAnally, K.Musgraves) 28

RAISED ON COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/They’ve Gone To Plaid Publishing, BMI/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Black, SESAC/Bennett’s Dad’s Songs, SESAC/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP (C.Young, C.R.Barlowe, C.Crowder) 33

REARVIEW TOWN Songs Of Peer Ltd., ASCAP/Team Thrash, ASCAP/Songs Of Peer, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (N.Thrasher, B.Pinson, K.Lovelace) 39

REDNECKER Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP (A.Albert, M.Hardy, J.M.Schmidt) 41

RIDIN’ ROADS Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP (D.Lynch, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 37

RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorley) 20

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SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Be Barry Quiet, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI (T.Townes, L.Laird, Bary Dean) 36

SOME OF IT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde, C.Daniels, B.Pinson) 34

SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynolds, L.Veltz) 5

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TAKE IT FROM ME Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 8

TALK YOU OUT OF IT Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, H.Phelps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 21

TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 2

THERE WAS THIS GIRL Riley Green Publishing Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Publishing, BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan) 11

THIS IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 9

TO A T Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Pub Club, ASCAP/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, L.Veltz) 45

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THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE Day Money Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Living For The Night Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., BMI/Ohio Creek Music, BMI/Dean’s Cabin Publishing, LLC, BMI (G.Strait, B.Strait, D.Dillon) 43

WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Badlandsmgmt, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (B.Gilbert, R.Akins, B.Berryhill, J.Dunne) 35

WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, A.Gorley) 24

WHAT WHISKEY DOES EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Little Britches Music, BMI/Gattis Music, BMI/Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP (R.Houser, K.Gattis, H.Lindsey) 48

WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Allegro, ASCAP/Over-Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B.Burgess, K.Kadish) 12

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On March 28, 2009, Darius Rucker’s “It Won’t Be Like This for Long” began

a three-week reign — his longest — on Hot Country Songs.

Rucker was already well established a s t h e l e a de r o f p o p - r o c k o u t f it Hootie & The Blowfish, the owners of two Billboard 200 No. 1s. “Like,” which Rucker wrote with Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley, was released as the

second single from his debut country album, Learn to Live, which arrived at No. 1 on Top Country Albums in October 2008. Learn to Live produced three Hot Country Songs leaders, with

“Don’t Thin k I Don’t Thin k About It” and “Alright” bookending “Like.” The Charleston, S.C .-bor n singer-songwriter has rolled up six leaders on the list among 10 top 10s. His most

recent single, “For the First Time,” led Country Airplay in June 2018 and reached No. 7 on Hot Country Songs.

Ho ot ie & The Blow f ish, wh ich sig ned to Un iversa l Music Group Nashville in December, have been on hiatus for 10 years. However, Rucker, 52, is embarking on a tour with them beginning in May.

—JIM ASKER

10 Years AgoDarius Rucker Got Another ‘Like’ From Country RadioIn 2009, the Hootie & The Blowfish frontman scored his second No. 1 country single