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On A Vote To Vegas Less than two weeks from tonight, the ACM will crown it’s third fan-voted Entertainer of the Year, continuing a process that is fundamentally changing the nature of the award and the show. Met with trepidation and direct criticism in 2008, the online voting element is now the hub around which a wheel of fan engagement, social networking and creative campaigning revolves. The New Artist category, in particular, may offer a glimpse of the future for Entertainer nominees. Final nominees Luke Bryan, Joey+Rory and Gloriana created videos encouraging fans to vote on the way to their first round wins, and all have revised their campaigns as they aim at influencing the final tally. CMT Sr. VP and ACM Technology Committee Chairman Jay Frank says the efforts are working as first round voting
in the New Artist categories was up 30% over 2009. (The ACM declines to release hard numbers.) “We’ve been working heavily with CBS-TV, which has stepped up tremendously with its promotion of the vote,” Frank says. “Mentions are more prominent in ACM ads and more prominent throughout the cbs.com site. And
the artists are more used to getting the message out through social networks like Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.
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Mike Check: Stroudavarious’ Bill Catino (l), Bill Macky (r) and Eric Beggs give WIVK/Knoxville’s Mike Hammond (c) a golden Marshall MXL-R77 microphone during a reception in Knoxville last week for the Country Radio Hall of Fame inductee. See the full group of revelers on page 6.
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Hammond Hoedown Well over 200 industry folks, politicos and close friends turned out March 30 at Cotton Eye Joe’s in Knoxville to honor WIVK OM/PD Mike Hammond for his induction into the Country Music Radio Hall of Fame. Hammond had been told only that the staff had arranged a “reception” for him and his wife Viv, but when a Rolls- Royce (formerly owned by Celine Dion) showed up to take him to the club, all bets were off. Alongside the food and plenty of drink were several nice gifts including a State Senate proclamation from Sen. Tim Burchett
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My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life
Redneck Records Strategic Consultant/Radio Promotions Bob Mitchell discusses his most important songs, artists or concerts:1. B.B. King and Asleep At The Wheel, Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, 1981: My wife Anne and I saw these two shows on our honeymoon, on separate nights. We have seen B.B. probably 20 times since, and I have worked on three different record deals with
my friend Ray Benson.2. Merle Haggard, The Blackboard Bar: Being from Bakersfield, I got to see a lot of great music growing up. At age seven, my father snuck me in to hear Haggard sing. My favorite obscure tune of his is “Shelly’s Winter Love.” 3. Gram Parsons: He is one of my all-time favorites. I love his work: the Byrds’ Sweetheart of The Rodeo album; the Flying Burrito Brothers; solo; and the duets with Emmylou Harris. “Love Hurts” by those two is breathtaking. My favorite is “Wheels” by the Flying Burrito Brothers. For those of you in Nashville that gave Gram and the Byrds a bad time back in 1968, what wasn’t country about “Hickory Wind”?4. Conway Twitty/That’s My Job: Since losing my Pop a few years ago, I have yet to make it through a listening of this song without squalling.5. Stevie Ray Vaughan/Crossfire: When I am in Dallas, I usually visit his grave and turn this up to 11.6. Paul McCartney, Coachella, 2009: Watching Sir Paul sing “Let It Be” from 50 feet away, with your arms around your family, is pretty happening. • A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Morrissey’s Greatest Hits. • An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Yanni, Live At The Acropolis.• An album you played or listened to incessantly: You are going to think I am being a kiss-ass, but I wouldn’t have rearranged my life and moved halfway across the country if I didn’t love the Gretchen Wilson project, I Got Your Country Right Here, I am working on right now.
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and wife Allison Burchett, signed by Governor Bredesen and Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey. The ‘IVK staff presented Hammond with a lovely clock engraved, “To everything there is a time, and now is yours,” including a photo inside of his family. Revelers heard several performances (see photo, page 6), partied until midnight and heard an eight-minute audio clip of countless artists calling in their congratulations. The club also screened Taylor Swift’s humorous, heartwarming introduction from Hammond’s induction in Nashville. TheeventwascreatedbyTraffic/ContinuityDirectorCindy Arnold and evening personality Jack Ryan. Arnold says, “We had no idea it would be this big.” Ryan, who also is Hammond’s son, adds, “We had thought about doing something for him after his induction, but it was right in the middle of CRS. “A lot of people made this happen, and we were just taken back by the response,” Ryan says. “It’s great that Mike’s able to enjoy this because he’s still in the middle of his career.”
Radio News•MobileradioapplicationserviceRadiolicious has inked an advertising sales representation agreement with Dial Global, and announced it will be making its service available on Google Android phones soon.•God’s Country Radio Network has added WGCX/Wilmore, KYasitslatestaffiliate.
Chart Chat Big (or should we say “Bigger”?) congrats to the Zac Brown Band, Michael Powers, Jeff Solima and the entire Atlantic/
Home Grown/BPG clan on the group’s fourth No. 1 “Highway 20 Ride.” The Zac Brown Band is the firstbandincountrymusictohavefour consecutive No. 1s off a debut album. “Toes” took the top spot in October, following “Whatever It Is” in August and two-week topper “Chicken Fried” in December ‘08.
iPhone Update Revolution PR’s phone number is now 615-499-3561. Email for Becky Lynn Street remains the same: [email protected].
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Gig Alerts•Clear Channel/Springfield, MA GM Sean Davey is looking tofilltheopenOMpostatthefour-stationcluster,whichincludes Country WPKX. Send airchecks (under 5 MB) and resumes here. No calls, please•KMLE/Phoenix & sister Rhythmic KZON PD candidates may submit resumes via the Career Center at www.cbsradio.com.•CBS Radio/Chicago SVP/Market Manager Rod Zimmerman is handling the search for WUSN’s PD. Reach him here.•KSWF/Springfield, MO PD Adam Burnes was named PD at sister Hot AC KTOZ. Send airchecks and resumes for the KSWF PD post here.
Industry News Sony/ATV Nashville Creative Mgr. Abbey Burkhalter has been upped to Creative Dir. after four years with the company. She will continue to report to SVP/Creative Terry Wakefield. New York-based BMI VP/New Media-Strategic Development Richard Conlon and SVP/Licensing Michael O’Neill have been upped to SVP/Corporate Strategy-Communications-New Media and SVP/Repertoire-Licensing, respectively. Concurrently, Nashville-based CFO Bruce Esworthy adds new duties as SVP/Finance-Administration, overseeing Human Resources-Facilities in addition to managing Finance-Accounting departments. The moves follow the announcement of EVP/COO John Cody and Landmark Digital Services Managing Dir. Robert Barone’s retirement at the end of 2010. Ray Stevens will be honored during the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s next Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Musicians April 24. Bill Lloyd will host the event, which begins at 1:30pm and includes a brief performance and in-depth interview with Stevens. Manager/agent/author Jim Halsey is the subject of the 1800-square-foot Starmaker: Jim Halsey and the Legends of Country Music exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center in OKC. A reception will be held in his honor April 7, with a signing of his book Starmaker from 3-5pm.
Artist News Dierks Bentley’s Atlanta Miles & Music For Kids charity motorcycle ride will be May 23, ending with a Lake Lanier
Islands Resort concert. Tickets start at $20 and go on sale April 10 at ticketmaster.com. Darius Rucker and the digital agency Sparkart Group, Inc. have partered to launch a newly renovated dariusrucker.com. Presale ticketing, exclusive videos, behind-the-scenes access, message boards and more are being offered through Sparkart’s Clique Tools software. Click the link for access. Darryl Worley will host his May 14 Hitmakers On The Harbor event at Pier 57 dealership in Pickwick, TN. All the proceeds will go to the Darryl Worley Foundation. Jim “Moose” Brown and Walt Aldridge will perform with Worley. Additional Hitmakers and Harleys events leading up to the Sept. 16-18 Tennessee River Run are also scheduled for June 16, June 22 and June 29. Details here. Mary Chapin Carpenter will receive the Spirit of Americana Award at the Freedom Sings, a Celebration of Free Speech in Music April 27 at Washington, DC’s Newseum. Rodney Crowell and Judy Collins will perform at the event, which also includes a conversation with Carpenter regarding her music and career. Tickets are on sale for $25 here. Mark Chesnutt will perform at South Korean military bases Camp Casey, Camp Humphreys and Kunsan Air Base
Tuesday (4/6) - Merle Haggard, Dave Walton
Wednesday (4/7) - Bobby Bare, John Dittrich, C. C. McCartney
Thursday (4/8) - John Schneider, Bud Schaetzle, Jill Brunett ([email protected]), Reggie M. Churchwell ([email protected])
Friday (4/9) - the late Carl Perkins
Saturday (4/10) - Bill Hutchens
Sunday (4/11) - Chalee Tennison, Jim Lauderdale, Jeri Cooper ([email protected]), Bob Moody ([email protected])
Monday (4/12) - Vince Gill, Deryl Dodd, Dave Weigand
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April 8-9, respectively. While there, Chesnutt will also tour the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Sawyer Brown has partnered with St. Paul-based Farm Boy & Farm Girl apparel and accessories company to highlight the group’s upcoming album Travelin’ Band and summer tour.
Wayne Update: Amarillo’s Sky Roughly 150 supporters welcomed Jimmy Wayne to Amarillo this past Saturday (4/3) in celebration of his reaching the halfway point on his Meet Me Halfway walk for homeless teens. Wayne has logged approximately 970 miles in three months on his 1,600-mile journey to Phoenix. “After this weekend, when I hear ‘Amarillo By Morning,’ I’m going to be thinking of one of the highlights of my life,” Wayne told us today (4/5) in his weekly update from the road. Wayne has also passed a weather milestone this week, transitioning from the cold Oklahoma plainstothe91-degreeheatoftheTexasflatland.“Thethingthatscares me the most are the rattlesnakes,” Wayne says. “They are everywhere. It’s also hard on my feet because I have to walk on the asphalt more than the side of the road, too. I need all the sun-block I can get.” Learn more about MMH here.
Benefits: Write The Good Fight Patients at a Nashville children’s hospital have written songs for Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn), Vince Gill, Amy
Grant and Faith Hill for anupcomingbenefitalbum.Gill is performing “That’s Who I Am” by 17-year-oldcysticfibrosispatientChris Weber, who learned songwriting skills as part of a program intended to aid patient recovery. Proceeds fromthealbumwillbenefitthe Music Therapy program at the Monroe J. Carrell,
Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Learn more about the program here and watch the making of “That’s Who I Am” here.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. •Lyric Street Sr. Dir./Promotion Renee Leymon resigned after 12 years. She is not expected to be replaced. Leymon can be reached at 615-417-7484 and, through this week, via her Lyric Street email here. (CAT 4/2)•PremiereRadioNetworks’After MidNite with Blair Garner Dir./Marketing-Brand Development Rick Murray was upped to the newly created post of VP/Integrated Marketing-Promotions, overseeing marketing, brand development, partnerships and promotions for After MidNite, The Big D & Bubba Show and The Crook & Chase Countdown. (CAT 3/31)•Clear Channel/Springfield-Worcester, MA OM Pat McKay exited after 11 years at the cluster, which includes Country WPKX. Reach him here. (CAT 4/2)•WUSN/Chicago APD/MD Marci Braun is handling programming for the station on an interim basis following the departure of Bill Gamble (Breaking News 3/30). Reach
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Tuesday 4/6 - Reba, Dancing With The Stars (ABC); Trisha Yearwood, The View (ABC).
Wednesday 4/7 - Keith Urban, GAC Special: Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy World Tour Live.
Thursday 4/8 - Trace Adkins, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS).
Friday 4/9 - Kenny Chesney, Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated).
Saturday 4/10 - Taylor Swift, Fan Voted Superstar Session (re-air) (GAC).
Sunday 4/11 - Alan Jackson, Private Sessions With Lynn Hoffman (A&E).
Monday 4/12 - Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan, Gloriana, Joey+Rory, 2010 ACM Top New Artists (re-air) (GAC).
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Gamble at 303-646-7683 or here. Joe Epperson, APD/MD for AC sister WCFS, is picking up that part of Gamble’s former duties. (CAT 3/30)•KMLE/Phoenix APD/MD Andrew Bland added interim programming responsibilities with the resignation of Bruce St. James, who also programmed sister Rhythmic KZON/Phoenix. (CAT 3/30)• KSWF/Springfield, MO PD Adam Burnes was named PD at sister Hot AC KTOZ. Burnes will continue to program KSWF until a successor is named. (CAT 3/30)•FormerStarstruckVP/MarketingTrisha McClanahan opened McClanahan Management. She can be reached at 615-256-9678 or here. McClanahan Management is located at 700 12th Ave. S., #608, Nashville, TN 37203. (CAT 4/1)•NewCapitol/NashvillesisterimprintEMI Nashville tapped Bigger Picture Group Midwest rep Chuck Swaney as Dir. Promotion/Midwest & Southwest, Nine North SE/SW regional Trudie Daniell as Dir. Promotion/Southeast and independent promoter Ron Bradley as Dir. Promotion/West Coast. (CAT 3/30)
On A Vote To Vegas (continued from page 1) “The videos are making it a fun and entertaining experience, and collectively engaging the fan base. Some artists get into it more than others, but what I’ve found interesting is that at the end of the day, the fans really want to campaign. The artists don’t really have to do that much, and they don’t even have to ask for it. The number of people who put out messages encouraging people to vote before the artists even acknowledged they’d been nominated is tremendous.” Entertainer of the Year campaigns haven’t been quite as exuberant as the New Artist stump videos. Yet. And that’s likely a reaction to an ongoing perceptual change from a highly-esteemed industry-voted honor to a straight-up popularity contest. Entertainer nominee Brad Paisley recently acknowledged his struggles with the concept. “I’m uncomfortable campaigning,” he said at the No. 1 party for “American Saturday Night.” “I understand that people love to get involved, and it’s cool that they can, but vote for whoever you want ... If it’s me, that’s great. If it’s not I’ll stand up and clap for whoever wins. And I think it’s great that they’re doing things differently, making the [two major awards] shows different; they can’t be two different versions of the same thing.” Paisley’s comments recall those of first-year fan-voted EoY
The Band Perry The Band Perry EP (Republic Nashville) Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry’s five-song debut previews their full summer release and includes single “Hip To My Heart.” The Perry’s wrote and co-wrote four of the EP’s five tracks with writers including Brett Beavers, Jeff Cohen and American Idol’s Kara DioGuardi. Paul Worley
and Nathan Chapman produced.
Marty Raybon At His Best (Grand Vista) Single “Daddy Phone” leads Shenandoah founding member Raybon’s sixth solo album. Raybon co-wrote five of the record’s 11 tracks, and his brother Tim sings backing vocals on 10 songs.
April 13 Laura Bell Bundy Achin’ And Shakin’ (Mercury)
April 20 David Ball Sparkle City (Red Dirt/E1) Colt Ford Chicken & Biscuits (Average Joes) Willie Nelson Country Music (Rounder)
April 27 Matt Kennon Matt Kennon (BamaJam) Lonestar Party Heard Around The World (Saguaro Road) Jo Dee Messina Unmistakable (Curb)
May 4 Zac Brown Band Pass The Jar - Zac Brown Band And Friends Live From The Fabulous Fox Theatre In Atlanta (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG)
May 18 Mickie James Strangers And Angels (Self-Released)
June 6 Jewel TBA (Valory)
June 22 Jaron And The Long Road To Love Getting Dressed In The Dark (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine)
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winner Kenny Chesney. “I do think the fans should be a part of this awards show, but I’m one of the guys in the audience that didn’t think it should be for Entertainer of the Year,” Chesney said backstage at the 2008 show after his win. And almost prophetically, “It’s a different award if they continue to do this.” Clearly, EoY is a different award, and while Paisley’s comments show the transition to be incomplete, artists are warming to the new paradigm. Six of the eight Entertainer nominees – Toby Keith, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Zac Brown Band and even Paisley – link to the www.acmvote.com site from their homepages. Some have sent emails to their fan clubs encouraging the vote. Only two, George Strait and Chesney, display no outward signs of campaigning on the public portion of their websites.
Because ACM voting is limited to one vote per person, Frank says it’s no less reliable an indicator than under prior methodology. “Fan voting, with the proper measures in place, really does give a true sense of what is most popular,” he says. “That makes Entertainer of the Year every bit as important as it’s ever been.” And with increasing fan engagement, the vote may be creating anewandpositiveenergy.“Thisyear,forthefirsttime,wehavea sponsor for the vote in Dodge Ram,” Frank says. Thereareotherbenefits,aswell.“Anynotionthatthecountrymusic base isn’t tech savvy is completely incorrect,” he points out. “The voting levels increase year over year. They are always substantially above my expectations prior to the show and absolutely huge during the show. This audience gets it and has the technology.” CAC
Nashville East: A cavalcade of well-wishers pose in Nashville last week during a celebration for WIVK/Knoxville’s Mike Hammond. Among the artists performing were Katie Armiger, Ash Bowers, Con Hunley, Savannah Jack, Anthony Smith and Trent Tomlinson. The Band Perry, David Nail and Chris Young also attended.
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2 1 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20...(Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPG) 15004 520 5246 163 38.024 1.22 126 0
4 2 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 14495 819 5112 272 36.115 2.03 126 0
1 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 13622 -1449 4716 -499 34.039 -3.769 126 0
3 4 EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 13341 -1040 4654 -441 33.535 -2.706 126 0
5 5 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 13177 -82 4745 43 33.187 0.139 126 0
7 6 KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 4 12909 995 4366 271 32.033 2.762 126 0
8 7 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 4 11000 1001 3963 325 27.864 2.746 126 0
10 8 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 4 10579 1383 3778 449 26.753 3.625 126 1
11 9 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 9488 421 3259 121 23.725 1.205 126 1
9 10 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 9325 16 3152 -1 23.836 0.263 126 0
13 11 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 9194 408 3401 167 22.707 1.208 123 1
12 12 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 9126 299 3282 99 22.601 0.92 124 0
14 13 GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 9106 715 3243 274 23.006 2.006 123 1
15 14 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 8006 293 2981 116 19.759 0.933 120 2
16 15 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 7573 238 2660 76 17.9 0.462 124 0
17 16 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 7296 398 2562 131 17.546 1.299 125 2
18 17 TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 6964 638 2409 184 16.584 1.736 119 1
20 18 REBA/I Keep On Lovin’ You (Starstruck/Valory) 5770 679 2013 226 14.622 1.903 119 1
19 19 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 5628 419 1937 125 14.605 0.983 107 8
23 20 MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 5504 681 1910 236 13.97 1.931 119 5
22 21 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 5420 534 2009 206 13.533 1.446 109 0
21 22 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 5416 413 1838 121 13.285 0.968 112 0
24 23 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 5193 755 1897 269 12.773 1.758 114 8
25 24 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 3991 6 1422 19 9.594 0.101 106 0
28 25 TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 4 3758 848 1409 280 8.961 2.152 104 7
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34 26 BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 4 3719 1679 1268 527 9.783 4.296 104 18
26 27 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 3659 276 1403 101 8.647 0.762 102 0
27 28 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 3483 196 1231 82 7.936 0.614 106 5
30 29 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 3218 574 1122 205 7.555 1.686 96 2
29 30 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 3101 285 1056 95 7.076 0.777 77 7
32 31 JARON & TLRTL/Pray... (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 3012 598 1057 183 7.654 1.444 67 11
31 32 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 2693 237 982 99 6.074 0.398 87 2
33 33 MATT KENNON/The Call (BamaJam) 2122 66 845 57 5.085 0.139 71 3
35 34 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 2083 108 808 34 4.12 0.176 90 3
37 35 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 1815 265 688 109 4.239 0.663 49 2
36 36 JEWEL/Stay Here Forever (Valory) 1801 212 655 79 3.754 0.566 68 4
38 37 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 1774 289 630 131 4.116 0.523 54 8
40 38 LAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury) 1311 23 398 49 2.554 -0.228 42 9
41 39 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 949 35 378 19 1.47 0.084 46 1
42 40 EMILY WEST f/KEITH URBAN/Blue Sky (Capitol) 859 8 363 6 1.597 0.044 40 2
47 41 GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 849 165 284 25 1.555 0.187 46 8
45 42 JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 804 95 348 27 1.296 0.159 39 3
43 43 COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury) 767 -69 288 -24 1.205 -0.055 47 0
46 44 ASH BOWERS/Ain't No Stopping Her Now (Stoney Creek) 724 32 320 10 1.057 0.124 47 2
45 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 699 430 225 159 1.679 1.138 34 10
48 46 GLORIANA/The World Is Ours Tonight (Emblem/WMN/BPG) 671 -5 273 32 1.009 -0.1 42 3
50 47 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 670 56 274 11 1.468 0.193 31 2
49 48 TYLER DICKERSON/Tell Your Sister I'm Single (Lyric Street) 611 -62 288 -11 0.941 -0.035 43 1
49 HARTERS/Jenny (BPG) 609 71 251 24 0.713 0.079 43 2
50 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father's Love (The Only...) (Lyric Street) 599 144 288 93 0.814 0.213 44 10
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Country Aircheck Top Point GainersBRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 1679 4CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 1383 4JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 1001 4KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 995 4TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 848 4LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 819JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 755GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 715MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 681REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 679
Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersBRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 527CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 449JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 325TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 280GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 274LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 272KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 271JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 269MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 236REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 226
Activator Top Point GainersBRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 481 4CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 456 4LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 455 4JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 398 4REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 317 4STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 301KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 299GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 297CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 296JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 277
Activator Top Spin GainersBRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 339CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 308LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 272JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 266GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 214REBA/I Keep On Loving You (Starstruck/Valory) 188CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 182KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 178STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 174JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 170
Country Aircheck Add LeadersCHRIS JANSON/Til A Woman Comes Along (BNA) 19BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 18BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 12JOSH TURNER/All Over Me (MCA) 12JARON & TLRTL/Pray... (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 11BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father's Love (The Only...) (Lyric Street) 10JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 10LAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury) 9CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 8GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 8JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 8LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 8RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 8
CMTMIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia)
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MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Solo In Cairo) (Columbia)
GAC
MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Solo In Cairo) (Columbia)
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April 12JAKE OWEN/Tell Me (RCA)WARD DAVIS/Don’t Open That Door (Robbins/New Revolution)
April 19KELLIE PICKLER/Makin’ Me Fall In Love Again (19/BNA)NEW RELICS/Real Love (Blues Alley)RANDY HOUSER/I’m All About It (Show Dog-Universal)
April 26ANTHONY SMITH/Love Is Love Is Love (Krankit/Nine North)
Country Aircheck ActivityJOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) Debuts at 45*; 699 points, 225 spins 10 ADDS: KCCY, KHKI*, KMDL, KSSN, KVOO, WFUS, WSOC*, WXBQ, WXCY, WYRK*
GLORIANA/The World Is Ours Tonight (Emblem/WMN/BPG) Moves 48*-46*; 671 points, 273 spins; 3 ADDS: KATM*, WKLB, WQDR
STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) Moves 50*-47*; 670 points, 274 spins; 2 ADDS: KIZN*, WIRK*
TYLER DICKERSON/Tell Your Sister I’m Single (Lyric Street) Moves 49*-48; 611 points, 251 spins; 1 ADD: KRST*
HARTERS/Jenny (BPG) Debuts at 49*; 609 points, 251 spins; 2 ADDS: WIVK*, WUSY
BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father’s Love (The Only…) (Lyric Street) Debuts at 50; 599 points, 288 spins 10 ADDS: KATM*, KKWF, KNIX, WCOL, WGGY, WGTY, WQDR, WSIX, WSOC*, WYPY
MALLARY HOPE/Blossom In The Dust (MCA) 587 points, 258 spins; 2 ADDS: KBEQ, WBUL
BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin’ (Treehouse) 583 points, 257 spins; 1 ADD: WRNS
RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer’s Daughter (Curb) 576 points, 231 spins 8 ADDS: KSCS*, KTEX, KUZZ, WCTK*, WGKX*, WPCV*, WQHK, WXBQ
DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious) 537 points, 204 spins; 0 ADDS
RANDY MONTANA/Ain’t Much Left Of Lovin’ You (Mercury) 497 points, 203 spins; 3 ADDS: KCYE, WBEE, WBUL
BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 445 points, 124 spins 12 ADDS including: KASE, KFRG*, KIIM*, KKWF, KNIX, KSOP, WBCT, WGNA, WKMK, WYNK
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ELI YOUNG BAND/Guinevere (Universal South/Republic Nashville) 436 points, 142 spins; 2 ADDS: KCYE, KKBQ*
KATIE ARMIGER/Kiss Me Now (Cold River) 320 points, 134 spins; 1 ADD: KNTY
TRAILER CHOIR/Rollin’ Through The Sunshine (Show Dog-Universal) 310 points, 132 spins; 3 ADDS: KNIX, KSOP, WGGY
Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Reprise/WMN) 11869
JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 9312
BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 7878
LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 6316
BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 6092
JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 5532
MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 5167
TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 4429LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 4379
DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 4128
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3 1 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 4 4567 455 2832 272
1 2 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPG) 4534 101 2779 57
4 3 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 4311 270 2624 119
2 4 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 4035 -132 2501 -87
6 5 KENNY CHESNEY/Ain't Back Yet (BNA) 4012 299 2472 178
5 6 EASTON CORBIN/A Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 3800 -153 2292 -59
8 7 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 4 3725 398 2352 266
9 8 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 4 3338 456 2086 308
10 9 GEORGE STRAIT/I Gotta Get To You (MCA) 3156 297 1975 214
13 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 2987 258 1856 151
11 11 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 2951 122 1812 83
14 12 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 2949 301 1849 174
12 13 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 2811 7 1714 5
15 14 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 2686 162 1609 53
16 15 MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA) 2514 167 1549 126
17 16 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 2493 153 1547 87
18 17 TIM MCGRAW/Still (Curb) 2337 98 1471 59
19 18 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 2112 296 1293 182
21 19 REBA/I Keep On Lovin’ You (Starstruck/Valory) 4 2033 317 1337 188
20 20 LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol) 1943 201 1214 146
23 21 JASON ALDEAN/Crazy Town (BBR) 1871 273 1225 170
22 22 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 1864 220 1112 113
23 23 MIRANDA LAMBERT/The House That Built Me (Columbia) 1807 245 1155 159
25 24 TOBY KEITH/Every Dog Has Its Day (Show Dog-Universal) 1618 168 1038 124
26 25 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 1294 49 760 43
31 26 BRAD PAISLEY/Water (Arista) 4 1276 481 848 339
27 27 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 1233 96 738 62
28 28 JARON & TLRTL/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Universal Republic/Big Machine) 1193 152 757 90
32 29 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Little White Church (Capitol) 932 171 594 94
29 30 MATT KENNON/The Call (BamaJam) 855 26 535 21
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30 31 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 855 41 543 37
37 32 JERROD NIEMANN/Lover, Lover (Sea Gayle/Arista) 832 277 518 163
33 33 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 771 67 525 49
35 34 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 736 116 468 82
34 35 JEWEL/Stay Here Forever (Valory) 692 67 421 45
36 36 DAVID NAIL/Turning Home (MCA) 661 67 423 34
38 37 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 393 23 290 15
40 38 UNCLE KRACKER/Smile (Top Dog/Atlantic/BPG) 293 58 198 43
42 39 EMILY WEST f/KEITH URBAN/Blue Sky (Capitol) 272 46 185 27
44 40 BUCKY COVINGTON/A Father's Love (The Only...) (Lyric Street) 270 77 184 53
41 41 TYLER DICKERSON/Tell Your Sister I'm Single (Lyric Street) 263 28 175 16
45 42 JAMES OTTO/Groovy Little Summer Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 247 59 168 38
48 43 GARY ALLAN/Get Off On The Pain (MCA) 242 59 171 45
57 44 RODNEY ATKINS/Farmer's Daughter (Curb) 226 133 159 82
51 45 LAURA BELL BUNDY/Giddy On Up (Mercury) 217 85 115 57
43 46 KATIE ARMIGER/Kiss Me Now (Cold River) 209 4 151 3
47 47 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 181 -3 120 -2
49 48 ASH BOWERS/Ain't No Stopping Her Now (Stoney Creek) 179 15 120 11
53 49 JOSH THOMPSON/Way Out Here (Columbia) 166 66 107 39
50 50 BLAINE LARSEN/Chillin' (Treehouse) 164 3 115 3
54 51 GLORIANA/The World Is Ours Tonight (Emblem/WMN/BPG) 160 63 103 45
52 52 COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury) 155 28 85 30
46 53 DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious) 147 -40 120 -18
58 54 HARTERS/Jenny (BPG) 139 51 67 18
55 BLAKE SHELTON/All About Tonight (Reprise/WMN) 139 121 93 79
56 56 ELI YOUNG BAND/Guinevere (Universal South/Republic Nashville) 114 20 86 17
55 57 MATT STILLWELL/Dirt Road Dancin' (Average Joes) 93 -2 70 -3
59 58 JIMMY WAYNE f/W. DUNCAN/Just Knowing You Love Me (Valory) 82 4 61 3
60 59 TRAILER CHOIR/Rollin' Through The Sunshine (Show Dog-Universal) 75 14 52 9
60 RANDY MONTANA/Ain't Much Left Of Lovin' You (Mercury) 74 25 55 21
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