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November 27, 2017, Issue 578
Matty Jeff
Bob Barnett
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My Girl(s): Arista’s Cam (l) and Born To Fly’s Sara Evans with Smokey Robinson at the 91st Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday (11/23)
Dear Diary: Summer Loving Sure, blood levels of tryptophan are still twice the legal limit, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late for a look back at Summer Di-ary Ratings from Nielsen. Country Aircheck asked stations that topped the charts in their markets to share how they snared the most shares. Let the No.1 parade begin…. •TownsquareWGNA/Albany PD/afternoon host Matty Jeff says “Cool experiential artist promotions” keyed their market
win. “Along with several local concert ticket giveaways and meet and greets, we gave away trips to see Luke Bryan in Austin, Zac Brown Band in Ft. Lauderdale and more with ‘here andthere’promotions,”saysJeff.Thestationalso sponsors CountryFest, which will celebrate 25 years in 2018. “It’s at the fairgrounds, a huge stage in a field that has a massive tailgating tradition and 15,000 listeners,” Jeff reports. Aggregated, the station’s efforts during the book led to increases in every daypart.
“Our new morning show debuted No. 1 25-54,” says Jeff. “And Brian & Christy’s momentum led to recycling listeners in all the departs.” ‘GNA also topped every female demo. “And we were five shares above the No. 2 station in women 25-54,” shares Jeff. •Inthenorthernpartofthestate,EntercomWBEE/Rochester OM Bob Barnett says a musical change led their success. “In the top-of-mind game, it’s how your brand is perceived,” says
Barnett. “At the end of Winter we reformulat-ed and chose not to chase the ‘hot and new’ angle. We lowered the number of currents and their exposure, upping the recurrent hit ratio.” His goal was to pull 25-54 listeners back in, but he was surprised with the results. “It actually increased our 18-34 numbers in all dayparts,” Barnett says. Onstage, the Summer was bookended with the station’s Stars & Guitars shows “and a ton of outdoor
concerts” at CMAC Ampitheatre, Darien Lake to the West and LakeviewtotheEast.
One For The Brooks “Theproblemwithmostanthol-ogies is, artists wait until 50 years after they’re gone to do it. I don’t know how you enjoy it. And then it’sallabunchofguesses.Thecoolthing about this is, all these guys who created [the music] are all right here, rightnow.”That’sPearl’sGarth Brooks, telling Country Air-check’s Lon Helton why he recently (continued on page 5)
Brooks’ first promo photo, 1988.
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released The Anthology Part 1: The First Five Years. It’s the first of a five-part book and CD series – and this one focuses on his earlyyearsinNashville,writtenbyBrooks,withWarrenZanes.Theanthology is not just a greatest hits collection; rather, it’s a behind-the-scenes recollection of the entertainer’s pre-fame days through hisbreakoutsuccess,toldbyBrooks,wifeTrishaYearwood,producer Allen Reynolds, the musicians and songwriters, among others. In the book are CDs of work tapes and early versions of his now-classics, session charts, and hundreds of photos. “We’re focusing on the music and innocence of that first five years,” says Brooks, “and all the stories nobody’s heard. All of those songs were recorded by the same five guys. Same studio, engineer and producer. It was cool to hear their take on everything. And then they interviewed all the songwriters. I’m really enjoying this anthology, and – I know this is crazy, but – I’m learning a lot.” Brooks says one thing he learned was “the faith and trust they had in you as an artist, that they didn’t tell you at the time.” He citesthedayherecordedwhatbecamehisfirstsingle,“MuchTooYoung(ToFeelThisDamnOld).”“Thisproducer,engineerandalltheplayers...allplayedonKathyMattearecords.Theycutthesong twice, and it sounded like a Kathy Mattea record – brushes, road piano. It didn’t sound like the honky tonks of Oklahoma. And I’m standing there going, ‘Do I say something?’ Because these are the greatest musicians on the planet, and they’re loving it. And I’m a guy who’s never sold a record, going, ‘Nah...’ I said, ‘Guys, let me just tell you what it sounds like at home.’ And the great thing about the anthology is, they went back and dug up those first two takes. So you’re gonna hear what it was like before it became what you know it to be.” In the book, Brooks and manager Bob Doyle recall when the songlostitsbullet:“Thesinglewasinthe40sonthecharts,and
thelabelquitonit,”saysDoyle.Wehadtogoinandtalktothem,say, ‘Come on, look around the country, the big stations that are still playing this thing.’” Adds Brooks, “Bob spent his own money, hired independent promotion, and got the bullet back and then went back to the label.” Doyle says, “We were finally able to con-vincethelabeltogobackafteritagain.Thatwaswhenitgotintothe top 10.” Brooksreportssubsequentanthologyreleaseswillcoverhistours and how national events affected his music. “We’ll end the anthologies with what we’re going through right now, which is the comeback,” he says. “It’ll probably be the most-documented piece ofthefive.There’sbeenmorefootageofthecomebacktourtakenthan the other 20 years of the career combined.”
–Wendy Newcomer
Chart Chat Congrats to LanCo, Steve Hodges, Josh Easler and the Arista promotion team on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “Greatest Love Story.”Thesongistheband’s first chart-topper and will be included on their debut album Hallelujah Nights, out Jan. 19. LanCo’s Brandon Lancaster is the songwriter. And kudos to Stacy Blythe and the Big Loud crew, and Matthew Hargis and the BMLG Records staff, for notching 55 adds on Morgan Wallen’s “Up Down” featuring Florida Geor-gia Line, topping this week’s board.
LanCo
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Big Machine’s Alex Williams discusses his most influential music:1. Willie Nelson:Youcan’tgetmuchbetterthan Willie, as far as being a song stylist and a songwriter. He’s a true artist.2. Waylon Jennings: He was the quintessential‘70sartistwithrockandrollinfluences who mixed that with country in the right way. I was really drawn to that.3. Ryan Bingham’s Mescalito: He’s from
NewMexicoandthatalbumhadthetotalwestTexassound.Iloved the songs and the entire vibe.4. Guy Clark’s Old No. 1:Excellentsongwriting.I’mahugeGuy Clark fan. He’s a huge inspiration to me. 5. Jerry Jeff Walker’s ¡VivaTerlingua!:ItwasrecordedliveattheLuckenbachDancehallinLuckenbach,TXin1973.Ilovethe “cosmic country” thing that was coming out of Austin in the ‘70s.Thatwaswheremyheadwasatwithmyownalbum,too.I really wanted to channel that into what I had going on.• Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: I’m a huge Jason Isbell fan but I haven’t listened to his new album, The Nashville Sound, yet. • “Important” music you just don’t get: Dolly Parton. I’m just being honest. I don’t understand her albums. I hope she doesn’treadthis!• An album you listened to incessantly: Jamey Johnson’s The Guitar Song album. I’ve been listening to that for the past year and a half straight, every day. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Paul Cauthen’s “ Still Drivin’.” It’s great.• Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, but I’d have to say ‘80s hair metal, because that’s what my dad listened to.
MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE
Alex Williams
•“Therightmusicattherighttime,”saysiHeartMediaKXKT/Omaha PD/midday host Hoss Michaels. “Sam Hunt, of course, and for us Brothers Osborne’s ‘It Ain’t My Fault’ was massive. We powered that one right up.” An active morning show helped. “Steve & Gina were out doing the grip-and-grin during the week at peo-ple’s offices and events – hanging out where ourlistenershangout,”Michaelssays.Thestation was also visible at the College World Series and surrounded it with the “Strike Out Hunger” food drive the entire month of June tobenefittheFoodbankForTheHeartland. •“I’llquotemymorningshowpartnerNatalie [Cash] and say our work in the community is the key,” says Cox KWEN/Tulsa PD/morning host Matt Bradley. “We have a small but active staff.” Serving teach-ers, soldiers, first responders and high school sports is the focus. “We have a listener who was stationed in Kuwait but kept up online to get a taste of home,” Bradley says. “He would email us that he was listening along with the camels. We told him we didn’t believe it so he sent us selfies for proof.” Given about three hours notice of the soldier’s homecoming, the station mobilized to greet him at the airport with his family. “We didn’t do it for the attention, we wanted to welcomehomeourfriend,”saysCash.“Toexperienceseeingthewife, kids and family members there to hug him ... I’m going to startcryingagain.”Whileitwasn’ttheirintention,TVcoveragewas icing on the cake.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at www.countryaircheck.com.• Jessica Tyler was named APD/MD/midday host at Cumulus WDRQ/Detroit(11/20).• Scott Clayton joinedWME/Nashville (11/20).• Jason Meder transferred to Cox/Orlando as GM (11/21).• Francesca Presti will join WPOC/Baltimore’s Laurie DeYoung Show Dec. 4 (11/21).
• Matthew Morgan joinedWME/Nashville (11/21).• Ty Bailey transferred to iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington as APD/afternoonhost(11/22).• CumuluswasdelistedfromtradingbyNASDAQ(11/22).• Erich West added iHeartMedia WDRM/Huntsville PD duties (11/27).• Ashley WilsonleftRendaWGNE/Jacksonvilleforasoon-to-be-announcedopportunity(11/27).• James Howard was promoted to VP/Programming at iHeart-Media/Washington(11/27).
(continued from page 1)Dear Diary: Summer Loving
Hoss Michaels
Matt Bradley
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•“Theonethingwe’reveryconsciousofisplayingthebighits longer,” says Scripps KFDI/Wichita OM Justin Case. He alsonoteshisstaff’scommunityinvolvement.“Theyareouteveryweekend helping with charity events. It is really amazing how much ground we cover as a team.” Being live and local is important, and the market leaders are on point at the most important times. “KFDI provides severe weath-er coverage and we had our share of Summer storms.” Case gives props to MD/midday host Carol Hughes. “She led the station with a 12.1 share Adults 25-54,” he says. “Her high-estcumeinyears.SamewithTSL–justareallyfine effort.” •CoxWHKO/Dayton PD Nancy Wilson says their new Concerts For A Cause have generated great momentum for the station. “We partner with a local charity for each one and move them around to different venues,” she says. RaeLynn and Carly Justin Cole
Nancy Wilson
Justin Case
Pearce helped raise money for Folds of Honor early in the Sum-mer, and the latest concert had Midland, Dylan Scott and Jack-son Michelson supporting the Pink Ribbon Girls’ cancer fund. Ratings remained strong in all dayparts with a nice increase in evenings. •Finally,RCA’sKane Brown headlined WUSY/Chattanooga’s first-ever Countryfest, helping the city’s No. 1 station stay there. PD
Justin Cole says,“Thisbeing his hometown, the timing of the show and the single worked perfectly.” Cole also raves about his veteran air staff, “Theyliveandbreathethestation.I’veneverworked with a more engaged team.” Share your ratings story here.
–Paul Williams CAC
Lobster Role: Arista’s LanCo celebrate their No. 1 “Greatest Love Story” with a lobster lunch, fulfilling the promise Warner/Chappell’s Ben Vaughn made to Arista’s John Easler that if the single hit No. 1, they would celebrate with lobster from Easler’s home state of Maine. Pictured (back, l-r) are Sony’s Randy Goodman, Easler, Sony’s Steve Hodges and Ken Robold and Vaughn; (front, l-r) are the band’s Tripp Howell, Eric Steedly, Brandon Lancster, Chandler Baldwin and Jared Hampton and WME’s Becky Gardenhire.
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Available JobsHere’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we’ll include you in a future update:
iHeartMedia WPOC/Baltimore is looking for a PD. Send materials here.
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Stonecom WKXD/Cookeville, TN is looking for an on-air host. Apply here.
Cumulus WLXX/Lexington, KY is looking for a PD/on-air host. Apply here.
Forever WFGS/Murray, KY is searching for a midday host. Send materials here.
EntercomKKWF/Seattle is looking for a morning show co-host. Details here.
Scripps WKTI/Milwaukee is looking for a morning show host here.
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Searching•Kris StevensFormerWKKT/[email protected]
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2 LANCO Greatest Love Story (Arista)
23195 1876 8699 691 59.078 5.671 156 0
4 2 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) ✔ 20142 1674 7630 568 51.266 5.017 156 0
5 3 LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 19304 1184 7287 517 49.167 3.686 156 0
6 4 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 18043 1496 6834 558 46.455 4.521 156 0
10 5 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) ✔ 16380 2210 6183 863 40.47 4.464 156 0
1 6 CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 16372 -6092 6017 -2575 43.508 -12.474 156 0
7 7 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 15854 842 6081 347 40.968 2.026 156 0
8 8 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 15085 544 5815 248 36.763 1.171 156 0
11 9 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 14612 676 5370 318 35.805 1.252 156 0
12 10 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 13720 658 5137 273 35.513 2.239 156 0
15 11 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 10550 858 4106 296 25.755 2.428 152 0
14 12 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big Label) 10499 622 4021 248 25.729 1.389 153 2
9 13 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 10080 -4154 3682 -1624 29.817 -10.641 156 0
16 14 WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 9605 368 3502 100 22.88 1.323 149 1
17 15 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 9555 697 3608 285 21.878 1.927 155 2
18 16 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 8939 482 3496 195 20.114 0.904 149 3
20 17 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 8433 1015 3250 437 20.172 2.319 146 4
19 18 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 7836 -164 3065 -23 17.071 -0.677 148 1
21 19 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 7310 712 2812 267 14.916 1.401 152 1
13 20 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 7029 -4606 2609 -1796 19.515 -10.391 155 0
24 21 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 6885 1035 2686 412 13.096 1.963 140 5
22 22 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 6722 660 2682 286 15.912 2.092 145 3
31 23 KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) ✔ 6484 2308 2365 818 17.363 7.04 140 14
23 24 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 6277 295 2428 111 12.388 1.293 142 3
27 25 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 5993 772 2239 335 14.411 1.487 138 2
LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
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25 26 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 5899 212 2220 99 12.294 0.394 122 1
26 27 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 5451 216 2275 104 10.08 0.784 139 1
29 28 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 5268 807 2069 326 9.258 1.328 134 0
30 29 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 4949 584 1930 198 9.944 1.362 134 5
28 30 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 4919 240 1813 57 8.871 0.491 131 0
32 31 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/The Rest Of Our Life (Arista) 3658 345 1384 169 8.376 0.086 137 4
33 32 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 3581 315 1222 92 7.407 0.601 115 9
34 33 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 3347 166 1236 91 7.038 0.009 104 2
35 34 COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 3327 156 1206 58 6.434 0.405 108 2
37 35 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 3144 317 1100 68 5.425 0.914 112 0
D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 3097 623 1132 237 6.505 1.31 100 10
36 37 CHRIS LANE f/T. Kelly/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 2896 50 1025 41 4.987 -0.075 102 0
38 38 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 2843 198 1163 95 3.941 0.026 123 2
41 39 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 2354 114 871 54 3.283 0.247 97 0
JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 2354 78 927 56 4.782 0.08 96 4
42 41 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 2277 108 835 49 4.313 0.214 92 1
42 THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) ✔ 2156 1538 812 602 5.335 3.82 87 27
43 43 PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) 2118 65 879 31 3.839 0.204 87 1
44 44 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 2005 135 840 39 3.415 0.367 109 0
47 45 JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 1871 249 794 100 3.551 0.551 76 1
48 46 KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 1855 347 702 124 3.8 0.568 68 5
46 47 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 1692 55 663 57 2.228 -0.058 77 3
49 48 DUSTIN LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 1635 155 607 51 2.706 0.239 73 0
49 DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) 1534 211 645 73 2.205 0.51 75 3
50 50 RASCAL FLATTS/Back To Us (Big Machine) 1404 1 593 2 2.421 0.017 91 0
LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersBRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 863
KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 818
LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 691
THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 602
GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 568
BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 558
LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 517
OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 437
SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 412
ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 347
Country Aircheck Top Point GainersKEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 2308 ✔BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 2210 ✔LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 1876 ✔GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 1674 ✔THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 1538 ✔BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 1496
LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 1184
SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 1035
OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 1015
EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 858
Activator Top Spin GainersKEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 361
BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 175
EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 159
BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 139
SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 133
OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 112
ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 111
LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 104
KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 96
D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything’s... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 95
Activator Top Point GainersKEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 1851 ✔
BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) 749 ✔
SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 670 ✔
EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 654 ✔
ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 629 ✔
BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 575
OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 527
D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything’s... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 492
TAYLOR SWIFT/New Year's Day (Big Machine) 492
LUKE BRYAN/Light It Up (Capitol) 442
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) 18471
LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia) 16429
KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 13646
DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 12319
SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 11257
BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 8843
DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 8065
BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 7370
KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) 6926
LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 6853
Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds
MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud/BMLGR) 55
TAYLOR SWIFT/New Year's Day (Big Machine) 46
THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 27
BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 14
KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) 14
D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Reviver/Blue Chair) 10
DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 9
BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 5
KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 5
SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) 5
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JUSTIN MOORE/Kinda Don’t Care (Valory) Moves 46-45* 1871 points, 794 spins 1 add: WRNS
KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) Moves 48-46* 1855 points, 702 spins 5 adds: KMLE, WHKO*, KDRK, WKSJ, WUSJ
RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) Moves 46-47* 1692 points, 663 spins 3 adds: WLFP, KHEY, WDRM
DUSTIN LYNCH/I’d Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) Moves 49-48* 1635 points, 607 spins; no adds
DANIELE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) Debuts 49* 1534 points, 645 spins 3 adds: WNSH*, WGNE, KHEY
RASCAL FLATTS/Back To Us (Big Machine) Remains 50* 1404 points, 593 spins; no adds
CHASE BRYANT/ Hell If I Know (Red Bow) 1205 points, 507 spins 1 add: KHEY
BRAD PAISLEY/Heaven South (Arista) 1130 points, 406 spins 4 adds: KFRG, KNCI, WQDR, KATM*
BRANDON LAY/Speakers, Bleachers and Preachers (EMI Nashville) 1090 points, 452 spins 2 adds: WPOC, KSD
JOE NICHOLS/Never Gets Old (Red Bow) 1068 points, 461 spins 1 add: KJKE
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December 4CJ SOLAR/Airplane(SeaGayle)CAM/Diane(Arista)CARLY PEARCE/HideTheWine(BigMachine)MICHAEL TYLER/HeyMama(Reviver)
December 11LINDSAY ELL/Criminal(StoneyCreek)
JERROD NIEMANN/IGotThis(Curb)
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Chris Stapleton From A Room: Volume 2 (Mercury)Once again teaming with producer Dave Cobb, Stapleton titled his new album after its recording site, Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A. He
wrotesevenoftheninesongs,including“MidnightTraintoMemphis”and“Tryin’toUntangleMyMind.”Theopeningtrack“Millionaire” was written by Kevin Welch, and Homer Banks and Lester Snell’s “Friendship” was previously recorded by Pops Staples.
Danielle Bradbery I Don’t Believe We’ve Met (BMLGRecords)Bradbery’s 10-song sophomore album—the follow-up to her 2013 self-titled debut—features seven songs she co-wrote, including lead single “Sway.” Additional contributing songwriters
includeThomasRhett,JarenJohnston,RhettAkins,NicolleGalyon,EmilyWeisbandandHeatherMorgan.
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS
3 1 LUKE BRYANLight It Up (Capitol)
10996 442 2318 104 53 0
1 2 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 10862 -55 2391 7 52 0
5 3 BLAKE SHELTON/I'll Name The Dogs (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 10375 749 2143 175 53 0
4 4 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 10178 113 2222 28 52 0
7 5 BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR) 8990 575 1905 139 53 0
2 6 CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR) 8648 -2011 1899 -426 50 0
9 7 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) ✔ 8548 629 1829 111 53 0
10 8 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 7846 203 1718 48 52 0
11 9 CHRIS YOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA) 7652 397 1666 77 53 0
12 10 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 6822 -38 1486 6 53 0
14 11 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big Label) 6155 -100 1377 -8 51 0
15 12 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) ✔ 6150 654 1336 159 52 1
16 13 KELSEA BALLERINI/Legends (Black River) 5802 307 1227 96 52 0
8 14 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 5599 -2769 1216 -599 45 0
17 15 DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 4998 173 1065 31 51 0
22 16 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) ✔ 4735 670 954 133 50 5
21 17 OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA) 4660 527 976 112 52 1
13 18 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 4528 -1952 943 -443 44 0
18 19 WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista) 4360 88 940 30 49 3
19 20 MIDLAND/Make A Little (Big Machine) 4278 21 841 19 52 1
23 21 GRANGER SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse) 4209 370 883 95 51 1
20 22 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 4106 -39 912 -9 49 0
32 23 KEITH URBAN/Female (Capitol) ✔ 3967 1851 817 361 51 11
25 24 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 3758 163 761 30 47 1
24 25 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 3706 -28 795 -6 47 0
26 26 BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN) 3493 395 702 88 50 5
27 27 LEE BRICE/Boy (Curb) 2971 0 651 26 44 1
28 28 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory) 2849 249 580 48 47 4
29 29 HIGH VALLEY/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 2553 -29 455 -6 44 0
31 30 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/The Rest Of Our Life (Arista) 2435 221 539 49 47 3
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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds
30 31 JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 2238 13 421 26 41 5
34 32 DARIUS RUCKER/For The First Time (Capitol) 1976 231 355 50 38 1
40 33 D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Reviver/Blue Chair) 1842 492 381 95 33 5
33 34 LITTLE BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 1826 60 365 10 36 0
35 35 COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 1723 -8 337 -5 39 0
38 36 JON PARDI/She Ain't In It (Capitol) 1671 232 348 55 31 3
36 37 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 1586 95 299 23 32 0
39 38 CHRIS LANE f/T. KELLY/Take Back Home Girl (Big Loud) 1480 48 302 11 36 2
37 39 BRAD PAISLEY/Heaven South (Arista) 1315 -143 205 -16 17 0
42 40 THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 1198 258 172 46 15 7
41 41 MICHAEL RAY/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) 1155 151 183 22 30 0
44 42 DANIELLE BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) 1010 281 137 46 13 1
48 43 CHASE RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 934 306 205 56 29 3
50 44 MORGAN WALLEN f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud/BMLGR) 894 357 112 50 8 5
45 45 BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 710 22 79 7 13 0
46 46 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 679 -4 141 -3 24 0
47 47 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 654 24 67 4 3 0
53 48 LAUREN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 601 145 118 25 16 1
49 ROSS ELLIS/Home For The Weekend (Big Deal) 520 330 52 33 1 0
51 50 BROWN & GRAY/Top Down (NHMM) 516 0 59 0 2 0
51 TAYLOR SWIFT/New Year's Day (Big Machine) 513 492 61 55 11 4
52 REBA MCENTIRE/God And My Girlfriends (Nash Icon/Valory) 497 169 151 55 9 0
53 SIR ROSEVELT/Something 'Bout You (Elektra) 490 293 49 28 1 0
57 54 MAGGIE ROSE/Pull You Through (---) 490 110 49 11 1 0
42 55 DUSTIN LYNCH/Love Me Or Leave Me Alone (Broken Bow) 490 -280 49 -28 1 0
52 56 RUNAWAY JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 483 -13 115 -1 14 0
56 57 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Better Me (Average Joes) 418 25 47 1 3 0
55 58 JOE NICHOLS/Never Gets Old (Red Bow) 413 5 76 1 4 0
59 59 RAELYNN/Lonely Call (Warner Bros./WMN) 349 0 38 0 2 0
60 SHANIA TWAIN/We Got Something They Don't (Mercury) 348 36 82 11 9 1Debut
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