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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Tom.Roland@billboard.com

Country UpdateINSIDE

Rhett’s ‘Light’ Shines>page 4

Edison Issues Media Wakeup Call

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Adkins: ‘Tell Jesus I Said, “Hey” ’

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Kip Moore Goes ‘Wild’ On ABC

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Makin’ Tracks: Runaway June’s

‘Rich’ Single>page 17

Country Coda: Greenwood’s ‘Dixie Road’

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“Sometimes you gotta lose yourself to find your way back home.”That line from “Paris, Illinois,” the closing number on Brett

Eldredge’s new album, Sunday Drive, is a familiar sort of prod-igal journey. It harks back a bit to Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me,” which went to No. 1 10 years ago, the same summer that Eldredge’s first sin-gle, “Raymond,” was released to country radio via PlayMPE.

“R ay mond ” lea ned on El-dredge’s personal history, inspired by his grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease. And Sunday Drive, released July 10, similarly tugs on his own life as he intention-ally embraces a more transparent approach to his art at the start of his second decade in the national spotlight. Sunday Drive is, he says, “a game-changer,” and that’s not just hyperbole or salesmanship. The 12-song project employs old-school influences — Van Morri-son, The Band, Stax Records and Jackson Browne — with material that mines his personal experiences, be it the uncertain ending to a seminal relationship in the first single, “Gabrielle” (No. 42, Country Airplay), or the specific image of pumping gasoline on Spring Street in the plot of “Magnolia.”

Eldredge’s voice carries its familiar ring of soul, heartland

rock, traditional pop and modern country, but the frame around it has a classic air, matching a journey he took leading into the proj-ect that involved temporarily shutting off social media, spend-ing time alone and using meditation to generate more calmness

in his life.“We created the space to allow

myself to sing and to tell these stories,” he says. “It feels more re-laxed. It feels at home, like I just belonged in this spot, and when I sing it, it feels like that, too. And not that the other stuff doesn’t, but it really has been a profound expe-rience for me in getting that space and telling these stories.”

The “other stuff ” did well for Eldredge. Beginning with his third single, 2012’s “Don’t Ya,” he reeled off nine top 10 singles on Country Airplay in 10 tries, with each of those tracks going gold or platinum. Some of those tracks — particularly “Lose My Mind,” “Somethin’ I’m Good At” and “Love Someone” — were built

on pop components, sometimes pushing boundaries and often using the drum and keyboard programming that has become de rigeur for current mainstream country.

But, befitting the serenity he discovered during his break from the cultural treadmill, he sought a back-to-basics change

Sunday Drive Launches New Part Of Artistic Journey For Brett Eldredge

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of pace with this project. He enlisted Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, the duo that produced Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour, to co-write and co-produce most of Sunday Drive, seeking a fresh outlook to his sound. They holed up in Tashian’s converted garage, The Royal Plum, to develop the album’s personal material in seclusion.

“They create so differently than anybody I’ve created with,” says Eldredge. “It was out of my comfort zone at first, but that’s exactly what I was looking for. I was trying to create and see the world through different eyes a little bit, or see how I can create a little bit different. These guys are the guys to do it.”

Underscoring just how much they avoided comfort zones, Sunday Drive is not only a departure for Eldredge, but it’s also a different sound from the ex-perimental tones on Golden Hour, a sign that no one in the core creative circles was resting on his most familiar laurels.

“After Golden Hour, the expectations are high both for me personally and from others,” says Fitchuk. “To have Brett’s project kind of come on the heels of that felt very free to be myself.”

Eldredge, in fact, even steered his partners away when their instincts began to venture down that Golden Hour road.

“Anytime Ian or I would try to play a synthesizer or use a drum machine or any kind of modern weaponry — we’re both very fond of that stuff — Brett just had such a clear idea in his mind that he didn’t want anything like that on this record,” recalls Tashian. “His North Stars were [artists] like Van Morrison. He kept telling me about this Van Morrison record that he loved.”

Eldredge lived out that “find your way back home” line with his team, bring-ing both producers and his manager, Q Prime South founder John Peets, back to Paris, Ill., to get a feel for the small-town scenery and Midwestern values that formed the foundation of Eldredge’s development.

“The beautiful tomatoes that his aunt was growing — I’ve never tasted a to-mato like that,” says Tashian. “This is the heartland of America. This is where it all springs from.”

Having tapped into Eldredge’s geographical well, the entourage moved away from Nashville and instead employed Shirk Studios in the heart of Chicago to record Sunday Drive. They built the tracks with Eldredge, Tashian and Fitchuk playing and singing in the same room — no isolation booths — requiring them to be in sync on the performances. The attitude matched one of the goals El-dredge picked up from his downtime: to live in the moment as much as possible.

And ultimately that’s what Sunday Drive accomplishes. It wears a common-man wardrobe with elegance, celebrating a more innocent time when Eldredge could experience the world as it happened without concern for ticket sales, fan bases or social engagements.

The title track completes the prodigal journey, placing a young man on old familiar roads back home, engaging with his parents in their later years, much as he engaged in his first single with his grandmother. But this full-circle mo-ment is also likely the beginning of a new phase of artistic maturity.

“This feels like my zone,” says Eldredge. “Like I found my home in the music.”

Gabby Barrett (bottom) performed “I Hope” during the July 9 episode of syndicated TV show Live With Kelly and Ryan, hosted by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.

Songwriter Josh Mirenda (“Somewhere on a Beach,” “They Don’t Know”) signed a recording deal with Average Joes. From left: Average Joes vp A&R Forrest Latta and owner Colt Ford, Mirenda and Deluge Management president Chris Alderman and associate Megan Bocklage.

Members of The Desert City Ramblers, Brian McComas (left) and Bart Walker, performed for Billboard Nashville staff in a July 10 Zoom visit.

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Thomas Rhett’s “Be a Light” (Valory), featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin and Keith Urban, enters the top 10 of Billboard’s Country Air-play chart dated July 18, rising 12-10. In the tracking week ending July 12, it increased by 6% to 20.6 million impressions, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The song, written in 2019, arrived March 30 to comfort listeners amid the coronavirus pandemic. Rhett, who co-wrote it, earns his 17th Coun-try Airplay top 10.

McEntire tallies her 37th Country Airplay top 10, the most among women and the eighth-best sum among all artists, dating to the chart’s January 1990 launch. (George Strait leads with 61 top 10s.) It’s her first top 10 since “Turn On the Radio,” which became her 11th No. 1 in January 2011.

Scott scores her first solo Country Airplay top 10 in her first chart appearance apart from trio Lady A (which boasts 14 top 10s).

Tomlin likewise reaches the Country Airplay top 10 in his maiden visit to the tally. On Christian Airplay, he has banked a record 28 top 10s.

Urban adds his 41st Country Airplay top 10, tying Brooks & Dunn for the sixth-most.

As for its star-studded lineup, “Be a Light” marks the most billed artists to share a Country Airplay top 10 since Jimmy Buffett’s update of Hank Williams’ “Hey Good Lookin’,” with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and Strait, reached No. 8 in July 2004.

GREENWOOD REIGNS Lee Greenwood’s signature hit, “God Bless the USA” (MCA Nashville/Capitol/Curb), flies 18-1 to top Country Digital Song Sales for the first time, thanks to a 366% surge to 15,000 sold in the week ending July 9. It also vaulted by 380% to 2.6 million U.S. streams in the same pe-riod. The anthem peaked at No. 7 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1984.(For more on Greenwood, see page 20.)

DAN I ELS REM EM BERED Following the death of Charlie Daniels at age 83 on

July 6, his biggest single, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic), reenters Hot Country Songs at No. 24. It became Daniels’ lone leader, among three top 10s, in August 1979. The classic reenters Country Digital Song Sales at No. 2 (11,000 sold; up 1,358%) while gaining by 84% to reach 3 million streams.

‘ B O N ES’ B EST I N ST RE A M S Maren Morris’ “The Bones” (Columbia Nash-ville) rules Hot Country Songs for a 19th week, tying Leroy Van Dyke’s “Walk On By” (1961-62) for the fifth-longest reign since the chart became an all-en-

compassing genre survey in 1958. (Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha’s “Meant to Be” holds the record with its 50-week command in 2017-18.)

“Bones,” which topped Country Airplay for two weeks in February, attracted 10.2 million streams in the track-ing week and leads Country Streaming Songs for the first time in its 53rd frame, becoming Morris’ first No. 1 among four top 10s.

‘ S P R I N G’ T I M E The legendar y Willie Nelson, now 87 years young, becomes the first artist to score top 10s in every decade — seven in all — since Top Country Albums originated in January 1964 as First Rose of Spring (Legacy) blooms at No. 5 with 12,000 equivalent album units. The set, produced by Nelson’s longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon, was originally slated for release on April 24 but

was pushed back to July 3 due to the coronavirus.Nelson adds his record-extending 53rd Top Country Albums top 10. His

first entry, Country Favorites-Willie Nelson Style, hit No. 9 in 1966. His top 10 totals by decade: ’60s (three), ’70s (14), ’80s (19), ’90s (one), 2000s (six), ’10s (nine) and ’20s (one).

A L D E A N ‘GOT ’ A N OT H E R Jason Aldean’s “Got What I Got” (Macon/Bro-ken Bow) bumps 11-9 on Hot Country Songs, marking his 33rd top 10. It climbs 19-18 on Country Airplay (11 million, up 10%), drew 7.1 million streams and sold 8,000 in the tracking week.

Thomas Rhett’s All-Star ‘Light’  Shines; Willie Nelson Scores Top 10 Album

In Record Seventh Decade

ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com

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Sam Hunt’s second studio full-length, and first in over five years, Southside (MCA Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville), debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart dated April 18. In its first week (ending April 9), it earned 46,000 equivalent album units, including 16,000 in album sales, ac-cording to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

Southside marks Hunt’s second No. 1 on the chart and fourth top 10. It follows freshman LP Montevallo, which arrived at the summit in No-vember 2014 and reigned for nine weeks. To date, Montevallo has earned 3.9 million units, with 1.4 million in album sales.

Montevallo has spent 267 weeks on the list, tying Luke Bryan’s Crash My Party as the sixth-longest-running titles in the chart’s 56-year history.

On the all-genre Billboard 200, Southside ar-rives at No. 5, awarding Hunt his second top 10 after the No. 3-peaking Montevallo.

Hunt first released the EP X2C, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 on Top Country Albums in August 2014. Following Montevallo, Between the Pines: Acoustic Mixtape started at its No. 7 high in November 2015.

Montevallo produced five singles, four of which hit the pinnacle of Country Airplay: “Leave the Night On,” “Take Your Time,” “House Party” and “Make You Miss Me.” “Break Up in a Small Town” peaked at No. 2.

Hunt co-penned all 12 songs on Southside, including “Body Like a Back Road,” which was released in 2017. The smash hit ruled Country Airplay for three weeks and the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart for a then-record 34 frames. It now ranks second only to Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” (50 weeks atop the latter list in 2017-18).

“Downtown’s Dead,” which is also on the new set, reached Nos. 14 and 15 on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, respectively, in June 2018. “Kin-folks” led Country Airplay on Feb. 29, becoming Hunt’s seventh No. 1. It hit No. 3 on Hot Country Songs.

Latest single “Hard to Forget” jumps 17-9 on Hot Country Songs. It’s his eighth top 10, having corralled 8.2 million U.S. streams (up 96%) and 5,000 in

sales (up 21%) in the tracking week. On Country Airplay, it hops 18-15 (11.9 mil-lion audience impressions, up 16%).

TRY TO ‘CATCH’ UP WITH YOUNG Brett Young achieves his fifth consecutive and total Country Airplay No. 1 as “Catch” (Big Machine Label Group) ascends

2-1, increasing 13% to 36.6 million impressions.Young’s first of six chart entries, “Sleep With-

out You,” reached No. 2 in December 2016. He followed with the multiweek No. 1s “In Case You Didn’t Know” (two weeks, June 2017), “Like I Loved You” (three, January 2018), “Mercy” (two, August 2018) and “Here Tonight” (two, April 2019).

“Catch” completes his longest journey to No. 1, having taken 46 weeks to reach the apex. It out-paces the 30-week climb of “Here Tonight.”

On Hot Country Songs, “Catch” pushes 7-5 for a new high.

COMBS ‘DOES’ IT AGAIN Luke Combs’ “Does to Me” (River House/Columbia Nashville), featuring Eric Church, ascends 11-8 on Country Airplay, up 10% to 24.7 million in audience. The song is Combs’ eighth straight career-opening top 10, following a record run of seven consecutive out-of-the-gate, properly promoted No. 1 singles.

Church adds his 15th Country Airplay top 10.

THAT TOOK QUITE ‘A FEW’ MONTHS Travis Denning shatters the record for the most weeks it has taken to penetrate the Country Airplay top 10 as “After a Few” (Mercury Nashville) climbs 12-10 in its 57th week, up 4% to 21.4 mil-lion in radio reach.

The song surpasses two tracks that took 50 weeks each to enter the top 10: Easton Corbin’s “A Girl Like You,” which reached No. 10 in January 2018 be-fore peaking at No. 6 that February, and Aaron Watson’s “Outta Style,” which achieved its No. 10 high in December 2017.

“After” is Denning’s second Country Airplay entry. “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs” traveled to No. 32 in September 2018.

SamHunt’s Southside Rules Top Country Albums; Brett Young ‘Catch’-es Fifth Airplay

Leader; Travis Denning Makes History

ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com

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Country Airplay

RANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 148 stations by Nielsen Music. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio- copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). The list of all Country Airplay chart reporters can be viewed on Nielsen Music’s platforms.

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%.

TIESOn Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience 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.

HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay.

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 Music) for stations that do not report adds.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCEMost Increased Audience on Country Airplay lists the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience.

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.

© 2020 Prometheus Global Media, LLC

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l1 1 16 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Luke Bryan 34.020 +1.238 8182 327 1

l2 2 20 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 30.626 +2.963 7580 563 2

l3 4 30 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 27.166 +2.739 6913 740 3

l4 6 33 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR HH Most Increased Audience HH Chris Janson 26.247 +3.116 6418 689 4

5 3 50 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 25.633 -0.021 5597 -254 7

l6 7 28 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 22.733 +0.479 5028 -56 11

l7 8 61 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 22.629 +0.699 5711 138 6

l8 9 49 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 22.540 +2.146 5764 610 5

l9 10 41 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 21.274 +1.466 5185 381 10

l10 12 15 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 20.616 +1.190 5353 417 8

l11 11 16 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 19.993 +0.389 5187 281 9

l12 13 20 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 19.068 +1.310 4849 84 12

l13 14 12 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 17.962 +1.335 4323 152 13

l14 15 10 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 13.864 +1.078 3662 223 15

l15 16 35 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 13.629 +1.027 3817 213 14

l16 17 34 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 12.483 +1.112 3531 305 16

l17 18 5 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville HH Airpower/ Most Added HH Luke Combs 12.477 +2.151 2897 456 20

l18 19 14 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 10.978 +0.984 3065 212 17

l19 20 54 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 9.562 +0.413 3043 152 18

l20 21 31 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville HH Airpower HH Matt Stell 8.963 +0.897 2918 209 19

l21 23 14 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 8.535 +1.197 2725 356 21

l22 26 27 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 8.155 +1.474 2341 292 25

l23 22 13 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 7.891 +0.173 2370 5 23

l24 24 44 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 7.616 +0.613 2554 151 22

l25 25 23 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 7.185 +0.372 2365 156 24

l26 28 17 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 5.335 +0.541 1896 81 26

l27 27 25 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 5.242 +0.176 1820 77 27

l28 29 12 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 4.811 +0.154 1582 72 28

l29 30 20 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 4.488 +0.159 1445 110 31

l30 31 19 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 4.081 +0.409 1482 184 29

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The singer-songwriter’s second single reenters Country Airplay at No. 59

with 714,000 audience impressions (up 8%). Her debut hit, “More Hearts Than Mine,”

reached No. 3 in May.

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7/20DEREK JOHNSON Right Beer Right Now Star Farm Nashville

DWAIN MESSER Ease My Troubled Mind N Crowd

JEREMY BOWMAN Rednexico Kino Mas

KENNY CHESNEY Happy Does Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA

MO PITNEY Ain’t Bad For A Good Ol’ Boy Not Listed

7/27ASHLEY BARRON Let Me Go SSM

CHRISSY METZ Talking To God EMI Nashville

JADE NARAINE Back To My Dream Voodoo

MITCHELL TENPENNY Broken Up Columbia Nashville

SAMMY SADLER In America Workhorse

TYLER FARR Soundtrack To A Small Town Sundown Night Train/Broken Bow

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l31 32 7 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud HH Breaker HH Morgan Wallen 3.720 +0.106 1040 62 37

l32 35 40 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 3.337 +0.183 1457 105 30

l33 34 3 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 3.337 +0.123 1135 206 36

l34 37 21 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 3.121 +0.463 1233 90 33

35 36 33 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 3.043 -0.048 1161 -14 34

36 33 6 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.012 -0.329 829 5 43

l37 38 39 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 2.996 +0.362 1272 29 32

l38 39 4 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 2.705 +0.103 892 74 41

l39 42 8 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.374 +0.077 872 3 42

l40 40 31 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 2.345 -0.018 1144 24 35

l41 41 22 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 2.335 +0.007 1033 -1 38

l42 43 13 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 2.300 +0.204 942 77 40

l43 44 13 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 2.202 +0.265 707 95 46

l44 47 15 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.902 +0.160 749 25 45

l45 45 6 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1.881 -0.018 632 5 50

l46 46 12 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 1.868 +0.018 995 38 39

l47 48 11 LADY BMLG Brett Young 1.741 +0.023 616 15 51

l48 49 6 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1.693 +0.014 651 29 49

l49 50 4 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown/19th & Grand Zac Brown Band 1.623 +0.078 406 -72 56

l50 52 29 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 1.476 +0.133 790 55 44

l51 53 8 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 1.415 +0.100 488 40 54

l52 55 5 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 1.319 +0.328 534 105 53

l53 51 4 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 1.314 -0.042 572 39 52

l54 54 11 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.262 +0.171 692 62 47

l55 58 2 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.250 +0.434 454 123 55

l56 56 8 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 1.121 +0.154 664 81 48

l57 57 3 EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 1.100 +0.277 318 77 58

l58 60 2 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 0.775 +0.114 313 76 59

l59 RE-ENTRY THE STRANGER Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Ingrid Andress 0.714 +0.053 285 17 60

l60 RE-ENTRY WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.709 +0.054 250 15 -

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TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING JULY 12, 2020

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MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSLOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 18SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 10BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane 9THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 8JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 7WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 7PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 6LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 6STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 6CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 5

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINBLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +740DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +689DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +610HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +563LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +456BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Feat. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban +417WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore +381ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice +356ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +327SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers +305

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DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +3.116HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +2.963BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert +2.739LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +2.151DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +2.146PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum +1.474WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore +1.466COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +1.335GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +1.310ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +1.238

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1 2 19 YOU, ME AND A BOTTLE (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Randy Rogers Band 1880 -13

l2 4 21 BURY MY BONES (Independent) Whiskey Myers 1711 130

l3 3 22 FAMILY NAME (Independent) Cross Rags and Young 1705 18

l4 8 12 AS SOON AS YOU (Ten X Music Group) Bri Bagwell 1632 221

l5 5 17 RADIO COWBOY (Independent) Jon Stork 1610 91

l6 6 13 NEON TOWN (Independent) David Adam Byrnes 1550 96

7 1 17 RODEO CLOWN (Independent) Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1527 -380

l8 9 14 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 1444 53

l9 13 8 SPUR OF THE MOMENT (Independent) Kylie Frey 1357 237

l10 10 17 FEELS LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1337 82

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l11 12 14 EVERYDAYERS (Independent) James Lann 1327 187

12 7 29 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records) Eleven Hundred Springs 1253 -185

l13 11 26 NO HANDLE (Independent) The Panhandlers 1194 27

l14 17 9 AIN’T A TRAIN (Independent) Cody Jinks 1191 128

l15 16 26 THROUGH THE JUKEBOX (Independent) Donice Morace 1160 97

l16 14 25 RED DIRT TEXAS (Independent) Hayden Haddock 1114 0

l17 20 9 LITTLE BIT (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1101 100

l18 21 17 NOT GIVE A DAMN (Independent) Sundance Head 999 26

19 18 23 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent) Reckless Kelly 962 -72

l20 25 6 GHOST TOWN (Independent) Mike Ryan 959 158

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(IN MILLIONS)1 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 19.879

2 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 18.878

3 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 17.934

4 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 16.178

5 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 14.441

6 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 13.755

7 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 12.978

8 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 11.910

9 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 11.234

10 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 10.965

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HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 0.536 7 5

WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 0.472 27 2

ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.433 29 5

Y’ALLSOME Black River Pryor & Lee 0.431 10 3

HEARTLESS Mad Decent/Columbia Diplo & Julia Michaels Feat. Morgan Wallen 0.430 5 0

MAN ENOUGH NOW RECORDS Chris Bandi 0.378 19 1

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affiliate sales from senior director, Talkers.com reported … Services were held July 10 for KKQY Hays, Kan., morning co-host Scott Boomer, who died July 7, according to The Hays Post.

’ROUND THE ROWOperation Song appointed Kyle Frederick executive director of the nonprofit, which has assisted over 750 veterans by matching them with professional songwriters to work through the stories and emotions of their service. Singer-songwriter Frederick previously managed Clay Walker and ran the Band Against MS charity … Tech-enabled production company Soundstripe added vp music Jay Harren. He spent the last two years as StubHub head of music partnerships … Luke Combs signed a songwriting deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Nashville … Songwriter-producer-musician Karen Kosowski joined the Sony/ATV Nashville roster … Rollin’ the Dice Records, formed by Erv Woolsey Company CEO/founder Erv Woolsey, signed a distribution agreement with Copperline Music Group. The first release in the deal is Stone Senate’s cover of George Strait’s “The Fireman,” due July 17 … The Mechanical Licensing Collective launched two new efforts, the Data Quality Initiative and a Music Data Organization Form, to help self-administered music copyright owners oversee their works … The 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards are slated for April 18, 2021, on CBS. The 55th awards, which were postponed due to COVID-19 concerns, remain on the books for Sept. 16 … The Country Music Association joined UnitedHealthcare and Pancoast Benefits to offer over 30 health insurance plans for Tennessee-based CMA members … The CMA Foundation established Unified Voices for Music Education, a collaborative resource for teachers across the United States to compare notes and lesson plans amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus era. Go here for more info … Montreal-based Yoop established a virtual events platform, Yoop eSpace, providing artists and creators a new mechanism to monetize online experiences … The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted July 8 to repeal a ban on businesses where customers visit the owner’s residence. Assuming Mayor John Cooper signs it, the move legalizes home studios and at-home music teachers, who have shadowed their businesses since the law took effect in 1998 … Musically Fed provided food for 100 families in its first drive-through distribution in Nashville on July 13, with additional goods allocated for Brad Paisley’s charitable venture The Store. Go here for more info … The International Songwriting Competition set its judges for 2020. Country acts on the panel include Tanya Tucker, Sara Evans, Cam, Easton Corbin and Sugarland’s Kristian Bush … Bassist Richard Shook died at his Hendersonville, Tenn., home on July 2, The Gallatin News reported. He operated Music Row studio the Shook Shack with his brother, guitarist Jerry Shook, and played for seven years in Jerry Reed’s band, supplying the bass on “East Bound and Down.” Services are pending. Go here for details … Songwriter-executive Gary Walker died July 8 at Va nderbi lt Med ica l C enter in Nashville, according to The Tennessean. He authored hits for Jim Reeves, Carl Smith, Kitty Wells and Webb Pierce, and founded The Great Escape, a popular used-record store … Songwriter Craig Martin (“Don’t Take the Girl”) died unexpectedly on July 3. His son, Keith Martin, established a GoFundMe page to cover expenses for his July 11 funeral … Drummer Joe Porcaro died July 6. Primarily a jazz musician, he also played studio dates, handling percussion on Glen Campbell’s “Southern Nights.” Th ree of Porca ro’s sons were members of the rock band Toto.

EDISON’S MORNING WAKEUP CALLCOVID-19 has introduced a series of lifestyle changes in the United States, from mastering Zoom to wearing masks, and one new piece of data suggests that audiences also have adjusted their approaches to media.

An Edison Research study found that Americans are waiting 75 minutes later to begin consuming audio during the coronavirus-altered era. Prior to the pandemic, 50% of the Share of Ear project’s respondents indicated they started listening to audio content by 7:15 a.m. But since the advent of COVID-19, half of the study’s participants are not on board the audio train until 8:30 a.m.

“This data shows that if Americans continue current work patterns, audio strategies may need to be adjusted,” Edison Research director Laura Ivey suggested in a release about the study.

Among the changes that might be up for review are starting/ending times for morning dayparts, rotations of music at stations and the placement of the most influential guests on morning TV shows. Artists appearing on live media outlets for promotional purposes might also find it more favorable to barter for a later time slot.

Numerous studies have shown that Americans are sleep-deprived. The Edison study does not indicate if the later audio start time is a result of people sleeping longer during the COVID-19 era, going to sleep later or simply wait-ing longer after they rise to engage with media.

’RADIO AND RECORDS®Warner Music Nashville hired Chris Fabiani as Team WEA regional manager of radio and streaming, beginning July 13. He fills the role vacated when Shari Roth was promoted to national director. Fabiani spent the last two years as Universal Music Group Nashville director of promotion and artist engagement … Katie Bright started July 7 as Capitol Nashville director of Midwest regional promotion. She returns to label affiliation after a stint on the morning show at WUSN Chicago. Reach her here … Country Radio Broadcasters added three new members to its board of directors: iHeartMedia/Nashville senior vp programming Gator Harrison, Vista14 president Judy Lakin and Westwood One Nashville director of programming Paul Williams. Go here for a full list of board members … A.J. Punjabi joined iHeartMedia/Charleston, S.C., as market president, InsideRadio.com reported. He was previously Cox Media/Miami general sales manager. The Charleston portfolio includes country WEZL … KTHK Idaho Falls, Idaho, PD/morning host Don Jarrett parted ways with the company, according to InsideRadio.com … New South/Jackson, Miss., adds market manager Bob Lawrence, effective July 27, RadioInk.com reported. The cluster’s signals include country WUSJ and classic country WHJT. Lawrence segues from Saga, where he was vp programming … El Dorado Broadcasters hired Chris Fleming as executive vp for the chain and GM for Victorville, Calif., according to Talkers.com. The company’s country outlets include KATJ Victorville and KTTI Yuma, Ariz. … Premiere Networks promoted Michael Kindhart to vp operations,

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Brad Paisley (left) and fiddler Justin Williamson dig in during the third night of the Live From the Drive-In Tour, playing to a socially distanced crowd in the parking lot on July 12 at the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Ind.

Trisha Yearwood (right) was among the guest hosts during the week of July 13 on Westwood One’s Nights With Elaina, regularly hosted by Elaina Smith. Y

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July 14• 2017 — Garth Brooks visits the Children’s

Hospital at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where patients and staff sing “Friends in Low Places” in his honor.

• 1980 — Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker sing the national anthem at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, later admit-ting they were on cocaine at the time.

July 15• 2005 — The movie Wedding Crashers, starring Owen Wilson and

Vince Vaughn, debuts in theaters. Among the cast: Dwight Yoakam, who is derided by an ex as a “hillbilly” in a divorce negotiation dur-ing the opening scene.

• 1970 — Kris Kristofferson begins recording the album The Silver Tongued Devil and I at Monument Studios in Nashville. Among the day’s material: “The Pilgrim, Chapter 33,” in which he famously refers to Johnny Cash as “a walking contradiction.”

July 16• 2019 — Luke Combs joins the Grand Ole Opry, and is inducted by

Vince Gill and Joe Diffie.

July 17• 2000 — Mike Dungan takes over as the head of Capitol’s country

division three days after Pat Quigley’s departure. During the next decade, the label will represent Lady A, Eric Church, Keith Urban and Little Big Town, among others.

• 1990 — Arista releases Michelle Wright’s self-titled debut album.

July 18• 2018 — Kelsea Ballerini attends pop artist Halsey’s concert at Ascend

Amphitheater in Nashville. Afterward, the two head off to sing kara-oke at Santa’s Pub, where they team on “Landslide” and “Picture.”

July 19• 2010 — Capitol releases Luke Bryan’s “Someone Else Calling You

Baby” to radio.

July 20• 2015 — Miranda Lambert writes “Vice” with Shane McAnally and

Josh Osborne.• 2002 — Toby Keith occupies the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Hot

Country Songs chart with “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).”

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

Four veteran country acts have new projects to discuss during July and August, with the highest-profile of those albums — Tim McGraw’s Here on Earth — due Aug. 21. Leading up to that, The Bellamy Brothers issued a six-song EP, Bucket List, July 10; Bill Anderson puts new stamps on 20 of his songs with The Hits Re-Imagined on July 24; and Jeannie Seely does a series of collaborations on An American Classic, arriving Aug. 14. Also in the queue: Charley Crockett’s Welcome to Hard Times, July 31; Joel Crouse’s WasteLand, rescheduled for Aug. 7; Au-brie Sellers’ EP World on Fire, Aug. 7; and The Texicana Mamas’ self-titled debut, Aug. 21. The latter group includes Tish Hinojosa, Stephanie Urbina Jones and Patricia Vonne.

The July 10 memorial for Charlie Dan-iels was a mix of patriotism, sorrow and humor with a healthy dose of religion thrown in at the World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Vince Gill melded “Go Rest High on That Mountain” with “America, the Beautiful,” Gretchen Wil-son sang “I’ll Fly Away,” Travis Tritt covered “Amazing Grace,” and Trace Adkins served up “Arlington.” Adkins closed with an extra tip of the hat to his fellow Grand Ole Opry member: “Love you, Charlie — tell Jesus I said, ‘Hey.’ ”

The July 13 ABC special CMA Best of Fest was scheduled to include a three-minute piece of content that hails the new Ford Bronco four-door vehicle. Titled “Wild Built,” the clip was to feature Kip Moore and highlight a song or two, presumably from his compatibly titled new album Wild World.

The CMA Fest was mothballed for a year in June — thank you, COVID-19 — but Darius Rucker kept his 11th annual Darius & Friends fundraiser going, shifting from a downtown Nashville venue to the worldwide internet. This year’s edition is set for July 30 with guests Clint Black and Tracy Lawrence. Rucker also tried out a new form of concerts, playing a Live From the Drive-In date outside Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on July 12. And he’s becoming more vocal about racial issues, telling NBC Today host Harry Smith that police have stopped him more than once by simply because he was a Black man driving an expensive car. “One sentence can end your career in country music,” he said. “I’m sure I’ve already lost fans.” Watch the five-minute segment here.

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Chris Young joined with several Music City entities to donate 144,000 bottles of water to the Nashville Rescue Mission. From left: Rescue Mission director of major gifts Brandon Taylor, ROAR head of music Ryan O’Nan, Whiskey Jam founder Ward Guenther, Camshaw Consulting owner Jensen Gahagan Sessums, Young and NashvilleTN Store partner Tim Gerst.

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Billboard Announces New Chart Rules: No More Merch & Ticket Bundles

Singer Anita ‘Lady A’ White Responds To Trademark Lawsuit: ‘I Am Not Going To Be Erased’

Spotify Adds Hundreds More Songwriter Pages And ‘Written By’ Playlists

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The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).

Hot Country Songs

1 #1 4 WKS JOSH THOMPSON

2 HARDY

3 MATT DRAGSTREM

4 CRAIG WISEMAN

5 ASHLEY GORLEY

6 MORGAN WALLEN

7 JON NITE

8 SHANE MCANALLY

TIE 9 GABBY BARRETT

TIE 9 ZACH KALE

1 #1 13 WKS JOEY MOI

2 DANN HUFF

3 JAY JOYCE

4 GREG KURSTIN

5 SCOTT MOFFATT

6 ZACH CROWELL

7 ROSS COPPERMAN

8 MICHAEL KNOX

9 ZACHARY “ZACH” KALE

10 DEREK WELLS

COUNTRY PRODUCERSTMCOUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM

SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY

The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).

THIS WEEK

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1 1 1 71 THE BONES HH No. 1 (19 weeks) HH Maren Morris G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.M.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE

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l2 3 4 17 ONE MARGARITA Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 1 2

l3 2 2 63 I HOPE HH Airplay Gainer HH Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR

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l4 4 3 22 HARD TO FORGET Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE 2 3

l5 6 6 32 BLUEBIRD Miranda Lambert J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 3 5

6 5 5 47 CHASIN’ YOU Morgan Wallen J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD 5 2

l7 8 11 51 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART HH Streaming Gainer HH Maddie & Tae J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY

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l8 10 12 16 I LOVE MY COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (K.BROWN,C.CROWDER,R.C.MCGILL,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,W.WEATHERLY) BMLG 11 8

l9 11 16 22 GOT WHAT I GOT HH Digital Gainer HH Jason Aldean M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW

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10 9 7 20 HERE AND NOW Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA RC 7

l11 13 13 15 BE A LIGHT Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY 10 11

l12 15 19 20 DONE Chris Janson C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 4 12

13 12 10 26 DOES TO ME Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE RC 4

l14 14 14 19 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Keith Urban K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 12 14

l15 16 17 30 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG LOCASH 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE 7 15

l16 19 20 12 COOL AGAIN Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE 13 12

l17 17 18 23 WHY WE DRINK Justin Moore J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY 9 17

l18 18 21 13 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Lee Brice B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB 21 18

l19 20 26 12 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Morgan Wallen J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD 31 12

l20 21 23 28 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Ashley McBryde J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 15 20

l21 24 28 9 LOVIN’ ON YOU Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 17 19

l22 22 22 28 ONE BEER HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD 25 21

l23 25 25 10 PRETTY HEART Parker McCollum JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 22 23

l24 RE-ENTRY 22 THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA The Charlie Daniels Band J.BOYLAN,NOT LISTED (C.DANIELS,F.EDWARDS,J.MARSHALL,C.HAYWARD,T.CRAIN,T.DIGREGORIO) EPIC RC 1

l25 27 27 10 I CALLED MAMA Tim McGraw T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 14 22

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COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

Hot Country SongsSALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY

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

ALBUM CONSUMPTION

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

VIDEO ON-DEMAND

This Week 1,282,000 1,399,220,000 136,508,000

Last Week 1,268,000 1,387,283,000 136,233,000

Change 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%

This Week Last Year 1,038,000 1,081,344,000 273,636,000

Change 23.5% 29.4% -50.1%

WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-OVER-YEAR

2019 2020 CHANGE

Album Consumption 28,078,000 31,278,000 11.4%

Album Sales 5,332,000 4,451,000 -16.5%

Audio On-Demand 27,709,991,000 33,665,990,000 21.5%

Video On-Demand 7,183,900,000 3,787,234,000 -47.3%

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All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending July 9, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams.

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l26 28 29 16 SOME GIRLS Jameson Rodgers C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 16 26

l27 30 30 11 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 26 27

l28 29 32 15 EVERYWHERE BUT ON Matt Stell A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE 20 28

l29 33 33 17 SHE’S MINE Kip Moore K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE 24 29

l30 41 48 6 GOOD TIME Niko Moon N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE 43 30

l31 35 37 16 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 30 31

32 34 38 8 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 48 32

l33 47 — 4 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Kelsea Ballerini J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER 45 33

l34 36 35 13 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT Lady A S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG 28 27

l35 39 39 10 LADY Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 47 22

36 38 41 22 GETTING GOOD Lauren Alaina D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY 37 33

37 23 36 3 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Eric Church J.JOYCE (D.NAISH,JEFFREY STEELE) EMI NASHVILLE 33 23

l38 43 43 16 SOME PEOPLE DO Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,J.FRASURE,S.MCANALLY,THOMAS RHETT) RCA NASHVILLE 29 38

l39 40 42 9 NO I IN BEER Brad Paisley L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE 23 39

40 37 31 10 SIX FEET APART Luke Combs C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE RC 10

l41 42 46 16 THE OTHER GIRL Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER RC 19

42 31 40 5 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,SHY CARTER,R.J.HURD,J.M.SCHMIDT) RCA NASHVILLE 36 28

l43 45 44 21 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 56 31

l44 46 45 9 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 34 44

l45 48 49 4 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Cole Swindell M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.HOLMES) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 58 42

l46 RE-ENTRY 6 CHEATIN’ SONGS Midland D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE 27 45

47 44 34 3 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 52 34

l48 RE-ENTRY 3 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Zac Brown Band B.SIMONETTI,M.MANGANO,Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,B.SIMONETTI,A.JAMES) HOME GROWN/19TH & GRAND 49 24

l49 49 — 20 THIS BAR Morgan Wallen J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,J.MORGAN,J.SCOTT,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD - 29

l50 RE-ENTRY 8 TO HELL & BACK Maren Morris BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 44 44

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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 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES

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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 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS

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Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on album sales. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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l4 5 11 GOT WHAT I GOT JASON ALDEAN

l5 4 45 I HOPE GABBY BARRETT

6 6 18 HARD TO FORGET SAM HUNT

l7 RE-ENTRY COURTESY OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE (THE ANGRY AMERICAN) TOBY KEITH

8 7 17 BLUEBIRD MIRANDA LAMBERT

l9 NEW IF THAT AIN’T GOD CHRIS YOUNG

l10 11 23 CHASIN’ YOU MORGAN WALLEN

11 1 3 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG ERIC CHURCH

12 8 30 NOBODY BUT YOU BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI

13 9 15 BE A LIGHT THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN

l14 16 10 I LOVE MY COUNTRY FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

l15 NEW SEASIDE BILLY CURRINGTON

16 14 10 ONE OF THEM GIRLS LEE BRICE

17 15 6 MY TRUCK BRELAND

18 12 47 THE BONES MAREN MORRIS

l19 NEW BROKEN UP MITCHELL TENPENNY

20 20 5 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART MADDIE & TAE

21 19 229 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

22 17 23 DOES TO ME LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH

23 21 7 WHY WE DRINK JUSTIN MOORE

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l5 5 27 CHASIN’ YOU MORGAN WALLEN

l6 6 8 ONE MARGARITA LUKE BRYAN

7 3 47 HEARTLESS DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN

l8 12 5 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART MADDIE & TAE

l9 8 170 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

l10 9 73 WHISKEY GLASSES MORGAN WALLEN

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l12 11 114 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY LUKE COMBS

l13 14 6 GOT WHAT I GOT JASON ALDEAN

l14 16 9 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN MORGAN WALLEN

l15 18 4 I LOVE MY COUNTRY FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

l16 15 137 MEANT TO BE BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

l17 21 6 HERE AND NOW KENNY CHESNEY

18 13 22 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE

l19 20 61 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART LUKE COMBS

l20 22 4 MY TRUCK BRELAND

21 24 4 ONE OF THEM GIRLS LEE BRICE

l22 25 6 ONE BEER HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON

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3 1 1 3 BOB DYLAN ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYSCOLUMBIA 978098 1

4 3 4 69 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORYHICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 3

l5 11 14 85 JOHN MELLENCAMP THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978 - 1988MERCURY 536738*/UME (11.98/17.98) 3 5

l6 7 6 119 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOURMCA NASHVILLE 027921*/UMGN 0 1

l7 9 9 180 SIMON & GARFUNKEL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL’S GREATEST HITSCOLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY 3

8 6 7 263 HOZIER HOZIERRUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1

9 8 5 174 JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMSJACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC (13.98) 2 5

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l3 2 2 41 BILLY STRINGS HOMEROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD 1

l4 14 3 6 JAKE BLOUNT SPIDER TALESJAKE BLOUNT 0097*/FREE DIRT 2

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6 4 8 12 THE WHITE BUFFALO ON THE WIDOW’S WALKSNAKEFARM 862780* 1

7 5 7 39 THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOYSIX SHOOTER 129* 1

8 7 4 75 MANDOLIN ORANGE TIDES OF A TEARDROPYEP ROC 2638* 1

l9 NEW 1 GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONSTRETCH GRASS 4050 9

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l2 2 2 110 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW MEBIG LOUD 783* 0 2

3 3 3 162 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOURIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1

4 4 5 14 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDEMCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1

l5 NEW 1 WILLIE NELSON FIRST ROSE OF SPRINGLEGACY 973669* (973670 & 973856 EX) 5

6 6 6 271 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1

l7 10 10 257 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3

8 8 7 70 MAREN MORRIS GIRLCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1

9 5 4 3 GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINEWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4

10 7 8 30 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1

11 9 9 6 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OILMAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA 6

l12 RE-ENTRY 5 CHARLIE DANIELS 16 BIGGEST HITSCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 89083/LEGACY (11.98) 12

l13 13 14 36 MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARDVANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN 1

l14 18 17 37 OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINIONRCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1

15 11 11 107 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1

l16 16 21 33 JASON ALDEAN 9MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1

17 15 15 10 KENNY CHESNEY HERE AND NOWBLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 631374/WMN 1

18 14 13 87 KANE BROWN EXPERIMENTZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1

19 17 16 188 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1

20 19 25 52 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORYHICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 17

l21 RE-ENTRY 218 TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITSCURB 79205 (13.98) 1 6

22 21 19 69 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEYRCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12

l23 22 20 219 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONESMCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1

l24 RE-ENTRY 117 TOBY KEITH GREATEST HITS 2DREAMWORKS 002323/UMGN (13.98) 3 2

25 20 18 58 THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROADVALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 0 1

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COVID-19 has demanded a lot of reevaluation.The self-isolation has inspired some people to take on new hobbies, taught

entire industries how to work from home and reminded many of us to repri-oritize relationships with family and friends.

That kind of consideration caused a temporary crisis for Runaway June when original member Hannah Mulholland, who married Los Angeles-based drummer-cinematographer Ian Jay in October 2018, decided to leave the band and return to her native California as the pandemic unfolded. Her place was taken by vocalist-fiddler Natalie Stovall, who charted in 2014 as the lead voice in Natalie Stovall & The Drive before pursuing a solo career.

Runaway June’s Jennifer Wayne, who served as a promotion representa-tive when The Drive was in operation, officially extended the offer.

“When she first called, I was so thrown because it’s such a left-field ask,” recalls Stovall. “Artists don’t get job offers to be other artists. That’s not something that happens.”

It was not the only coronavirus-related change to the Runaway June game plan. The week that COVID-19 was declared a national emergency, the trio’s single “Head Over Heels” was at No. 43 on the Country Air-play chart dated March 14. The band and Wheelhouse stopped working it.

“Overnight, that song became irrelevant,” says lead singer Naomi Cooke. “For a song called ‘Head Over Heels,’ literally no one could head over anywhere.”

In its place, the entire team focused on “We Were Rich,” a song that reexamines family and priorities conveyed by an adult protagonist who has risen above meager financial roots but values the innocence of those wonder years more than her accomplishments. As it turned out, it was Stovall’s favorite song on the band’s 2019 debut album, Blue Roses. To update the recording, Mulholland’s vocals were stripped out; Stovall overdubbed a new alto voice and added light fiddle in a self-isolated session with a single engineer.

“That was the first time I really got to, quote, sing with the girls,” says Stovall. “It felt so natural. I love the sound of our voices together, and I am just so thankful that this gift was dropped into my lap in the middle of the world pandemic.”

“We Were Rich” fell into the laps of the songwriters — Nicolle Galyon (“Au-tomatic,” “Tequila”), Ashley Gorley (“Hard To Forget,” “Dirt on My Boots”) and Ross Copperman (“Nobody but You,” “I Lived It”) — during a December 2015 appointment. They had started a different uptempo song, and in the middle, began pursuing another track simply titled “Rich,” but the lighter approach they were using kept falling flat.

“I do remember Ashley just going, ‘What’s the most meaningful way that we can do this?’ ” says Galyon. “Once we allowed ourselves to go there, we locked into something that we felt mattered immediately.”

It became “We Were Rich,” a montage of childhood images — including a one-bathroom house, spare change under the sofa cushions, KOA camp-ing trips and Daddy’s lone paisley tie — that fed into a gentle message about money, social status and love.

“I just loved the whole [idea]: We had everything we needed; it wasn’t about money or things,” says Copperman. “You’re just describing this kind of simple childhood where money was not abundant.”

It skirts modern songwriting techniques, waiting over 70 seconds to arrive at the chorus, though it does drop the title in at the 36-second mark.

“That’s what kind of saved us,” says Gorley. “We just did what felt good with this one. These kinds of songs, the rules usually go out the window and

they just say what they want to say.”The message reaches its apex at the setup before the end of the chorus: “I

never thought the grass was greener/On the other side of our chain link fence.” Not only is chain link a cheaper form of neighborhood borders, it really does allow people to see if the other side has greener grass — or dirt, or weeds. The next line reminds the listener, “Yeah, we were rich.”

“All of these things in this song are about physically being together, which I don’t think we ever really talked about,” says Galyon. “But you can’t really do a lot of these things remotely. You have to do them with the people, in person.”

It took at least two sessions to finish, mostly because they had so many vi-gnettes that it was difficult to edit it down. Galyon sang the demo, built around an arpeggiated guitar and a descending, three-note instrumental hook that fills in gaps between stanzas. All of the writers believed they had written

something special, which led to frustration as over two years passed without a serious nibble.

“The song had been sitting around for forever, and me and Ashley were always just baffled,” recalls Copperman.

Finally, it found a home when Runaway June heard it during a face-to-face pitch meeting with a publisher near the end of recording Blue Roses.

“It’s like being in a perfume store after a while,” says Cooke of those appointments. “Everything smells the same. After you hear a hundred songs, it’s a little disorienting, but this song was just such a standout. Literally everyone in the room felt trans-ported back to their childhood, back to that KOA and back to that old house, pulling cushions off the couch and finding change. It was so powerful. We were all crying.”

Runaway June asked Copperman to take the reins on the master version, and he assembled a band at

Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Studios, with Dan Dugmore spreading steel guitar tones over the track, propelled by guitarist Ilya Toshinsky’s rendition of the original arpeggiation.

“Ilya really drove that session,” says Wayne.Runaway June’s three-part harmony, judiciously placed to take advantage

of the song’s minimal chord changes, gave “We Were Rich” a new, sisterly sensibility.

“If you’re singing it by yourself, you’re singing your story,” says Wayne. “But when there’s three voices singing the song, it’s almost like all three of us are remembering our childhood together. I feel like that’s a really, really special thing.”

Wheelhouse issued the new version featuring Stovall to country radio via PlayMPE on June 12, just a week or two after paperwork for the new lineup was completed. The song’s nostalgic elements mimic some of the experiences adults are having in a lockdown in which most entertainment is recycled.

“If you’re watching things on TV, it’s usually reruns,” says Gorley. “If it’s sports, then it’s stuff that happened 20 years ago. People are having time, they’re going through their phones. All of a sudden I’ll send my wife some-thing with the kids from 10 years ago. It takes us back on a good, cool trip.”

“We Were Rich” entered the Country Airplay chart dated July 11 at No. 58 and moves to No. 55 in week two, perhaps offering simple wisdom to a na-tional debate about how best to balance financial concerns against family and health. That makes the song’s familiar images and familial message a reassuring salve for a difficult era.

“People want to escape what we’re going through right now,” says Cooke. “Maybe the healthiest way to do that is to go back to a happy time in our minds.”

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AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 26

ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 39

ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 48

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BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, E.K.Smith) 35

BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 3

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CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 28

CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 5

CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 27

COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 13

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DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 4

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GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 37

GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 12

THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 52

GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 43

GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 18

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HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 2

HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 45

HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 38

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I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 14

I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, W.Weatherly) 11

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JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 56

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LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, H.Phelps) 19

LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R.Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 30

LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Creative Music, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 17

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MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Carl Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 51

THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, B.Simonetti, A.James) 49

MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 34

MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 31

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NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 46

NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 6

NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 23

NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 32

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ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, J.Mitchell) 25

ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 7

ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 1

ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 15

ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, D.Davidson, L.Brice) 21

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 22

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SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 24

SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.Holmes) 58

SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, A.M.Cruz) 41

SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 16

SOME PEOPLE DO Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas Rhett) 29

STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Do Write Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey Steele) 33

THE STRANGER Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/What Is An Ingrid, BMI/Straight From The Art Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/SWMBMGBMI, BMI (I.Andress, R.Lafferty) 59

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THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, G.Smith) 50

THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (N.Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 54

TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 44

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WE WERE RICH EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 55

WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Publishing LLC, BMI/Music Of Travellers Hollow, BMI/EbachMusic Publishing, ASCAP/Ryland Fisher Music, ASCAP/VibeCity Music, ASCAP (S.Quayle, R.Fisher, J.Ebach) 60

WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI/Abundantiam Publishing, BMI (T.Howell, B.Lancaster, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 40

WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 9

WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 36

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Hot Country Songs IndexA

AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 27

ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 32

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BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, J.Miller, J.Thompson) 11

BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 5

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/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.M.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) 1

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CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 34

CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 6

CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 46

COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 16

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THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (C.Daniels, F.Edwards, J.Marshall, C.Hayward, T.Crain, T.DiGregorio) 24

DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 7

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L.Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 13

DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 12

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EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) 28

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GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 36

GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 14

THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 47

GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 30

GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 9

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HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 4

HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 10

HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 33

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I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 25

I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 3

I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, W.Weatherly) 8

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JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 43

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LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 35

LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R.Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 31

LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Creative Music, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 21

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THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, B.Simonetti, A.James) 48

MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 44

MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 19

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NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 39

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ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, J.Mitchell) 22

ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 15

ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 2

ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 20

ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, D.Davidson, L.Brice) 18

THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/17Black Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 41

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 23

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SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 29

SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.Holmes) 45

SIX FEET APART Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Bootleg Lyrics, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 40

SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 26

SOME PEOPLE DO Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas Rhett) 38

STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Do Write Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey Steele) 37

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THIS BAR Relative Music Group, BMI/Ransom Quarter Note Music, ASCAP/Pie Cost Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Torches And Pitchforks Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI (M.W.Hardy, J.Morgan, J.Scott, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 49

TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 50

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WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 17

WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 42

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 13, 2020 | PAGE 20 OF 20

On July 20, 1985, Lee Greenwood’s “Dixie Road” traveled 2-1 on Hot

Country Songs. Written by Don Goodman, Mary Ann Kennedy and Pam Rose, the song became Greenwood’s third of seven leaders.

Born Melvin Lee Greenwood in South Gate, Calif., he has posted 33 Hot Country Songs entries, includ-ing 20 top 10s.

Now 77, Greenwood sent his signature hit, “God Bless the USA,” to No. 7 on Hot Countr y Songs in July 1984. It also reentered at No. 16 in September 2001 after the 9/11 tragedy. On the current, July 18-dated Digital Song Sales and

Country Digital Song Sales charts, it reigns for the first time, up 366% to 15,000 downloads sold in the week ending July 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

Along with its perennial July 4 p o p u l a r i t y, “ U S A” h a s b e e n playe d at nu merou s p ol it ic a l gat her i ngs t h rou g h t he yea rs . Greenwood performed it live as recently as Feb. 1, when President Donald Trump held an event for supporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump has also played the recording regularly during campaign stops.

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