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New movie Crazy Heart

was not filmed in Nashville,

but its country music theme

is drawing a lot of local

interest. A premiere held

Tuesday night (1/12) at

the Green Hills movie

theatre attracted members

of the industry and

celebrities alike; all

curious about the flick

which is generating

Oscar buzz for star Jeff

Bridges and the theme

song penned by T Bone

Burnett and Ryan Bingham.

In the movie Bridges plays

hard-living country singer-

songwriter “Bad Blake.” With the

tagline “The Harder The Life, The

Sweeter The Song,” the film follows

Blake’s struggles with drinking, failed

marriages, and a downturned career.

Bridges performs his own songs in the

movie, as does Collin Farrell, who has

drawn less media

attention with his un-

billed role as “Tommy

Sweet,” the superstar

who got his start in

Blake’s band. Maggie

Gyllenhall is “Jean” a

journalist, and Robert

Duvall plays Blake’s bar-

owning friend. Writer-

director Scott Cooper

adapted the story from

Thomas Cobb’s novel by

the same name.

The film’s roots-

grounded soundtrack was

produced by renowned

talents Burnett and Stephen

Bruton, who also contributed

as songwriters and

performers. "The Weary Kind

(Theme From Crazy Heart)," written by

Burnett and Lost Highway’s Bingham, has

already snagged a Golden Globe nod.

Movie stars Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall all

Table of Contents

1 Sweet Songs From Crazy

Heart

2 Bobby Karl Works The

Lady Antebellum No. 1

Party3 Griffith Rejoins Magic

Mustang

3 Roots Music Exporters Hits

First $1 Million Year

4 Flammia Exits UMG

4 King Offers Inspiration

And Help

4 DISClaimer

5 Spin Zone/Chart Data

7 Programmer Playlist

8 On The Road...

9 CountryBreakout™ Chart

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Sweet Songs From Crazy Heartby Sarah Skates

Jeff Bridges Photo: Erika

Goldring

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appear on the soundtrack, alongside a mix of legends and

rising stars ranging from Bingham to George Jones,

Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, Louvin Brothers,

Kitty Wells, Lucinda Williams, Townes Van Zandt,

and Sam Phillips. The soundtrack, out Tuesday, Jan. 19

via New West Records, will be available in two versions—

a standard 16-track issue and a 23-track album featuring

the songs in running order.

A reception at the Country Music Hall of Fame and

Museum rotunda followed the Nashville premiere, where

performances by Bridges, Bingham and Lee Ann

Womack capped the evening. Among the night’s

musicians were Burnett, Buddy Miller, and Bill Frisell.

“We came to Nashville with it because it was a movie

about country music,” enthuses New West’s Amanda

Hale-Ornelas. “Where else to have a performance but

Nashville and the Hall of Fame?”

Fox Searchlight Pictures is releasing the film in select

markets over coming weeks; it hits

Nashville on Friday, Jan. 29.

Bobby Karl Works The Lady Antebellum No. 1 PartyChapter 329 The newly crowned CMA Vocal

Group of the Year had a little

coronation party Wednesday

evening.

Friends, families and fans of

Lady Antebellum gathered at

Cabana (1/13) to salute the stunning

success of the group’s “Need You

Now,” the flagship single of the trio’s

sophomore CD, Need You Now,

which drops Jan. 26.

“We’re here to celebrate a very

special accomplishment by a very

special group,” said Capitol’s Mike

Dungan. “Need You Now” spent

five straight weeks at No. 1, has

had 1.4 million single downloads

and is picking up unsolicited pop

airplay on more than 50 stations.

Just about the whole dang

community turned out for the bash.

You see, the group’s Charles Kelley

and Dave Haywood are BMI

affiliates. Hillary Scott is with SESAC.

And co-writer Josh Kear is an ASCAP

writer. Dave and Charles are with

Warner-Chappell. Hillary is with EMI

Publishing. Josh is signed to Big Yellow

Dog. All six of those entities took to

the stage to hand out prizes, as did

Country Weekly, the CMA and, of

course, Capitol Nashville.

“What a great way to begin the

New Year,” said BMI’s Jody Williams.

“It’s great to have something this

massive come along,” said Warner-

Chappell’s B.J. Hill. “This is greatness

before our eyes, ladies and gentlemen,” added EMI’s

Gary Overton.

BMI handed out silver cups. Big Yellow Dog presented

engraved dog tags. Capitol offered crystal darts. Country

Weekly, Warner-Chappell, the CMA, ASCAP and SESAC all

presented framed plaques of varying sizes.

“One thing that doesn’t need stimulus money are the

framing companies in Nashville,” quipped Steve Moore.

ASCAP’s Connie Bradley pointed out that this is Josh

Kear’s second 5-week number-one song. His earlier one

was “Before He Cheats.” He is also behind the Bomshel

single “19 and Crazy.” Connie congratulated him as well

on his new baby daughter.

Dozens of team members took the stage and many,

many photos were snapped—Paul Worley, Tracy

Gershon, Carla Wallace, John Grady, Kerry O’Neill,

Ben Vaughn, Larry Holden and Tim Fink were among

those in the spotlight.

New West Records and the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum sponsored the Nashville premiere

of Crazy Heart on Tuesday, January 12. Pictured at the screening’s post-party (L-R): BMI's Jody Williams, Ryan Bingham, T-Bone Burnett, Jeff Bridges and New West Records Pres. Cameron Strang. Photo: Erika Goldring

At Lady Antebellum's No. 1 celebration SESAC's Tim Fink make a special presentation to the trio

congratulating them on their numerous accomplishments. (L-R): producer Paul Worley, Capitol

Nashville Pres. Mike Dungan, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Fink. Photo: Chris Hollo

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“This is kind of embarrassing,” said Charles Kelley

about the bounty of Lady Antebellum accolades.

Charles, Dave, Hillary and Josh capped the party by

performing “Need You Now” acoustically. The finale was

Lady Antebellum’s new single “American Honey.”

Hillary’s parents Linda Davis and Lang Scott were

there. So were Mary Ann McCready, Mary Hilliard

Harrington, Autumn House, Clay Bradley, David

Preston, Perry Howard, Hank Adam Locklin, Donna

Hughes, Brad Schmitt, Hunter Kelly, Linda Edell

Howard, Ralph Murphy, Storme Warren, Ed Morris,

Pete Fisher, Tom Roland, Joanna Carter, Daniel

Miller, Stan Barnett, Sarah Trahern, Chris Tompkins

and Steve Hodges.

Something tells me that Lady Antebellum is going to

be in the news a lot in the weeks to come. On Jan. 31, the

group is vying for four Grammy Awards. Hillary has a cut

on the new Blake Shelton CD. Dave and Charles cowrote

the chart-topping “Do I” with Luke Bryan and also have a

Miranda Lambert cut.

Griffith RejoinsMagic Mustang Juli Newton Griffith returns to

Magic Mustang Music as Creative

Director. Griffith served in a similar

capacity at the publisher from

2004-07 before leaving to become

an equity partner in a new startup.

Tim Somerville will stay on as

Coordinator, Magic Mustang Music, assisting Griffith.

Tina Crawford is continuing in the A&R/Artist

Development department for both Broken Bow Records

and Stoney Creek Records. Magic Mustang Music CEO/

President Benny Brown also presides over the Broken

Bow/Stoney Creek labels. Griffith can be reached at:

juli@magicmustang.com.

Roots Music Exporters Hits First $1 Million Year Entrepreneur

and industry

veteran John

Lomax, founder

of Roots Music

Exporters, has

announced the

company's first

year to break

the $1 million

mark in gross sales and

revenues. The company was

founded in 2001 and sells CDs and

DVDs, retail exclusives and limited

edition releases to importers in Europe

and throughout Australasia. Lomax

credits the firm's first large scale

growth to the 2005 Garth Brooks

(L-R): Capitol Nashville Pres. Mike Dungan, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood, ASCAP

writer Josh Kear, producer Paul Worley, Big Yellow Dog Publishing's Carla Wallace and Kerry O'Neil and ASCAP Sr. VP Connie Bradley. Photo: Chris Hollo

Juli Griffith

John Lomax

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Wal-Mart exclusive of which they have shipped over 85,000

units. This past year Prince's 3-CD package greatly

leveraged the company's position. Roots Music to date

reports selling almost 11% of Prince's 400k sales total.

Working with Lomax are Operations Manager Kelsey

Rictor, Accounts Director Anita Hogin, and Special

Projects Head Melanie Wells.

Flammia Exits UMG Billboard reports that Universal Music Group dropped

around 50 staffers yesterday (1/14). Cuts were noted at

all company divisions including UMG Distribution and

Fontana. Nashville's Jim Flammia, VP Artist/Media

Relations Lost Highway was named as one of those exiting.

King Offers Inspiration And Help Jill King is trying to help the Haiti crisis by offering

her new single "We Rise" for purchase exclusively on her

website for a $5 donation. All proceeds will be split between

the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders. "I hope this

song will give people inspiration to help in any way they

can and pray for those who can't help themselves right

now," says King. To purchase visit jillking.com and click

on Song of the Month.

DISClaimer by Robert K. Oermann

DISClaimer is on the move. Today is the last Friday

edition of the country review column. Beginning next

week, new country discs will be touted or torched on

Wednesdays. I’ll probably shift bluegrass, Christian, pop/

rock, Americana and other genres to Friday columns.

We’ll see.

As for today, there’s plenty

of star power to be had. Lady

Antebellum is at the top of its

game. David Nail nails the vocal

performance of the week. Josh

Turner has the energy, and

Rascal Flatts has the ballad.

But for overall sonic excellence

the DISC of the Day belongs

to Jack Ingram.

Ken Domash, sometimes

cited as just “Domash,” is our

DISCovery Award winner.

JACK INGRAM/Free

Writer: Jay Knowles/Trent

Summar; Producer: Jay Joyce;

Publisher: Acme Nashville/

Dean-Parnell/EverGreen/Songs

of Universal/Songs of NTN, BMI; Big Machine

—Very cool sounding. The track bubbles

with percussive excitement and builds

in intensity while Jack raises his voice

higher. The superbly written song

comes courtesy of that master

entertainer Trent Summar and Jay

Knowles, who is the son of acclaimed

guitarist John Knowles. The same pair

of tunesmiths were responsible for

the 2006 Jack Ingram hit “Love You.”

JEWEL/Stay Here Forever

Writer: Jewel/Bobby Pinson/Dallas

Davidson; Producer: Nathan Chapman;

Publisher: EMI April/Wiggly Tooth/

Music of Stage Three/Bobby’s Song

and Salvage/EMI Blackwood/String

Stretcher, ASCAP/BMI; Valory Music

—Wispy, soft and girlie. Drawn from

the soundtrack of the all-star movie

Valentine’s Day (Julia Roberts, Anne

Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Shirley

MacLaine, Ashton Kutcher, Taylor

Swift etc., etc.)

January 16Gretchen Wilson sings

the national anthem at

the AFC Divisional

Playoff in Indianapolis.

Broadcast on CBS.

January 21Grammy Nominee Party: 6-9pm, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. Invitation

Only.

Week-At-A-Glance

On Wednesday (1/13) BMI hosted a press conference during which Show Dog-Universal Music Principle

Toby Keith and President Mark Wright unveiled platinum-selling country star Trace Adkins as the

newly formed label’s first addition to the roster. Universal Records South merged with Keith’s indie

Show Dog Records in December. (L-R): Wright, Adkins, Keith and BMI VP Writer/Publisher Relations

Jody Williams. Photo: Drew Maynard

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RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable

Writer: Jay DeMarcus/Hillary Lindsey/James Slater;

Producer: Dann Huff & Rascal Flatts; Publisher: none

listed; Lyric Street (CDX)

—Overblown. Bombastic.

MARTY RAYBON/Daddy Phone

Writer: David V. Mastran; Producer: Paul Carrol Birkley &

Marty Raybon; Publisher: Mastran, BMI; Grand Vista

(CDX) (www.martyraybon.com)

—The divorced Dad is heartbroken that she’s remarried

and another man is raising his child. So he gives the kid

a special “Daddy Phone” so they can talk anywhere, any

time. Marty, as usual, wrings every drop of emotion out

of the lyric.

THE BELLAMY BROTHERS/Heart Of My Heart

Writer: David Bellamy/Howard Bellamy/Jerry Williams;

Producer: Bellamy Brothers & Randy Hiebert; Publisher:

Bellamy Brothers/Red Brazos/Urge, ASCAP; Bellamy

Brothers (CDX) (www,bellamybrothers.com)

—Drowning in echo and gasping for breath.

KEN DOMASH/Countrified

Writer: Ken Domash; Producer: David Bechtel;

Publisher: none listed; Thunder Mountain/Spinville

(www.domashmusic.com)

—You’ll recognize this instantly. It’s the one with the

screaming electric guitar and pounding drum that is all

about the city boy who “goes country.”

LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey

Writer: Shane Stevens/Cary Barlowe/Hillary Lindsey;

Producer: Paul Worley & Lady Antebellum; Publisher:

Oona/Hannah Bea/Castle Bound/Bummermen/Raylene/

BPJ, BMI/SESAC/ASCAP; Capitol Nashville

—I love these kids. When they eased into that three-part

harmony on the first chorus, I was a goner. The song is

as sweet as its title. By the time it ends, you’ll feel like

springtime, no matter what it’s like outside.

DAVID NAIL/Turning Home

Writer: Scooter Carusoe/Kenny Chesney; Producer: none

listed; Publisher: none listed; MCA Nashville

—A warmly nostalgic lyric sung with heaps of soul. Just

when you think he couldn’t sound any hotter, he does. I

could definitely get used to this.

LARRY STEPHENSON, CONNIE SMITH & MARTY

STUART/Talk To Me Lonesome Heart

Writer: James O’Gwynn; Producer: Ben Surratt & Larry

Stephenson; Publisher: Glad/Pappy Dail, BMI; Pinecastle

(track) (www.larrystephensonband.com)

—Stephenson’s 20th Annversary CD celebrates his two

decades in bluegrass. But this track is a country shuffle

complete with steel guitar and twin fiddles. It’s a golden

oldie that was originally a hit for its composer back in

1958. The trio singing on this revival is splendid. Other

guests on the album include Ricky Skaggs, Sonny Osborne,

Dailey & Vincent, Del McCoury and Dale Ann Bradley.

JOSH TURNER/Haywire

Writer: none listed; Producer: none listed; Publisher:

none listed; UMG (track)

—Chattering guitar, stuttering steel and double-time

beats make this track sizzle. It goes without saying that

his vocal performance is a gem. This is the title tune to

Josh’s CD, which drops on Feb. 9.

Spin Zone by Jon Freeman

Darius Rucker is starting off 2010 the right way:

with a two week No. 1 song. His “History In the Making”

climbed into the top spot in the previous chart, and

furthered its lead with a gain of 117 spins. Toby Keith’s

“Cryin’ For Me (Wayman’s Song)” swoops in from behind

and takes the No. 2 position, just ahead of Miranda

Lambert’s “White Liar” which is also still adding spins.

Jason Aldean’s “The Truth” arrives in the top 5, and the

rest of the top 10 is populated by singles earning big spin

gains like Blake Shelton’s “Hillbilly Bone,” Keith Urban’s

“Til Summer Comes Around,” Brad Paisley’s “American

Saturday Night” and Josh Turner’s “Why Don’t We Just

Dance.”

Less than two weeks from the release date of their

second album, Lady Antebellum has one of the fastest

rising singles out there. “American Honey” made its debut

last week at No. 40, and now it has packed on over 650

more spins to accelerate up to No. 25. Taylor Swift’s

“Fearless” is keeping pace as well—after debuting at No.

41, it has moved up to No. 27 after a gain of nearly 600

spins. Other artists with over 300 spin gains include Carrie

Underwood (“Temporary Home”), Zac Brown Band

(“Highway 20 Ride”), Rascal Flatts (“Unstoppable”),

and Alan Jackson (“It’s Just That Way”).

After a slower first chart of the year, many new tunes

are making a first appearance in Week 2. Songs debuting

include Craig Morgan’s “This Ain’t Nothin’” at No. 58,

Luke Bryan’s “Rain Is A Good Thing” at No. 59, Darryl

Worley’s “Best of Both Worlds” at No. 67, Veronica

Ballestrini’s “Out There Somewhere” at No. 69, Steve

Azar’s “Sunshine” at No. 70, Jackie Arredondo’s “Insane”

at No. 71, Martina McBride’s “Wrong Baby Wrong” at No.

73 and Anna Garrott’s “What A Way To Go” at No. 74.

Date Reminder: MusicRow’s Eighth Annual CRS-week

Meet & Greet and Awards is set for Tuesday, February

23, 2:30-5pm at the Cadillac Ranch. We will present our

annual airplay awards to deserving artists and individuals.

We’re also delighted to announce that guests will be

Darius Rucker"History In The Making"Capitol Records Nashville

Darius Rucker’s latest hit "History In The

Making" snags a second week at No. 1 on

MusicRow’s CountryBreakout™ Chart.

This week it raked in 3756 spins, up 117

spins from last week. MR reporting

stations have consistently shown their

love for the Capitol Records Nashville artist, making this his fourth

consecutive single to hit No. 1 on the chart. Rucker is on the Rascal

Flatts Unstoppable Tour which launches its final leg this weekend.

#1

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treated to performances from two shining new talents,

Warner Music Nashville’s Whitney Duncan and Show

Dog Universal’s Trailer Choir. You don’t want to miss

this, so mark your calendars to attend.

Radio Comments“Global freezing is having a break in Minnesota as

phone lines are hot for Miranda Lambert’s ‘White

Liar’ and Darius Rucker’s ‘History In The Making,’

tied for this weeks' most requested,” says Scott

Soderberg of KAUS. “Hot newcomers The Band

Perry with ‘Hip To My Heart’ continue with strong

requests landing them at No. 3."

“The hottest song on our playlist is ‘Tan Lines’ from

Brad Wolf,” says WBYZ's Cole Younger. “Females

are calling for this one and ‘Sunshine’ by Steve Azar.

The guys love ‘Hillbilly Bone’ by Blake Shelton and

Trace Adkins and the phones ring off the hook for

Colt Ford and Jamey Johnson’s ‘Cold Beer.’”

“Josh Turner’s ‘Why Don’t We Just Dance’ is the hot

song this week at WATZ, along with Lady Antebellum’s

‘American Honey,’” says Susie Martin, “but we are also

still getting requests for ‘Need You Now’—so there’s a

double whammy this week! New Music—great tests on

the Bellamy Brothers ‘Heart Of My Heart.’”

“Our hottest new song at KRRV in Alexandria, La. is

Jaron and the Long Road To Love's ‘Pray For You,’”

says Melissa Frost. “If you want to play a song that

will not let your phones stop ringing, this is the song.

We played it during the morning show last week and

got at least five calls in a row asking to play it again.”

Country Twitter Chart The Twitter chart moves slowly

because it takes time to gain thousands

of followers. However, Kenny Chesney

has been on a rampage this week

moving up to the No. 2 position with

almost 360k tweetsters reading his 140 character quips.

Meanwhile Ms. Swift with her legion of over over 2.37

million readers isn't likely to relinquish her top spot on

the list anytime soon. A second male Sony supersar has

also moved into the rankings. The irrepressible Brad

Paisley was not even in last week's Top Ten list, but now

stands proudly in the No. 7 slot. Jewel (67,000) and

Lady Antebellum (66,000) at No. 9 and 10 last week

respectively, have slipped off the chart this week and

been replaced by Reba and Blake Shelton. Shelton's

sense of humor has made him a Twitter favorite, but he

has also created and popularized a unique Twitter syntax

by first repeating the fan's comment, then adding

(via@fan-name) and ending with his response. Check

him out if you haven't already. (The Twitter chart and

artist conversation wall can be found on MusicRow.com

under the Charts navigation link or by clicking the logo

above.) —DMR

(1/14/10; rounded to nearest 1,000 followers)

1. Taylor Swift 2,370,000

2. Kenny Chesney 359,000

3. Billy Ray Cyrus 337,000

4. Kellie Pickler 192,000

5. Jennette McCurdy 157,000

6. Julianne Hough 94,000

7. Brad Paisley 88,000

8. Keith Urban 76,000

9. Reba McEntire 74,000

10. Blake Shelton 71,000

Lady Antebellum"American Honey"Capitol Records Nashville

Hit record trackers look for subtle signs.

But there's nothing subtle about earning

Greatest Spin Gain for two consecutive

weeks. We could posit endless rhymes

about why "American Honey" is one

"sweet" sounding record, but suffice to

say that based on its energetic rise to No. 25 it's likely to "bee"come

"sticky" at the top of the CountryBreakout™ Chart. Last week the trio

gathered an increase of 742 spins to jump from No. 84 to 40. This

week's bounce to No. 25 was accomplished with a 657 spin increase.

Greatest Spin Gain

Craig Morgan"This Ain't Nothin'"BNA Records

With a gain of 269 spins, Craig Morgan's

"This Ain't Nothin'" stormed up the

CountryBreakout™ Chart in its first week,

debuting at No. 58. Last year, the BNA

Records artist released his fifth studio

album, That's Why, and was also inducted

into the membership of the Grand Ole Opry. Morgan will be joining

Carrie Underwood's Play On Tour, which is set to kick off March 11

and includes 45 shows through May 30. Morgan has made more than

150 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, and plays over 200 sold-out

concerts a year. He spent ten years on active duty in the U.S. Army

before launching his music career, and continues to perform as often

as possible at US military installations both in the US and abroad. Some

of his recent hits include "Bonfire," "Love Remembers," International

Harvester" and "Redneck Yacht Club."

Power Chart Debut

Martina McBride"Wrong Baby Wrong"RCA Records

One of the fastest-rising new entries to

the CountryBreakout™ Chart, Martina

McBride’s “Wrong Baby Wrong” packs on

232 spins and rockets to No. 73. Written

by the all-star team of Stephen Barker

Liles (from Love and Theft), Robert Ellis

Orrall, Brad Warren and Brett Warren, the song appears on McBride’s

latest album release Shine. GAC has chosen McBride as its Artist of

the Month for January, so tune in for extra Martina-related content

all month long. With some momentum behind her new single, follow

McBride as she traverses the country on her Shine All Night tour

through May.

Momentum Mover

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BigChampagne Internet Chart BigChampagne’s chart of

Internet music activity reflects

some of the changes and activity

on our CountryBreakout™ Chart,

with Jason Aldean’s “The Truth”

moving up to the No. 1 spot. Online

users hip to Taylor Swift have

already latched on to the new single

“Fearless” and propelled it to No. 2.

One interesting inclusion in the top rankings is Uncle

Kracker’s “Smile,” which slides in at No. 5.

LW TW Artist Song

3 1 Jason Aldean The Truth

4 2 Taylor Swift Fearless

12 3 Reba McEntire Consider Me Gone

7 4 Jake Owen Eight Second Ride

6 5 Uncle Kracker Smile

10 6 Rascal Flatts Unstoppable

23 7 Darius Rucker History In The Making

8 8 Miranda Lambert White Liar

18 9 Sugarland Keep You

13 10 Tim McGraw Southern Voice

Frozen: KFLS, KUUB, KWOX, KXIA, WBKR, WHWK

New On The Chart—Debuting This WeekArtist/song/label chart pos.

....................................Craig Morgan/This Ain't Nothin'/BNA 58

.............................Luke Bryan/Rain Is A Good Thing/Capitol 59

................Darryl Worley/Best Of Both Worlds/Stroudavarious 67

................Veronica Ballestrini/Out There Somewhere/TimBob 69

......................................Steve Azar/Sunshine/Ride Records 70

...........Jackie Arredondo/Insane/Premier Musical Productions 71

.............................Martina McBride/Wrong Baby Wrong/RCA 73

..............Anna Garrott/What A Way To Go/Blue Steel Records 74

Lucky Seven Greatest Spin IncreaseArtist/song/label spin+

..........................Lady Antebellum/American Honey/Capitol 657

...............................Rascal Flatts/Unstoppable/Lyric Street 632

......................................Taylor Swift/Fearless/Big Machine 592

...............................Alan Jackson/It's Just That Way/Arista 374

..........................Zac Brown Band/Highway 20 Ride/Atlantic 350

.........................Carrie Underwood/Temporary Home/Arista 348

......................Brad Paisley/American Saturday Night/Arista 308

On Deck—Soon To Be ChartingArtist/song/label spins

...................................Zona Jones/Day Off/Rocky Comfort 279

...............Danny Gokey/My Best Days.../19 Recordings/RCA 247

.....Nathan Lee Jackson/Desperate Man/Star City/Nine North 239

........................................................Chris Filer/Joy Ride 236

...................Ty Williams/Barn On The Rooftop/Cherry Heart 224

............Telluride/Stay/American Roots Records/Quarterback 206

..................Braden Gray/It Won't Be Over You/ATP Records 192

......................................Chris Heers/Dirt Rich/Saddlefarm 171

..........Lorrie Morgan/Leavin' On Your Mind/Country Crossing 169

....................Broken Road/Outside The Box/6 Tone Records 168

Two Week Most Added*Artist/song/label new adds

.................................Rascal Flatts/Unstoppable/Lyric Street 34

............................Lady Antebellum/American Honey/Capitol 26

........................................Taylor Swift/Fearless/Big Machine 26

.............................Luke Bryan/Rain Is A Good Thing/Capitol 20

.................................Alan Jackson/It's Just That Way/Arista 17

.............................Martina McBride/Wrong Baby Wrong/RCA 17

............................................Jack Ingram/Free/Big Machine 16

..................................................Steve Azar/Sunshine/Ride 16

....................................Craig Morgan/This Ain't Nothin'/BNA 16

*Total Adds rec’d over two weeks

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Going For Adds

January 19Jewel/Stay Here Forever/ValoryNeil Hewitt/The Request/ATP

Jessica Harp/A Woman Needs/WBTodd Jones/Sitting In Atlanta

Station/Rhythm House

January 25Craig Morgan/This Ain’t Nothin’/BNA

Jack Ingram/Free/Big MachineMelanie May/Green/PCL Music

Bridgette Tatum/(I Like My) Cowboys Dirty/Root 49/Nine North

Coldwater Jane/Bring On The Love/Mercury

Darryl Worley/Best Of Both Worlds/Stroudavarious

Luke Bryan/Rain Is.../CapitolJo Dee Messina/That’s God/Curb

David Nail/Turning Home/MCA

February 1Sammy Kershaw/Better Than I

Used To Be/Big Hit RecordsKatie Armiger/Kiss Me.../Cold River

Martina McBride/Wrong Baby Wrong/RCA

Burns & Poe/Don’t Get No Better Than That/Blue Steel Records

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Lyric Street group Love and Theft stopped by WSIX/

Nashville for a visit last week. (L-R): Lyric Street Sr. Dir.

Natl. Promotion Chris Palmer, Eric Gunderson, Brian

Bandas, WSIX's Gerry House, Stephen Barker Liles,

Lyric Street Sr. Dir. National Promotion Renee Leymon

and WSIX PD Keith Kaufman.

Danny Gokey recently visited Ocala’s WOGK as part of his

radio tour in support of his debut single, “My Best Days

Are Ahead of Me.” (L-R): WOGK MD Big Red, Gokey, RCA

Nashville’s Liz Sledge and WOGK PD Mr. Bob.

Last week Justin Moore started as the opening act of the Brad

Paisley tour. KCYY Morning Show, “Shotgun” Shannon and Jesse

James came out to the show to welcome Moore. (L-R): Valory Music's Jon Loba, Shannon, Moore, James, Big Machine Label Group Pres. Scott Borchetta and Valory Music's George Briner.

Premiere Radio Networks host Blair Garner welcomed Lady

Antebellum to Blackbird Studio in Nashville Wednesday (1/13).

The Grammy Award nominated group stopped by After

MidNite to promote their upcoming Capitol album

Need You Now. (L-R): Charles Kelley, Hillary

Scott, Garner and Dave Haywood.

Steve Azar (L) stopped by The Country Vibe with Chuck

and Becca to visit with co-hosts Chuck Long (R) and

B

ecca Walls. Azar discusses why his new

single, "Sunshine," is so personal to him.

Average Joes Entertainment artist Colt Ford visited

94.9 The Bull to hang with staff members prior to his

show at Wild Bills in Atlanta (1/8). (L-R): WUBL PD

Scott Lindy, MD Lance Houston, Ford and Bull

morning co-host Jason Pullman.

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18 1 1 Darius Rucker/History In The Making/Capitol 3756/104 3 117 3639

12 6 2 Toby Keith/Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)/Show Dog Nashville 3386/104 5 161 3225

20 4 3 Miranda Lambert/White Liar/Columbia 3345/93 1 35 3310

16 3 4 Tim McGraw/Southern Voice/Curb 3330/94 -2 -56 3386

15 7 5 Jason Aldean/The Truth/Broken Bow 3246/95 6 188 3058

11 9 6 Blake Shelton/Hillbilly Bone/Warner Bros. 3129/105 10 282 2847

8 13 7 Keith Urban/Til Summer Comes Around/Capitol 2934/104 11 296 2638

16 10 8 Billy Currington/That's How Country Boys Roll/Mercury 2928/92 3 93 2835

9 14 9 Brad Paisley/American Saturday Night/Arista 2927/91 12 308 2619

18 11 10 Josh Turner/Why Don't We Just Dance/MCA 2916/92 8 214 2702

13 8 11 George Strait/Twang/MCA 2842/90 -4 -113 2955

24 5 12 Dierks Bentley/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes/Capitol 2617/76 -20 -674 3291

28 12 13 Sarah Buxton/Outside My Window/Lyric Street 2590/96 -2 -62 2652

12 15 14 Eric Church/Hell On The Heart/Capitol 2538/103 6 152 2386

13 17 15 Justin Moore/Backwoods/Valory Music 2299/100 8 167 2132

11 18 16 Joe Nichols/Gimmie That Girl/Universal South 2252/102 8 166 2086

16 16 17 Gloriana/How Far Do You Wanna Go?/Emblem/Warner Bros. 2235/95 4 83 2152

15 19 18 Easton Corbin/A Little More Country Than That/Mercury 2127/85 5 99 2028

5 23 19 Carrie Underwood/Temporary Home/Arista 2055/87 20 348 1707

10 21 20 Randy Houser/Whistlin' Dixie/Universal South 1990/98 5 103 1887

5 24 21 Zac Brown Band/Highway 20 Ride/Atlantic 1989/91 21 350 1639

21 20 22 Jason Michael Carroll/Hurry Home/Arista 1944/79 2 32 1912

16 22 23 Steel Magnolia/Keep On Loving You/Big Machine 1921/93 7 133 1788

18 25 24 Josh Thompson/Beer On The Table/Columbia 1717/78 5 85 1632

2 40 25 Lady Antebellum/American Honey/Capitol 1610/94 69 657 953

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Weeks Last Wk This Wk Spins/ % Spin Spins Last Wk On Chart Position Position Artist/Song/Label Repts Power +- # Spins

13 28 26 Matt Kennon/The Call/BamaJam 1537/87 8 118 1419

2 41 27 Taylor Swift/Fearless/Big Machine 1469/87 68 592 877

21 27 28 Cody McCarver/White Trash With Money/E1/PLC 1458/63 -9 -141 1599

16 30 29 Kellie Pickler/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You/RCA 1428/71 13 162 1266

9 29 30 SingleTree/Ms. What's Her Name/Big 7 1415/70 10 127 1288

5 33 31 Love and Theft/Dancing In Circles/Lyric Street 1379/89 17 197 1182

22 2 32 Reba/Consider Me Gone/Starstruck/Valory 1377/43 -61 -2127 3504

8 32 33 Burns & Poe/Don't Get No Better Than That/Bluesteel Records 1350/65 12 143 1207

2 48 34 Rascal Flatts/Unstoppable/Lyric Street 1346/88 89 632 714

6 37 35 Chris Young/The Man I Want To Be/RCA 1250/75 16 175 1075

15 36 36 Williams Riley/Country Livin'/Golden Music 1211/69 11 121 1090

15 34 37 Houston County/I Can't Make It Rain/Stroudavarious 1184/69 2 19 1165

4 43 38 Alan Jackson/It's Just That Way/Arista 1161/73 48 374 787

6 39 39 The Band Perry/Hip To My Heart/Republic Nashville 1139/71 17 166 973

6 44 40 Montgomery Gentry/Oughta Be More Songs About That/Columbia 910/60 16 128 782

7 46 41 Gwen Sebastian/Hard Rain/Lofton Creek / Open Road 850/57 11 87 763

5 52 42 Jonathan Singleton & The Grove/Look Who's Back In Love/Universal South 792/55 27 168 624

4 58 43 Jessica Harp/A Woman Needs/Warner Music Nashville 762/48 48 247 515

12 49 44 Bomshel/19 & Crazy/Curb 695/41 5 30 665

19 47 45 Steve Richard/Stomp/Force MP 684/29 -7 -53 737

7 56 46 Lee Ann Womack/There Is A God/MCA 655/43 17 93 562

12 54 47 Hannah McNeil/What Am I Getting Up For/Red/Jerry Duncan Promo/Spinville 617/39 7 42 575

11 57 48 Sammy Sadler with Steve Wariner/I'll Always Have Denver/E1 563/35 4 20 543

5 61 49 Mark Chesnutt/Going On Later On/Lofton Creek 537/38 12 56 481

7 60 50 Gretchen Wilson/Work Hard, Play Harder/Redneck Records 523/33 5 25 498

13 55 51 Buddy Jewell/Somebody Who Would Die For You/New Revolution 505/29 -12 -68 573

3 63 52 Brad Wolf/Tan Lines/Evergreen 501/38 28 110 391

4 65 53 Mark Wills/Crazy White Boy/Tenacity Records 499/34 28 110 389

11 59 54 Bryan White/The Little Things/Just A Pup Records 492/28 -3 -13 505

9 51 55 Rodney Atkins/Chasin' Girls/Curb 489/30 -22 -137 626

20 45 56 Lady Antebellum/Need You Now/Capitol 462/14 -40 -308 770

4 64 57 Darren Kozelsky/Real Superman/Major 7th/Spinville/Nine North 458/41 17 68 390

1 89 58 Craig Morgan/This Ain't Nothin'/BNA 456/33 144 269 187

1 90 59 Luke Bryan/Rain Is A Good Thing/Capitol 392/34 145 232 160

3 71 60 Clay Walker/She Won't Be Lonely Long/Curb 379/33 22 69 310

7 70 61 Billy Joe Royal/Hard Rock to Roll/ 378/25 19 61 317

2 74 62 James Wesley/Jackson Hole/Broken Bow Records 352/32 33 88 264

14 67 63 Dion Pride/We All Gotta Live Here/WeBlast Records 341/20 -2 -8 349

4 68 64 Aaron Watson/The Road/Big Label/Edgehill 340/27 6 20 320

3 69 65 Sean Hogan/Heartbreak Song/Lakeland Heart Records 338/23 7 21 317

3 75 66 Jordan Carter/John Deere Letter/ 313/21 19 51 262

1 85 67 Darryl Worley/Best Of Both Worlds/Stroudavarious 310/27 52 106 204

17 42 68 Phil Vassar/Everywhere I Go/Universal South 308/17 -62 -507 815

1 80 69 Veronica Ballestrini/Out There Somewhere/TimBob 299/25 27 63 236

1 96 70 Steve Azar/Sunshine/Ride Records 294/31 119 160 134

1 77 71 Jackie Arredondo/Insane/Premier Musical Productions 291/27 18 45 246

17 72 72 Carrie Underwood/Cowboy Casanova/Arista 291/8 1 4 287

1 122 73 Martina McBride/Wrong Baby Wrong/RCA 289/22 407 232 57

1 81 74 Anna Garrott/What A Way To Go/Blue Steel Records 283/20 20 47 236

3 73 75 Hank Williams Jr./All The Roads/Curb 281/18 0 1 280

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