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FGL, Sturgill Simpson Own No. 1 Chart Slots

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CMA Preps Research Webinars >page 7

Kenny Chesney Launches Stadium

Tour Season >page 8

Makin’ Tracks: Keith Urban’s

“Wasted Time” >page 12

The Stark Report: Is Country In For A

Summer Slowdown? >page 13

Country Coda: Rodney & Rosanne’s

“Small World” >page 18

As a homeless teenager, singer-songwriter Jimmy Wayne’s life turned around when he met an elderly woman, Bea Costner, who hired him to cut her lawn every week. She would compensate him with $20 and a Coca-Cola, and he ended up living with the Costners.

He has told that story through the years at concerts; in his book, Walk to Beautiful; and, more recently, on his blog. Wayne finally got to recount it to a gathering of Coke executives on April 20.

“The room just cheered like you wouldn’t believe,” he says. “I was like, ‘Man, this is not a one-time speech. I’ve been trying to get your attention for 18 years.’ ”

Appropriately, Coca-Cola is now using one of Wayne’s songs, “I Love You This Much,” among just seven coun-try copyrights in its new Share a Coke and a Song campaign, which debuted April 18. It’s an extension of the Share a Coke program in which people’s names were imprinted on the soft drink’s la-bels. Those names are now replaced by the title — or a key lyric — from a song.

Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me,” Faith Hill’s “The Way You Love Me” and Willie Nelson’s

“Always on My Mind” are among the country tracks in the ef-fort, which uses approximately 70 songs total. They range in eras from Charlie Puth’s current pop single “One Call Away” to the public-domain composition “Take Me Out to the Ball

Game,” and in styles from Bachman Turner Overdrive’s classic-rocker “Takin’ Care of Business” to Carlos Vives’ Latin-pop release “Ella Es Mi Fiesta” (“She’s My Party”).

“We wanted to use the lyrics that connect people and create those mo-ments of sharing,” Coke global head of music Joe Belliotti told Billboard in March. “This was not about finding the most popular songs of today. This was about finding lyrics that can help you connect with someone. Because at the end of the day, music and the lyr-ics in songs help you express what you sometimes aren’t able to put into words yourself.”

Using phrases to connect people isn’t an entirely new idea.

“It’s like those Valentine’s [Day] sweet-tart things that have those little messages on them,” says Shane McA-nally, a co-writer of Kacey Musgraves’

“Follow Your Arrow,” which is also in the campaign.

Coca-Cola Cowboys Get Their Share Of New Soda Campaign

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And using music isn’t a new idea for Coca-Cola, either. A 1971 Coke ad built around “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” is widely regarded as among the most effective spots in history (one of its writers, British-born Roger Cook, became a Nashville songwriter, responsible for Don Williams’ “I Believe in You” and George Strait’s “One Night at a Time”). Dot-tie West’s “Country Sunshine” was also part of a Coke campaign.

In this modern Coke/music hookup, the songs on the labels can be scanned with the Shazam app, allowing consumers to hear a part of a track — and maybe become aware of the artist — and create a lip-synch video that they’re able to share.

“Coca-Cola should fit anyone, no matter who they are — whatever race, whatever job they do,” says “Always on My Mind” co-writer Mark James. “Coca-Cola has been around so long that it’s just one of those icon things. You’d miss it if it wasn’t here anymore.”

Coke, in fact, is extremely protective of the brand. The recipe for its syrup is a closely guarded secret, and its marketing efforts — particularly after its New

Coke debacle in 1985 — are meticulous.“The world we’re living in today, every-

body has to be so diplomatic about what they believe in and [whether they] might offend somebody,” says Wayne. “I thought, ‘Wow, I can hardly believe they’re going to print my song on their cans and bottles.’ ”

Coke had to pass a test, too — and not the Pepsi challenge. A line from Lee Green-wood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” — “I’m proud to be an American” — is included in Coke’s campaign, but Greenwood isn’t in a hurry to license it to everyone.

“I wouldn’t put it on a beer label,” says Greenwood. “But if Coke wants to use it, I think it’s really cool to be associated with America’s most popular and well-known brand.”

Coke has not revealed details of the deals it made with publishers, though Greenwood says it’s a favored-nation agreement — thus, every title receives the same compensation — and both sides hold an option to continue the as-sociation after one year.

That said, it’s difficult to believe that any-one who thought the deal was a winner before-hand would want to get out of it after being associated with the iconic Coke logo.

“It’s my favorite soft drink and it always has been,” says “Follow Your Arrow” co-writer Brandy Clark. “I just love the way it looks. I love the glass bottles. To me, it’s American. It’s like Ford and Chevy and Coke — but actu-ally, Coke goes above Ford and Chevy for me. You know, it’s like the [New York] Yankees.”

Clark is tied to one of the minor pitfalls in the program. She received a Grammy nomination this year for her album cut “Hold My Hand,” which is a title that’s featured on some Coke bottles. Her fans might think it’s her song that’s being licensed, though more consum-ers are likely to associate the title with Darius Rucker — “Hold My Hand” was Hootie & The Blowfish’s 1994 breakthrough hit. But the actual track in question, determined by using the Shazam app, is Jess Glynne’s 2015 re-lease “Hold My Hand,” which reached the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

Less problematic is Luke Bryan’s “I Don’t Want This Night to End,” which — much like Wayne’s song — represents a personal Coke connection to Dallas Davidson, one of Bryan’s three co-writers. The Share a Coke campaign phrase is ironic in his case — Davidson’s grandmother gave out Coca-Cola stock certificates at Christmastime, essentially sharing shares of the company. The Georgia-born Davidson still holds his stock in the business, which he visited during a school function as a kid.

“That’s a pretty big deal how it all comes full circle,” says Davidson. “You’re touring Coca-Cola when you’re 7 years old, and then when you’re 38 years old, they’re putting your song title on the side of the can. That’s pretty badass.”

Brothers Osborne performed “21 Summer” and “Stay a Little Longer” when the duo made its Grand Ole Opry debut on April 19. From left: Opry Entertainment Group president Steve Buchanan, T.J. Osborne, John Osborne and Opry vice president/GM Pete Fisher.

Michael Ray visited with WIVK Knoxville, Tenn., PD Bob Raleigh during an April 15 stop at Thompson-Boling Arena with Brantley Gilbert. From left: Raleigh, Ray and Warner Music Nashville promotion manager Stephanie Holzer.

Martina McBride delivered the inaugural Big Machine Label Group special for HSN on April 17. From left: Nash Icon GM Jim Weatherson, BMLG senior vp creative Sandi Spika Borchetta, BMLG president/CEO Scott Borchetta, McBride and HSN CEO Mindy Grossman.

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Florida Georgia Line’s “Confession” (Republic Nashville) crowns Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated May 7), lifting 2-1, up 4 percent to 44.8 million audience impressions in the tracking week ending April 24, according to Nielsen Music.

Penned by Rodney Clawson, Ross Copperman and Matt Jenkins, “Confession” marks a milestone for the duo of Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard. The fifth single from FGL’s sophomore album, Anything Goes, is the pair’s fourth to top Country Airplay, following “Sippin’ on Fire” (June 20, 2015), “Sun Daze” (Feb. 28, 2015) and “Dirt” (Oct. 25, 2014). (The title-track fourth single peaked at No. 3 in October.)

Florida Georgia Line’s first full studio set, Here’s to the Good Times, also produced four Country Airplay leaders (2012-14), matching the record for the most No. 1s from a debut major- label album, previously set by Brooks & Dunn (Brand New Man, 1991-92) and Zac Brown Band (The Foundation, 2008-10).

Now, FGL joins ZBB as the only two acts to accomplish four Country Airplay chart-toppers from each of their first two albums. ZBB’s second full-length, You Get What You Give, produced the No. 1s “As She’s Walking Away” (featuring Alan Jackson), “Colder Weather,” “Knee Deep” (featuring Jimmy Buffett) and “Keep Me in Mind” (2010-11).

“It still feels like a dream to us and we’re humbled,” FGL’s Kelley tells Billboard. “ ‘Confession’ is in our hearts and we are thankful it had a chance to be a single and have an impact. It really opens the door for what we’ve got coming on [April 29].”

“This is an amazing achievement and it couldn’t happen to nicer people,” adds Big Machine Label Group executive vp and Republic Records president Jimmy Harnen. “On the eve of launching their debut single from their third LP, FGL continues to lead the pack.”

Wait — what was that about April 29 and a new single and album? While not divulging the exact date, Harnen told Billboard that the duo’s third album will arrive in late summer.

KKBQ Houston PD Johnny Chiang feels that Florida Georgia Line gave

radio something fresh with “Confession.” “FGL is one of the acts to pioneer a new sound, yet they’ve managed to mature as well,” he tells Billboard. “While their music always performs with younger demos, this one also fared well with the older end of our audience.”

‘T’ IS FOR TOP 10 As Dierks Bentley’s “Somewhere on a Beach” (Capitol Nashville) leads Billboard’s hybrid Hot Countr y Songs chart, which encompasses airplay, digital sales and streaming, for a second week, Thomas Rhett’s “T-Shirt” (Valory) enters the top 10 (12-9). “T-Shirt” is sparked by a

14 percent increase on Country Airplay, where it also reaches the top 10 (14-10; 28.5 million, up 13 percent). The track zooms 10-4 on Country Digital Songs (25,000 downloads sold; up 16 percent) and 10-5 on Country Streaming Songs (2.3 million U.S. streams, up 14 percent). “T-Shirt” is Rhett’s sixth Hot Country Songs top 10 and seventh Country Airplay top 10.

Also on Country Airplay, Luke Bryan’s “Huntin’, Fishin’ & Lovin’ Every Day” (Capitol Nashville) becomes his 21st top 10 (12-9; 30 million, up 10 percent).

SIMPSON SAILS TO NO. 1 On Top Country Albums, Americana singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson tops the survey for the first time as Sailor’s Guide to Earth (Atlantic/

Atlantic Group) bows with 52,000 in its opening week. It also starts at No. 1 on Top Current Albums, Top Rock Albums and Folk Albums. Simpson’s third appearance on Top Country Albums follows his No. 31-peaking 2014 debut, High Top Mountain, and 2015’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (No. 8).

MARIE’S NEW ‘MUSIC’ Marie Osmond achieves her first solo top 10 on the Top Country Albums chart in more than 41 years as Music Is Medicine (Oliveme) enters at No. 10 (4,000). She posts her first solo entry since 1989’s No. 68- peaking Steppin’ Stone and first top 10 since 1974’s In My Little Corner of the World (No. 10). Osmond tallied one top 10 since with brother Donny: 2011’s Donny & Marie opened and peaked at No. 7 (16,000).

FGL, Simpson Sail To No. 1; Osmond Returns To Top 10

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Country Airplay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 151 STATIONSAlbany, N.Y. WGNAAlbuquerque, N.M. KBQI KRSTAllentown, Pa. WCTOAtlanta WKHX WUBLAugusta, Ga. WKXCAustin, Texas KASEBakersfield, Calif. KUZZBaltimore WPOCBaton Rouge, La. WYNKBirmingham, Ala. WDXB WZZKBoise, Idaho KAWO KIZNBoston WBWL WKLBBuffalo, N.Y. WYRKCharleston, S.C. WCKN WEZLCharlotte, N.C. WKKT WSOCChattanooga, Tenn. WUSYChicago WEBG WUSNCincinnati WUBECleveland WGARColorado Springs, Colo. KATCColumbia, S.C. WCOSColumbus, Ohio WCOLCorpus Christi, Texas KRYSDallas KPLX KSCSDenver KWOF KYGODes Moines, Iowa KHKI KJJY

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

Memphis WGKX WLFPMiami WKISMilwaukee WMILMinneapolis KEEY KMNBMobile, Ala. WKSJMonmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMKMonterey, Calif.. KTOMNashville WKDF WSIX WSM-FMNassau, N.Y. WJVCNew Bern, N.C. WRNSNew Orleans WNOENew York WNSHNorfolk, Va. WGH WUSHOklahoma City, Okla. KJKE KTSTOmaha, Neb. KXKTOrlando, Fla. WWKAPhiladelphia WXTUPhoenix KMLE KNIXPittsburgh WDSY WOGI WPGBPortland, Maine WPOR WTHTPortland, Ore. KUPL KWJJProvidence, R.I. WCTKRaleigh, N.C. WNCB WQDRRichmond, Va. WKHKRiverside, Calif. KFRGRoanoke, Va. WSLC

Rochester, N.Y. WBEESacramento, Calif. KBEB KNCI KNTYSt. Louis KSD WILSalt Lake City KEGA KSOP KUBLSan Antonio, Texas KAJA KCYYSan Diego KSONSan Jose, Calif. KRTY KSJOSanta Rosa, Calif. KFGYSarasota, Fla. WCTQSeattle KKWF KMPSShreveport, La. KXKSSpokane, Wash. KXLYSpringfield, Mass. WRNXSpringfield, Mo. KTTSStockton, Calif. KATMSyracuse, N.Y. WBBSTampa, Fla. WFUS WQYKTucson, Ariz. KIIMTulsa, Okla. KTGX KVOO KWENVisalia, Calif. KJUGWashington, D.C. WMZQWest Palm Beach, Fla. WIRKWichita, Kan. KFDI KZSNWilkes Barre, Pa. WGGYWilmington, Del. WXCYYork, Pa. WGTY

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l1 2 25 CONFESSION Republic Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Florida Georgia Line 44.761 +1.792 7940 215 1

l2 3 14 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 43.926 +4.288 7780 652 2

l3 5 17 THINK OF YOU RCA Nashville/Republic Nashville HH Most Increased Audience HH Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope 43.178 +4.526 7776 871 3

l4 6 23 SNAPBACK RCA Nashville Old Dominion 39.736 +1.935 7232 421 4

5 1 32 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Big Machine Rascal Flatts 37.960 -8.553 6642 -1555 5

l6 8 30 MIND READER Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 36.252 +3.189 6505 466 6

l7 9 14 HUMBLE AND KIND McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 31.791 +2.359 5863 533 7

l8 10 7 CAME HERE TO FORGET Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 30.363 +2.550 5565 544 8

l9 12 7 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 29.982 +2.752 5153 438 10

l10 14 13 T-SHIRT Valory Thomas Rhett 28.464 +3.230 5107 390 11

l11 11 46 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice 27.154 -0.231 5177 170 9

l12 13 17 MY CHURCH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 26.444 +0.936 5092 172 12

l13 15 5 NOISE Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney 24.764 +1.914 4463 526 13

l14 16 30 HEAD OVER BOOTS Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 20.105 +1.424 4268 267 14

l15 17 4 WASTED TIME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 20.038 +4.477 3884 954 15

l16 19 12 RECORD YEAR EMI Nashville Eric Church 15.532 +1.656 3199 212 16

l17 21 4 LIGHTS COME ON Broken Bow HH Airpower HH Jason Aldean 14.958 +3.123 2879 587 20

l18 20 20 FIX Big Loud Chris Lane 14.244 +0.648 3005 96 17

l19 23 8 AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG RCA Nashville Jake Owen 12.810 +1.583 2625 294 21

l20 22 23 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER Warner Bros./WAR HH Airpower HH Frankie Ballard 12.126 +0.723 2995 55 18

l21 24 38 NIGHT’S ON FIRE MCA Nashville David Nail 11.333 +0.669 2912 239 19

l22 25 25 YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK Valory Justin Moore 11.107 +0.628 2524 124 22

l23 30 4 CHURCH BELLS 19/Arista Nashville HH Most Added HH Carrie Underwood 11.091 +3.474 2299 854 24

l24 26 36 HOLE IN A BOTTLE Mercury Canaan Smith 10.475 +0.551 2405 153 23

l25 27 12 FROM THE GROUND UP Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 10.311 +0.685 2194 68 26

l26 28 27 RUNNING FOR YOU MCA Nashville Kip Moore 9.779 +0.881 2231 128 25

l27 29 7 ROCK ON Dot Tucker Beathard 9.320 +0.993 2006 377 27

l28 31 9 MAKE YOU MISS ME MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 7.389 +1.705 1457 181 29

l29 32 29 I MET A GIRL Warner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan 5.951 +0.340 1449 77 30

l30 34 16 LOVIN’ LATELY B$R/New Revolution Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw 5.593 +0.431 1643 235 28

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Country Airplay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

The country-rock track rolls 21-17 on Country Airplay (15 million in audience,

up 26 percent) and 19-16 on Hot Country Songs, boosted by a 7 percent gain to

1.4 million U.S. streams. On April 22, a show set for Sept. 9 at Boston’s Fenway Park on

A l d e a n ’s upcoming Six String Circus Tour sold out in less than two hours.

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l31 37 6 PETER PAN Black River Kelsea Ballerini 4.749 +0.953 1207 210 33

l32 36 20 LIVIN’ THE DREAM Dot Drake White 4.632 +0.263 1335 42 31

l33 35 15 UNLOVE YOU Big Machine Jennifer Nettles 4.481 +0.106 1266 -13 32

l34 40 12 IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO Mercury Billy Currington 3.732 +0.726 918 93 36

l35 38 11 USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.416 +0.019 873 56 37

l36 39 11 MAYDAY Arista Nashville Cam 3.410 +0.332 1040 101 34

l37 41 13 SOUTHERN BOY Broken Bow Jordan Rager With Jason Aldean 3.211 +0.326 933 73 35

l38 49 4 CASTAWAY Southern Ground/John Varvatos/Republic/Dot Zac Brown Band 3.089 +1.348 517 283 47

l39 42 11 GIRL NEXT DOOR Warner Bros./WMN Brandy Clark 2.483 -0.017 624 18 41

l40 48 9 MAKE YOU MINE Atlantic/WEA High Valley 2.359 +0.522 597 73 43

l41 44 11 I KNOW SOMEBODY Reviver LoCash 2.332 +0.224 682 59 39

l42 46 10 21 SUMMER EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.199 +0.118 646 51 40

l43 43 14 JESUS AND JONES Wheelhouse Trace Adkins 2.199 +0.038 811 61 38

l44 45 19 RAISED ON IT MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 2.100 +0.001 274 11 52

l45 51 9 SLEEP WITHOUT YOU Republic Nashville Brett Young 1.834 +0.396 539 124 44

46 47 8 IF THE BOOT FITS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 1.779 -0.098 619 49 42

l47 53 7 SONG NUMBER 7 Stoney Creek Randy Houser 1.759 +0.444 530 90 46

l48 52 12 DANCE WITH YA Cold River Drew Baldridge 1.375 +0.039 536 4 45

49 50 6 RECKLESS Nash Icon Martina McBride 1.276 -0.442 366 -60 49

l50 54 9 DADDY’S MONEY Red Bow Brooke Eden 0.973 +0.017 365 -36 50

l51 55 6 TUXEDO MCA Nashville Clare Dunn 0.972 +0.057 375 57 48

l52 57 5 GHOST TOWN Nash Records Breaking Southwest 0.862 +0.031 145 -19 -

l53 NEW THINK A LITTLE LESS Atlantic/WEA HH Hot Shot Debut HH Michael Ray 0.859 +0.668 215 182 56

l54 56 2 OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Red Bow Craig Campbell 0.837 -0.005 339 62 51

l55 58 3 BEER CAN IN A TRUCK BED RCA Nashville Old Dominion 0.624 +0.010 50 1 -

l56 59 2 LONELY GIRL Capitol Nashville Charles Kelley 0.593 +0.105 233 98 54

l57 RE-ENTRY SAID NO ONE EVER Elektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer 0.559 +0.154 220 20 55

l58 60 6 SOUTHERNALITY Republic Nashville A Thousand Horses 0.483 -0.000 262 7 53

l59 RE-ENTRY WASN’T THAT DRUNK Pretty Damn Tough/1608 Josh Abbott Band With Carly Pearce 0.464 +0.087 179 34 57

l60 NEW SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE Valory Tara Thompson 0.318 +0.083 167 6 59

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ALABAMA Come Find Me BMG Chrysalis

CHRIS JANSON Holdin’ Her Warner Bros./WAR

CHRIS STAPLETON Parachute Mercury Nashville

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AIRPLAY MONITORED BYCountry Airplay

MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSCHURCH BELLS 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood 39CASTAWAY Southern Groud/Varvatos/Republic/Dot Zac Brown Band 19PETER PAN Black River Kelsea Ballerini 17LIGHTS COME ON Broken Bow Jason Aldean 11ROCK ON Dot Tucker Beathard 10SLEEP WITHOUT YOU Republic Nashville Brett Young 10LONELY GIRL Capitol Nashville Charles Kelley 10THINK A LITTLE LESS Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray 10OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Red Bow Craig Campbell 9MAYDAY Arista Nashville Cam 8

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINWASTED TIME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +954THINK OF YOU RCA Nashville/Republic Nashville Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope +871CHURCH BELLS 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood +854SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +652LIGHTS COME ON Broken Bow Jason Aldean +587CAME HERE TO FORGET Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton +544HUMBLE AND KIND McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +533NOISE Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney +526MIND READER Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +466HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +438

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THINK OF YOU RCA Nashville/Republic Nashville Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope +4.526WASTED TIME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +4.477SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +4.288CHURCH BELLS 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood +3.474T-SHIRT Valory Thomas Rhett +3.230MIND READER Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +3.189LIGHTS COME ON Broken Bow Jason Aldean +3.123HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.752CAME HERE TO FORGET Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton +2.550HUMBLE AND KIND McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw +2.359

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

$841,100 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 12,830AEG LIVE$76, $46 Pepsi Center, Denver/March 30 sellout

$715,339 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 9,775AEG LIVE$79.50, $46 Oracle Arena, Oakland/April 10 10,375

$676,344 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 9,534AEG LIVE$76, $46 Save Mart Center, Fresno, Calif./April 5 sellout

$542,490 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 7,935AEG LIVE$76, $46 Broadmoor World Arena, Colorado Springs/March 29 sellout

$475,939 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 6,234AEG LIVE$79.50, $46 Reno Events Center, Reno, Nev./April 8 sellout

Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone (615-891-1976), fax (615-891-2054) or email (bob.allen@billboard.com).

TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING APRIL 24, 2016

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit www.texasregionalradio.com, or contact Dave Smith at 817-283-7984. Copyright 2016, Texas Regional Radio Report

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l1 2 19 CAST NO STONES (Independent) HH 1 week at 1 HH Cody Jinks 1894 147

l2 3 10 ‘TIL IT DOES (Lil Buddy Toons) Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1724 72

l3 4 19 FEELS LIKE HOME (Smith) Deryl Dodd 1687 83

l4 5 13 ALL NIGHTER (Independent) Cody Canada & The Departed 1680 98

l5 8 16 HALF AS GOOD (Independent) Bri Bagwell 1494 127

l6 7 17 THE LUCKY ONES (Independent) Sam Riggs 1416 28

l7 9 14 BAD REPUTATION (Independent) Mike Ryan 1359 74

8 1 23 WINNING HAND (Independent) Cory Morrow 1309 -535

l9 11 21 UH HUH (Independent) Kaleb McIntire 1256 105

10 6 14 HERE’S TO YOU (Independent) Zane Williams 1221 -315

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l11 14 8 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RIGHT & WRONG (Independent) Josh Ward 1194 155

l12 13 29 LET’S DO THIS THING (Stag) Stephen Chadwick 1180 126

13 10 22 I CAN’T RUN (Independent) Bleu Edmondson 1166 -7

l14 19 12 THE FLAG (Red Dirt Legend) Brandon Jenkins 1151 230

l15 12 15 DEAR MUSIC, (Independent) Bart Crow Band 1143 45

l16 17 11 SINGIN’ THING (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1050 68

l17 18 11 BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH (Independent) Curtis Grimes 1040 106

l18 21 11 BACK TO BACK (Independent) Rich O’Toole 991 78

l19 22 15 RHINESTONE WORLD (Mis B Havin) Breelan Angel 965 55

l20 24 10 GULF COAST TIME (Independent) Roger Creager 954 104

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(IN MILLIONS)1 YOU SHOULD BE HERE Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 31.191

2 LITTLE BIT OF YOU Red Bow Chase Bryant 26.316

3 DIE A HAPPY MAN Valory Thomas Rhett 22.134

4 DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge 20.059

5 BACKROAD SONG Wheelhouse Granger Smith 17.999

6 HEARTBEAT 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood 17.832

7 I LOVE THIS LIFE Reviver LoCash 16.364

8 BEAUTIFUL DRUG Southern Ground/John Varvatos/Dot Zac Brown Band 16.223

9 STAY A LITTLE LONGER EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 14.015

10 HOME ALONE TONIGHT Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan Feat. Karen Fairchild 13.243

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MAKE MY OWN SUNSHINE Big Spark Olivia Lane 0.316 12 1

ROOTS Stoney Creek Parmalee 0.275 3 3

LIGHT IT UP Star Farm Nashville/Basis David Ray 0.270 18 0

IT’S ON YOU 17/in2une Matt Gary 0.266 24 0

FISHIN’ WITH MY DAD Black River Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots 0.230 0 0

HOLDIN’ HER Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson 0.228 1 1

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CMA RESEARCHES CONSUMER SHIFTSAs consumers and the music industry continue to adapt to a changing technological environment, understanding the fan base — and the rate at which it is altering its behaviors — is increasingly challenging.

The Country Music Association will release important findings about consumers’ evolving behaviors and attitudes in a three-part webinar during May. “Understanding Today’s Shifting Consumer Landscape and Changing Country Music Audiences, Music Choices and Behaviors” launches at 2 p.m. CT on May 3, with successive one-hour installments at the same time on May 10 and 17.

Available to CMA members, the webinars are based on research conducted during the fourth quarter of 2015 through the Futures Company. The data is expected to provide clues about how country fans will interact with the genre in the coming years.

The individual sessions are “Tomorrow’s Music Consumer and Emerging Behaviors” (May 3), “New Ownership Beliefs and Music Spending Profiles” (May 10) and “The Fan Economy Difference” (May 17).

For more info about accessing the webinar, email the CMA research department here.

MOVERS & SHAKERSJay Cruze was appointed iHeartMedia/Kentucky-Indiana director of country programming, a post that includes oversight of WAMZ Louisville, Ky., WBUL Lexington, Ky. and WUBG Indianapolis. He most recently was iHeartMedia/Augusta, Ga., senior vp programming ... Scott Innes joined WRKN New Orleans-Baton Rouge, La., as a midday personality on April 21, a move that accompanies the station’s rebranding as a regional outlet. Programming shifted simultaneously from a current format to one with a heavier emphasis on country gold. The on-screen voice for Scooby-Doo and Shaggy in several movies, Innes previously was a personality at WYNK Baton Rouge ... Rick Daniels joined KQFC Boise, Idaho, on April 20 in afternoon drive. His previous job was production manager at WSCH Lawrenceburg, Ind. ... Bobby Bones has been added to the Musicians On Call board of directors ... Kelsea Ballerini hosts Westwood One’s Summer Kick Off Memorial Day special, available May 28 to 30. Reach Westwood One senior director of radio syndication affiliate sales Donny Walker here for more info ... Geisler Radio’s Today in Country Music History marks 10 years on the air May 1. The two-minute short-form daily airs on 25 stations ... CBS Radio/Chicago promoted Todd Cavanah to vp programming, overseeing six stations including country WUSN, The Chicago Business Journal reported. He was PD of top 40 WBBM and classic hits WJMK ... Cherry Creek appointed Jonathan Brewster as its new CEO, according to RadioInfo.com. He previously was Qantum Communications senior vp. The chain has 15 country stations, including KAAR Butte, Mont.; KYSN Wenatchee, Wash.; and KYYZ Williston, N.D. ... Cumulus/New Orleans named Rachel Adams and Kelwynn Napoleon local sales managers for the four-station cluster, RadioInfo.com reported. Napoleon is promoted from senior account

executive. Adams arrives from Entercom, where she was national director of e-commerce and digital sales ... iHeartMedia appointed Steve Weed as Central California senior vp programming, according to InsideRadio.com. He retains his role as Fresno senior vp, which includes oversight of country KHGE. Country KTOM Monterey is also now under Weed’s jurisdiction ... CBS Radio senior vp communications Karen Mateo will step down from her position on May 6, InsideRadio.com reported.

’ROUND THE ROWBBR Music Group made six personnel moves that affect the promotions department, including two new hires. Renee Leymon was promoted to vp radio syndication and group strategy, with Shelley Hargis Gaines assuming Leymon’s previous title, Red Bow vp promotion. Gaines’ old job as Red Bow national director of promotion goes to Neda Tobin, who arrives after serving as South-ern Ground Southeast regional. Chelsey Flick was upped to BBR director of marketing from manager of national syndication, and Hilary Hoover shifted to Stoney Creek director of Northeast regional promotion from a similar post at Red Bow. Newcomer Jeff Davis takes Hoover’s Red Bow position after working as Nine

North/Turnpike vp promotion ... Universal Music Group Nashville added Mike Harris as COO. He previously was Caroline executive vp/GM ... Sony Music Nashville hired Hannah Dudley as market-ing director. She was in the marketing department for Warner Music Group U.K. before becoming a consultant for Nashville-based Dream Big. Reach Dudley here ... MV2 Entertainment hired Kendall Lettow as creative director from the same role she held at THiS Music ... Charley Pride joined the stable of artists at Webster Public Relations ... Bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers has aligned with Ramseur Management and New

Frontier Touring ... Nashville’s Young Entertainment Professionals appointed its 2016 board of directors, headed by executive director Andrew Cohen (of Suit Music) and co-chairs Jarrod Holley (Suit Music) and Garrison Snell (Gy-rosity Projects). Go here for the entire board ... Music industry veteran Bob Tubert died April 10, The Hendersonville (Tenn.) Star-News reported. The pro-ducer, publisher and songwriter wrote such hits as Eddy Arnold’s “Here Comes Heaven,” Marty Robbins’ “Gardenias in Her Hair” and Sonny James’ “You’re the Only World I Know.”

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Dustin Lynch (right) made an appearance on the new CMT program The Ed Bassmaster Show on April 21.

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MUSIC NOTESThe stadium concert season began in earnest this past weekend as Kenny Chesney launched his Spread the Love Tour on April 23 with the first-ever concert at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., the home of the Auburn Tigers football team. Chesney included his opening acts in his set, with Miranda Lambert providing the female voice on “You and Tequila,” Sam Hunt returning for “Come Over” and Old Dominion chipping in on “Save It for a Rainy Day” in front of a reported 50,000 people. Meanwhile, Jason Aldean’s Sept. 9 date at Boston’s Fenway Park with Kid Rock sold out in a scant 90 minutes.

Two more charit y events are on the calendar for the week of the CMA Music Festival in Nashville. Songwriter Craig Wiseman (“Came Here to Forget,” “Live Like You Were Dying”) booked his 12th annual Stars for Second Harvest benefit for June 7 at the Ryman Auditorium, while Clay Walker scheduled his seventh annual Chords of Hope concert for Bands Against MS on June 8 at 3rd & Lindsley. Special guests for both shows will be announced a later date. Among the week’s previously announced charity outings: Darius Rucker’s seventh Darius & Friends concert for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (June 6, Wildhorse Saloon); City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game (June 7, First Tennessee Park); and Marty Stuart’s 15th annual Late Night Jam (June 8, Ryman Auditorium).

Prince’s death on April 21 may have superceded the passing of Merle Haggard in the public consciousness, but Haggard’s April 6 departure is still worthy of attention. Toby Keith, who took over for Haggard at a Las Vegas date in February that now appears to be Hag’s last concert, will pay homage to him during the May 1 American Country Countdown Awards on Fox. One of Hag-gard’s collaborators, songwriter Freddy Powers (“I Always Get Lucky With You,” “Let’s Chase Each Other Around the Room”) also is expected to provide some insight on Haggard in his autobiography The Spree of ’83, due in Febru-ary 2017 through Waldorf Publishing.

Luke Bryan may have held his last spring break concert at Spinnaker’s in Panama City, Fla., but Dierks Bentley will invade the turf come Memorial Day (May 30) for an appropriate Somewhere on a Beach Bash. The concert comes three days after the release of Bentley’s new album, Black, and it’s just down the road from Destin, where three of the “Somewhere on a Beach” songwriters conceived the single’s title last summer.

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April 25 • 2006 — Kellie Pickler sings “Unchained Melody” in what proves to be

her final appearance as a contestant on Fox TV’s American Idol.

• 2003 — Billy Currington sings “Walk a Little Straighter” at his Grand Ole Opry debut.

April 26 • 2014 — Jake Owen is the musical guest at Peyton

Manning’s Celebration of Caring Gala in India-napolis. Manning climbs onstage to sing “Folsom Prison Blues” with Owen.

• 2008 — Kenny Chesney’s right foot is caught between a mechani-cal lift and the stage at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., creating a severe hematoma. He still finishes the concert.

April 27 • 2015 — Warner Bros. releases Chris Janson’s “Buy Me a Boat” to

radio. • 1976 — Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris perform

together for the first time at a taping of the syndicated Dolly TV show.

April 28 • 2001 — Brooks & Dunn begin a six-week romp at No. 1 on the Billboard

country chart with “Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You.”

April 29 • 2011 — Garth Brooks sings “Friends in Low Places” at a Las Vegas

wedding party for casino owner Steve Wynn. Also attending: Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Spielberg and Donald Trump.

April 30 • 2013 — Keith Urban records “Little Bit of Everything” with producer

Nathan Chapman at Nashville’s Blackbird Studio.

May 1 • 2012 — Arista releases the Carrie Underwood album Blown Away. • 2010—Rascal Flatts sings the national anthem before the Kentucky

Derby at Louisville’s Churchill Downs. Little Big Town, Smokey Robinson and Terry Bradshaw attend the race. Super Saver wins the Run for the Roses.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

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Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Is The Week’s Top-Selling Song, As Six Of His Classics Re-Enter Hot 100

CBS Argues Remastered Versions of Old Songs Original Enough to Be Copyrighted

Big Ruling in Copyright Lawsuit Over In-Flight Music

Spotify Denies Security Breach After Report of Stolen Passwords, Addresses

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Chris Lane connected with Indiana radio when he performed at the Indiana-Purdue University campus in Fort Wayne, Ind., on April 19. From left: WAWC Warsaw, Ind., personality Chris Cage, WQHK Fort Wayne promotions director Sally Alleger, Lane and WQHK operations manager/PD Dave Michaels.

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C h u rc h notches his 20th top 20 hit on Hot Country Songs (21-19), a run that includes

at least one each year since 2009. The track rises 19-16 on Country Airplay (up

12 percent to 15.5 million impressions) and 24-23 on Country Streaming Songs (up 5 percent to 1.5 million U.S. streams).

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Mooney’s grandparents. It lifts 26-24 on Hot Country Songs, buoyed by a 25-18 jump

on Country Digital Songs (13,000 sold; up 7 percent). The pair’s sophomore album,

Obsessed, arrives June 3.

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l1 1 4 14 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Dierks Bentley R. COPPERMAN (M.TYLER,J.BOYER,A.PALMER,D.KUNCIO,J.MIRENDA) CAPITOL NASHVILLE

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2 2 1 14 HUMBLE AND KIND Tim McGraw B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.MCKENNA) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 1

l3 4 6 17 THINK OF YOU HH Airplay Gainer HH Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE/REPUBLIC NASHVILLE

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l4 7 9 23 SNAPBACK Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI) RCA NASHVILLE 4

5 5 3 31 DIE A HAPPY MAN Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,S.M.DOUGLAS,JOE LONDON) VALORY 1 1

6 6 5 7 CAME HERE TO FORGET Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (C.WISEMAN,D.RUTTAN) WARNER BROS./WMN 2

l7 9 10 25 CONFESSION Florida Georgia Line J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,R.COPPERMAN,M.JENKINS) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 7

8 3 2 19 YOU SHOULD BE HERE Cole Swindell M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,A.GORLEY) WARNER BROS./WMN 1

l9 12 13 19 T-SHIRT HH Streaming Gainer HH Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) VALORY

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10 8 12 31 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Rascal Flatts J.DEMARCUS,RASCAL FLATTS (M.TRAINOR,J.FRASURE,S.MOONEY) BIG MACHINE 8

l11 11 14 8 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 11

l12 10 11 15 MY CHURCH Maren Morris BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (BUSBEE,M.MORRIS) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 5

l13 15 19 24 MIND READER Dustin Lynch M.J.CONES (R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP) BROKEN BOW 13

l14 18 20 28 HEAD OVER BOOTS Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (J.PARDI,L.LAIRD) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 14

15 14 8 23 DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE Brett Eldredge R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN) ATLANTIC/WMN 2

l16 19 7 4 LIGHTS COME ON Jason Aldean M.KNOX (B.KELLEY,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.ROBBINS,B.WARREN,B.WARREN) BROKEN BOW 7

l17 23 17 4 WASTED TIME Keith Urban G.WELLS,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,G.WELLS,J.ABRAHART) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 17

l18 20 21 5 NOISE Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE) BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 14

l19 21 23 10 RECORD YEAR Eric Church J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE) EMI NASHVILLE 19

20 17 15 25 NOBODY TO BLAME Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,B.BALES,R.BOWMAN) MERCURY 13

l21 25 26 18 FIX Chris Lane J.MOI (S.BUXTON,J.FRASURE,A.STOKLASA) BIG LOUD 21

l22 28 30 7 AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG Jake Owen S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,J.JOHNSTON) RCA NASHVILLE 18

23 22 22 26 HEARTBEAT Carrie Underwood Z.CROWELL (C.UNDERWOOD,Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 2

l24 26 27 11 FROM THE GROUND UP Dan + Shay D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,C. DESTEFANO) WARNER BROS./WAR 22

l25 32 34 4 CHURCH BELLS Carrie Underwood M.BRIGHT (Z.CROWELL,BRETT JAMES,H.LINDSEY) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 25

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Hot Country Songs SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY

For week ending April 21, 2016. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music.

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

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

COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

ALBUMSDIGITAL

ALBUMS*DIGITAL TRACKS

This Week 480,000 163,000 1,765,000

Last Week 450,000 141,000 1,954,000

Change 6.7% 15.6% -9.7%

This Week Last Year 607,000 255,000 2,546,000

Change -20.9% -36.1% -30.7%

*Digital album sales are also counted within album sales.

Weekly Unit SalesYear-Over-Year Album Sales2015 2016 CHANGE

Albums 7,806,000 7,087,000 -9.2%

Digital Tracks 36,573,000 29,110,000 -20.4%

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2015 2016 CHANGE

Physical 4,888,000 4,660,000 9.0%

Digital 2,917,000 2,427,000 -16.8%

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l26 30 31 19 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER Frankie Ballard M.ALTMAN (J.JOHNSTON,N.MASON,J.S.STOVER) WARNER BROS./WAR 26

l27 31 32 31 NIGHT’S ON FIRE David Nail C.AINLAY,F.LIDDELL,G.WORF (J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MCA NASHVILLE 26

l28 34 28 5 PETER PAN Kelsea Ballerini F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.LEE) BLACK RIVER 28

l29 37 38 13 RUNNING FOR YOU HH Digital Gainer HH Kip Moore B.JAMES,K.MOORE (K.MOORE,T.VERGES,B.DALY) MCA NASHVILLE

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30 33 25 11 FIRE AWAY Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,D.GREEN) MERCURY 25

l31 NEW 1 SOULSHINE HH Hot Shot Debut HH Adam Wakefield B.APPLEBERRY (W.HAYNES) REPUBLIC

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l32 35 35 17 YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK Justin Moore J.S.STOVER,J.RAYMOND,S.BORCHETTA (R.CLAWSON,M.DRAGSTREM,N.HEMBY) VALORY 31

l33 38 37 18 HOLE IN A BOTTLE Canaan Smith B.BEAVERS,J.ROBBINS (C.SMITH,B.BEAVERS,D.COUCH) MERCURY 33

l34 41 42 12 UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles D.HUFF (J. NETTLES,B.CLARK) BIG MACHINE 34

l35 NEW 1 WHAT THE HELL DID I SAY Dierks Bentley R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,J.KEAR,C.G.TOMPKINS) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 35

l36 40 44 3 ROCK ON Tucker Beathard A.PETRAGLIA (T.BEATHARD,C.BEATHARD,M.CANNON-GOODMAN) DOT 36

37 39 39 13 HIGH CLASS Eric Paslay J.FRASURE,M.ALTMAN (E.PASLAY,C.CROWDER,J.FRASURE) EMI NASHVILLE 32

38 42 41 8 MAYDAY Cam J.BHASKER,T.JOHNSON (C.OCHS,T.JOHNSON) ARISTA NASHVILLE 38

l39 46 49 4 21 SUMMER Brothers Osborne J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,C.WISEMAN) EMI NASHVILLE 39

l40 44 45 17 I MET A GIRL William Michael Morgan J.RITCHEY,S.HENDRICKS (T. ROSEN,S.HUNT,S.MCANALLY) WARNER BROS./WMN 40

l41 NEW 1 STARS Cole Swindell M.CARTER (B.HAYSLIP,C.MCGILL) WARNER BROS./WMN 41

l42 49 — 3 IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO Billy Currington D.HUFF (B.CURRINGTON,C.R.BARLOWE,S.CARTER) MERCURY 42

l43 NEW 1 LIVIN’ THE DREAM Drake White R. COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER (T.DOUGLAS,J.JOHNSTON,L.LAIRD) DOT 43

l44 47 48 8 LOVIN’ LATELY Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw B.KENNY,J.D.RICH (W.K.ALPHIN,J.D.RICH,T.MCGRAW) B$R/NEW REVOLUTION 44

45 36 — 2 FLATLINER Cole Swindell Featuring Dierks Bentley M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.BRONLEEWE,J.BOYER) WARNER BROS./WMN 36

46 45 43 11 WHISPER Chase Rice C. DESTEFANO (C. DESTEFANO,J.M.NITE,C.RICE) DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 17

l47 NEW 1 SOUTHERN BOY Jordan Rager With Jason Aldean J.S.STOVER (L.LAIRD,B.DEAN,J.S.STOVER) BROKEN BOW 47

l48 NEW 1 IN BLOOM Sturgill Simpson S.SIMPSON (K.COBAIN) ATLANTIC 48

l49 RE-ENTRY 19 NEXT BOYFRIEND Lauren Alaina BUSBEE (L.ALAINA,E.L.WEISBAND,M.MCVANEY) 19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY 39

l50 RE-ENTRY 4 TUXEDO Clare Dunn C.DUNN,B.WEST (C.DUNN,BRETT JAMES,B.WEST) MCA NASHVILLE 48

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29.1 million

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In his top 12 performance on NBC’s The Voice (April 18), Wa ke f i e l d offered a

countrified rendition of the track, originally recorded by Th e A l l m a n B ro t h e r s B a n d in

1994. The update enters the Country Digital Songs chart at No. 12 with first-week sales

of 19,000.

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l5 10 6 T-SHIRT THOMAS RHETT

l6 8 10 SNAPBACK OLD DOMINION

l7 6 9 THINK OF YOU CHRIS YOUNG DUET WITH CASSADEE POPE

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15 12 25 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

l16 15 3 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY LUKE BRYAN

l17 16 4 MIND READER DUSTIN LYNCH

l18 18 4 MAKE YOU MISS ME SAM HUNT

l19 17 48 HOUSE PARTY SAM HUNT

l20 20 158 CRUISE FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

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2 2 14 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH DIERKS BENTLEY (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

3 7 15 MY CHURCH MAREN MORRIS (Columbia Nashville/SMN)

l4 10 14 T-SHIRT THOMAS RHETT (Valory/BMLG)

5 6 14 THINK OF YOU CHRIS YOUNG DUET WITH CASSADEE POPE (RCA Nashville/SMN)

6 3 7 CAME HERE TO FORGET BLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)

7 5 19 YOU SHOULD BE HERE COLE SWINDELL (Warner Bros./WMN)

8 8 7 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ AND LOVIN’ EVERY DAY LUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

9 9 31 DIE A HAPPY MAN THOMAS RHETT (Valory/BMLG)

10 13 17 SNAPBACK OLD DOMINION (RCA Nashville/SMN)

11 11 3 LIGHTS COME ON JASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow/BBMG)

l12 NEW SOULSHINE ADAM WAKEFIELD (Republic)

l13 15 25 HEAD OVER BOOTS JON PARDI (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

l14 16 4 WASTED TIME KEITH URBAN (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

l15 21 20 I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT RASCAL FLATTS (Big Machine/BMLG)

16 20 8 RECORD YEAR ERIC CHURCH (EMI Nashville/UMGN)

17 14 20 DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE BRETT ELDREDGE (Atlantic/WMN)

l18 25 11 FROM THE GROUND UP DAN + SHAY (Warner Bros./WMN)

19 19 26 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON (Mercury/UMGN)

20 17 23 NOBODY TO BLAME CHRIS STAPLETON (Mercury/UMGN)

l21 30 15 MIND READER DUSTIN LYNCH (Broken Bow/BBMG)

l22 NEW WHAT THE HELL DID I SAY DIERKS BENTLEY (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

23 26 25 CONFESSION FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (Republic Nashville/BMLG)

24 27 3 CHURCH BELLS CARRIE UNDERWOOD (19/Arista Nashville/SMN)

25 28 4 NOISE KENNY CHESNEY (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville/SMN)

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27 22 7 FIRE AWAY CHRIS STAPLETON (Mercury/UMGN)

l28 40 7 AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG JAKE OWEN (RCA Nashville/SMN)

29 12 32 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU LEE BRICE (Curb)

30 33 2 LITTLE BIT OF YOU CHASE BRYANT (Red Bow/BBMG)

l31 38 15 FIX CHRIS LANE (Big Loud)

l32 RE-ENTRY UNLOVE YOU JENNIFER NETTLES (Big Machine/BMLG)

l33 NEW STARS COLE SWINDELL (Warner Bros./WMN)

l34 45 14 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER FRANKIE BALLARD (Warner Bros./WMN)

35 36 66 BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN SAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)

36 18 2 FLATLINER COLE SWINDELL FEAT. DIERKS BENTLEY (Warner Bros./WMN)

37 39 12 MAKE YOU MISS ME SAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)

38 41 27 BEAUTIFUL DRUG ZAC BROWN BAND (John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG/Republic)

l39 NEW RUNNING FOR YOU KIP MOORE (MCA Nashville/UMGN)

40 44 25 HOME ALONE TONIGHT LUKE BRYAN FEAT. KAREN FAIRCHILD (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

41 35 70 GIRL CRUSH LITTLE BIG TOWN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)

42 42 24 HEARTBEAT CARRIE UNDERWOOD (19/Arista Nashville/SMN)

l43 RE-ENTRY STONE COLD SOBER BRANTLEY GILBERT (Valory/BMLG)

l44 RE-ENTRY USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER KANE BROWN (Zone 4/RCA Nashville/SMN)

l45 NEW HOLE IN A BOTTLE CANAAN SMITH (Mercury/UMGN)

l46 RE-ENTRY TAKE YOUR TIME SAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)

l47 RE-ENTRY HOUSE PARTY SAM HUNT (MCA Nashville/UMGN)

l48 RE-ENTRY NIGHT’S ON FIRE DAVID NAIL (MCA Nashville/UMGN)

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4 4 5 30 THOMAS RHETT Tangled UpVALORY RT0200A/BMLG 2

5 5 4 78 SAM HUNT MontevalloMCA NASHVILLE 021502/UMGN 2 1

6 3 3 26 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Storyteller19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 510539*/SMN 0 1

7 6 9 37 LUKE BRYAN Kill The LightsCAPITOL NASHVILLE 022813/UMGN 1 1

8 8 7 24 TIM MCGRAW Damn Country MusicMCGRAW/BIG MACHINE TM0300A/BMLG 3

9 7 6 25 ERIC CHURCH Mr. MisunderstoodEMI NASHVILLE 024200*/UMGN 2

l10 NEW 1 MARIE OSMOND Music Is MedicineOLIVEME 81292* 10

l11 15 16 26 BLAKE SHELTON Reloaded: 20 #1 HitsWARNER BROS. 551788/WMN 2

12 10 8 23 CHRIS YOUNG I’m Comin’ OverRCA NASHVILLE 506963/SMN 1

13 11 19 4 MARGO PRICE Midwest Farmer’s DaughterTHIRD MAN 339* 10

l14 RE-ENTRY 4 WHEELER WALKER JR. Redneck ShitPEPPER HILL 013*/THIRTY TIGERS 9

l15 16 13 24 OLD DOMINION Meat And CandyRCA NASHVILLE 513496/SMN 3

16 9 29 41 WILLIE NELSON / MERLE HAGGARD Django And JimmieLEGACY 509378 1

17 14 11 7 LORETTA LYNN Full CircleLEGACY 51689* 4

18 17 12 49 KELSEA BALLERINI The First TimeBLACK RIVER 2015 4

19 20 17 7 GRANGER SMITH RemingtonWHEELHOUSE 16777/BBMG 3

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21 18 15 6 RANDY HOUSER Fired UpSTONEY CREEK 16767/BBMG 3

22 13 10 3 JOEY + RORY The Album CollectionSUGAR HILL/VANGUARD 39587/CONCORD 10

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24 12 23 72 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Greatest Hits: Decade #119/ARISTA NASHVILLE 500876/SMN 1 1

l25 27 27 52 ZAC BROWN BAND JEKYLL + HYDEJOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG 022962/REPUBLIC 0 1

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 12 OF 18

When his father died on Dec. 5, 2015, Keith Urban was in the midst of working on what would become Ripcord, an album that’s due May 6.

That kind of event is profoundly emotional, typically inducing questions about the meaning of life, one’s core beliefs and how to prioritize one’s days. For Urban, that pondering was bound to make its way into the threads of Ripcord.

“The impact that it had is just bringing me again back into the moment and the brevity of time,” he says. “That theme is in a few songs on this record — ‘Wasted Time,’ for sure, is sort of reflective. When life is its simplest, it’s really at its best.”

Released to radio on March 29 through Play MPE, “Wasted Time” finds Urban doing what he seems to do best, pushing the boundaries of country music while balancing his appreciation for its foundations. But it avoids the moody, downcast atmosphere that would be expected from someone adjusting to life without his dad.

Instead, the song begins with co-producer Greg Wells (Adele, Katy Perry) playing an EDM-like synthesized keyboard. It’s a full 29 seconds before an electric guitar thread and the choppy sounds of ganjo percussion move the production to more familiar turf. By the time the journey ends, Urban manages to fold those jarring dance tones into his standard wheelhouse with a big singalong chorus, lots of six-string sounds and a cheery, nigh-inspirational message about life in the 21st century.

“I always chuckle when people go, ‘Oh, I’m trying to make a different record,’ ” says Urban. “Anybody can make a different record. But to try and make a different record that still has enough familiarity to keep you listening to it, and it still feels and sounds right — that’s what I’m always trying to balance in the studio.”

Wells played a big role in the “different” part of “Wasted Time” when they started writing the song in late January or early February.

“Keith was actually the one really pushing to have it not sound like what you would think maybe it should sound like,” says Wells. “He’s like, ‘Look, I’ve been making records for 20 years. I will still bring my thing to it, but in terms of what you do, Greg, I really want it to be fresh and kind of not what you would think is possible.’ So I just went for it.”

The process started at Wells’ Rocket Carousel Studio in Culver City, Calif., with pop songwriter James “JHart” Abrahart, who has cuts on current albums by Justin Bieber and Charlie Puth, bringing a third voice to the writing mix. Wells and Urban had met only briefly during the 1990s, when they both were part of a songwriting retreat at a French castle, so there was an introductory period before the work began in earnest.

“We were kicking the can around as it were, and just getting to know each other a little bit, and then at some point I just started hearing this really funky, almost kind of Michael Jackson Off the Wall, very syncopated thing,” recalls Wells.

He developed a six-chord progression on the keyboard, Urban pulled a guitar from the studio wall, and the music began to take shape. The big-picture life stuff that his father’s death triggered came tumbling out in their conversation as the Australian Urban, Canadian Wells and British-born, Atlanta-raised Abrahart found commonalities in their upbringing.

“We were talking about some of the similar things we all did — crazy shit, running around town, drinking too much, smoking too much, hanging out down by a river,” says Urban. “Jay liked the title ‘Wasted Time.’ That’s kind of what all that is, but it’s when you’re really living.”

Once the first verse was mostly finished, they took a break at a nearby Starbucks. When they got back to the music, Urban strapped on the guitar

again and instantly found the chorus by changing direction.“It’s a big, straight-up, three-chord, power-chord chorus in the tradition

of The Who,” he says.Wells recorded it all as they went along. Once the basic blueprint was laid,

he focused on building the tracks while Urban and Abrahart concentrated on lyrics in the next room. Urban folded in a rope swing he and his friends played on in Caboolture, Queensland. And they dropped in two references to Guns N’ Roses, name-checking “Sweet Child O’ Mine” in the chorus and inserting a “Guns on the radio” line in the prechorus.

“I remember us discussing whether we should clarify that we’ve got ‘Guns N’ Roses on the radio,’ as opposed to we’ve got ‘Guns on the radio,’ because that might be a different, more of an NRA song,” Urban says with a laugh. “We were like, ‘Well, if someone thinks that, the chorus will clarify that here pretty soon.’ ”

They didn’t finish it that day, but some of Urban’s original vocals would remain on “Wasted Time” all the way to the final product. Urban and Abrahart also worked on background vocals with Abrahart singing a third above the melody and both of them stacking extra vocals way off the mic to create a bigger sound.

“That’s a nice element to blend in,” says Wells. “You don’t really hear it, but if you took it out, you would miss it.”

Late in the track’s development, Urban added ganjo, heightening the country quotient.

“He grooves so hard when he plays that the banjo becomes like a sequencer almost,” says Wells. “It masks a lot of the stuff that’s going on behind it. But when that banjo went on, it not only sounded a billion times better, but it just felt like the song had come home in terms of the listener.”

Urban, meanwhile, f lashed back to some of the top 40 clubs he had played in the early part of his career, remembering that even in the midst of the dance grooves, the crowd always responded if the DJ played John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy.” Urban decided the ganjo was the right choice for the solo section.

“That memory of ‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy’ has always stayed with me, and I thought this would be the hoedown moment right smack dab in the middle of this synth-based song,” says Urban.

Wells had him play for 20 minutes, then took the best pieces for the solo, including an inventive snippet of slide banjo.

The final mix of “Wasted Time” was completed just days before it went to radio, with its bouncy rhythms and upbeat message synced to summer’s playful energy. It already is No. 15 on the Country Airplay tally in its fourth charted week, paying homage discreetly to Urban’s father. Not only has Robert Ur-ban’s death made Urban more philosophical, it also has brought a spotlight to his dad’s influence on his music.

“I’m becoming more and more aware of the rhythmic blood that f lows through me because of my father, who was a drummer his whole life, and my grandfather, who played piano his whole life,” says Urban. “My lineage is very rhythm-based, and I remember so much rhythm in our house from my dad tapping on the table to jingling his keys to tapping on the dashboard of the car. He was always in rhythm mode.”

“Wasted Time,” meanwhile, recognizes the ticking of the clock as one of the rhythms of life. Urban views it metaphorically — the song digs up joy from the past, but he doesn’t have to go backward to find happiness in living in the moment.

“Right now I feel my life is the best it has ever been,” he says, “but probably because it feels like it’s back to being in that place of enjoying life again. Which I did when I was a kid.”

Keith Urban Uses Personal Heritage To Push Country Limits In ‘Wasted Time’

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

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 13 OF 18

As warm spring weather arrives in most of the states, country radio fans might be tuning in expecting to hear more of the uptempo fare that typically populates playlists from this time of year through the end of summer. Instead, they’re hearing more ballads and downtempo fare than usual, according to Bob Walker, Hall Communications vp programming and PD at WCTK (Cat Country 98.1) Providence, R.I., who asks, “What’s up with all the slow, sleepy stuff from Nashville as we gear up for May?”

After crunching the numbers in his music scheduling system, Walker notes, “In the Billboard top 30, I’ve got 10 coded as ‘ballad’ or ‘can’t play next to ballad.’ If you look at the top 30 as the snapshot of the format, a third of it is too low-energy for late spring. Then you look at what’s waiting in the wings, [and] I’m getting sent more ballads ... in April!”

Walker also wonders if this is why hot AC and classic hits are “kicking our butts this month,” according to Nielsen’s Portable People Meter. “In the markets I program against country, we are going to ram tempo down their throat to boost our hot ACs. The labels are just making it easier.”

While he does not see it as a ref lection of the quality of the songs themselves, which Walker notes are all “really good,” among the currents he has coded as “slow and sleepy” are Cole Swindell’s “You Should Be Here,” Lee Brice’s “That Don’t Sound Like You,” Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind,” Blake Shelton’s “Came Here to Forget,” Eric Church’s “Record Year,” Frankie Ballard’s “It All Started With a Beer” and Dan & Shay’s “From the Ground Up.” He adds to that list three more coded as “low energy” and “can’t play next to a ballad”: Brantley Gilbert’s “Stone Cold Sober,” Jon Pardi’s “Head Over Boots” and Dierks Bentley’s “Somewhere on a Beach.” Additionally, Walker says there are “a slew” of songs below No. 30 on the Billboard chart that are slow, and new projects with a similar tempo from Easton Corbin, Chris Janson, Parmalee and Craig Campbell are in the pipeline. They all impact before Memorial Day.

Walker adds that he’s “seriously thinking about a major [playlist] house-cleaning to ‘turn up the burners’ ... Radio success is all about flow,” he says. “There comes a point where the flow is more important than any one song.”

But not all country programmers share Walker’s level of concern. WGH-FM (97.3 The Eagle) Virginia Beach, Va., PD Mark McKay says the oversupply of ballads is at least partially balanced by current singles from Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Jake Owen and Zac Brown Band that “are all mid- or uptempo.” McKay says the only problem the surfeit of slow singles has caused for him is “additional pressure on our recurrent/gold libraries. It’s increasingly tough to get a ballad to schedule, so the tempo songs in the library

are getting played a bit more than is optimal.” Plus, he admits, “It is taking a bit longer to groom logs, that’s for sure.”

“The slow songs haven’t brought the station down much,” says WCYQ Knoxville, Tenn., music director Opie Joe Creason. “A little more editing time and an adjustment or two on a rule fixes most of the major issues ... If that means three songs in our heavy category are ballads, so be it.”

WBWL (101.7 The Bull) Boston PD Lance Houston says the plethora of downtempo songs this spring “isn’t a huge issue for me. I make sure that we balance the slower currents with the recurrent and gold records that are in the clocks next to the currents anyway. There are also a few of the slower songs that

are on the chart that I’m not playing yet, and that’s strategic.”

McKay says, “If we ig nored ‘ Humble and K ind,’ ‘From the Ground Up’ and [Thomas Rhett’s recu r rent] ‘Die a Happy Ma n’ because they didn’t have screaming guitars, we’d be missing out on big songs. Does tempo get considered? Sure. But if a ballad is a slam-dunk, you just have to get creative with what’s scheduled around it.”

Like Houston, KIIM Tucson, Ariz., PD Buzz Jackson says, “I don’t worry too much about tempo. If you look at a music test, the songs at the top are always [slow ones like] ‘Don’t Take the Girl’ or ‘The Chair’ or ‘The Dance.’ Our format appeals to emotions often, and tempo is a big part of that. The trick is to find those great songs that people will still want to hear in 10 years and balance that with all the other things you strive to balance the music blend with.” As for current music, he says, “We haven’t had a problem with tempo yet, although it is something that I keep an eye on. But a great song is a great song, and nobody ever called to complain that we were playing too many great songs.”

McK ay sees it as a posit ive development. He says labels’ “old

theory” that a debut single from a baby act must always have tempo even if it’s not the act’s best song “seems to be waning. I’m inclined to hear the best first. It might be a slower climb, sure, but it beats a bad tempo record stalling in the 50s.”

Creason calls the current plentitude of slow songs “a nice change of pace for country radio. For the longest time, all we had were uptempo, ‘live in the moment’ records. It’s nice to see country go back to where it came from with songs that tell a story.”

Houston, meanwhile, has a piece of advice for any programmers concerned about tempo right now. “I challenge stations to go out there and find good, uptempo songs to play that aren’t singles,” he says. “Why does Nashville have to dictate to us what to play? I’m 700-plus spins into ‘Raised on It’ by Sam Hunt, and it’s testing [like] a hit. I know other markets are playing Old Dominion’s ‘Beer Can in a Truck Bed,’ and some were playing Zac Brown [Band’s] ‘Castaway’ before it was a single.”

Country Radio Programmers Debate Surplus Of Slow Songs For Spring

THE STARK REPORT PHYLLIS STARK phyllis.stark@billboard.com

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 14 OF 18

Country Indicator

BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 106 STATIONS

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

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

Lebanon, N.H. WXXKLincoln, Neb KFGELongview, Texas KYKXLubbock, Texas KLLLLufkin, Texas KYKSMason City, Iowa KIAIMedford, Ore. KRWQMeridian, Miss. WOKKMontgomery, Ala. WLWIMorgantown, W. Va. WKKWMuskegon, Mich. WMUSNew London, Conn. WCTYOdessa, Texas KHKXPalm Springs, Calif. KPLMPensacola, Fla. WXBMPeoria, Ill. WXCL Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWDRapid City, S.D. KOUTRockford, Ill. WXXQRocky Mount, N.C. WDWGSaginaw, Mich. WCENSt. Cloud, Minn. KZPKSalina, Kan. KYEZSalisbury, Md. WKTTSan Angelo, Texas KGKLSan Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG

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

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l1 2 16 THINK OF YOU Republic Nashville/RCA Nashville HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Chris Young Duet with Cassadee Pope 4758 +208 8.937

l2 1 14 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 4702 +136 8.821

l3 4 20 SNAPBACK RCA Nashville Old Dominion 4493 +77 8.380

l4 6 14 HUMBLE AND KIND McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 4388 +340 8.205

5 3 24 CONFESSION Republic Nashville Florida Georgia Line 4251 -254 8.027

l6 9 7 HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 3603 +333 6.730

l7 7 29 MIND READER Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 3602 +120 6.653

l8 8 15 MY CHURCH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 3531 +194 6.469

l9 11 7 CAME HERE TO FORGET Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 3429 +331 6.125

l10 10 12 T-SHIRT Valory Thomas Rhett 3287 +120 6.071

11 12 49 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice 3004 -54 5.939

l12 14 5 NOISE Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney 2987 +357 5.395

l13 13 32 HEAD OVER BOOTS Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 2890 +120 5.242

l14 15 11 RECORD YEAR EMI Nashville Eric Church 2611 +132 4.962

l15 17 4 WASTED TIME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 2468 +361 4.441

l16 16 23 IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER Warner Bros./WAR Frankie Ballard 2219 +8 4.020

l17 20 25 YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK Valory Justin Moore 2065 +129 3.657

l18 18 20 FIX Big Loud Chris Lane 2059 +47 3.682

l19 19 40 NIGHT’S ON FIRE MCA Nashville David Nail 2043 +85 3.603

l20 21 8 AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG RCA Nashville Jake Owen 1947 +227 3.368

l21 22 4 LIGHTS COME ON Broken Bow Jason Aldean 1912 +219 3.488

l22 26 4 CHURCH BELLS 19/Arista Nashville HH Most Increased Plays HH Carrie Underwood 1774 +404 3.091

l23 24 11 FROM THE GROUND UP Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay 1575 +62 2.857

l24 27 27 RUNNING FOR YOU MCA Nashville Kip Moore 1476 +140 2.460

l25 25 35 HOLE IN A BOTTLE Mercury Canaan Smith 1446 +61 2.492

l26 28 28 HIGH CLASS EMI Nashville Eric Paslay 1087 +36 1.720

l27 30 6 PETER PAN Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1067 +147 1.769

l28 29 8 MAKE YOU MISS ME MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 1035 +67 1.597

l29 32 15 UNLOVE YOU Big Machine HH Most Added HH Jennifer Nettles 851 +60 1.452

l30 33 12 MAYDAY Arista Nashville Cam 831 +58 1.270

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Country Indicator

CHARTS LEGENDRANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 151 stations by Nielsen BDS. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2016, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabulated using reported playlists and Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay at 106 stations, ranked by total plays.

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

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

TIESOn Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience is placed first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first.

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

gaining enough audience points to bullet or if they rank below No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bulleted) audience decline, regardless of total chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bulleted titles below No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks or if they post a third consecutive week of decline in plays after 10 weeks.

HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay and Country Indicator, respectively.

MOST ADDEDThe total number of new adds officially reported to Billboard by each reporting station, or by an automatic-add threshold (seven plays for the first time in a chart tracking week, according to Nielsen BDS) for stations that do not report adds.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/PLAYSMost Increased Audience on Country Airplay and Most Increased Plays on Country Indicator list the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience or plays, respectively.

AIRPOWERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles ranking inside top 20 in plays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both plays and audience.

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

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l31 31 13 IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO Mercury Billy Currington 819 +18 1.241

l32 35 9 21 SUMMER EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 790 +58 1.049

l33 34 15 LOVIN’ LATELY B$R/New Revolution Big & Rich Feat. Tim McGraw 781 +19 1.239

l34 36 25 I MET A GIRL Warner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan 756 +27 1.225

l35 40 4 ROCK ON Dot Tucker Beathard 743 +214 1.423

l36 37 18 LIVIN’ THE DREAM Dot Drake White 718 +56 1.232

l37 38 12 I KNOW SOMEBODY Reviver LoCash 586 +8 0.939

l38 41 8 IF THE BOOT FITS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 585 +61 0.931

l39 50 2 CASTAWAY Southern Groud/Varvatos/Republic/Dot Zac Brown Band 576 +328 1.199

l40 39 10 USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 575 +20 0.826

l41 42 16 MAKE MY OWN SUNSHINE Big Spark Olivia Lane 507 +7 0.780

l42 43 6 SONG NUMBER 7 Stoney Creek Randy Houser 432 +2 0.721

l43 47 4 BLUEBONNETS BIG Label Aaron Watson 388 +106 0.580

l44 44 6 HEALING HIGHWAY Blue Light Brian Collins 381 +22 0.600

l45 45 14 JESUS AND JONES Wheelhouse Trace Adkins 363 +19 0.524

l46 46 10 TUXEDO MCA Nashville Clare Dunn 316 +21 0.418

l47 54 3 SLEEP WITHOUT YOU Republic Nashville Brett Young 292 +72 0.330

l48 48 8 SOUTHERNALITY Republic Nashville A Thousand Horses 279 +6 0.374

l49 51 10 SOUTHERN BOY Broken Bow Jordan Rager with Jason Aldean 270 +23 0.464

50 49 11 TAKE ME DOWN MCA Nashville Vince Gill 253 -19 0.347

l51 53 7 GIRL NEXT DOOR Warner Bros./WMN Brandy Clark 221 0 0.321

52 52 7 RECKLESS Nash Icon Martina McBride 214 -21 0.251

53 55 9 Y’ALL GIRLS Purple Cow Jake McVey 189 -4 0.347

l54 NEW OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Red Bow HH Hot Shot Debut HH Craig Campbell 183 +87 0.253

l55 57 4 MAKE YOU MINE Atlantic/WEA High Valley 176 +31 0.288

l56 NEW LONELY GIRL Capitol Nashville Charles Kelley 151 +38 0.196

l57 60 4 TELL ME Villa One/Grassroots Frank Ortega 151 +20 0.202

l58 58 2 SAID NO ONE EVER Elektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer 148 +14 0.140

l59 59 2 SPIN ME Ryan Broshear Ryan Broshear 142 +9 0.187

l60 NEW SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN Third Floor Diana Upton-Hill 138 +8 0.188

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All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, C.Wiseman) 42

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BEER CAN IN A TRUCK BED Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Wrensong Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, M.Jenkins) 55

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CAME HERE TO FORGET Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.Ruttan) 8

CASTAWAY Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Southern Ground, SESAC/Life On Fire Music, SESAC/Poppsolotamus Music, BMI/Brighter Shade Publishing, BMI (Z.Brown, N.Moon, W.Durrette, C.Bowles, J.D.Hopkins) 38

CHURCH BELLS External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (Z.Crowell, Brett James, H.Lindsey) 23

CONFESSION Big Red Toe, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP (R.Clawson, R.Copperman, M.Jenkins) 1

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DADDY’S MONEY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Muddy Magnolia Music, BMI/Mama’s Exit Publishing, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI (K.North, J.Wilson, T.McHugh) 50

DANCE WITH YA Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/THiS Music, BMI/Goes Something Like This Music, BMI/Songs of Sunset Beach, BMI/SONGS MP Publishing, BMI (D.Baldridge, C.Yarber, J.Mitchell) 48

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FIX Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Bux Tone Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP (S.Buxton, J.Frasure, A.Stoklasa) 18

FROM THE GROUND UP WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, C. DeStefano) 25

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GHOST TOWN Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Big Machine Music, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Singleton, J.Thompson) 52

GIRL NEXT DOOR Highway 508 Songs, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Nettwerk One B Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/Nettwerk One Music Limited Canada, SOCAN/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (B.Clark, J.J.Dillon, S.McAnally) 39

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HEAD OVER BOOTS Golden Vault Music, BMI/The Song Factory, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI (J.Pardi, L.Laird) 14

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

HOLE IN A BOTTLE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Skinny Fat Nashville Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI (C.Smith, B.Beavers, D.Couch) 24

HUMBLE AND KIND Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI (L.McKenna) 7

HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music, BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Tar-Cam-Knox Music, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 9

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IF THE BOOT FITS Tree Vibez Music, LLC, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-volve Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert, M.Tenpenny) 46

I KNOW SOMEBODY EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/ole Songs Of Countrywood, ASCAP (R.Akins, R.Copperman, J.S.Stover) 41

I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/MTrain Music, ASCAP (M.Trainor, J.Frasure, S.Mooney) 5

I MET A GIRL ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (T. Rosen, S.Hunt, S.McAnally) 29

IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP/Nettwerk One B Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Nevada House Music, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Johnston, N.Mason, J.S.Stover) 20

IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO Coconut Hut Publishing, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/We Be Pawtying, SESAC/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (B.Currington, C.R.Barlowe, S.Carter) 34

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JESUS AND JONES ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Rack City Publishing, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI (T.Farr, J.McCormick, C.Beathard) 43

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LIGHTS COME ON Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-volve Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP (B.Kelley, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, J.Robbins, B.Warren, B.Warren) 17

LIVIN’ THE DREAM Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI (T.Douglas, J.Johnston, L.Laird) 32

LONELY GIRL WB Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI (C.Stapleton, J.Frasure) 56

LOVIN’ LATELY Big Love Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/J Money Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/StyleSonic Music, LLC, BMI (W.K.Alphin, J.D.Rich, T.McGraw) 30

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MAKE YOU MINE Centricity Music Publishing, ASCAP/Bluenort Records, SOCAN/CentricSongs, SESAC/2 Hour Songs, SESAC/Pickin Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kickingbird, BMI (B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.Stennis) 40

MAKE YOU MISS ME Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/Sonic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/RPM Global Publishing, BMI/Hori Productions America, ASCAP (S.Hunt, J.Osborne, M.Ramsey) 28

MAYDAY Marvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year YesterdayPublishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson) 36

MIND READER EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rhettro Music, BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 6

MY CHURCH International Dog Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (busbee, M.Morris) 12

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NIGHT’S ON FIRE Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 21

NOISE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.M.Nite) 13

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OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Full Of Bulls Music, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP (C.Campbell, D.Turnbull) 54

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PETER PAN Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Honey Lee Music, BMI (K.Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, J.Lee) 31

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RAISED ON IT Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/JFLO Music, BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (S.Hunt, Z.Crowell, J.Flowers) 44

RECKLESS Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Bux Tone Music, BMI/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/I Love Pizza Music, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (S.Buxton, Z.Crowell, H.Morgan) 49

RECORD YEAR Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 16

ROCK ON Big Music Machine, BMI/Fayde 49 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/My My My Music, ASCAP (T.Beathard, C.Beathard, M.Cannon-Goodman) 27

RUNNING FOR YOU Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/Roll Through Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songs From The Engine Room, BMI/Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Internal Combustion Music, BMI/Kickin’ Grids Music, BMI (K.Moore, T.Verges, B.Daly) 26

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SAID NO ONE EVER Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Jam Writers Group, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (N.Galyon, N.Hemby, busbee) 57

SLEEP WITHOUT YOU Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC (B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 45

SNAPBACK Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi) 4

SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE Big Music Machine, BMI/Songs Of Spoon Tunes, BMI/Songs Of Starstruck, SESAC/Vision Board Songs, SESAC/Airplanes For Stars Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Leslie Satcher Music, BMI (T.Thomas, A.Kline, L.Satcher) 60

SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Fuego Songs Publishing, SESAC/David Ryan Music, ASCAP/The Real Brain Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, A.Palmer, D.Kuncio, J.Mirenda) 2

SONG NUMBER 7 Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI (J.Wilson, B.Hayslip, C.Janson) 47

SOUTHERNALITY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Carolina June Publishing, BMI/Greatshakin Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Crowder Taylor Publishing, ASCAP/Nettwerk One B Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Nevada House Music, BMI (M.Hobby, C.Crowder, N.Mason) 58

SOUTHERN BOY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/ole Songs Of Countrywood, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (L.Laird, B.Dean, J.S.Stover) 37

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THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Mike Curb Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, R.Akins, A.Gorley) 11

THINK A LITTLE LESS EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Country Paper, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP (J.M.Nite, Thomas Rhett, B.Dean, J.Robbins) 53

THINK OF YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 3

T-SHIRT External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 10

TUXEDO BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Leer Jet 87 Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/For The Kids Platinum, BMI/Legitimate Efforts Music, BMI (C.Dunn, Brett James, B.West) 51

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UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508 Songs, ASCAP (J. Nettles, B.Clark) 33

USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC/B Frank Entertainment, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Song House Publishing, ASCAP (K.Brown, M.McVaney, J.Hoge) 35

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WASN’T THAT DRUNK Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP (M.J.McGinn, N.A.Medley, E.L.Weisband) 59

WASTED TIME Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mary Rose Music, BMI/Firehouse Cat Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/360 Music, SESAC/Ray Daniels, SESAC/Jayded Ink Publishing, SESAC (K.Urban, G.Wells, J.Abrahart) 15

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YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK Round Hill Works, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (R.Clawson, M.Dragstrem, N.Hemby) 22

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 17 OF 18

Hot Country Songs Index21 SUMMER WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Trampy

McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, C.Wiseman) 39

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AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Johnston) 22

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CAME HERE TO FORGET Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.Ruttan) 6

CHURCH BELLS External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (Z.Crowell, Brett James, H.Lindsey) 25

CONFESSION Big Red Toe, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP (R.Clawson, R.Copperman, M.Jenkins) 7

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DIE A HAPPY MAN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Nice Life, BMI/Frederic And Reid Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Douglas, Joe London) 5

DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Ross Copperman Songs, BMI (B.Eldredge, R.Copperman) 15

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FIRE AWAY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/New Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP/Black In The Saddle Songs, ASCAP (C.Stapleton, D.Green) 30

FIX Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Bux Tone Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP (S.Buxton, J.Frasure, A.Stoklasa) 21

FLATLINER Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Forest For The Trees Music, SESAC/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC (C.Swindell, M.Bronleewe, J.Boyer) 45

FROM THE GROUND UP WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, C. DeStefano) 24

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HEAD OVER BOOTS Golden Vault Music, BMI/The Song Factory, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI (J.Pardi, L.Laird) 14

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

HEARTBEAT Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (C.Underwood, Z.Crowell, A.Gorley) 23

HIGH CLASS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Five Foot Sixteen Publishing, ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI (E.Paslay, C.Crowder, J.Frasure) 37

HOLE IN A BOTTLE BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Skinny Fat Nashville Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Stalefish Music, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI (C.Smith, B.Beavers, D.Couch) 33

HUMBLE AND KIND Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI (L.McKenna) 2

HUNTIN’, FISHIN’ & LOVIN’ EVERY DAY Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music, BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Tar-Cam-Knox Music, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 11

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I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/MTrain Music, ASCAP (M.Trainor, J.Frasure, S.Mooney) 10

I MET A GIRL ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (T. Rosen, S.Hunt, S.McAnally) 40

IN BLOOM BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/The End Of Music, SESAC (K.Cobain) 48

IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP/Nettwerk One B Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Nevada House Music, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Johnston, N.Mason, J.S.Stover) 26

IT DON’T HURT LIKE IT USED TO Coconut Hut Publishing, ASCAP/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/We Be Pawtying, SESAC/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (B.Currington, C.R.Barlowe, S.Carter) 42

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LIGHTS COME ON Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc., ASCAP/We-volve Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP (B.Kelley, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, J.Robbins, B.Warren, B.Warren) 16

LIVIN’ THE DREAM Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI (T.Douglas, J.Johnston, L.Laird) 43

LOVIN’ LATELY Big Love Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/J Money Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/StyleSonic Music, LLC, BMI (W.K.Alphin, J.D.Rich, T.McGraw) 44

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MAYDAY Marvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year YesterdayPublishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson) 38

MIND READER EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rhettro Music, BMI/Brooks County Boy Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (R.Akins, B.Hayslip) 13

MY CHURCH International Dog Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (busbee, M.Morris) 12

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NEXT BOYFRIEND Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/A Frank Entertainment, ASCAP/Song House Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP (L.Alaina, E.L.Weisband, M.McVaney) 49

NIGHT’S ON FIRE Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP (J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 27

NOBODY TO BLAME WB Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Quackhead Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, B.Bales, R.Bowman) 20

NOISE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Basuare Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP (K.Chesney, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.M.Nite) 18

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PETER PAN Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Honey Lee Music, BMI (K.Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, J.Lee) 28

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RECORD YEAR Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 19

ROCK ON Big Music Machine, BMI/Fayde 49 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/My My My Music, ASCAP (T.Beathard, C.Beathard, M.Cannon-Goodman) 36

RUNNING FOR YOU Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/Roll Through Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songs From The Engine Room, BMI/Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Internal Combustion Music, BMI/Kickin’ Grids Music, BMI (K.Moore, T.Verges, B.Daly) 29

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SNAPBACK Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi) 4

SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Fuego Songs Publishing, SESAC/David Ryan Music, ASCAP/The Real Brain Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP (M.Tyler, J.Boyer, A.Palmer, D.Kuncio, J.Mirenda) 1

SOULSHINE Buzzard Rock Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (W.Haynes) 31

SOUTHERN BOY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/ole Songs Of Countrywood, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (L.Laird, B.Dean, J.S.Stover) 47

STARS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP (B.Hayslip, C.McGill) 41

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THINK OF YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 3

T-SHIRT External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 9

TUXEDO BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Leer Jet 87 Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/For The Kids Platinum, BMI/Legitimate Efforts Music, BMI (C.Dunn, Brett James, B.West) 50

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UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508 Songs, ASCAP (J. Nettles, B.Clark) 34

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WASTED TIME Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mary Rose Music, BMI/Firehouse Cat Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/360 Music, SESAC/Ray Daniels, SESAC/Jayded Ink Publishing, SESAC (K.Urban, G.Wells, J.Abrahart) 17

WHAT THE HELL DID I SAY EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Songs Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Play Animal, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Kear, C.G.Tompkins) 35

WHISPER EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel’s Publishing, BMI (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, C.Rice) 46

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YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK Round Hill Works, BMI/Farm Town Songs, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (R.Clawson, M.Dragstrem, N.Hemby) 32

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 25, 2016 | PAGE 18 OF 18

On April 30, 1988, Rodney Crowell a nd Rosanne Cash c row ned Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with the Crowell-penned “It’s Such a Small World.” The two married in 1979 and collaborated creatively many times — they co-wrote Cash’s 1985 No. 1 “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me” — but “World” marked their only Hot Country Songs entry credited as a duo.

“World” was Crowell’s first Hot Country Songs No. 1 and the first of five chart-toppers from his album Diamonds & Dirt, the first set to produce five No. 1s on the tally; Brad

Paisley matched the record with five of his own from 2007’s aptly named Fifth Gear. Crowell scored all five of his No. 1 singles from Diamonds & Dirt; Cash collected 11 Hot Country Songs No. 1s.

The parents of three daughters together, Crowell, now 65, and Cash, 60, divorced in 1992. Each remains a chart force: Crowell and Emmylou Harris reached the top 10 of the Top Country Albums chart with their duets sets Old Yellow Moon (2013) and The Travelling Kind (2015), while Cash’s The River & the Thread hit No. 2 in 2014. —JIM ASKER

28 Years AgoRodney And Rosanne Were Together At No. 1

“It’s Such a Small World” became Crowell’s first Hot Country Songs No. 1

Cash and Crowell at the inaugural American

Video Awards held at the Beverly Theatre in

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