!CMA  Awards  Nominations  Announced  

Garth  Brooks,  Luke  Bryan,  Chris  Stapleton,  Carrie  Underwood  and  Keith  Urban  will  vie  for  this  year’s  Entertainer  of  the  Year  trophy  at  the  50th  annual  CMA  Awards.  Eric  Church,  Maren  Morris,  and  Stapleton  top  the  list  of  >inal  nominees  with  >ive  nominations  each.  To  read  more,  click  here.  And  congratulations  to  MusicRow  reporter  station  WCOW/La  Crosse,  WI  for  being  nominated  for  CMA  Radio  Station  of  the  Year  and  Broadcast  Personality  of  the  Year  (Arnie  Andrews  and  Ben  Butler)-­‐Small  Market.    ! !

No.  1  Challenge  Coins:  Eric  Paslay  Eric  Paslay  was  recognized  for  co-­‐writing  “Rewind,”  recorded  by  Rascal  Flatts.  The  track  topped  the  MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart  on  April  3,  2014.  “Rewind”  was  co-­‐written  by  Paslay,  Chris  DeStefano  and  Ashley  Gorley.  Publishers  on  the  track  include  EMI  April  Music,  Sugar  Glider  Music,  External  Combustion  Music,  Out  Of  The  Taperoom  Music,  Songs  Of  Southside  Independent  Music  Publishing,  and  Cal  IV  Songs.  Since  2014,  every  artist  and  songwriter  who  achieves  a  No.  1  single  on  the  MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart  earns  a  MusicRow  Challenge  Coin.  !

Cam  Set  For  First  Headlining  Tour  Cam  has  announced  her  >irst  headlining  tour,  launching  Oct.  27  at  Joe’s  Bar  on  Weed  Street  in  Chicago.  Dubbed  The  Burning  House  Tour,  in  reference  to  the  singer-­‐songwriter’s  Grammy-­‐nominated  single  “Burning  House,”  the  13-­‐date  tour  will  make  stops  in  12  cities  across  the  United  States.  Opening  acts  have  not  yet  been  revealed.  To  see  the  full  list  of  dates  and  to  read  more  about  the  tour,  click  here.  !!!!

New  On  The  Chart  —Debuting  This  Week  Artist/song/label—chart  pos.  Lauren  Alaina/Road  Less  Traveled/Mercury  Nashville—  59  Alex  Smith/Load  It  Up/Lila—  76  Aaron  Lewis/That  Ain't  Country/Dot  Records—  78  !Greatest  Spin  Increase  Artist/song/label—Spin  Increase  Carrie  Underwood/Dirty  Laundry/Arista—  428  Eric  Church/Kill  A  Word/EMI  Nashville—  372  Kenny  Chesney  w/  Pink/Set  The  World  On  Fire/Columbia  Nashville—  296  Florida  Georgia  Line  w/  Tim  McGraw/May  We  All/BMLG  Records—  287  Keith  Urban/Blue  Ain’t  Your  Color/Capitol  Nashville—  280  !Most  Added  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Adds  Eric  Church/Kill  A  Word/EMI  Nashville—  29  Carrie  Underwood/Dirty  Laundry/Arista—  26  Florida  Georgia  Line  w/  Tim  McGraw/May  We  All/BMLG  Records—  10  Lauren  Alaina/Road  Less  Traveled/Mercury  Nashville—10  Brantley  Gilbert/The  Weekend/Valory  Music  Co—  9  Chris  Lane/For  Her/Big  Loud  Records—9  Ronnie  Dunn  w/  Kix  Brooks/Damn  Drunk/BMLG—  8  Darius  Rucker/If  I  Told  You/Capitol  Nashville—  8  Gary  Allan/Do  You  Wish  It  Was  Me?/EMI  Nashville—  6  LANco/Long  Live  Tonight/Arista—  6  !On  Deck—Soon  To  Be  Charting  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Spins  Chris  Lane/For  Her/Big  Loud  Records—  187  Cody  Jinks/I’m  Not  The  Devil/Cody  Jinks  Music—186  Madison  Station/Back  In  The  Day/ABM  Music—  185  Josh  Abbott  Band/Wasn’t  That  Drunk/1806—  179  Leslie  Cours  Mather/We  Are  America/LionEyes  Records—  178  Callie  Twisselman/Party  Lights/Sugar  Cube  Records—  178

Thursday,  September  1,  2016

CHART  ACTIONNEWS

Pictured: (L - R) Tyler Farr (Columbia Nashville) and Billy Kidd of WBEE/Rochester, NY

Pictured: (L-R) Steve Dorian, Charles Esten and Nash FM’s Chuck Wicks, Kelly Ford and Blair Garner

Pictured: (L - R) WFRY/Watertown NY’s Stan Soboleski with Stevie Monce

Pictured: (L - R) Brook Stephens of KZPK/St. Cloud, MN with Luke Bryan

Pictured: Kenny and Eddie of WLX/Lawrenceburg, TN with Skye Claire (middle)

Pictured: (L - R) Tyler Steel with Don Jarrett of KTHK/Idaho Falls, ID

Pictured: (L-R) Ken Folkes of WEIO/Huntingdon, TN, Southern Halo (Natalia, Hannah and Christina) and WEIO’s Kelly Green

Thursday,  September  1,  2016

ARTIST  SPOTLIGHTRunaway  June  Sponsored  By:  Wheelhouse  Records  !Single:  “Lipstick”  !“Lipstick”  Songwriters:  Naomi  Cooke,  Hannah  Mulholland,  Jennifer  Wayne,  Elisha  Hoffman,  Caroline  Hobby,  and  Rebecca  Lynn  Howard.  !Hometown:  Florida  (Naomi),  California  (Hannah  &  Jennifer)  !Artist  Bio:  Wheelhouse  Records  act  Runaway  June  is  a  new  female  trio  consisting  of  the  fresh  vocal  and  instrumental  stylings  of  Naomi  Cooke,  Hannah  Mulholland  and  Jennifer  Wayne.  !Fun  Facts:  Runaway  June    -­‐Opened  for  Tim  McGraw  at  the  2016  NFL  Pro  Football  Hall  of  Fame  Induction  Concert..  -­‐Performing  National  Anthem  for  2016  Cowboy  Classic  at  AT&T  Stadium  in  Dallas  for  the  College  Football  season  opener  on  ABC  this  Saturday  (Sept.  3).  !Naomi  Cooke  -­‐Lead  vocals/guitar  -­‐She  is  one  of  ELEVEN  brothers  and  sisters.  -­‐She  grew  up  on  a  farm  in  Florida  -­‐  emus  and  all!      Hannah  Mulholland  -­‐Vocals/mandolin  -­‐She  taught  art  for  six  years,  with  a  forte  in  oil  painting,  pastels  and  charcoals.  -­‐She  created  her  own  cooking  blog  called  The  Poor  Herbivore.    !Jennifer  Wayne-­‐Vocals/guitar  -­‐California  beach  girl  with  a  legendary  bloodline;  her  grandfather  is  John  Wayne.  -­‐She  traveled  the  world  with  her  best  friend  competing  on  CBS’s  The  Amazing  Race  where  they  impressively  >inished  in  2nd  place.  !

Pictured  L-­‐R:  Hannah  Mulholland,  Naomi  Cooke,  Jennifer  Wayne

Singles  September  5  Carrie  Underwood/Dirty  Laundry/Arista  Nashville  Cody  Jinks/I’m  Not  The  Devil/Thirty  Tigers  Joe  Loftus/Can't  take  the  Us  from  the  USA/Stanley  Music  Group  Scott  Steele/Drink  About  It/The  Spot  Light  Records  Gary  West/I  Ain’t  Playing  No  Jason  Aldean/Stanley  Music  Group  Pete  Schlegel/That’s  What  I  Believe/Stanley  Music  Group  !September  12  David  Nail  w/  Brothers  Osborne/Good  At  Tonight/MCA  Nashville  Luke  Combs/Hurricane/Thirty  Tigers  Andy  Ross/Back  on  the  Backroads/Buck  Shot  Records  Brandy  Clark/Love  Can  Go  To  Hell/Warner  Bros.  Morgan  Wallen/The  Way  I  Talk/Big  Loud  Records  Skye  Claire/Pawn  Shop/Mandolin  !September  19  Rick  Trevino/Cowboys  Like  Me/Campo  Negro  Records  Casey  Donahew/Kiss  Me/Almost  Country  Entertainment  Shari  Rowe/Take  That  Shot/Maven  Media  Jordan  Rager/Now  That  I  Know  Your  Name/Broken  Bow  !Albums  September  2  Waylon  Jennings/The  Lost  Nashville  Sessions  Ryan  Follese/Ryan  Follese  [EP]/BMLG  Records  !September  9  Jason  Aldean/They  Don’t  Know/Broken  Bow  Records  The  Time  Jumpers/Kid  Sister/Rounder  Records  Dolly  Parton,  Linda  Ronstadt,  Emmylou  Harris/The  Complete  Trio  Collection  [re-­‐released/remastered  3-­‐discs]  Billy  Ray  Cyrus/Thin  Line/Blue  Cadillac  Paper  Bird/Paper  Bird/Sons  of  Thunder  Records-­‐Thirty  Tigers  Chely  Wright/I  Am  The  Rain/MRI-­‐Sony  Jack  White/Jack  White  Acoustic  Recordings  1998-­‐2016/Third  Man  Records-­‐Columbia  Whiskey  Myers/Mud/Thirty  Tigers

Tucker  Beathard  has  his  >irst  No.  1  song  with  “Rock  On”  topping  the  MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart  this  week.  !“Rock  On”  is  the  debut  single  for  this  Dot  Records  Artist  and  was  written  by  Beathard  along  with  his  father,  Casey  Beathard,  and  Marla  Cannon-­‐Goodman.  !Tucker  will  return  to  the  UK  and  Ireland  for  a  second  time  this  year  to  play  three  headlining  dates  in  December.    He  is  currently  opening  up  on  Dierks  Bentley’s  Somewhere  On  A  Beach  Tour.  

Click  here  to  view  a  full  list  of  MusicRow’s  Challenge  Coin  recipients.

WHMA  Anniston  AL  WXFL  Florence  AL  KCJC  Russellville  AR  KCNY  Conway  AR  KDXY  Jonesboro  AR  KQUS  Hot  Springs  AR  KWCK  Searcy  AR  KTTI  Yuma  AZ  KRAZ  Santa  Maria  CA  KVAY  Lamar  CO  WHWY  Destin  FL  WBYZ  Baxley  GA  WTHO  Thomson  GA  WUBB  Savannah  GA  KBOE  Oskaloosa  IA  KIAI  Mason  City  IA  KLMJ  Hampton  IA  KSMA  Mason  City  IA    !

KBKB  Burlington  IA  KXIA  Marshalltown  IA  KTHK  Idaho  Falls  ID  WAAG  Galesburg  IL  WIBL  Normal  IL  WOOZ  Carterville  IL  WGKC  Urbana  IL  WDZQ  Decatur  IL  WMCI  Mattoon  IL  WRTB  Rockford  IL  WIFE  Connersville  IN  WYGB  Franklin  IN  KAIR  Atchison  KS  KYEZ  Salina  KS  WBKR  Owensboro  KY    WDHR  Pikeville  KY  WGGC  Bowling  Green  KY  WKDZ  Cadiz  KY  !

KRRV  Alexandria  LA  WKPE  Hyannis,  MA  WVMD  Cumberland  MD  WATZ  Alpena  MI    WTCM  Traverse  City  MI  WJNR  Iron  Mountain  MI  WUPY  Ontonagon  MI  KZPK  St.  Cloud  MN  KYSM  Mankato  MN  KBXB  Sikeston  MO  KFAV  Warrenton  MO  KWWR  Mexico  MO  KYLS  Farmington  MO  WQNZ  Natchez  MS  KZZY  Devils  Lake  ND  KRVN  Lexington  NE  KRGI  Grand  Island  NE  KQBA  Santa  Fe  NM  

WDNB  Liberty  NY  WOLF  Syracuse  NY  WCJW  Warsaw  NY  WFRY  Watertown  NY  KWHW  Altus  OK  KITX  Hugo  OK  KWOX  Woodward  OK  KWEY  Weatherford  OK  KRKT  Albany  OR  WFGE  State  College  PA  WCFT  Selinsgrove  PA  WDKN  Dickson  TN  WEIO  Huntingdon  TN  WLLX  Lawrenceburg  TN  WUCZ  Carthage  TN  Renegade  Radio  Nashville    KFTX  Corpus  Christi  TX  KGKL  San  Angelo  TX  

KMKS  Bay  City  TX  KXOX  Sweetwater  TX  KYYK  Palestine  TX  KMRK  Odessa  TX  WAKG  Danville  VA  KICR  Spokane  WA  WAXX  Altoona  WI  WCOW  La  Crosse  WI  WGLR  Platteville  WI  WJMQ  Shawano  WI    WJVL  Janesville  WI  WQPC  Prairie  du  Chien  WI  WPCK  Green  Bay  WI  WDGG  Huntington  WV  WKKW  Morgantown  WV  WTNJ  Mount  Hope  WV  WKWS  Charleston  WV  WTCR  Huntington  WV  !!!

MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart  Reporting  Stations  

Thursday,  September  1,  2016

CALENDAR NO.  1  SONG

Weeks % SpinOn Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/-

Thursday, September 1, 2016

21 3 1 Tucker Beathard / Rock On / Dot Records 2898/85 5 14913 2 2 Blake Shelton / She’s Got A Way With Words / Warner Bros. 2844/78 1 2620 4 3 Zac Brown Band / Castaway / Southern Ground-John Varvatos-Dot 2756/80 3 8627 5 4 Brothers Osborne / 21 Summer / EMI Nashville 2514/85 0 35 8 5 Kenny Chesney w/ Pink / Setting The World On Fire / Columbia Nashville 2507/84 13 2967 6 6 Miranda Lambert / Vice / RCA 2403/87 5 11417 7 7 Cole Swindell / Middle Of A Memory / Warner Bros. 2387/79 4 8512 13 8 Old Dominion / Song For Another Time / RCA Nashville 2323/89 14 28020 10 9 Brett Young / Sleep Without You / Republic 2297/83 6 12619 9 10 Chris Stapleton / Parachute / Mercury 2247/78 3 6610 12 11 Tim McGraw / How I’ll Always Be / Big Machine 2221/87 6 135

11 11 12 Maren Morris / 80s Mercedes / Columbia Nashville 2215/86 5 1107 14 13 Luke Bryan / Move / Capitol Nashville 2201/82 9 1827 15 14 Jason Aldean / A Little More Summertime / Broken Bow 2059/80 6 11713 17 15 Chris Young / Sober Saturday Night / RCA Nashville 1815/80 7 11225 16 16 Granger Smith / If The Boot Fits / Wheelhouse Records 1801/77 5 9016 21 17 Brett Eldredge / Wanna Be That Song / Warner Bros. 1604/72 8 11817 19 18 Jerrod Niemann w/ Lee Brice / A Little More Love / Curb 1586/75 2 324 24 19 Florida Georgia Line w/ Tim McGraw / May We All / BMLG Records 1541/85 23 28731 1 20 LoCash / I Know Somebody / Reviver Records 1512/46 -47 -13503 25 21 Keith Urban / Blue Ain’t Your Color / Capitol Nashville 1480/78 23 28018 22 22 Alan Jackson / The One You’re Waiting On / EMI Nashville 1375/64 -1 -1319 23 23 Rachael Turner / Aftershock / Rustic Records 1299/59 3 4213 27 24 Josh Turner / Hometown Girl / MCA Nashville 1213/65 6 6615 26 25 Post Monroe / Red Hot American Summer / KCH 1188/61 3 4012 28 26 Thomas Rhett / Vacation / Valory 1164/53 6 6720 29 27 Keith Walker / Friends With Boats / Keith Walker Music 1080/53 3 2915 32 28 Easton Corbin / Are You With Me / Mercury 1071/57 5 5118 30 29 Chris Janson / Holdin’ Her / Warner Bros 1061/57 1 92 45 30 Carrie Underwood / Dirty Laundry / Arista 993/64 76 42813 33 31 Homegrown Band / Summer Song / Homegrown Entertainment 895/51 6 519 35 32 Darius Rucker / If I Told You / Capitol Nashville 885/57 18 1367 34 33 Toby Keith / A Few More Cowboys / Show Dog Nashville 854/50 10 7610 36 34 Eli Young Band / Saltwater Gospel / Valory Music Co. 764/45 7 475 44 35 Brantley Gilbert / The Weekend / Valory Music Co. 743/52 29 16718 37 36 Michael Ray / Think A Little Less / Warner Bros. 739/43 2 184 42 37 The Band Perry / Comeback Kid / Mercury Nashville-Interscope Records 731/46 20 1242 60 38 Eric Church / Kill A Word / EMI Nashville 707/51 111 37210 40 39 Gary Allan / Do You Wish It Was Me? / EMI Records Nashville 706/42 15 9015 38 40 Donica Knight / Love Ain’t A Prize / MTS-Donica Knight, Inc 698/43 6 39

Weeks % SpinOn Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/-

No. 1 Song Greatest Spin Increase Highest Debut

9 41 41 Dustin Lynch / Seein’ Red / Broken Bow 659/44 7 4513 43 42 Darryl Worley / Rainmaker / Worleybird Records 627/41 4 263 47 43 Ronnie Dunn w/ Kix Brooks / Damn Drunk / BMLG 616/44 28 13321 39 44 Craig Campbell / Outskirts Of Heaven / Red Bow Records 579/36 -10 -673 52 45 LANco / Long Live Tonight / Arista Nashville 537/39 26 11211 50 46 Southern Halo / Rewind / Southern Halo Records 500/35 8 378 48 47 Mickey Guyton / Heartbreak Song / Capitol Nashville 496/30 6 263 58 48 Vince Gill / Me And My Girl / MCA Nashville 477/38 32 1166 54 49 Presley & Taylor / My Hometown / SMG Records Nashville 477/38 18 7319 53 50 High Valley / Make You Mine / Warner Bros. 465/26 11 4517 46 51 Parmalee / Roots / Stoney Creek Records 460/27 -6 -278 55 52 Bobby Wills / Down by the River / MDM 455/36 16 6315 51 53 Sam Austin / Savin’ It Up For Saturday Night / Plateau 444/28 8 316 56 54 Mark Chesnutt / Oughta Miss Me By Now / Row Entertainment 429/28 12 464 63 55 Runaway June / Lipstick / Wheelhouse Records 389/26 20 6416 57 56 Alexandra Demetree / You Still Think I’m Beautiful / SSM Nashville 384/31 5 1910 59 57 The Stickers / Ain’t Nothin’ Better / Wodarek Music 357/23 5 184 61 58 Smith & Wesley / You’re The One / Garage Door Records 347/31 8 261 86 59 Lauren Alaina / Road Less Traveled / Mercury Nashville 343/23 105 1763 64 60 Eric Paslay / Angels In This Town / EMI Nashville 341/24 15 455 62 61 Macy Martin / Heart Sleeve Soul / GTR Records 328/25 4 128 65 62 Steve Dorian / Edge of 18 / VIMH Music 323/28 9 268 66 63 Shane Owens / Country Never Goes Out Of Style / AmeriMonte Records 319/27 13 363 67 64 Cody Johnson / With You I Am / 290/21 1 43 70 65 Trent Harmon / There’s A Girl / Big Machine 287/20 6 178 69 66 Jessie G / Drop A Line / Hook & Line 280/22 9 2310 68 67 Josh Goodlett / I Don’t Usually Do This / 274/18 5 134 71 68 Scott Brantley / How Summer Goes / Studio Gold Nashville 255/15 5 123 73 69 Jeff Bates / That Thing We Do / 254/19 6 154 75 70 SaraBeth / You Rock My Rodeo / Circle S Records 241/20 8 173 76 71 Williams Honor / Send It To Me / All Hour Recordings 239/19 9 203 72 72 Tyler Hammond / Drunk Over A Girl / 231/12 2 512 74 73 Joe Nichols / Undone / Red Bow 227/14 -5 -123 79 74 Sarah Dunn Band / Dirty / Reznam Records 226/20 15 292 80 75 Dylan Scott / My Girl / Curb 223/18 16 311 85 76 Alex Smith / Load It Up / Lila 215/17 24 423 78 77 David Shelby / Back To Us / Highway South Records 211/18 6 111 81 78 Aaron Lewis / That Ain’t Country / Dot Records 208/16 10 194 83 79 John Anderson / Magic Mama / Bayou Boys Music 197/16 19 3111 77 80 Cody Joe Hodges / Hellbent on Loving You / Lamon Records 191/15 -4 -7