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MARCH 30, 2015 | PAGE 1 OF 13
Tom.Roland@billboard.com
Breakaway Success: The Shift
From Duo To Solo Act
As Kristian Bush prepares for the April 7 release of his solo
debut, Southern Gravity, he finds himself at the edge of a rather
exclusive club.
“Trailer Hitch” stalled at No. 21 on the Country Airplay
chart dated Feb. 28, 2015, leaving him just one position short
of joining only four artists who have earned a top 20 country
solo single in the past 30
years after first finding
success as a member of a
duo. Bush, of course, recorded his album while
his duo Sugarland is
on hiatus. The four who
preceded him are John
Rich, who did his solo
project during a threeDUNN
BUSH
year vacation from Big &
Rich, and three vocalists whose duos were officially retired:
Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, Radney Foster of Foster &
Lloyd and Wynonna Judd of The Judds.
It really is something of a club. Rich, who was a member of
Lonestar prior to the formation of Big & Rich, has co-written
songs with the Bellamy Brothers and Thompson Square.
And he felt a kinship with them related to their status as a twoperson team.
“It’s kind of an unspoken thing that you know what that is
to be in a duo,” says Rich.
That unspoken thing is a mixture of compromise and
responsibility. For a solo act, one person essentially directs the
ship and takes the glory or criticism alone. In a group, the experiences are shared, but the responsibilities can be spread thinly
enough that it’s possible for one or more members to have modest involvement with the non-creative elements and still make
it work. For a duo, the accountability is much more palpable.
“In a duo, it gets really intense,” says Foster. “It’s like a marriage.
You spend so much time
together, and you learn
each other’s foibles and
strengths and ultimately,
that’s what makes part of
the magic.”
It might actually be
RICH
more difficult to hold a
duo together than to keep a marriage going.
“Your marriage is not under a microscope,” notes Rich.
“Your career is.”
That’s part of what makes Bush’s situation rather unique.
Sugarland’s first album was recorded as a trio, which became
a duo after Kristen Hall departed in 2005. Whereas other duos
— such as Maddie & Tae or Brothers Osborne — typically have
their names branded with the duo, neither Bush nor Jennifer
Nettles is part of the Sugarland branding. Neither has been
photographed on the cover of a Sugarland album, and Nettles
is always the lead voice, giving Bush some anonymity.
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“In a lot of ways, I’m really being treated as a new artist by the listener,”
says Bush. “I don’t think they recognize who I am as a listener, and the name
recognition is not very high, either.”
In fact, the association is distant enough that when Bush took part in a
March 19 concert in Jupiter, Fla., sponsored by WIRK West Palm Beach, one
listener approached him afterward asking why he played so many Sugarland
songs in his set. Even when he explained that he had written them, the fan
still seemed confused.
But that kind of confusion isn’t limited to harmony singers. Though Dunn
was the lead voice in the vast majority of Brooks & Dunn singles, fans have had
a difficult time thinking of him separate from the
duo. He didn’t expect that response when he went
solo, though in retrospect, he can recall having the
same sort of haziness about one of his predecessors.
“There was a time when the Judds were out running strong, and I’m a country music fan. I didn’t
know Naomi from Wynonna; I just knew it was the
Judds,” recalls Dunn. “It is an eye-opener when you
kind of realize, I’m ‘Brooks & Dunn’; I’m not Ronnie
Dunn. It’s an interesting phenomenon.”
FOSTER
Complicating the phenomenon is f inances.
There’s a progression in attitudes that accompanies
a change in economic status, and Bush’s debut singles unintentionally called attention to that change.
In Sugarland’s debut, “Baby Girl,” the first chorus
finds the protagonist asking her parents for money:
“I’m so broke that it ain’t funny.” In “Trailer Hitch,”
Bush literally aspires to “give it away.”
Dunn has felt that change in attitude. Early in
their career, Brooks & Dunn said yes to opportuWYNONNA JUDD
nities without hesitation. As they became more
successful, they learned to become more selective. It’s not something that’s
easily unlearned.
“Hunger’s the biggest motivator that there is,” says Dunn. “That may be a
not-so-subtle dynamic that’s involved in the process, you know. You just have
to really, really want it bad. Every single thing you did [in the beginning], everything you wrote, every show we played, we thought everything hinged on
that. It was just make or break with everything that you did.”
Foster had that hunger created for him when he went solo. He ended up in a
disagreement with his label and publisher over language in his contract, and
his royalties were frozen when he split with Bill Lloyd.
“I’m going from making boatloads of money on royalties, and on advances
with the publisher, and on the road with Bill Lloyd, to zilch,” he says.
Fortunately, Foster was able to start opening shows for such acts as Vince
Gill and Mary Chapin Carpenter that put some money in his pocket while
requiring minimal expenses. Doing the Foster & Lloyd material in his solo set,
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Gloriana was part of the bill when WNSH New York hosted the first
Nash Bash at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on March 24. From
left are Gloriana’s Tom Gossin and Rachel Reinert, Cumulus vp label
relations John Kilgo and Gloriana’s Mike Gossin.
Lady Antebellum accepted the Icon Award from the National Music
Publishers’ Association in Washington, D.C., on March 24. From left are
band members Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood, and
NMPA president/CEO David Israelite.
Florida Georgia Line grabbed lunch at the Regusci Winery in Napa,
Calif., on March 27 before headlining at the Uptown Theatre during the
Live in the Vineyard festival. From left at brunch are FGL’s Brian Kelley,
LITV co-founder Bobbii Jacobs and FGL’s Tyler Hubbard.
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he quickly built a strategy for his transition, using more traditional country
in his solo sound than he had in the duo.
“I didn’t just go out and go, ‘Oh, it’s Foster & Lloyd, but it’s only one voice,’ ”
he says. “That would have been a disaster. I knew I needed to make a radical
change in what I was doing and how I was doing it.”
To date, Foster, Dunn and Judd have committed to their solo careers, though
all have reteamed on occasion with their former musical partners. Even Dunn,
who will reunite with Kix Brooks in June for a Las Vegas residency with Reba
McEntire, remains signed to Big Machine’s Nash Icon as a solo act.
Meanwhile, Bush and Rich entered their solo careers vowing they were a
simple departure from the duos they intended to continue. The outside world
reacted with skepticism or confusion — and with good reason. The professional
divorces of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs,
The Everly Brothers, The Louvin Brothers and The Stanley Brothers were
all acrimonious. Predictably, interviewers have felt compelled to ask Rich and
Bush if their splits are permanent.
“Like we say in Texas, it’ll give a woodpecker a headache,” says Rich with
a laugh. “It’ll wear you out.”
Both duos still exist, though Rich and Bush seem to view their solo forays
differently. While Big & Rich will continue to do the occasional side project
(Big Kenny, for example, is currently working on a TV pilot apart from the
duo), Rich says it’s unlikely that he’ll record as a solo artist again.
“Standing onstage without Big Kenny is not as fun as standing onstage
with Big Kenny,” he reasons.
Bush, however, thinks of his solo adventure as a parallel project to Sugarland, and he hopes both will be alive and kicking another decade from now.
“There’s no sadness involved here,” he explains. “We’re not lamenting the
death of anything.”
If Bush is indeed able to keep both the solo act and the duo going, he’ll be
a member of an even more exclusive club.
CHURCH: JOHN RUSSELL
CHESNEY, OAKS & COUNTRY’S ADVANCE
Eric Church received a platinum plaque for The Outsiders and a
gold one for Sinners Like Me from Universal Music Group Nashville
chairman/CEO Mike Dungan during a No. 1 party for “Talladega” on
March 23.
BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE
Gross
Artist
Attendance
Capacity
Promoter(s)
$772,018
$62.50, $20
$743,518
$62.50, $28
$520,640
$54.75, $39.75
$499,302
$59, $29
$385,854
$61.50, $27
ERIC CHURCH
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill./March 20
ERIC CHURCH
U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati/March 21
MIRANDA LAMBERT
BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla./Feb. 28
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
Amphitheater at the Wharf, Orange Beach, Ala./March 21
ERIC CHURCH
Allen County Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Ind./March 18
18,626
sellout
15,704
16,448
9,497
10,568
9,648
sellout
8,161
9,492
THE MESSINA
GROUP/AEG LIVE
Ticket Price(s)
Venue/Date(s)
THE MESSINA
GROUP/AEG LIVE
LIVE NATION
RED MOUNTAIN
ENTERTAINMENT
THE MESSINA
GROUP/AEG LIVE
Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob
Allen by phone (615-793-0466), fax (615-793-2891) or email (bob.allen@billboard.com).
The March 25 announcement that the Country Music Hall of Fame is adding the Oak Ridge Boys and The Browns was a feel-good moment by itself.
But combined with the next night’s Kenny Chesney tour launch, it was a real
reminder of country’s progress during the last 60 years.
When The Browns toured along with Elvis Presley in the mid-1950s, it
wasn’t unusual for a country group to scrunch up in a Cadillac with the standup bass stretched across the seats from the front windshield to the back. Many
— if not most — dates were at barrooms and gymnasiums, and artists were
expected mostly to stand and sing. It’s why Presley’s hip-shaking was such
a cultural shock — in addition to testing societal norms, it also shook up the
visual expectations of concert-goers.
Fast forward to the early 1980s, when the Oaks hit their crossover prime
with “Elvira” and the standards changed again. Country acts had begun to
play arenas, and for the ticket-buyers in the top rows especially, some motion
and dynamics made a big difference. The Oaks’ use of four very different
fashions — from Richard Sterban’s natty apparel to William Lee Golden’s
mountain-man appearance — provided some contrast. Joe Bonsall’s constant
movement added to the effect, and the band was the first to incorporate some
of the more modern lighting effects that were being introduced in pop and rock.
“I remember sitting around the first time we decided we wanted to buy
lasers [and] smoke,” said Bonsall at the Hall of Fame announcement. “And
‘Get in touch with Genesis, man. We want to get some of them Vari-Lites
like those guys use. Let’s make this thing really big.’ That was long before the
groups of today did arenas.”
It was even before the use of video became prominent in country concerts.
Chesney took the lighting, the movement and the videos to an even bigger
level with his March 26 concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. He is, of
course, one of the pioneers of the country stadium show, the guy who made
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the chair floating above the audience a regular piece of the big-venue show.
For the Big Revival Tour, Chesney employed a minimum 140 lights, a ramp
that took the action deep into the floor seats and four large video screens — the
largest is perhaps 36 feet by 15 feet — all of it enhancing the frenetic, ringleader role that Chesney embraces.
It’s one thing to impress an audience. It’s another to involve the crowd, and
that’s what Chesney did quite successfully. His catalog — which balances love,
nostalgia, partying and personal development — is designed to connect. And
with the videos showing even the people in the back row the nuances of his
facial expressions, the experience is much like attending a movie — or, to be
specific, a series of small movies.
The Kiwanis halls and high-school stages of country’s early years seem
quaint in comparison. There’s no doubt that Chesney makes a much better living than The Browns did in their time. But the goals were the same: to use the
songs, the voices and the available performance space and engage an audience.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Joseph Robinson was promoted to president of iHeartMedia Ventures Group.
He was previously executive vp strategic development … Cumulus/Lake
Charles, La., added Gerry McCracken as operations manager/PD for KYKZ
and Nash Icon KQLK. He was previously PD at WKRO Daytona Beach, Fla.
McCracken replaces Eric Nielson, who retired at the close of 2014 … WAMZ
Louisville, Ky., hired Corey Calhoun for afternoon drive. He takes over the
shift from retired Coyote Calhoun … WKLB Boston welcomed Keven Kennedy in p.m. drive on March 26, RadioInfo.com reported. Kennedy most
recently handled mornings for rhythmic adult contemporary WMOV NorfolkVirginia Beach-Newport News, Va. … Also from RadioInfo.com: CBS Radio/
Pittsburgh installed John D’Amico as promotion manager for WDSY. He
already handles the role with top 40 WBZZ … WUBB Savannah, Ga., midday
host Jess Jennings added assistant PD duties at the station and its classic
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country sister WGCO, according to InsideRadio.com … Also from InsideRadio.com: iHeartMedia/Omaha (Neb.) shifted Ritch Cassidy to mornings at
classic country KFFF from middays at sister KXKT.
’ROUND THE ROW
Singer-songwriter David Cook signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell
Nashville. The former American Idol winner was a co-writer of David Nail’s
“Kiss You Tonight” … Danielle Bourjeaurd signed a marketing agreement
with the Render label … A CMT staff reduction put a number of executives in
the job market. Among the departures are manager of music strategy Brian
Bayley, writer/producer Chris Parton, CMT.com senior writer Craig Shelburne, writer/producer Whitney Self and copy editor/research Marilu White.
GOOD WORKS
Tradition says that Rodney Atkins is ending the month with a March 31 performance that aims to help some kids get off to a good start.
Atkins and his wife, songwriter Rose Falcon (“Friday Night”), will perform a concert via StageIt.com at 7:30 p.m. CT, with proceeds slated for the
Holston United Methodist Home for Children in Greeneville, Tenn. Atkins
lived at the home during his childhood before he was adopted.
Tickets for the live stream are $5.
TWEET OF THE WEEK
When Justin Moore (@JustinColeMoore) announced he had seen Jersey Boys
on Broadway and raved about the show, it drew a quick response from Brad
Paisley (@BradPaisley):
“I’ll take unlikely redneck tweets for a thousand, Alex.”
To follow BCU, go to Twitter.com/bbcountryupdate.
ON THE CHARTS
ZAC BROWN BAND: PAUL MOBLEY
Zac Brown Band Back ‘Home’ At No. 1;
Tyler Farr, Billy Currington Hit Top 10
Zac Brown Band completes its fastest flight to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated April 11), as “Homegrown” (Varvatos/Republic/Big
Machine Label Group/Southern Ground) rises 3-1 in its 11th chart week. The
song gains by 3 percent to 42.3 million audience impressions, according to
Nielsen Music. It also crowns Country Indicator, where it likewise climbs 3-1.
The group’s 11th Country Airplay No. 1 rewrites its quickest sprint to the
summit. The band had previously reigned in as few as 13 weeks with 2010’s
“As She’s Walking Away” (featuring Alan Jackson). Not only that, “Homegrown” logs the speediest trip to the apex in more than two years. Blake Shelton hit No. 1 in just 11 weeks with “Sure Be Cool If
You Did” on the March 30, 2013 chart. No song has
ZAC BROWN BAND
climbed to No. 1 faster since Jason Aldean’s “Take
a Little Ride” zoomed to the top perch in 10 weeks
(Oct. 6, 2012).
Zac Brown Band first led Country Airplay with its
debut entry, “Chicken Fried,” on the Dec. 6, 2008
chart. The band boasts the most No. 1s among groups
since that date, with only two acts having logged more
than 11 leaders in that span: Shelton (15) and Aldean (12). (Luke Bryan has also notched 11 No. 1s
in that stretch.)
Top local audience contributors for “Homegrown”
in the tracking week ending March 29: KKGO Los Angeles (1.1 million impressions), WUBL Atlanta (872,000), WNSH New York
(852,000), WKLB Boston (814,000) and KILT Houston (804,000).
As noted in this column on March 9, Zac Brown Band is also scaling
Billboard’s Mainstream Rock airplay chart for the first time with “Heavy Is
the Head” (featuring Chris Cornell); the track blasts 10-5 in its fourth week
on the ranking with an 18 percent increase in plays. Both “Homegrown” and
“Heavy” usher in Zac Brown Band’s album Jeckyll + Hide, due April 28. As
previously reported, the set is the band’s first effort resulting from Southern
Ground’s partnership with Varvatos, Big Machine and Republic, which Billboard exclusively revealed on Sept. 20. (Upon the association’s announcement,
all Zac Brown Band members sported designs created by fashion master John
Varvatos. “He’s got that on lockdown like nobody else,” said Brown of Varvatos’
stylistic vision. Of Brown, Varvatos responded, “He looks great, doesn’t he?”)
Meanwhile, Tyler Farr scores his third Country Airplay top 10, as “A Guy
Walks Into a Bar” (Columbia Nashville) lifts 11-9
in its 35th chart week (27.9 million, up 7 percent).
Farr reached No. 3 with each of his first two top 10s
(also his two prior singles): “Whiskey in My Water”
(July 2014) and “Redneck Crazy” (October 2013).
Billy Currington also returns to the Countr y A ir play top 10 with “Don’t It” (Mercur y),
which ju mps 13-10 in its 23rd week w it h an
11 percent gain to 22.7 million. The song is
Currington’s 13th top 10 and follows his seventh
and eighth No. 1s: “Hey Girl” (October 2013) and
“We Are Tonight” (August 2014). Currington first
reached the top tier with his debut entry, “Walk a
Little Straighter,” which rose to No. 8 in 2003. With
“Don’t It,” he makes his quickest trip to the top since eventual No. 1 “Let Me
Down Easy” needed 18 weeks in 2011.
This column was written by Billboard associate director of charts/radio Gary
Trust (gary.trust@billboard.com).
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MUSIC NOTES
Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic returns to Austin for the first time in five
years when the 42nd edition rolls into Circuit of the Americas’ Austin360
Amphitheater. The 2015 lineup promises more than
20 acts, including Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves,
Merle Haggard, Jamey Johnson, Chris Stapleton,
Jason Isbell, Asleep at the Wheel and Sturgill Simpson. There’s also the intriguingly named Folk Uke. The
event will receive live coverage on the SiriusXM channel Willie’s Roadhouse.
March 30
2013 — Kacey Musgraves sings “Merry Go ’Round” in her Grand
Ole Opry debut.
Can Christina Aguilera sing a surprise duet if the surNELSON
prise is announced in advance? Well, if her duet partner
isn’t named, then yes, that qualifies. Aguilera has been announced as a guest
on the 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 19 at AT&T
Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Nick Jonas is also scheduled to collaborate with
Dan + Shay, and Brooks & Dunn will deliver their first televised performance
in five years. Other newly announced performers on the CBS telecast include
Alan Jackson, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley, Martina McBride and Lady Antebellum.
April 1
MUSGRAVES
2012 — Miranda Lambert is a double-winner in the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, taking
female vocalist and album of the year, for Four the Record, during the
CBS telecast from Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.
2010 — Taylor Swift presents a giant ticket to her one-millionth
ticket-buyer when she appears at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita,
Kan.
As one of country’s blue-collar classics celebrates its 60th anniversary, it’s
being enshrined in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry.
Tennessee Ernie Ford’s version of “Sixteen Tons,” recorded in September
1955, is the lone country entry among 25 new inductees in the registry. The
other additions include Radiohead’s OK Computer, Steve Martin’s comedic
landmark A Wild and Crazy Guy, radio reports from the funeral of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” by Johnny Mercer, one of the co-founders of Capitol, the label that released “Sixteen Tons.”
Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Justin Moore and Tyler Farr are among the
acts who have been added to the May 2 lineup for the iHeartRadio Country Festival on May 2 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. The bill already
featured Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert, Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts,
among others. The show streams live on Yahoo Live, and will be edited into
a two-hour NBC special that airs May 27.
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MD: Tim “TC” Conlon
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Thomas Rhett Make Me Wanna
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Keith Urban Somewhere In My Car
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Easton Corbin Baby Be My Love Song
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Billy Currington Don’t It
Gloriana Trouble
Maddie & Tae Fly
Dan + Shay Nothin’ Like You
Jana Kramer I Got The Boy
Jake Owen What We Ain’t Got
Little Big Town Girl Crush
March 31
2014 — Warner Bros. releases Frankie Ballard’s “Sunshine & Whiskey” to radio.
2009 — Capitol releases Keith Urban’s
album Defying Gravity.
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2011 — Ronnie Dunn delivers his first public show since Brooks &
Dunn’s split. The set list includes “My Maria,” “Red Dirt Road,” “Hillbilly Deluxe” and his then-current single, “Bleed Red.”
2007 — Clay Walker sings the national anthem before the Houston
Astros’ opening-day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Minute
Maid Park. Walker also delivers “God Bless America” during the
seventh inning of the game, won by the Bucs, 4-2.
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2004 — Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker hoist “When the Sun
Goes Down” to No. 1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
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1988 — Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens record “Streets of Bakersfield” at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood.
1975 — Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, N.M. The tech
company is referenced in Lee Brice’s 2009 single “Love Like Crazy.”
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1990 — Randy Travis takes a tour of the White House with President
George Bush.
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Casey James and Charlie Worsham performed alongside The Doobie
Brothers’ Tom Johnston and John Cowan during a March 24 Tin Pan
South appearance at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville. From left are BMI
Nashville senior director of writer/publisher relations Bradley Collins,
James, Johnston, Worsham, Cowan and Nashville Songwriters
Association International executive director Bart Herbison.
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5
20
TAKE YOUR TIME MCA Nashville
5
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25
AIN’T WORTH THE WHISKEY W
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DRINKING CLASS C urb
9
26
SAY YOU DO C apitol Nashville
10
11
RAISE ‘EM UP H
it Red/Capitol Nashville
11
35
A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR C olumbia Nashville
13
23
DON’T IT M
ercury
12
12
SMOKE R epublic Nashville
15
10
WILD CHILD B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville
16
10
DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS M
cGraw/Big Machine
17
29
BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
ercury
19
9
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE R epublic Nashville
18
14
LITTLE RED WAGON R CA Nashville
20
24
SHE DON’T LOVE YOU E MI Nashville
RANK
Chris Young
41.619
+0.671
7210
194
3
Sam Hunt
40.509
+2.603
7168
584
4
Cole Swindell
37.898
-6.137
6542
-1163
6
Lee Brice
36.430
+1.034
6600
187
5
Dierks Bentley
34.269
+3.263
6122
768
7
Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church
30.038
+2.311
5400
559
8
Tyler Farr
27.916
+1.903
5021
419
9
Billy Currington
22.710
+2.192
4251
463
10
A Thousand Horses
22.204
+1.192
4062
217
11
Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter
20.265
+1.078
3835
214
12
Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn
19.671
+2.249
3664
265
13
Easton Corbin
17.040
+1.146
3303
248
14
Florida Georgia Line
16.628
+2.219
3172
530
17
Miranda Lambert
16.420
+1.084
3184
103
16
Eric Paslay
15.878
+1.475
3230
360
15
HH Airpower HH
21
8
LITTLE TOY GUNS 1 9/Arista Nashville
HH Airpower HH
Carrie Underwood
15.756
+1.902
3160
320
18
22
10
CRUSHIN’ IT A
rista Nashville
HH Airpower HH
Brad Paisley
14.376
+0.754
3054
207
19
24
34
LOVE YOU LIKE THAT M
ercury
Canaan Smith
12.506
+1.214
2555
214
21
23
26
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT B lack River
Kelsea Ballerini
12.054
+0.623
2949
206
20
25
31
HARD TO BE COOL R ed Bow
Joe Nichols
10.342
-0.214
2458
37
22
26
7
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING W
arner Bros./WEA
Michael Ray
10.063
+0.323
2072
169
25
28
12
YOUNG & CRAZY W
arner Bros./WAR
27
29
LAY LOW M
CA Nashville
32
16
GIRL CRUSH C apitol Nashville
29
30
31
18
RIOT B ig Machine
34
6
Frankie Ballard
9.361
+0.874
2183
234
23
Josh Turner
9.226
+0.275
2078
32
24
Little Big Town
8.721
+1.911
1830
346
27
23
TROUBLE E mblem/Warner Bros./WARGloriana
7.725
+0.377
1839
122
26
20
ONE HELL OF AN AMEN V alory
Brantley Gilbert
7.719
+0.382
1691
22
29
Rascal Flatts
6.932
+0.051
1722
128
28
Eric Church
6.754
+0.254
1477
149
31
LIKE A WRECKING BALL E MI Nashville
BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL — 146 STATIONS
Akron, Ohio
WQMX
Albany, N.Y.
WGNA
Albuquerque, N.M.
KBQI
KRST
Allentown, Pa.
WCTO
Atlanta
WKHX
WUBL
Augusta, Ga.
WKXC
Austin, Texas
KASE
Bakersfield, Calif.
KUZZ
Baltimore
WPOC
Baton Rouge, La.
WYNK
Birmingham, Ala.
WDXB
Boise, Idaho
KAWO
KQFC
BostonWKLB
Buffalo, N.Y.
WYRK
Charleston, S.C.
WCKN
WEZL
Charlotte, N.C.
WKKT
WSOC
Chattanooga, Tenn.
WUSY
ChicagoWUSN
CincinnatiWUBE
ClevelandWGAR
Colorado Springs, Colo.
KATC
Columbia, S.C.
WCOS
Columbus, Ohio
WCOL
Corpus Christi, Texas
KRYS
DallasKPLX
KSCS
DenverKWOF
KYGO
Des Moines, Iowa
KHKI
KJJY
DetroitWYCD
El Paso, Tx.
KHEY
Ft. Myers, Fla.
WCKT
WWGR
Ft. Wayne, Ind.
WQHK
Fresno, Calif.
KSKS
Gainesville, Fla.
WOGK
Grand Rapids, Mich.
WBCT
Greensboro, N.C.
WPAW
WTQR
Greenville, S.C.
WESC
WSSL
Harrisburg, Pa.
WRBT
Hartford, Conn.
WWYZ
HoustonKILT
KKBQ
Huntsville, Ala.
WDRM
IndianapolisWFMS
WLHK
Jacksonville, Fla.
WGNE
WQIK
Johnson City, Tenn.
WXBQ
Kansas City
KBEQ
WDAF
KFKF
Knoxville, Tenn.
WCYQ
WIVK
Lafayette, La.
KMDL
Lakeland, Fla.
WPCV
Las Vegas
KCYE
KWNR
Lexington, Ky.
WBUL
Little Rock, Ark.
KSSN
Los Angeles
KKGO
Louisville, Ky.
WAMZ
WQNU
Madison, Wis.
WWQM
McAllen, Texas
KTEX
MemphisWGKX
MiamiWKIS
MilwaukeeWMIL
MinneapolisKEEY
KMNB
Mobile, Ala.
WKSJ
Monmouth/Ocean, N.J.
WKMK
Monterey, Calif..
KTOM
Nashville
WKDF
WSIX
WSM-FM
Nassau, N.Y.
WJVC
New Bern, N.C.
WRNS
New Orleans
WNOE
New York
WNSH
Norfolk, Va.
WGH
WUSH
Oklahoma City, Okla.
KJKE
KTST
Omaha, Neb.
KXKT
Orlando, Fla.
WWKA
PhiladelphiaWXTU
Phoenix
KMLE
KNIX
PittsburghWDSY
WOGI
Portland, Maine
WPOR
WTHT
Portland, Ore.
KUPL
KWJJ
Providence, R.I.
WCTK
Raleigh, N.C.
WNCB
WQDR
Richmond, Va.
WKHK
Riverside, Calif.
KFRG
Roanoke, Va.
WSLC
Rochester, N.Y.
WBEE
Sacramento, Calif.
KBEB
KNCI
KNTY
St. Louis
KSD
WIL
Salt Lake City
KEGA
KSOP
KUBL
San Antonio, Texas
KAJA
KCYY
San Diego
KSON
San Jose, Calif.
KRTY
Santa Rosa, Calif.
KFGY
Sarasota, Fla.
WCTQ
SeattleKKWF
KMPS
Shreveport, La.
KXKS
Spokane, Wash.
KXLY
Springfield, Mass.
WRNX
Springfield, Mo.
KTTS
Stockton, Calif.
KATM
Syracuse, N.Y.
WBBS
Tampa, Fla.
WFUS
WQYK
Tucson, Ariz.
KIIM
Tulsa, Okla.
KTGX
KVOO
KWEN
Visalia, Calif.
KJUG
Washington, D.C.
WMZQ
West Palm Beach, Fla.
WIRK
Wichita, Kan.
KFDI
KZSN
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
WGGY
Wilmington, Del.
WXCY
York, Pa.
WGTY
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THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
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ON
CHART
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Dustin Lynch
6.610
36
12
GOING OUT LIKE THAT N
ash Icon/ValoryReba
35
10
I’M TO BLAME M
CA Nashville
37
10
FLY D
ot
38
21
40
54
39
12
31
57
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS)
THIS WEEK
PLAYS
+/–
THIS WEEK
+/–
RANK
-0.038
1595
123
30
6.432
+0.483
1271
82
34
Kip Moore
6.216
-0.013
1439
6
32
Maddie & Tae
5.757
+0.364
1348
64
33
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT D
ack Janiels/Columbia Nashville
Chase Rice
4.845
+0.551
1174
164
36
4
GAMES C apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
4.715
+1.068
787
237
40
2
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B roken Bow HH Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Jason Aldean
4.497
+3.446
862
627
38
BETTER THAN YOU LEFT ME C apitol Nashville
3.929
+0.263
1242
38
35
41
11
RUN AWAY WITH YOU B $R/New Revolution
46
6
NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU W
arner Bros./WAR
42
4
BISCUITS M
ercury
Mickey Guyton
HH Breaker HH
Big & Rich
3.417
+0.083
1036
15
37
Dan + Shay
3.176
+0.518
775
134
42
Kacey Musgraves
3.158
+0.102
582
97
46
Gary Allan
2.972
-0.066
781
49
41
Parmalee
2.950
+0.200
795
56
39
Eli Young Band
2.798
+0.002
620
16
45
43
5
HANGOVER TONIGHT M
CA Nashville
45
8
ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE S toney Creek
44
5
TURN IT ON R epublic Nashville
47
9
COUNTRY C urb
57
2
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE C apitol Nashville
60
2
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
48
5
I GOT THE BOY E lektra Nashville/WAR
Jana Kramer
1.841
+0.051
50
3
IT FEELS GOOD D
ot
Drake White
1.787
+0.264
49
11
ALL COUNTRY ON YOU S treamsound
Austin Webb
1.669
+0.049
691
HH Breaker HH
Mo Pitney
2.494
+0.066
678
-9
44
Lady Antebellum
2.349
+1.359
364
223
50
Blake Shelton
2.335
+1.673
353
245
52
388
32
49
356
80
51
139
43
59
51
9
BREAK UP WITH HIM R eeSmack/CrescendoMusicProjects
Old Dominion
1.289
+0.051
240
30
56
7
MY MISTAKE A
rista NashvilleCam
1.253
+0.234
305
115
55
59
5
FOLKS LIKE US B laster
Montgomery Gentry
1.218
+0.280
309
28
54
53
3
ON TO SOMETHING GOOD W
arner Bros./WMN
Ashley Monroe
1.069
-0.014
303
16
56
55
13
Josh Dorr
1.013
-0.010
405
7
48
58
7
Waterloo Revival
0.994
+0.052
503
30
47
52
5
0.916
-0.243
320
-15
53
0.728
+0.518
224
137
60
SAVE YOUR BREATH R CA Nashville
HIT THE ROAD B ig Machine
I LOVE THIS LIFE R eviverLoCash
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FOR A BOY V alory
NEW
THAT LOOK B IG Label/Thirty Tigers
60
NEW
CAN’T GET AWAY FROM A GOOD TIME A
rista Nashville
58
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MONITORED BY
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SUBSCRIBERS
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HH Hot Shot Debut HH
RaeLynn
Aaron Watson
0.714
+0.299
103
28
-
Logan Mize
0.582
-0.043
265
13
57
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AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
COUNTRY
COUNTRY INDICATOR
MOST ADDED™
MOST ADDED™
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B
roken Bow
ALL COUNTRY ON YOU S
treamsound
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE C
apitol Nashville
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE R
epublic Nashville
HELL OF A NIGHT B
roken Bow
LIKE A WRECKING BALL E MI Nashville
HIT THE ROAD B
ig Machine
GAMES C
apitol Nashville
BISCUITS M
ercury
MY MISTAKE A
rista Nashville
Jason Aldean
Austin Webb
Lady Antebellum
Florida Georgia Line
Dustin Lynch
Eric Church
Waterloo Revival
Luke Bryan
Kacey Musgraves
Cam
ADDS
38
21
19
17
16
15
15
12
10
10
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B
roken Bow
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
GAMES C
apitol Nashville
STAY A LITTLE LONGER E MI Nashville
LOVE YOU LIKE THAT Mercury
HELL OF A NIGHT B
roken Bow
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING W
arner Bros./WEA
BISCUITS M
ercury
ALL COUNTRY ON YOU S
treamsound
LIKE A WRECKING BALL E MI Nashville
Jason Aldean
Blake Shelton
Luke Bryan
Brothers Osborne
Canaan Smith
Dustin Lynch
Michael Ray
Kacey Musgraves
Austin Webb
Eric Church
ADDS
24
13
12
11
10
10
10
8
6
5
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE
GAIN
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS)
GAIN
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS)
+3.446
+3.263
+2.941
+2.603
+2.311
+2.249
+2.219
+2.192
+1.911
+1.903
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING W
arner Bros./WEA
Michael Ray
GAMES C
apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
SAY YOU DO C
apitol Nashville
Dierks Bentley
NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU W
arner Bros./WAR
Dan + Shay
STAY A LITTLE LONGER E MI Nashville
Brothers Osborne
LIKE A WRECKING BALL E MI Nashville
Eric Church
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Dack Janiels/Columbia Nashville
Chase Rice
LOVE YOU LIKE THAT Mercury
Canaan Smith
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
GAIN
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
GAIN
SAY YOU DO C
apitol Nashville
Dierks Bentley
HOMEGROWN HONEY C
apitol Nashville
D
arius Rucker
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
TAKE YOUR TIME MCA Nashville
Sam Hunt
RAISE ‘EM UP H
it Red/Capitol Nashville
K
eith Urban Featuring Eric Church
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE R
epublic Nashville
Florida Georgia Line
DON’T IT M
ercury
B
illy Currington
A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR C
olumbia Nashville
Tyler Farr
SHE DON’T LOVE YOU E MI Nashville
Eric Paslay
HOMEGROWN V
arvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground Z
ac Brown Band
+768
+644
+627
+584
+559
+530
+463
+419
+360
+353
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
HOMEGROWN V
arvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground Z
ac Brown Band
TAKE YOUR TIME MCA Nashville
Sam Hunt
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE R
epublic Nashville
Florida Georgia Line
SAY YOU DO C
apitol Nashville
Dierks Bentley
RAISE ‘EM UP H
it Red/Capitol Nashville
Keith Urban Feat. Eric Church
GAMES C
apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING W
arner Bros./WEA
Michael Ray
LIKE A WRECKING BALL E MI Nashville
Eric Church
+359
+287
+277
+249
+241
+219
+210
+209
+206
+193
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
SAY YOU DO C
apitol Nashville
Dierks Bentley
HOMEGROWN HONEY C
apitol Nashville
D
arius Rucker
TAKE YOUR TIME MCA Nashville
Sam Hunt
RAISE ‘EM UP H
it Red/Capitol Nashville
Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church
DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS M
cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE R
epublic Nashville
Florida Georgia Line
DON’T IT M
ercury
B
illy Currington
GIRL CRUSH C
apitol Nashville
Little Big Town
A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR C
olumbia Nashville
Tyler Farr
MOST INCREASED PLAYS
AVAILABLE
FREE
TO CURRENT
BILLBOARD
SUBSCRIBERS
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+0.293
+0.276
+0.226
+0.114
+0.110
+0.102
+0.098
+0.090
+0.057
+0.050
MOST INCREASED PLAYS
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AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
NEW AND ACTIVE
GOING FOR ADDS
TOTAL
TOTAL
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist AUDIENCE STATIONS
ON YOUR LIPS B
lack River
0.553
0.472
0.354
0.350
0.333
0.331
John King
STAY A LITTLE LONGER E MI Nashville
Brothers Osborne
CHECKIN’ OUT C
apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
SPRING BREAKDOWN C
apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
DOIN’ COUNTRY RIGHT R
ed Bow
David Fanning
BUY ME A BOAT N
ot Listed
Chris Janson
ADDS
25
7
2
1
19
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
BLAKE SHELTON
Sangria
Warner Bros./WMN
JILLIAN KOHR
The Way That I Love You
Black Cherry
INDICATOR NEW AND ACTIVE
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
YOU CAN’T HIDE LOVE J ohn And John
TOTAL
PLAYS
TOTAL
STATIONS
ADDS
104
103
101
97
96
76
9
6
5
8
7
7
1
1
1
1
1
2
Johnny Orr Band
SHE’S DONE S
kytone
Matt Farris
WASTIN’ GAS 6 04/Universal Music Canada
Dallas Smith
IT FEELS GOOD D
ot
Drake White
NEVER DIDN’T LOVE YOU W
illing Nashville/MDM/UMC
Bobby Wills
MY MISTAKE A
rista Nashville
Cam
4/6
SARABETH
I’m Sick Of It
Circle S
4/13
REBEL HEARTS
Broke The Mold
Rebel Hearts
THOMPSON SQUARE
Trans Am
Stoney Creek
RECURRENTS
THIS
TOTAL AUD.
WEEK TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MILLIONS)
TOBY KEITH
35 Mph Town
Show Dog Nashville
1
MEAN TO ME A
tlantic/WMN
Brett Eldredge
25.589
2
JUST GETTIN’ STARTED B
roken BowJason Aldean
21.596
3
I SEE YOU C
apitol NashvilleLuke Bryan
19.248
4
WHAT WE AIN’T GOT R
CA NashvilleJake Owen
18.821
5
6
7
4/20
DANIELLE BOURJEAURD
MAKE ME WANNA V
alory
Thomas Rhett
18.177
Cowboys
Again
LONELY TONIGHT W
arner Bros. Nashville/WMNBlake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe
17.806
Render
SUN DAZE R
epublic NashvilleFlorida Georgia Line
12.578
8
TALLADEGA E MI NashvilleEric Church
12.468
9
SHOTGUN RIDER M
cGraw/Big MachineTim McGraw
12.023
10
LEAVE THE NIGHT ON M
CA NashvilleSam Hunt
11.982
LACS
God Bless A Country Girl
Average Joes
TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT
WEEK ENDING MARCH 29, 2015
THIS
WEEK
LAST WKS ON
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TW
SPINS
SPINS
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THIS
WEEK
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10
DIGGIN’ MY GRAVE ( Texas Evolution)
21
4
18
10
26
LOVIN’ SO BLIND ( RROC)
1
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3
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17
NOT READY TO SAY GOODNIGHT (Almost Country) 6
11
WEST TEXAS RAIN ( Sea Gayle Records)
4
18
WASTING NO MORE WHISKEY (Independent)
4
2
19
BURY ME IN BLUE JEANS ( Independent)
5
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7
22
MIDDLE OF AMERICA ( Independent)
6
5
22
INBETWEENER ( Underground Sound)
7
l
9
9
YOU CAN STILL WEAR WHITE ( Independent)
8
1
25
MY DEAR (BGM)
9
l
10
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12
12
LONG ROAD TO NOWHERE (Smith)
Micky & The Motorcars 1177
11
21
TRASHY SIDE (Independent)
Kimberly Dunn 1146
11
8
26
THE GIRL I KNEW (No Big Deal)
Reckless Kelly 1084 -222
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13
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14
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15
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13
11
AVIATOR ( Independent)
17
6
MY BED (Thirty Tigers)
15
19
WHO AM I ( Smith)
16
8
SMILE ON MINE ( Tone Tree Music)
12
HH 1 week at 1 HH Casey Donahew Band 1581
Wade Bowen 1524
100
Mike Ryan 1492
26
Cody Canada & The Departed 1410
Cameran Nelson 1371
TW
SPINS
SPINS
+/–
Mark McKinney
907
109
BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT (KF Music) Kevin Fowler w/ Amy Rankin
866
75
Matt Kimbrow
846
-300
19
l
23
5
JAYTON AND JILL ( BE Music)
Zane Williams
845
75
39
20
18
21
POCKET CHANGE (Independent)
Breelan Angel
827
-15
-47
21
19
27
SHE’S GONNA RUN ( Independent)
Randy Rogers Band
771
-65
114
22
l
23
l
27
5
LOVES DONE GOT ME (Independent)
Mario Flores
766
73
33
9
IGNORANT BLISS (Independent)
Jake Ward
746
158
73
24
24
19
NO BAD DAYS ( Independent)
Ray Johnston
725
-38
3
25
14
17
COWBOY LIKE ME ( Independent)
Cody Johnson
713
-226
26
26
14
GETTING BACK TO COUNTRY (Independent)
Cody Joe Hodges
704
-8
27
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28
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31
9
NEXT FLIGHT HOME ( Independent)
Troy Cartwright
702
54
30
10
I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE ( Render ) Miles Williams and Hammer Down
700
49
32
8
QUIT YOU (Way Out West)LiveWire
691
63
28
9
THE CHASE (Independent)
685
16
Granger Smith 1441 -121
Will Hoge 1425
LAST WKS ON
WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST
TJ Broscoff 1312 -386
Stoney LaRue 1067
22
Sunny Sweeney f/ Will Hoge 1022
167
Deryl Dodd
973
61
Jon Wolfe
955
85
Kylie Frey
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 2015, Texas Regional Radio Report
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AUDIENCE
(IN MILLIONS)
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WKS
ON
CHART
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HOMEGROWN V arvatos/Republic/BMLG/Southern Ground
HH No. 1 (3 weeks) HH
Zac Brown Band
4153
+287
5.620
2
32
HOMEGROWN HONEY C apitol Nashville Darius Rucker
3974
+4
5.460
5
19
TAKE YOUR TIME MCA Nashville Sam Hunt
3933
+277
5.144
7
27
SAY YOU DO C apitol Nashville Dierks Bentley
3855
+219
5.035
4
32
LONELY EYES R CA Nashville Chris Young
3737
+49
5.467
6
6
31
DRINKING CLASS C urb Lee Brice
3569
-72
4.877
7
1
23
AIN’T WORTH THE WHISKEY Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell
3430
-616
5.045
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10
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11
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25
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8
11
RAISE ‘EM UP H
it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Feat. Eric Church
3422
+210
4.109
9
33
A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR C olumbia Nashville Tyler Farr
3062
+157
3.897
11
11
DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS M
cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw W/Catherine Dunn
2749
+81
3.339
12
12
SMOKE R epublic Nashville A Thousand Horses
2716
+68
3.171
13
10
WILD CHILD B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney w/ Grace Potter
2704
+103
3.408
14
23
DON’T IT M
ercury Billy Currington
2629
+184
2.840
16
29
BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
ercury Easton Corbin
2548
+181
3.076
15
13
LITTLE RED WAGON R CA Nashville Miranda Lambert
2457
+27
2.661
17
8
LITTLE TOY GUNS 1 9/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood
2334
+145
2.762
18
24
SHE DON’T LOVE YOU E MI Nashville Eric Paslay
2330
+169
2.622
19
11
CRUSHIN’ IT A
rista Nashville Brad Paisley
2223
+133
2.735
20
25
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT B lack River Kelsea Ballerini
2004
+56
2.129
22
6
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE R epublic Nashville Florida Georgia Line
1982
+241
2.242
23
30
HARD TO BE COOL R ed Bow Joe Nichols
1654
+99
2.067
24
12
YOUNG & CRAZY W
arner Bros./WAR Frankie Ballard
1637
+132
1.603
26
17
GIRL CRUSH C apitol Nashville Little Big Town
1565
+120
1.468
25
28
LAY LOW M
CA Nashville Josh Turner
1532
+27
1.561
27
33
LOVE YOU LIKE THAT M
ercury Canaan Smith
1452
+159
1.319
26
21
20
LONELY TONIGHT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton Feat. Ashley Monroe
1331
-551
2.038
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28
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2
l9
30
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32
6
LIKE A WRECKING BALL E MI Nashville Eric Church
1206
+193
1.125
28
18
RIOT B ig Machine Rascal Flatts
1177
+41
1.217
29
9
I’M TO BLAME M
CA Nashville Kip Moore
1144
+27
1.033
30
20
ONE HELL OF AN AMEN V alory Brantley Gilbert
1083
+18
1.114
27
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
PLAYS
BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL — 102 STATIONS
Abilene, Texas
KEAN
Alexandria, La.
KRRV
Amarillo, Texas
KGNC
Asheville, N.C.
WKSF
Atlantic City, N.J.
WPUR
Beaumont, Texas
KYKR
Beckley, W. Va.
WJLS
Biloxi, Miss.
WZKX
Bloomington, Ill.
WIBL
Bluefield, W. Va.
WHKX
Burlington, Vt.
WOKO
Charleston, W. Va
WKWS
WQBE
College Station, Texas
KAGG
Columbus, Ga.
WKCN
WSTH
Cookeville, Tenn.
WGSQ
Dothan, Ala.
WTVY
Duluth, Minn.
KKCB
Eau Claire, Wis.
WAXX
Elizabeth City, N.C.
WRSF
Erie, Pa.
WTWF
Eugene, Ore.
KKNU
Evansville, Ind.
WKDQ
Fargo, N.D.
KVOX
Fayetteville, N.C.
WKML
Flagstaff, Ariz.
KAFF
Flint, Mich.
WFBE
Florence, Ala.
WXFL
Florence, S.C.
WEGX
Ft. Collins, Colo.
KUAD
Ft. Smith, Ark.
KTCS
Frederick, Md.
WFRE
Fredericksburg, Va.
WFLS
Green Bay, Wis.
WNCY
Hagerstown, Md.
WAYZ
Hot Springs, Ark.
KQUS
Huntington, Ky.
WDGG
Huntington, W. Va.
WTCR
Idaho Falls, Idaho
KTHK
Jackson, Miss.
WMSI
WUSJ
Janesville, Wis.
WJVL
Jonesboro, Ark.
KDXY
Joplin, Mo.
KIXQ
Kalamazoo, Mich.
WNWN
Kalispell, Mont.
KDBR
Kingmah, Ariz.
KFLG
Lafayette, Ind.
WKOA
Laredo, Texas
KRRG
Lansing, Mich.
WITL
Laurel, Miss.
WBBN
Lebanon, N.H.
WXXK
Lincoln, Neb
KFGE
Longview, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Lufkin, Texas
Mason City, Iowa
Medford, Ore.
Meridian, Miss.
Montgomery, Ala.
Morgantown, W. Va.
Muskegon, Mich.
New London, Conn.
Odessa, Texas
Palm Springs, Calif.
Pensacola, Fla.
Peoria, Ill.
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Rapid City, S.D.
Rockford, Ill.
Rocky Mount, N.C.
Saginaw, Mich.
St. Cloud, Minn.
Salina, Kan.
Salisbury, Md.
San Angelo, Texas
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
KYKX
KLLL
KYKS
KIAI
KRWQ
WOKK
WLWI
WKKW
WMUS
WCTY
KHKX
KPLM
WXBM
WXCL
WRWD
KOUT
WXXQ
WDWG
WCEN
KZPK
KYEZ
WKTT
KGKL
KKJG
Santa Barbara, Calif.
KRAZ
Santa Maria, Calif.
KSNI
Sheboygan, Wis.
WBFM
Savannah, Ga.
WJCL
Shreveport, La.
KXKS
Sioux Cty, Iowa
KSUX
South Bend, Ind.
WBYT
Springfield, Ill.
WFMB
Springfield, Mo.
KTTS
Terre Haute, Ind.
WTHI
Topeka, Kan.
WIBW
Traverse City, Mich.
WTCM
Tupelo, Miss.
WWZD
Utica, N.Y.
WFRG
Victor Valley, CA.KATJ
Waco, Texas
WACO
Wausau, Wis.
WDEZ
Wheeling, W. Va.
WOVK
Williamsport, Pa.
WILQ
Yakima, Wash.
KXDD
Youngstown, Ohio
WQXK
WWGY
Westwood One
HOT COUNTRY
MAINSTREAM COUNTRY
Music Choice
TODAY’S COUNTRY
Sirius XM
THE HIGHWAY
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Country Indicator
AUDIENCE
(IN MILLIONS)
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WKS
ON
CHART
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
THIS WEEK
+/–
THIS WEEK
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12
BETTER THAN YOU LEFT ME C apitol Nashville Mickey Guyton
1056
+42
0.905
33
12
FLY D
ot Maddie & Tae
944
+24
1.084
34
21
TROUBLE E mblem/Warner Bros./WAR Gloriana
933
+15
1.063
34
35
11
GOING OUT LIKE THAT N
ash Icon/Valory Reba
853
-34
1.004
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l3
44
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l6
47
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49
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5
KISS YOU IN THE MORNING W
arner Bros./WEA Michael Ray
840
+206
1.120
36
5
HANGOVER TONIGHT M
CA Nashville Gary Allan
720
+53
0.581
37
22
HELL OF A NIGHT B roken Bow Dustin Lynch
708
+67
0.560
39
13
ALL COUNTRY ON YOU S treamsound Austin Webb
556
+50
0.300
54
2
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU B roken Bow
HH Most Increased Plays/Most Added HH
Jason Aldean
550
+359
0.400
40
4
TURN IT ON R epublic Nashville Eli Young Band
547
+45
0.449
41
18
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT D
ack Janiels/Columbia Nashville Chase Rice
503
+61
0.509
48
2
GAMES C apitol Nashville Luke Bryan
472
+209
0.622
43
4
BISCUITS M
ercury Kacey Musgraves
462
+91
0.242
42
9
COUNTRY C urb Mo Pitney
398
+1
0.422
47
3
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE C apitol Nashville Lady Antebellum
389
+103
0.285
44
7
ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE S toney Creek Parmalee
370
+14
0.302
45
17
KING OF THIS TOWN N
ew Canvas Ricky Gunn
339
+18
0.122
+249
0.312
35
SANGRIA W
arner Bros./WMN
NEW
PLAYS
HH Hot Shot Debut HH
Blake Shelton
283
49
8
RUN AWAY WITH YOU B $R/New Revolution Big & Rich
266
+3
0.256
51
13
TIME HAS WINGS A
merican Roots Chris Weaver Band
256
+11
0.075
52
7
(WHEN YOU LOVE A) WILD THING PCG Nashville/Nine North Brooklyhn Woods
224
+15
0.062
53
9
FIRES OUT M
RG Rick Monroe
202
+7
0.057
55
4
CAN’T GET AWAY FROM A GOOD TIME A
rista Nashville Logan Mize
197
+22
0.171
56
4
ON YOUR LIPS B lack River John King
196
+35
0.074
59
3
I GOT THE BOY E lektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer
162
+26
0.159
57
3
I LOVE THIS LIFE R eviver LoCash
162
+7
0.209
58
6
COWBOY GIRL T urnpike/Nine North Jason Cassidy
160
+20
0.018
NEW
NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU W
arner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay
141
+54
0.224
NEW
STAY A LITTLE LONGER E MI Nashville Brothers Osborne
127
+101
0.144
NEW
BLACK CROW C reation Lab/Grassroots Mitchell Tenpenny
111
+17
0.011
CHART LEGEND
RANKINGS
Country Airplay is ranked by
total audience impressions
for the week ending Sunday
based on monitored airplay of
146 stations by Nielsen BDS.
Audience totals on the chart are
derived, in part, using certain
Arbitron Inc. copyrighted
Persons 12+ audience
estimates (under license ©
2015, Arbitron Inc.). Country
Indicator is tabulated using
reported playlists and Nielsen
BDS-monitored airplay at 102
stations, ranked by total plays.
BULLETS
l 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.
TIES
On 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.
RECURRENTS
On 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 audience
decline, regardless of total chart
weeks. On Country Indicator,
descending, non-bulleted titles
below No. 10 are moved to
recurrent after 20 weeks.
HOT SHOT DEBUT
Awarded to the highest-ranking
new entry on Country Airplay and
Country Indicator, respectively.
MOST ADDED
The 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/
PLAYS
Most 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.
AIRPOWER
Awarded 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.
BREAKER
Awarded on Country Airplay
to titles achieving airplay (at
least one detection) at 60% of
reporting stations for the first
time.
© 2015 Prometheus Global Media, LLC
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE
TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org.
(Songwriter) C hart Position
MARCH 30, 2015 | PAGE 13 OF 13
Country Airplay Index
F FLY S uper Big Music, ASCAP/Big Machine Music, ASCAP/
A AIN’T WORTH THE WHISKEY S ony/ATV
Tree Publishing, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/
Josh Martin Music, SESAC/Bluewater Music Servies
Corporation, SESAC ( C.Swindell, A.Sanders, J.Martin) 5
ALL COUNTRY ON YOU Y ear Of The Dog
Music, ASCAP/Book Of Spells, ASCAP/Green Vinyl Music,
ASCAP/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Play Animal, ASCAP ( J.
Kear, Mark Irwin, C.G.Tompkins) 5 0
ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE 2 7861 Music,
BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Gallo And Landers Music LLC,
BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI/HoriPro Entertainment
Group, Inc., BMI/Rooster Pecked Music, BMI/Steel
Wheels Music, BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Kirbtone Music,
BMI (M.Thomas, S.Thomas, B.Knox, P.O’Donnell, W.Kirby) 4 3
B BABY BE MY LOVE SONG M
usic Of Cal IV,
BMI/Tractor Factor Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/
Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/External Combustion Music,
ASCAP (J.Collins, Brett James) 1 4
BETTER THAN YOU LEFT ME M
ickey’s
Island Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/
Chaylynn Music, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI/Schoot
Heard Around The World Songs, BMI/Downtown DMP
Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Pain
Publishing, BMI ( M.Guyton, J.Hanson, J.Schott, N.Chapman) 3 8
BISCUITS W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI/351 Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/
Smack Ink, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/
Highway 508 Songs, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP ( K.
Musgraves, S.McAnally, B.Clark) 4 1
BREAK UP WITH HIM S onic Geo Music, ASCAP/
Calhoun Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/
HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/ReHits
Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Wrensong
Publishing Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG
Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP/Sharkules Music,
ASCAP/Tiny Handstand, ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi,
G.Sprung, W.Sellers) 5 1
C CAN’T GET AWAY FROM A GOOD TIME
Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Big Yellow Dog Music, ASCAP/
Internal Combustion Music, BMI/Southside Independent
Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Year9 Publishing, BMI/Atlas Music
Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Zoe And Her
Friend Munkee, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI (L.Mize, K.Archer,
B.Chaffin) 6 0
COUNTRY M
ike Curb Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI/Mr. Bubba Music, BMI (M.Pitney,
B.Tomberlin, B.Anderson) 4 5
CRUSHIN’ IT H ouse Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/
Making The Turn Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI/
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Country
And Western Music, BMI ( B.Paisley, K.Lovelace, L.T.Miller) 1 9
D DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD
BARSTOOLS S ongs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Creative Nation Music, BMI/Twangin And Slangin Songs,
BMI/Country Paper, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/BMG Gold
Songs, ASCAP/Glassbean, ASCAP/We Jam Writers Group,
ASCAP (L.Laird, B.Dean, J.Singleton) 1 3
DON’T IT S ony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae
Music, ASCAP/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s
Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI ( J.
Johnston, A.Gorley, R.Copperman) 1 0
DRINKING CLASS G lobal Dog Music, ASCAP/
Lunalight Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp., BMI/Gumbo Mud Music, BMI/Big Hits Of Amylase,
BMI/Five Hills Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI ( J.Kear,
D.Frasier, E.M.Hill) 6
Not Your Average Girl Music, ASCAP/Silva Tone Music,
ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, T.Vartanyan) 3 4
FOLKS LIKE US Laughing Gull Music, Inc., BMI/Wide
Open, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Big Spaces Music,
BMI/Amplified Admin., BMI (N.Coty, A.Bowers, A.Craig) 5 3
FOR A BOY S uper Big Music, ASCAP/I Take The
Bull By The Horns, ASCAP/Big Machine Music, ASCAP/
Prescription Songs, LLC., ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing
America, Inc., ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Bug Music, Inc.,
BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI ( RaeLynn, L.Veltz) 5 8
G GAMES Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Peanut Mill Songs,
BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs,
ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Bryan, A.Gorley) 3 6
GIRL CRUSH W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI/Songs Of Crazy Girl Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal,
Inc., BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI/HillarodyRathbone Music,
ASCAP/BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP ( L.Rose,
L.McKenna, H.Lindsey) 2 6
GOING OUT LIKE THAT W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/
Tar-Cam-Knox Music, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/
Becky’s Boy Music, ASCAP/Brooks Country Boy Music, BMI (B.
Hayslip, R.Akins, J.Sellers) 3 2
GONNA WANNA TONIGHT U niversal Music
Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI April Music,
Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/Extraordinary
Alien Publishing, ASCAP (S.McAnally, J.M.Nite, J.Robbins) 3 5
A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR P latinum Melly
Music, BMI/East Pass Music, BMI/Nashvistaville Songs,
BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Big
Machine Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Big Deal, ASCAP/BMG
Rights Management (US) LLC, ASCAP ( M.Peirce, J.Singleton,
B.Tursi) 9
H HANGOVER TONIGHT C rystal Beach Music,
BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions,
BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Tucky Music, ASCAP/
Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/We Be Pawtying, SESAC
(G.Allan, J.Frasure, C.Stapleton, C.R.Barlowe) 4 2
HARD TO BE COOL Legends Of Magic Mustang
Music, SESAC/Way Down The Hatch, SESAC/Sony/ATV
Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Becky’s Boy Music, ASCAP
(R.Hatch, J.Sellers) 2 2
HELL OF A NIGHT E xternal Combustion Music,
ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music
Publishing, L/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing,
ASCAP/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/WAMA, Inc., BMI/
Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC ( Z.
Crowell, A.Sanders, J.Boyer) 3 1
HIT THE ROAD D ustin James Muic Publishing, ASCAP/
Raincreek Publishing, ASCAP/C.R. Cooper Publishing, ASCAP/
Jason E Carter Publishing, ASCAP/Samuel Smyers Music, BMI (S.
Smyers, G.Birge, C.Cooper, D.James, J.Carter) 5 6
HOMEGROWN D ay For The Dead Publishing,
SESAC/Southern Ground, BMI/Life On Fire Music, SESAC
(Z.Brown, W.Durrette, N.Moon) 1
HOMEGROWN HONEY U niversal Music
Corporation, ASCAP/Cadaja Publishing, ASCAP/Getaway
Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,
ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Pain
Publishing, BMI ( D.Rucker, C.Kelley, N.Chapman) 2
I I GOT THE BOY W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp., BMI/Nichols Boys Music, BMI/Made For This Music,
BMI/All For This Music, BMI/Sweet Jamie Music, Inc., BMI
(T.Nichols, C.Harrington, J.L.Spears) 4 8
I LOVE THIS LIFE S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
Red Vinyl Music, Inc., BMI/Round Hill, BMI (D.Myrick,
C.Janson, C.Lucas, P.Brust) 5 7
I’M TO BLAME W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Cool Change
Music, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Magic Mustang
Music Inc., BMI/Reefer Road Music, Inc., BMI/Big Loud
Bucks, BMI ( K.Moore, J.Weaver, W.Davis) 3 3
IT FEELS GOOD E MI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Reverend Jack Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys
Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar
Music, ASCAP/Nury3000 Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music
Corp., SESAC ( D.White, P.Pence, D.George) 4 9
K KISS YOU IN THE MORNING M
agic Mustang
Music Inc., BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Downtown DMP
Songs, BMI/Music Of Parallel, BMI (J.Wilson, M.White) 2 3
L LAY LOW E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By
Red Room, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Casa Jaco
Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Little Lola Mae,
BMI (R.Copperman, T.Martin, M.Nesler) 2 5
LIKE A WRECKING BALL S ony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Sony/
ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/Six Ring Circus Songs, BMI (E.
Church, C.Beathard) 3 0
LITTLE RED WAGON W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/
AMAEB, ASCAP/Double Flannel, ASCAP (A.Mae, Ginsberg J.) 1 6
LITTLE TOY GUNS C arrie-Okie Music, BMI/EMI
April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Glider Music, ASCAP/
HillarodyRathbone Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs,
ASCAP (C.Underwood, C. DeStefano, H.Lindsey) 1 8
LONELY EYES W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI/3JB Music, BMI/Fresh Baked Cookies, BMI ( J.Bulford,
J.Matthews, L.Veltz) 3
LONG STRETCH OF LOVE B eards And Bullets
Music, ASCAP/30A Getaway Songs, ASCAP/Hobbs Hill
Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Publishing, SESAC/Global Dog
Music, ASCAP/Big Yellow Dog Music, ASCAP/Book Of
Spells, ASCAP ( D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Kear) 4 6
LOVE ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT S ongs Of Black
River, ASCAP/Songs of Parallel, ASCAP/HPRD Publishing,
ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP ( K.Ballerini, J.Kerr,
F.G.Whitehead, L.Carpenter) 2 1
LOVE YOU LIKE THAT B MG Gold Songs, ASCAP/
Skinny Fat Nashville Music, BMI/BMG RM US LLC, BMI/
BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/
Stalefish Music, BMI/BMG RM US LLC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV
Tree Publishing, BMI/Dontcallmebrett Musicm, BMI (C.
Smith, B.Beavers, J.Beavers) 2 0
M MY MISTAKE M
arvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One
Year Yesterday Publishing, BMI ( C.Ochs, T.S.Johnson) 5 2
N NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats
And Banjos, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,
BMI/Shay Mooney Music, ASCAP/Highly Combustible
Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/EMI April
Music, Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Glider Music, ASCAP ( D.Smyers,
S.Mooney, A.Gorley, C. DeStefano) 4 0
O ONE HELL OF AN AMEN W
arner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Royal Doll
Music, ASCAP/Mike Curb Music, BMI (B.Gilbert, M.Dekle, B.Davis) 2 8
ON TO SOMETHING GOOD M
onroe Suede
Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,
BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI/
Country Paper, BMI/Pulse Nation, BMI/Twangin And Slangin
Songs, BMI (A.Monroe, B.Dean, L.Laird) 5 4
R RAISE ‘EM UP Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/Texa Rae
Music, ASCAP/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI/BPJ Administration,
BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Tomdouglasmusic, BMI (J.
Johnston, Jeffrey Steele, T.Douglas) 8
RIOT P eertunes, Ltd., SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/
Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Comp And Circumstance,
BMI (J.Boyer, S.Haze) 2 9
RUN AWAY WITH YOU J Money Music, ASCAP/
Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/WarnerTamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI ( J.D.Rich, Michael Ray) 3 9
S SANGRIA SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Mighty
Seven, ASCAP/Heavy Metal Disco, ASCAP/Songs Of SMP, ASCAP/
One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River,
ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP
(J.T.Harding, J.Osborne, T. Rosen) 4 7
SAVE YOUR BREATH o le, BMI/Red Cape Songs,
ASCAP/Joshua Dorr Music, ASCAP/Offer You Can’t Refuse Music,
BMI/Black River Entertainment, LLC, BMI (J.Dorr, J.Mizelle) 5 5
SAY YOU DO S onic Geo Music, ASCAP/Calhoun
Enterprises, ASCAP/Music Of RPM, ASCAP/HoriPro
Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP/Universal Music
Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/ReHits Music,
Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP ( M.Ramsey,
S.McAnally, T. Rosen) 7
SHE DON’T LOVE YOU C al IV Songs, ASCAP/
Five Stone Publishing, ASCAP/Songwriters of Platinum
Pen Publishing, BMI/Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI ( E.
Paslay, J.Wayne) 1 7
SIPPIN’ ON FIRE B ig Red Toe, BMI/Farm Town
Songs, BMI/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Universal Music
Corporation, ASCAP ( R.Clawson, M.Dragstrem, C.Taylor) 1 5
SMOKE W
arner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/
Carolina June Publishing, BMI/Greatshakin Music, BMI/
EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP/
Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI
(M.Hobby, J.M.Nite, R.Copperman) 1 1
T TAKE YOUR TIME U niversal Music Corporation,
ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Black River,
ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (S.Hunt, J.Osborne, S.McAnally) 4
THAT LOOK Tunes From HTK, BMI ( A.Watson) 5 9
TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU E MI
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Two Chord Georgia Music,
BMI/Brooks Country Boy Music, BMI/Highly Combustible
Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite
Songs, ASCAP ( D.Davidson, R.Akins, A.Gorley) 3 7
TROUBLE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/GFY Publishing,
BMI/MG 1984 Publishing, ASCAP/Songs By Red Room, BMI/EMI
April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Jon Mark Nite Music, ASCAP (R.Reinert,
M.Gossin, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 2 7
TURN IT ON S mall Town Kid Music, BMI/NTAC Music,
BMI/Young James Young Music, BMI/Round Hill Works,
ASCAP/Farm Town Songs, BMI/Big Red Toe, BMI/Big
Loud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs, ASCAP ( M.Eli,
J.Young, R.Clawson, M.Dragstrem) 4 4
W WILD CHILD S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Basuare
Music, BMI/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack
Ink, ASCAP/One Little Indian Creek Music, ASCAP/Songs
Of Black River, ASCAP ( K.Chesney, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 1 2
Y YOUNG & CRAZY E xternal Combustion Music,
ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom Music, ASCAP/Songs Of
Southside Independent Music Publishing, L/Universal
Music Corporation, ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP/EMI
Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rhettneck Music, BMI/WB
Music Corp., ASCAP (A.Gorley, S.McAnally, R.Akins) 2 4