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>page 4
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Little Big Town Vies

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>page 9
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Country Detour
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>page 19
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Fans Like The Sound Of That: Country

Stays Relevant With Melodic Emphasis
Keith Urban was specifically promoting his new album, Ripcord, when he spoke to USA Today earlier this month, but he
could have easily been talking about country music as a whole.
Melody is key, he told music journalist Bob Doerschuk.
How many songs do we sing along to where we dont even
know the words? Melody
pulls us in.
Urba n h i nted at a n
essential part of music
thats not easy to verbalize. Def ining the outdoorsy lyrical theme in
Luke Bryans Huntin,
Fishin and Lovin Every
Day or grasping the ref lective production values of Tim McGraws
Humble and Kind are
DAN + SHAY
fairly routine. But explaining the arc of a melody is much harder. Theres a reason Martin Mull once said,
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
Still, if you listen to some of the current top 20 titles on Hot
Country Songs Maren Morris My Church, Jon Pardis
Head Over Boots, Old Dominions Snapback or Urbans
Wasted Time, for starters its clear that theres a strong
melodic thread running through the genre. Theres no reliable
way to measure it, but country is arguably producing great melo-
dies as consistently as any other genre at this moment in time.

Its ironic, because country has long been praised for its lyrical prowess.
Right now, I feel like country has taken the best of everything, all the melodies and phrasing, and then theyve just
continued to tell great
s tor ies , s ay s D a n +
Shays Shay Mooney,
a co -w riter of Rascal
Flatts aptly titled I
Like the Sound of That.
A great lyric is awesome,
you know, but if its not a
good melody youre not
going to care what theyre
saying.
Some other genres are
struggling with a shortBALLARD
age of melody, based on
the discourse during a
Country Radio Seminar panel, From the Outside Looking
In: Other Formats Give Their Take on Country, in February.
iHeartMedia vp urban and urban AC Doc Wynter, programming at a time when rap has injected plenty of spoken-word into
his format, said hes seeking more music that recalls the sound
of Smokey Robinson or Luther Vandross, artists whose biggest successes relied on such ultra-melodic titles as Tears of
a Clown and Stop to Love.
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The Weeknd is a savior for us because traditional R&B has just fallen by
the wayside, said Wynter. Were hoping that were going to encourage more
people who want to sing to bring music to our radio station.
Cumulus corporate PD of rock formats Troy Hanson drew huge laughs during that same CRS panel when he imitated a throaty, modern-rock screech,
essentially criticizing the lack of melody in his format. He has become an advocate for injecting adult alternative album rock into his playlists, basically
enhancing the singability of his stations.
We need to find some of these Black Keys and Muse artists of the world
and bring them back [to the format], he said.
Melody isnt restricted to the lead singer. Chris Lanes hooky song Fix
gets some of its mojo from Ilya Toshinskys signature guitar line, but that title
would not be as addictive without its undeniable vocal progression.
Melody is something just innately wired in us, suggests Frankie Ballard, whose forthcoming album El Rio kicks off with two ultra-melodic Chris
Stapleton compositions. You can accept that from a flute or from a harp
or from a guitar, but, generally speaking, I think people really prefer it from
another human voice, probably because thats what were communicating
with. Thats what real.
Its also mysterious. Glen Campbell, who has Alzheimers disease, needed
a teleprompter during his final tour to remember the words to Wichita Lineman and Rhinestone Cowboy, songs he had sung thousands of times before. But he could still recall the melodies. Why that is, and where that melody
comes from, still hasnt been fully explained.
I think it comes from Heaven, Brian Wilson, noted for such indelible
melodies as God Only Knows and Good Vibrations, said a dozen years
ago. Wilson treasures his membership in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, in
great part because it puts him in a league with another of pop musics melody
studs, Burt Bacharach (Walk On By, The Look of Love), who likewise
cant cite a source for that aspect of his songwriting talent. You either have
it or you dont, he said in 2005.
The process of writing melodies has changed in recent years with the growth
and accessibility of recording equipment. Songwriters have historically accompanied themselves on guitar or piano while creating lead lines, but the
hip-hop and pop genres began using loops recorded chord progressions
that repeat and pre-recorded tracks to start the writing process. The melody
is a late development in that scenario, and the results can be underwhelming
if that melody is treated as an afterthought.
It is important if youre writing to a track to pause it, bust out an acoustic
guitar and test [the song] over just an acoustic guitar, says Dan + Shays Dan
Smyers. If it holds up over that, then it was the right thing. And if not, then
you need to go back and rework it.
Songwriters who create melodies that sit atop of those pre-recorded
productions are typically referred to in pop music as topliners, a term
that likely draws some derision from people who have written melodies
the more traditional way. Alternating between tracks and the standard
guitar/vocal approach, though, happens frequently among many Nashville songwriters.
You have to kind of switch between the two, says Mooney, because sometimes youll be writing on an acoustic guitar, and after the fifth song youre
like, This is all the same stuff that weve been doing. It kind of sounds the
same. But then when you hear a track, its like, OK, this is something different, and it kind of inspires things in your mind. Youve got to trick your brain
into creativity sometimes.
Philadelphia soul songwriter/producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
responsible for such lyrically astute songs as Love Train, If You Dont
Know Me by Now and Me and Mrs. Jones recognize that their words
arent nearly as inspiring on a page as they are when attached to a series of
notes that enhance the emotions behind them.
Melody is important, said Huff following a Warner/Chappell event on
May 5 in Nashville. If you didnt have the melody, what is it?
The songwriting community in Nashville hasnt forgotten the importance of
that component. Its one of the underappreciated reasons for countrys boom
in recent years. The words are still widely regarded as the driving force in the
genres material. But when compared to other genres particularly modern
rock and hip-hop that have underplayed melodys importance, countrys
consistent devotion to the part the listener is most likely to sing back is key to
the genres current popularity.
To me, its not a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, says Ballard, if its
just peanut butter.
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 2 OF 19
Carrie Underwood met with WNCY Green Bay, Wis., staff when she
played the Resch Center on May 5. From left: WNCY PD Dan Stone,
Underwood, WNCY music director Charli McKenzie and Arista
Nashville regional promotion manager Luke Jensen.
Granger Smith (center) performed April 29 at the Waterfront Jam

in Louisville, Ky., an event presented by the citys WAMZ in advance
of the Kentucky Derby. Smith is pictured with Wheelhouse director
of national promotion Jennifer Shaffer and iHeartMedia/KentuckyIndiana senior vp programming Michael Jordan.
Scotty McCreery (center) dropped in on SiriusXMs channel The

Highway on May 12 while promoting his book Go Big or Go Home. He
took a photo with SiriusXM host Storme Warren (left) and Essential
Broadcast Media publicist Scott Stem.
Steven Tyler (center) played a benefit concert presented by Twisted

J Apparel on May 2 at Lincoln Centers David Geffen Hall in New York.
Joining him were Twisted J co-owner/CFO Luann Johnson and Twisted
J co-owner/CEO Cody Johnson.
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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com
Keith Urbans No. 1 Ripcord

Leads Parade Of Top 10 Debuts
to me is beyond anything I couldve imagined.
Urbans streak of 36 Country Airplay top 10s is the longest active run (as well
as the longest in the charts 26-year history). Underwood boasts the secondlongest active top 10 streak: 23 in a row starting with her 2006 debut, Jesus,
Take the Wheel.
HERE HE IS Cole Swindells sophomore studio album, You Should Be Here
(Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville [WMN]), debuts at No. 2 on Top
C ountry A lbums with a career-best 65,000 sold. His debut, Cole Swindell,
also opened at No. 2, in 2014, with 63,000.
URBAN
CYNDI, CHAPIN CHART Cyndi Lauper makes her first

visit to Top Country Albums, as Detour (Sire/Rhino) starts
at No. 4 (16,000). Recorded in Nashville, the set, produced
by Lauper and Tony Brown, sports covers of such country
classics as Walkin After Midnight and Heartaches by
the Number. Guests include Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris,
Jewel, Alison Krauss and Willie Nelson. (For more about
Laupers Detour album, see The Stark Report on page 14.)
Also arriving in the Top Country Albums top 10 is Mary
Chapin Carpenters The Things That We Are Made Of
(Lambert Light), at No. 8 (6,000). Its the singer-songwriters
ninth top 10 and first since The Age of Miracles (No. 6) in 2010.
DUETS DEBUT Blake Sheltons Go Ahead and Break My

Heart, featuring Gwen Stefani (Warner Bros./WMN), bows on Hot Country
Songs at No. 14, marking Stefanis first entrance on any Billboard country chart.
After the couple, who co-wrote the song, performed it on NBCs The Voice on
May 5, it enters Country Digital Songs at No. 2 with 58,000 sold. The collab
is from Sheltons 12th studio album, If Im Honest, due May 20.
Also making her country chart debut is Demi Lovato, who is featured on Brad
Paisleys Without a Fight (Arista Nashville), which enters Country Airplay
at No. 27 (9 million impressions) and Hot Country Songs at No. 48. The song
previews Paisleys upcoming 12th studio set.
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Keith Urbans eighth studio album, Ripcord (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/

Universal Music Group Nashville), bounds in at No. 1 on Billboards Top
C ountry Albums chart (dated May 28), selling 93,000 copies in the week
ending May 12, according to Nielsen Music. On the all-genre Billboard 200,
it arrives at No. 4 (106,000 equivalent album units).
Urban earns his fifth No. 1 on Top Country Albums, all of which have d
ebuted
at the summit. His first four were Be Here, released in 2004 with a debut sales
week of 148,000; Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006, 270,000); D
efying
Gravity (2009, 172,000); and Fuse (2013, 98,000).
Urban co-wrote five of the new albums tracks and co-produced the set, which
features collaborations with Carrie Underwood (featured
on The Fighter), as well as Nile Rodgers and Pitbull (Sun
Dont Let Me Down).
I went into the making of Ripcord with a real creative
liberation, Urban tells Billboard. My dad was a drummer,
and I feel like that rhythmic DNA in me drove so much of the
energy and spirit in the recording sessions. Its an incredible
feeling to see it hit No. 1.
The current single from the set, Wasted Time, is its
third, following John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16, which
peaked at No. 2 on both Hot Country Songs and Country
Airplay, and Break on Me, which reached Nos. 6 and 1,
respectively.
Concurrently, Wasted Time enters the Country
Airplay top 10, lifting 11-10 (26.7 million in audience, up 3
percent), becoming Urbans 36th consecutive (and total) top 10 on the survey
(counting only promoted and non-seasonal singles). The run started with Your
Everything in 2000.
How does Urban remain relevant? I grew up with equal parts contemporary
country and top 40 influences, he says. Ive always loved hooks, riffs and
melodies you can sing along with. Universal themes seemed to be present in a
lot of the songs I heard as a kid, so it has influenced the way I write.
When I moved to Nashville, I just hoped I could hear a song of mine on the
radio one day. The fact that country radio and the listeners have been so good
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AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS)
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
THIS WEEK
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH C apitol Nashville
49.189
HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH
Dierks Bentley
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
+/
PLAYS
THIS WEEK
+/
RANK
-0.713
8385
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1
3
Dustin Lynch
45.774
+3.426
7995
345
Old Dominion
44.952
+0.300
8164
119
Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope
41.013
-4.313
6457
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arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
38.910
+2.787
7126
439
16
T-SHIRT V alory
Thomas Rhett
37.786
+3.251
7029
699
17
HUMBLE AND KIND M

cGraw/Big Machine
Tim McGraw
36.625
+1.433
6611
272
10
HUNTIN, FISHIN & LOVIN EVERY DAY C apitol Nashville
20
MY CHURCH C olumbia Nashville
11
WASTED TIME H
it Red/Capitol Nashville
10
NOISE B lue Chair/Columbia Nashville
13
LIGHTS COME ON B roken Bow

HEAD OVER BOOTS C apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
36.458
+2.029
6613
322
Maren Morris
28.007
+0.142
5457
28
Keith Urban
26.731
+0.704
4791
59
11
Kenny Chesney
26.508
-0.132
4903
169
10
Jason Aldean
23.387
+2.789
4293
536
13
Jon Pardi
23.048
+1.696
4604
113
12
Carrie Underwood
20.163
+2.992
3823
328
15
Eric Church
19.481
+0.871
3986
185
14
15
14
15
RECORD YEAR E MI Nashville
16
23
FIX B ig Loud
Chris Lane
17.334
+0.802
3465
182
16
17
11
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG R CA Nashville
Jake Owen
15.638
+0.952
3145
91
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41
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17
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26
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21
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23
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24
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26
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CHURCH BELLS 1 9/Arista Nashville
David Nail
15.146
+1.281
3379
184
Florida Georgia Line
15.018
+4.355
2505
789
25
Frankie Ballard
14.520
-0.117
3317
-45
18
Justin Moore
13.704
+0.516
3021
78
20
Dan + Shay
13.504
+0.544
2924
89
21
Canaan Smith
12.640
+0.977
2737
129
23
MAKE YOU MISS ME M

CA Nashville
Sam Hunt
12.090
+1.079
2584
254
24
RUNNING FOR YOU M

CA Nashville
Kip Moore
12.064
+0.298
2805
57
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Tucker Beathard
10.394
+0.411
2309
40
26
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WITHOUT A FIGHT A rista Nashville HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Brad Paisley Feat. Demi Lovato
8.983
+8.983
1210
1210
27
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Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw
7.914
+0.796
2098
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27
28
32
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William Michael Morgan
7.786
+0.804
2034
129
28
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Kelsea Ballerini
7.511
+0.696
1763
207
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Country Airplay
AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS)

+/
THIS WEEK
+/
RANK
Zac Brown Band
7.374
+0.895
1462
132
32
18
UNLOVE YOU B ig Machine
Jennifer Nettles
5.864
+0.138
1670
206
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5.083
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1165
22
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HH Breaker HHLoCash
4.629
+0.758
906
110
37
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37
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HH Breaker HH
Brett Young
4.375
+0.549
897
150
38
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rista NashvilleCam
3.889
+0.078
1172
55
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Kane Brown
Brandy Clark
3.276
-0.019
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Jordan Rager With Jason Aldean
3.060
-0.051
847
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2.572
+0.429
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Chris Stapleton
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Josh Abbott Band With Carly Pearce
49
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Martina McBride
50
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2.547
+0.085
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Cole Swindell
2.525
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494
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Trace Adkins
2.501
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1.478
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1.473
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420
150
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Michael Ray
1.432
+0.019
468
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Drew Baldridge
1.347
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Craig Campbell
1.268
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493
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Charles Kelley
1.175
+0.005
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Clare Dunn
1.103
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OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN R ed Bow
54
LONELY GIRL C apitol Nashville
57
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59
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340
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Easton Corbin
0.934
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92
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BEER CAN IN A TRUCK BED R CA Nashville
Old Dominion
0.868
+0.307
66
23
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Breaking Southwest
0.717
-0.317
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Wheelhouse
The song hops 4-2 on Country Airplay,
up 8percent to 45.8 million in audience.
Penned by Ben Hayslip and Rhett Akins,
its the third single from Lynchs album
Where Its At, following the Country Airplay
No.1s Where Its At (Yep, Yep) and Hell of
a Night his first two leaders on the list.
Lynch is working on his third studio album.
5/30
KENTON SITCH
Lover & Fighter
Riverfront/SMG Nashville
POST MONROE
Red Hot American
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STEVE DORIAN
Edge Of 18
VIMH
THE CADILLAC THREE
Drunk Like You
Big Machine
WARD DAVIS
No Goin Home
Ward Davis
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Undone
Red Bow
SARABETH
You Rock My Rodeo
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Country Airplay
MOST ADDED
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
NEW AND ACTIVE
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist ADDS

68
26
15
15
12
12
12
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11
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Kelsea Ballerini
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Brett Eldredge
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Justin Timberlake
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Dustin Lynch
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Carrie Underwood
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Jason Aldean
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Blake Shelton
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Jon Pardi
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Tim McGraw
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+3.251
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20.992
DIE A HAPPY MAN V

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Thomas Rhett
20.129
CONFESSION R
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20.002
LITTLE BIT OF YOU R

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16.244
BACKROAD SONG W
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Granger Smith
15.925
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LoCash
15.266
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14.645
HEARTBEAT 1 9/Arista NashvilleCarrie Underwood
13.598
10
STAY A LITTLE LONGER E MI NashvilleBrothers Osborne
13.297
BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE
MOST INCREASED PLAYS

GAIN
Gross
Artist
Attendance
WITHOUT A FIGHT A
rista Nashville Brad Paisley Featuring Demi Lovato
H.O.L.Y. R
epublic Nashville
T-SHIRT V
alory
T
homas Rhett
LIGHTS COME ON B
roken Bow
Jason Aldean
arner Bros./WMN
Blake Shelton
MIND READER B
roken Bow
Dustin Lynch
Carrie Underwood
HUNTIN, FISHIN & LOVIN EVERY DAY C
apitol Nashville
Luke Bryan
HUMBLE AND KIND M
cGraw/Big Machine
Tim McGraw
MAKE YOU MISS ME M
CA Nashville
Sam Hunt
+1210
+789
+699
+536
+439
+345
+328
+322
+272
+254
$1,025,207
$71.75, $36.75
$915,842
$76, $46
$773,376
$76, $46
$721,680
$76, $46
$677,934
$76, $46
LUKE BRYAN
UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa/Feb. 20
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla./April 27
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Kohl Center, Madison, Wis./May 3
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, N.D./May 7
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Toyota Center, Houston/April 24
19,157
19,608
14,627
sellout
11,886
sellout
11,205
sellout
9,684
10,624
Ticket Price(s)
Venue/Date(s)
Capacity
Promoter(s)
LIVE NATION
AEG LIVE
AEG LIVE
AEG LIVE
AEG LIVE
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 REPORT

WEEK ENDING MAY 15, 2016
THIS
WEEK
LAST WKS ON
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TW
SPINS
SPINS
+/
THIS
WEEK
2026
152
14
BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH (Independent)
Curtis Grimes 1343
105
108
16
BLUEBONNETS (JULIAS SONG) ( BIG/Thirty Tigers)
Aaron Watson 1312
227
Bri Bagwell 1742
77
11
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Cody Canada & The Departed 1939
14
13
GULF COAST TIME ( Independent)
14
11
32
LETS DO THIS THING (Stag)
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19
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20
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14
BACK TO BACK ( Independent)
15
18
DEAR MUSIC, (Independent)
17
18
RHINESTONE WORLD (Mis B Havin)
19
19
IM DONE (Independent)
20
12
NEXT BIG THING ( Independent)
26
10
FEELS THIS RIGHT ( Almost Country)
1
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FEELS LIKE HOME (Smith)
16
ALL NIGHTER (Independent)
19
HALF AS GOOD ( Independent)
13
TIL IT DOES ( Lil Buddy Toons)
5
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17
BAD REPUTATION (Independent)
Mike Ryan 1530
26
11
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RIGHT & WRONG ( Independent) Josh Ward 1503
140
20
THE LUCKY ONES ( Independent)
Sam Riggs 1440
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SINGIN THING (Independent)
Jon Wolfe 1424
73
10
15
THE FLAG (Red Dirt Legend)
24
UH HUH (Independent)
HH 1 week at 1 HH
Deryl Dodd
Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1701 -278
Brandon Jenkins 1389
76
Kaleb McIntire 1376
16
LAST WKS ON
WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST
TW
SPINS
SPINS
+/
Roger Creager 1306
143
Stephen Chadwick 1286
-20
Rich OToole 1259
57
Bart Crow Band 1161
25
Breelan Angel 1046
Jerrett Zoch and The OSR Band 1034
38
William Clark Green 1019
69
Casey Donahew Band 1014
139
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
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 8 OF 19
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
CMA MUSIC FEST CALENDAR FILLS UP
With tens of thousands of visitors expected in Nashville for the CMA Music
Festival June 9-12, the lineups for previously announced side events are filling out and new attractions continue to appear on a fairly regular basis. Just
announced in the last week are a Pandora event and concerts headlined by
Craig Morgan and Ty Herndon. Meanwhile, the Grand Ole Opry has set its
talent lineup for June 7, an edition of the WSM-AM Nashville show that typically generates a lot of tourist attention.
The latest developments on the festivals adjunct attractions include:
Jake Owen, Lauren Alaina, LoCash, Danielle Bradbery and Mickey
Guyton are among the latest roster additions for the 26th annual City of Hope
Celebrity Softball Game on June 7 at First Tennessee Park. Bobby Bones,
Jessie James Decker, Tristan McIntosh, Nashville actor Jonathan Jackson and former MLB pitcher Barry Zito are also stepping up for the benefit.
Chris Janson and Stoney Creek artist Lindsay Ell will play a free Opry
Plaza Party on June 7 at the Grand Ole Opry House, leading up to that nights
two Opry shows. On the bill for those official Opry performances are Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Janson and Nashville actor Charles Esten.
Pandora booked a June 7 country concert for listeners at Marathon Music
Works with Tyler Farr, Kip Moore, Cam and Brent Cobb.
Kane Brown and Chris Lane committed to the 12th annual Stars for
Second Harvest benefit at the Ryman Auditorium on June 7. Big Loud Shirt
founder Craig Wiseman will host a writers-in-the-round segment during
the night with fellow songwriters Shane McAnally (Follow Your Arrow,
American Kids) and Josh Osborne (Sangria, Take Your Time).
Morgan announced a free June 8 concert at the Wildhorse Saloon to celebrate the June 3 release of a new album, A Whole Lot More to Me. The guest
list includes Ell and Third Day vocalist Mac Powell, plus Hailey Whitters,
Jillian Cardarelli and singer-songwriter Adam Sanders (Hell of a Night).
Herndon has planned a June 9 appearance at City Winery. Support acts
include Jason Michael Carroll, Andy Griggs, Kree Harrison, Julie Roberts, Radio Romance and SaraBeth. That show should not be confused with
the LGBT-supportive Concert for Love and Acceptance, which Herndon introduced during the festival in 2015. A second installment in that series is
planned for later in 2016.
ROUND THE ROW
Academy of Country Music CEO Bob Romeo has relinquished his position,
the ACM announced May 13. No reason was given for the move. Executive vp/
managing director Tiffany Moon will fill the post on an interim basisJohn
Esposito was promoted to Warner Music Nashville chairman/CEO from president/CEOSony Music Nashville promoted Mary Allison to specialist of label
operations. Her previous position, Columbia Nashville promotion specialist,
was filled by Christy Garbinski, formerly SMN promotion representative.
Reach Allison here and Garbinski hereThe Talent Associates formed UP!
Promotion and Marketing, focusing on small labels and independent acts.
TTA CEO John Ettinger and vp promotion and artist development Ryan
Barnstead will run the division in tandem with new UP! partner EJ Bernas, a
promo vet who was most recently Dot director of Southeast promotionFormer Big Machine royalty and income analyst Brandon Hardy has launched a
Nashville-based business management firm, Arts District Financial. He was
most recently business manager for several Christian artists. Reach Hardy
hereJohn Berry signed a recording deal with Mansion Entertainment and
Sony RED, and hired Absolute Publicity for mediaMark Chesnutt agreed
to a recording contract with Row Entertainment, which will issue his next
album, Tradition Lives, later in 2016All-female bluegrass group Sister Sadie
signed a recording contract with Pinecastle. The act features lead singer Dale
Ann Bradley, a five-time International Bluegrass Music Association female
vocalist of the yearBluegrass gospel act Kentucky Mountain Trio inked a
recording deal with Mountain FeverGary West signed a booking and publicity agreement with Hart Street EntertainmentKane Brown joined the
songwriting roster at Universal Music Publishing Group Nashville Downtown Music acquired an interest in the catalog of songwriter Charlie Black
(A Little Good News, Right On the Money)Jacob Davis signed as a
writer with Black River PublishingCallie Khouri, creator of the ABC drama
Nashville, delivered the commencement speech and received an honorary
doctorate at the May 14 graduation exercises for Nashvilles Watkins College
of Art, Design & FilmThe Society of Leaders in Development (SOLID) will
hold its annual Crawfish Boil at 5:30 p.m. on May 17 in the Sony/ATV parking lot on Music Row.
FREDERICK BREEDON/WIREIMAGE.COM
Garth Brooks announced plans to play New Yorks Yankee Stadium

in July during a May 11 guest stint on Cumulus property Americas
Morning Show. From left: Nash Network director of programming John
Shomby, Cumulus/Westwood One vp brand partnerships and events
Leslie Slender, Brooks, Cumulus senior vp brand partnerships Tommy
Page and Cumulus vp country Charlie Cook.
over WNBL responsibilities from iHeartMedia/Rochester PD J.D. Hastings. Her Binghamton ascent follows the departures of WBBI/WINR PD Tom
Scott and iHeartMedia/Binghamton operations manager Jim FreeiHeart
Media/Little Rock, Ark., market president Ron Collar is no longer with the
cluster, according to RadioInfo.com. Its four properties include country KSSN
and KMJXMy Home Team Media/Clovis, N.M., hired Jessica Banister as
market manager, InsideRadio.com reported. The cluster includes country
KKNM. Banister spent the past three years as a RooneyMoon Broadcasting
senior sales executiveHubbard Radio senior vp programming Greg Solk
has left the company, according to InsideRadio.com. Among the chains country stations are WIL St. Louis and WUBE CincinnatiFormer Topeka, Kan.,
air talent Radio Rich Bowers died May 10, The Topeka Capital-Journal
reported. Bowers was a steady presence on country stations in the market
for 16 years, with a decade at WIBW and six years at KTOP, ending in 2008.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Brad Hansen was hired as Cumulus/Albuquerque FM operations manager,

a job that also has him handling the PD role for three stations, including two
country signals: KRST and Nash Icon KBZU. Hansen was previously KWOF
Denver PDKWNR Las Vegas assistant PD/music director/midday host Lois
Lewis has added middays at KNIX Phoenix to her dutiesBig & Rich will host
the annual Memorial Day special The Gift, a two-hour program affiliated with
Fisher House, an organization that provides housing to veterans and military families undergoing medical treatment. For more info, reach McCoy&
Associates owner Sharla McCoy hereWBBI Binghamton, N.Y., midday
personality Julie Dunn adds PD stripes at three country stations to her role,
which already included assistant PD/music director/midday host at hot adult
contemporary WDVI Rochester, N.Y., RadioInfo.com reported. Dunn is now
PD for WBBI, classic country sister WINR and WNBL Rochester. She takes
Kelsea Ballerini headlined when the Nashville chapter of the Recording

Academy held its 18th annual block party on May 10 at Cumberland
Park. From left: Academy chair emeritus George J. Flanigen IV,
Ballerini, Academy chair of the board of trustees John Poppo, Nashville
chapter executive director Alicia Warwick and Nashville chapter
president Shannon Sanders.
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 9 OF 19
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
MUSIC NOTES
Little Big Town is in the running for the Billboard Chart Achievement Award,
a fan-voted trophy that will be presented during the May 22 telecast of the
Billboard Music Awards on ABC. The nomination recognizes Girl Crush
spending 13 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, a record for a group. The
balloting pits the band against Adele, Drake, Rihanna and The Weeknd.
The awards will also feature Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani performing
Go Ahead and Break My Heart in their first televised duet since the singles
debut on Hot Country Songs. The chart achievement vote can be cast here.
Country music is a national format m
aking global strides, but it works on
the state level, too. The Texas Department of Transportation has employed
Eli Young Band for a 30th-anniversary Dont Mess With Texas campaign
that also includes Lukas Nelson
and Grupo Fantasma. Previous contributors include Willie
Nelson, George Strait and Lyle
Lovett. The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development is
also beaming a series of live concerts into a high-traffic location
in Chicago. Jason Isbell and Old
Crow Medicine Show will perform from Nashville on May 24,
and Ashley Monroe plays from
Knoxville on May 25. Citizen
Cope will also p
articipate in the
ELI YOUNG BAND
series on May 23 from Memphis.
May 16
2009 David Nail makes his Grand Ole Opry
debut.
1969 Merle Haggard records Workin Man
Blues at the Capitol tower in Hollywood.
May 17
2001 A new, $37 million Country Music Hall NAIL
of Fame opens in downtown Nashville. On hand are Vince Gill, Brad
Paisley, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Diamond Rio, Martina
McBride, Bill Anderson and ribbon-cutters Charley Pride, Brenda
Lee and Kitty Wells.
1976 United Artists releases Kenny Rogers first country album,
Love Lifted Me.
May 18
2015 MCA releases Sam Hunts House Party to radio.
1996 Brooks & Dunn begin a three-week stay at No. 1 on the
Billboard country chart with their remake of My Maria.
May 19
2013 Donald Trump declares Trace Adkins the winner of The
Celebrity Apprentice over Penn Jillette on NBC. Adkins sings Honky
Tonk Badonkadonk during the episode, where he collects checks
from Wynonna Judd, Thompson Square, Billy Ray Cyrus and The
Oak Ridge Boys.
May 20
2011 Darius Rucker receives an honorary doctorate and d
elivers
the commencement speech at the Medical University of South
Carolina in Charleston.
Two years removed from his three-trophy night at the Americana Music
A ssociation Honors & Awards, Jason Isbell is in the running for three
more when the 15th annual event takes place Sept. 21 at Nashvilles Ryman
Auditorium. Hes up for artist, song and album of the year, thanks to his project
Something More Than Free, produced by two-time nominee Dave Cobb. Chris
Stapleton, whose album nominee Traveller was also produced by Cobb, is a
double nominee, alongside Lucinda Williams and Margo Price, who landed
in the top 10 on Country Albums earlier in 2016. Other finalists familiar
to country listeners include Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell and Kacey
Musgraves.
May 21
2003 Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts and Alan Jackson each win
twice at the 38th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, aired
on CBS from Las Vegas Mandalay Bay.
1991 Tracy Lawrence signs a recording contract with Atlantic
Records.
The Grand Ole Opry will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the USO during
its May 24 broadcast. The show will feature Trace Adkins, The Oak Ridge
Boys, Charlie Daniels Band, Lee Greenwood and Larry Gatlin & The G
atlin
Brothers.
May 22
2012 Juice New ton makes a surprise appearance during
Sugarlands concert at Los Angeles Greek Theatre, playing Queen of
Hearts with the duo and former Eurythmics member Dave Stewart.
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ABC Orders Singing Show Hosted By

Arsenio Hall And Kelsea Ballerini
Tony Barrow, Beatles Publicist Who Coined
The Term Fab Four, Dies At 80
MICHEL BOURQUARD
Apple Tops Google, Microsoft

In List Of Valuable Brands
Alliance Entertainment In Talks To Acquire Anderson
Music Isnt A Commodity: Warner CEO
On That Streaming Milestone
Michael Ray stopped by the Academy of Country Music office during

a visit to Los Angeles. From left: Former ACM CEO Bob Romeo, Ray,
Ontourage Management executive Katie Conway and ACM executive
vp/managing director Tiffany Moon.
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 10 OF 19
Hot Country Songs

THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
J.MOI (BUSBEE,N.CYPHERT,W.W.LARSEN)
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5
THOMAS
RHETT
T-Shirt
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8
14
21
10
21
26
1
Artist
IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL
HH No. 1 (2 weeks)/ Airplay Gainer HH
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH
R. COPPERMAN (M.TYLER,J.BOYER,A.PALMER,D.KUNCIO,J.MIRENDA)
HUMBLE AND KIND
B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.MCKENNA)
CAME HERE TO FORGET
S.HENDRICKS (C.WISEMAN,D.RUTTAN)
T-SHIRT
D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY)
HUNTIN, FISHIN & LOVIN EVERY DAY
J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP)
THINK OF YOU
C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE)
SNAPBACK
S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI)
MY CHURCH
BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (BUSBEE,M.MORRIS)
MIND READER
M.J.CONES (R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP)
YOU SHOULD BE HERE
M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,A.GORLEY)
WASTED TIME
G.WELLS,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,G.WELLS,J.ABRAHART)
SALES, AIRPLAY &

STREAMING DATA
COMPILED BY
HH Digital & Streaming Gainer HH
GO AHEAD AND BREAK MY HEART
S.HENDRICKS (G.STEFANI,B.SHELTON)
HH Hot Shot Debut HH
HEAD OVER BOOTS
B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (J.PARDI,L.LAIRD)
LIGHTS COME ON
M.KNOX (B.KELLEY,T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.ROBBINS,B.WARREN,B.WARREN)
RECORD YEAR
J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE)
CHURCH BELLS
M.BRIGHT (Z.CROWELL,BRETT JAMES,H.LINDSEY)
NOISE
B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (K.CHESNEY,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE)
PETER PAN
F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.LEE)
FROM THE GROUND UP
D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,C. DESTEFANO)
MAKE YOU MISS ME
Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,J.OSBORNE,M.RAMSEY)
AMERICAN COUNTRY LOVE SONG
S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,J.JOHNSTON)
FIX
J.MOI (S.BUXTON,J.FRASURE,A.STOKLASA)
DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE
R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN)
THE FIGHTER
BUSBEE,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,BUSBEE)
The third single from Tangled Up

enters the Hot Country Songs top five
(7-5), sparked by a 9 percent increase on
Country Airplay, where it climbs 7-6 in
its 16th week (37.8million). On Country
Streaming Songs, T-Shirt holds at its No. 5
high, up 6 percent to 2.6 million U.S. streams.
45
CHRIS
STAPLETON
Parachute

R
EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
Dierks Bentley
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Tim McGraw
M
CGRAW/BIG MACHINE
Blake Shelton
W
ARNER BROS./WMN
Thomas Rhett
V
ALORY
Luke Bryan
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Chris Young Duet With Cassadee Pope
R
CA NASHVILLE/REPUBLIC NASHVILLE
Old Dominion
R
CA NASHVILLE
Maren Morris
C
OLUMBIA NASHVILLE
Dustin Lynch
B
ROKEN BOW
Cole Swindell
W
ARNER BROS./WMN
Keith Urban
H
IT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE
Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani
W
ARNER BROS./WMN
Jon Pardi
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
Jason Aldean
B
ROKEN BOW
Eric Church
E MI NASHVILLE
Carrie Underwood
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE
Kenny Chesney
B
LUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
Kelsea Ballerini
B
LACK RIVER
Dan + Shay
W
ARNER BROS./WAR
Sam Hunt
M
CA NASHVILLE
Jake Owen
R
CA NASHVILLE
Chris Lane
B
IG LOUD
Brett Eldredge
A
TLANTIC/WMN
Keith Urban Featuring Carrie Underwood
H
IT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE
CERTIFIED
PEAK
POSITION
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The track re-enters Hot Country Songs

at No. 45 as the new radio single from
Traveller, following his first Country Airplay
top 10, Nobody to Blame. Parachute
also rises 50-46 on Country Airplay
(1.6million, up 21 percent). Meanwhile,
Traveller drops to No. 3 after 20 weeks at
No. 1 on Top Country Albums (24,000, down
3percent) and has sold 1.3 million to date.
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 11 OF 19
Hot Country Songs

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ALORY
Kip Moore
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CA NASHVILLE
Tucker Beathard
D
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Cole Swindell
W
ARNER BROS./WMN
Canaan Smith
M
ERCURY
Jennifer Nettles
B
IG MACHINE
Adam Wakefield
R
EPUBLIC
Mary Sarah
R
EPUBLIC
Chris Stapleton
M
ERCURY
Cam
A
RISTA NASHVILLE
Zac Brown Band
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Brothers Osborne
J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,C.WISEMAN)
E MI NASHVILLE
I MET A GIRL
William Michael Morgan
J.RITCHEY,S.HENDRICKS (T. ROSEN,S.HUNT,S.MCANALLY)
W
ARNER BROS./WMN
IT DONT HURT LIKE IT USED TO
Billy Currington
D.HUFF (B.CURRINGTON,C.R.BARLOWE,S.CARTER)
M
ERCURY
LOVIN LATELY
Big & Rich Featuring Tim McGraw
B.KENNY,J.D.RICH (W.K.ALPHIN,J.D.RICH,T.MCGRAW)
B
$R/NEW REVOLUTION
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU
Brett Young
D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,K.ARCHER,J.EBACH)
R
EPUBLIC NASHVILLE
THY WILL
Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
R.SKAGGS,B.HERMS (H.SCOTT,E.L.WEISBAND,B.HERMS)
H
ST/EMI NASHVILLE
PARACHUTE
Chris Stapleton
D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,J.BEAVERS)
M
ERCURY
LIVIN THE DREAM
Drake White
R. COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER (T.DOUGLAS,J.JOHNSTON,L.LAIRD)
D
OT
BROKE DOWN
Cole Swindell
M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.CARTER,A.GORLEY)
W
ARNER BROS./WMN
WITHOUT A FIGHT
Brad Paisley Featuring Demi Lovato
NOT LISTED (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE,L.T.MILLER)
A
RISTA NASHVILLE
SOUTHERN BOY
Jordan Rager With Jason Aldean
J.S.STOVER (L.LAIRD,B.DEAN,J.S.STOVER)
B
ROKEN BOW
VACATION
Thomas Rhett
D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,T.ALLEN,H.BROWN,M.DICKERSON,S.M.DOUGLAS,G.GOLDSTEIN,L.L.JORDAN,C.W.MILLER,L.OSKAR,A.SCHULLER,H.E.SCOTT,JOE LONDON,E.FREDERIC,J.RYAN)
V
ALORY
37
IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER
M.ALTMAN (J.JOHNSTON,N.MASON,J.S.STOVER)
YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK
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M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,A.GORLEY,Z.CROWELL)
NEW
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1
PEAK
POSITION
David Nail
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44
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M
CA NASHVILLE
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ROCK ON
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY
HOLE IN A BOTTLE
B.BEAVERS,J.ROBBINS (C.SMITH,B.BEAVERS,D.COUCH)
UNLOVE YOU
D.HUFF (J. NETTLES,B.CLARK)
LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
B.APPLEBERRY (NOT LISTED)
MY CHURCH
B.APPLEBERRY (BUSBEE,M.MORRIS)
FIRE AWAY
D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,D.GREEN)
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DOMINION
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TITLE
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FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE (Republic Nashville/BMLG)
BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI (Warner Bros./WMN)
HUMBLE AND KIND
TIM MCGRAW ( McGraw/Big Machine/BMLG)
CAME HERE TO FORGET
BLAKE SHELTON ( Warner Bros./WMN)
MY CHURCH
MAREN MORRIS ( Columbia Nashville/SMN)
DIERKS BENTLEY ( Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
THE FIGHTER
KEITH URBAN FEAT. CARRIE UNDERWOOD (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
HUNTIN, FISHIN AND LOVIN EVERY DAY
LUKE BRYAN ( Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
T-SHIRT
THOMAS RHETT ( Valory/BMLG)
THINK OF YOU
CHRIS YOUNG DUET WITH CASSADEE POPE ( RCA Nashville/SMN)
WASTED TIME
KEITH URBAN ( Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
PETER PAN
KELSEA BALLERINI ( Black River)
YOU SHOULD BE HERE
COLE SWINDELL ( Warner Bros./WMN)
CHURCH BELLS
CARRIE UNDERWOOD ( 19/Arista Nashville/SMN)
HEAD OVER BOOTS
JON PARDI ( Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
LIGHTS COME ON
JASON ALDEAN ( Broken Bow/BBMG)
LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
ADAM WAKEFIELD ( Republic)
RECORD YEAR
ERIC CHURCH ( EMI Nashville/UMGN)
MY CHURCH
MARY SARAH ( Republic)
DIE A HAPPY MAN
THOMAS RHETT ( Valory/BMLG)
SNAPBACK
OLD DOMINION ( RCA Nashville/SMN)
FROM THE GROUND UP
DAN + SHAY (Warner Bros./WMN)
NOISE
KENNY CHESNEY ( Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville/SMN)
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY
COLE SWINDELL ( Warner Bros./WMN)
MIND READER
DUSTIN LYNCH ( Broken Bow/BBMG)
MAKE YOU MISS ME

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UNLOVE YOU
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FIX
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FIRE AWAY
IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER
34 33 17 FRANKIE BALLARD ( Warner Bros./WMN)
BREAK UP IN A SMALL TOWN
35 34 69 SAM HUNT ( MCA Nashville/UMGN)
DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE
36 32 23 BRETT ELDREDGE ( Atlantic/WMN)
USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER
37 45 24 KANE BROWN ( Zone 4/RCA Nashville/SMN)
VACATION
38 NEW THOMAS RHETT ( Valory/BMLG)
NOBODY TO BLAME
THY WILL
40 38 3 HILLARY SCOTT & THE SCOTT FAMILY ( HST/EMI Nashville/UMGN)
ROCK ON
41 48 2 TUCKER BEATHARD ( Dot/BMLG)
NIGHTS ON FIRE
42 47 10 DAVID NAIL ( MCA Nashville/UMGN)
GIRL CRUSH
43 41 73 LITTLE BIG TOWN (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
BROKE DOWN
44 11 2 COLE SWINDELL ( Warner Bros./WMN)
RUNNING FOR YOU
45 49 4 KIP MOORE ( MCA Nashville/UMGN)
HOME ALONE TONIGHT
46 46 28 LUKE BRYAN FEAT. KAREN FAIRCHILD (Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
SUN DONT LET ME DOWN
47 NEW KEITH URBAN FEAT. NILE RODGERS & PITBULL (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/UMGN)
THAT COULD STILL BE US
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MY WISH
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TAKE YOUR TIME
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MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 13 OF 19
MAKIN TR ACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com
Corbins Are You With Me Finally A

U.S. Single After European Detour
Easton Corbins Are You With Me has barely found its way onto the C
ountry
Airplay chart, but it has already won song of the year.
Odd as that sounds, its true, although the song of the year win was at the
Echo Awards in Germany, and it was for an EDM version of the song by a
Belgian DJ, known professionally as Lost Frequencies. On top of it, the win
didnt even cover the whole song his version, released in October 2014, used
only the first four lines of Are You With Me.
Its pretty random, says Corbin of the
songs journey. Its just one verse over and
over again, but man, this song became a huge
hit over in Europe.
Big enough that K FC licensed it for a
commercial in Russia. And yet, Corbin and
the songs three writers are all still waiting to
see if it will work in the United States.
You have no idea how strange that whole
ride has been, says song w riter Shane
McAnally (Noise, T-Shirt).
Not just strange, but long. Written May 4,
2011, at a Franklin, Tenn., cabin owned by the
former McBride & The Ride singer/songwriter
Terry McBride (Play Something Country, I
Keep On Loving You), Are You With Me is
now 5 years old, rather mature for a song that
was in high demand when it first came into
existence. Songwriter Tommy Lee James (My
Eyes, Shes My Kind of Rain) had come up
with the title that morning, and while Are You
With Me sounds like a phrase a soldier might
CORBIN
use on the battlefield, James thought of it as a
no-brainer for concert conversation.
There was an artist looking for a song that would work really well in a
live situation, and I thought asking the audience Are you with me would
be a really interesting take on that, recalls James. What I didnt realize is
it works in a larger sense, too. It can work as a love song, like I want to do all
this stuff in life, are you with me? Its almost like a marriage-proposal song,
if that makes sense: I want to have all these adventures. Do you want to do
them with me, too?
McBride grabbed a bass, while James and McAnally strummed guitars,
and they painted an escapist, vacation-like picture of a Mexican beach and
margaritas for the first verse of Are You With Me. The imagery sounds like
a celebration, but as the songs primary character describes a sunny potential
future, theres also a cloud of doubt his proposal could get rejected, leaving
him to face the world alone. They cast the verse with several minor chords,
hinting at the uncertainty in the mans crossroads moment.
Thats all in the melody, notes McAnally, because the lyric doesnt say
that.
After that four-line verse, they launched right into a second one, this time
focusing on the womans skin and the coupling he has in mind.
In the beginning, it could be anybody, which is why its kind of brilliant of
Lost Frequencies, says McBride. Dance by the water, drink margaritas
that could be anybody. We wanted to bring her into it to make it interesting.
The chorus moved into more major chords, lifting the melody into a higher
range and underscoring the adventure of the proposition We can chase the
wild dreams/Live like crazy before settling back into that scary q
uestion:
Are you with me?
The third verse would delve even further into the emotional risk I wanna
love so hard that it rips my heart out as the guy bathes in vulnerability, a sking
for the womans hand, knowing she might destroy all his dreams.
Especially if youve been hurt before, its a brave thing to do, says James.
They did a quick work tape. A short time later, they cut a more formal demo
that used a bass and electric guitar an octave or so apart to form a moody intro.
Kenny Chesney, who was working on the album Welcome to the Fishbowl
at the time, was the first to respond when Are You With Me got pitched.
He has never emailed me back faster about
a song, says McAnally.
Chesney eventually let it go, and MV2
Entertainment creative director Clay Myers
then the vp/GM for Barbara Orbisons Still
Working Music pitched it to Easton, who was
recording at the time. Corbin was gung-ho
about Are You With Me.
The dude in the song, hes throwing it
all out there, says Corbin, and thats what
its about is throwing all care to the wind and
going for it.
Producer Carson Chamberlain (Billy
Currington, Mark Wills) oversaw the s ession
at Nashvilles Sound Stage, with steel player
Paul Franklin f illing a lot of cracks and
crevasses with long, lonesome notes.
The hardest part of that kind of song
is p eople not play i n g to o much, says
C hamberlain. Sparseness is your friend on
that.
Mercury was so convinced of the songs
p otential that the label shot a video for it in
2012 when Corbin did the clip for All Over
the Road. But with Universal Music Group
(UMG) in transition, Are You With Me never became a single during the
run of that album.
Meanwhile, Lost Frequencies his stage name comes from his penchant
for making dance mixes out of forgotten tracks had his ear open for a song
with a lonesome guitar/bass instrumental vibe. When he heard the intro to
Are You With Me on a SoundCloud link, that became the song.
His version went platinum and/or multiplatinum in numerous countries,
though the songwriters knew nothing about it until it was in full gear.
German-based BMG had publishing on it, and executives there were supposedly
grooving to the song on the radio, not even realizing it was their copyright
because it had been changed so much.
This kid licensed it; he did everything he was supposed to do legally, says
McBride. It kind of fell through some cracks, and we didnt know about it.
Lost Frequencies YouTube video has now amassed more than 170 million
views, and at least some consumers have done some homework and discovered
Corbins recording. Corbin and UMG felt strongly enough about his original
version that it was added to his next album, About to Get Real, when it was
released June 30, 2015. Mercury finally issued it to radio via Play MPE on
April 11 with a long lead time the official add date is May 23 and with a
new solo, courtesy of guitarist Derek Wells. Its at No. 58 on Country Airplay.
The single version got sped up just a couple clicks, too, though not enough
to damage the fragility Corbin creates with his shy phrasing. Thats what the
good ones do, says Chamberlain. They make you feel it.
Corbin has been doggedly playing it in his live shows from the beginning,
and he and the writers are understandably relieved that Are You With Me is
finally getting its chance stateside. His frequencies are no longer lost.
Its about time, says Corbin. Its my favorite song.
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 14 OF 19
THE STARK REPORT PHYLLIS STARK phyllis.stark@billboard.com
Cyndi Lauper Explains Her

Detour Into Country Music
Just to clear the air, Cyndi Lauper is not the latest in a long string of pop stars
attempting to go country. Her new release, Detour, an album full of classic country song covers, is less an indicator of the veteran pop stars desire to
change genres than it is a sincere homage to a dozen tunes she grew up listening to on a transistor radio in her aunts kitchen and falling in love with.
That she happens to have enlisted country luminaries including Willie Nelson, Vince Gill and Emmylou Harris, bluegrass superstar
Alison Krauss and pop-turned-country chanteuse Jewel for
the project merely adds heft to her purpose as she lends her
vocal skills to songs both famous (I Fall to Pieces, Heartaches by the Number) and somewhat obscure (Youre the
Reason Our Kids Are Ugly), largely culled from the 40s,
50s and 60s. Lauper recorded the album in Nashville with
veteran country producer Tony Brown and a crop of Music
Citys A-list session players. Sire Records founder Seymour
Stein served as both the projects executive producer and
its instigator.
It was exciting to come here and make a record thats
an homage to country, says Lauper of Nashville. Its a
real singers album.
The cotton candy-haired Lauper, looking utterly ageless
at 62, sat down with Billboard Country Update in Nashville
to talk about the origins of the project (which was released
LAUPER
May 6 on Sire/Rhino and debuts at No. 4 on Top Country
Albums) and whats left on the bucket list for a star who has
already earned Grammy, Emmy and Tony Awards. That list, she says, almost
certainly includes writing another Broadway show following the success of
her hit Kinky Boots. Being just one award away from the coveted EGOT designation (for those renowned few who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar
and Tony Award), Lauper admits, I want that Oscar, and hopes to land it
someday as a film composer.
While she has now worked in musical formats as diverse as Broadway, pop,
dance and blues, as well as having done both acting and reality TV (the latter
as a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice), Lauper says that to her, Perfor-
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When it came time to select songs for Detour, Lauper says, I tried to choose
variety, because I dont like listening to a record where its [all] the same I
chose things that had variety to them so you could go on a journey and have
different storytellers. But they were all stories that I could kind of believe.
I wasnt good in school, so I think I just learned on my feet, she notes, adding that she eventually discovered you have to diversify,
because if you dont diversify, youre stuck in one thing with
the gatekeepers, and I just will not have it. I dont want them
telling me what I can and cant do. I dont want to be stopped.
I want to keep growing. I want to learn. I love to learn.
How are you going to know what you could do if you never
try something new? she asks. You might fall on your butt,
but if you dont try, you dont know, and you wont grow.
She praises her fans, who she says have stuck with her
through every musical journey and experiment. They will
get to hear her take on country music live on her current 35city Detour tour, which features Boy George on a few dates.
Onstage, shes mixing the classic country songs with some of
her best-loved pop hits, and jokes of her stage attire, Maybe
Ill just break down and buy that Electric Horseman outfit.
Asked if she had a favorite among the country star collaborators on her album, Lauper says Gill was pretty awesome and helped me through Detour Hes a sweet, really wonderful and incredibly gifted musician, and he sings
like butter.
Her words are less kind when it comes to presidential candidate Donald
Trump, whom Lauper worked for as a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice
in 2010. It sure doesnt sound like shell be voting for him in the fall.
Its a scary prospect because you cant inflate people to violence, she says
of Trumps rhetoric. You cant talk that kind of talk. If you want to be president, you cant talk like that.
Then she adds with a laugh, Im not running for president. Im just trying
to sell this record.
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3115
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2834
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2417
+131
4.466
19
43
NIGHTS ON FIRE M
CA Nashville David Nail
2326
+107
4.366
3.970
16
18
28
YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK V alory Justin Moore
2263
+28
20
23
FIX B ig Loud Chris Lane
2214
+90
3.918
21
14

arner Bros/Warner Music Nashville Dan + Shay
2034
+113
3.823
22
30
RUNNING FOR YOU M

CA Nashville Kip Moore
2007
+155
3.629
26
HH Most Increased Plays HH

1815
+645
3.320
23
38
HOLE IN A BOTTLE M
ercury Canaan Smith
1669
+84
2.955
25
PETER PAN B lack River Kelsea Ballerini
1652
+185
2.795
24
11
MAKE YOU MISS ME M

CA Nashville Sam Hunt
1652
+110
2.676
27
ROCK ON D
ot Tucker Beathard
1246
+109
2.180
29
CASTAWAY S outhern Groud/Varvatos/Republic/Dot Zac Brown Band
1177
+82
2.246
28
28
I MET A GIRL W
arner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan
1175
+51
2.020
31
16
IT DONT HURT LIKE IT USED TO M

ercury Billy Currington
1031
+58
1.614
H.O.L.Y. R epublic Nashville
BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL 106 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
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
KEZS
Charleston, W. Va
WKWS

WQBE
College Station, Texas
KAGG
Columbia, Mo.
KCLR
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.
KBVB
WSTH
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.
Lincoln, Neb
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.
WXXK
KFGE
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
WUBB
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
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Sirius XM
THE HIGHWAY
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 16 OF 19
Country Indicator
AUDIENCE
(IN MILLIONS)
THIS
WEEK
LAST
WEEK
WKS
ON
CHART
THIS WEEK
+/
THIS WEEK
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32
l
32
18
LOVIN LATELY B $R/New Revolution Big & Rich Feat. Tim McGraw
1024
+56
1.721
33
18
UNLOVE YOU B ig Machine Jennifer Nettles
967
+43
1.597
33
30
15
MAYDAY A
rista Nashville Cam
956
-19
1.547
34
l
35
l
36
l
35
21
LIVIN THE DREAM D

ot Drake White
927
+102
1.682
34
12
21 SUMMER E MI Nashville Brothers Osborne
887
+29
1.253
37
15
I KNOW SOMEBODY R eviver LoCash
696
+32
1.128
37
36
11
IF THE BOOT FITS W

heelhouse Granger Smith
660
-5
1.021
38
l
3
l9
40
l
41
l
42
l
4
l3
44
l
45
l
38
13
USED TO LOVE YOU SOBER Z one 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown
587
+33
0.903
39
19
MAKE MY OWN SUNSHINE B ig Spark Olivia Lane
561
+24
0.856
41
PARACHUTE U
niversal Music Canada Chris Stapleton
548
+70
0.947
57
arner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell
547
+359
0.955
40
BLUEBONNETS B IG Label Aaron Watson
525
+35
0.868
44
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU R epublic Nashville Brett Young
493
+70
0.630
HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH

Brad Paisley Feat. Demi Lovato
487
+487
1.047
43
HEALING HIGHWAY B lue Light Brian Collins
443
+16
0.657
46
42
SONG NUMBER 7 S toney Creek Randy Houser
431
-22
0.716
l
48
l
49
l
45
13
TUXEDO M
CA Nashville Clare Dunn
413
+40
0.535
49
OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN R ed Bow Craig Campbell
297
+33
0.443
58
A LITTLE MORE LOVE C urb Jerrod Niemann & Lee Brice
289
+110
0.393
50
48
13
SOUTHERN BOY B roken Bow Jordan Rager with Jason Aldean
277
-2
0.439
51
50
14
TAKE ME DOWN M
CA Nashville Vince Gill
253
-5
0.353
52
l
53
l
54
l
55
l
56
l
57
l
51
10
GIRL NEXT DOOR W

arner Bros./WMN Brandy Clark
235
+4
0.351
55
ROOTS S toney Creek Parmalee
226
+32
0.434
52
10
RECKLESS N
ash Icon Martina McBride
212
+1
0.285
54
MAKE YOU MINE A

tlantic/WEA High Valley
211
+10
0.400
53
LONELY GIRL C apitol Nashville Charles Kelley
210
+1
0.292
FRIENDS WITH BOATS K eith Walker Keith Walker
180
+29
0.248
58
56
SAID NO ONE EVER E lektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer
176
-18
0.145
SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN T hird Floor Diana Upton-Hill
171
+21
0.236
SPIN ME R yan Broshear Ryan Broshear
164
+2
0.217
31
47
l
60
l
59
WITHOUT A FIGHT A
rista Nashville
NEW
NEW
RE-ENTRY
59
PLAYS
CHARTS LEGEND
RANKINGS
Country 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.
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.
BULLETS
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.
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
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
l Awarded on Country Airplay

to titles gaining audience or
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 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.
2016 Prometheus Global Media, LLC
TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org.
(Songwriter) C hart Position
21 SUMMER W
B 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) 4 1
A
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/Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Harmony, ASCAP/
Texa Rae Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Johnston) 17
ARE YOU WITH ME P retty Woman Publishing, LLC, BMI/
Super Phonic Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Orbison Music,

LLC, BMI/Turn Me On Music, BMI/Crazy Water Music, ASCAP/Little Blue
Egg, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP (T.L.James,
T.McFadden, S.McAnally) 5 8
B
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) 5 9
C
CAME HERE TO FORGET R ound 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) 5
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) 3 1
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) 14
D
DANCE WITH YA W
arner-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) 5 3
F
FIX R ound 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) 16
B 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) 2 2
G
GHOST TOWN Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/
Big Machine Music, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Singleton,

J.Thompson) 6 0
GIRL NEXT DOOR H ighway 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) 3 9
H
HEAD OVER BOOTS G olden Vault Music, BMI/The Song
Factory, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music,

BMI (J.Pardi, L.Laird) 13
HOLDIN HER N ot Listed (Not Listed) 5 1
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 17 OF 19
Country Airplay Index

HOLE IN A BOTTLE B MG 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) 2 3
H.O.L.Y. B MG Platinum Songs, BMI/Pulse Ventures, BMI/
BRRCOFFEE, BMI/IDAP Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights Management

Scandinavia AB, STIM (busbee, N.Cyphert, W.W.Larsen) 19
HUMBLE AND KIND Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Hoodie
Songs, BMI (L.McKenna) 7

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) 8
I
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) 4 5
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) 3 5
I MET A GIRL R eHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music,
ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mules Music,

ASCAP/Smack Ink, ASCAP (T. Rosen, S.Hunt, S.McAnally) 2 9
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) 2 0
IT DONT 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) 3 4
J
JESUS AND JONES o le 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) 4 4
L
LIGHTS COME ON B ig 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) 12
A LITTLE MORE LOVE Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music
Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red

Room, BMI/HappyGoWrucke, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These
Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Hello Jerry, SESAC (S.McAnally, R.Copperman,
N.Hemby, K.Neumann) 5 0
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) 3 3
LONELY GIRL W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle
Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI (C.

Stapleton, J.Frasure) 5 5
LOVIN LATELY B ig 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) 2 8
M
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) 4 2
MAKE YOU MISS ME U niversal 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) 2 4
MAYDAY M
arvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year
YesterdayPublishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse

Songs, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson) 3 7
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY Sony/ATV Tree Publishing,
BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/

Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/External
Combustion Music, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing, ASCAP/Songs Of
Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants
To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Swindell, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 4 3
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) 2
MY CHURCH International Dog Music, BMI/BMG Platinum
Songs, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (busbee, M.Morris) 9

N
NIGHTS 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) 18
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) 11
O
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) 5 4
P
PARACHUTE W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken Tucky Music,
ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dontcallmebrett Musicm, BMI

(C.Stapleton, J.Beavers) 4 6
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) 3 0
R
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) 4 9
RECORD YEAR Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And
Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Mammaws Fried Okra

Music, BMI (E.Church, J.Hyde) 15
ROCK ON B ig 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) 2 6
ROOTS M
usic Of Big Deal, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music,
BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead

Aim Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI/ Parallel Music
Publishing, LLC, BMI (J.Mullins, B.Stennis, B.Bollinger) 5 7
RUNNING FOR YOU M
usic 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) 2 5
S
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/W.B.M.
Music Corp., SESAC (B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 3 6
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) 3
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH P eermusic 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
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) 4 7
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) 4 0
T
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) 5 2
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) 4
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) 6
TUXEDO B MG 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) 5 6
U
UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/House
Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway 508 Songs, ASCAP (J. Nettles,

B.Clark) 3 2
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) 3 8
W
WASNT THAT DRUNK Thankful For This Music,
ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP

(M.J.McGinn, N.A.Medley, E.L.Weisband) 4 8
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) 10
WITHOUT A FIGHT N ew House Of Sea Gayle Music,
ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Making The Turn Music, ASCAP/The

Country And Western Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp., BMI (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace, L.T.Miller) 2 7
Y
YOU LOOK LIKE I NEED A DRINK R ound 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) 2 1
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 18 OF 19
Hot Country Songs Index

TITLE P ublishing-Licensing Org.
(Songwriter) C hart Position
H
HEAD OVER BOOTS G olden Vault Music,
21 SUMMER W
B 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) 3 9
A
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs By Red Room,
BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/WB Music

Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/
Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Harmony,
ASCAP/Texa Rae Music, ASCAP ( R.Copperman, A.Gorley,
J.Johnston) 2 2
B
BROKE DOWN S ony/ATV Tree Publishing,
BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys

Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Combustion
Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/
WB Music Corp., ASCAP ( C.Swindell, M.Carter, A.Gorley) 4 7
C
BMI/The Song Factory, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal,

Inc., BMI/Creative Nation Music, BMI (J.Pardi, L.Laird) 1 4
HOLE IN A BOTTLE B MG 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) 3 2
H.O.L.Y. B MG Platinum Songs, BMI/Pulse Ventures,
BMI/BRRCOFFEE, BMI/IDAP Music, ASCAP/BMG Rights

Management Scandinavia AB, STIM ( busbee, N.Cyphert,
W.W.Larsen) 1
HUMBLE AND KIND S ongs Of Universal, Inc.,
BMI/Hoodie Songs, BMI (L.McKenna) 3

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) 6
I
CAME HERE TO FORGET R ound 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) 4
CASTAWAY D ay 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) 3 8
CHURCH BELLS E xternal 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) 1 7
D
I MET A GIRL R eHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/
Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Universal Music

Corporation, ASCAP/Three Mules Music, ASCAP/Smack
Ink, ASCAP ( T. Rosen, S.Hunt, S.McAnally) 4 0
IT ALL STARTED WITH A BEER S ony/
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) 2 7
IT DONT 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) 4 1
L
DRUNK ON YOUR LOVE S ony/ATV
Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI

Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Ross Copperman Songs,
BMI (B.Eldredge, R.Copperman) 2 4
F
THE FIGHTER S ongs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
Mary Rose Music, BMI/7189 Music Publishing, BMI/BMG

Platinum Songs, BMI (K.Urban, busbee) 2 5
FIRE AWAY W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/New Sea
Gayle Music, ASCAP/Ole Ole, ASCAP/Black In The

Saddle Songs, ASCAP (C.Stapleton, D.Green) 3 6
FIX R ound 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) 2 3
B 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) 2 0
G
Break Out My Cocoon, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI ( G.Stefani, B.Shelton) 1 3
LIGHTS COME ON B ig 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) 1 5
LIVIN THE DREAM S ony/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) 4 6
LOVE HAS NO PRIDE N ot Listed ( Not
Listed) 3 4
LOVIN LATELY B ig 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) 4 2
M
MAKE YOU MISS ME U niversal 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) 2 1
MAYDAY M
arvelous Oaks Records, ASCAP/One Year
YesterdayPublishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/

These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson) 3 7
MIDDLE OF A MEMORY S ony/ATV
Tree Publishing, BMI/Colden Rainey Music, BMI/

Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadies Favorite
Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/External
Combustion Music, ASCAP/Atlas Music Publishing,
ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music
Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My
Publishing, ASCAP ( C.Swindell, A.Gorley, Z.Crowell) 3 1
MIND READER E MI 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) 1 0
MY CHURCH International Dog Music, BMI/BMG
Platinum Songs, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI

(busbee, M.Morris) 9 ,35
N
NIGHTS ON FIRE S uper Big Music, ASCAP/
Jett Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Doc And

Maggie Music, SOCAN/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP
(J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 2 6
NOISE S ony/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) 1 8
P
PARACHUTE W
B Music Corp., ASCAP/Ken
Tucky Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/

Dontcallmebrett Musicm, BMI (C.Stapleton, J.Beavers) 4 5
PETER PAN S ongs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB
Music, ASCAP/ole Purple Cape Music, BMI/Honey Lee

Music, BMI ( K.Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, J.Lee) 1 9
R
RECORD YEAR S ony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/
Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs,

BMI/Mammaws Fried Okra Music, BMI (E.Church,
J.Hyde) 1 6
ROCK ON B ig 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) 3 0
RUNNING FOR YOU M
usic 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) 2 9
S
SLEEP WITHOUT YOU S uper Big Music,
ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DMP

Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music,
BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp.,
SESAC (B.Young, K.Archer, J.Ebach) 4 3
SNAPBACK C arrot 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) 8
SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH P eermusic
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
SOUTHERN BOY S ongs 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) 4 9
T
THINK OF YOU E MI 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) 7
THY WILL W
.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT
Publishing, SESCA/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful

For This Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/
G650 Music, BMI (H.Scott, E.L.Weisband, B.Herms) 4 4
T-SHIRT E xternal 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) 5
U
UNLOVE YOU Jennifer Nettles Publishing,
ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Highway

508 Songs, ASCAP (J. Nettles, B.Clark) 3 3
V
VACATION E MI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket
On The Line, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Far Out

Music, Inc., ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing
Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/Frederic
And Reid Music, BMI/Songs From The Boardwalk
Music Publishing, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/
BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/The Family Songbook,
BMI/Music Of Big Deal, BMI/Bob Erotik Music, BMI/
Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/The Viking Pimp
Music, BMI/Honua Songs, BMI/Nice Life, BMI ( Thomas
Rhett, T.Allen, H.Brown, M.Dickerson, S.M.Douglas, G.Goldstein,
L.L.Jordan, C.W.Miller, L.Oskar, A.Schuller, H.E.Scott, Joe
London, E.Frederic, J.Ryan) 5 0
W
WASTED TIME S ongs 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) 1 2
WITHOUT A FIGHT N ew House Of Sea Gayle
Music, ASCAP/ClearBox Rights, ASCAP/Making The

Turn Music, ASCAP/The Country And Western Music,
BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI ( B.
Paisley, K.Lovelace, L.T.Miller) 4 8
Y
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) 2 8
YOU SHOULD BE HERE S ony/ATV Tree
Publishing, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/

Sadies Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP
(C.Swindell, A.Gorley) 1 1
CODA
57 Years Ago
Johnny Horton
Took A Little
Trip To No. 1
The Battle of New Orleans
topped Hot Country Songs
and the Billboard Hot 100
MAY 16, 2016 | PAGE 19 OF 19
On May 18, 1959, Johnny Hortons

The Battle of New Orleans climbed
to No. 1 on Billboards Hot Country
Songs chart for the first of 10 weeks
on top. The history lesson set to a
rockabilly beat also had crossover
appeal, topping the Billboard Hot
100 for six weeks.
New Orleans won the 1960
Grammy Award for best c ountry &
western recording. It was w ritten
in 1936 by Jimmy D riftwood.
A h istor y teacher at t he t i me,
Driftwood penned it to get students
interested in the storied battle, the
final clash of the War of 1812.
The song became the Los

ngeles-born Hortons second of
A
three Hot Country Songs No. 1s,
following When Its Springtime
in Alaska (Its Forty Below) e
arlier
in 1959 and preceding North to
Alaska in 1961.
S a d l y, h i s l a s t l e a de r w a s
achieved posthumously. On Nov. 5,
1960, while headed to Shreveport,
La., after playing a show in Austin,
the singer was killed when a truck
collided with his Cadillac on a
n arrow bridge; the driver of the
truck was intoxicated. Horton was
only 35.
JIM ASKER
Horton with his guitar (and,

hopefully, a paddle).
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