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CD Sales Hit Record Low As dubious distinctions go, it’s a doozy. Last week’s top 75 current country albums sold a combined 325,000 copies, according to industry sources. The one-week total is the low-est mark since the 1991 advent of SoundScan, and is the fourth sub-400,000 unit week so far this year. Five more were recorded in the last half of 2007. In an industry that used to be concerned when weekly sales dipped below 500,000, this is a distressing development. Mitigating the album sales slide is the un-derstanding that physical CD sales are not the whole picture. Digital album, single and ring tone sales are not included in those numbers. “I’m looking at our numbers on Josh Gracin, whose album came out last week, and we sold more singles than albums,” says Lyric Street VP/Sales, Marketing & Media Greg McCarn. “iTunes was our No. 1 account, even though Wal-Mart sold more albums,” he explains. “And that doesn’t even count ring tones. Still, the album chart is a pretty good gauge. The business is still 89% physical goods and it’s one of the easiest indexes we

can use to benchmark against our past.” Sony BMG/Nashville Chairman Joe Galante says digital growth is being decidedly outpaced by the physical decline. “We’re still talking about dimes versus dollars,” he says. “I don’t think the message about how bad this is has gotten to every segment of the business.”

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Chase Official... After Pinballs & Jukebox Former Clear Channel SVPP Marc Chase was today of-ficially named President of Tribune Interactive. We reported last week that Chase, along with CC’s EVP/CFO Jerry Kersting and VP/Technology Steve Gable, would be joining Tribune and reunit-ing with Tribune’s EVP/CEO of Interactive and Broadcasting, Randy Michaels. Chase starts tomorrow. Michaels welcomed Chase to the company in an email to employees, with Chase’s must-read resume attached here. And, in a story headlined “Tribune Turns To Radio To Revive Empire,” today’s (4/7) Wall Street Journal details the arrival of former radio mavens Michaels et al to the hallowed halls of the vaunted Tribune headquarters in Chicago. Opining that the former radio denizens might “upend Tribune’s once-staid culture” (now there’s an understatement), the WSJ noted that “pinball machines and a jukebox have been installed” at the HQ. “The Trib” will never be the same. Read the entire story here.

Trace’s Tales From Celebrity Apprentice Celebrity Apprentice finalist Trace Adkins offers a number of behind-the-scenes stories from the hit TV show on this week-end’s edition of Westwood One’s Country Countdown USA. Among his revelations is the fact he was dealt an almost impos-sible hand for the show’s finale: “Very few people know that the day I was to call people to try to get them to come to New York was the day of the CMA Awards,” he says. “I immediately told

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Donald Trump and the producers, ‘You don’t know what you’re asking me to do. There’s no way. It would be like asking a bunch of actors to show up in New York City the day after the Oscars.’ “The taping was actually the next day, but a lot of my other friends actually had gigs that night, too. It was an anxious, frustrating day. I laid out in the boardroom what I was up against and why

I couldn’t fill the room with country stars, but they conveniently cut that out. I was just so happy when Eddie Montgomery, Ronnie Milsap and Dean Sams walked in the door.” Adkins also tells the inside story about paying his respects to the veterans on the show – something the TV crew tried to prevent. “At rehearsal, I told the director and everybody around, ‘Look, you have two choices,’” explains Adkins. “’Number one, get me off the stage where I’m not in the program. Because if I am onstage and these men come out, I’m going to take my hat off, walk over, shake their hands and tell them I support them. Put a camera on me or not, I don’t care. I’m not trying to upstage Piers Morgan or stand in his light. I just want to say, ‘Thank you’ and walk away. I’m telling you now I’m going to do that, and if you think you’ve got a bouncer big enough to stop me, then let’s do it. But I don’t think you do.’ They just looked at me and said, ‘OK.’ They knew they didn’t have a choice. It was something I absolutely had to do, and they couldn’t stop me.” Chuckling with the caveat “I’m not startin’ the rumor that they’re datin’,” Adkins also reveals that following John Rich’s appearance on the show, Rich and Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka “went out on the town one night.” Says Adkins, “Ivanka is a big country fan and was practically giddy that John was there. John was very, very excited to get to talk to her, and of course, that boy never misses an opportunity. I think they went out to a few clubs one night.”

Gig Alerts • WNCY/Green Bay, WI PD Dan Stone is searching for a night jock and possible APD. Send airchecks and resumes to him at P.O. Box 23333, Green Bay, WI 54305 or [email protected]. • WMDH/Muncie, IN PD/morning show host Brian Sims needs a co-host/news/promotions staffer for The Brian Sims Morning Show. Interested parties should send airchecks and re-sumes to Sims at WMDH, P.O. Box 690 New Castle, IN 47362 or [email protected].

My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life CC RVPP and KEEY/Minneapolis PD Gregg Swedberg discusses his most meaningful songs, albums or concerts:1. British Power Pop, 1965-1980: I like happy, bouncy songs. Stiff Records rules. “Cruel To Be Kind” by Nick Lowe might be the perfect song. Or “Red Rubber Ball” by Cyrkle. Or “Magic” by Pilot. You get it.2. Prince Dirty Mind (1980): It’s his Purple Highness’ best CD, sorry Purple Rain. No radio hits. This was the stage of

my life when girls started talking to me, and I wasn’t too scared to talk back, so maybe that’s a factor.3. Garth Brooks, Minnesota State Fair, 1992: I came to the format in 1991, I hadn’t seen the G-Man before, and this was almost a religious experience. He is still doing some of the same things now that he did back then, but I completely get sucked into his live show.4. Brad Paisley, Tim DuBois’ living room, 1999: I was mesmerized by his clever songwriting and flawless guitar play. Plus, he made me cry. I hope to someday return that favor.5. Haven’t heard it yet: But my ears are wide open, and I’m waiting for a label to bring it by the station sometime soon.• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: I’ve never listened to the Woodstock album. Bunch of dope smoking hippies if you ask me.• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: I don’t get Jimi Hendrix. Sorry. You can’t sing along with the songs, you can barely understand the lyrics, our format probably has 20 better guitar players. OK, watch lightning hit me. I also can take or leave Pink Floyd. I only listen to them when I need to feel suicidal, which isn’t often, I must admit.

• KHAK/Cedar Rapids, IA PD/afternoon personality Bob James is seeking a midday jock with the possibility of adding APD/MD duties. Send airchecks and resumes to [email protected].• WTQR/Greensboro PD John Roberts is still on the hunt for a new morning show, single or team. Send airchecks and resumes to [email protected].

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Industry News The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Board of Officers and Trustees have elected Marketstreet Equities Co. Founder Steve Turner as Chairman. Previous chairman E.W. “Bud” Wendell and trustee Nelson Andrews have been honored as trustees emeriti. Board Pres. Vince Gill has also been re-elected for his seventh consecutive one-year term. New trustees, elected for three year terms, are Henry Juszkiewicz and Ernie Williams. Trustee Tim Wipperman was re-elected. New elected officers are Troy Tomlinson and Steve Lynn. Speakers for the Fourth Annual Leadership Music Digital Summit April 22 at Belmont University will include Capitol/Nashville Pres./CEO Mike Dungan, SonyBMG/Nashville Chairman Joe Galante, UMG/Nashville EVP/Sales, Marketing & New Media Ben Kline, TAG Strategic Managing Partner Ted Cohen and RealNetworks/Rhapsody Dir./Label Rlations Dave Krinsky. Full list at www.digitalsummit.org. Jason Sellers has signed a publishing agreement with Sony/ATV Nashville. Anastasia Brown and Brian Mansfield have released, Make Me A Star: Industry Insiders Tell How to Make the Cut, Make the Deal, and Make it in Music, which teaches its readers each side of the music industry and insider tips. The book also

features stories from top performers including Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Ronnie Dunn and Sara Evans. Sharp Objects Creative Dir./Plugger Valerie Tatum has been upped to GM of the company. She will oversee and manage day-to-day opera-tions of the company and continue to act as a song plugger.

Artist News Dierks Bentley’s upcoming summer tour has him trekking all over the United States and Canada in addition to stops in Eu-rope and Asia. He will perform at country festivals throughout the country as well as along side Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Kanye West at Chicago’s Lollapalooza. James Otto has recorded the theme song for the Atlanta Braves, “The Braves Play Here,” written by Greg Barnhill and Randy Wachtler, and used to promote the upcoming baseball season. Listen here. Lady Antebellum is the first-ever country artist chosen for the Zune Ignition program, which encompasses Zune, XBOX and MSN promotions for the month of April.

Tuesday (4/8) - John Schneider, Bud Schaetzle, “Brother Dale” Desmond ([email protected]), Reggie M. Churchwell ([email protected]), Josh Brandon ([email protected]).

Wednesday (4/9) - the late Carl Perkins.

Thursday (4/10) - Bill Hutchens.

Friday (4/11) - Chalee Tennison, Jim Lauderdale, Jeri Cooper ([email protected]), Bob Moody ([email protected]).

Saturday (4/12) - Vince Gill, Deryl Dodd, Dave Weigand.

Sunday (4/13) - Marlene Augustine.

Monday (4/14) - Loretta Lynn, Gary Moore.

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Vince Gill and Amy Grant are holding a charity songwrit-ing event, Challenge America 2008: Providing Hope To Wound-ed Warriors & Their Families, June 17 in Washington, D.C. More information at www.challengeamerica2008.com.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. • KBWF (The Wolf)/San Francisco debuted its new Ken & Corey morning show with former WYGY/Cincinnati personal-ity Ken Anderson and previous Top 40 KDWB/Minneapolis morning co-host Corey Foley. (CAT 4/4)• The morning shows of Clear Channel Country KVET-FM & Sports KVET-AM/Austin were combined into the Bucky [Godbolt] & Bob [Cole] Morning Show airing on both stations. (CAT 4/2)• WTNR/Grand Rapids APD/MD/afternoon personality Brian Sims moved to sister WMDH/Muncie, IN as PD. Concurrently, WMDH MD/afternoon jock Shane Goad added APD duties. Back at WTNR, night jock Nick “Nick@Nite” Alan was upped to APD/MD. (CAT 4/1) • Former KKCN/San Angelo, TX staffer Kansas joined WAAC/Valdosta, GA as PD/morning co-host. (CAT 4/1)• KUZZ/Bakersfield MD/night personality Donna James was promoted to APD/MD. (CAT 4/3)

Tuesday (4/8) - Trisha Yearwood, Good Morning America (ABC); ClintBlack, Montgomery Gentry, Secret Talents Of The Stars (CBS).

Wednesday (4/9) - Trisha Yearwood, The View (ABC); Jason MichaelCarroll, Drafting Partners (GAC).

Thursday (4/10)- Phil Vassar, Crook & Chase (RFD-TV).

Friday (4/11) - Blake Shelton, George Strait, Country Music AcrossAmerica (GAC).

Saturday (4/12) - Jason Aldean, Jewel, Jason Michael Carroll, JohnAnderson, Opry Live (GAC).

Sunday (4/13) - Bellamy Brothers, American Rancher (RFD-TV).

Monday (4/14 )- Lady Antebellum, GAC Nights.

TuBe check • Former WTQR/Greensboro APD/MD/afternooner Brian Hat-field joined WKSF/Asheville, NC as MD/afternoon personality. (CAT 4/4)

CD Sales (continued from page 1) Galante adds, “And I don’t think everyone has felt the same amount of pain. When we reach that point it’s going to be a painful process. There will be some people out of this business because you can’t support the structure based on the revenue. “If this is a permanent trend -- and we’ve only seen this the last eight months -- the publishers will feel it at the end of the second and third quarters. Writers will feel it after that. All the other business that feed off this revenue stream will feel it dramatically. GalanteNothing indicates this is just a blip.” Capitol/Nashville President/CEO Mike Dungan pins much of the decline on a struggling economy. “Gas at $3.25 is hurting people,” he says. “Retail is virtually a ghost town. For the first time I can remember I can go to restaurants and get right in. People are staying home. They’ve been hurt by this gas crunch and when you talk about blue collar people, this is really bad. It’s permeating ev-erything, and music is certainly a luxury. “The release schedule is having some effect,” Dungan continues. “And some of the really big releases aren’t performing as well as the last release. The days of selling five or six million copies may be over. When Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts did that, it gave every-body hope, but that may not be realistic anymore.” Galante agrees. “We’re at 2.2 million on Carrie and we just finished the second single,” he says. “I’m thinking we

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McCarthyism: Financial management company Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy partner John McCarthy celebrated his 40th anniversary as a CPA on April 1. Pictured (l-r) are McCarthy, Frank Bumstead, Carmen Romano, Chuck Flood, Jamie Cheek, Trey Dunaway, Mary Ann McCready and Duane Clark.

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on one disc they could play in the car. Now, they already own the hits and if they want the new tracks they can download them individually.” As technological and economic forces contort the business model, the country industry is best served focusing on what it can control. “This has to be about continuing to grow new things, otherwise we’re a gold-based format and that hurts every-thing,” Galante says. “We have to find those things that move the sales needle.” “The next two years will be very challenging, but I’m bull-ish,” McCarn says. “We’re still making great music and have challenges to face with how consumers purchase it, but a hit sin-gle still motivates people to buy music. The business is chang-ing, but the fundamentals haven’t.” Ultimately, a clear view of the next business model may simply be impossible considering the rapidity with which these changes are shaping the industry. “If you think you knew every-thing last year,” Galante says, “welcome to the new world.”

Jeff Bates Jeff Bates (Black River) Bates helms the first release for Black River Music Group, which is produced by Mickey Jack Cones, Kenny Beard and Jimmy Nichols. The album’s lead single is “Don’t Hate Me For Loving You,” which Bates co-wrote along with nine of the disc’s other 13 songs. Other titles include “I

Can’t Have Nothing Nice,” “Riverbank” and “My Wave.”

Jypsi Jypsi (Arista) Released to online music stores in advance of the May 27 physical street date, Jypsi’s self-titled debut features sibling band mates Lillie Mae, Frank, Scarlett and Amber-Dawn. The 12-song collection is produced by Blake Chancey and includes “Love Is A Drug,” “I Don’t

Love You Like That,” “Stray Dogs and Alley Cats” and “Free.”

James Otto Sunset Man (Warner Bros./Raybaw) Otto co-produced his Warner Bros. debut with John Rich (eight tracks) and Jay DeMarcus (three cuts). He wrote or co-wrote nine of 11 cuts, including current top 5 single “I Just Got Started Loving You.” Other songs: “Ain’t Gonna Stop,” “These Are The Good Ole Days” and the St. Jude

Children’s Research Hospital-inspired “Where Angels Hang Around.”

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can hit triple platinum and probably better than that in this environment. When I presented Carrie her plaque for seven million [copies sold of Some Hearts], I told her I don’t think anyone will beat this in my lifetime. I just don’t know how you sell seven million units.” Another concern is the erosion of a perennial profit center “In the past, those of us who owned masters have looked for the greatest hits payday,” Dungan says. “You could throw out a hits record with a few new tracks because people wanted everything


KAJA/San Antonio 3.8KASE/Austin 2.8KATC/Colorado Springs 1.5KATM/Stockton, CA 1.6KBEQ/Kansas City 2.4KBWF/San Francisco 3.9KCCY/Colorado Springs 1.3KCYE/Las Vegas 2.2KDRK/Spokane 1.3KEEY/Minneapolis 7.0KFDI/Wichita 2.6KFKF/Kansas City 3.3KFRG/Riverside 3.0KHEY/El Paso 1.4KHKI/Des Moines 1.3KIIM/Tucson 3.1KILT/Houston 6.1KIXZ/Spokane 1.4KIZN/Boise, ID 1.3KJJY/Des Moines, IA 1.5KJUG/Visalia-Tulare, CA 1.3KKBQ/Houston 5.4KKGO/Los Angeles 7.1KKNG/Oklahoma City 2.1KKWF/Seattle 4.2KMDL/Lafayette, LA 2.0KMLE/Phoenix 4.6KMPS/Seattle 6.2KNCI/Sacramento 2.8KNIX/Phoenix 5.7KNTY/Sacramento 1.5KRST/Albuquerque 1.1KRTY/San Jose 1.6KSCS/Dallas 6.2KSD/St. Louis 3.5KSKS/Fresno 1.6KSON/San Diego 5.0KSOP/Salt Lake City 1.7KSSN/Little Rock 2.2KTEX/McAllen, TX 2.5KTOM/Monterey 1.1

KTST/Oklahoma City 2.9KUBL/Salt Lake City 2.1KUPL/Portland, OR 3.6KUSS/San Diego 1.9KUZZ/Bakersfield 2.0KVOO/Tulsa 1.7KWJJ/Portland, OR 4.1KWLI/Denver 1.3KWNR/Las Vegas 3.1KXKT/Omaha 2.2KYGO/Denver 5.1KZSN/Wichita 1.7WAMZ/Louisville 3.4WBBS/Syracuse 3.2WBCT/Grand Rapids 2.2WBEE/Rochester 3.7WBUL/Lexington, KY 1.7WCOL/Columbus, OH 3.7WCOS/Columbia, SC 1.4WCTK/Providence 3.2WCTO/Allentown 3.6WCTQ/Sarasota 1.4WDAF/Kansas City 2.5WDSY/Pittsburgh 4.9WDTW/Detroit 3.5WESC/Greenville, SC 2.3WEZL/Charleston, SC 1.7WFMS/Indianapolis 4.1WFUS/Tampa 3.0WGAR/Cleveland 5.0WGGY/Wilkes Barre, PA 2.5WGH/Norfolk 3.7WGKX/Memphis 2.8WGNA/Albany, NY 3.1WGNE/Jacksonville 1.9WGTY/York, PA 2.4WIL/St. Louis 5.7WIRK/W. Palm Beach, FL 2.4WITL/Lansing, MI 2.0WIVK/Knoxville 4.9WKDF/Nashville 2.3

WKHX/Atlanta 7.3WKIS/Miami 5.4WKKO/Toledo 3.1WKKT/Charlotte 4.1WKLB/Boston 5.8WKSJ/Mobile 1.9WMAD/Madison, WI 1.1WMIL/Milwaukee 3.6WOGG & WOGI/Pittsburgh 2.7WOGK/Gainesville 2.3WPAW/Greensboro, NC 2.7WPCV/Lakeland, FL 2.8WPKX/Springfield, MA 1.4WQDR/Raleigh 3.6WQHK/Ft. Wayne, IN 1.6WQMX/Akron 1.8WQYK/Tampa 5.5WRBT/Harrisburg 2.1WRNS/Greenville, NC 2.1WSIX/Nashville 2.9WSLC/Roanoke, VA 1.7WSOC/Charlotte 4.3WSSL/Greenville, SC 3.2WTQR/Greensboro, NC 2.8WUBE/Cincinnati 5.1WUBL/Atlanta 4.1WUSN/Chicago 10.0WUSY/Chattanooga 2.9WWGR/Ft. Myers, FL 1.9WWNU/Columbia, SC 0.8WWQM/Madison, WI 1.2WWYZ/Hartford 3.5WXBQ/Johnson City-Bristol, TN-VA 3.7WXCY/Wilmington, DE 1.3WXTU/Philadelphia 5.9WYCD/Detroit 5.6WYNK/Baton Rouge 1.5WYPY/Baton Rouge 1.2WYRK/Buffalo 4.2

These are the new weights for Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country Reporters. The weights are calculated by this formula: Market rank is multiplied by 10 and then added to the station’s AQH Persons. A station’s weight is determined by dividing that adjusted AQH by the leading Country station’s adjusted AQH. For the Fall 2007 Abritron ratings period, that station is WUSN/Chicago with an adjusted AQH of 33,030. Station Weight = (Market rank X 10) divided by 33,030.

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1 1 TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 14890 388 4909 107 38.338 1.209 121 0

3 2 GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 13646 597 4553 238 34.353 1.686 120 0

5 3 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 13267 793 4458 290 32.914 2.001 119 0

4 4 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 13039 131 4364 54 32.439 0.332 121 0

6 5 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 11768 421 4010 167 28.88 0.877 121 0

2 6 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 11243 -2210 3770 -701 27.858 -5.815 121 0

7 7 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 10941 462 3621 190 28.082 0.903 120 0

8 8 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 10016 948 3305 339 24.18 1.628 120 2

10 9 RASCAL FLATTS/Every Day (Lyric Street) 4 9549 1281 3177 411 24.374 3.084 121 2

11 10 BRAD PAISLEY/I'm Still A Guy (Arista) 4 9074 985 2998 339 22.813 2.503 120 0

9 11 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 8497 75 2803 10 20.949 0.46 119 0

12 12 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 7823 222 2592 94 19.233 0.17 116 0

13 13 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 7347 113 2404 68 17.658 0.268 118 1

18 14 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 6553 569 2180 199 15.355 0.747 116 4

14 15 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 6427 -8 2190 21 14.997 0.136 117 0

16 16 JOE NICHOLS/It Ain't No Crime (Universal South) 6338 119 2197 47 14.667 0.22 110 1

17 17 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 6251 128 2127 105 15.021 0.849 114 0

19 18 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew... (Columbia) 4 6113 951 2092 346 15.295 2.777 115 5

23 19 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 4 5549 1725 1819 615 13.952 4.382 112 14

20 20 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 4963 169 1698 97 11.211 0.355 113 2

15 21 BROOKS & DUNN/God Must Be Busy (Arista) 4935 -1460 1707 -586 12.624 -3.811 114 0

21 22 JOSH TURNER f/T. YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 4790 61 1632 33 10.379 -0.01 109 3

22 23 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 4543 480 1578 190 10.972 1.165 98 6

28 24 KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 4 4141 1595 1386 587 10.608 4.134 102 25

26 25 TOBY KEITH/She's A Hottie (Show Dog) 4078 938 1433 327 9.719 2.357 98 7

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25 26 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 3928 462 1403 176 8.468 1.734 104 3

24 27 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She'll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 3742 69 1316 45 8.412 0.346 94 1

27 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 3526 414 1204 154 7.729 1.206 83 7

29 29 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 2837 366 952 119 6.416 0.948 78 3

34 30 TIM MCGRAW/Kristofferson (Curb) 2429 466 807 139 5.453 0.96 68 11

31 31 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're... (Big Machine) 2241 106 740 36 5.322 0.282 82 6

36 32 REBA MCENTIRE/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 2208 392 676 130 5.453 0.93 55 10

32 33 SARA EVANS/Some Things Never Change (RCA) 2191 96 750 45 4.542 0.11 78 6

33 34 PHIL STACEY/If You Didn't Love Me (Lyric Street) 2189 218 789 67 4.428 0.653 83 5

30 35 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 2030 -273 669 -127 4.332 -0.359 85 0

37 36 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I'm... (Arista) 1885 103 709 62 3.555 0.319 86 5

39 37 JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 1589 248 492 86 3.079 0.279 58 6

38 38 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy... (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 1508 61 590 27 3.578 0.375 42 3

45 39 GARY ALLAN/Learning How To Bend (MCA) 1372 509 513 185 2.773 1 52 13

40 40 LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 1263 91 393 46 2.318 0.273 53 8

41 41 WHISKEY FALLS/Falling Into You (Midas) 1213 92 459 23 2.46 0.205 55 0

48 42 GARTH BROOKS/Midnight Sun (Pearl/Big Machine) 1091 327 385 115 2.281 0.783 42 13

44 43 EMILY WEST/Rocks In Your Shoes (Capitol) 962 84 348 46 2.296 0.279 35 3

47 44 LEANN RIMES/Good Friend And A Glass Of... (Curb/Asylum) 851 26 288 3 1.673 0.091 40 4

45 JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 843 456 290 166 1.678 0.836 41 12

46 46 SARAH JOHNS/He Hates Me (BNA) 821 -25 351 5 1.248 -0.019 52 2

43 47 CLAY WALKER/She Likes It In The Morning (Curb/Asylum) 804 -83 228 -41 1.792 -0.061 33 0

50 48 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 800 170 238 63 1.845 0.518 28 5

49 49 JO DEE MESSINA/I'm Done (Curb) 795 37 311 17 1.322 -0.014 40 4

50 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb/Asylum) 644 425 204 130 1.521 1.029 26 8

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Aircheck Top Point GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 1725 4KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 1595 4RASCAL FLATTS/Every Day (Lyric Street) 1281 4BRAD PAISLEY/I’m Still A Guy (Arista) 985 4MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew... (Columbia) 951 4PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 948TOBY KEITH/She’s A Hottie (Show Dog) 938JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 793GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 597DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 569

Aircheck Top Spin GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 615KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 587RASCAL FLATTS/Every Day (Lyric Street) 411MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew... (Columbia) 346PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 339BRAD PAISLEY/I’m Still A Guy (Arista) 339TOBY KEITH/She’s A Hottie (Show Dog) 327JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 290GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 238DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 199

Activator Top Point GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 669 4RASCAL FLATTS/Every Day (Lyric Street) 431 4CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 371 4JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 293 4BRAD PAISLEY/I’m Still A Guy (Arista) 289 4TOBY KEITH/She’s A Hottie (Show Dog) 288PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 251GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 222MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 220BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 199

Activator Top Spin GainersKENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 391RASCAL FLATTS/Every Day (Lyric Street) 270CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 220JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin’ You (Warner Bros.) 195TOBY KEITH/She’s A Hottie (Show Dog) 190PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 184BRAD PAISLEY/I’m Still A Guy (Arista) 179GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 149MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 128BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 125

Aircheck Add LeadersKENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 25

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 14

GARTH BROOKS/Midnight Sun (Pearl/Big Machine) 13

GARY ALLAN/Learning How To Bend (MCA) 13

JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 12

TIM MCGRAW/Kristofferson (Curb) 11

REBA MCENTIRE/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 10

HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb/Asylum) 8

LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 8

JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 7

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 7RODNEY ATKINS/Invisibly Shaken (Curb) 7TOBY KEITH/She’s A Hottie (Show Dog) 7

CMTJOSH GRACIN/We Weren’t Crazy (Lyric Street)MICA ROBERTS f/T. KEITH/Things A Mama Don’t... (Show Dog)BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.)JOSH TURNER/Another Try (MCA)

CMT PURE

GARTH BROOKS/Midnight Sun (Pearl)CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED/I Believe You (Universal South)KATHLEEN EDWARDS/The Cheapest Key (Zoe/Rounder)THE ROAD HAMMERS/Girl On The Billboard (Montage)BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.)JOSH TURNER/Another Try (MCA)

GAC JOSH GRACIN/We Weren’t Crazy (Lyric Street)MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder And Lead (Columbia)DAVID NAIL/I’m About To Come Alive (MCA)BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.)JOSH TURNER/Another Try (MCA)

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Aircheck ActivityJIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) Enters at 45*; 843 points, 290 spins 12 ADDS INCLUDING: KEEY, KHKI*, KKBQ*, KKNG, KNTY, KXKT,

KYGO, WBCT, WSOC*, WWGR

SARAH JOHNS/He Hates Me (BNA) Stays at 46*; 821 points, 351 spins 2 ADDS: WSOC*, WXTU

CLAY WALKER/She Likes It In The Morning (Curb/Asylum) Moves 43-47; 804 points, 228 spins; 0 ADDS

LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) Moves 50*-48*; 800 points, 238 spins 5 ADDS: KUSS, KZSN, WCTO*, WIVK*, WXBQ

JO DEE MESSINA/I’m Done (Curb) Stays 49*; 795 points, 311 spins 4 ADDS: KJJY*, KJUG, KRST*, KSD

HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb/Asylum) Enters at 50*; 644 points, 204 spins 8 ADDS: KNCI*, KTEX, KUZZ, KYGO, WGGY, WGTY, WIRK*, WOGI

CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA) 640 points, 214 spins 5 ADDS: KUSS, KVOO, WFUS, WSSL, WTQR

JYPSI/I Don’t Love You Like That (Arista) 609 points, 218 spins; 0 ADDS

SUGARLAND/Life In A Northern Town (Mercury) 529 points, 135 spins 3 ADDS: KMLE*, WIVK*, WMIL

ROAD HAMMERS/I Don’t Know When To Quit (Montage) 505 points, 208 spins; 0 ADDS

MICA ROBERTS f/TOBY KEITH/Things A Mama Don’t Know (Show Dog) 364 points, 144 spins 3 ADDS: KCCY, WBEE, WWQM

DOLLY PARTON/Jesus And Gravity (Dolly/CO5) 357 points, 102 spins 1 ADD: KSOP

RISSI PALMER/Hold On To Me (1720 Entertainment) 341 points, 162 spins; 0 ADDS

CARTER’S CHORD/Young Love (Show Dog) 320 points, 130 spins; 0 ADDS

RANDY OWEN/Braid My Hair (DMP/New Revolution) 308 points, 102 spins; 0 ADDS

Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart

or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and

have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)

Aircheck Top RecurrentsRODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 9493CARRIE UNDERWOOD/All-American Girl (19/Arista) 7620GARY ALLAN/Watching Airplanes (MCA) 6304KENNY CHESNEY/Shiftwork (BNA) 6127BRAD PAISLEY/Letter To Me (Arista) 6072KENNY CHESNEY/Don’t Blink (BNA) 5539CHUCK WICKS/Stealing Cinderella (RCA) 5253TAYLOR SWIFT/Our Song (Big Machine/Uni Republic) 4836MONTGOMERY GENTRY/What Do Ya Think... (Columbia) 4028RASCAL FLATTS/Winner At A Losing Game (Lyric Street) 4023KENNY CHESNEY/Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA) 2875

APRIL 14MARK CHESNUTT/When You Love Her Like... (Lofton Creek)ERIC CHURCH/His Kind Of Money (My Kind Of Love) (Capitol)ADAM GREGORY/Crazy Days (NSA/Midas/New Revolution)CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA)

APRIL 21 ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista)ASHLEY GEARING/Out The Window (Curb)JASON MEADOWS/Where Did My Dirt Road Go (Baccerstick/ Nine North)DAVID NAIL/I’m About To Come Alive (MCA)

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1 1 TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 4834 37 3054 51

3 2 GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 4629 222 2915 149

2 3 CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 4494 22 2849 -13

5 4 JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 4 4400 293 2813 195

6 5 TAYLOR SWIFT/Picture To Burn (Big Machine) 3793 171 2381 105

4 6 ALAN JACKSON/Small Town Southern Man (Arista) 3777 -509 2306 -367

9 7 RASCAL FLATTS/Every Day (Lyric Street) 4 3648 431 2245 270

8 8 PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 3555 251 2212 184

10 9 BRAD PAISLEY/I'm Still A Guy (Arista) 4 3354 289 2097 179

7 10 JASON ALDEAN/Laughed Until We Cried (BBR) 3241 -99 1994 -12

11 11 BUCKY COVINGTON/It's Good To Be Us (Lyric Street) 3078 112 1929 89

12 12 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 3002 168 1879 111

13 13 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew It All (Columbia) 2667 167 1605 120

15 14 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 2589 176 1589 85

14 15 JOE NICHOLS/It Ain't No Crime (Universal South) 2450 -46 1572 0

16 16 JEWEL/Stronger Woman (Valory) 2381 -16 1514 0

17 17 KELLIE PICKLER/Things That Never Cross A... (19/BNA) 2274 41 1460 39

19 18 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 2237 199 1322 125

18 19 JAKE OWEN/Something About A Woman (RCA) 2070 14 1248 15

23 20 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 4 2063 371 1183 220

22 21 TOBY KEITH/She's A Hottie (Show Dog) 2013 288 1175 190

27 22 KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 4 1940 669 1108 391

20 23 JOSH TURNER f/T. YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 1894 -40 1245 6

21 24 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Takin' Off This Pain (MCA) 1663 -65 980 -20

26 25 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 1588 220 888 128

25 26 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 1566 178 924 106

24 27 JACK INGRAM/Maybe She'll Get Lonely (Big Machine) 1537 59 948 61

29 28 TIM MCGRAW/Kristofferson (Curb) 1295 164 709 91

28 29 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 1286 58 707 46

31 30 REBA MCENTIRE/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 1005 115 591 91

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays

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30 31 SARA EVANS/Some Things Never Change (RCA) 998 13 507 4

32 32 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I'm Dead (Arista) 880 61 452 42

33 33 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're Talking To (Big Machine) 790 66 444 45

34 34 PHIL STACEY/If You Didn't Love Me (Lyric Street) 746 62 382 15

36 35 GARTH BROOKS/Midnight Sun (Pearl/Big Machine) 727 60 403 44

37 36 JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 638 68 305 38

38 37 GARY ALLAN/Learning How To Bend (MCA) 600 126 368 81

39 38 LEANN RIMES/Good Friend And A Glass Of... (Curb/Asylum) 452 44 209 16

40 39 LEE BRICE/Happy Endings (Curb/Asylum) 392 -9 297 -9

41 40 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 389 3 221 19

43 41 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb/Asylum) 364 49 195 33

45 42 TRACY LAWRENCE/Til I Was A Daddy Too (Rocky Comfort/CO5) 317 33 207 22

47 43 LONESTAR/Let Me Love You (Lonestar/CO5) 317 49 138 33

42 44 JO DEE MESSINA/I'm Done (Curb) 308 -24 111 -13

51 45 TRENT WILLMON/Broken In (Compadre/Music World/Quartback) 287 47 121 16

49 46 LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 279 27 149 5

44 47 SARAH JOHNS/He Hates Me (BNA) 278 -31 130 -10

54 48 EMILY WEST/Rocks In Your Shoes (Capitol) 257 60 178 44

50 49 MICA ROBERTS f/T. KEITH/Things A Mama... (Show Dog) 247 -4 146 -5

46 50 ROCKIE LYNNE/I Can't Believe It's Me (Robbins) 209 -65 91 -32

52 51 RISSI PALMER/Hold On To Me (1720 Entertainment) 208 -5 84 -1

60 52 JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 178 52 60 19

53 53 CARTER'S CHORD/Young Love (Show Dog) 164 -45 88 -31

Debut 54 JEFF BATES/Don't Hate Me For Lovin' You (Black River) 148 31 72 12

55 55 RANDY OWEN/Braid My Hair (DMP) 147 -26 70 -13

Debut 56 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 145 90 69 36

57 57 JYPSI/I Don't Love You Like That (Arista) 143 -10 82 -11

56 58 CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA) 136 -19 28 -3

Debut 59 ROAD HAMMERS/I Don't Know When To Quit (Montage) 134 31 47 5

Debut 60 JIMMY STEWART/Angel Of The Night (Warner Bros.) 120 25 24 5

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) TW Points +/- Points TW Plays +/- Plays

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