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Chesney’s First Jama They came to see Kenny Chesney and his only 2014 concert – and they were everywhere. On the beach, in the water, on boats, stacked three deep in the nearby parking garages, hanging from condo balconies and on rooftops. More than 40,000 braved the 90+ degree heat to hear hits and music from Kenny’s new album The Big Revival. Chesney appropriately opened the two-and-a-half hour set with a song from the new album, “Flora-Ba-ma.” Co-written with David Lee Murphy, who later joined Chesney for DLM’s hits “Dust On The Bottle” and “Party Crowd,” the

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Garth’s Coming: Now What? If anything is known about Garth Brooks, it’s that he does things big. The same has been true so far of his touring come-back, which started in Chicago with an on-sale that was unlike anything CBS Radio VP/Country Programming and WUSN/Chi-

cago PD Jeff Kapugi had ever seen. “One of the best days I have had as a program director in this crazy business” is how he later described it. Given that Garth last toured more than a decade ago, there a lot of other programmers who aren’t quite sure what to expect because they were either in another format or, *cough*, were too young. With that in mind, Country Aircheck examined how Garth’s tour has played out at radio so far.

The Lead-Up: Garth’s 10 dates in Chicago are a good place to start. Though a fan dubbed “Andy from Atlanta” got to break the tour-open news on the afternoon of July 14, Kapugi and ‘USN Dir./Promotions Pam Hamil got a heads up from the pro-moter early that morning. “Obviously we needed to wait for Garth to call Andy before we could flip the switch and let the confetti fly,” Kapugi says. “From there, we basically teased a 7:15 announce-ment with full details the following morning (7/15). And that was the drum we were beating for the rest of the week.” Those details consisted of one show, which would go on sale Friday (7/25) at 10am, just more than a week and a half later. The station soon began pushing the audience to 7:10 Monday morning (7/21) for their first chance to win tickets. That presale promotion, The Great Garth Giveaway, delivered ticket giveaways six times per day through the on-sale date. The On-Sale: Beyond that, rumors flew. Some suggested as many as 15 Chicago shows. “We even heard that different venues were on hold,” Kapugi says. “But our first real indication that something big was about to happen came 45 minutes before the on-sale when the promoter called and said they were adding three shows. From there I don’t think

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Jeff KapugiGuitars And Tiki Bars: WQIK/Jacksonville’s Cindy Spicer and Columbia’s RJ Meacham take in Kenny Chesney’s Flora-Bama Jama Saturday (8/16), with Chesney and David Lee Murphy onstage behind them.

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Then-WSTH (Rooster 106)/Columbus, GA PD Ted Turner (l) presents then-Curb artist Tim McGraw with a copy of the station’s “Where The Green Grass Grows” parody “Where The Steel Bars Close.” Then-morning host Bear O’Brian put it together following McGraw’s 2000 run-in with the law when he and Kenny Chesney took off on a cop’s horse at a George Strait show. Lawless pics of your own? Send them to [email protected].

The Gold category also has a few surprises. Ostensibly a 1989-forward format with 53 of the 102 Gold titles from 1989-1999, there are 23 songs from between 1980-88. Among the 1980 selections are George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” Willie Nelson’s “My He-roes Have Always Been Cowboys,” Merle Haggard’s “Big City” and “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink.” Tunes from ensuing years include Don Williams’ “Lord I Hope This Day Is Good,” Alabama’s “Love In The First Degree,” Earl Thomas Conley’s “Holding Her And Loving You,” Exile’s “Give Me One More Chance,” Keith Whit-ley’s “Don’t Close Your Eyes” and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Fishin’ In The Dark.” Twenty-five songs from the 2000s – with 2011 being the most recent – round out the category. The clocks are obviously Gold heavy, with one, two or three currents and three recurrents mixed in to any given hour. There’s a great “wow” factor in listening to WSM-FM if you’ve been a country fan longer than 20 minutes. There are loads of

song was inspired by the 50-year old roadhouse Flora-Bama Lounge And Package. And, despite only being released a few days ago, the crowd sang with Chesney as fervently as with any of his anthems. He cranked out 26 songs before closing with “The Boys of Fall” and making one young fan’s night when he brought her onstage, put an autographed “No Shoes Nation” football helmet on her head, lifted her up and twirled her in circles. Chesney treated the fans to an encore with “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” before bring-ing another young fan onstage to get an autographed guitar. He spent another 10 minutes signing autographs and shaking hands as the band jammed on “Tractor,” leaving the stage about 7:30pm. There were few disturbances from a decidedly young crowd making for a very “peaceful” event that got underway at 5pm. In fact, local police reportedly only made one arrest. (It wasn’t me.) Despite the crowd getting regular dousing from fire hoses and free water stations on the beach, a number of fans succumbed to the heat but were attended to very promptly. If you’re bummed you didn’t make it, take heart. One of the first things I noticed when getting my laminate was the phrase “First Annual.” That little Flora-Bama-Jama nugget hasn’t been included in any press releases, but given the event’s almost-flawless nature, we’d be stunned if you didn’t see Kenny in that same spot this time next year. Rent your condo now before they raise the prices. –Lon Helton

Nash Icon: Quick Look Cumulus’ new format debuted on 15 stations at various times last Friday, so there are really only two days of Nash Icon music programming to analyze – Aug. 16 and 17. To give you a feel for what those stations are doing, we’ll combine stats from Mediabase 24/7 along with listening to WSM-FM/Nashville for part of the weekend and today. We’re using WSM-FM as the bellwether. The Nashville affiliate is playing 13 Currents, 36 Recurrents and 102 Gold titles. As one might expect, the majority of the currents are from the top of the charts; nine are from the top 15 There are some interesting exceptions, however. Big & Rich’s “Look At You” at No. 23 is the lowest charted song being played while Lee Ann Womack’s “The Way I’m Livin’” is new and not yet charted. These two outliers may well fit into the philosophy outlined in the original Nash Icon press release which stated the intention to play new music by icons, regardless of whether or not the song was getting mainstream Country radio airplay. It’s also a bit surprising to see bro country tunes and artists inter-twined among the format’s iconic acts. Bro-leaning hits by Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and others are sprinkled through the two days of music.

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great songs you haven’t heard in a number of years. Gotta admit I smiled when I heard Merle and Willie’s “Pancho and Lefty.” But, there are train wrecks every now and then, too. One of the challenges in mixing country music’s eras has always been one of matching “sounds.” Whether it be a matter of evolv-ing and advancing production techniques or the change from analog to digital recording, the sonics of various eras just don’t match. Any way you cut it, there are just some tough segues. Overall, the format sounds good to a longtime country fan. It will be interesting to see if Nash Icon can bring back Country listen-ers who might have become a bit disenfranchised with Country radio over the last few years, or if it will merely shave the upper demos from a market’s existing Country stations, further com-pressing the shares and niching a niche. –Lon Helton

Chart Chat Congrats to Dierks Bentley, Royce Risser, Steve Hodges, Shane Allen, Katie Dean and the entire Capitol promotion crew on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “Drunk On A Plane.” The song is the second chart-topper from his Riser album, succeeding “I Hold On,” which attained the chart pinnacle March 24.

News & Notes Tickets for the 48th Annual CMA Awards and CMA Country Christmas will go on sale to the public Sept. 6 at 10am CT. Songwriter Max T. Barnes will present five songwriting semi-nars in Australia from Sept. 7-14 alongside Australian artist Gina Jeffreys and producer/songwriter Rod McCormack. More here. The Council On Workforce Innovation’s 2014 Women’s Conference will take place Sept. 30 at 7:30am at Belmont’s Maddox Atrium. Industry vet Anastasia Brown will accept the Trailblazer Award. More here. Kim Copeland Productions (KCP) now offers artist devel-opment services. More here. PLA Media has added Red Light Management artist Ty Bates to its PR roster.

Artist News DMG/In2une’s Lucy Hale is among the artists featured in Clear Channel’s Honda Stage Live Music Series on iHeartRadio, CC stations and Youtube.com/Hondastage. More here. Sea Gayle/Arista’s Jerrod Niemann has his own version of

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the arcade-type game Beer Pong Master, which he has on tour with him. Fans can win chances to play against him through local radio. ArcStar’s Veronica Ballestrini was named brand ambas-sador for Davy Crockett’s Cookies & Cream Whiskey. More info here.

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Willing To Fly’s Sonia Leigh puts an industry spin on the artist interview. The first time I heard myself on the radio I was on my radio tour. “My Name Is Money” was out, I was in New York and we were driving. I almost jumped out of the car window. I had no idea it was coming. I met so many great people on my first radio tour. I had a really nice dinner with [then-WCOL/Columbus, OH PD] John-Boy Crenshaw, and he’s kind of a tough guy and scary. But the

longer we were at dinner the more I realized what a super good and sweet guy he is. He’s tall and he’s kind of intimidating-looking, but he really is a warm dude and I love him to death. And when I met [KKGO/Los Angeles PD] Tonya Campos, she had this really amazing energy about her that I loved. The scariest part of a radio tour is sitting in a room full of strangers in an office environment. You’re trying to spice it up and create a spiritual moment for the song and for the people. You want to give them a second to escape their work environment and actually enjoy what’s going on, so the pressure of really bringing it was tough. I brought my little sister Amanda with me on tour. She’d never really left Georgia or Alabama and she came to Savannah to see me with Eric Church and Brantley Gilbert. I ended up stealing her for a year. She sold my merchandise and it was just so cool to be able to show her the whole country. Now she’s constantly wanting to come back out on the road. They call it the post-tour depression. You’re so used to being in that go, go, go environment, you kind of feel like you’ve been abducted by an alien and then dropped back down into reality. I’m stepping into another realm with my music, which is upbeat, positive, probably more of a pop-country vibe than what I’ve done before. I recently locked my keys in my car, and I was trying to open my driver’s side door and the handle broke off. So I’ve been running around getting into my car on the opposite side and climbing over, and I’m just too busy to get it fixed. I’m going to all these meetings and people want to walk me to my car and I’m like, “No, that’s ok!” When I’m going out on the road, The Office is my go-to show. I never get tired of it so I watch it continuously.

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the chaos really ended until 1:30-2pm. I don’t even remember because it was so dizzying.” Kapugi kept a timeline, which helps make the point. 7:25am: Garth calls [morning show] Lisa & Ray. 9:15am: Beyond 9/4, shows are added for 9/5, 9/6 & 9/11. 9:30am: Programming meeting regarding on-air, online and social media tactics. 10:36am: Fifth show added (9/12). 11:01am: Sixth show added (9/13). 11:09am: Lisa & Ray return to the air to speak to Garth, who called to say thanks to Chicago and US99.5, and to encourage listeners to hang in there on Ticketmaster as demand is crazy. 11:34am: [APD/MD] Marci Braun asks and gets permis-sion to take a potty break. 11:35am: Garth adds seventh show (9/6, 10:30pm.) (What?! Two shows on Saturday night? Insane! This will shut down the city of Rosemont.) 11:48am: Jeff needs a potty break. 11:49am: Eighth show added (9/12, 10:30pm). Jeff skips his potty break. 12:01pm: Jeff takes his potty break. 12:41pm: Garth calls to announce shows nine (9/13, 10:30pm) and 10 (9/14) and says, “We are gonna call it at that.” 12:55pm: The US99.5 off-air staff gets to have lunch! “Just when you thought you had the cadence down, it wasn’t what you were expecting,” Kapugi continues. “But it was great for us as a team [with] everything that was getting done on-air, online, through promotions, programming and the web. The only thing I can really say is to be prepared for anything and have all hands on deck.” The Unexpected: Kapugi’s advice applied to Garth’s Atlanta dates, too, but for a different reason. Ticketmaster troubles with the Aug. 8 on-sale made for a more muted environment, though the day began much like in Chicago. Garth’s initial show (9/19) was to go on sale at 10am, and local Country stations were notified about a half hour earlier that two additional shows had been added. “I got an inkling that something wasn’t going according to

plan when they went on sale,” says Cumulus Corporate PD and WKHX/Atlanta PD Greg Frey. “There were crickets. I was expecting an action-packed couple of hours where they were just selling out show after show, but it didn’t happen. We were all trying to get on Ticketmaster ourselves and you could just never could get through. Then Garth called and suspended ticket sales around 2pm. He said he didn’t know what the problem was, but that he’d decided to stop until they figured

out a better way to go about it.” Ultimately, Garth and Ticketmaster worked out the kinks. On Tuesday (8/12) he announced two more Atlanta shows with an on-sale of Saturday (8/16). Then, on the morning of that on-sale, he added two more for a total of seven. Tour promoter Ben Farrell of Varnell Enterprises is tight-lipped on pretty much anything related to the shows or what programmers should expect, but he is clear about the emphasis they’re placing on radio. “Garth Brooks for 26 years has always treated Country radio first and foremost and we will continue to do that every chance we get,” he says. “We deeply appreciate Country radio.” Format Functions: Despite a clear demand for concert tick-ets, there are some programmers who question how much atten-tion they should give to Garth’s return to touring. He’s been gone for quite a while, after all. Country’s sound has evolved greatly and Country audiences are younger than ever. Frey, though, isn’t

MY TUnES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFEIndustry vet Maurice Miner discusses his most influential music.1. Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1998: I covered the event and traveled with his team. On the way, Garth said the thing he was anticipating most was hearing the crowds sing – there was something unique about the people of the Emerald Isle. He was right. I’ve still never seen anything quite like it.

2. Dan Fogelberg, Hartford Civic Center, 1982: You never forget your first concert, right? He played guitar on some songs, piano on others. I can still picture the sea of lighters raised and waving in the air during “Longer.” 3. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours: My love of this band and its members began on mid-’70s AM radio, continued through the ‘80s and probably set the stage for my love of country.4. Reba McEntire, Worcester Centrum, 1994: I took my mom to see her very first concert. It was the perfect one – theatrical, personal and dazzling, complete with Reba suspended above the crowd having done her big “red dress” reveal during “Fancy.” 5. “Over the Rainbow”: In the hands of Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride and Barbra Streisand it has continued to resonate with me over time. Melissa Manchester’s recording is stellar. •Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: I wish I had a better appreciation for classical. If it wasn’t in the Amadeus soundtrack, The Nutcracker, Fantasia or a Bugs Bunny cartoon, there’s a good chance I haven’t heard it. •An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Does anyone actually consider Bjork “important?” •An album you played or listened to incessantly: The Carpenters, The Singles (1969-1973). I still love this album. Karen Carpenter’s crystalline vocals just slay me.•One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music. Maybe it’s not “obscure” given that it’s made its way onto this year’s CMA ballot.•One item in your music collection you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I still have most of the 12” dance remixes (on vinyl) from when I DJ-ed in the ‘80s – everything from Laura Branigan to a “blaster mix” of Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing In The Dark.”

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so concerned. “The audience members that are 45-plus definitely remember the heyday of Garth, but the younger ones who never experienced it, they hear the rumors. Its almost like [Led] Zeppelin coming back. It’s something they’ve heard about and may have seen on YouTube, and I think they’re excited to experience some of that themselves.” Wilks KFKF/Kansas City PD/morning host Dale Carter agrees, pointing to tangible benefits. KC hosted a one-off series of nine Garth shows in 2007 surrounding the release of his The Ultimate Hits collection at Walmart. “It started with one and it just fell like dominoes,” Carter recalls. “Embrace it. It’s go-ing to be huge for the format in whatever cities he goes to. I would just put in a plug for Kansas City. That particular fall was particularly good for all three of the Country stations here.” In any event, it’s worth noting that after Garth has finished in Chicago and Atlan-ta, he’ll have performed 17 concerts over 23 days. Should each sell out, he’ll have played to more than 308,000 people with a potential gross approaching $21 million. And that’s just two cities. –Russ Penuell CAC

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

2 1 DIERKS BENTLEY/Drunk On A Plane (Capitol) 22885 720 7622 221 54.955 1.808 149 0

4 2 BRAD PAISLEY/River Bank (Arista) 4 22824 2200 7715 817 53.098 3.896 149 0

5 3 TIM MCGRAW f/FAITH HILL/Meanwhile Back At Mama's (Big Machine) 21111 801 7085 240 50.344 1.889 149 0

3 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Bartender (Capitol) 21100 419 6961 177 51.406 1.052 149 0

1 5 LEE BRICE/I Don't Dance (Curb) 20318 -3513 6655 -1165 48.835 -7.881 149 0

7 6 KENNY CHESNEY/American Kids (Blue Chair/Columbia) 19367 722 6395 258 46.429 2.081 149 0

8 7 DUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 4 18752 1251 6252 391 44.731 3.376 149 0

10 8 COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 4 16842 1826 5734 714 40.145 3.916 149 0

11 9 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 14754 737 4798 244 37.059 1.871 149 0

12 10 LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 14335 748 4597 298 35.395 1.519 149 0

6 11 BILLY CURRINGTON/We Are Tonight (Mercury) 14011 -4652 4514 -1570 34.316 -10.558 149 0

14 12 BRANTLEY GILBERT f/J. MOORE & T. RHETT/Small... (Valory) 12446 312 4207 98 30.233 0.709 149 0

17 13 CHASE RICE/Ready Set Roll (Columbia) 11936 590 3770 187 28.806 2.02 145 3

15 14 SWON BROTHERS/Later On (Arista) 11853 40 3925 34 27.635 0.542 149 0

16 15 MIRANDA LAMBERT & CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Somethin’... (RCA/Arista) 11848 443 3938 142 29.338 1.249 147 0

19 16 JASON ALDEAN/Burnin' It Down (Broken Bow) 11152 773 3605 253 27.94 2.19 148 0

18 17 ELI YOUNG BAND/Dust (Republic Nashville) 10610 159 3484 10 25.71 0.799 148 0

20 18 ZAC BROWN BAND/All Alright (Southern Ground) 10574 241 3451 82 25.179 0.809 148 1

22 19 SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 10080 869 3425 265 24.092 2.512 146 1

21 20 ERIC CHURCH/Cold One (EMI Nashville) 9464 68 3187 25 22.112 -0.026 147 5

23 21 FRANKIE BALLARD/Sunshine & Whiskey (Warner Bros./WAR) 9441 453 3147 196 22.334 1.449 145 0

24 22 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Day Drinking (Capitol) 8736 370 2955 150 20.873 1.096 145 2

25 23 BIG & RICH/Look At You (B&R/New Revolution) 8703 460 2883 139 18.156 0.99 137 1

13 24 ERIC PASLAY/Song About A Girl (EMI Nashville) 8577 -4873 2883 -1739 21.187 -11.346 149 0

26 25 PARMALEE/Close Your Eyes (Stoney Creek) 7102 179 2401 57 16.498 1.186 143 0



LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

28 26 KEITH URBAN/Somewhere In My Car (Capitol) 6656 777 2214 232 16.055 3.734 135 3

27 27 RASCAL FLATTS/Payback (Big Machine) 6404 195 2134 80 14.894 0.467 145 1

29 28 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Feelin' It (19/Interscope/Mercury) 5268 586 1834 197 9.751 1.266 129 3

33 29 MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 4 5002 1136 1530 402 10.717 2.586 121 12

30 30 DAVID NAIL/Kiss You Tonight (MCA) 4949 380 1689 164 8.913 0.907 137 4

31 31 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Rum (EMI Nashville) 4248 95 1569 63 7.214 0.101 128 3

CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 4 3907 2498 1366 874 7.424 4.838 92 8

32 33 JON PARDI/What I Can't Put Down (Capitol) 3897 -108 1349 -21 6.108 -0.019 136 0

35 34 LOVE AND THEFT/Night That You'll Never Forget (RCA) 3654 81 1270 36 5.789 0.45 124 1

34 35 KACEY MUSGRAVES/Keep It To Yourself (Mercury) 3644 0 1220 -23 7.318 0.14 134 2

36 36 DAN + SHAY/Show You Off (Warner Bros./WAR) 3555 35 1228 9 6.917 0.418 113 3

40 37 HUNTER HAYES/Tattoo (Atlantic/WMN) 3507 696 1031 150 7.037 2.223 112 4

37 38 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 3297 14 1140 46 5.484 0.129 119 2

RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory) 2987 115 930 70 5.14 0.194 89 8

38 40 JUSTIN MOORE f/VINCE NEIL/Home Sweet... (Big Machine/Valory) 2897 -67 934 -6 5.478 -0.358 98 4

41 41 JANA KRAMER/Love (Elektra/WAR) 2819 341 879 55 4.671 0.634 99 2

42 42 JOHN KING/Tonight, Tonight (Black River) 2593 139 933 69 3.25 0.129 98 3

46 43 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 1912 399 728 139 3.109 0.713 87 6

43 44 JOSH THOMPSON/Wanted Me Gone (Show Dog-Universal) 1871 85 649 20 2.839 0.202 83 1

45 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 1648 513 618 171 3.27 1.048 69 8

46 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 1636 921 537 310 3.476 1.882 81 16

45 47 JAKE OWEN/Summer Jam (RCA) 1465 -53 420 10 3.778 -0.09 16 0

50 48 KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 1401 253 446 78 3.769 2.099 62 11

49 49 JERROD NIEMANN/Buzz Back Girl (Sea Gayle/Arista) 1392 214 531 94 1.989 0.244 85 6

50 THE CADILLAC THREE/Party Like You (Big Machine) 1062 196 396 81 1.262 0.026 63 7

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Country Aircheck Add Leaders AddsBLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 58

MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Headlights (Blaster) 34

KELLEIGH BANNEN/You Are What You Love (EMI Nashville) 32

TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 29

JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 16

MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 12

KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 11

CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 8

DARIUS RUCKER /Homegrown Honey (Capitol) 8

RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory) 8

THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 8

Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersCHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 874

BRAD PAISLEY/River Bank (Arista) 817

COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 714


DUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 391

JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 310

LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 298

SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 265

KENNY CHESNEY/American Kids (Blue Chair/Columbia) 258

JASON ALDEAN/Burnin' It Down (Broken Bow) 253

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersCHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 2498 4BRAD PAISLEY/River Bank (Arista) 2200 4COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 1826 4DUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 1251 4MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 1136 4JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 921

SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 869

TIM MCGRAW f/FAITH HILL/Meanwhile Back... (Big Machine) 801

KEITH URBAN/Somewhere In My Car (Capitol) 777


Activator Top Spin GainersDUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 240

COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely... (Warner Bros./WMN) 193

CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 175


LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 149

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 110


SCOTTY MCCREERY/Feelin' It (19/Interscope/Mercury) 103

BRAD PAISLEY/River Bank (Arista) 99


Activator Top Point GainersDUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 940 4COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely... (Warner Bros./WMN) 900 4CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 846 4MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 678 4LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 581 4BRAD PAISLEY/River Bank (Arista) 488


FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 462


KENNY CHESNEY/American Kids (Blue Chair/Columbia) 380

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

JOE NICHOLS/Yeah (Red Bow) 13859

CHRIS YOUNG/Who I Am With You (RCA) 9280

LUKE BRYAN/Play It Again (Capitol) 8692

BLAKE SHELTON f/G. SEBASTIAN/My Eyes (Warner Bros./WMN) 7943

JAKE OWEN/Beachin' (RCA) 7469

BRETT ELDREDGE/Beat Of The Music (Atlantic/WMN) 6729

JERROD NIEMANN/Drink To That... (Sea Gayle/Arista) 6192

JUSTIN MOORE/Lettin' The Night Roll (Valory) 6125

THOMAS RHETT/Get Me Some Of That (Valory) 6072

BRANTLEY GILBERT/Bottoms Up (Valory) 6017


THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) Debuts at 45* 1,648 points, 618 spins 8 adds: KFGY, KSSN, KGTX, WDAF, WKMK, WNSH*, WQMX, WXBQ

JAKE OWEN/What We Ain’t Got (RCA) Debuts at 46* 1,636 points, 537 spins 16 adds including: KEGA, KHEY, KSSN, KYGO, PCCO, WAMZ, WCOS, WGH, WKSJ, WMAD

JAKE OWEN/Summer Jam (RCA) Moves 45-47* 1,465 points, 420 spins; No adds

KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) Moves 50-48* 1,401 points, 446 spins 11 adds including: KUAD, KXLY, W1MC*, WBCT, WDAF, WKMK, WNCY, WOGK, WQNU, WRNS

JERROD NIEMANN/Buzz Back Girl (Sea Gayle/Arista) Remains at 49* 1,392 points, 531 spins 6 adds: KFGY, KTST, WGGY, WKSJ, WOGK, WPAW

THE CADILLAC THREE/Party Like You (Big Machine) Debuts at 50* 1,062 points, 396 spins 7 adds: KDRK, WDXB, WKIS, WKSJ, WOGI, WPOR, WUSY

DEAN ALEXANDER/Live A Little (Elektra/WEA) 912 points, 318 spins 2 adds: KNTY, KWEN*

THOMPSON SQUARE/I Can’t Outrun You (Stoney Creek) 851 points, 337 spins; No adds

JOEY HYDE/Get It On (Capitol) 776 points, 305 spins; No adds

LUCY HALE/Lie A Little Better (DMG/In2une) 701 points, 277 spins 2 adds: WITL*, WMAD

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AuGuST 25DARIUS RUCKER/Homegrown Honey (Capitol)BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN)CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA Nashville)

SePTembeR 2JOE NICHOLS/Hard To Be Cool (Red Bow)

SePTembeR 8NATALIE STOVALL AND THE DRIVE/Mason Jar (Hit Shop)EASTON CORBIN/Baby Be My Love Song (Mercury)

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C H E C K O U T 8 / 1 9Various Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To MötleyCrüe (Big Machine/Mötley/Eleven Seven) Artists including Justin Moore, Rascal Flatts, and Eli Young Band put a country spin on the music of the metal megastars.

Chase Rice Ignite The Night (Columbia/Dack Janiels) Rice’s new album features current single “Ready Set Roll” and co-writes with Florida Georgia Line and hit songwriters Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson.

Randy Travis Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am (Warner Bros.) Travis sings more of the classics that shaped him including “I’m Moving On,” “Set ‘Em Up Joe” and “Sunday Morning Coming Down.”

Various Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited (Sony Masterworks) Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and more perform the songs from Cash’s concept album about the historical mistreatment of Native Americans.

Joel Crouse Even The River Runs (Show Dog-Universal) Massachusetts native Crouse’s debut showcases his mix of modern country and classic rock with a rangy voice.

Sarah Dunn Band You Or The Whiskey (Audasity) Singer Dunn learned the fiddle by watching her great grandfather play and listening to Bob Wills songs. The SDB’s new single is “You Or The Whiskey.”


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

1 1 DIERKS BENTLEY/Drunk On A Plane (Capitol) 9250 124 2369 26 54 0

4 2 BRAD PAISLEY/River Bank (Arista) 8861 488 2251 99 54 0

3 3 TIM MCGRAW f/FAITH HILL/Meanwhile Back At Mama's (Big Machine) 8685 70 2216 36 54 0

2 4 LEE BRICE/I Don't Dance (Curb) 8468 -654 2137 -157 54 0

5 5 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Bartender (Capitol) 8288 270 2118 85 53 0

6 6 KENNY CHESNEY/American Kids (Blue Chair/Columbia) 7714 380 1987 81 54 0

8 7 DUSTIN LYNCH/Where It's At (Broken Bow) 4 7335 940 1818 240 53 0

10 8 COLE SWINDELL/Hope You Get Lonely Tonight (Warner Bros./WMN) 4 6607 900 1636 193 54 0

9 9 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Dirt (Republic Nashville) 6334 462 1627 110 54 0

13 10 LUKE BRYAN/Roller Coaster (Capitol) 4 5912 581 1542 149 54 0

12 11 SWON BROTHERS/Later On (Arista) 5395 11 1324 14 52 1

14 12 BRANTLEY GILBERT f/J. MOORE & T. RHETT/Small Town Throwdown (Valory) 5356 74 1411 27 53 0

16 13 M. LAMBERT & C. UNDERWOOD/Somethin' Bad (RCA/Arista) 5010 110 1333 22 52 0

17 14 ZAC BROWN BAND/All Alright (Southern Ground) 4698 94 1148 32 51 0

7 15 BILLY CURRINGTON/We Are Tonight (Mercury) 4525 -2133 1166 -507 38 0

15 16 ELI YOUNG BAND/Dust (Republic Nashville) 4406 -604 1127 -134 51 0

19 17 ERIC CHURCH/Cold One (EMI Nashville) 4337 218 1100 62 52 1

11 18 ERIC PASLAY/Song About A Girl (EMI Nashville) 4284 -1369 1094 -361 44 0

20 19 CHASE RICE/Ready Set Roll (Columbia) 4148 250 1032 70 47 2

18 20 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Day Drinking (Capitol) 4146 20 1004 3 53 0

22 21 FRANKIE BALLARD/Sunshine & Whiskey (Warner Bros./WAR) 3957 282 988 78 53 1

21 22 SAM HUNT/Leave The Night On (MCA) 3943 168 995 50 50 2

23 23 JASON ALDEAN/Burnin' It Down (Broken Bow) 3900 482 1009 108 49 0

24 24 RASCAL FLATTS/Payback (Big Machine) 3176 102 798 5 51 1

25 25 KEITH URBAN/Somewhere In My Car (Capitol) 2936 235 738 67 48 1

27 26 SCOTTY MCCREERY/Feelin' It (19/Interscope/Mercury) 2660 378 655 103 45 0

26 27 DAVID NAIL/Kiss You Tonight (MCA) 2440 138 625 32 45 1

28 28 BIG & RICH/Look At You (B&R/New Revolution) 2416 170 614 43 45 2

29 29 PARMALEE/Close Your Eyes (Stoney Creek) 2162 278 537 65 43 4

32 30 BROTHERS OSBORNE/Rum (EMI Nashville) 1559 65 380 1 40 2

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

37 31 MADDIE & TAE/Girl In A Country Song (Dot) 4 1551 678 419 168 44 3

30 32 JON PARDI/What I Can't Put Down (Capitol) 1542 -79 369 -35 39 0

34 33 RANDY HOUSER/Like A Cowboy (Stoney Creek) 1472 279 419 66 38 5

35 34 JUSTIN MOORE/Home Sweet Home f/Vince Neil (Big Machine/Valory) 1362 192 341 42 35 1

33 35 DAN + SHAY/Show You Off (Warner Bros./WAR) 1327 58 320 13 33 2

36 36 JOHN KING/Tonight, Tonight (Black River) 1135 33 252 11 26 1

54 37 CHASE BRYANT/Take It On Back (Red Bow) 4 1046 846 244 175 20 10

39 38 RAELYNN/God Made Girls (Valory) 846 133 191 29 16 3

41 39 BRETT ELDREDGE/Mean To Me (Atlantic/WMN) 811 192 205 55 22 3

38 40 LOVE AND THEFT/Night That You'll Never Forget (RCA) 726 2 197 0 29 1

50 41 THOMAS RHETT/Make Me Wanna (Valory) 638 415 155 90 19 6

42 42 JANA KRAMER/Love (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 571 2 132 7 19 1

43 43 JOSH THOMPSON/Wanted Me Gone (Show Dog-Universal) 511 -21 136 -4 15 1

46 44 HUNTER HAYES/Tattoo (Atlantic/WMN) 478 94 135 32 13 5

44 45 KIP MOORE/Dirt Road (MCA) 388 -86 74 -21 7 0

56 46 JAKE OWEN/What We Ain't Got (RCA) 380 212 96 46 10 10

48 47 KRISTIAN BUSH/Trailer Hitch (Streamsound) 344 65 72 10 12 1

47 48 CHASIN' CRAZY/That's How We Do Summertime (RPME) 275 -84 49 -11 4 0

51 49 JERROD NIEMANN/Buzz Back Girl (Sea Gayle/Arista) 259 45 69 14 8 0

50 CHRIS YOUNG/Lonely Eyes (RCA) 224 220 55 54 11 4

52 51 SUNNY SWEENEY/Bad Girl Phase (Aunt Daddy/Crescendo/Thirty Tigers) 216 7 41 3 6 0

52 THE CADILLAC THREE/Party Like You (Big Machine) 210 82 90 25 12 1

53 53 DYLAN SCOTT/Mmm, Mmm, Mmm (Sidewalk) 210 8 63 -1 6 0

54 TYLER FARR/A Guy Walks Into A Bar (Columbia) 194 87 44 16 5 2

55 BLAKE SHELTON/Neon Light (Warner Bros./WMN) 190 190 59 59 3 8

57 56 BEN RUE/I Can't Wait (Be My Wife) (Arista) 172 4 80 0 9 0

57 AUSTIN WEBB/Raise 'Em Up (Streamsound) 140 17 26 3 2 0

60 58 BREELAN ANGEL/Double Standards (MisBhavin') 131 1 28 0 3 0

58 59 LUCY HALE/Lie A Little Better (DMG Nashville/In2une) 130 -31 44 3 6 1

49 60 CLARE DUNN/Get Out (Road 43/BLA) 127 -125 16 -26 2 0

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