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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Tom.Roland@billboard.com

Country UpdateINSIDE

McCreery Gets Jump On The Pack

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Songwriter Creates Wheelchair Tech

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Flatts, Turner Prep New Releases

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Judds, Yearwood Take A Walk

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Makin’ Tracks: Jordan Davis’

‘Maybes’>page 15

Country Coda: Tracy Lawrence’s

‘Tornado’>page 18

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Black lives matter.As Americans rallied on June 19 from Boston to Oakland,

Calif., the date symbolized a dramatic change of awareness. Many white adults had not previously heard of Juneteenth, which marks the anniversary of the last slaves discovering they had been freed, yet scores of Caucasians participated i n t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n s , awakened to racial inequality by a recent series of murders of Black citizens, primarily the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody.

Count the predominantly white country music industry among the sensitized. Over 700 people tuned in for the first of two Zoom panels, “A Conversation on Being African-American in the Nashville Music Industry,” as the business observed Blackout Tuesday on June 2. Numerous companies took Juneteenth off to focus on inequality and to stand in solidarity with Black fellow citizens. Capitol Nashville released Mickey Guyton’s illuminating “Black Like Me” to radio via PlayMPE on June 5, RCA Nashville issued Kane Brown’s unifying “Worldwide Beautiful” on June 3, and Wheelhouse unveiled a remix of Granger Smith’s “That’s Why I Love Dirt Roads” — featuring Black Christian rapper Lathan Warlick — on June 4.

The Smith/Warlick collaboration was particularly significant. Neither artist was aware of the other until Smith’s wife, Amber,

discovered Warlick online, setting off a chain of events that or-ganically brought the two together.

“I told him how little I knew about his genre, and he told me how little he knew about mine, which really made it special to me,” says Smith.

That pairing is one of four bi-racial tracks being worked that feature a country artist from Wheelhouse’s parent com-pany, BBR Music Group. The company also has two Blanco Brown recordings with white acts — one blended with Par-malee on the inclusive “Just the Way” and one with EDM artist Diplo on the pop/dance track “Do Si Do” — plus a Jim-

mie Allen duet with pop singer Noah Cyrus, “This Is Us.”All of those cuts had been completed before national events

in the last month turned a spotlight on racial tension, in part because the label already was focused on the problem. BBR ex-ecutive vp Jon Loba had noticed the successful pairings of Tim McGraw and Nelly on “Over and Over” and Jason Aldean and Ludacris on “Dirt Road Anthem.” So when he took BBR’s top label job when BMG acquired the company in 2017, Loba felt strongly that the Nashville division should have its own Black artists. Allen, who lived out of his car for several months when he first moved to Nashville, naturally caught Loba’s attention.

“As soon as I heard Jimmie’s music, I lost my mind,” says Loba. “I went and saw him perform [and] lost my mind further. And

Nashville’s Music Row Reflects National Concern For Social Justice, Racial Parity

BLANCO BROWN SMITH GUYTON

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then when I heard his story, it’s like, ‘This is what I want to say as my first of-ficial signing under the BMG label.’ I wanted to say, ‘Things are different.’ ”

They certainly have improved. Following harmonica player Deford Bailey’s introduction via the Grand Ole Opry in the 1920s, country waited another 40 years before Charley Pride emerged as its first hit-making Black singer. An-other African-American artist didn’t achieve mainstream success in the genre until Darius Rucker stepped out from Hootie & The Blowfish as a solo artist in 2008. Since then, Allen, Kane Brown and Blanco Brown all have notched legiti-mate hits on the Country Airplay or Hot Country Songs charts, while Billy Ray Cyrus’ pairing with Lil Nas X on “Old Town Road” became a 2019 signature and a Country Music Association Award-winner.

But things are still not equal. The country business has only a handful of Black executives, likely a function of long-standing separatism, established when the then-fledgling record industry targeted poorer demographics by marketing “hillbilly” music to rural whites and “race records” to Blacks. Those distinc-tions became self-perpetuating cycles, particularly for Black professionals who might not expect to be welcome on Music Row.

“If they don’t see themselves, why would they want to work there?” asks Guy-ton rhetorically. “I think if more applied, they would get jobs here.”

Efforts are being made to level the proverbial playing field. BMG has man-dated a diversity program, and Loba predicts an increase in minority hires in Nashville’s business over the next three years. “There will be mechanisms in place to fix that,” he says. “I think the country community’s really good about doing the right thing, and I think there will be focus there now.”

The synergy is already there at Sony Music Nashville. RCA Inspiration se-nior vp/GM Phil Thornton — while speaking on a June 17 Zoom panel, “The Sounds of Social Justice,” presented by Music Biz — noted enthusiastically that SMN president/CEO Randy Goodman sought his involvement for an upcom-ing event involving an unspecified TV network. Thornton appreciated “being a part of that conversation and not being limited to just, ‘You can only do gospel’ — They’re like, ‘No, come into country music. You have valuable input,’ ” he said. “To see that input now being implemented, it’s inspiring. It’s encouraging.”

Corporate initiatives and increased sensitivity may not be the only reason country sees more racial overlap in the future. The National Museum of African-American Music is set to open this fall across the street from the historic Ryman Auditorium, and the venue aims to be a bridge between the R&B community and other sectors, including the city of Nashville, Music Row and the American music business in general.

“Our job is social change. Our job is to communicate to the community. Our job is to tell stories in ways other than producing records and putting out music,” said NMAAM president/CEO H. Beecher Hicks III in the Music Biz panel. “What we’re doing right now is trying to figure out how we build that bridge, what it looks like and how we can be the best partner.”

The most important aspect in building that bridge might simply be making the connection. Racism is ingrained in the American psyche through decades of marketing, law-making and cultural stereotypes. Its presence was reinforced on June 21 when a noose was found in the garage of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s lone black driver, in Talladega, Ala. And yet when Blanco Brown broke one of those stereotypes, as a black fan attending country shows before he signed his BBR deal, he never felt threatened or out of place.

“I remember going to Sam Hunt concerts and Luke Combs concerts, and when I walked in the crowd, I just felt comfortable to the point that I forgot about the fact that there was hatred in the world,” he says. “I didn’t have to think like that.”

Following the rash of recent racially charged murders — of Ahmad Arbery in Glynn County, Ga.; of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky.; and of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta — a June Pew Research Center poll showed that two-thirds of Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement. A bundle of acts — including Lady A, Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett — have voiced their support, though Guyton would like to see more chime in.

“I’ve been really trying to push for country artists to openly state that they support Black lives,” she says. “It is so important for people to know that racism is not accepted in country music.”

Still, nothing makes that statement more obviously than hiring a Black ex-ecutive, signing a Black artist or collaborating with one, as Smith demonstrated with the “Dirt Roads” remix.

“To be an activist in my way, I just want to show love,” he says. “I want to show that we are all inclusive, that me and Lathan can love each other as broth-ers, that we could share in creativity, and we could share in emotion. We could share in the deepest levels of humanity because we’re both human beings.”

Cole Swindell discussed his new release, “Single Saturday Night,” with media during a virtual round table on June 17. Clockwise from top left: Premiere Radio Networks senior producer Rosemary Young, freelance journalist Tricia Despres, Swindell and Billboard contributor Deborah Evans Price.

Mary Chapin Carpenter (right) chatted about her forthcoming album, The Dirt and the Stars, with correspondent Amna Nawaz during the June 16 edition of PBS NewsHour.

Gabby Barrett and husband Cade Foehner performed her current single, “The Good Ones,” for media during a June 18 Zoom Q&A conducted by Red Light Management head of marketing Tom Lord.

Brandy Clark (right) interviewed Reba McEntire on June 17 for Clark’s weekly YouTube series, You Can’t Come Over (But You Can Come In).

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Scotty McCreery notches his third consecutive and total No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “In Between” (Triple Tigers) rockets from No. 8 to the top of the list dated June 27.

In the tracking week ending June 21, the song increased by 25% to 26.7 mil-lion audience impressions. It drew its biggest gains on WIVK Knoxville, Tenn. (up 324,000 impressions); WKHK Richmond, Va. (up 260,000); WNSH New York (up 247,000); and KSCS Dallas (up 235,000).

The track’s 8-1 flight is the second-greatest to the chart’s summit in the list’s 30-year history. On the Oct. 12, 1991-dated survey, another song with “between” in its title leapt 9-1: Ricky Van Shelton’s “Keep It Between the Lines.” (Five songs have soared 7-1, all in 1991-94.)

“In Between” reaches the Country Airplay apex in its 63rd chart week. It completes the second-lon-gest ascent to No. 1 after Travis Denning’s “After a Few,” which reached the top in its 65th week on the June 13-dated list. The 63 weeks that “In Be-tween” took to hit the top also marks the second-most total frames for a title after the 67 for “After a Few,” now at No. 9.

McCreery, 26, won American Idol in 2011. He earns his third Country Airplay No. 1, all in suc-cession from his album Seasons Change, which launched as his third leader on Top Country Al-bums in March 2018. “Five More Minutes” led for a week that month, and “This Is It” reigned for two weeks in February 2019.

“When we released Seasons Change two years ago, I was hoping I might get my f irst No. 1 song,” McCreery tells Bill-board. “Now I’ve been blessed to earn three No. 1s, which means more than I can say. I love that ‘In Between’ has connected with people like it has, espe-cially during this time of social distancing. I don’t believe any of us are just one thing or the other; I think we’re all somewhere in between.”

He adds, “I must thank country radio for their support, my fans for always

believing in me and my music, and both my management team at Triple 8 and my label team at Triple Tigers for all their hard work day in and day out.”

“In Between” — which McCreery wrote with Jessi Alexander, Frank Rogers and Jonathan Singleton — is his 11th charted Country Airplay title. He debuted on the list in June 2011 with his No. 15-peaking Idol coronation single, “I Love You This Big,” and followed with “The Trouble With Girls” and

“Water Tower Town,” which peaked at Nos. 17 and 38, respectively, in 2012. His next two proper singles became his first two top 10s, both in 2014: “See You Tonight” (No. 8) and “Feelin’ It” (No. 10).

For “In Between” to cross the finish line in its 63rd week on Country Airplay means that it had to provide solid research to radio programmers who lean heavily on such scores. “Yes, ‘In Between’ has been a consistent high-tester for us,” says KKBQ Houston program director Johnny Chiang. “Like Denning’s ‘After a Few,’ I can’t remember the last time that ‘In Between’ has been out of our active currents list. It’s incredible the career resurgence Scotty has had since he joined Triple Tigers.” (Mc-Creery signed with the label in August 2017 after leaving Mercury Nashville.)

CHESNEY ‘NOW’ UP TO 53 Kenny Chesney nabs his 53rd top 10 on Billboard’s airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart as “Here and Now” (Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA) hops 12-10.

The song pushes 4-2 on Country Airplay, up 8% to 25.2 million in audience. It also drew 6 million U.S. streams and sold 1,000 in the tracking week.

Chesney’s run of 53 top 10s, which includes 23 No. 1s, started in June 1995 with the No. 6-peaking “Fall in Love.” Dating to his first week in the tier, he boasts the most top 10s of any act, ahead of Tim McGraw’s 50 and George Strait’s 42 in that span.

Scotty McCreery’s ‘In Between’ Makes Biggest Jump To No. 1 On Country Airplay

Since 1991; Kenny Chesney Lands 53rd Top 10

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BILLBOARD SINGLES CHARTROCK DIGITAL SONG SALES

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l1 8 63 IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Scotty McCreery 26.697 +5.333 7145 1170 1

l2 4 18 HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 25.206 +1.768 6683 413 2

3 3 47 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 25.115 -0.274 6136 -92 4

l4 7 13 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 24.891 +2.838 6516 878 3

l5 9 17 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 21.281 +1.717 6025 471 5

6 2 22 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 20.891 -4.655 5326 -1259 7

7 5 25 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 20.689 -2.714 5151 -511 8

l8 10 27 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 20.151 +0.907 5662 154 6

9 6 67 AFTER A FEW Mercury Travis Denning 19.552 -3.647 4730 -895 10

10 1 37 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Curb/Big Machine Carly Pearce & Lee Brice 18.104 -11.910 4412 -3588 13

l11 11 58 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Wheelhouse LOCASH 18.026 +1.160 5130 319 9

l12 17 30 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 16.611 +2.495 4589 558 12

l13 12 13 I LOVE MY COUNTRY BMLG Florida Georgia Line 16.196 +0.117 4315 48 15

l14 13 12 BE A LIGHT Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban 15.460 -0.228 4227 15 17

l15 14 17 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 15.343 -0.015 4322 46 14

l16 18 46 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 15.274 +1.337 4595 352 11

l17 15 38 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 15.011 +0.284 4270 145 16

l18 20 9 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 11.076 +0.999 3235 149 19

l19 19 32 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Ashley McBryde 10.169 -0.033 3258 65 18

l20 21 7 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine HH Airpower HH Tim McGraw 9.659 +0.395 2967 226 20

21 22 51 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 7.649 -0.081 2756 -49 21

l22 23 31 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 7.214 +0.973 2622 272 22

l23 25 11 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 6.961 +1.189 2342 400 23

l24 NEW HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine HH Hot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Rascal Flatts 6.656 +6.656 1328 1328 32

l25 24 10 NO I IN BEER Arista Nashville Brad Paisley 6.069 -0.125 2159 35 24

l26 27 24 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 5.409 +0.551 1659 183 29

l27 26 28 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 5.279 +0.395 2049 71 25

l28 28 41 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville Kip Moore 4.950 +0.114 2047 6 26

l29 29 20 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 4.939 +0.189 1922 123 28

l30 30 11 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 4.878 +0.597 1929 254 27

Country Airplay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

RANKINGSCountry Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 148 stations by Nielsen Music. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio- copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2020, Nielsen Audio). The list of all Country Airplay chart reporters can be viewed on Nielsen Music’s platforms.

BULLETSl Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or remaining flat from the previous week. A song will also receive a bullet if its percentage loss in

audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored station downtime for the format. Titles that decline in audience but increase in detections will also receive a bullet if the total audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%.

TIESOn Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience is placed first.

RECURRENTSOn Country Airplay, descending titles below No. 10 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks, provided that they

are not still gaining enough audience points to bullet or if they rank below No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bulleted) audience decline, regardless of total chart weeks.

HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay.

MOST ADDEDThe 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 Music) for stations that do not report adds.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCEMost Increased Audience on Country Airplay lists the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience.

AIRPOWERAwarded 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.

BREAKERAwarded on Country Airplay to titles achieving airplay (at least one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time.

© 2020 Prometheus Global Media, LLC

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Released June 19, when it drew hourly plays on participating iHeartMedia stations, the song arrives on Country Airplay at No. 24

(6.7 million impressions). The group equals its highest entrance, matching eventual

No. 1 “Take Me There” (No. 24, July 2007).

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l31 51 2 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 4.541 +3.030 1083 757 37

l32 33 14 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 3.937 +0.246 1447 21 31

33 32 22 CHEATIN’ SONGS Big Machine Midland 3.936 -0.066 1462 -2 30

l34 36 3 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL RCA Nashville Kane Brown 3.536 +0.371 871 234 43

l35 34 17 SOME PEOPLE DO RCA Nashville Old Dominion 3.469 -0.060 1097 59 36

l36 35 9 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 3.284 -0.034 1206 73 35

37 38 37 NOW YOU KNOW 32 Bridge/EMI Nashville Jon Langston 2.568 -0.096 1220 -29 33

l38 43 4 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Big Loud Morgan Wallen 2.467 +0.492 679 172 48

l39 41 16 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 2.461 +0.307 1076 90 38

l40 39 18 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 2.360 -0.045 1071 35 39

l41 42 30 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud HH Breaker HH Chris Lane 2.286 +0.301 913 97 41

l42 40 36 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 2.282 +0.123 1215 52 34

43 37 8 SIX FEET APART River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 1.953 -0.712 462 -164 56

l44 46 28 WHAT I SEE Arista Nashville LANCO 1.933 +0.050 1025 -2 40

l45 47 5 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 1.913 +0.035 661 7 49

46 44 10 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 1.865 -0.038 827 -9 45

l47 NEW THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown Zac Brown Band 1.825 +1.796 406 402 59

48 45 19 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 1.747 -0.156 876 10 42

l49 48 12 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 1.604 +0.021 733 45 46

l50 49 10 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 1.516 -0.046 538 8 52

51 50 9 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 1.480 -0.080 840 23 44

l52 55 3 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 1.403 +0.365 505 143 54

53 53 8 LADY BMLG Brett Young 1.303 -0.028 516 -23 53

54 52 5 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 1.273 -0.063 428 -22 58

l55 54 26 THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Wheelhouse Granger Smith 1.181 +0.035 686 -14 47

l56 56 3 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 1.167 +0.203 501 52 55

l57 57 8 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 0.900 -0.004 584 33 50

l58 58 5 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 0.870 +0.114 561 114 51

l59 59 2 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 0.833 +0.186 359 80 -

l60 60 2 ONLY TRUCK IN TOWN Night Train/Broken Bow Tyler Farr 0.829 +0.198 428 38 57

Country Airplay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

6/29BRYAN FOX FEAT. NAPPY ROOTS That’s About Me Not Listed

COLE SWINDELL Single Saturday Night Warner Music Nashville/WMN

DARLINGHURST So Long So Long Helium

EMMA WHITE That’s Why I Drink Whitehouse

LOCKELAND Made For Mornings Grassroots

PRYOR & LEE Y’allsome Black River

RUNAWAY JUNE We Were Rich Wheelhouse

TOMMY ROE Dizzy (Covid-19 Country Version) Airebelle

7/6ALLIE COLLEEN Ain’t The Only Hell (My Momma Raised) Not Listed

CATHERINE ALTOMARE Fields Of Gold New Notes

7/13DANIELLE BRADBERY Never Have I Ever BMLG

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MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINHOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts +1328IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1170ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +878LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +757DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +558HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +471HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +413THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Zac Brown Band +402GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +400DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +352

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCETITLE Imprint/Label Artist

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HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts +6.656IN BETWEEN Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +5.333LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +3.030ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.838DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson +2.495THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown Zac Brown Band +1.796HERE AND NOW Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney +1.768HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt +1.717DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae +1.337GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +1.189

AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING JUNE 21, 2020

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l1 2 14 RODEO CLOWN (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1822 48

l2 3 16 YOU, ME AND A BOTTLE (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1746 64

l3 4 19 FAMILY NAME (Independent) Cross Rags and Young 1686 6

l4 5 18 BURY MY BONES (Independent) Whiskey Myers 1500 9

l5 6 26 THIS MORNING IT WAS TOO LATE (State Fair Records) Eleven Hundred Springs 1488 52

6 1 20 I ONLY SEE YOU WITH MY EYES CLOSED (Independent) Reckless Kelly 1475 -305

l7 7 14 RADIO COWBOY (Independent) Jon Stork 1459 52

l8 8 10 NEON TOWN (Independent) David Adam Byrnes 1436 86

l9 10 11 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 1369 96

l10 11 9 AS SOON AS YOU (Ten X Music Group) Bri Bagwell 1305 35

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11 9 27 COWBOY & THE GYPSY (Independent) Mark Winston Kirk 1192 -139

l12 13 23 NO HANDLE (Independent) The Panhandlers 1172 0

l13 14 22 WE DON’T CARE ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYMORE (Independent) Casey Baker 1132 5

l14 17 14 FEELS LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1128 45

15 15 22 RED DIRT TEXAS (Independent) Hayden Haddock 1109 -6

16 16 23 THROUGH THE JUKEBOX (Independent) Donice Morace 1072 -17

l17 19 11 EVERYDAYERS (Independent) James Lann 1049 50

l18 18 26 FAR FROM GOOD (Independent) Triston Marez 1032 14

19 12 22 EVERY DAMN TIME (Independent) Drew Fish Band 996 -249

l20 25 5 SPUR OF THE MOMENT (Independent) Kylie Frey 983 211

RECURRENTSTHIS

WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistTOTAL AUD.

(IN MILLIONS)1 BEER CAN’T FIX Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi 17.442

2 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 16.164

3 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 15.115

4 DRINKING ALONE Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 12.332

5 KINFOLKS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 10.982

6 HOMEMADE Big Loud Jake Owen 9.911

7 RIDIN’ ROADS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 9.877

8 ONE MAN BAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion 9.673

9 EVEN THOUGH I’M LEAVING River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 9.535

10 WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Wallen 8.576

Country AirplayNEW AND ACTIVE

TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistTOTAL

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STATIONS ADDSEVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 0.746 21 3

HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 0.656 38 15

WHATCHA DRINKIN ‘BOUT Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle 0.610 23 0

THE STRANGER Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 0.549 16 16

WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 0.410 20 10

BUILD ME A DADDY Row Corp/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 0.373 3 3

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 972-252-8777. Copyright 2020, Texas Regional Radio Report

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 10 OF 18

COMPOSER DEAN PUSHES NEW TECHSongwriters invent for a living, but Nashville’s Barry Dean (“Heartache Medication,” “Pontoon”) ventured into a new realm with the development of a wheelchair mobility device that could prevent thousands of injuries to seniors and disabled people.

Dean co-founded LUCI with his Denver-based brother, chief technical of-ficer Jered Dean, launching a smart device with cloud-based alerts that help prevent users from tipping their wheelchairs or banging into walls and other objects. Wheelchair accidents resulted in more than 175,000 hospital visits in 2010, according to the National Library of Medicine, and 30,000 of those required the patient to be admitted.

The device was a labor of love for Barry. Frequent co-writer Troy Verges (“Day Drinking,” “Wanted”) had a grandmother who suffered multiple injuries in a wheel-chair accident, and it raised concerns for Barry, whose 19-year-old daughter, Kath-erine Dean, was born with cerebral palsy and has lived her entire life in a power chair. Barry hoped he could find an adapter that would solve tipping and collision issues, but none existed.

“We realized that if this was going to happen, we needed to do it,” he says. “It felt like it had been given to us to do — I don’t know how else to say it — so that’s when we officially sort of kicked it off and went to work.”

Thanks in part to Barry’s contacts in the music industry and Jered’s product-design history, which includes rockets and dialysis machines, they built a team to handle the production and legal aspects of LUCI, a sys-tem that attaches to the best-selling power chairs. It incorporates a sensor, developed in tandem with Texas Instruments, that Barry says is the first nonautomotive millimeter-wave radar device. LUCI uses cloud technology to gauge stability and mobility, and it also provides battery-usage information, which is surpris-ingly rare in the power-chair industry.

LUCI has obvious safety benefits, and its accident prevention may extend the life of the wheelchair, too. But it also provides psychological support for the user.

“The wheelchair is more than just a thing,” explains Barry. “It becomes a part of their body image. We know, after three years of study, it’s indepen-dence and mobility and freedom. That’s what it represents.”

The company is marketing LUCI to a network of clinics and taking preorders for delivery in the fall with a suggested retail price of $8,445.

Katherine inspired Barry to write “God’s Will,” a song that became his first hit when Martina McBride released it in 2004. Now Katherine is key in developing an additional business that brings its own level of inspiration.

“The clinicians are opening their doors,” notes Barry, “and saying, ‘We want this. We’ve been waiting for this.’ ”

RADIO & RECORDS®Big Machine promoted Kris Lamb to senior vp promotion and digital from vp and extended the contracts of three regional directors of promotion and marketing: Northeast director Brooke Diaz, West director Bill Lubitz and Southeast director Jeff Davis … Country artist Hannah Anders signed a recording deal with Spectra Music Group … SummitMedia installed Randy Chase as senior vp programming, overseeing the chain’s country stations and serving as WCYQ Knoxville, Tenn., PD. Chase was Educational Media Foundation vp radio for the last seven years. He replaces Beverlee Brannigan … WYCZ Nashville has opened a new studio at TopGolf with plans for the station’s Young Country format, overseen by producer Polow da Don (Nicki Minaj, Kane Brown), to be syndicated at TopGolf outlets across the United States … WSIX Nashville hired Wayne “Big D” Danielson as afternoon host, InsideRadio.com reported. He was previously KWNR Las Vegas PD/afternoon personality … East Central Broadcasting has filed paperwork to purchase three Missouri stations from Alma Corp., including country KVMO Vidalia, according to InsideRadio.com … Allyson Hillman is the new NRG Media/Waterloo, Iowa, market manager, Talkers.com reported. The five-station cluster includes classic country KPTY-AM/FM. She had served as Beasley/Fort Myers, Fla., director of sales … Townsquare/Midland-Odessa,

Texas, hired Robb Rose as director of content/operations manager, according to Talkers.com. Additionally, Rose will serve as country KNFM PD/morning host. He previously worked mornings at adult contemporary WSHE Chicago.

’ROUND THE ROWThe Recording Academy promoted Laura Segura to MusiCares executive director after seven years as t he Academy’s v p membersh ip a nd i ndust r y relations … Visionary Media Group named Tracy Percival as COO of the multimedia firm. She was most recently president of Patty Lou, a New Jersey-based wellness company … Songwriter Jonathan Singleton (“I Hope Yo u ’r e H a p p y N o w,” “In Between”) signed a songwriting contract with Spirit Music Nashville, which acquired a portion of his catalog in the deal. Singleton’s publishing

company, 50 Egg Music, will continue to operate s e p a r a t e l y … S i n g e r -songwriter Adam Sanders

(“Ain’t Worth the Whiskey,” “Hell of a Night”) inked a co-publishing agreement with Round Hill Nashville … Anthem Music Publishing and Wrensong signed songwriting contracts with recording artist EmiSunshine and her mother, Alisha Hamilton … Singer-songwriter Brett Sheroky joined the songwriting roster at Sea Gayle Music … The Americana Music Association and the International Bluegrass Music Association both converted their annual September conferences to virtual events to protect against COVID-19 spread. The Americana event is slated for Sept. 16-18, while the IBMA Virtual World of Bluegrass is on the books for Sept. 28-Oct. 3 … The Grand Ole Opry House and Ryman Auditorium will reopen their doors for daytime tours beginning June 26 with coronavirus-related policies in place … The Grammy Museum has awarded $200,000 to 13 enterprises in its grant program. The recipients include the Missouri State University Libraries, which were allocated $18,000 to assist in digitizing The Ozark Jubilee, an ABC-TV show that aired from 1955-1960 … Songwriter Larry W. Johnson (“Don’t Take the Girl”) died June 12 after battling several illnesses. A full obituary can be found here.

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Lady A’s Hillary Scott (right) spent one night during the week of July 15 as a guest host on Westwood One’s Nights With Elaina, a syndicated program built around host Elaina Smith.

“Heartache Medication” songwriter Barry Dean (left) chatted with Billboard Country Update editor Tom Roland about his new wheelchair technology, LUCI, on June 19 via Zoom.

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June 23• 2015 — Mercury releases the Kacey

Musgraves album Pageant Material.• 1980 — Ronnie Milsap records “Smoky

Mountain Rain” at Woodland Sound Studio in Nashville.

June 24• 2017 — Luke Combs debuts at No. 1 on

Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with his first album, This One’s for You.

June 25• 2019 — Thomas Rhett picks up a gold

single from the RIAA for “Look What God Gave Her.”• 2018 — Capitol releases the single “Burning Man,” by Dierks Bent-

ley featuring Brothers Osborne, to radio.

June 26• 1977 — Elvis Presley performs what proves to be his final concert at

Indianapolis’ Market Square Arena. He becomes ill and is hospital-ized overnight. His last song: “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”

June 27• 2000 — The Nashville Songwriters Association International

recognizes Vince Gill as the songwriter of the decade.

June 28• 2010 — Chris Young delivers the national anthem at Milwaukee’s

Miller Park, where baseball’s Houston Astros beat the Brewers, 9-5.• 1985 — Gary Morris makes history as the first singer to perform

opera on the Grand Ole Opry, with a selection from La Boheme.

June 29• 2014 — “You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em”:

Kenny Rogers annoys his poker partners by singing “The Gambler” in a new Geico insurance commercial that debuts on TV.

• 2008 — The Statler Brothers and Tom T. Hall are officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during a medallion ceremony at the museum’s Ford Theater.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

A pair of hit-making acts who have laid low of late are prepping new releases. Rascal Flatts announced a new seven-track EP, How They Remember You, set to arrive July 31. The project is named after a new single that was released to country radio via PlayMPE on June 19, and it closes with a cover of Kenny Rogers’ hit “Through the Years” that previously was introduced during a CMT tribute to Rogers. Also on the way is Josh Turner’s Country State of Mind, an Aug. 21 release that features new versions of some landmark country titles — such as Keith Whitley’s “I’m No Stranger to the Rain” and Alan Jackson’s “Midnight in Montgomery”— plus covers of a few deep country tracks. Joining Turner on the album are John Anderson, Kris Kristofferson, Randy Travis, Chris Janson, Allison Moorer, Maddie & Tae and Runaway June.

The uncertainties of COVID-19 have led to plenty of date changes for events. Jimmy Buffett cited coronavirus in backing out of plans to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on June 27. The Charlie Daniels Band rescheduled the Vol-unteer Jam from Sept. 15 to Feb. 22, 2021, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, with 38 Special, The Allman Betts Band and blues artist Cedric Burnside added to a lineup that already featured Charley Pride, Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Travis Denning and Big & Rich. Kenny Chesney moved Chillaxification Tour dates in 18 stadiums from 2020 to the summer of 2021. And ABC pushed back the Luke Bryan-hosted CMA Best of Fest special from July 9 to July 13.

The Judds, Trisha Yearwood and Kelly Clarkson are among the celebrities who will have stars added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year. Dates have yet to be revealed, but they are part of a wide-ranging 2021 musical class. Also being honored: soul group The Chi-Lites, folk/pop artist Don McLean, hip-hop act Missy Elliott, classic-rock band Jefferson Airplane, Mexican singer Ana Gabriel and jazz icon Charlie Parker.

Willie Nelson’s discography includes a song about a bandmate, “Me and Paul.” His book history will soon include a memoir with keyboardist Bobbie Nelson, Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band. Doubleday has scheduled its publishing for Sept. 15.

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Tom Petty’s Family Slams Trump Over Use Of ‘I Won’t Back Down’ At Tulsa Rally

Top Artist Managers And More Launch Black Music Action Coalition

Live Nation Plans To Reduce Payments, Shift Risk To Artists For 2021 Festivals

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Singer-songwriter Sherrie Austin (left) was among the partygoers as the T.J. Martell Foundation presented the first Sunshine Award to her mother, The Palm restaurant hostess Rae Krenn. They’re joined by Krenn’s husband, Alf Krenn (right) and songwriter Will Rambeaux (“Wild One,” “Nobody’s Gonna Rain on Our Parade”).

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1 1 1 68 THE BONES HH No. 1 (16 weeks) HH Maren Morris G.KURSTIN (M.MORRIS,J.M.ROBBINS,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE

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l2 2 3 60 I HOPE HH Digital Gainer HH Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR

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l3 5 6 19 HARD TO FORGET Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL,L.LAIRD (S.L.HUNT,A.GORLEY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE,A.GRISHAM,M.J.SHURTZ,R.HULL) MCA NASHVILLE 5 3

4 3 2 44 CHASIN’ YOU Morgan Wallen J.MOI (J.MOORE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD 3 2

l5 11 10 29 BLUEBIRD HH Streaming Gainer HH Miranda Lambert J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE

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l6 9 9 14 ONE MARGARITA Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4 6

7 6 5 36 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW Carly Pearce & Lee Brice BUSBEE (C.PEARCE,L.COMBS,R.MONTANA,J.SINGLETON) CURB/BIG MACHINE 10 5

8 4 4 23 DOES TO ME Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.M.L.FULCHER,T.M.REEVE) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 6 4

9 8 8 27 NOBODY BUT YOU Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani S.HENDRICKS (T.L.JAMES,R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 7 2

l10 12 11 17 HERE AND NOW Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (C.WISEMAN,D.L.MURPHY,D.A.GARCIA) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 2 10

11 10 — 28 HEARTLESS Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Featuring Morgan Wallen DIPLO,KING HENRY,CHARLIE HANDSOME,J.MOI (T.W.PENTZ,H.A.ALLEN,M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,R.J.HURD,CHARLIE HANDSOME) MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA - 10

l12 17 15 33 IN BETWEEN HH Airplay Gainer HH Scotty McCreery F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.SINGLETON) TRIPLE TIGERS

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l13 16 16 48 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Maddie & Tae J.M.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 16 13

14 13 12 25 BEER CAN’T FIX Thomas Rhett Featuring Jon Pardi D.HUFF,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.BUNETTA,Z.SKELTON,R.B.TEDDER) VALORY RC 6

15 14 14 13 I LOVE MY COUNTRY Florida Georgia Line C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (K.BROWN,C.CROWDER,R.C.MCGILL,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,W.WEATHERLY) BMLG 13 12

16 15 13 12 BE A LIGHT Thomas Rhett Featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin & Keith Urban D.HUFF (THOMAS RHETT,M.DRAGSTREM,J.MILLER,J.THOMPSON) VALORY 14 13

17 18 17 16 GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME Keith Urban K.URBAN,D.MCCARROLL (C.AUGUST,M.CARTER,SHY CARTER,J.T.SLATER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 15 14

l18 20 19 19 GOT WHAT I GOT Jason Aldean M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW 23 18

l19 21 20 27 ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG LOCASH 770 PRODUCTIONS (J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY) WHEELHOUSE 11 19

l20 22 21 20 WHY WE DRINK Justin Moore J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (J.MOORE,C.BEATHARD,D.L.MURPHY,J.S.STOVER) VALORY 17 20

l21 24 23 25 ONE BEER HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD 29 21

l22 29 26 17 DONE Chris Janson C.JANSON,T.CECIL (C.JANSON,M.OGLESBY,J.PAULIN,M.ROY) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 12 22

l23 23 24 9 COOL AGAIN Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE 18 12

l24 NEW 1 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST HH Hot Shot Debut HH Zac Brown Band B.SIMONETTI,M.MANGANO,Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,B.SIMONETTI,A.JAMES) HOME GROWN

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l25 25 25 25 ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Ashley McBryde J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,S.MCANALLY,N.HAYFORD) ATLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 19 23

Hot Country Songs

1 #1 1 WK JOSH THOMPSON

2 LUKE COMBS

3 SHANE MCANALLY

4 CRAIG WISEMAN

5 MORGAN WALLEN

6 MAREN MORRIS

7 JONATHAN SINGLETON

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1 #1 38 WKS DANN HUFF

2 JOEY MOI

3 GREG KURSTIN

4 JAY JOYCE

5 ROSS COPPERMAN

6 SCOTT MOFFATT

7 BUSBEE

8 SCOTT HENDRICKS

9 ZACH CROWELL

10 FRANK ROGERS

The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).

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The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.

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l26 26 22 10 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Lee Brice B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB 30 22

l27 34 34 19 MY TRUCK Breland KAL V,T.TAYLOR (D.BRELAND,T.TAYLOR,K.AUSTIN,D.BARTON,T.ZEIGLER) BAD REALM/ATLANTIC - 26

l28 33 39 7 PRETTY HEART Parker McCollum JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 26 28

l29 30 28 9 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Morgan Wallen J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) BIG LOUD 38 12

l30 31 30 7 I CALLED MAMA Tim McGraw T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 20 22

31 32 27 7 SIX FEET APART Luke Combs C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 43 10

32 28 — 2 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,SHY CARTER,R.J.HURD,J.M.SCHMIDT) RCA NASHVILLE 34 28

l33 37 33 8 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 32 31

l34 39 35 13 SOME GIRLS Jameson Rodgers C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 22 34

l35 NEW 1 BUILD ME A DADDY Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (J.MITCHELL,J.THOMPSON,B.TYLER) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE - 35

l36 36 32 10 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT Lady A S.MCANALLY,A.DEROBERTS (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,P.CONROY,E.R.DEAN,A.DEROBERTS,T.A.GEMZA,S.MCANALLY,M.R.MERLO,R.B.TEDDER,D.THOMSON) BMLG 36 27

37 35 29 14 SHE’S MINE Kip Moore K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE 28 29

l38 40 40 5 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 56 34

39 38 31 13 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 39 31

l40 NEW 1 JUST FOR NOW Maren Morris BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,BUSBEE,R.J.HURD) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE - 40

41 41 38 19 GETTING GOOD Lauren Alaina D.GARCIA (E.L.WEISBAND) 19/MERCURY 42 33

l42 45 37 7 LADY Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 53 22

l43 47 41 18 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 58 31

l44 48 44 13 SOME PEOPLE DO Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,J.FRASURE,S.MCANALLY,THOMAS RHETT) RCA NASHVILLE 35 39

45 42 36 13 THE OTHER GIRL Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey R.COPPERMAN,S.MCANALLY,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,A.FRANGIPANE) BLACK RIVER RC 19

l46 RE-ENTRY 6 LOVIN’ ON YOU Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 31 19

47 49 46 6 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 40 46

48 44 45 6 NO I IN BEER Brad Paisley L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE 25 44

l49 RE-ENTRY 2 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Kelsea Ballerini J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER 52 49

l50 RE-ENTRY 5 CHEATIN’ SONGS Midland D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE 33 45

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or josh.bennett@nielsen.com

COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

ALBUM CONSUMPTION

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

VIDEO ON-DEMAND

This Week 1,263,000 1,392,072,000 129,905,000

Last Week 1,230,000 1,361,422,000 128,665,000

Change 2.7% 2.3% 1.0%

This Week Last Year 1,110,000 1,115,575,000 289,827,000

Change 13.8% 24.8% -55.2%

WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-OVER-YEAR

2019 2020 CHANGE

Album Consumption 24,512,000 27,214,000 11.0%

Album Sales 3,255,000 2,734,000 -16.0%

Audio On-Demand 24,040,543,000 29,180,794,000 21.4%

Video On-Demand 6,331,641,000 3,342,791,000 -47.2%

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The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES

Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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2 3 4 159 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOURIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1

3 2 3 107 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW MEBIG LOUD 783* 0 2

l4 4 6 11 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDEMCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1

l5 8 10 67 MAREN MORRIS GIRLCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1

l6 7 9 268 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1

7 5 8 27 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1

8 6 7 3 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OILMAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA 6

l9 9 12 254 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3

10 12 15 104 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1

11 10 14 84 KANE BROWN EXPERIMENTZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1

12 14 — 67 TIM MCGRAW 35 BIGGEST HITSCURB 79413 8

13 13 11 7 KENNY CHESNEY HERE AND NOWBLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 631374/WMN 1

l14 21 25 33 MIRANDA LAMBERT WILDCARDVANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN 1

15 11 13 55 THOMAS RHETT CENTER POINT ROADVALORY TR0400A*/BMLG 0 1

16 15 17 185 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1

17 16 16 34 OLD DOMINION OLD DOMINIONRCA NASHVILLE 589183*/SMN 1

l18 18 20 66 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEYRCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12

l19 19 21 216 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONESMCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1

l20 23 18 30 JASON ALDEAN 9MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1

21 20 22 243 BLAKE SHELTON RELOADED: 20 #1 HITSWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 551788/WMN 2

22 17 1 3 JIMMY BUFFETT LIFE ON THE FLIP SIDEMAILBOAT 2173 (*) 1

23 22 26 209 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISECAPITOL NASHVILLE 024744*/UMGN 1 1

l24 26 29 49 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORYHICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 17

25 24 28 173 JOHNNY CASH THE ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASHCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 86290*/LEGACY (24.98/17.98) 3 16

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l5 7 42 I HOPE GABBY BARRETT

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9 5 12 BE A LIGHT THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN

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13 11 20 DOES TO ME LUKE COMBS FEAT. ERIC CHURCH

l14 NEW I REMEMBER EVERYTHING JOHN PRINE

15 3 3 WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL KANE BROWN

l16 RE-ENTRY MY TRUCK BRELAND

l17 19 7 ONE OF THEM GIRLS LEE BRICE

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19 17 7 I LOVE MY COUNTRY FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

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l21 21 226 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

l22 RE-ENTRY DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART MADDIE & TAE

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 15 OF 18

If practice makes perfect, the guy in Jordan Davis’ “Almost Maybes” is a cheery graduate who got a passing grade in romance after doing the proper homework.

And now that he has his degree, he’s able to look back at all his relationship failures and find the silver lining: “There wouldn’t be no you and me right now/If it weren’t for the almost maybes.”

It’s a happy, uptempo look at the same subject as Rascal Flatts’ “Bless the Broken Road,” though this version of that all’s-well-that-ends-well story is unlikely to become a wedding song or the title for a Christian movie.

“I have gotten that reference from the first time I turned it in to somebody on my team,” says Davis. “They pretty much had referenced that and said it’s a happier ‘Bless the Broken Road,’ but that never came up in the [writing] room. We never really thought about it that way.”

“A lmost Maybes” just celebrated its f irst anniversary. Davis wrote it on June 17, 2019, with Hillary Lindsey (“It All Comes Out in the Wash,” “Girl Crush”) and Jesse Frasure (“Some People Do,” “One Big Country Song”) at the Rhythm House office on Wedgewood Avenue in Nashville, using ideas from both his co-writers.

Lindsey brought in the two-word title, and Frasure had a reggae-influenced musical track. A little brainstorming helped them cast the “almost maybes” as the close calls that weren’t quite right, the series of heartbreaks and the bad decisions that inevitably become a person’s dating history. Key, of course, is that the subject is indeed history and not current events.

“My wife used to always say that her mom told her, ‘You have to kiss a few frogs before you find a prince,’ ” recalls Davis. “Now I’m not saying that I’m a prince by any means, but unfortunately, you got to get through some frogs until you find one that resembles a prince enough to where you would stay.”

The three writers kicked off the song from the top, knowing the payoff that awaited them at the end of the chorus. Since it was intended as a tune for Davis to perform, they launched into it by recounting his first major breakup: a re-lationship that came crashing down at a bar in his hometown of Shreveport, La. The public setting tells the listener everything they need to know about the singer’s introductory lesson.

“That’s never a good spot to have a breakup,” says Davis with a laugh.The second, a long-distance romance, was likewise from his past, as was

the third one — dropped in at the start of verse two — which found him split-ting up with a girl his mom was hoping would become part of the family. Be-fore that stanza ends, it turns into a vague summation of all the other loves, leaving some questions about his score card: Were there maybe three or four other romances? Did he go through 100 women? That romantic checklist is the trickiest part of “Almost Maybes.”

“You’ve got to do that stuff eloquently. Otherwise, it takes the sweetness out of things,” notes Frasure. “If you’re not Bruno Mars, it’s very difficult to talk about past lovers.”

Lindsey got the chorus off to its start — “Here’s to the almost, so-close/It’s over, out-of-the-blues/Here’s to the hey, I-think-we-need-to-talk/And the it-ain’t-me-it’s-yous.”

That last part was a bit of a mistake. The cliché breakup line is, of course, “It’s not you, it’s me.” And Lindsey suggested that they change it. Davis was adamant that it stay as is.

“I was told one time that they wanted me to know that this was 100% me,”

he admits with a laugh. “This was not them. So I thought that line was kind of cool and left-footed and obviously kind of personal to me.”

Leading into the “almost maybes” payoff, they found an inventive rhyme — referring to some of the exes as “the weeds that looked like daisies” — that is arguably the best line in the song. Before they could finish, they scratched out a bridge that recounted the depths of a breakup — the “all-alones” and the “didn’t-work-outs” — and showed that the singer had explored the entire spectrum in his journey, both “the girls next door and the bat-shit crazies.”

It’s the moment when they walked up to the line of acceptable commercial country taste without completely crossing over.

“Not only do you have to make sure you’re paint-ing this singer in a good light, you can’t shit all over the exes,” says Frasure. “There’s a lot of thought that goes into it. The singer needs to look like the hero and the likable one, but we’re not going to drag people through the dirt.”

Frasure produced the demo, emphasizing the reggae influence with guitar spikes on the upstroke and several island-flavored drum fills.

“There’s a little bit of a Maroon 5-ish aspect to it,” he says.

Producer Paul DiGiovanni was impressed with that foundation, though he also was mindful of Davis’ established sound. “Almost Maybes” was already a strong contender for the next single, and he endeavored to give it the right level of Jamaican influence during the tracking session at Blackbird Studio in November 2019. Drummer Nir Z matched live percussion against the programmed

rhythm in the chorus, while Derek Wells developed a simple guitar intro to replace the reggae-tipped upstrokes.

“We added that intro riff just to give it a little fingerprint right off the bat,” explains DiGiovanni. “I think it’s in the turns and the outro and everything, just to give it one more signature sound.”

It’s thickened with a keyboard counter-melody that DiGiovanni overdubbed against it.

“It’s a low-fi, filtered-out keyboard thing, and then there’s also like a Mel-lotron layered on there, too, doing the swirly, violin-/cello-sounding thing,” he says. “They’re both playing the same exact thing, just layering each other.”

Bassist Tony Lucido aided the reggae aspect, too, with a part that moves around much more than a typical country bass.

“We did a couple of passes where it was just super-simple root notes, and then I think the last time we did it, I said, ‘Just go crazy,’ ” recalls DiGiovanni. “If I needed to fall back on the simplicity, once I pulled it in and started work-ing on it, I had those takes there. But I think we used a lot of the stuff from when he just kind of went crazy.”

Lindsey added prominent background harmonies, and DiGiovanni threw a faint male voice in key places underneath.

MCA Nashville released “Almost Maybes” to AM/FM country radio on May 11 via PlayMPE, employing one small, but significant edit: It changed “bat-shit crazies” to “out-there crazies.” The single rises to No. 56 on the Coun-try Airplay chart dated June 27 in its third week on the list. It ranks at No. 38 in its fifth week on Hot Country Songs, benefiting from an easy-going vocal that glides much more smoothly than the life’s education the song represents.

“This one was so easy,” says Davis. “The songs like that — ‘Singles You Up’ or ‘Take It From Me’ — are so effortless and they just fit right in your comfort zone. And ‘Almost Maybes’ is definitely right there.”

MAKIN’ TRACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com

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A Difficult Past Is The Perfect Prologue In Jordan Davis’ ‘Almost Maybes’

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AFTER A FEW I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Crack The Glass Songs, BMI/Stars And Stripes And Maple Leaf Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Sound Wagon Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP (T.Denning, K.Archer, J.Weaver) 9

AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 32

ALL NIGHT All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songstein Publishing, ASCAP/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/DTCM Ave, ASCAP (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, A.DeRoberts) 45

ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 56

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BIG, BIG PLANS Magic Mustang Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI (J.Durrett, C.Lane, E.K.Smith) 41

BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 8

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CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 36

CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 3

CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 33

COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 18

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DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 16

DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L.Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 6

DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 12

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GABRIELLE One O’Clock Road, Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Bearkiller Music, BMI/Concord Publishing, BMI/International Dog Music, BMI/Royal Peach Publishing, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI (B.Eldredge, I.Fitchuk, D.Tashian) 46

GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 42

GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 15

THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 59

GOOD TIME W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC/Here Comes The Boom Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Anna Moon Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Joshua Murty Publishing, ASCAP/Mark Trussell Music, ASCAP/Future Heartbeat Publishing, ASCAP (N.Moon, J.Minton, A.Moon, J.Murty, M.Trussell) 50

GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 23

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HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 5

HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 2

HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 52

HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Son Of Ron Songs, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Built On Rock Music, ASCAP (M.Beeson, J.Osborne, A.Shamblin) 24

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I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 20

I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C.Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 10

I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, W.Weatherly) 13

IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 1

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JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 58

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LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 53

LONELY IF YOU ARE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiels Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP (C.Rice, L.Rimes, H.Phelps) 21

LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R.Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 39

LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Creative Music, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 31

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MADE FOR YOU Plaid Flag Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP/Son Of a Carl Music, ASCAP/HoriPro Entertainment Group, Inc., ASCAP (B.Davis, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley) 54

THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, B.Simonetti, A.James) 47

MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 40

MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 38

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NOBODY Curb Congregation Songs, SESAC/Good Vibes, Good Times Music, SESAC/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Songs Of Riser House, BMI (D.Scott, M.Alderman, D.Wilson) 51

NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 7

NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 25

NOW YOU KNOW Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI (J.Langston, B.Clawson, B.Berryhill) 37

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ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 11

ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 4

ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 19

ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, D.Davidson, L.Brice) 30

ONLY TRUCK IN TOWN WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Hayslip, D.Ruttan, J.Thompson) 60

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 26

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SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 28

SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 43

SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Oven Music Inc., BMI/Ziggys Z Music, SESAC/Tunes Of Big Deal Music, SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC (T.Arts, A.Kline, A.M.Cruz) 48

SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 22

SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas Rhett) 35

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THAT’S WHY I LOVE DIRT ROADS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Climbing Windmills Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (C. DeStefano, J.M.Nite, B.Rempel, G.Smith) 55

THIS IS US KMR II GT Publishing Limited, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sparko Phone Music, BMI/Medina Sound, BMI/DII Music LLC, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (N.Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 57

TO HELL & BACK International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 49

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WHAT I SEE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Songs Of Freetown, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI/Abundantiam Publishing, BMI (T.Howell, B.Lancaster, C.B.Baldwin, J.N.Spillman) 44

WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 17

WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 34

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Hot Country Songs IndexA

AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (B.Kinney, J.Thompson) 33

ALMOST MAYBES Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (J.Davis, J.Frasure, H.Lindsey) 38

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BE A LIGHT EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (Thomas Rhett, M.Dragstrem, J.Miller, J.Thompson) 16

BEER CAN’T FIX EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Music Of Big Family, BMI/Dragon Bunny Music, BMI/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Bunetta, Z.Skelton, R.B.Tedder) 14

BLUEBIRD Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N.Hemby) 5

THE BONES International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Jammy Rabbins Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs Jimmy Robbins, ASCAP/Extraordinary Alien Publishing, ASCAP/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Heroes And Halos Music, BMI (M.Morris, J.M.Robbins, L.J.Veltz) 1

BUILD ME A DADDY New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/Extremely Combustible Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Music Of One77, BMI/Sonofgroceries Music, BMI/Music Of MAM, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.Mitchell, J.Thompson, B.Tyler) 35

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CHAMPAGNE NIGHT WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC/Sllaight Music Publishing, SOCAN/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Dat Damn Dean Music, BMI/Songs In The Key Of Claire, ASCAP/Patriot Games Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/G23 Publishing, SESAC/Eligible Music dba Songland Television Publishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/MerloJamsPublishing, ASCAP/Deluge Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Write Me A Song Publishing, GMR/Downtown Global Two, GMR (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, P.Conroy, E.R.Dean, A.DeRoberts, T.A.Gemza, S.McAnally, M.R.Merlo, R.B.Tedder, D.Thomson) 36

CHASIN’ YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Team Destiny, ASCAP/JMZL Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Moore, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 4

CHEATIN’ SONGS WC Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 50

COOL AGAIN Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Songs For Owen Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/RP Music, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (K.Brown, J.Hodges, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 23

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DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi Music, BMI/Jett Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (M.Marlow, T.Dye, J.Singleton, D.Ruttan) 13

DOES TO ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Kirbfinder’s Mucho Love Music, BMI (L.Combs, R.M.L.Fulcher, T.M.Reeve) 8

DONE ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Rounding Third Publishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP (C.Janson, M.Oglesby, J.Paulin, M.Roy) 22

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GETTING GOOD Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (E.L.Weisband) 41

GOD WHISPERED YOUR NAME BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Gold Leaf Pages, ASCAP/Micah Carter Publishing Designee, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/Bro 2 Bro Publishing, BMI (C.August, M.Carter, Shy Carter, J.T.Slater) 17

GOT WHAT I GOT Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Alexander Palmer Songs, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Hits Like Hurricane, BMI (M.Tyler, A.Palmer, T.Archer) 18

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HARD TO FORGET Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Suzanne James Songs, GMR/Unichappell Music, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Jamie Music Publishing Co., BMI (S.L.Hunt, A.Gorley, L.Laird, S.McAnally, J.Osborne, A.Grisham, M.J.Shurtz, R.Hull) 3

HEARTLESS I Like Turtles Music, ASCAP/KMR II House Of GT Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Duke City Music, BMI/KMR Music Royalties II SCSp., SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (T.W.Pentz, H.A.Allen, M.Wallen, E.K.Smith, R.J.Hurd, Charlie Handsome) 11

HERE AND NOW Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP (C.Wiseman, D.L.Murphy, D.A.Garcia) 10

HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Steph Jones Who Music, ASCAP/Big Deal Hits, ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP (K.Ballerini, S.Jones, H.Lindsey, J.Frasure, A.Gorley) 49

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I CALLED MAMA All Night Linda Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Silver Songs, SESAC/Still Working For All Inc., SESAC/Sonic Style Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC/Cedar Church Music, BMI (M.Green, L.Miller, J.Yeary) 30

I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (Z.Kale, J.M.Nite, G.Barrett) 2

I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY NOW BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Redfeather Publishing, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (C.Pearce, L.Combs, R.Montana, J.Singleton) 7

I LOVE MY COUNTRY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Big Tree Vibez Music, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Worldwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.Crowder, R.C.McGill, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, W.Weatherly) 15

IN BETWEEN Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Party Of Five Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, J.L.Alexander, J.Singleton) 12

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JUST FOR NOW International Dog Music, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/7189 Music Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Lake Allegan Pub Club, ASCAP (M.Morris, busbee, R.J.Hurd) 40

JUST THE WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/JM Thomas Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP/Kevin Bard Music, ASCAP/Margetts Road Music, ASCAP/Nolan W. Sipe Music, ASACP (M.Thomas, K.Bard, N.W.Sipe) 43

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LADY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP (B.Young, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 42

LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Kailey’s Dream, BMI/Blue Corolla Oklahoma, SESAC/Feel Your Creative Pulse Music, SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Home Team Music, BMI/Tunes Of TrailerParker, BMI (R.Dickerson, C.Brown, P.Welling) 39

LOVIN’ ON YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI/Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Stay Creative Music, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 46

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THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Weimerhound Music, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Something To Be Proud Of Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (Z.Brown, B.Simonetti, A.James) 24

MOMMA’S HOUSE Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Two Black Dogs, ASCAP/ole Music Of Parallel, BMI/Lucky Mic Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Ford Drives A Chevy, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (D.Schneider, M.Lotten, R.Clawson, J.T.Wilson) 47

MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Em Dog Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (M.W.Hardy, E.K.Smith, Charlie Handsome, M.Wallen) 29

MY TRUCK Daniel Preland Publishing Designee, BMI/No Quincydence Music Publishing, BMI/Kalvin Austin, Publishing Designee, BMI/Devon Barton, Publishing Designee, BMI/E.MilesMusic, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Tatiana Zeigler Publishing Designee, BMI (D.Breland, T.Taylor, K.Austin, D.Barton, T.Zeigler) 27

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NOBODY BUT YOU EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Still Working For The Man Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (T.L.James, R.Copperman, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 9

NO I IN BEER New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Publishing, ASCAP (B.Paisley, K.Lovelace) 48

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ONE BEER Relative Music Group, BMI/BIRB Music, ASCAP/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, H.Lindsey, J.Mitchell) 21

ONE BIG COUNTRY SONG Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI (J.Frasure, A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy) 19

ONE MARGARITA Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.R.Carter, M.Dragstrem, J.Thompson) 6

ONE NIGHT STANDARDS Canned Biscuit Songs, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/I Love RHA, SESAC/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (A.McBryde, S.McAnally, N.Hayford) 25

ONE OF THEM GIRLS Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (A.Gorley, B.Johnson, D.Davidson, L.Brice) 26

THE OTHER GIRL Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Smack Of Ham Songs, BMI/17Black Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI (K.Ballerini, S.McAnally, R.Copperman, A.Frangipane) 45

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 28

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SHE’S MINE Music Of Stage Three, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, S.Stepakoff) 37

SIX FEET APART Luke Combs Publishing Designee, BMI/Tiltawhirl Music, BMI/Teefus Criley’s Tunes, BMI/Carnival Music Publishing, BMI/Works Of 50 Egg Music, BMI/Catch Your Dream Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/(SKMP), BMI (L.Combs, B.Cobb, R.Snyder) 31

SOME GIRLS Harding Road Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell, C.J. Solar) 34

SOME PEOPLE DO WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, J.Frasure, S.McAnally, Thomas Rhett) 44

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WHY WE DRINK Big Music Machine, BMI/Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, C.Beathard, D.L.Murphy, J.S.Stover) 20

WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Worldwide EMG Music B, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP (K.Brown, Shy Carter, R.J.Hurd, J.M.Schmidt) 32

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JUNE 22, 2020 | PAGE 18 OF 18

On June 24, 1995, Tracy Lawrence stormed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with “Texas Tornado.” The song’s author, Bobby Braddock, also cowrote George Jones’ iconic 1980 No. 1 “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” among other leaders.

“ Te x a s To r n a d o” b e c a m e Lawrence’s sixth No. 1 of eight to date on the chart. He has posted 22 top 10s, with his first 19 singles all reaching the top tier. “Sticks and Stones” marked his arrival in November 1991 and became his first No. 1 in January 1992.

Originally from Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Arkansas, Lawrence, 52, most recently topped Hot Coun-try Songs on June 23, 2007, with

“Find Out Who Your Friends Are,” which surged when stations started playing a version with guest vocals by Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. Lawrence most recently released the LP Made in America last August, and he hosted a benefit for the Troy Gen-try Foundation on Feb. 5 in Nashville. The lineup included the late Gentry’s former partner Eddie Montgomery of duo Montgomery Gentry.

—JIM ASKER

Lawrence on The Tonight Show

With Jay Leno in March 1994.

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25 Years AgoTracy Lawrence Scored A Hit As Big As ‘Texas’In 1995, he notched his sixth Hot Country Songs No. 1