Issue 564 - August 21, 2017 by Country Aircheck

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August 21, 2017, Issue 564

YTD Charts: Down The Stretch

As we make the turn for home in this year’s chart races, here’s how Country radio airplay stacks up as measured by the top songs, top artists and top labels at the three-quarter pole of the chart year. Tim McGraw leads the Top 10 artists, garnering the most airplay points for the first three-quarters of the 2017 chart year. He leads Blake Shelton by a nose. Trailing Blake, the rest of the field has Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Brett Young, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Jon Pardi and Dustin Lynch. While the Top 10 is led by an artist who had his first hit some 23 years ago, four of those 10 – Lynch, Pardi, Rhett, and Young – have been on the national scene five or fewer years. The second-place non-solo male act is Old Dominion, at No. 12. Women aren’t Tim McGraw faring too well thus far, with Lauren Alaina coming in at 20 and Kelsea Ballerini at 22. The Hits: Jon Pardi’s “Dirt On My Boots” has posted more airplay points than any other song at this point in the chart year and has a narrow lead on Blake Shelton’s “A Guy With A Girl.” Rounding out the Top 10 are Sam Hunt’s “Body Like A Back Road,” Florida Georgia Line and Tim McGraw’s “May We All,” Michael Ray’s “Think A Little Less,” Brett Jon Pardi Eldredge’s “Wanna Be That Song,” Little Big Town’s “Better Man,” Luke Combs’ “Hurricane,” Lauren Alaina’s “Road Less Traveled,” and Dustin Lynch’s “Seein’ Red.” Here again, the preponderance of the Top 10 come from artists who have been on the national scene a relatively few number of years. Chart Share: As for the label chart share race, the leader by more than six lengths is the eight-time Country Aircheck Label of the Year Capitol, boasting a whopping 16.9 share. The top 10 are: 1. Capitol 2. WMN 3. BMLGR 4. Valory

16.9 10.2 7.5 6.8

5. Broken Bow 6.1 6. RCA 5.9 7. Big Machine 5.5

8. Columbia 9. Arista 9. MCA

5.1 4.9 4.9

Scored Rangers: Big Label’s Aaron Watson pulls in a Texassized crowd for a performance at Globe Life Park in Arlington, TX Saturday (8/19). Pictured (l-r) are KSCS’ Trapper John Morris, Cumulus/Dallas’ Rebecca Kaplan, Country Aircheck’s Paul Williams, KSCS & KPLX’s Mac Daniels, Watson, KSCS’ Mark “Hawkeye” Louis, the label’s Gwen Foster and CDA Entertainment’s Gino Genaro.

Radio Names OD’s “Happy Endings”

“Forty radio programmers, a handful of Sony staffers and Old Dominion convene on the back of a boat …” is not the beginning of a bad joke. It is, however, how the band came to call their second album for RCA (out this Friday, Aug. 25) Happy Endings. It all began with OD’s Matt Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi, Geoff Sprung and Whit Sellers chatting about their forthcoming new music with me on the aft of a Catamaran in the waters off Key West. It was established early on that they had yet to come up with a name for the album. Key Men: Old Dominion with Helton (c). Halfway through the

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six-song set, we came to one called, “So You Go.” I set it up by asking everyone to pay attention to how it ends. At its close, the protagonist decides whether to go to his girl or not, but the pivotal line “so you go” is not sung as the song closes. I said to the band, “He goes, right?” Matt shoots me a quizzical look and says, “Maybe he doesn’t.” Matt and Brad joke back and forth about whether or not he stays home or goes to her, when Matt asks me why I think the guy goes to her. “I like happy endings,” I said. Through the rest of the afternoon “Happy Endings” became a running joke as we talked about other songs on the album. The guys would even crack, “Here’s another song from our new album ‘Happy Endings’ to cheers and lots of laughs. “At one point I think we even took a vote,” said Matt when the band was in to co-host Country Countdown USA with me. “And it was unanimous for Happy Endings. Country radio named the album, so don’t blame us.” There were, of course, a few other steps that had to be taken prior to that becoming the official title – one of which was the guys in the band all agreeing. “We got off the boat and we kind of went, ‘I think we just named the album,’” recalled Matt. “Everybody was like, ‘Yeah, I’m good if you are.’” One of the reasons the guys were so quick to settle on the title, left field as it might be, was that the pressure was on from the label for a title and a cover. “We had been talking about an album title for more than a month,” said Matt. “We were all just so tired of talking about what the album was going to be called.” Under the gun, Happy Endings was looking better and better. “ [Sony Chairman Randy Goodman] was on the boat and I remember laughing about it in that moment,” said Trevor. “We were like, ‘Hey, Randy -- Happy Endings?’” Picking up the story, Matt said, “The next morning, Geoff and I went for coffee and Randy was there. He looks at us and goes, ‘So, Happy Endings?’ We said it seemed that way if he was cool

Rae Of Nope: Valory’s Delta Rae and friends get their sun gaze on at FGL House in Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are SiriusXM’s JR Schumann and Storme Warren, DR’s Elizabeth Hopkins, the label’s George Briner, and DR’s Brittany Holljes and Eric Holljes.

with it. He said, ‘I don’t care what you call it as long as it has hit songs on it.’ We never talked about it again. That was just it.” In early May, Old Dominion had the title to an album set for a late August release. Jump ahead to late July, I got the press release announcing the new OD album and almost fell out of my chair laughing. I actually sent an email to Randy and Sony Music Nashville’s Steve Hodges, asking if the presser was a one-off sent to me as a joke. Assured it was real, I couldn’t believe they actually did it. During our CCUSA visit, I said to the band there was no way that anyone who wasn’t on that boat could possibly understand how “Happy Endings” makes any sense as the album’s title. “It’s impossible to connect any of the songs on this album to the title,” I said on air.

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Ramsey didn’t quite agree. “When you really listen to the album, Happy Endings really does apply to most of the songs. Although, some of them like ‘So You Go’ and ‘Written In Sand,’ there might be a be a question mark if they’re going to end well.” “Maybe we should have put a question mark at the end of the title and called it ‘Happy Endings?’” laughingly added Tursi. “I think we’ll add the question mark whenever we sign the album cover.” Question mark in the title notwithstanding, the question did remain whether the organic christening of the album was divine inspiration or devious manipulation. After all, has there in history ever been a better job of sucking up to Country radio than to offer them an album they helped name? “That’s definitely something we talked about,” laughed Matt, as the other four guys nodded their heads in agreement. –Lon Helton

Running Out Of Moonlight

While airplay increased today for songs like “Praying For Daylight,” “When The Sun Goes Down,” “We Owned The Night,” “Ain’t Goin Down ‘Til The Sun Comes Up” and “Fishin’ In The Dark,” Country radio also hit the streets – and in at least one case, the water – for full Eclipse 2017 coverage. Some highlights: • Townsquare Regional OM Donovan Short reports KWYY/ Casper, WY staffers were roving city wide reporting on traffic and events. “We had folks pouring in from Colorado, doubling our population today,” he says, noting hotels were sold out and the major networks and NASA were in town. “The Casper airport usually gets five or six flights landing a day. Planes were arriving every two minutes.” • Shawnee Bluff Winery in Lake of the Ozarks hosted the KTKS/Versailles, MO live broadcast. PD/morning host JT Gerlt says, “We gave away 150 pairs of viewing glasses and enjoyed the day with an amazing view of the lake and the eclipse.” Traffic flowed easily and there were none of the predicted cell reception problems. • Near the Nebraska eclipse epicenter, iHeartMedia KXKT/ Omaha’s Hoss MiKTKS Staff chaels says, “Traffic

MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE MV2 Entertainment's Terry McBride discusses his most influential music: 1. Willie Nelson: I was fortunate to grow up in a small town about 60 miles from Austin. In the '70s, Willie Nelson had moved to Austin and the whole progressive, country outlaw movement was taking shape. His albums Phases and Stages and Shotgun Willie were so Terry McBride different than anything out at the time. 2. Willie Nelson's Third Annual Fourth Of July Picnic: It was 1975. It was an eye-opening moment – the huge crowd, the music, and the drugs. It was shocking and wonderful all at the same time. It was a big ol' dose of everything I had never been exposed to before. 3. George Strait's "Unwound": His voice stopped me in my tracks and made a profound impact on me. Having a couple of my songs recorded by George is still one of the highlights of my career. 4. Delbert McClinton: Growing up in Texas, he was legendary. In 1986, I auditioned and got to be his bass player for the next two years. Being able to tour with a veteran who's known for rocking the house every single night is so valuable. He's never let a crowd down. 5. Stevie Ray Vaughan: A guy named Bill Carter had a band called The Blame and I auditioned for him. We toured with Stevie. I had all of his records. Getting to know him, hang with him and play with him was something I'll never forget. • Highly regarded music you've actually never heard: Aside from "Gold Digger," I don't know that I could name one other song of Kanye West's. • "Important" music you just don't get: EDM. But two years ago this kid in Europe named Lost Frequencies recorded a song of mine by Easton Corbin called "Are You With Me." He took the first verse and turned it into an EDM track. It ended up being No. 1 in 18 countries. After the success he's had, I'm certainly a fan of his! • An album you listened to incessantly: Tom Petty's Greatest Hits. It's the best of everything. • Obscure or non-country music everyone should listen to right now: Delbert McClinton's new album, Prick Of The Litter. At 76 years old, he's a true inspiration. • Music you'd rather not admit to enjoying: On Sundays my 15-year-old daughter and I ride around and listen to her music. So what I've been listening to lately is Harry Styles. I took her to a One Direction concert when she was 13. The things you'll do for your kids!

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heading west coming out of Omaha was crazy this morning,” as visitors flocked to Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE. “Tons of RVs and campers lined up, and some gas stations ran out of fuel.” Schools were letting students bring sack lunches so they could watch from football fields and playgrounds. • FGL’s “Sundaze,” Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and Brooks & Dunn’s “Neon Moon” were just some of the titles Zimmer KCLR/ Columbia, MO PD Jamie Mac spiked in. “Our city of 120,000 went to over 400,000 today,” he reports. • Baseball was the bookend in two cities. iHeartMedia WSSL/ Greenville’s official watching party was at minor league baseball’s Greenville Drive game. “They paused the game and let the fans go on the field to watch the eclipse,” reports SVPP Kix Layton. “The game was sold out. Over 8,000 fans, standing room only. And we followed it up with a free Walker McGuire acoustic performance.” Alpha KZKX/Lincoln, NE OM Rob Kelley put down his “glow in the dark coozie” to check in from the Lincoln Saltdogs game, “They suspended the game in the third inning for about 20 minutes so the crowd could watch.” • WCOS/Columbia, SC’s LJ Smith took to the water. “Our boat is anchored to Bomb Island in Lake Murray,” he says. “We’ve got the BBC and media from Germany and Russia here reporting live.” Rob Kelley • Nashville’s stations were scattered in various locations. WSIX afternoon team Tige and Daniel hosted the “No Show” party on the rooftop of the George Jones Museum. WKDF and WSM-FM had hosts at Charlie Daniels Park in Mt. Juliet, the Grand Ole Opry and Centennial Park, where food trucks and booths were set up for viewers. –Paul Williams

Chart Chat

Congrats to Justin Moore, George Briner, Ashley Sidoti and the Valory staff on securing this week’s No. 1 with “Somebody Else Will.” The song is the second chart-topper from Kinda Don’t Care following “You Look Like I Need A Drink.” Writers are Kelly Archer, Adam Hambrick and Tebey Ottoh. Justin Moore Kudos also to Matthew Hargis and the BMLG Records team for notching 32 adds on Florida Georgia Line’s “Smooth,” topping this week’s board.

Glasses Half Full: Sony/Nashville’s The Sisterhood and friends try a new look. Pictured (l-r) are the label’s Ken Robold, Taylor Lindsey, Steve Hodges and Jim Catino, the duo’s Alyssa Bonagura and Ruby Stewart, Sony’s Randy Goodman, Liz Cost and Margaret Tomlin, and WME’s Risha Rogers.

Finally, last week’s signing of Scotty McCreery by Triple Tigers highlights an unprecedented feat. McCreery’s “Five More Minutes” is the only song ever to have charted on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Top 50 without a label.

News & Notes

Kenny Rogers will receive the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum Nov. 17 in St. Louis, MO. Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer and CMA Musician of the Year winner Mac McAnally will be featured in the Nashville Cats series at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Sept. 9 in the museum’s Ford Theater. More here. Warner Bros./WAR’s Chris Janson is hosting the label’s Farewell To Summer radio special. Commercial-free with room for local inventory and customization, the hour-long program can be downloaded here. Access the show clock here. The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and YP Nashville’s 2017 Nashville Emerging Leader Award in the entertainment category was presented to Grayscale Entertainment CEO Tim Gray. Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com Chuck Aly, chuck@countryaircheck.com Wendy Newcomer, wendy@countryaircheck.com Paul Williams, paul@countryaircheck.com (615) 320-1450

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Seek & Employ Available Jobs Here’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we’ll include you in a future update: Hall WPCV/Lakeland is looking for a morning show co-host. Send materials here. iHeartMedia WMZQ/Washington is looking for an APD/on air host. More here. Cox KKBQ & KTHT/Houston are looking for a Dir./ Production and Account Executives for the cluster. Apply here. iHeartMedia WDRM/Huntsville, AL is looking for a PD/afternoon host. Details here, send materials here. Mississippi WOKK/Meridian, MS is looking for a PD/ morning show co-host. Send materials here. Cumulus KIZN/Boise is seeking a morning co-host. Apply here. Cumulus WIVK/Knoxville has openings in middays Apply here. Entercom KKWF/Seattle is looking for a morning show host. Details here. Scripps WKTI/Milwaukee is looking for a DOS, GSM, Dir./Production and Account Executives. More here. Noise New Media is looking for a Mgr./Social Marketing & Advertising. Send materials here.

•Big Chris Hart Former KUUB/KWFP PD/MD/Prod. Dir./afternoon host 775-830-1320 bigchrishart@hotmail.com •Crash Poteet Former KVOO/Tulsa and WKWS/Charleston/WV PD 417-499-4046 okccrash@gmail.com •Cheri Cranford Former GM Streamsound/Red Vinyl Music 615-473-6837 cheri.cranford@comcast.net • Bethany Linderman Former WGNA/Albany morning co-host 727-460-2389 linderman.bethany@gmail.com • Mike Preston Former KKWF/Seattle PD 206-979-2500 pljpreston@aol.com • Jeff Roper Former KCYY/San Antonio APD/MD/morning host 210-790-7099 ropershow@gmail.com • Brian Hatfield Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD/on air 704-604-6554 brianhat@aol.com

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•Kris Stevens Former WKKT/Charlotte afternoon host 610-762-8332 radiochris1@gmail.com •Broadway Former WWYZ/Hartford morning host 860-929-2356 broadway.radio@yahoo.com

August 21, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

JUSTIN MOORe

25036

1744

8590

525

55.753

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) ✔

24091

1917

8162

601

DUSTIN LyNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) ✔

23093

1602

7613

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

22171

978

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

21223

BILLy CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

1 9

159

54.277 5.771

159

540

51.139

159

7537

381

49.184 1.984

159

7142

-22

46.916 0.085

159

20323

-3475

6840

-1147

45.196 -7.244

159

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) ✔

18701

2126

6101

628

41.217 4.288

159

COLe SWINDeLL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

16758

-7431

5954

-2352

156

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow)

16273

719

5498

252

37.601 2.096

159

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

14882

1195

5004

442

34.078

3.63

159

KIP MOORe/More Girls Like You (MCA)

13990

454

4783

165

30.52

1.461

159

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA)

13818

848

4500

294

30.218 2.778

154

CHRIS LANe/For Her (Big Loud)

13762

561

4500

189

30.092 1.632

156

BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville)

12920

217

4642

26.982 0.901

158

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

12428

905

4177

214

26.828 2.885

158

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

10796

1557

3748

535

21.327 2.746

158

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

10582

3577

21.683 0.677

154

MAReN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia)

10473

726

3489

224

21.746 1.909

159

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

9937

1347

3332

399

21.447

155

eRIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

9120

533

3387

203

18.061 2.282

152

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

8875

3053

18.543 0.615

151

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) ✔

8552

2646

2828

810

19.339 6.874

153

BRAD PAISLey/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

7988

235

2833

101

15.033 0.738

154

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

7651

1148

2619

322

13.211 2.349

154

eASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

6611

2344

13.144 0.375

145

Somebody Else Will (Valory) ✔

3.83

3.28

35.32 -16.828

4.57

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Artist/Title (Label)

Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution)

5760

-10

2055

8.757 -0.108

140

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

5646

294

1872

188

10.357 -0.206

116

CHRIS yOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

5390

622

1767

209

10.188 1.457

121

RUSSeLL DICKeRSON/Yours (Triple Tigers/Sony)

4837

129

1647

8.389

0.282

136

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

4516

-165

1687

-57

8.116 -0.403

125

MIRANDA LAMBeRT/Tin Man (RCA)

4399

1370

6.815

-0.01

123

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

4395

146

1478

7.819

0.368

111

ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek)

3937

-32

1414

-11

5.359 -0.217

132

WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista)

3539

325

1038

115

7.037

0.898

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

3473

462

1091

152

6.179

0.986

110

WALKeR MCGUIRe/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse)

3094

-12

1007

6.954

0.109

107

KeLSeA BALLeRINI/Legends (Black River)

2990

530

988

157

4.554

0.653

113

HIGH VALLey/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA)

2865

969

4.606

0.006

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe/Smooth (BMLGR) DEBUT

2837

1474

857

477

5.325

2.566

104

BRANTLey GILBeRT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

2786

256

881

5.258

0.279

104

GRANGeR SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

2538

140

970

3.241

0.067

110

Lee BRICe/Boy (Curb)

2470

833

4.216

0.167

DeVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

2195

263

748

3.041

0.666

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

2149

151

763

2.61

0.398

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

1945

588

3.67

0.262

CHRIS STAPLeTON/Broken Halos (Mercury)

1934

140

677

2.818

0.375

DIeRKS BeNTLey/What The Hell Did I Say (Capitol)

1720

197

590

2.245

0.093

2.257

0.023

2.133 -0.024

2.343

Debut 47 50

MICHAeL RAy/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

1696

551

PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek)

1652

-36

593

DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR)

1618

281

539

Debut 50

0.704

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Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

1120 ✔

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

CHASE BRYANT/Hell If I Know (Red Bow)

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

786 ✔

RASCAL FLATTS/Back To Us (Big Machine)

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

774 ✔

BRETT ELDREDGE/The Long Way (Atlantic/WMN)

DUSTIN LyNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

747 ✔

DeVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow)

723 ✔

KeLSeA BALLeRINI/Legends (Black River)

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA)

703

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

651

CHASe RICe/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow)

BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville)

555

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

eRIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

551

ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

520

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe/Smooth (BMLGR)

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

Activator Top Spin Gainers

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

2646

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

2126

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA)

1917

JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

1744

DUSTIN LyNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

1602

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

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THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

256

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA)

199

DUSTIN LyNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

190

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

186

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow)

151

1557

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

148

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe/Smooth (BMLGR)

1474

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

138

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

1347

eRIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

138

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

1195

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

126

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

1148

BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville)

122

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Points

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

17017

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

15918

601

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

13263

540

BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR)

12795

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

535

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

12413

JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

525

BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear... (Warner Bros./WMN)

9422

477

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

6861

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia)

442

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

6801

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

399

KeITH URBAN f/C. UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol)

6732

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

381

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN)

6527

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory)

810

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

628

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) DUSTIN LyNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe/Smooth (BMLGR)

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August 21, 2017 COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY

A D D DAT E S August 28

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes Moves 46-45* 1945 points, 588 spins 4 adds: WDSY, WSSL, KRYS, KUAD

dylan scott/Hooked (Curb) Danielle Bradbery/Sway (BMLGR) Rebel Hearts/Baby Doll (Rebel Hearts)

CHRIS STAPLeTON/Broken Halos (Mercury) Moves 47-46* 1934 points, 677 spins 7 adds: KKBQ*, WUBL, KNIX, KCye, KWNR, WSSL, KZSN

September 5

COLE SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner/WMN)

September 11

DIeRKS BeNTLey/What The Hell Did I Say (Capitol) Debut 47* 1720 points, 590 spins 2 adds: WDRQ*, WQDR MICHAeL RAy/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA) Moves 50- 48* 1696 points, 551 spins 1 add: WIRK PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) Moves 48-49* 1652 points, 593 spins 2 adds: WLFP, KDRK DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin’ (Warner Bros./WAR) Debuts 50* 1618 points, 539 spins 5 adds: W1HC*, KKWF, WQDR, WGH, KAWO LITLLe BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol) 1573 points, 539 spins 4 adds: KBEB, WTGE, KMDL, WSLC JeRROD NIeMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb) 1528 points, 533 spins; no adds JOSH TURNER/All About You (MCA) 1506 points, 506 spins 3 adds: W1HC*, WXCY, WYCT LAUReN ALAINA/Doin’ Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1476 points, 579 spins 2 adds: WYCD, WZZK

SETH ENNIS/Look At You (Arista) Send yours to adds@countryaircheck.com

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Old Dominion Happy Endings (RCA) The group's second album was produced by Shane McAnally and includes current single "No Such Thing As A Broken Heart," plus "Written In The Sand," "Shoe Shopping," "A Girl Is A Gun" and "Stars In The City" (featuring Little Big Town).

The Cadillac Three Legacy (Big Machine) The trio collectively produced the 11-track project and worked with songwriters including Lori McKenna, Jonathan Singleton and Laura Veltz. Titles include "Dang If We Didn't," "American Slang" and "Love Me Like Liquor" (featuring McKenna). Caroline Jones Bare Feet (True To The Song/ Faction) Produced with Rick Wake (Mariah Carey, Celine Dion), Jones wrote all six songs on the EP and played all the album's instruments except bass and drums. Cuts include lead single "Tough Guys," plus "Country Girl" and "Bare Feet." Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real SelfTitled (Fantasy) Nelson's "cosmic country soul" welcomes guests on the album including father Willie Nelson and Aunt Bobbi Nelson on "Just Outside Of Austin," Lady Gaga on "Find Yourself" and "Carolina," and backing vocals from Lucius on five tracks.

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August 21, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points

+/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

OLD DOMINION

10417

703

2362

199

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

10212

298

2325

JUSTIN MOORe/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

10178

275

2301

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

9681

2168

No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA)

DUSTIN LyNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) ✔

8989

747

2031

190

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) ✔

8426

774

1868

148

BILLy CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

7970

-1945

1857

-419

COLe SWINDeLL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

7826

-1728

1743

-352

KENNY CHESNEY/All The Pretty Girls (Blue Chair/Columbia) ✔

7729

786

1654

186

10 10

JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) ✔

7497

723

1607

151

11 11

BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville)

7225

555

1617

122

12 12

KIP MOORe/More Girls Like You (MCA)

6662

168

1465

14 13

KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA)

5770

500

1291

13 14

CHRIS LANe/For Her (Big Loud)

5642

293

1238

15 15

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

5424

217

1182

16 16

LUKE COMBS/When It Rains It Pours (River House/Columbia)

5393

268

1093

104

18 17

GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

5301

407

1142

21 18

CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

4930

651

1083

138

20 19

MAReN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia)

4796

394

1012

19 20

BRAD PAISLey/Last Time For Everything (Arista)

4754

1015

22 21

eRIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

4609

551

1014

138

26 22

THOMAS RHETT/Unforgettable (Valory) ✔

4101

1120

861

256

23 23

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

3695

763

24 24

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

3557

208

720

25 25

eASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

3244

139

682

28 26

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

3013

500

679

126

29 27

BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution)

2727

352

624

30 28

CHRIS yOUNG/Losing Sleep (RCA)

2519

485

466

103

35 29

DIeRKS BeNTLey/What The Hell Did I Say (Capitol)

1810

320

348

31 30

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA)

1808

119

302

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August 21, 2017 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

36 31

BRETT YOUNG/Like I Loved You (BMLGR)

1785

520

306

32 32

KeLSeA BALLeRINI/Legends (Black River)

1742

311

34 33

MIRANDA LAMBeRT/Tin Man (RCA)

1699

173

414

33 34

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

1479

-63

294

-18

37 36

Lee BRICe/Boy (Curb)

1297

129

277

44 37

FLORIDA GeORGIA LINe/Smooth (BMLGR)

1288

461

233

38 38

LITTLe BIG TOWN/When Someone Stops Loving You (Capitol)

1280

216

217

43 39

ZAC BROWN BAND/Roots (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

1191

350

216

40 40

RUSSeLL DICKeRSON/Yours (Triple Tigers/Sony)

1094

119

238

42 41

ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek)

1051

171

250

41 42

GRANGeR SMITH/Happens Like That (Wheelhouse)

916

177

-1

39 43

CHRIS STAPLeTON/Broken Halos (Mercury)

873

-158

172

-14

47 44

BRANTLey GILBeRT/The Ones That Like Me (Valory)

845

157

45 45

HIGH VALLey/She's With Me (Atlantic/WEA)

837

126

46 46

OLD DOMINION/Written In The Sand (RCA)

790

-10

-1

48 47

WALKER HAYES/You Broke Up With Me (Monument/Arista)

744

129

51 48

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA)

715

137

113

58 49

DeVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

657

159

52 50

ADAM DOLEAC/Whiskey's Fine (287)

630

Re-Enter 51

CODY JOHNSON/Wild As You (Cojo)

615

126

54 52

LUCAS HOGE/Dirty South (Rebel Engine/Star Farm)

593

108

53 53

JUSTIN MOORe/Kinda Don't Care (Valory)

570

Debut 54

DAN + SHAY/Road Trippin' (Warner Bros./WAR)

552

205

Debut 55

RASCAL FLATTS/Back To Us (Big Machine)

532

272

WALKeR MCGUIRe/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse)

528

-75

151

-21

MICHAeL RAy/Get To You (Atlantic/WEA)

514

128

56 58

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers)

511

-15

109

55 59

JeRROD NIeMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb)

503

-24

-7

LAUReN ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury)

500

108

50 56

Debut 57

Debut 60

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