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February 13, 2017, Issue 536

Meet Warner’s Matt Signore

Named as incoming Warner Music Nashville COO as far back as July, Matt Signore brings 25 years of record business experience, a long history with WMN Chairman/CEO John Esposito and a few other Nashville connections to the role he started Jan. 1. CA: How did you end up in the music business? MS: I worked as a CPA in New York for a big accounting firm. Back in that day with those jobs, you hoped one of your clients would hire you. I had a friend who worked on the acquisition of Island Records by Polygram, went there and basically had a job for me. I was 26 years old, got a $3,000 raise and I could wear jeans to work. I came home and said, “I think I want to do this.” I wasn’t a musician and didn’t want to be in the music business, necessarily. But I went to work for Island and ultimately Island/Def Jam on the Matt Signore business side. How did you meet Espo? In 1994, he was the head of catalog sales at Polygram. He was the guy trying to get labels to clear things for catalog work, and my boss was a pain in the ass. His first memory of me was as the finance guy at Island who helped him get stuff done. When Universal bought Polygram and created Island/Def Jam, Espo was GM. I was going to leave the company in 2000, but he created a job for me. My title was basically “everybody’s best friend.” I was the business guy who helped all the operating departments do better with their business operations. Promotion, sales, marketing – they all have a business element to what they do. It was fascinating for me and really bonded the two of us. If he doesn’t make that opportunity for me, I probably (continued on page 6)

Exclusive Club: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am tournament winner Jordan Spieth (l) and partner Jake Owen celebrate a big weekend on the links. In addition to the pair placing third in the Pro-Am, Owen was honored with the Arnie Award, which he is holding. “Having my family there, and my cancer-free Dad caddying for me all week made it so special,” Owen says.

Bandtwango Funds The Fun

Artists using crowd funding websites isn’t new – but industry vet John Alexander felt something was missing from the concept after a friend raised capital for her album. “She had this money, but didn’t know what to do with it,” says Alexander, who, with business partner Carl Allocco, created Bandtwango.

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“I thought it would be cool to have a company where you help an artist raise funds to do a project, go on tour or raise money for a charity, and help them in an artist development way,” he explains. “And also help them by introducing them to industry professionals who can assist. Bandtwango is a place where campaigns are marketed to an artist’s fan base, but when we put together a budget, there’s also a plan to budget in an infrastructure. “For example, if an artist has a desire to work radio, we’ll build in radio promotion,” adds Alexander. “They might want to add a social media marketing team, a publicist, or a distribution partner. Or if they need a video director, we’d introduce them to a video director. We’ll make those services available as part of our services.” Alexander’s past stops include marketing/branding posts at GAC, Black River and Jones Radio, as well as artist management. He and Allocco spent most of last year fine-tuning their concept and in November, launched the company, which has a country music focus. They did a beta test with duo Hadley Park, who are now being played on SiriusXM’s The Highway. “We put together a campaign for them that allowed them to fund an EP,” says Alexander, “and now they have a great marketing tool to move forward in their career.” Unlike most crowd funding sites, the connection doesn’t necessarily end when the goal is reached. “When you’re funded and you leave the program, we stay in touch,” he John Alexander says. “You still have access to us. We’re still in communication and artists can call us at any time if they need advice, guidance or they need to be connected with someone in any facet of the music business. We can try to facilitate that for them.” Bandtwango’s current clients include season 15 American Idol finalist Jeneve Rose Mitchell and Go Long Entertainment’s Christina Taylor, who launches a campaign to fund her radio promo tour Mar. 1. They’ll also be working with Red Light Management’s Taylor Kelly on launching an April 1 campaign for trio Maybe April. In addition, the company offers the live platform initiative Bandtwango Presents, with a late May kickoff at Long Island, NY 1,000-capacity venue Mulkahy’s. “We’re forming relationships with smaller-capacity venues, performing arts centers and theaters,” says Alexander. “For example, we’ll put together an intimate fan experience in five cities where an artist is popular. We’ll hold dates with those theaters and put up a campaign on Bandtwango which will be a tiered participation initiative. If we don’t meet our goal, those dates go away and the tickets are

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refunded. So it’s a way an artist can go out on the road without the risk of losing money. And it gives fans the opportunity to have a really cool experience with that artist.” A third company offering is called Special Projects, in which Bandtwango works with artists to raise money for a charity, an emergency situation that may involve a natural disaster, or a fan whose family has a medical emergency. Alexander likens Bandtwango, which charges a flat 12 percent fee of money raised per campaign, to a “virtual management company.” “Another way of looking at it is, we’re like a label services team, without taking a lifelong percentage or signing away publishing or signing any type of long-term contract. On the booking side, we’re like a concert promoter, because we’re not adverse to working with agencies or managers that may want help putting together a tour for their artist with unique incentives.” Whether working with a new artist, mid-level or heritage act, Alexander says Bandtwango’s goal is simple. “What we’re trying to do is empower the artists, make them their own CEO,” he says. “We want to steer them in the right direction. They can come to our company, which has expertise in moving careers along and knows how to market. We want Bandtwango to be a safe haven for them.” Reach Alexander here. More on Bandtwango here. –Wendy Newcomer

Chart Chat

Congrats to Dustin Lynch, Carson James, Lee Adams, Jim Malito and the whole Broken Bow crew on securing this week’s No. 1 with “Seein’s Red.” The song is his fourth consecutive chart-topper and the first single from his upcoming album. And kudos to Capitol’s Bobby Young and Arista’s Josh Easler and their respective teams on notching 64 adds for Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood’s “The Fighter,” topping this week’s board.

Dustin Lynch

News & Notes

Registration is open for The T.J. Martell Foundation Young Professionals Council’s second annual Downtown Derby Bed Race May 6 in Nashville. Register here. Learn more and donate here. Plowboy Records is celebrating five years with the launch of the Plowboy Legacy imprint and Need More Artist Manage-

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Arista’s Seth Ennis discusses his most influential music: 1. Vince Gill: He’s an influence as a guitar player, writer and singer. But also for the person he’s known for being, which is such a good guy. 2. Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour, Valdosta, GA: In high school, we didn’t have much to do on the weekends. I’d go to a friend’s Seth Ennis house and play the guitar and we’d sing songs around a fire. When his tour came to our hometown, it was the first time I’d seen that atmosphere recreated on such a big level. Luke can make that many people feel like they’re all in his living room just hanging out. I’ve tried to model my show after a lot of the things I saw there. 3. Miguel at The Tabernacle, Atlanta: He’s one of the most talented entertainers I’ve ever seen live. 4. Vince Gill’s Greatest Hits: My favorite song of his is “Pretty Little Adriana.” That’s on there, and all of my other favorites, too. 5. “Farther Along”: I grew up singing that song. My mom’s dad was a dobro player and took us around to bluegrass festivals. That’s where I was exposed to bluegrass and southern gospel. I love that kind of music and that’s probably my favorite song out of that genre. • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: The Hamilton soundtrack. • “Important” music you just don’t get: Polka. • An album you listened to incessantly: Eric Church’s Chief: I always have it on repeat. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Lipstick Gypsy’s “The Cure.” • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: When I was in eighth grade, our musical was High School Musical. I played Zac Efron’s character, Troy Bolton. I’m telling you, there are some jams on that soundtrack!

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ment with Ben Ewing as GM for all. More here. John Berry, Buddy Jewell, Ray Scott and Cyndi Thomson will be among the performers at the “South Georgia Strong” tornado relief benefit concert in Tifton, GA, Feb. 26. Proceeds from the show will go to those affected by recent area storms. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased at FreshTix.com. iDitty Inc. has teamed with Big Machine Label Group and Curb Records to produce exclusive credentials for Justin Moore and Lee Brice’s co-headlined American Made Tour. MV2 Entertainment’s David Fanning launched his 30-town #musicFIRST tour of middle and high schools, running through May. Dates here.

The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • iHeartMedia/Springfield, MA’s John Thomas resigned. (2/13) • KVWF/Wichita’s Pat James is joining KHUT/Hutchinson, KS. (2/13) • WLHK/Indianapolis MD/middayer JD Cannon is retiring. (2/10) • Entercom’s Dusty Hayes joined Townsquare/Shreveport, LA as OM. (2/10) • WESC/Greenville, SC mainstay John Landrum exited after 36 years. (2/9) • Radio vet Braden Smith joined Townsquare/Amarillo, TX as OM and KATP PD. (2/8) • WNSH/New York weekender talaent Katie Neal was promoted to middays. (2/8) • KCYE/Las Vegas APD/afternooner Todd Michaels exited. (2/7) • KKWF/Seattle PD Mike Preston is leaving after seven years. (2/7)

Meet Warner’s Matt Signore

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follow a very different path. So he’s been a mentor and a friend all along the way. Why join him in Nashville now? He left to run WEA [Distribution] and I joined him there in 2005. In 2009 he left again for Nashville and within a few years I became President of WEA. His move to Nashville would have been a perfect time for me to join him, but my kids were seven years younger at the time and I just couldn’t leave my family. Now they’re 27, 24 and 18 – the youngest just left for college. Espo just

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signed a new deal, the [WMG Shared Services] division is opening in Nashville and [WMN SVP/Finance] Ken Williams is leaving to run that. So Espo brought me in for that as well as what I’ve always done for him. You had a town hall with the WMN staff. What was your message? Coming in as an outsider, but being close with Espo, having been around the business and with that ongoing relationship with WEA, it was an opportunity to explain to them my role is much like it’s been elsewhere. The engine of a label is A&R, marketing and promotion. Underpinning all that is the business side, so I work for Espo, [CMO] Peter Strickland and [EVP/A&R] Scott Hendricks. What can I do on their behalf that keeps them from spending more time on what they’re great at? The label’s gotten bigger. How do you manage that? Most of the artists here have expanded rights deals and the engine that runs those artist services is WEA. That’s been in place, but part of what he wants me to do is make sure people understand that signing with WMN means the people in this building and 100 people in New York also work for you. I’ll be that business person for everybody. How has this experience been different so far? I’ve met more artists in a month than I’ve probably met in 20 years, just because they’re here. They’re in the building, as are managers. We’re talking about their artists all day long and being in this [proximity] means we can share what we’re seeing in their business or the marketplace. My daughter is finishing her third year at Belmont and will be getting a doctorate in occupational therapy. She’s actually mad at me because she chose to do her clinical work in New Jersey, so she’s back up there and I’m down here. So I’ve gotten to know the town. And beyond Espo, I started at Polygram around the same time as Paul Barnabee and [Sony/Nashville’s] Ken Robold. [WMN VP/Revenue] Ben Kline worked with me at Island in New York. All these guys went down to Nashville and never came back. That’s my plan, too. When we interviewed the WMN team following the Radio & Streaming shift in September (CAW 9/26), Espo said you will “focus on revenue generation.” What does that mean?

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At WEA we were just starting a division for the Warner Music Group around creation of content, whether it’s episodic content, short form, using traditional partners like YouTube and otherwise. We started doing artist events in this beautiful common area in the New York office and then we asked, “Why are we not capturing all of these moments?” Since then, they’ve installed cameras and it’s become a WMG group initiative. I know Brett Eldredge’s release will involve additional video content. I don’t know how revenue generating this is going to be, but the idea is out there. We’re going to learn from what has started to happen on the Warner level and figure it out. For instance, Warner Sound in the Round and Pickin’ On The Patio could end up placed somewhere? Yes. And from a revenue generation perspective, there are the video content, sponsorship, and branded content considerations. If we find a bigger way for those, that just enables more investment in A&R and marketing. Anything else we should know? My son is the CFO for 300 Entertainment, which Warner Nashville has a partnership with for Bailey Bryan. His name is also Matt Signore. So earlier today I had a conversation with [WMN VP/A&R] Cris Lacy and I was like, “What are you talking about?” She said, “I emailed you about that!” Um, no. That was my son. Reach Matt the elder here. –Chuck Aly

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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. Emmis' WLHK/Indianapolis has an opening for an MD/air personality. Apply here. Entercom's KKWF/Seattle is searching for a PD. Apply here. Big Machine Label Group is searching for a sales, marketing and interactive executive with at least three years of record retail sales experience. Materials here. Average Joes has an opening for a receptionist/staff assistant. Resumes here. GCC Bend's KSJJ/Bend, OR is searching for a morning show producer/air talent. Airchecks and resumes here. iHeartMedia/Huntsville has a Dir./Creative Services opening. Materials to SVP/Programming Erich West here. Hall's WCTY/Norwich, CT is searching for an overnight talent. Materials to PD Dave Elder here. Cumulus' WIVK/Knoxville has an opening in middays. Apply here. iHeartMedia's WNCB/Raleigh has an opening for a PD. Apply here. Scripps' WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. Apply here. Townsquare/Duluth, MN has an opening for a GM Apply here. Mid-West Family's WRTB/Rockford, IL is searching for an afternoon personality. Reach Steve Summers about the position, which includes imaging duties, here. West Virginia Radio's WKWS/Charleston, WV has an opening for a PD/air personality. Materials to MM Bob Visotcky here. Beasley's WKLB/Boston has an opening for a morning show host. Airchecks and resumes to PD Mike Brophey here. Zimmer/Cookeville, TN is searching for an engineer. Three years experience is required. Materials here. Leighton's KZPK/St. Cloud, MN has an opening in evenings. Airchecks, resumes and social media links here. W&B's WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/ MD/afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. iHeartMedia's WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Apply here. Adams' WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/ middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. Bristol's WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the morning show. Materials here. Zimmer's KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus' WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country combo WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. Midlands' WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Programming & Operations Keith Clark here. Townsquare's WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. AJG's WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morning host. Materials here. Cox's KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three years of experience is required. Apply here.

CBS Radio's KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD. At least five years programming experience is required and a fouryear degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.

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• Chris Borchetta Former Star Farm Sr. Dir./Promotion chrisborchetta@gmail.com • Jim Day Former WIL/St. Louis morning host 314-285-4365 jimdayshow@gmail.com • JD Daniels Former WJMQ/Brand Mgr/ & Afternooner 920-277-5483 jddaniels.radio@gmail.com •Jeff Kapugi Former CBS Radio VP/Country, WUSN/Chicago PD jeffkapugi@gmail.com •Wes McShay Former Cumulus/Montgomery, AL OM/PD 208-758-5435 wesgardipe@gmail.com • Derek Gunn Former Stoney Creek regional and KBUL/Reno, NV PD Gunnderek@hotmail.com • Jeff Miles Former WKLB/Boston morning host radiojeff@icloud.com • Chappel Fisher Formerly middays at WZZK/Birmingham djonair@aol.com • Brian Rickman Former Townsquare/Tyler, TX OM/PD brian.c.rickman@gmail.com • Rosey Fitchpatrick Former SSM Dir./National Promotion Roseyfitch99@gmail.com • Wayne Manning Former Cold River Regional 801-361-2993 imaviator@yahoo.com • Doug Montgomery Former iHeartMedia/Grand Rapids SVP/Programming, Premium Choice PD and iHeartCountry Brand Coord. dougmontgomery@icloud.com • Kristen Kee Former Sony/Nashville Mgr./Marketing kristen.kee@gmail.com • Kassidy Stewart Former Hart Media/Bullseye Dir./Promotions & Content kassidy@goncc.com • Kelley Cash Former KVOO/Tulsa personality kelleycashradio@gmail.com • Brian Hatfield Former KYGO/Denver APD/MD brianhat@aol.com • Rick Kennis Former WGTY/York, PA Dir./Promotions rick@rickkennis.com

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 1

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

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) ✔

26568

2244

8773

783

59.817 4.689

159

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

23588

399

7831

230

53.253 0.158

159

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA)

22338

1293

7506

453

50.565

159

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

21603

-5137

7057

-1645

50.153 -9.761

159

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) ✔

20931

2142

7148

781

47.033 4.083

159

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) ✔

20499

1753

6871

667

45.995 4.023

159

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

19404

-4092

6117

-1285

46.965 -7.585

159

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

19260

1274

6265

440

3.286

159

ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

17076

1138

5629

319

39.059 1.783

159

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

16001

-441

5151

-181

34.953 -1.53

159

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

15963

509

5263

161

37.547 1.431

159

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury)

15355

427

5036

212

34.798 1.691

158

GRANGER SMITH/If The Boot Fits (Wheelhouse)

14970

-6486

4998

-2170

32.283 -15.227

159

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) ✔

14377

1823

4680

537

33.443 4.766

158

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

12904

4378

28.224 0.558

157

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

12055

811

3936

306

27.144 1.794

157

GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl)

11530

388

3618

24.382 0.789

154

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

11487

632

3899

170

24.881 1.735

157

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

10304

240

3426

111

0.531

155

KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

10204

884

3477

365

23.573 2.043

156

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

9073

625

2944

197

20.384 2.635

154

CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR)

8865

246

3185

17.019 0.564

155

TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

8789

402

2834

109

17.545 0.711

153

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR)

7368

765

2359

214

14.312 1.686

147

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

7144

230

2463

13.843 0.152

148

44.91

21.16

3.56

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 2

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

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

6512

2419

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

6433

2163

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

6377

796

1950

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

5841

RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine)

5790

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) ✔

12.816 0.197

146

0.11

150

181

13.869 -0.25

138

1849

-11

13.086 0.503

136

774

1898

251

12.928 2.892

145

5694

1473

1854

486

11.299

3.06

129

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

5634

213

1787

120

13.98

0.697

142

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

4590

-56

1422

-8

8.036 -0.112

118

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

4430

379

1469

103

6.839

0.836

118

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

4415

732

1501

223

7.804

1.869

125

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

4354

116

1503

7.062

0.141

127

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

4133

507

1349

240

8.067

1.051

104

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

3890

332

1151

106

7.714

0.656

11.97

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek)

3884

150

1486

5.37

0.32

127

JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA)

3841

200

1243

6.256

0.541

125

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

3787

166

1269

5.047

0.4

126

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

3128

244

1037

4.386

0.491

107

CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow)

3022

-215

1021

-78

4.141 -0.344

113

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

2826

-534

887

-242

5.647 -3.095

103

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

2607

199

861

4.405

0.587

105

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

2426

814

-18

4.35

0.251

2.594 -0.211

HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday's Song (Atlantic/WMN)

2092

-134

737

-46

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

1932

661

1.721

0.024

100

DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (Dot)

1892

156

633

2.437

0.351

TUCKER BEATHARD/Momma And Jesus (Dot)

1777

666

1.924 -0.122

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Country Aircheck Add leaders

Chart Page 3

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds

1093 ✔

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

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

913 ✔

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

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

709 ✔

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

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

551 ✔

FRANKIE BALLARD/You'll Accomp'ny Me (Warner Bros./WAR)

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

456 ✔

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

404

BROOKE EDEN/Act Like You Don't (Red Bow)

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

392

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

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

376

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

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

288

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine)

279

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

Activator Top Spin Gainers

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

2244

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

2142

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

1823

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

1753

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

1473

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

260

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

160

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

145

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

112

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

107

1293

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

106

1274

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR)

1138

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

KEITH URBAN f/C. Underwood/The Fighter (Capitol)

893

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

KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

884

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN)

12716

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

783

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

781

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T.MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR)

12552

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

667

KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol/Capitol)

10822

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

537

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista)

10662

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

486

BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR)

8995

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA)

453

BILLY CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury)

8732

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

440

OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA)

7949

KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

365

LUKE BRYAN/Move (Capitol)

7636

ERIC CHURCH f/R. GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

319

LOCASH/I Know Somebody (Reviver)

6967

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

306

KENNY CHESNEY f/P!NK/Setting The... (Blue Chair/Columbia)

6912

February 13, 2017

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February 27

HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday’s Song (Atlantic/WMN) Remains at 47 2,092 points, 737 spins 1 add: WGTY

Lanco/Greatest Love Story (Arista) Big & Rich/California (B&R/New Rev)

Midland/Drinkin’ Problem (Big Machine

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February 13, 2017

Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 5 Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

11562

277

2368

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

11407

-264

2335

-35

CHRIS YOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA)

10643

-36

2205

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista) ✔

10385

1093

2170

260

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) ✔

9499

456

1910

107

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA)

9422

184

1901

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

8805

-2434

1786

-529

ERIC CHURCH f/RHIANNON GIDDENS/Kill A Word (EMI Nashville)

8549

134

1771

12 9

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

7869

-25

1589

13 10

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury)

7481

177

1528

14 11

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

7152

392

1413

106

10 12

MAREN MORRIS/80s Mercedes (Columbia)

7028

-1117

1472

-226

16 13

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

6433

404

1269

112

19 14

JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

6034

288

1262

15 15

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

5918

-216

1196

-35

18 16

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

5909

1163

17 17

GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl)

5854

-9

1169

20 18

KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End Of The World (Blue Chair/Columbia)

5829

117

1145

21 19

HIGH VALLEY/Make You Mine (Atlantic/WEA)

5114

1021

22 20

CHRIS JANSON/Holdin' Her (Warner Bros./WAR)

4880

102

979

25 21

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

4082

212

787

24 22

TRENT HARMON/There's A Girl (Dot/Big Machine)

4060

157

775

23 23

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

4010

802

26 24

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

3233

-83

671

-10

27 25

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR)

3021

265

597

28 26

RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine)

2791

279

585

30 27

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR)

2513

148

484

32 28

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

2270

232

452

38 29

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) ✔

2264

913

444

160

29 30

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

2142

-228

424

-38

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Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

31 31

JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

2136

-41

Plays

402

+/- Plays

-6

Stations Adds

33 32

RUNAWAY JUNE/Lipstick (Wheelhouse)

2022

381

34 33

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

1961

334

35 34

BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

1813

306

42 35

ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) ✔

1672

551

332

36 36

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

1644

-132

332

-16

37 37

JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA)

1604

-12

308

-1

41 38

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

1308

261

56 39

KEITH URBAN f/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol) ✔

1307

709

209

145

39 40

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

1221

-79

257

-17

44 41

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

1160

229

40 42

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

1116

-179

205

-21

43 43

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

1082

223

45 44

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

1000

-23

129

-3

46 45

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

902

-62

156

-13

60 46

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

826

376

132

47 47

BRETT YOUNG/You Ain't Here To Kiss Me (BMLGR)

800

50 48

THOMAS RHETT f/J. SPARKS/Playing With Fire (Valory)

700

-10

-1

51 49

DREW BALDRIDGE f/EMILY WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River)

684

-10

100

-1

53 50

LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House)

650

49 51

PARMALEE/Roots (Stoney Creek)

646

-75

143

-18

48 52

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

640

-100

115

-8

52 53

CHASE BRYANT/Room To Breathe (Red Bow)

581

-62

117

-12

55 54

HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday's Song (Atlantic/WMN)

544

-65

-7

58 55

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

470

-20

-2

57 56

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

470

-20

-2

59 57

MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia)

440

-30

-3

Debut 58

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

430

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Dot)

382

-236

-23

RYAN FOLLESE/One Thing Right (BMLGR)

350

54 59

Debut 60