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April 10, 2017, Issue 545

RAC Clark: Inside The ACMs

A conversation with 52nd ACM Awards Executive Producer RAC Clark: Let’s get right to the elephant: Ratings were down again. We had the insanity of the 50th where everything fell into place, and that’s a hard standard to hold to. I don’t know what the new normal is for country music awards shows in the spring, but we’re finding it out. And I really don’t know what else to do. We had great music, great participation from our stars – I’m stumped. Can we do something different with marketing, with production? We had stiff competition – baseball, Walking Dead and WrestleMania – but we always do. At the same time, it was Final RAC Clark Four weekend, which has always been good to us, and CBS had huge ratings. We’ll do an extensive debrief over the summer and get into all the different factors. The show was well-received in the room and our radio readers gave it high marks last week. I will happily say we were technically flawless. I haven’t heard any complaints and from where I sat, every team hit their marks. Having the Entertainer nominees open was so strong and such a simple concept. Why hasn’t that been done before? We’ve tried, but there’s usually one holdout. You can’t open with, “Here are four of the five Entertainer nominees!” This year, Carrie’s manager Ann Edelblute said, “We’re in. Why don’t you ask everybody else?” She gets producer credit on that one. Talking about following the energy of that, and with Chuck Berry’s untimely passing, we thought it was the right fit to put our hosts in their comfort zone as musicians. Then Joe Walsh was available and we did a two-minute version of “Johnny B. Goode” – verse, chorus, solo. How did it go with Luke and Dierks in their second time together hosting? They did great and put a lot of effort in. We brought in a new writer, Paul Greenberg, and they committed to starting earlier and really fine tuning the script. When we were discussing the mono(continued on page 7)

Road Warriors: Team Lauren takes their No. 1 celebration on the road to iHeartMedia/Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are Mercury’s Jack Christopher, iHeartCountry’s Rod Phillips, Mercury’s Damon Moberly, UMG/Nashville’s Donna Hughes, Lauren Alaina, UMGN’s Royce Risser, WSIX’s Gator Harrison, manager Trisha McClanahan and UMGN’s David Friedman.

CRS Revisited: Slicing & Dicing

One of CRS 2017’s best-received panels mixed original research from Stone Door Media Lab’s Jeff Green with commentary from top record and radio execs on the ever-changing factors that go into music decisions. Green’s research identified five reliable early indicators of song acceptance, while the panel offered valuable and at times cautionary perspective. Green started with those five proven predictors: 12 or more Shazams-per-spin in their second chart week, No. 1 Most Added, early Airborne status, 12 or more sales per spin in chart week two, and fast Pandora chart Jeff Green pacing. “Yes there are many exceptions,” says

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MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE Universal Music Publishing writer Blair Daly discusses his most influential music: 1. KISS’ Asylum Tour, The Cajundome, Lafayette, LA: It was the first concert I ever attended. My mind was blown. After that show, there was no question about what I was going to do with my life. 2. Eddie Van Halen: I remember so clearly as a kid, sitting in front of the fireplace in my parents’ living room, watching MTV. The Blair Daly “Jump” video came on. As soon as Eddie shredded that solo, I was done. That next day, my parents ordered me a right-handed harmony acoustic from Sears for $25. I flipped the strings to make it lefty, and the rest is history. 3. Def Leppard’s Hysteria: I grew up in the ‘80s and am a huge fan of rock and hard rock. This band always had great songs. Also, Mutt Lange’s production on this record is incredible. To this day, there aren’t many occasions when I’m writing a song or doing a demo, where I don’t pull out something from that book of tricks. 4. Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction: This band and album were game changers for me. They came out of the same Sunset Strip scene as most of the big ‘80s rock bands, but G N’ R did their own thing. They combined great songs with, what was to me, the true spirit of rebellious, badass rock and roll. 5. Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”: I love great pop music. I was an instant fan the first time I heard “I Kissed A Girl.” She’s the real deal. A superstar, onstage and off. And, she knows how to write huge pop hits. I’ve been asked many times, if you could pick one favorite pop song you didn’t write, what would it be. “Teenage Dream” has been that song for me for a good while now. • Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface. I’ve heard bits and pieces. But nothing I’ve connected with to make me want to listen to the record. • “Important” music you just don’t get: Kanye West records. • An album you listened to incessantly: Shinedown’s The Sound Of Madness. • Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Chris Cornell’s “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart.” His voice is insane! He has it all. The soul, the range and emotion. In my opinion, one of the best singers of my lifetime. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: If I enjoy it, I’ll gladly admit it!

UPDATE

Fresh Grouper: A host of label, radio pros and guests converge on Blue Chair/Columbia’s Kenny Chesney backstage at Tortuga.

Green. “Some songs don’t score well on any of these indicators ... and still become big.” As for what programmers actually look to, Green’s survey asked reporters to rank 38 factors that may impact their decision making. The top three were artist stature, gut feeling, and tempo and sound. See the full piece here. Following Green’s data presentation, Sony/ Nashville EVP/Marketing & New Business John Zarling said he looks at Spotify, Pandora and other key streaming partners. Singles sales through iTunes and video data from YouTube and Vevo are important, too. As is market-specific streaming data. He also stressed the importance of looking for reasons John Zarling why one platform may be outperforming another. “What’s going on with that pool of listeners that is allowing that particular song to over-index,” he asked. CBS VP/Programming and KMLE/Phoenix PD Tim Richards looks at Shazam, Spotify, video and extraordinary examples of social engagement, but warned attendees to only use mScores over multiple weeks and only on songs with at least 150 spins. Richards also Tim Richards welcomes data from label partners and en-

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Soul’d Out: Backstage at Friday’s (4/7) New Orleans opening of the Soul2Soul World Tour 2017 are (l-r) Sony’s Ken Robold and Lauren Thomas, Arista’s Josh Easler, Sony’s Randy Goodman, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sony’s Steve Hodges, Columbia’s Shane Allen, and Sony’s John Zarling and Jim Catino.

courages his fellow PDs to do the same without falling to cynicism. “We live in an on-demand society,” he said. “We need to adapt or die.” Zarling noted that the label’s task is to show how each artist is different through their charitable works, touring and imaging. “There are so many artists that frankly all of us on the label side are challenged with finding that differentiating point,” he said. Zarling also said an opportunity may exist for a third party to provide data to radio pros, who may be skeptical of what labels supply. Richards emphasized the importance of treating labels as partners, not only in terms of the music and data they provide, but also for the acts they bring to the table for station events. Green offered advice on using Shazam charts for tracking growth and trends, and said Wikipedia views and data from Next Big Sound are free and useful (click here). See the entire presentation here. –Paul Williams

Chart Chat

Congrats to Lauren Alaina, Royce Risser, Damon Moberly, David Friedman and the Mercury promotion staff on scoring this week’s No. 1 with “Road Less Traveled.” The song is Alaina’s first chart-topper. Songwriters are Alaina, Jesse Frasure and Meghan Trainor. And kudos to Dennis Reese and the RCA crew on notching 50 adds for Miranda Lambert’s “Tin Man,” topping this week’s board.

Lauren Alaina

News & Notes

Way Radio has flipped Country WRVA/Campbell, TX from “Thunder Country” to “107.1 Celebrate FM” as a Country, Classic Rock and Top 40 hybrid. South 65 WHSX/Bowling Green, KY is the latest affiliate of Envision Networks’ Collin Raye’s Country Rewind. Legacy launched Classic Country KRGI HD-4/Grand Island, NE on translator K278BR as “103.5 The Legend.” Timothy Walker transfered his 50% stake in WHLB & KZZM/Mason, TX to partner Charles Jordan III. Saga WQNY/Ithaca, NY re-launched with imaging by Neil Wilson and Benztown’s Brandings Country library. Geisler Radio’s Today In Country Music History will air episode 4,000 Wednesday (4/12). Lee Brice and American Young are among those performing at Providing Hope For Music City, a fundraiser for non-profit Hope Song April 11 at Nashville’s East Ivy Mansion. More info here. The 19th annual Grammy Block Party is May 2 at Nashville’s Cumberland Park and open to Recording Academy members and their guests. Chris Young will headline Nashville’s Independence Day concert Let Freedom Sing! July 4 in Music City. The lineup also includes Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jonny P and The Sisterhood. Singer/songwriter Steven McMorran has signed a publishing deal with Major Bob Music. Jana Kramer received the 2017 Voice of Empowerment Award at Safe Horizon’s annual Champion Awards Dinner April 5. Watch her speech here.

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The Grand Ole Opry has launched the merchandise subscription service Opry Box, which includes themed merchandise and the Inside The Circle magazine. More here.

RAC Clark: Inside The ACMs

(continued from page 1) logue, they hit on the idea of what people do when they’re in Vegas. We talked about a video package, but those can fall a little flat and the pictures were more their vibe. So was Kellie Pickler sort of an auxiliary host? T-Mobile sponsored the New Artist categories and wanted one person to present all three of those awards. She was their pick and we’ve had great experiences working with her, so that worked out well. The “don’t change the channel” performances across the tops of the hours were Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood and the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill duet, right? What more could you want? And we followed up Keith and Carrie with Lady Antebellum, and followed Tim and Faith in the 10pm hour with a string of collaborations. The challenge was transitioning from “Blue Ain’t Your Color” into “The Fighter.” What you maybe didn’t see in the house was the first was a black-and-white performance with blue highlights, then into big, bright, vibrant colors for “Fighter.” We talked to both Lady Antebellum camps about how to make that work for a seven minute block of music. I went to Nashville in January, which is when I usually go for meetings with labels, managers and publicists. [UMG/Nashville’s] Mike Dungan and Cindy Mabe made me hip to “You Look Good.” I’m a horn freak and love to have them on the show as we did last year with Little Big Town and Trombone Shorty. In discussions with the label and their manager Daniel Miller, the idea was to get Chicago or Tower of Power, which eventually became the marching band. Then it was Dave Haywood’s idea to include a little bit of the hook of Bill Withers’ “Use Me.” Ultimately it was a very collaborative process taking the germ of an idea and blowing it up. During rehearsal I stood on stage so I could really be blown away by all those horns. As much as the early part of the show blasted out familiar hits, the last hour did seem to be the new music segment of the night. We knew Tim and Faith would be a big moment across the 10pm hour no matter what the music was. The fact that the song

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hit so hard so early only confirmed that people would really want to see that. Then, with Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris, Cole Swindell and Dierks, it became our collaboration hour. Before I’d even heard Reba’s album I wanted to find a way to involve the Contemporary Christian audience and broaden the tent. Pairing her with Lauren Daigle was something she was very open to. How did the Backstreet Boys and FGL performance come together? I worked with Backstreet Boys on Miss USA last June and saw 30-40-year-old women go crazy. When I heard about “God, Your Mama, And Me,” I said we’ve got to do this and blend in one of their songs, too. BK, Tyler and the guys embraced it, but when they first rehearsed it, there wasn’t that moment when BK and Tyler joined in the choreography. I said, “You Backstreet Boys with might want to try that.” They went for it and Florida Georgia Line that moment was priceless. Our director Glenn Weiss got the shot of Tim McGraw, which has already become this classic meme. Ideally, you end the show on that performance, but with FGL up for Entertainer, I didn’t feel it was appropriate. I don’t like to do that to folks. Working in radio hosts Bobby Bones, Ty Bentli and Storme Warren hit another level when WYCD/Detroit’s Rob Stone was able to recognize the late Linda Lee. How did those moments happen? We want radio involved. They’re our partners in getting the word out, and in discussion with CBS and Dick Clark Productions, we decided to try to get one from each of the major groups. We also had voiceovers from the ACM personality winners going into every commercial. We initially had Rob and Linda as one of those bumpers, but had to re-record it once he got to town and we heard the bad news. Having him walk out to present developed over the weekend. And how was the new building, T-Mobile Arena? I’d done Miss USA there and visited DCP when they were doing the Billboard awards. I like it, only because it’s a sports arena and those long zipper screens that wrap around the arena add something visually. It feels more compact and the seats are closer to the stage, which makes it much louder and more raucous in the house. It has its physical challenges, but we had a new co-executive producer Baz Halpin, who has designed shows for Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and P!nk. He helped design a huge look without taxing the crew too much. We were the heaviest show that’s ever been in the building. We went right up to the line. –Chuck Aly CAC

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• Jordan Pettit

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 1

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

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

26800

2385

8916

789

59.692

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

25543

1563

8296

502

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

22931

2414

7466

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

22459

-3882

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol)

21731

JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) ✔

159

58.085 3.575

159

943

52.025 4.553

157

7505

-1225

52.304 -7.089

159

-2235

7008

-833

50.319 -4.681

159

21336

1851

7175

654

4.301

159

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

20465

6833

184

46.254 0.148

159

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

17427

508

5925

180

39.005 1.222

158

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

17211

1455

5427

475

40.791 4.293

159

LuKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

16976

1264

5693

514

39.237 3.235

158

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

16049

1564

5203

442

36.224 4.094

159

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

15210

324

5055

35.562 1.019

159

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

14432

678

4695

208

32.52

1.577

159

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

12448

488

4145

123

27.57

1.904

156

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

11235

1044

3814

393

24.569 1.801

157

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

10965

910

3555

354

24.889 1.404

154

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

10826

3627

23.349 0.509

155

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

10444

555

3490

254

23.544 1.155

158

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

10433

804

3428

251

21.021 1.926

152

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

9672

1535

3024

496

2.951

149

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

9382

366

3278

186

19.353 0.947

153

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

8676

1162

2868

441

16.285 2.087

149

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

8067

923

2860

335

18.028 2.206

150

JuSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

8022

365

2799

169

15.587 1.273

156

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) ✔

7615

1929

2440

688

154

48.01

21.55

17.36

4.13

3.382

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Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 3

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

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

6539

591

2098

257

13.158 1.829

148

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

6480

251

2122

12.772 1.964

126

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

6312

384

2146

119

9.851

0.348

144

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

5726

352

1977

153

8.9

0.795

143

BILLY CuRRINgTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

5347

576

1674

137

11.264

1.24

134

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

5287

593

1636

210

10.339 0.964

116

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

4955

-1745

1607

-659

10.142 -3.075

146

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

4711

1592

1417

423

11.445 3.437

127

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

3570

-4860

1231

-1473

8.861 -13.135

159

BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN)

3468

104

1117

6.563

0.453

107

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

3375

1166

5.682

0.009

113

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

3155

187

1095

4.381

0.112

103

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

3052

270

1023

4.702

0.559

102

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

2953

177

1023

3.585

0.445

119

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

2949

939

4.409

0.049

MORgAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

2703

360

984

111

4.985

1.019

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

2547

778

834

263

4.537

1.248

CRAIG CAMPBELL/Outskirts Of Heaven (Red Bow)

2438

-4741

990

-1774

147

gARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

2418

509

817

181

3.417

0.893

4.998 -8.238

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

2377

112

840

3.014

0.122

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORgAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN)

2082

-45

786

3.17

-0.155

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

2026

225

699

3.004

0.279

Debut 48

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big)

1960

391

427

4.405

0.992

Debut 49

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine)

1888

386

527

128

3.086

0.581

DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River)

1726

808

1.952

0.119

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Country Aircheck Add leaders MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI) WALKER MCGUIRE/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse) THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb) LITTLE BIg TOWN/Happy People (Capitol) gARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) CHARLIE WORSHAM/Cut Your Groove (Warner Bros./WAR) MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista)

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Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds 50 43 36 30 17 17 11 10 9 8 8 8

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

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

1534 ✔

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista)

1508 ✔

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

1181 ✔

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

1149 ✔

JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

1014 ✔

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

919

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

850

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

740

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

707

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

668

Activator Top Spin Gainers

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

2414

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

2385

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista)

1929

JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

1851

THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory)

1592

BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista)

330

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

274

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

255

JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

211

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA)

177

1564

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

177

1563

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

175

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

1535

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

147

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

1455

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

143

LuKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

1264

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

140

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Points

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

14400

789

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

12688

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista)

688

LITTLE BIg TOWN/Better Man (Capitol)

11125

JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA)

654

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow)

10887

LuKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

514

FLORIDA gEORgIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 10021

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol’ Barstool (Broken Bow)

502

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

9801

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

496

BRAD PAISLEY/Today (Arista)

8471

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

475

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

7774

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

442

THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory)

7641

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

441

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

6838

SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)

943

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

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CoUNTRy AIRCHECk ACTIVITy BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) Moves 44-45* 2377 points, 840 spins 1 add: WDXB WILLIAM MICHAEL MORgAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) Moves 45-46* 2082 points, 786 spins 4 adds: WGAR, KTST, WGTY, WYCT

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Canaan Smith/Like You That Way (Mercury) high valley/She’s With Me (Atlantic/WEA) SARABETH/I Want It That Way (Circle S) DELTA RAE/A Long And Happy Life (Valory) Jerrod Niemann/God Made A Woman (Curb) Jake Owen/Good Company (RCA) Lucas Hoge/Dirty South (Rebel Engine/Star Farm)

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) Moves 47-47* 2026 points, 699 spins 7 adds: WNSH*, WPAW, WBEE, WAVW, KMDL, KUAD, WITL

April 24

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) Moves 51-48* 1960 points, 427 spins 2 adds: KATC*, KFRG

May 1

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) Moves 52-49* 1888 points, 527 spins 10 adds: KKWF, WNCB, KRST*, KXKT, KHEY, WRBT, KATC*, WPCV, WAVW, KKIX

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DREW BALDRIDGE f/EMILY WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) Moves 49-50* 1726 points, 808 spins 1 add: WEZL KANE BROWN/What Ifs (RCA) 1689 points, 583 spins 1 add: WUSJ ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek) 1683 points, 600 spins 4 adds: KFRG, KCYE, KBEQ, WQIK REBA MCENTIRE/Back To God (Nash Icon/Valory) 1627 points, 438 spins; no adds

Brad Paisley/Last Time For Everything (Arista) ERIC CHESSER/Good Times & Summer Days (Big-Big) RUSSELL DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA)

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April 10, 2017

LW TW

Artist/Title (Label)

Chart Page 6 Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

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

11257

201

2301

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow)

11224

740

2281

147

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol)

10841

-799

2171

-148

KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River)

10481

617

2119

130

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

10390

1149

2081

255

JOSH TuRNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) ✔

10208

1014

2088

211

BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory)

8497

850

1697

175

LuKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia)

8422

452

1667

108

10 9

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol)

8037

626

1669

143

11 10

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

7524

406

1475

15 11

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

7036

919

1432

177

12 12

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

6937

707

1409

139

14 13

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol)

6540

396

1317

100

13 14

LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol)

6349

186

1237

16 15

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

6204

576

1206

129

17 16

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

5989

668

1177

140

18 17

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

5436

255

1047

19 18

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

5003

466

1017

111

20 19

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

4952

584

993

123

26 20

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) ✔

4454

1508

906

330

21 21

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

4389

542

849

119

24 22

DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb)

4233

485

855

23 23

JuSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory)

4141

357

773

25 24

COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN)

3951

656

752

106

28 25

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

3267

610

575

104

27 26

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine)

2952

137

532

30 27

BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN)

2620

150

478

29 28

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

2540

487

41 29

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

2490

1534

434

274

22 30

MIRANDA LAMBERT/We Should Be Friends (RCA)

2309

-1519

451

-316

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Chart Page 7

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

33 31

CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud)

2180

190

Plays

449

+/- Plays

Stations Adds

32 32

BILLY CuRRINgTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury)

2037

-106

385

-3

34 33

AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big Label)

1600

139

338

35 34

RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN)

1487

306

-2

45 35

gARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl)

1377

573

265

106

39 36

LITTLE BIg TOWN/Happy People (Capitol)

1327

169

220

37 37

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista)

1298

177

38 38

EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury)

1261

238

36 39

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA)

1242

-29

207

-8

42 40

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

1212

271

205

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) ✔

1208

1181

184

177

DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow)

932

-40

128

-4

Debut 41 40 42 44 43

LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)

923

176

43 44

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

895

-21

165

-4

46 45

REBA MCENTIRE/Back To God (Nash Icon/Valory)

867

163

48 46

ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville)

827

156

115

47 47

MORgAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud)

670

-100

109

-3

49 48

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol)

570

-90

-9

51 49

SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista)

523

104

52 50

DELTA RAE/A Long And Happy Life (Valory)

498

50 51

DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River)

470

-45

-5

55 52

WILLIAM MICHAEL MORgAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN)

450

53 53

ELI YOuNg BAND/Skin And Bones (Valory)

440

-30

-3

58 54

JO SMITH/Old School Groove (Smack)

420

56 55

KEITH WALKER/Me Too (---)

413

-7

-1

57 56

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

397

-14

-4

59 57

RYAN GRIFFIN/Back Seats & Burnt CDs (Ryan Griffin)

380

-20

-2

54 58

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

370

-90

-9

CHUCK WICKS/Whole Damn Thing (Blaster)

358

A THOuSAND HORSES/Preachin' To The Choir (BMLGR)

318

Re-Enter 59 Debut 60