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Country UpdateBILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Tom.Roland@billboard.comINSIDE

Ballerini Charts Fall Collection

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‘Cry Pretty’ This Christmas

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Andress, Combs: Hillbillies Deluxe

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Urban, Brown, Rhett: Virtually iHeart

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Makin’ Tracks: Old Dominion’s

‘Sorry’Page 17

Country Coda: ‘Real Fine’ Sara Evans

MemoryPage 20

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Since COVID-19 struck in March, many — if not most — Americans have spent large chunks of their lives alone, a state of being that brings up issues from the interior of the soul.

It’s an often uncomfortable situation, and as we’ve watched a series of national horrors during this time — a death toll that has exceeded 200,000 people, the killing of numerous Black citizens at the hands of police, historic blazes in the West and four tropical storms lacing the Gulf Coast — it’s natural to want to escape the isolation and the emptiness that 2020 has wrought.

When the Academy of Country Music (ACM) became the first awards show to move forward on TV during the pandemic on Sept. 16, it would have been tempting to hide the empty seats in the three Nashville venues featured in the CBS telecast. Instead, dick clark productions (a subsidiary o f M R C E nt e r t a i n m e nt , w h i c h also owns Billboard ) embraced the circumstances, making best use of the visual landscape to share in the sorrows and bring a little vibrancy at the same time.

Old Dominion’s performance of a medley that included “One Man Band” — which won song of the year for writers Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi and Josh Osborne — used concert-level production to hold attention, but also captured the floor of the Ryman Auditorium with lighting effects that created engaging shadows against the arms of the vacant, wooden pews.

Kane Brown’s rendition of “Worldwide Beautiful” relied on a supporting choir performing at safe social distances amid spar-

kling effects in the fan-less balcony at the Grand Ole Opry House. Miranda Lambert’s collaboration with co-writers Luke Dick

and Natalie Hemby on “Bluebird,” swathed in a royal palette at the Bluebird Café, made use of the barren tables at the foot and the side of the stage.

It sent a subtle message to viewers — your entertainers are just as isolated as you — even as they collected hardware for their mantels in a night with several surprises. Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood tied for entertainer of the year, an unprec-

edented occurrence in the ACMs’ 55-year history. When Maren Morris col-lected female vocalist of the year, she called it “an award I thought I would never get to win” during a flustered ac-ceptance speech.

Morris had grown accustomed to Lambert owning the category: She won it nine years in a row, a streak that ended in 2018. And Morris’ experi-ence during this calendar year has not always felt like a winning one.

“I am just so humbled that my Nashville community, my in-dustry peeps, think that my year has been big because part of it has been in 2020, which has been kind of a shit show,” she told media in a virtual press room. “Someone saying that I had a good year is so much validation.”

Most-validated honors went to several acts that took home two trophies. Old Dominion pocketed its third straight vocal group award, in addition to the song of the year honors. Luke Combs claimed his first two ACMs: male vocalist and album

2020 Insight: The 55th ACM Awards  Show Is A Sign Of The Times

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of the year, for What You See Is What You Get. And Rhett added music video, for “Remember You Young,” to his entertainer accolade.

Lambert’s record-setting 35th career ACM — music event of the year for “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” announced days ahead of the awards — made two of her five collaborators double winners: Morris added it to her female vo-calist victory, and Tenille Townes clutched it alongside new female artist of the year. Ashley McBryde, Elle King and Caylee Hammack also earned music event awards.

The night’s other winners included Dan + Shay, who repeated as vocal duo; Blake Shelton, who claimed single of the year, for “God’s Country”; and two other pre-show victors: new male artist Riley Green and songwriter of the year Hillary Lindsey.

The ACMs offered a series of invigorating performances, but the most pow-erful moments came when the show addressed the difficulties faced by the people onstage and the audience watching at home.

“We are in the middle of trying to fight two pandemics, COVID-19 and so-cial injustice,” said Urban in his opening comments as host. “Far too many lives have been lost to both.”

The memoriam segment, delivered as Trisha Yearwood sang “I’ll Carry You Home,” included coronavirus victims Joe Diffie and John Prine among the industry’s losses. Brown’s “Worldwide Beautiful,” featuring multicolored lighting and multicultural voices, advocated for love and sensitivity over preju-dice. Tim McGraw, after a vulnerable reading of his current “I Called Mama,” segued into a historic performance with #MeToo significance.

“As a son, a husband and a proud father of three daughters — as a human being — I am enlightened and inspired by women every day,” said McGraw. “Their strength changes me for the better, and every opportunity in life should be available to women. This next song speaks to the questions we face while we’re trying to create the change to let our daughters be whomever they want to be.”

Mickey Guyton, backed only by Urban on piano, launched into the big-voiced ballad “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?,” a risky acknowledgement of the in-equities that hold women back. In the process, Guyton became the first Black female country singer to perform at the awards. She told media later that she never would have pursued country if she had not discovered Rissi Palmer, a Black singer who charted three singles on Hot Country Songs in 2007-2008.

“If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be here,” said Guyton. “So me standing on that stage representing women of color, period, it shows them that they have the op-portunity and that they can sing whatever kind of music they want to sing. It doesn’t just have to be just R&B.”

Many of the difficulties Americans have faced during the pandemic are directly tied to abuses of power, in government, in business and in daily life. The ACMs did substantively what its audience has been forced, sometimes unwillingly, to do for the past six months: face up to systemic injustice in modern-day America. It didn’t necessarily have answers, but it demonstrated that the genre at least recognizes the world in which its listeners live. It served as a flashy reminder in hard times: You may be by yourself, but you are not alone.

Warner Music Nashville executive vp A&R Cris Lacy conducted a virtual Q&A with Michael Ray and dozens of broadcasters and media outlets on Sept. 15 to promote Ray’s forthcoming single, “Whiskey and Rain.”

Runaway June used clear plastic face shields to protect against the coronavirus during a virtual press room conversation from the Grand Ole Opry House during the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sept. 16. From left: group members Natalie Stovall, Naomi Cooke and Jennifer Wayne.

Mickey Guyton performed her ballad “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” during the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sept. 16 with host Keith Urban accompanying on piano. G

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Kelsea Ballerini scores her fourth top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart as Ballerini (Black River) begins at No. 9 on the list dated Sept. 26. In its first week, ending Sept. 17, the set earned 9,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

Ballerini is the follow-up and companion album to Kelsea, which opened at No. 2 with 28,000 units on the survey dated April 4, marking her highest rank-ing. For the new release, Ballerini returned to all 13 tracks and reinterpreted them in a more stripped-down fashion.

The singer-songwriter previously reached the Top Country Albums top 10 with Unapologetically, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 in November 2017 (with 44,000 units, her strongest one-week total to date), and her debut LP, The First Time, which began and peaked at No. 4 in June 2015 (18,000 units). She first appeared on the chart with her self-titled EP, which started and peaked at No. 40 in March 2015.

Meanwhile, “Hole in the Bottle,” the third single from Kelsea, lifts 31-27 on Country Airplay, up by 20% to 4.8 million in audience in the week ending Sept. 20. On the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Coun-try Songs chart, it pushes 28-24. The song drew 3.9 million U.S. streams (up 20%) and sold 2,000 downloads in the week ending Sept. 17, after Ballerini performed it on the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sept. 16 on CBS.

Kelsea’s lead single, “Homecoming Queen?,” reached No. 14 on Hot Coun-try Songs and No. 17 on Country Airplay. Follow-up “The Other Girl,” with Halsey, rose to Nos. 19 and 52 on the respective lists.

RODGERS’ FIRST TOP 10 Jameson Rodgers earns his first Hot Country Songs top 10 as debut single “Some Girls” (Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville) rises 11-10. It bumps 6-5 on Country Airplay, up 5% to 23.5 million impressions, and attracted 4.5 million streams and sold 2,000 downloads in the tracking week.

The cut is the first rookie Hot Country Songs top 10 since Travis Denning’s “After a Few,” which climbed to No. 7 in May. It led Country Airplay in June.

‘HAPPY’ COUPLE Blake Shelton’s “Happy Anywhere,” featuring Gwen Ste-fani (Warner Music Nashville/WMN), climbs 11-9 on Country Airplay (19 mil-lion, up 11%). It marks the pair’s second top 10 collaboration, and Stefani’s second top 10 on the chart, after “Nobody but You” led for two frames in May. Shelton scores his 35th top 10.

HARDY HOISTS ‘BEER’ Hardy nets his first Country Airplay top 10 as an artist as “One Beer” (Big Loud), featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson, ascends 12-10 (18.3 million, up 13%).

Hardy reaches the chart’s top tier in his second appear-ance, after “Rednecker” peaked at No. 26 in August 2019. Alaina notches her third top 10, following two No. 1s: as featured on Kane Brown’s “What Ifs” in October 2017 and with her own “Road Less Traveled” that April. Daw-son earns his second top 10, after “All on Me” hit No. 2 in March 2018.

As a songwriter, Hardy adds his seventh Country Air-play top 10 while he already has another in the region: Jameson Rodgers’ “Some Girls” at No. 5. Hardy’s haul

includes four No. 1s, all since June 2018: Morgan Wallen’s “Up Down” (fea-turing Florida Georgia Line), FGL’s “Simple,” Chris Lane’s “I Don’t Know About You” and Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country.”

HERE’S ‘GONE’ Andrew Jannakos’ self-released breakthrough track, “Gone Too Soon,” blasts onto Hot Country Songs at No. 12. The 26-year-old from Flowery Branch, Ga., performed a blind audition on NBC’s The Voice in spring 2019 and has built a robust following on social media. Prior to the song’s release on Sept. 15, he posted snippets of it on TikTok, where he has nearly 700,000 followers.

In the week ending Sept. 17, encompassing the song’s first three days of commercial availability, “Gone” sold 28,000 downloads to launch at No. 1 on Country Digital Song Sales and No. 2 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales ranking. It also drew 2.4 million streams in that span.

Kelsea’s Ballerini Bows;Rodgers, Shelton, Stefani And Hardy Hit

Top 10; Jannakos Makes Fast Start

ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com

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Country Airplay

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

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

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l1 1 15 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (4 weeks) HH Luke Combs 35.576 +0.254 8023 23 1

l2 2 24 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 33.721 +2.943 7779 554 2

l3 3 22 COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown 31.170 +2.420 7118 489 3

l4 4 24 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 28.506 +2.438 6722 514 4

l5 6 44 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 23.477 +1.176 5653 200 5

6 5 59 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Maddie & Tae 22.109 -1.145 4593 -312 8

l7 8 20 I CALLED MAMA McGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 21.753 +0.685 5328 258 6

l8 10 41 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 19.301 +1.931 4942 621 7

l9 11 9 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 18.961 +1.876 4505 420 9

l10 12 33 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 18.301 +2.145 4439 312 11

l11 15 29 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson 17.890 +3.190 4206 536 12

l12 13 64 LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice 17.442 +1.275 4442 379 10

l13 17 17 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 17.324 +3.880 4126 671 13

l14 16 37 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 15.920 +1.510 4008 322 14

l15 18 27 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 13.740 +0.886 3766 233 15

l16 19 8 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 12.080 +0.965 3332 423 16

l17 21 43 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud HH Airpower HH Chris Lane 11.851 +1.393 3252 302 17

l18 20 10 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA HH Airpower HH Kenny Chesney 11.655 +0.537 2984 188 18

l19 22 54 SHE’S MINE MCA Nashville HH Airpower HH Kip Moore 10.028 +0.284 2973 93 19

l20 23 22 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG HH Airpower HH Lady A 9.382 +0.493 2801 305 20

l21 25 4 STARTING OVER Mercury Chris Stapleton 7.320 +0.853 1875 293 23

l22 26 31 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 5.823 +0.370 2024 48 22

l23 28 23 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 5.491 +0.580 1875 182 24

l24 30 7 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 5.320 +0.607 1774 276 27

l25 29 14 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine Rascal Flatts 5.307 +0.555 1869 242 25

l26 27 13 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG EMI Nashville Eric Church 5.053 +0.087 2025 120 21

l27 31 16 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 4.807 +0.793 1859 325 26

l28 NEW DO WHAT YOU CAN Captain Kid/Island/Big Machine HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Bon Jovi + Jennifer Nettles 4.455 +4.455 992 992 36

l29 32 47 GETTING GOOD 19/Mercury Lauren Alaina 3.779 +0.194 1559 -33 28

l30 34 5 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 3.598 +0.221 1001 148 35

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Co-written by Janson, the track follows his first two Country Airplay No. 1s: “Done”

(two weeks, August) and “Good Vibes” (one, October 2019). The new single arrives at

No. 54 with 520,000 impressions.

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l31 33 32 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 3.519 -0.065 1377 1 29

l32 37 16 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 3.058 +0.104 1275 103 31

l33 36 18 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 2.965 +0.006 1234 35 32

34 35 8 BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift 2.907 -0.156 1129 125 33

35 24 2 LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line 2.884 -5.521 880 -601 40

l36 38 22 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 2.794 +0.224 1329 54 30

37 40 25 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 2.377 -0.021 1020 -12 34

l38 41 21 LADY BMLG HH Breaker HH Brett Young 2.205 -0.179 769 3 44

l39 44 15 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 2.197 +0.255 958 51 38

40 39 23 GABRIELLE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Brett Eldredge 2.179 -0.250 992 -12 37

l41 43 18 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 2.024 +0.029 954 41 39

l42 42 14 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 1.979 -0.060 770 8 42

l43 46 12 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.746 +0.036 855 39 41

l44 47 18 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 1.731 +0.033 585 46 48

45 45 14 THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Home Grown/19th & Grand Zac Brown Band 1.663 -0.048 706 -11 45

l46 48 12 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 1.595 -0.029 557 38 50

l47 52 9 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 1.547 +0.314 704 108 46

l48 49 5 WHAT DO I KNOW Arista Nashville Robert Counts 1.533 +0.184 572 45 49

l49 54 2 DEAR RODEO CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 1.223 +0.418 255 72 59

50 50 21 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.156 -0.119 770 1 43

51 51 13 EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 0.920 -0.294 441 87 51

52 53 3 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville Old Dominion 0.874 -0.135 357 16 53

l53 55 5 A SONG TO REMEMBER Low Country Sound/Elektra/WEA A Thousand Horses 0.737 +0.081 374 127 52

l54 NEW WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 0.520 +0.311 222 158 -

55 56 8 ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.514 -0.032 632 54 47

56 57 19 SALTWATER GOSPEL (FINS UP VERSION) Valory Eli Young Band & Jimmy Buffett 0.472 -0.024 138 -1 -

l57 NEW BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse LOCASH 0.465 +0.054 211 28 -

58 58 2 BROKEN UP Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.454 -0.040 253 -15 60

59 59 4 NEVER HAVE I EVER BMLG Danielle Bradbery 0.439 -0.036 266 -1 56

l60 60 4 WHERE THAT BEER’S BEEN Mercury Travis Denning 0.437 +0.001 326 -13 54

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SHANE OWENS Everybody Dies But Not Everybody Lives Not Listed

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LARRY FLEET Where I Find God Big Loud

REBEL HEARTS Good To Go Rebel Hearts

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TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Country Airplay

NETTLESBON JOVI

AIRPLAY MONITORED BY

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

MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSDO WHAT YOU CAN Island/Republic Bon Jovi + Jennifer Nettles 57LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line 23WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 18EVERY OTHER MEMORY RCA Nashville Ryan Hurd 177 SUMMERS Big Loud/Republic Morgan Wallen 15A SONG TO REMEMBER Low Country Sound/Elektra/WEA A Thousand Horses 15ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 12BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift 11STARTING OVER Mercury Chris Stapleton 10HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 9

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINDO WHAT YOU CAN Captain Kid/Island/Big Machine Bon Jovi + Jennifer Nettles +992MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +671EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +621ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice +554LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +536GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +514COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +489I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +423HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +420LONELY IF YOU ARE Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice +379

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCETITLE Imprint/Label Artist

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DO WHAT YOU CAN Captain Kid/Island/Big Machine Bon Jovi + Jennifer Nettles +4.455MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +3.880LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +3.190ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice +2.943GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +2.438COOL AGAIN RCA Nashville Kane Brown +2.420ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson +2.145EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell +1.931HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani +1.876PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum +1.510

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l11 12 14 LONESOME, ON’RY AND MEAN (S.O.T.) Jody Booth and Tracy Byrd 1153 28

l12 15 19 HERE I GO AGAIN (Independent) Clay Hollis 1104 86

l13 18 7 COWBOY’S COWGIRL (King Hall Music) Chad Cooke Band 1081 101

l14 16 22 THE LUCKIER YOU GET (New West) American Aquarium 1061 56

l15 17 23 DAMN YOU WHISKEY (Independent) Scotty Alexander 1003 20

l16 20 11 GRAVITY & YOU (Jake Bush Music) Jake Bush 1002 106

17 1 24 LET ME HOLD YOU TONIGHT (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 932 -999

l18 23 17 WHEN SHE’S DRINKIN’ (Independent) George Navarro 883 90

19 21 27 TIME CLOCK (Independent) The Stateline Band 839 -13

l20 24 26 WHAT WOULD DOLLY DO (LuckySky Music) Tori Martin 819 45

RECURRENTSTHIS

WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistTOTAL AUD.

(IN MILLIONS)1 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 21.381

2 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 18.260

3 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 17.098

4 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 16.655

5 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 15.369

6 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 14.329

7 WHY WE DRINK Valory Justin Moore 11.291

8 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 10.771

9 DOES TO ME River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs Featuring Eric Church 10.616

10 BLUEBIRD Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 9.814

NEW AND ACTIVETITLE Imprint/Label Artist

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NEXT GIRL Big Machine Carly Pearce 0.426 7 5

ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban & P!nk 0.351 3 3

SOUNDTRACK TO A SMALL TOWN SUNDOWN Night Train/Broken Bow Tyler Farr 0.316 30 5

HEAVEN ON DIRT Monument Teddy Robb 0.312 23 5

SETTLING DOWN RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 0.309 6 4

WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.303 4 1

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l1 2 16 GHOST TOWN (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Mike Ryan 2124 253

l2 3 13 WHISPER MY NAME (Independent) Aaron Watson 1818 87

l3 5 13 MEET IN THE MIDDLE (One Chord Song) Stoney LaRue & Tanya Tucker 1792 87

l4 4 18 POOR (Independent) William Clark Green 1792 80

l5 8 11 HEY COWGIRL (Independent) Randall King 1653 184

6 6 22 LIKE A COWBOY (Independent) Parker McCollum 1601 -3

l7 7 15 I’D LOOK GOOD ON YOU (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. 1511 8

l8 9 16 PROJECT (Independent) Mark Powell 1448 126

9 10 27 NOT GIVE A DAMN (Independent) Sundance Head 1269 -29

l10 13 21 COUNTRY TO THE BONE (Independent) Darrin Morris Band 1155 32

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‘CRY PRETTY’ THIS CHRISTMASLast year’s Cry Pretty Tour is this year’s Christmas pretty gift bag.

Runaway June and Maddie & Tae, the opening acts on Carrie Underwood’s arena tour, both announced new holiday EPs in the last three days. Added to Underwood’s previously announced yuletide album — My Gift, due Sept. 25 — all three artists are officially represented among 2020’s holiday music offerings.

Runaway June’s five-track When I Think About Christmas goes to market on Oct. 16, while Maddie & Tae’s six-cut We Need Christmas will arrive Oct. 23.

It’s doubtful that the three acts coordinated, though there are some similarities among their releases. All the projects mix classic seasonal material with exactly two new original songs. Additionally, two of Underwood’s classic choices — each of them a hymn that begins with the word “O” — are covered by her former tour mates: Underwood and Runaway June both tackle “O Holy Night,” while Underwood and Maddie & Tae each recorded “O Come All Ye Faithful.”

That means this holiday will lean heavily on female performers for new country sounds. Dolly Parton’s first yuletide project in 30 years, the cleverly titled A Holly Dolly Christmas, is also on the way Oct. 2. She has some over-lap in her tracklist, too. A version of “A Holly Jolly Christmas” is on the Mad-die & Tae project, in addition to Parton’s, and Parton and Underwood each recorded “Mary, Did You Know?”

RADIO & RECORDS®Barry Weiss’ New York-based RECORDS is opening a Nashville office with songwriter-producer Ash Bowers (Jimmie Allen, Matt Stell) serving as presi-dent. Jamice Jennings and Andy Elliott were named co-heads of promotion. Good Company Entertainment co-founder Keith Gale, whose firm partnered with RECORDS in 2018, will continue as a consultant. Jennings was in2une Nashville vp promotion. Elliott was Pearl vp promotion. The RECORDS Nash-ville artist roster includes Stell, Chris Bandi, Jennifer Smestad, Lathan Warlick, Chase Martin and Dylan Brady … Bluegrass label Turnberry signed Geoff Buell to a two-album recording deal … WXTU Philadelphia promoted Charlie Maxx to production director/assistant PD and moved her airshift from evenings to noon-3 p.m., accommodating the artist-hosted United Sta-tions product Backstage Country in the evening position. The move bumps the former noon personality, PD Mark Razz, to a 10 a.m.-noon shift. In addition, part-timer Jennifer “J.J.” Scordo has picked up production work at the sta-tion … SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer will retire at year’s end, becoming board vice chairman. His spot will be filled by Jennifer Witz, currently president of sales, marketing and operations. Sean Sullivan is also joining SiriusXM as executive vp/CFO on Oct. 26, replacing David Frear, who has departed the company. Sullivan was AMC Networks CFO … Townsquare/Lawton, Okla., hired market president/chief revenue officer Dakota Woods, formerly the KSWO-TV Lawton local sales manager/digital sales manager. The Townsquare cluster includes country KLAW … Beasley Media Group developed a new se-ries, 100 Years of Hit Makers, in tandem with BMI and Xperi’s HD Radio. The program airs on 33 Beasley stations, focusing on songwriters from multiple genres, including country composers Jesse Frasure (“Dirt on My Boots,” “One Big Country Song”) and Daniel Tashian (“Hometown Girl,” “Gabri-elle”), during a yearlong centennial commemoration of commercial radio’s

first broadcast … WPCV Lakeland, Fla., morning host Roger Todd made his final appearance on the station on Sept. 16, setting up a move to a Knoxville, Tenn., station … Alternative rock WXNX Fort Myers, Fla., flipped to country on Sept. 16, The Fort Myers News-Press reported. The station is currently billing itself as “Trump Country 93.7” … KCLR Columbia, Mo., hired Todd Alan as PD, InsideRadio.com reported. He arrives from an assistant PD post at top 40 KUUL Davenport, Iowa … KRNH Houston added PD/morning host Randy Houston, according to InsideRadio.com. He had handled mornings for KPLM Palm Springs, Calif., since 2003 … Cadillac Jack and Erica Gray signed up for mornings at WITL Lansing, Mich., RadioInk.com reported. Cadillac Jack most recently handled middays at WYCD Detroit. Gray arrives from the mid-day shift at WBTU Fort Wayne, Ind. … Country Radio Broadcasters presents a CRS360 installment, Record Labels: 20 Things We’ve Learned in ’20, at 1 p.m. CT on Sept. 23 with panelists from eight different labels. Go here to register.

’ROUND THE ROWJonas Group Entertainment opened a Nashville division of Jonas Group Publishing. The initial songwriting roster includes Nashville composer Terri Jo Box, who has previous cred-its with Miranda Lambert and Ashley McBryde; and CEO Kevin Jonas Sr., the former manager of Jonas Broth-ers. The company plans to expand the publishing staff and sign additional writers over the next year … Toronto-based Paquin Entertainment Group is opening a Nashville office with artist manager Michelle Szeto heading the division. Clients include country art-ist Logan Wall and singer-songwriter Donovan Woods … Vine Alternative Investments acquired the rights to the publishing catalog of songwriter Sean Douglas (“Die a Happy Man”) … Music education agencies Save the Music and SongFarm.org are presenting music technology grants to three high schools — in Nashville; Roanoke, Va.; and Sterling, Kan. — on Sept. 23. The event will be hosted by songwriters Ross Copperman (“Happy Anywhere,” “Liv-ing”) and Nicolle Galyon (“We Were Rich,” “Tequila”) … Billboard partnered with the Nashville Songwriters Association International for a multipart video series that recognizes the winners at billboard.com and on Billboard’s You-Tube channel. The rollout includes announcements of songwriter of the year, Sept. 22; songwriter-artist, Sept. 29; and song of the year, Oct. 6 … Nominees for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards will be announced Sept. 22, beginning on NBC’s Today at approximately 8:20 a.m. ET. … Roy Head, who earned a No. 2 single with “Treat Her Right” on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1965, died Sept. 21, The Houston Chronicle reported. He landed two dozen titles on Hot Country Songs from 1974-1985, reaching his highest peak with the No. 16 “Come To Me.” Head appeared on NBC’s The Voice in September 2016 when his son, Sundance Head, competed on the show.

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Kalie Shorr launched a Premiere Networks podcast, Too Much To Say With Kalie Shorr, in conjunction with iHeartMedia personality Bobby Bones’ Nashville Podcast Network.

Songwriter Taylor Phillips (“Hurricane,” “Homesick”) signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Nashville and Tape Room Music. From left: Warner Chappell director of A&R Will Overton, Tape Room vp creative Kelly Bolton and founder Ashley Gorley, Phillips, Warner Chappell Nashville president/CEO Ben Vaughn and Tape Room GM Blain Rhodes.

Independent artist Brecken Miles (right) visited with iHeartMedia/Milwaukee senior vp programming Kerry Wolfe on Sept. 15 as he promoted his new single, “Meghan.”

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Sept. 22• 2018 — Chris Young head l i nes at

Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for the f irst time, bringing out surprise guest Cassadee Pope for “Think of You” and Brad Paisley for “I’m Still a Guy.” Kelsea Ballerini is an additional surprise, singing one song with the opening act, husband Morgan Evans.

• 1980 — Liberty releases Kenny Rogers’ “Lady,” written and produced by Lionel Richie.

Sept. 23• 2015 — Thomas Rhett racks up a platinum single from the RIAA

for “Crash and Burn.”

Sept. 24• 1970 — Merle Haggard collects nine nominations for the Coun-

try Music Association Awards. His closest competition comes from Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty and Charley Pride, who earn four apiece.

Sept. 25• 2019 — The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has the final two songs in the

PBS series Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns. Episode eight closes with its version of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” and a collaboration with Maybelle Carter on “Wildwood Flower.”

• 2005 — Loggins & Messina call Clint Black to the stage during a show at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio. They do four songs, including “Killin’ Time.”

Sept. 26• 2000 — BNA releases Kenny Chesney’s Greatest Hits.

Sept. 27• 2016 — Luke Combs signs a recording contract with Columbia dur-

ing a tour stop at the Top Hat in Missoula, Mont.• 1995 — George Strait records “Blue Clear Sky” at Emerald Sound

Studios in Nashville.

Sept. 28• 2013 — Keith Urban’s Fuse lights up the peak of Billboard’s Top Coun-

try Albums chart.• 2010 — After they perform “Hillbilly Bone” at the Grand Ole

Opry House, Trace Adkins invites Blake Shelton to become an Opry member.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

Deluxe albums are the order of the day. Ingrid Andress has recorded three new songs for a deluxe edition of Lady Like, due Oct. 2, and Luke Combs stuffed five new titles onto a de-luxe version of his sophomore album, slightly renamed What You See Ain’t Always What You Get, arriving Oct. 23. Rascal Flatts also an-nounced Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts The Greatest Hits, which includes 20 performances — deluxe size, even if it’s not being billed that way. That project arrives Oct. 2. Also coming are Earl Thomas Conley’s Promised Land: The Lost Album, due Sept. 25; bluegrass artist Jor-dan Tice’s Motivational Speakeasy, Sept. 25; a vinyl version of John Prine’s Souvenirs, Sept. 25; Emily Rose’s debut EP, The Heart, Oct. 23; and The Wild Feathers’ Medium Rarities, Nov. 20.

Add the 10th anniversary iHeartRadio Music Festival to the events that have moved from live, in-person gatherings to a virtual format. Ryan Seacrest hosted the two-day soiree Sept. 18-19 from Los Angeles and Nashville with Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown and Jennifer Nettles representing country. The multiformat concert was livestreamed on The CW’s platforms and broadcast on iHeart stations. Jon Pardi made a surprise appearance to duet with Rhett on “Beer Can’t Fix.” Virtual technologies allowed Urban to include Carrie Underwood in his set, Brown to work alongside Khalid and Swae Lee, and Nettles to hook up musically with Bon Jovi. The nights will be distilled into a two-part special on the CW Sept. 27-28.

Songwriter Jesse Frasure (“Dirt on My Boots,” “One Big Country Song”) has adopted a pseudonym, releasing the ultimate chill project, Calm Springs, under the name Telemitry. Frasure wrote, produced and mixed the seven tracks, which he describes as music that “Frank Sinatra would have been playing poolside at parties.” The titles provide an idea of the instrumental mood music’s attitude — “Supper Club,” “Mai Tai,” “Let the Drugs Wear Off” — blending modern tech with ’60s chic. The project was released Sept. 18.

In what will certainly be an emotional project, Steve Earle & The Dukes plan to record an album of songs written by Earle’s son, Justin Townes Earle, who died in August at the age of 38. Royalties from the project will go to a trust fund for Justin’s daughter, Etta St. James Earle. The Dukes hope to get into a recording studio in October and release the album in January.

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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton performed “Happy Anywhere” during the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sept. 16 on CBS.

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The Academy Of Country Music Responds To Shocking Entertainer Of The Year Tie At

This Year’s Awards

Struggling To Survive, Indie Venues Join Forces

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Paradigm Permanently Lays Off 180 Staffers

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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).

Hot Country SongsSALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY

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4 GABBY BARRETT

5 JON NITE

6 JOSH THOMPSON

7 JOSH OSBORNE

8 MORGAN WALLEN

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5 SCOTT MOFFATT

6 ZACH KALE

7 DAN SMYERS

8 JASN AFABLE

9 SCOTT HENDRICKS

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l1 1 1 73 I HOPE HH No. 1 (9 weeks) HH Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR

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l2 2 5 23 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Lee Brice B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB 2 2

l3 4 4 32 GOT WHAT I GOT HH Streaming Gainer HH Jason Aldean M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW

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l4 3 3 19 LOVIN’ ON YOU Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 1 3

l5 6 6 22 COOL AGAIN Kane Brown D.HUFF,L.RIMES (K.BROWN,J.HODGES,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) RCA NASHVILLE 3 5

l6 7 13 22 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN HH Airplay Gainer HH Morgan Wallen J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD

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l7 8 11 8 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Dan + Shay D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,S.M.DOUGLAS,J.G.EVIGAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 16 7

l8 10 15 38 ONE BEER HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD 10 8

9 9 8 27 ONE MARGARITA Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (M.R.CARTER,M.DRAGSTREM,J.THOMPSON) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE RC 2

l10 11 16 26 SOME GIRLS Jameson Rodgers C.FARREN,M.J.CONES (M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,C.J. SOLAR) COMBUSTION/RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 5 10

l11 13 9 5 7 SUMMERS Morgan Wallen J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 30 1

l12 NEW 1 GONE TOO SOON HH Hot Shot Debut HH Andrew Jannakos J.AFABLE (J.AFABLE,A.JANNAKOS,J.BRICKER) ANDREW JANNAKOS

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l13 14 19 8 HAPPY ANYWHERE Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani S.HENDRICKS (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,M.JENKINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 9 10

l14 15 18 20 PRETTY HEART Parker McCollum JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 14 14

l15 16 20 20 I CALLED MAMA Tim McGraw T.MCGRAW,B.GALLIMORE (M.GREEN,L.MILLER,J.YEARY) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 7 13

16 12 7 25 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 RC 7

l17 20 24 26 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 11 17

18 18 10 4 STARTING OVER Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY 21 10

l19 21 21 40 LONELY IF YOU ARE Chase Rice C. DESTEFANO,C.RICE (C.RICE,L.RIMES,H.PHELPS) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW 12 19

l20 19 22 21 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 15 19

l21 22 23 25 EVERYWHERE BUT ON Matt Stell A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE 8 21

l22 23 25 16 GOOD TIME Niko Moon N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE 23 22

23 17 12 26 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 RC 8

l24 28 31 14 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Kelsea Ballerini J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER 27 24

l25 24 26 29 BIG, BIG PLANS Chris Lane J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD 17 24

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COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

Hot Country SongsSALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY

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

ALBUM CONSUMPTION

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

VIDEO ON-DEMAND

This Week 1,176,000 1,302,875,000 127,008,000

Last Week 1,235,000 1,353,975,000 124,605,000

Change -4.8% -3.8% 1.9%

This Week Last Year 1,044,000 1,072,219,000 281,255,000

Change 12.6% 21.5% -54.8%

WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-OVER-YEAR

2019 2020 CHANGE

Album Consumption 38,865,000 43,807,000 12.7%

Album Sales 7,080,000 6,095,000 -13.9%

Audio On-Demand 38,819,000,000 47,337,434,000 21.9%

Video On-Demand 9,944,779,000 5,048,825,000 -49.2%

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’20

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38.86 million

52.38 billion

43.80 million

All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending September 17, 2020. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales; track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit. Nielsen Music/MRC Data has reprocessed year-to-date figures to account for a change in methodology, resulting in a restatement in streaming data from a provider, which has resulted in a shift in some previously reported data, most notably for video streams.

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 30 34 13 STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Eric Church J.JOYCE (D.NAISH,JEFFREY STEELE) EMI NASHVILLE 26 23

l27 44 — 2 LONG LIVE HH Digital Gainer HH Florida Georgia Line C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG

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l28 26 28 23 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 20 26

l29 33 35 8 BETTY Taylor Swift A.DESSNER,J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,W.BOWERY) REPUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE 34 6

30 25 27 27 SHE’S MINE Kip Moore K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,S.STEPAKOFF) MCA NASHVILLE 19 25

31 27 30 9 HAPPY DOES Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 18 27

l32 31 32 18 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 32 30

l33 32 33 13 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 39 32

l34 35 36 7 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Little Big Town LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 47 34

l35 37 39 7 WHO YOU ARE TO ME Chris Tomlin Featuring Lady A C.TOMILN,C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.TOMLIN,C.KELLEY,D.HAYWOOD,H.SCOTT) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG - 35

36 38 40 6 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Darius Rucker R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 24 25

l37 40 42 16 TO HELL & BACK Maren Morris BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 37 37

l38 41 43 17 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 22 38

39 36 37 31 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 41 31

40 39 38 20 LADY Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 38 22

l41 NEW 1 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE - 41

l42 RE-ENTRY 9 WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER Garth Brooks G.BROOKS (S.DAVIS) PEARL - 42

43 42 47 9 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Cole Swindell M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.HOLMAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 46 42

l44 46 — 2 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Rascal Flatts D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE 25 44

45 34 29 19 NO I IN BEER Brad Paisley L.WOOTEN,D.HUFF (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE) ARISTA NASHVILLE RC 29

l46 48 — 4 GOOD TIMES ROLL Jimmie Allen & Nelly A.BOWERS,J.ALLEN (J.ALLEN,Z.KALE,C.HAYNES, JR.) STONEY CREEK - 31

47 29 — 2 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL HARDY J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,H.PHELPS) BIG LOUD - 29

l48 47 46 17 SIX FEET APART Luke Combs C.MATTHEWS,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.COBB,R.SNYDER) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE RC 10

l49 49 49 5 ALL NIGHT Brothers Osborne J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,A.DEROBERTS) EMI NASHVILLE 33 48

50 45 48 8 TALKIN’ TENNESSEE Morgan Wallen J.MOI (J.HYDE,M.WALLEN,C.WISEMAN) BIG LOUD - 42

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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.

AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS

COUNTRY STREAMING SONGS

Bluegrass Albums ranks the most popular bluegrass albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on album sales. Copyright 2020, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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2 2 2 120 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW MEBIG LOUD 783* 1 1

3 3 3 172 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOURIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1

l4 5 4 5 KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP)RCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/SMN 2

5 6 6 281 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY 019405*/UMGN 4 1

6 4 — 2 HARDY A ROCKBIG LOUD 836* 4

7 8 7 13 GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINEWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4

8 7 5 6 LUKE BRYAN BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HEREROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN 1

l9 NEW 1 KELSEA BALLERINI BALLERINIBLACK RIVER DIGITAL EX 9

l10 14 12 43 JASON ALDEAN 9MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1

11 9 9 24 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDEMCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1

12 12 11 80 MAREN MORRIS GIRLCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1

l13 NEW 1 RILEY GREEN IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS (EP)BMLG DIGITAL EX 13

14 13 15 62 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORYHICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 12

15 11 14 40 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343/WMN 0 1

16 15 16 16 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OILMAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA 6

17 10 13 267 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC 546369/AG 3

18 16 18 117 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1

19 17 20 79 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEYRCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12

20 18 19 198 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1

21 19 22 228 TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITSCURB 79205 (13.98) 1 6

22 21 23 229 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONESMCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1

23 22 24 97 KANE BROWN EXPERIMENTZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 1

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l5 RE-ENTRY STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG ERIC CHURCH

6 2 21 GOT WHAT I GOT JASON ALDEAN

l7 8 7 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED DAN + SHAY

l8 10 8 HAPPY ANYWHERE BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI

9 3 3 STARTING OVER CHRIS STAPLETON

10 5 20 ONE OF THEM GIRLS LEE BRICE

l11 6 24 ONE MARGARITA LUKE BRYAN

l12 12 10 LOVIN’ ON YOU LUKE COMBS

13 7 8 ONE BEER HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON

l14 RE-ENTRY BETTER TOGETHER LUKE COMBS

l15 23 27 BLUEBIRD MIRANDA LAMBERT

16 11 13 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN MORGAN WALLEN

17 9 11 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY LITTLE BIG TOWN

l18 NEW WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER? MICKEY GUYTON

l19 RE-ENTRY WHISKEY GLASSES MORGAN WALLEN

20 14 5 7 SUMMERS MORGAN WALLEN

l21 RE-ENTRY ONE MAN BAND OLD DOMINION

l22 NEW MY BOY ELVIE SHANE

l23 RE-ENTRY WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL KANE BROWN

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l5 6 180 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

l6 12 8 LOVIN’ ON YOU LUKE COMBS

l7 10 19 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN MORGAN WALLEN

8 5 37 CHASIN’ YOU MORGAN WALLEN

l9 9 83 WHISKEY GLASSES MORGAN WALLEN

10 7 57 HEARTLESS DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN

11 11 63 THE BONES MAREN MORRIS

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l13 13 7 COOL AGAIN KANE BROWN

l14 14 124 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY LUKE COMBS

l15 16 7 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED DAN + SHAY

l16 15 56 ONE MAN BAND OLD DOMINION

17 17 15 ONE BEER HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON

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19 21 5 BE A LIGHT THOMAS RHETT F/R. MCENTIRE, H. SCOTT, C. TOMLIN & K. URBAN

20 23 70 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART LUKE COMBS

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9 8 6 32 THE STEELDRIVERS BAD FOR YOUROUNDER 610080*/CONCORD 1

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Between the scratchy rhythm guitar, crisp drumbeat and cheery harmonic texture, it’s easy to come away from Old Dominion’s newest single, “Never Be Sorry,” feeling energized and wanting more.

That’s an accomplishment with just about any musical track, but it’s par-ticularly impressive when the topic is a potential downer. And that’s the case with “Never Be Sorry,” though it’s not entirely obvious. The most accessible lyrics — specific images of shoe shopping in Chicago and a downpour in Santa Barbara, Calif. — are positive scenes from a relationship. But the least tangi-ble passages — feet hanging off the moon or the sky falling down — are artsy, hazy recognitions that the romance is history. Still, the music is so electrify-ing that by the time the listener figures out it’s a heartbreak song, it’s too late: The pensive plot is subservient to the song’s sonic joy.

“More and more lately, if there’s a sad lyric, I feel like I want to make every song happy,” guitarist Brad Tursi says. “A happy sound with a sad lyric is, to me, a cool juxtaposition.”

Tursi’s guitar groove provided the starting point for “Never Be Sorry” when it came together on July 19, 2018, in a green room at the BankPlus Amphitheater in Southaven, Miss., during Kenny Chesney’s Trip Around the Sun Tour. Co-writer Josh Osborne (“One Man Band,” “Happy Any where”) picked up songwriter-producer Shane McAnally (“7 Summers,” “One Night Standards”) at the Memphis Airport and met up with the band to start a weekend songwriting trek.

Once Tursi f ired up his aggressive riff, threaded initially through a minor chord, the writing troupe — including Old Dominion lead vocalist Matthew Ramsey and guitarist-keyboardist Trevor Rosen — instinctively kicked into a bittersweet melody and rapid-fire lyrics with cloudy references to the song’s breakup.

When they arrived at the chorus, it needed a change-up. Tursi spun into complicated major seventh chords, and they landed on the “I’ll never be sorry” hook, marrying it to a surprisingly linear melody.

“Sometimes the dumbest, most basic melody is the one that feels the best,” says Rosen. “I don’t know why that is, but when you feel it, you know. It doesn’t have to be some crazy, all-over-the-map melody. Sometimes it’s just the sim-ple one where you stay on [one note] that you feel that release in your gut.”

The speed of that lyric, coupled with the pace of the instrumental founda-tion, was key.

“The way this song was going to work was if that chorus was just relent-less,” notes Osborne.

The first chorus included the scene on Chicago’s Miracle Mile, an oblique reference to Old Dominion’s “Shoe Shopping” on the Happy Endings album. It likewise owes a debt to Bruce Springsteen’s “Drive All Night.”

“There’s a line in it where he says, ‘I would drive all night just to buy you some shoes,’ ” observes Ramsey. “It’s not flowers, it’s not a ring, but there’s something there that’s really nurturing and caring, I think, about buying a pair of shoes for your girl. I don’t know why, but that always stuck with me.”

“The funny thing about that lyric,” adds Rosen, “is we didn’t realize, until after we recorded it, that it’s not the Miracle Mile in Chicago. It’s the Mag-nificent Mile. So we’re kind of working on a fix for that. You have to go in and fix that lyric before we put this on Chicago radio or we’re going to get killed next time we go there. But ‘Miracle’ sang so well.”

The geography shifted to Santa Barbara in the second chorus as the couple

got “locked out of your car in the pouring rain.”“The California images, I swear, I don’t think they can ever get old because

there’s so much nostalgia,” says McAnally. “And the sound that Old Dominion has leaned toward, especially on the current record, it’s just going more and more like West Coast country to me.”

They recorded a cursory work tape with acoustic guitars and a gang vocal lead, and once bassist Geoff Sprung and drummer Whit Sellers gave it their approval, “Never Be Sorry” was one of the core songs Old Dominion tackled when it started work on its self-titled album at Nashville’s Sound Stage studios.

But as much as they loved it, the song nearly tanked when it failed to coalesce.The work tape sounded “more Maroon 5 than Old Dominion,” says

McAnally, and they struggled to make it fit the band’s style.“If I’m remembering correctly, it took us two days to get this thing,”

notes McAnally. “I mean, there was defi-nitely a moment they wanted to not do it. Multiple moments.”

The key came when Tursi started fool-ing with the major seventh chords from the chorus, substituting them over the original minor triads in the verses. Sellers and Sprung fit the rhythm section into a bit of a new wave groove, enhanced when they applied a trig-ger to the drums that unleashed electronic percussion in tandem with the kit’s natural sound. Tursi added a simple, almost f lashy guitar solo that enhanced the track’s retro pop-rock attitude. That sound was likely de-veloped through an Eventide H9 guitar pedal, though Tursi is not certain and can’t repro-duce it exactly.

“I’m really not a gear guy, but I was like, ‘I’m going in the studio. I have to buy some-

thing different just to have some inspiration,’ ” he recalls. “The guitar sound for this particular song was definitely made with that pedal, but then after the session was over, I think I left the pedal there and I never went back to get it. All these sounds on the record are from that thing, and I never retrieved it.”

The lead part was uncharacteristically easy for Ramsey — “Vocal sessions for me are like going into battle,” he says — while Tursi’s harmony session at his home studio yielded an extra wrinkle: He turned in a winding, soulful counter-voice in the song’s waning minute that would remain.

All the alterations upped the game for “Never Be Sorry.”“I thought it was kind of quirky and weird, and I thought it would be like a

color on an album,” says Osborne. “Then when I heard the way they cut it for the first time, I thought, ‘This sounds like a hit.’ ”

Sony Music Nashville agreed.“From the beginning, when we turned this album in,” says Ramsey, “there

were a lot of people, as far as label and management and production and Shane, you know, that really were like, ‘This has to be a single. It’s going to stand out on the radio.’ ”

RCA Nashville issued it to AM/FM programmers via PlayMPE on Aug. 17. It entered the Country Airplay chart dated Sept. 12 and rises to No. 52 in its third week on the list. Assuming it keeps climbing, it should be well-positioned between Election Day and Christmas, a time when an edgy American public will likely be receptive to a song that puts a sunny disposition on a broken-hearted lyric.

“People just want something to make them feel good,” says Rosen. “We, in the back of our minds, always assumed this would be a single. So it just felt like the right time.”

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

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Country Airplay IndexTITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 30

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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) 15

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) 33

ALL OF THE BOYS Bare Feet Publishing LLC, BMI/Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC (C.D.Jones, Z.Brown) 55

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) 32

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BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) 24

BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, J.S.Stover, P.DiGiovanni) 57

BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, W.Bowery) 34

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) 17

BROKEN UP Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI (M.Tenpenny, D.Dawson, K.Fishman, E.K.Smith) 58

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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) 20

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) 3

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DEAR RODEO Songs From The Couch, BMI/Cori’s Daddy’s Publishing, BMI (D.Couch, C.D.Johnson) 49

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) 6

DO WHAT YOU CAN Not Listed (Not Listed) 28

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EVERY OTHER MEMORY Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/hurdjamz, BMI/Red Like The Sunset Music, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Spicer And Everyting Nicer, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP (R.J.Hurd, N.Spicer, C.Taylor) 51

EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) 8

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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) 29

THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 39

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) 23

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) 4

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HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Five, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 9

HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B.Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 18

HARD DAYS Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI (B.Gilbert, J.Bell, B.Berryhill, J.Brunswick, L.Wall) 42

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) 27

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) 25

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I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 16

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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) 12

LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 35

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) 11

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/Works Of RHA, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 1

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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) 44

THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST Weimerhound Music, SESAC/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) 45

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) 22

MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, 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) 13

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NEVER BE SORRY WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Reehits World, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Blue, LLC, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/We’re Really Doin’ It Publishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Tempo Investments, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 52

NEVER HAVE I EVER Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/One Voice Global Publishing, BMI/Canal Music Publishing BV, BUMA/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Veltz So Good Publishing, BMI (D.Bradbery, D.H.Hodges, L.J.Veltz) 59

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) 36

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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) 10

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) 2

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 14

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SALTWATER GOSPEL (FINS UP VERSION) EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Songs By Red Room, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie’s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Copperman, N.Galyon, A.Gorley) 56

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) 19

SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.Holman) 46

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) 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) 5

A SONG TO REMEMBER WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Loud Shirt Industries, ASCAP/Moody Producer Music, BMI/Meaux Mercy, BMI (M.Hobby, B.D.Warren, B.Warren, C.Stevens) 53

STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 21

STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey Steele) 26

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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/Pile Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP (N.Cyrus, T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, I.Juber, D.Emile II) 50

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/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 37

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WAITIN’ ON 5 ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Songs Of XO, BMI/We In Good Company, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI (C.Janson, Shy Carter, T.Cecil, C.Wiseman) 54

WE WERE RICH EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (R.Copperman, A.Gorley, N.Galyon) 43

WHAT DO I KNOW Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Dos Hobos Music, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/West Pass Music, BMI (R.Counts, M.W.Hardy, J.Mitchell) 48

WHERE THAT BEER’S BEEN I’m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/ole, BMI/Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Hot Mess Music International, BMI/Goes Something Like THIS Music, BMI/Anthem Music Publishing II, ASCAP/Real Big Red Tunes, ASCAP/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (T.Denning, R.Akins, C.Stevens, J.S.Stover) 60

WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 47

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Hot Country Songs IndexTITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

7 SUMMERS Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Bo Wallace Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackstreet Music, GMR/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (M.Wallen, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 11

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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) 20

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) 49

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) 32

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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

BEERS AND SUNSHINE Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/GrowingMusic Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Iris In The Sky With Diamonds, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (D.Rucker, R.Copperman, J.T.Harding, J.Osborne) 36

BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, W.Bowery) 29

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) 25

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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) 28

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) 5

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EVERYWHERE BUT ON Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pedal Down Music, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Presley Jake Music, SESAC (M.Stell, P.Sikes, L.Miller) 21

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GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL Relative Music Group, BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/8 Minutes Twenty Seconds Publishing, BMI/Artist Publishing Group West, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (M.W.Hardy, A.Gorley, B.Johnson, H.Phelps) 47

GONE TOO SOON Spark Lark Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI/Andrew Jannakos Publishing Designee, BMI/Josh Bricker Publishing Designee, BMI (J.Afable, A.Jannakos, J.Bricker) 12

THE GOOD ONES GBF Music Global, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/BMG Blue, BMI/Fox Landis Lyrics, BMI/Songs Of Jim McCormick, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI (G.Barrett, E.Landis, J.McCormick, Z.Kale) 33

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) 22

GOOD TIMES ROLL Sony/ATV Lakeview, SESAC/Red Lining Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Revinyl House, BMI/Jackie Frost Music, Inc., ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (J.Allen, Z.Kale, C.Haynes, Jr.) 46

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) 3

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HAPPY ANYWHERE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Endurance Romeo Charlie, BMI/Highly Combustible Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Combustion Five, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 13

HAPPY DOES Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Mandy’s Favorite Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songsfortatum Publishing, BMI/Don’t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music, BMI (B.Clawson, J.Paulin, B.Berryhill, G.James) 31

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) 24

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) 44

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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) 15

I HOPE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/GBF Music Global, 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) 1

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) 23

I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Eastman Pond Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Bad Robot Music, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, S.M.Douglas, J.G.Evigan) 7

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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) 39

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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) 40

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) 19

LONG LIVE Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Big Crowd Publishing, ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Spirit Two Music Inc., ASCAP/4TheKidz Music, ASCAP/Spirit Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Jack 10 Publishing, BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, C.Crowder, D.A.Garcia, J.Miller) 27

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) 17

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/Works Of RHA, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 4

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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) 38

MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Big Loud Mountain, 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) 6

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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) 45

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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) 8

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) 9

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) 2

ONE TOO MANY Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP (D.H.Davidsen, P.Wallevik, M.H.Hansen, J.Norton, C.Tighe) 41

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 14

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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) 30

SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Caleb’s College Fund, ASCAP/Relative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Hark Molman Songs, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/Ju Jettsu Music, BMI (A.Gorley, M.W.Hardy, M.Holman) 43

SIX FEET APART Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Bootleg Lyrics, 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) 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) 10

STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 18

STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC/Jeffrey Steele Music, BMI (D.Naish, Jeffrey Steele) 26

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TALKIN’ TENNESSEE Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Red Toe Rocker, ASCAP (J.Hyde, M.Wallen, C.Wiseman) 50

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/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.J.Veltz) 37

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WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER Recluse Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI (S.Davis) 42

WHO YOU ARE TO ME Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/S.D.G. Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESAC (C.Tomlin, C.Kelley, D.Haywood, H.Scott) 35

WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Silent Desert Music, BMI/Self Made Entertainment, BMI (T.Brown, K.Fairchild, S.McConnell, K.Schlapman, P.Sweet, J.Westbrook) 34

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On Sept. 24, 2005, Sara Evans’ “A Real Fine Place To Start” topped

Billboard’s Hot Countr y Songs chart.

Penned by George Ducas and Radney Foster, the song became Evans’ fourth of f ive No. 1s on the list among nine top 10s and 30 appearances logged between 1997 and 2016. (Foster originally recorded it for his 2002 album Another Way to Go.)

Evans was born in Boonville, Mo., and has been married to former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker since 2008. They live near Birmingham, Ala., with their

blended family of seven children. The singer, 49, continues to tour a nd record reg u la rly. I n M ay, she released Copy That, her 10th studio album. It consists of cover versions of music by a va r iet y of ac t s , f rom Patsy Cl ine to Fleetwood Mac.

E v a n s p u bl i s he d a m em o i r about her life, Born to Fly — named a f ter her second Hot C ou nt r y Songs No. 1, in 2001 — on Sept. 8. A mong dates planned through 2021, on Oct. 9 she’ll join Anita Cochran for a benefit concert on the shore of Tims Ford Lake in Win-chester, Tenn. —JIM ASKER

Evans at the 40th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las

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