November 25, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly

THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES

Taylor Swift, Brittany Howard, Ingrid Andress, Miranda Lambert Among Top Grammy Nominees

29th Annual Tin Pan South Sets Dates For 2021

Morgan Wallen Notches Fourth Consecutive No. 1

Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Maren Morris, Blake Shelton Earn American Music Awards Wins

Country Hit Maker & Opry Star Hal Ketchum Dies

Artist Visit: Restless Road

Amy Grant, Vince Gill To Return With Ryman Christmas Residency In 2021

DISClaimer Singles Reviews

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Taylor Swift, Brittany Howard, Ingrid Andress, Miranda Lambert Among Top Grammy Nominees

The nominees for The 63rd Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday (Nov. 24) by Chair and Interim Recording Academy President/CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and an eclectic group of past Grammy winners, nominees and other special guests, including artists Lauren Daigle, Mickey Guyton, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Pepe Aguilar, Yemi Alade, Nicola Benedetti, and Imogen Heap, as well as CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King and The Talk host Sharon Osbourne.

This year’s nominees were selected from more than 23,000 submissions across 83 categories, reflecting work that defined the year in music (Sept. 1, 2019 — Aug. 31, 2020). The final round of Grammy voting is Dec. 7, 2020 — Jan. 4, 2021. The 63rd Grammy Awards will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET.

The Recording Academy also announced The Daily Show host and Grammy-nominated comedian Trevor Noah as host of The 63rd Grammy Awards. This will be the first time Noah will serve as host.

Warner Music Nashville/Atlantic artist Ingrid Andress earned her first Grammy nominations, including a nomination in the all-genre category of Best New Artist. Her debut album, Lady Like, also earned a nod for Best Country Album, while her No. 1 breakthrough hit, “More Hearts Than Mine,” earned a nod for Best Country Song.

Female artists dominate in this year’s Grammy country categories, represented in all five nominee spots for Best Country Album.

Along with Andress, Brandy Clark, Miranda Lambert, group Little Big Town and Ashley McBryde are all nominated in the Best Country Album category, while female artists earn three of the five nominations for Best Country Solo Performance (Clark for "Who You Thought I Was," Mickey Guyton for "Black Like Me," and Lambert for "Bluebird").

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Nashville-based producers Dan Auerbach and Dave Cobb each earned nominations for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical), with Auerbach producing Marcus King’s project El Dorado (nominated for Best Americana Album) and Cobb producing Prine’s “I Remember Everything,” as well as The Highwomen, whose song “Crowded Table” is nominated for Best Country Song.

CCM artist Tauren Wells picked up his two latest Grammy nominations, for Best Contemporary Christian Performance/Song, for “Famous For (I Believe)” (ft. Jenn Johnson), and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, for Citizen of Heaven. He has previously been nominated for five Grammy honors, and was named Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year at this year’s Dove Awards.

Ricky Dillard is also nominated in two categories, for Best Gospel Performance/Song for “Release (LIVE)” featuring Tiff Joy (song written by David Frazier). Dillard is also nominated in the Best Gospel Album category, for Choirmaster.

We The Kingdom is nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song/Performance for “Holy Water,” and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for their project Holy Water.

Dolly Parton is nominated in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Song/Performance category alongside Zach Williams for their collaboration “There Was Jesus.” Parton won this category last year with her collaboration “God Only Knows” with for King & Country.

Learn more Grammy nominees here.

Guyton also makes history with her nomination, as the first Black female solo artist to earn a Grammy nomination in a country category (the Pointer Sisters previous won Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Fairytale" in 1974).

Songs recorded (and co-written) by female artists also earned four of the five slots in the Best Country Song category. Lambert, Natalie Hemby and Luke Dick are nominated for Lambert's "Bluebird," while Maren Morris, Laura Veltz and Jimmy Robbins are nominated for their work on Morris' "The Bones." Group The Highwomen's "Crowded Table," penned by Brandi Carlile, Hemby and Lori McKenna, is nominated, as is "More Hearts Than Mine" recorded by Andress and co-written by Andress with Sam Ellis and Derrick Southerland.

Of note, Old Dominion also picked up their first two Grammy nominations this year, with "Some People Do" earning Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Country Song nominations (the song was written by Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey, and Thomas Rhett).

Lambert and Andress both lead with three nominations each, with Lambert earning a nod for Best Country Album (Wildcard), Best Country Solo Performance ("Bluebird") and Best Country Song ("Bluebird"), while Andress is up for the all-genre Best New Artist honor, Best Country Song ("More Hearts Than Mine") and Best Country Album (Lady Like).

Americana singer-songwriter Brittany Howard secured five nominations, including Best Rock Performance for “Stay High,” as well as Best Rock Song as the sole writer on the same tune. Howard is also nominated for Best Alternative Music Album for Jaime, as well as Best R&B Performance for “Goat Head,” and she earned a Best American Roots Performance nod for “Short and Sweet.”

John Prine earned two posthumous nominations, with “I Remember Everything” earning nods for Best American Roots Performance, and Best American Roots Song. Sturgill Simpson is nominated for Best Rock Album for Sound & Fury.

Lucinda Williams, The Secret Sisters and Bonny Light Horseman also each earned two nominations in American Roots Music and/or Folk categories.

Ingrid Andress

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MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations

New On The Chart —Debuting This Weeksong/artist/label—Chart PositionHeartland/Hailey Whitters/Big Loud Records/S&D — 76Ain't Gonna Be Today/Ward Davis/Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers — 77Won't Forget/Rusty Gear/Chickahominy Marsh Records — 80

Greatest Spin Increasesong/artist/label—Spin IncreaseWhat's Your Country Song/Thomas Rhett/Valory — 278Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 152Gone/Dierks Bentley/Capitol — 91Down To One/Luke Bryan/Capitol — 83I Still Think About You/Jake Simon/Spaceshot Records — 76Better Together/Luke Combs/Columbia — 64Blame It On You/Jason Aldean/Broken Bow — 61

Most Addedsong/artist/label—No. of AddsWhat's Your Country Song/Thomas Rhett/Valory — 9Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 7Memory I Don't Mess With/Lee Brice/Curb — 5Cold Beer Calling My Name/Jameson Rodgers feat. Luke Combs/River House Artists/Columbia Nashville — 4

On Deck—Soon To Be Chartingsong/artist/label—No. of SpinsRiver Bent/Caleb Kelley/River Bend Entertainment — 165Radio Back/Danny Kensy/Rad Records — 163Extra/Kylie Trout/Kylie Trout Music — 154Just Like You/Paige King Johnson/PCG ArtistDevelopment — 149We'll Be Alright/Shine/Manustix Music — 140

NO. 1 SONGCHART ACTION

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“How They Remember You” by Rascal Flatts takes the No. 1 position on the CountryBreakout Radio Chart. This is the title track to the band’s latest EP released in July via Big Machine Records. The single was written by Marc Beeson, Josh Osborne, and Allen Shamblin.

Celebrating 20 years as a band this year, the group also released Twenty Years Of Rascal Flatts The Greatest Hits, a 20-song collection of the trio’s biggest and most sentimental smashes including 13 of the trio’s 17 No. 1 singles from “These Days” and “Fast Cars And Freedom,” to “Bless The Broken Road,” “My Wish” and many more.

Each songwriter and artist earning No. 1 credit on the MusicRow Chart receives a MusicRow Challenge Coin. Click here to

view a full list of recipients.

WeeksOn Chart

LastWeek

ThisWeek Song / Artist / Label Spins /

Reports% Spin Power Spins +/-

23 2 1 How They Remember You / Rascal Flatts / Big Machine 1822/63 1 178 4 2 Better Together / Luke Combs / Columbia 1783/60 4 6411 1 3 Long Live / Florida Georgia Line / BMLG Records 1704/62 -11 -21813 3 4 Starting Over / Chris Stapleton / Mercury Nashville 1702/57 -1 -2526 5 5 Almost Maybes / Jordan Davis / MCA Nashville 1671/63 1 2017 6 6 I Should Probably Go To Bed / Dan + Shay / Warner Music Nashville 1660/51 1 146 7 7 Down To One / Luke Bryan / Capitol 1615/63 5 8330 9 8 Lady / Brett Young / BMLG 1427/59 2 2613 10 9 7 Summers / Morgan Wallen / Big Loud Records 1409/59 1 1431 11 10 Made For You / Jake Owen / Big Loud Records 1393/58 1 1941 12 11 Nobody / Dylan Scott / Curb 1387/54 4 5812 14 12 Settling Down / Miranda Lambert / Vanner Records/RCA Records 1243/60 1 169 15 13 One Too Many / Keith Urban & P!nk / Capitol 1239/56 2 295 16 14 Gone / Dierks Bentley / Capitol 1158/60 9 9125 17 15 Hard Days / Brantley Gilbert / Valory 978/46 0 -29 18 16 Next Girl / Carly Pearce / Big Machine 958/52 2 223 30 17 What’s Your Country Song / Thomas Rhett / Valory 931/53 43 27843 19 18 Momma’s House / Dustin Lynch / Broken Bow 905/39 0 147 20 19 Somebody Like That / Tenille Arts / 19th & Grand 882/39 0 -414 22 20 Good Time / Niko Moon / RCA Nashville 857/34 5 384 27 21 Hell Of A View / Eric Church / EMI 850/53 22 15224 21 22 Wine, Beer, Whiskey / Little Big Town / Capitol 841/40 2 187 23 23 Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s / Sam Hunt / MCA Nashville 809/42 8 5722 26 24 The Good Ones / Gabby Barrett / Warner Music Nashville 755/38 8 5322 24 25 Grew Up On That / High Valley / Warner Music Nashville 753/42 3 2114 25 26 Good Time Waitin’ To Happen / James Robert Webb / Bison Creek Records 752/47 5 3319 28 27 Land Of Y’all / Smith & Wesley / Dream Walkin/Audium Nashville 690/36 2 1119 35 28 I Still Think About You / Jake Simon / Spaceshot Records 670/39 13 7621 29 29 Mix ‘Em With Whiskey / Drake White / Reverend White 647/34 -1 -86 33 30 We Didn’t Have Much / Justin Moore / Valory 623/41 3 1913 32 31 Waitin’ On 5 / Chris Janson / Warner Music Nashville 621/33 -3 -1733 34 32 To Hell & Back / Maren Morris / Columbia 610/35 2 109 38 33 Waste Of A Whiskey Drink / Gary Allan / EMI 584/35 3 1614 36 34 Wash My Truck / Bobby Wills / MDM Recordings 575/33 0 18 37 35 Tiny Town / Laine Hardy / Buena Vista Records 573/41 1 318 39 36 Made For Mornings / Lockeland / Lockeland Entertainment LLC 517/35 0 118 40 37 Ain’t Bad For A Good Ol’ Boy / Mo Pitney / Curb 504/29 1 47 41 38 If It Wasn’t For Trucks / Riley Green / BMLG 501/32 5 2318 42 39 Y’allsome / Pryor & Lee / Black River Entertainment 491/32 4 174 44 40 Memory I Don’t Mess With / Lee Brice / Curb 485/39 9 42

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WeeksOn Chart

LastWeek

ThisWeek Song / Artist / Label Spins /

Reports% Spin Power Spins +/-

5 45 41 Heaven On Dirt / Teddy Robb / Monument 468/39 6 258 43 42 Everybody Dies But Not Everybody Lives / Shane Owens / Amerimonte Records 459/33 3 1510 48 43 Sometimes Late At Night / Eric Burgett / Bow To Stern Records 454/33 6 268 46 44 Bad Guy / Casey Donahew / Almost Country Records 449/26 4 187 49 45 Where I Find God / Larry Fleet / Big Loud Records 427/26 2 911 47 46 Dear Rodeo / Cody Johnson / CoJo Music/Warner Bros. 388/23 -10 -4117 51 47 We Were Rich / Runaway June / Wheelhouse Records 387/25 -6 -2515 52 48 Simple Things / Dylan Gerard / SSM Nashville 385/27 0 011 50 49 Never Be Sorry / Old Dominion / RCA Nashville 376/19 -10 -4116 53 50 Wishin’ I Was Fishin’ / Lucas Hoge / Forge Entertainment 369/23 0 03 59 51 Blame It On You / Jason Aldean / Broken Bow 359/26 20 615 55 52 Just About Over You / Priscilla Block / Mercury Nashville 352/29 6 209 54 53 The Mountain / Calamity Jane / Mountain Records 349/28 4 1319 31 54 Ain’t The Only Hell (My Momma Raised) / Allie Colleen / Evangeline Records 348/23 -47 -3039 56 55 Sometimes Always Never / Brandon Ratcliff / Monument 338/27 5 1510 57 56 Population 2 / Tom Sexton / Lots To Do Music, LLC 326/25 7 217 58 57 Comin’ Home / The Desert City Ramblers / Crane Kick Records 316/22 5 146 63 58 Just The Way / Parmalee x Blanco Brown / Stoney Creek 302/17 18 4516 60 59 betty / Taylor Swift / MCA Nashville/Republic Records 277/18 -1 -415 61 60 Single Saturday Night / Cole Swindell / Warner Music Nashville 276/17 0 18 62 61 I Can Tell By The Way You Dance / Josh Turner / MCA Nashville 271/18 1 35 64 62 As Soon As You / Bri Bagwell / 10XMusic 268/19 6 1412 65 63 What Love Can Do / Bruce Larson / Busy@Play 267/18 6 158 66 64 Bad Decision / Emily Jean / SSM Evolution 256/19 2 62 70 65 Worship You / Kane Brown / RCA Nashville 231/15 14 284 69 66 You Time / Scotty McCreery / Triple Tigers Records 215/15 5 102 76 67 Anybody Else / Mira Goto / ArtistMax/Copperline 208/17 15 274 71 68 Your Love Won’t Let Me Cheat / RT Johnson / CCB Nashville 204/16 3 64 75 69 Same Ole / Chris Kroeze / 201/16 10 193 68 70 Ghost Town Nation / Travis Tritt / Big Noise 201/12 -3 -74 77 71 Calling All The Angels / Brooke Lee / Brooke Lee Music 194/13 8 155 73 72 Beers To Catch Up On / LOCASH / Wheelhouse Records 190/12 1 12 79 73 Meghan / Brecken Miles / Rhyme Partners 188/15 12 209 72 74 Saltwater Gospel (Fins Up Version) / Eli Young Band & Jimmy Buffett / Valory 182/13 -5 -102 80 75 God Save The World / Jeff Carson / MC1 Nashville 181/13 10 161 81 76 Heartland / Hailey Whitters / Big Loud Records/S&D 178/15 11 171 85 77 Ain’t Gonna Be Today / Ward Davis / Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers 177/16 20 294 78 78 Martha Devine / Ashley McBryde / Atlantic Records/WMN/WAR 177/15 1 13 74 79 So Long So Long / Darlinghurst / Helium 173/10 -5 -101 82 80 Won’t Forget / Rusty Gear / Chickahominy Marsh Records 169/14 12 18

No. 1 Song Greatest Spin Increase Highest Debut

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The 29th Annual Tin Pan South songwriter’s festival will return in 2021 as an in-person experience, back at favorite venues across Music City on Nov. 16-20, 2021.

This year’s Tin Pan shows were held virtually due to the pandemic, and the 2021 event has been pushed back to Fall instead of its usual Spring timeframe. Additional news on the 2021 festival will be released in the coming weeks.

“With the support and encouragement from Regions Bank, our other incredible partners, and the songwriters and organizations that participated, we were thrilled to keep the spirit of Tin Pan South alive in a virtual format,” said Jennifer Turnbow, Festival Director. “While the 2021 festival will once again take place in the fall instead of the usual March/April timeframe, we are very excited about the prospect of being back in the local venues next year! We hope that in 2022, we can regain complete normalcy and hold our 30th-anniversary festival in the Spring.”

Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Maren Morris, Blake Shelton Earn American Music Awards Wins

Dan + Shay. Photo: Emma McIntyre for AMA/Getty Images for dcp

Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Blake Shelton and Maren Morris were among the winners at Sunday’s (Nov. 22) American Music Awards.

Duo Dan + Shay earned three awards including Favorite Duo or Group—Country, Favorite Song—Country and Collaboration of the Year, for “10,000 Hours” with Justin Bieber. With the latter win, the duo became the first ever country artists to take home the all-genre Collaboration of the Year title. They also performed their current Top 10 (and climbing) track “I Should Probably Go To Bed.”

Brown took home the Favorite Country Artist—Male honor while Morris was named Favorite Country Artist—Female. Shelton earned Favorite Album—Country for Fully Loaded: God’s Country.

View the full list of winners here.

29th Annual Tin Pan South Sets Dates For 2021

Morgan Wallen has earned his fourth consecutive No. 1 with “More Than My Hometown,” which tops both the Billboard and Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country radio airplay charts.

“More Than My Hometown,” which Wallen co-wrote with Michael Hardy, Ernest Keith Smith and Ryan Vojtesak, marks Wallen’s third No. 1 as a songwriter.

The chart-topper previews Wallen’s upcoming 30-track sophomore record, Dangerous: The Double Album, which releases Jan. 8, 2021. On Nov. 20, Wallen released three more songs from the project—“Somebody’s Problem,” “Still Goin Down,” and “Livin’ The Dream.” “Somebody’s Problem” rose to No. 1 on the Apple Music US Top Songs All Genres chart. MR

Morgan Wallen Notches Fourth Consecutive No. 1 With “More

Than My Hometown”

Morgan Wallen. Photo: John Shearer

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Country Hit Maker & Opry Star Hal Ketchum Dies

Singer-songwriter Hal Ketchum died on Monday (Nov. 23) at age 67, following a struggle with early-onset dementia.

Known for such top country hits as “Small Town Saturday Night” and “Past the Point of Rescue,” Ketchum has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry cast since 1994.

He was born and raised in Greenwich, NY, in the Adirondack Mountains near the Vermont state line. Ketchum’s father was a country banjo player, but the boy got his start in music as a drummer for a local R&B band at age 15.

At age 17, Hal Michael Ketchum became a master carpenter, initially plying his trade in Florida, then moving to Austin, TX. A visit to the legendary showplace Gruene Hall changed his life in 1981. Ketchum became captivated by Lone Star State tunesmiths Townes Van Zandt and Lyle Lovett. Determined to follow in their footsteps, he taught himself guitar and began playing open-mic nights at the venue.

He recorded his debut LP Threadbare Alibis in 1986. It contained the first 10 songs he’d ever written. He showcased at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1987 and was spotted by songwriter Pat Alger, who took Ketchum’s music to Nashville. Music Row’s Forerunner Music signed him as a staff songwriter in 1988. His album was released in Europe the following year, leading to career-long popularity overseas.

Ketchum moved to Music City in 1990 and was signed by Curb Records. “Small Town Saturday Night” made him a star in the summer of 1991. It was named the No. 1 country single of the year by Radio & Records magazine. Its hilarious accompanying music video won Breakthrough Video of the Year honors from MusicRow, and Ketchum was nominated for the CMA’s Horizon Award.

He followed his breakthrough smash with his self-composed “I Know Where Love Lives,” then rang up a trio of 1992 hits – “Past the Point of Rescue,” “Five O’Clock World” and “Sure Love.” His debut Curb album, Past the Point of Rescue, was

Hal Ketchum. Photo: Pete Lacker

certified as a Gold Record.

The string of hits continued in 1993 with “Mama Knows the Highway” and his self-written “Hearts Are Gonna Roll” and “Someplace Far Away.” Ketchum sang the songs of such top Nashville songwriters as Alger, Gary Burr, Allen Reynolds and Shawn Camp. In addition, he often co-wrote his singles, as was the case with “(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love Again” (with Al Anderson, 1994), “Stay Forever” (with Benmont Tench, 1995), and “Every Little Word” (with Marcus Hummon, 1995).

He fell in love with the Opry when he first guested on the show in 1991 and began dropping hints that he’d love to be invited to join the cast. Those efforts paid off in January 1994. Hal Ketchum called his induction the highlight of his life.

His album output on Curb continued with Sure Love (1992), Every Little Word (1994) and I Saw the Light (1998). But Ketchum’s career was troubled by health issues. He went to rehab for substance abuse in 1992 and 1997 before attaining sobriety in early 1998. Later that year, he was diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis, a neurologic disorder that can cause paralysis. He had to learn to sing and play guitar all over again.

He battled back with the Curb collections Awaiting Redemption (1999), Lucky Man (2001) and The King of Love (2003). Then speech impairment, balance issues and arm paralysis led to a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, the disease that had killed his mother. Months of physical therapy allowed him to re-emerge on stage via a role in The Nashville Ballet’s 2006 production of The Nutcracker and on disc with the 2008 CD Father Time.

Ketchum temporarily retired from music and moved back to Texas in 2008. He took up painting, resumed woodworking and wrote poetry and short stories. His paintings were featured in one of the art galleries in Santa Fe, NM.

In 2014, he reemerged with the album I’m the Troubadour and resumed touring regionally. Ketchum appeared sporadically in Texas venues throughout the next four years.

In April 2019, he announced his retirement and his dementia diagnosis, which was accompanied by Alzheimer’s Disease. His wife Andrea stated that he died at home on Monday night.

Hal Ketchum was married four times and had five children. Funeral arrangements had not been announced at press time. MR

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Amy Grant, Vince Gill To Return With Ryman Christmas

Residency In 2021

Amy Grant and Vince Gill will return in 2021 with their Christmas at the Ryman residency.

Tickets for the 12-date concert run will go on sale on Friday, Nov. 27 at ryman.com and will again feature matinee performances of the long-running show. Openers for all of the dates will be announced at a later date.

The husband and wife duo’s previous Ryman shows have brimmed with Christmas favorites such as “Let It Snow,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Tennessee Christmas,” “O Holy Night” and “O Come All Ye Faithful.”

“None of us could have ever predicted a year like this one and the holidays are going to look a lot different because of it. While Vince and I are disappointed we can’t be with you all this year, we are thrilled to be able to return to Ryman Auditorium for the holidays in 2021,” Grant says. “It is such a special time of year for us and our family, and these shows have become a holiday tradition for us!”

Ryman Auditorium strictly complies with safety regulations that include socially-distanced seating, mandatory masks for all guests and staff and enhanced cleaning practices.

View Amy Grant and Vince Gill's Christmas at the Ryman dates here.

Vince Gill and Amy Grant. Photo: Robby Klein.

Artist Visit: Restless Road Packs New EP With Harmonies

Trio Restless Road recently visited with MusicRow staffers (via Zoom) to chat about their new music. The group’s Zach Beeken, Colton Pack and Garrett Nichols effortlessly blend their vocals into strong harmonies.

The trio’s journey began in 2013 when Beeken and Pack joined teams as contestants on The X Factor. During their time, they met their future collaborator Kane Brown. Nichols would later join Beeken and Pack as part of the trio in 2015.

A few years ago, Brown rekindled that friendship the musicians had found on The X Factor, and sent Pack a text message after he saw Pack’s cover version of Brown’s “Good As You.” The group’s four-song EP, produced by Dann Huff, released in February. The self-titled project includes their current single “Take Me Home,” a collaboration with Brown that incorporates snippets from John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

With the EP and single, the trio was set up to open several show dates on Brown’s Worldwide Beautiful Tour early this year, before the pandemic shut down touring. The group didn’t want the time to be wasted so they focused on writing songs and staying connected with fans. In October, they announced they had signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV. Like most songwriters, they have taken to Zoom writing during the pandemic.

“I think we’ve honestly written some of the best songs of our lives this year, during quarantine,” Pack said. “So this song is still in the works with our producer.”

During the visit, they performed songs including “I Took One Look At Her Mama,” and “One Step Ahead.”

Nichols added, “My dad is my best friend of all time and we were all sitting around one day and he said, ‘Son, you want to know how you find the one? All you gotta do is take one look at her mama. That might give you an idea of what things might be like down the road.’ So we got in the writing room and we thought that would be a cool song title.”

Less than a month ago, they filmed the music video for “One Step Ahead.”

“That was a big bucket list item to check off,” said Beeken. “We are really excited about taking this momentum that we’ve been able to create in this year into next year.” MR

Garrett Nichols, Zach Beeken, Colton Pack. Photo: Matthew Berinato

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1 1 Josh Osborne Happy AnywhereBeers And SunshineHow They Remember You7 SummersBreaking Up Was Easy In The 90’sNext GirlNever Be Sorry

Blake Shelton and Gwen StefaniDarius RuckerRascal FlattsMorgan WallenSam HuntCarly PearceOld Dominion

2 3 Randy Montana Pretty HeartBetter TogetherWe Didn't Have Much

Parker McCollumLuke CombsJustin Moore

3 5 Ross Copperman Happy AnywhereBeers And SunshineLadyWe Were Rich

Blake Shelton and Gwen StefaniDarius RuckerBrett YoungRunaway June

4 4 Hillary Lindsey One Beer

Hole In The BottleAlmost Maybes

HARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina and Devin DawsonKelsea BalleriniJordan Davis

5 6 Ernest Keith Smith More Than My HometownBig, Big PlansBreaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s

Morgan WallenChris LaneSam Hunt

6 2 Luke Combs Without YouForever After AllThe Other GuyLovin' On YouBetter Together

Luke CombsLuke CombsLuke CombsLuke CombsLuke Combs

7 7 Michael Hardy More Than My HometownOne Beer

Single Saturday NightWhat Do I Know

Morgan WallenHARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina and Devin DawsonCole SwindellRobert Counts

8 12 Ashley Gorley One Of Them GirlsHole In The BottleWhat's Your Country SongWe Were RichSingle Saturday Night

Lee BriceKelsea BalleriniThomas RhettRunaway JuneCole Swindell

9 9 Morgan Wallen More Than My Hometown7 Summers

Morgan WallenMorgan Wallen

10 18 Parker Welling Love You Like I Used ToWhat's Your Country Song

Russell DickersonThomas Rhett

11 11 Parker McCollum Pretty Heart Parker McCollum

12 23 Jesse Frasure Hole In The BottleWhat's Your Country SongAlmost Maybes

Kelsea BalleriniThomas RhettJordan Davis

13 13 Dallas Davidson One Of Them GirlsDown To One

Lee BriceLuke Bryan

14 10 Brandon Kinney The Other GuyAin't Always The Cowboy

Luke CombsJon Pardi

15 14 Josh Thompson Ain't Always The Cowboy Jon Pardi

16 15 Chris Stapleton Starting Over Chris Stapleton

17 16 Mike Henderson Starting Over Chris Stapleton

18 17 Ben Johnson One Of Them GirlsGone

Lee BriceDierks Bentley

19 22 Shane McAnally Champagne Night7 SummersNext GirlNever Be Sorry

Lady AntebellumMorgan WallenCarly PearceOld Dominion

20 19 Casey Brown Love You Like I Used To Russell Dickerson

ThisWeek

LastWeek Songwriter’s Name Song(s) Artist

Sunday, November 22, 2020

21 20 Russell Dickerson Love You Like I Used To Russell Dickerson

22 24 Jake Mitchell One Beer

What Do I Know

HARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina and Devin DawsonRobert Counts

23 25 Jon Nite I HopeLady

Gabby BarrettBrett Young

24 29 Zachary Kale I HopeThe Good Ones

Gabby BarrettGabby Barrett

25 30 Gabby Barrett I HopeThe Good Ones

Gabby BarrettGabby Barrett

26 28 Matt Jenkins Happy Anywhere Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani

27 21 Dan Isbell Without YouBetter Together

Luke CombsLuke Combs

28 35 Chris Lane Big, Big Plans Chris Lane

29 36 Jacob Durrett Big, Big Plans Chris Lane

30 37 Ryan Vojtesak More Than My HometownWorship You

Morgan WallenKane Brown

31 8 Thomas Archer Got What I GotLovin' On You

Jason AldeanLuke Combs

32 31 Lee Brice Memory I Don’t Mess WithOne Of Them Girls

Lee BriceLee Brice

33 38 Niko Moon Good TimeGone

Niko MoonDierks Bentley

34 42 Brock Berryhill Happy DoesHard Days

Kenny ChesneyBrantley Gilbert

35 44 Jason Evigan I Should Probably Go To Bed Dan + Shay

36 45 Sean Douglas I Should Probably Go To Bed Dan + Shay

37 46 Dan Smyers I Should Probably Go To Bed Dan + Shay

38 47 Shay Mooney I Should Probably Go To Bed Dan + Shay

39 43 Andrew DeRoberts Champagne NightAll Night

Lady AntebellumBrothers Osborne

40 48 Jamie Paulin Happy Does Kenny Chesney

41 49 Brad Clawson Happy Does Kenny Chesney

42 50 Greylan James Happy Does Kenny Chesney

43 55 Kyle Fishman Down To One Luke Bryan

44 56 Justin Ebach Down To One Luke Bryan

45 57 John Thomas Harding Beers And Sunshine Darius Rucker

46 58 Darius Rucker Beers And Sunshine Darius Rucker

47 51 Jordan Davis Almost Maybes Jordan Davis

48 52 M. Beeson How They Remember You Rascal Flatts

49 53 Allen Shamblin How They Remember You Rascal Flatts

50 39 Robert Williford Forever After AllThe Other Guy

Luke CombsLuke Combs

51 54 Drew Parker Forever After All Luke Combs

52 59 Kevin Bard Just The Way Parmalee x Blanco Brown

53 60 N.W. Sipe Just The Way Parmalee x Blanco Brown

54 61 Matt Thomas Just The Way Parmalee x Blanco Brown

55 26 Alex Palmer Got What I Got Jason Aldean

56 27 Michael Tyler Got What I Got Jason Aldean

57 68 Michael Lotten Momma's House Dustin Lynch

58 69 Rodney Clawson Momma's House Dustin Lynch

59 70 Dylan Schneider Momma's House Dustin Lynch

60 71 Justin Wilson Momma's House Dustin Lynch

ThisWeek

LastWeek Songwriter’s Name Song(s) Artist

November 25, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly

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Singles

November 27Faith Schueler/Hey Christmas

November 30Zach Williams/Chain Breaker/Provident Label Group

December 7Chris Bandi/Would Have Loved Her/RECORDS NashvilleKylie Frey/I Do Thing/Deep Frey’dLindsey Lane/Timber/Purple Sage RecordsJustine Blazer/Just Sing/MC1 Nashville

Albums

November 25RaeLynn/Merry Christmas/Round Here Records

November 27Granger Smith/Country Things Vol. 2/Wheelhouse Records/BBR Music GroupTy Herndon/Regifted/BFD/The Orchard

December 4The White Stripes/The White Stripes Greatest Hits/Third Man/ColumbiaRussell Dickerson/Southern Symphony/Triple Tigers RecordsCody Weaver/Southern Noise/Independent

December 18Jordan Feliz/Say It/Centricity Music

Industry Events

January 31, 2021The 63rd Grammy Awards

February 17-19, 2021Country Radio Seminar

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