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February 10, 2020, Issue 691

Power Gold: Concentration Game

This edition of Country Aircheck’s Power Gold is led by eight artists who combine for 46 of the Top 100 most-heard Gold hits. Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line lead the parade with seven songs apiece, followed by Jason Aldean and Zac Brown Band with six each. Rounding out the top PG hit-makers are Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood, all with five hits in the Top 100. One artist – Dierks Bentley – places four songs in this elite group, meaning that nine acts are responsible for 50% of the current Power Gold. More thoughts on that later. Twenty-three songs from 20 artists are new Luke Bryan to the Top 100 since we ran the list last year (CAW 1/14/19). Interestingly, four songs in that group are more than five years old and are actually making a return appearance to the PG 100. They are Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” (2004), Bentley’s “Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)” (2007), Bryan’s “I See You” (2015) and FGL’s “Sippin’ On Fire” (2015). This Top 100 Power Gold – along with the airplay information in the previous paragraph – is culled from Mediabase 24/7 and music airplay information from the Country Aircheck/Mediabase reporting panel for the week of January 26-Feb. 1, 2020. Here’s the Top 10: 1. Dustin Lynch/Small Town Boy 2. Darius Rucker/Wagon Wheel 3. Luke Combs/When It Rains It Pours 4. Sam Hunt/Body Like A Back Road 5. Florida Georgia Line/Cruise 6. Kane Brown f/Lauren Alaina/What Ifs 7. Zac Brown Band/Chicken Fried Florida Georgia Line 8. Blake Shelton/A Guy With A Girl 9. Billy Currington/Do I Make You Wanna 10. Blake Shelton/Honey Bee (continued on page 7)

Staff Hearted: WNCY/Appleton, WI’s Shotgun Shannon, Luke Reid, Charli McKenzie, Hannah, Dan Stone and PJ (l-r) show off the station’s 23rd annual Y100 Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon total.

CMA Sets Trend For Industry

Know your audience. That’s the goal of CMA’s new research tool TrendWatch, launched last week (CAT 2/4). The monthly snapshot of consumer behavior relative to country music is based on independent research of 12,000 music listeners. February’s first installment focused on a growth in country listening, which is a good thing to know for a number of reasons. “The goal is to educate the industry on the country music consumer of today and monitor shifts as our audience expands,” says CMA Sr. Dir./Consumer Insights & Research Karen Stump. “We focused on defining key Karen Stump engagement metrics that would translate to the

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My Tunes: Jim Dorman iHeartMedia/Wichita cluster PD Jim Dorman discusses his most influential music: 1. The Beach Boys: Growing up in Southern CA, it was a rite of passage to be a Beach Boys fan. I have more than 60 different Beach Boys’ albums on vinyl. 2. The first concert I ever attended was Jim Dorman The Beach Boys at the Tacoma Dome Dec. 9, 1977. That was a religious experience for a huge fan. 3. Electric Light Orchestra’s Discovery: I was a huge Jeff Lynne fan. 4. The Rolling Stones’ Bridges to Babylon Tour at RFK Stadium: The second best concert I ever attended. 5. Chicago: I love their non-wimpy music. Show me an artist with a horn section, and I’m in. • Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: I have yet to listen to a Chris Stapleton album. The only songs I’ve heard are the singles. • An “important” piece or style of music you just don’t get: Bluegrass. • An album you listened to incessantly: Runaway June’s new album [Blue Roses]. Their version of “Fast As You” is an amazing cover. • An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Plastic Bertrand’s “Ça Plane Pour Moi.” You can’t sit still listening. Plus, it has a Beach Boys-feel to me … at least with the background singers. • Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: Prior to this moment, I would never have admitted to listening to the Backstreet Boys.

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industry broadly but also worked to develop a study that represented the broad country music audience that it has become.” Any country professional whose efforts intersect with those outside the format/genre can find application. “The data has uses in selling country as a genre, supporting brand opportunities with partners and tracking shifts in engagements relative to new initiatives at the genre level by access providers, just to name a few,” Stump says. “The ongoing understanding of these country audience behaviors is an educational opportunity for all of us as we seek to grow the genre.” An outgrowth of CMA’s 2017 study The State of Country Music Streaming, TrendWatch’s first iteration – sent to members via email – pulled insights from May to December 2019. A standout in its findings was the overall increase in daily listening among the country audience, from 25% in May to 27% by year’s end. But ...what exactly is “daily country listening?” “Any platform they can choose to listen to country music, which includes AM/FM radio, satellite radio, all major DSPs, their personal CD collection, digital songs and albums, TV and video (which includes YouTube and Vevo),” says Stump. Additional findings: The shift in more daily listeners is most evident among 18- to 34-year-old and 50- to 64-year-old country listeners. The average country listener spends roughly 50% of their music listening time with country and the same share with other genres. Country audience size held steady across 2019 with one in two adults listening to country at least monthly. CMA members can expect the monthly update of key measures, plus a more detailed version shared on a quarterly basis. The information is expected to evolve and grow but will keep tabs on baseline trends. Additional insights may include demographic segmentation and regional analysis. Membership can be applied for here. –Caitlin DeForest

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Flip Side Effects: The C’Ya On The Flipside II Concert raises $200,000 for The Troy Gentry Foundation Wednesday (2/5) at the Grand Ole Opry House.

Chart Chat

Congratulations to Maren Morris, Steve Hodges, Shane Allen and the Columbia promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “The Bones.” The song is the second single from Morris’ second studio album, Girl, and is Morris’ third career No. 1. Songwriters are Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz and Morris. And kudos to Allen and the Columbia reps on notching 40 adds for Luke Combs’ “Does To Me” featuring Eric Church, topping this Maren Morris week’s board for a second consecutive week.

News & Notes

Pat Green will perform during the Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association 2020 Hall of Fame Awards Show Feb. 22 at Austin’s Paramount Theatre. Doug Stone and Terry McBride signed with APA Nashville. Michael Ray, Emily Weisband and Blessing Offor have joined Save The Music and SongFarm.org’s Hometown to Hometown lineup (CAT 1/22). The Voice’s Jake Hoot and Barrett Baber will perform during One Country’s inaugural meal packing event at Cross Point Church in Nashville 12-4pm CT Saturday (2/15). Register to volunteer here.

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The Week’s Top Stories

Full coverage at countryaircheck.com. • WDAF/Kansas City PD Mike Kennedy discusses the finer points of stepping away (and back) in last week’s (2/3) Country Aircheck Weekly. • Warner Music Group filed for an IPO. (CAT 2/7) • Steve “Shotgun” Kelly has joined KKOW/Pittsburg, MO as PD/afternoon personality. (CAT 2/6) • Aaron “Woody” Woods joined WHKO/Dayton for mornings. (CAT 2/5) • Sun Broadcast Group acquired Envision Networks. (CAT 2/4) • Check out the ACM Radio Awards nominees here. (CAT 2/3) • Florida Georgia Line have signed with Full Stop Management. (CAT 2/3)

Power Gold: Concentration Game

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A pair of songs from the ‘90s made the list – and both belong to McGraw: “Where The Green Grass Grows” (1998) and “Something Like That” (1999). Another 23 are from 2000-2009 while 75 are from 2010-2017. Thirty male solo artists and 10 groups/duos contribute to the top 100. The 30 men posted 74 songs while groups/duos had 24 songs. Underwood and Miranda Lambert are the only solo female artists to have songs in the Top 100: Underwood with the aforementioned quintet of hits and Lambert with a pair. This is the fifth consecutive year that Carrie and Miranda are the only two solo women with songs in the Top 100. Five other PG tunes had female leads: Lady Antebellum (3) and Little Big Town and Thompson Square with one each. By comparison, the Jan. ’19 PG Top 100 featured 70 songs from 27 different male artists, seven songs from two women and 23 songs from nine groups/duos. Side note: At the top of this piece it was noted that nine artists have 50 of the Top 100 Power Gold tunes. Of course, all of those artists also have current hits, plus songs in Recurrent. Seeing that so few artists delivered half of the Top 100 Power Gold made me wonder about the overall artist concentration of country music on the radio today. To examine the overall airplay impact of the nine acts in the first paragraph, I tabulated the number of songs they had on the current chart, Mediabase’s list of Recurrents – there are 144 of them – and in the Top 100 Power Gold. I found they delivered

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85 hits, or fully 33% of all the music on Country radio during the survey week. Next I added the number of titles they had in the Top 1000 most-played Gold songs. I found they delivered 239 hits; 21% of all the music on Country radio during the survey week. Taking the analysis a step further, I then totaled all of the airplay from artists whose number of Currents/Recurrents/Gold totaled at least 15 titles among the 1,144 songs (144 Recurrent and 1000 Gold titles.) What I found is that 21 artists had 505 songs, which represents 44% of all the music heard on Country radio the week of the survey. Looking at the Top 100 Power Gold/Currents/ Recurrents, those same 21 acts had 119 of the total, representing 46% of all airplay. For those who think 1000 Gold songs is too deep, I also ran the stats in the examples above using the Top 250 Gold songs, which is more in-line with the average Country station’s Gold category. All airplay from the nine core Top 100 Power Gold artists accounted for 123 Gold/Currents/Recurrents or 30% of the music heard. Tabulating airplay from the three categories for the 21 artists referenced above, they posted 187 songs, 46% of all Country airplay for that week. I realize that’s a lot of numbers, but they’re needed to understand how few artists represent so much music on the average Country station. This format has always loved its superstars. But I can only wonder what kind of impact this concentration of music by a relative handful of artists can have on the listener. If you’d like to see previous Power Gold charts, visit the Country Aircheck archives and select the following issues of the weekly: CAW 1/14/19, CAW 1/29/18, CAW 4/17/17, CAW 7/5/16, CAW 6/15/15, CAW 5/19/14, CAW 4/29/13, CAW 5/7/12, CAW 7/11/11 and CAW 9/27/10. –Lon Helton

Lon Helton, lon@countryaircheck.com Chuck Aly, chuck@countryaircheck.com Caitlin DeForest, caitlin@countryaircheck.com Monta Vaden, monta@countryaircheck.com (615) 320-1450

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Iowa City Broadcasting Classic Country KDMA-AM/FM & Classic Rock KMGM/ Montevideo, MN is seeking a PD/on-air talent. Send résumés, airchecks and a cover letter explaining why you should be selected to Rob Siems here. Midwest WNWN/Battle Creek, MI PD Miggy Santos is searching for a morning co-host. Send résumés and airchecks here. Zimmer KCLR/Columbia, MO is looking for an APD/on-air talent. Send résumés and airchecks here. Federated/Fort Wayne, IN COO Brad Williams is searching for a Market Mgr. for its six-station cluster, including Country WQHK. Complete posting and applications here; résumés to Williams here. Sparta-Tomah WCOW/La Crosse, WI PD Arnie Andrews is searching for an afternoon personality. Résumés and airchecks to him here. WQLK/Richmond, IN GM Amy Dillon is seeking a PD/afternoon personality to succeed Steve Baker. Send résumés, airchecks and cover letters to Dillon here. Leighton/Grand Forks, ND has an opening for GM for its five-station cluster, including Country KYCK. Apply here; send résumés here. NORTHEAST

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and night host. Interested parties can send résumés and airchecks to him here. Cumulus is looking for a PD to handle dayto-day programming for Country WRKN/ New Orleans, as well as Alternative WZRH & Classic Hits KKND. Apply here. Cumulus WWQQ/Wilmington, NC OM/ PD Barry Fox is searching for a part-time midday personality. Interested candidates can view the complete job description and apply here. Entercom WPAW/Greensboro, NC PD Clay Walker is seeking a morning co-host to succeed Amy Reed. Send résumés and airchecks to Walker here. Stonecom/Cookeville, TN is looking for on-air talent to join the cluster, which includes Country WKXD. Send résumés, airchecks and a statement of “who you are and why we should consider you” here. Mississippi Broadcasters WOKK/Meridian, MS PD Christina Andrews is searching for a morning co-host following the passing of Robbie Raggs. Send résumés, airchecks and social media links to Andrews here. SOUTHWEST

Cox KCYY/San Antonio OM/PD Jeff Garrison is seeking a new morning sidekick to join Beth Chandler. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Adams/Las Cruces, NM OM Ernesto Garcia is looking for a full-time Prod. Asst. and on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KGRT. Résumés and airchecks to Garcia here. SMG KKAJ/Ardmore, OK is searching for an on-air host with possible PD duties. Send résumés, aircheck and references here. Cumulus/Dallas is seeking a new PD for Country combo KPLX & KSCS. Apply here. Townsquare/Killeen, TX Market Pres. David B. Smith is looking for an OM/PD/ on-air talent for the cluster, which includes Country KUSJ. Send résumés and airchecks to Smith here. WEST COAST

Townsquare KAWO/Boise is on the hunt for a morning team. Interested candidates should send résumés and airchecks to SVP/ Programming Kurt Johnson here. Momentum KJUG/Visalia, CA PD Rik McNeil is looking for a morning co-host. See the complete job posting here; résumés and airchecks to McNeil here. Buck Owens KUZZ/Bakersfield PD Brent Michaels is searching for a morning personality. Interested candidates may send résumés and airchecks here. RMG KOLC/Reno, NV VP/GM Tricia Gallenbeck is seeking a PD/on-air talent. Send résumés and airchecks to her here.

Townsquare/Grand Junction, CO is looking for an OM & Country KEKB Brand Mgr. to succeed Ray Michaels. Apply here. Alpha/Portland SVP/MM Lisa Decker is seeking a Dir./Marketing for the cluster, which includes Country KUPL. See the complete job posting and apply here. Canyon Country KONY/St. George, UT GM Ben Lindquist is looking for an onair OM/PD. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Townsquare KDBL/Yakima, WA OM Brian Stephenson is searching for a Brand Mgr./morning co-host. Apply here; send résumés and airchecks to Stephenson here. Cumulus KATC/Colorado Springs, CO PD Mike Dylan is on the hunt for a morning cohost. Complete posting and application here; send résumés and airchecks to Dylan here. OTHER

Consultant Joel Raab is looking an on-air PD for a reporting station in a Top 100 market. He is also searching for a PD/on-air talent in a Top 50 market. Send materials here. Music Choice Head/Country Music Programming Jim Murphy is seeking a Sr. Programmer to join his growing team. Interested candidates may apply here. RWPC Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey is on the hunt for a Country morning co-host for a No. 1 rated station in the Southeast. Send résumés and airchecks to him here. Warner Music Nashville VP/Radio & Streaming Tom Martens is seeking a Dir./ National Radio & Streaming for a newly created position within the team. Send résumés to him here. Foundry Records is looking for an experienced, multi-region promotion executive based in Nashville. Send materials to VP/ Marketing & Promotion April Rider here. Warner Music Nashville SVP/Radio & Streaming Kristen Williams is searching for an Exec. Asst./Radio & Streaming Promotion. Apply here. Beasley is looking for a VP/Programming to be based in their Corporate Office. A minimum of five years of programming experience is required. Send résumés and cover letters here. Adams CEO Ron Stone is now accepting résumés and airchecks for current and future OM/PD and on-air opportunities across all properties. Send materials to him here.

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CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Undo It

LOCASH

I Love This Life

-18

CHRIS STAPLETON

Broken Halos

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Church Bells

JASON ALDEAN

She's Country

-56

LANCO

Greatest Love Story

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

Get Your Shine On

When It Rains It Pours

LUKE BRYAN

Play It Again

Body Like A Back Road

RODNEY ATKINS

Take A Back Road

LITTLE BIG TOWN

Boondocks

Country’s Power Gold

Here are Country’s top 100 Power Gold songs for airplay from Jan. 26 - Feb 1, 2020, according to Mediabase 24/7. Jan ‘19 Rank -3

Feb ‘20 Artist Rank

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Title

DUSTIN LYNCH

Small Town Boy

DARIUS RUCKER

Wagon Wheel

-2

4 5

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

Cruise

-8

K. BROWN f/L. ALAINA

What Ifs

LADY ANTEBELLUM

Bartender

Chicken Fried

TIM MCGRAW

Something Like That

THOMAS RHETT

Die A Happy Man

LUKE COMBS SAM HUNT

ZAC BROWN BAND

BLAKE SHELTON

A Guy With A Girl

-4

BILLY CURRINGTON

Do I Make You Wanna

BRETT YOUNG

In Case You Didn't Know

OLD DOMINION

No Such Thing As A Broken...

KENNY CHESNEY

I Go Back

BLAKE SHELTON

Honey Bee

-6

JON PARDI

Dirt On My Boots

-70

JAKE OWEN

Barefoot Blue Jean Night

RANDY HOUSER

How Country Feels

-25

DYLAN SCOTT

My Girl

JASON ALDEAN

My Kinda Party

JASON ALDEAN

When She Says Baby

JOSH TURNER

Hometown Girl

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Before He Cheats

-58

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

All-American Girl

MIRANDA LAMBERT

Mama's Broken Heart

CHRIS YOUNG

I'm Comin' Over

DIERKS BENTLEY

Somewhere On A Beach

SCOTTY MCCREERY

Five More Minutes

-36

LUKE BRYAN

Most People Are Good

-13

70 71

SAM HUNT

Leave The Night On

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

This Is How We Roll

THOMAS RHETT

Get Me Some Of That

KIP MOORE

Somethin' 'Bout A Truck

LADY ANTEBELLUM

Downtown

BRANTLEY GILBERT

Bottoms Up

K. CHESNEY f/U. KRACKER

When The Sun Goes Down

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Blown Away

KID ROCK

All Summer Long

KEITH URBAN

Somebody Like You

RODNEY ATKINS

Watching You

ERIC CHURCH

Drink In My Hand

KENNY CHESNEY

Save It For A Rainy Day

JASON ALDEAN

Dirt Road Anthem

THOMAS RHETT

It Goes Like This

LUKE BRYAN

I Don't Want This Night To End

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

Stay

ZBB f/JIMMY BUFFETT

Knee Deep

LADY ANTEBELLUM

Need You Now

-27

THOMAS RHETT

Unforgettable

DIERKS BENTLEY

Drunk On A Plane

RANDY HOUSER

Runnin' Outta Moonlight

DIERKS BENTLEY

What Was I Thinkin'

FGL f/T. MCGRAW

May We All

BILLY CURRINGTON

It Don't Hurt Like It Used To

BRETT ELDREDGE

Don't Ya

JOE NICHOLS

Gimmie That Girl

-10

LUKE COMBS

Hurricane

JASON ALDEAN

Big Green Tractor

THOMPSON SQUARE

Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not

BLAKE SHELTON

God Gave Me You

JASON ALDEAN

Lights Come On

TIM MCGRAW

Live Like You Were Dying

ERIC CHURCH

Springsteen

BLAKE SHELTON

Boys 'Round Here

OLD DOMINION

Break Up With Him

RASCAL FLATTS

Life Is A Highway

TIM MCGRAW

Where The Green Grass Grows

ZAC BROWN BAND

Homegrown

BILLY CURRINGTON

Good Directions

BLAKE SHELTON

I'll Name The Dogs

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

Sippin' On Fire

KEITH URBAN

Long Hot Summer

-79

-75

ZAC BROWN BAND

Colder Weather

KENNY CHESNEY

All The Pretty Girls

LUKE BRYAN

Drunk On You

-30

ZAC BROWN BAND

Toes

LUKE BRYAN

I See You

THOMAS RHETT

T-Shirt

LUKE BRYAN

Country Girl (Shake It For Me)

DARIUS RUCKER

Alright

SAM HUNT

Take Your Time

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

Round Here

ELI YOUNG BAND

Even If It Breaks Your Heart

KENNY CHESNEY

American Kids

DIERKS BENTLEY

Free And Easy (Down The...

LUKE BRYAN

That's My Kind Of Night

BRETT YOUNG

Like I Loved You

ZAC BROWN BAND

Whatever It Is

100

MIRANDA LAMBERT

Gunpowder & Lead

February 10, 2020 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

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

MAREN MORRIS The Bones (Columbia) ✔

26985

2438

8569

728

49.595 4.942

154

SAM HUNT/Kinfolks (MCA)

24427

1223

7706

430

43.768 3.345

157

JIMMIE ALLEN/Make Me Want To (Stoney Creek)

20988

758

6688

224

38.424 2.636

157

KANE BROWN/Homesick (RCA)

19713

584

6309

243

36.086 1.102

157

DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER/10,000 Hours (Warner/WAR)

19529

-3493

5934

-1324

38.377 -4.438

155

JON PARDI/Heartache Medication (Capitol)

18771

-9621

6060

-2755

39.855 -14.311

157

JASON ALDEAN/We Back (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

18551

1033

5773

262

32.721 1.685

157

JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud)

17660

1513

5492

582

34.486 2.635

156

LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol)

17527

1502

5487

435

31.153 2.358

157

GARTH BROOKS & BLAKE SHELTON/Dive Bar (Pearl) ✔

16653

1611

5226

489

27.653 2.539

157

JORDAN DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA)

16453

1248

5241

428

29.147 1.731

157

BRETT YOUNG/Catch (BMLGR)

15220

934

4597

302

28.792 2.025

157

INGRID ANDRESS/More Hearts Than Mine (Warner/WEA)

14652

337

4649

105

26.076

156

RILEY GREEN/I Wish Grandpas Never Died (BMLGR)

14509

574

4827

133

24.972 0.411

157

C. PEARCE & L. BRICE/I Hope You're Happy Now (Big Machine/Curb) 13084

454

4089

131

22.486 0.895

157

TRAVIS DENNING/After A Few (Mercury)

11788

343

3807

154

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR)

11597

1269

3657

166 20.335 1.043 -450 20.044 2.372

151

KELSEA BALLERINI/Homecoming Queen? (Black River)

11420

372

3776

18.571 0.976

157

MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud)

10841

655

3412

267

18.737 1.405

155

THOMAS RHETT f/J. PARDI/Beer Can't Fix (Valory) ✔

10269

1703

3109

503

17.915 2.303

156

RYAN HURD/To A T (RCA)

9638

320

3040

15.758 0.234

144

SCOTTY MCCREERY/In Between (Triple Tigers)

9139

644

2868

171

14.914 0.573

151

B. SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN) ✔

8177

2712

2542

809

13.122 4.359

146

ERIC CHURCH/Monsters (EMI Nashville)

7753

-56

2536

12.591 -0.376

152

MICHAEL RAY/Her World Or Mine (Warner/WEA)

6838

380

2056

11.408 0.951

141

0.36

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February 10, 2020 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

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

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Blessings (BMLGR)

6755

687

2123

222

LOCASH/One Big Country Song (Wheelhouse)

6669

2080

3340

1700

960

LUKE COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia) ✔ 6076

10.619 0.864

139

11.427

144

10.457 5.599

119

0.19

CAYLEE HAMMACK/Family Tree (Capitol)

5651

-6

1915

7.621 -0.353

141

CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow)

4625

1331

6.938

0.06

128

GONE WEST/What Could've Been (Triple Tigers)

4608

1366

7.551

0.135

131

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Drinking Alone (Capitol)

4547

216

1447

6.029

0.177

128

JUSTIN MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory)

4434

150

1389

7.223

0.502

126

MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury)

3600

155

1105

5.396

0.327

123

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Bluebird (RCA)

3309

506

990

134

4.392

0.659

KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA)

3214

201

1039

4.392

0.021

118

JON LANGSTON/Now You Know (32 Bridge/EMI Nashville)

3163

158

1014

3.889

0.07

110

CHRIS YOUNG/Drowning (RCA)

3148

923

5.171 -0.065

103

BILLY CURRINGTON/Details (Mercury)

3095

119

934

5.027

0.184

104

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia)

2840

331

891

2.999

0.421

106

RAYNE JOHNSON/Front Seat (Legend/Studio2Bee)

2814

744

4.66

-0.086

CHRIS JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR)

2387

105

757

2.689

0.066

ELI YOUNG BAND/Break It In (Valory)

2342

174

695

3.645

0.363

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WAR)

2330

705

3.128

0.353

MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Wide Open/Records/Arista)

2235

254

633

3.591

0.487

LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury)

2164

-24

706

-1

2.117 -0.107

DILLON CARMICHAEL/I Do For You (Riser House)

2102

723

3.421

0.261

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Over Drinking (Capitol)

2080

-62

599

-8

2.969

0.123

RUNAWAY JUNE/Head Over Heels (Wheelhouse)

2073

637

3.184 -0.265

MIDLAND/Cheatin' Songs (Big Machine)

2020

289

498

107

2.778

Debut 50

0.417

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February 10, 2020 Country Aircheck Add Leaders

LUKE COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia) HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (TVM/Big Loud) LINDSAY ELL/I Don't Love You (Stoney Creek) BLAKE SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN) MIDLAND/Cheatin' Songs (Big Machine) DUSTIN LYNCH/Momma's House (Broken Bow) CHRIS JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR) THOMAS RHETT f/J. PARDI/Beer Can't Fix (Valory) ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WAR) BILLY CURRINGTON/Details (Mercury) CHRIS YOUNG/Drowning (RCA) DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) MIRANDA LAMBERT/Bluebird (RCA) MORGAN EVANS/Diamonds (Warner/WEA)

Activator Top Point Gainers

Adds 40 33 13 9 9 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

1122 ✔

B. SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN)

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers

LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol)

898 ✔

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR)

863 ✔

JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud)

845 ✔

SAM HUNT/Kinfolks (MCA)

578 ✔

L. COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia)

560

JORDAN DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA)

548

MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud)

536

BRETT YOUNG/Catch (BMLGR)

534

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia)

434

Activator Top Spin Gainers

LUKE COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia)

3340

BLAKE SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN)

2712

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia)

2438

THOMAS RHETT f/J. PARDI/Beer Can’t Fix (Valory)

1703

G. BROOKS & B. SHELTON/Dive Bar (Pearl)

1611

JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud)

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

B. SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN)

210

LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol)

169

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR)

156

JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud)

151

MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud)

109

1513

JORDAN DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA)

100

LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol)

1502

BRETT YOUNG/Catch (BMLGR)

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR)

1269

LUKE COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia)

JORDAN DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA)

1248

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia)

SAM HUNT/Kinfolks (MCA)

1223

SAM HUNT/Kinfolks (MCA)

Country Aircheck Top Spin Gainers

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents

Points

LUKE COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia)

960

LUKE COMBS/Even Though I'm Leaving (River House/Columbia)

17959

BLAKE SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN)

809

OLD DOMINION/One Man Band (RCA)

15327

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia)

728

DUSTIN LYNCH/Ridin' Roads (Broken Bow)

13871

JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud)

582

LADY ANTEBELLUM/What If I Never Get Over You (BMLGR)

13730

THOMAS RHETT f/J. PARDI/Beer Can't Fix (Valory)

503

MATT STELL/Prayed For You (Wide Open/Records/GCE/Arista)

11482

G. BROOKS & B. SHELTON/Dive Bar (Pearl)

489

MORGAN WALLEN/Whiskey Glasses (Big Loud)

10676

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR)

450

CHRIS JANSON/Good Vibes (Warner/WAR)

9375

LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol)

435

DIERKS BENTLEY/Living (Capitol)

9072

SAM HUNT/Kinfolks (MCA)

430

THOMAS RHETT/Remember You Young (Valory)

9026

JORDAN DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA)

428

CHRIS LANE/I Don't Know About You (Big Loud)

8454

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February 10, 2020

COUNTRY AIRCHECK ACTIVITY MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Wide Open/Records/Arista) Moves 50-45* 2,235 points, 633 spins 3 adds: KFDI, KHGE, WRNX LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury) Moves 45-46 2,164 points, 706 spins 2 adds: WKKT, WMAD DILLON CARMICHAEL/I Do For You (Riser House) Moves 48-47* 2,102 points, 723 spins 1 add: WQMX

A D D DAT E S

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February 18

CHRIS BANDI/Man Enough Now (Wide Open/Records/GCE) TYLER FARR/Only Truck In Town (Night Train/Broken Bow) DYLAN SCOTT/Nobody (Curb) LADY ANTEBELLUM/What I’m Leaving For (BMLGR)

February 24

KING CALAWAY/No Matter What (Stoney Creek)

March 2

OLD DOMINION/Some People Do (RCA)

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Over Drinking (Capitol) Moves 47-48 2,080 points, 599 spins 2 adds: PCCO, WRNX RUNAWAY JUNE/Head Over Heels (Wheelhouse) Remains at 49* 2,073 points, 637 spins; no adds MIDLAND/Cheatin’ Songs (Big Machine) Debuts at 50* 2,020 points, 498 spins 9 adds: KCYE, *KHKI, KWJJ, WAVW, WKML, WNOE, WRNX, WWGR, WXBQ BRANTLEY GILBERT/Fire’t Up (Valory) 1,771 points, 552 spins 1 add: WKXC CHRIS LANE/Big, Big Plans (Big Loud) 1,688 points, 517 spins 1 add: WKIS LINDSAY ELL/I Don’t Love You (Stoney Creek) 1,584 points, 474 spins 13 adds including: *KATC, *KATM, *KHKI, *KIIM, *KIZN, *KPLX, *KRST, *WFMS, *WGKX, *WIVK

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February 10, 2020 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points

Kinfolks (MCA)

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia)

12058

434

2402

JIMMIE ALLEN/Make Me Want To (Stoney Creek)

9820

-175

1893

JON PARDI/Heartache Medication (Capitol)

9756

-2095

1842

KANE BROWN/Homesick (RCA)

9637

256

JASON ALDEAN/We Back (Macon Music/Broken Bow)

9548

237

LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol) ✔

9282

RILEY GREEN/I Wish Grandpas Never Died (BMLGR)

9193

12 9

JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud) ✔

10 10 11 11 13 12

SAM HUNT

578

Plays

2329

+/- Plays Stations ADDS

-26

-445

1824

1787

898

1715

169

1795

8330

845

1569

151

JORDAN DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA)

8275

548

1585

100

INGRID ANDRESS/More Hearts Than Mine (Warner/WEA)

7766

168

1520

CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE/I Hope You're Happy Now (Big Machine/Curb)

7042

1329

✔

12431

+/- Points

16 13

BRETT YOUNG/Catch (BMLGR)

6704

534

1268

14 14

GARTH BROOKS & BLAKE SHELTON/Dive Bar (Pearl)

6640

-84

1295

-15

15 15

KELSEA BALLERINI/Homecoming Queen? (Black River)

6540

-89

1197

-13

17 16

TRAVIS DENNING/After A Few (Mercury)

6255

219

1169

18 17

ERIC CHURCH/Monsters (EMI Nashville)

5568

-166

997

-19

20 18

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) ✔

5066

863

972

156

19 19

THOMAS RHETT f/J. PARDI/Beer Can't Fix (Valory)

4891

406

899

25 20

BLAKE SHELTON w/G. STEFANI/Nobody But You (Warner/WMN) ✔

4479

1122

789

210

22 21

MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud)

4378

536

859

109

21 22

RYAN HURD/To A T (RCA)

4049

186

776

23 23

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Blessings (BMLGR)

3971

278

730

24 24

SCOTTY MCCREERY/In Between (Triple Tigers)

3755

270

731

26 25

CAYLEE HAMMACK/Family Tree (Capitol)

2838

563

27 26

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Drinking Alone (Capitol)

2776

224

482

28 27

JUSTIN MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory)

2561

181

492

29 28

MICHAEL RAY/Her World Or Mine (Warner/WEA)

2351

396

421

32 29

LUKE COMBS f/E. CHURCH/Does To Me (River House/Columbia)

2244

560

371

31 30

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Bluebird (RCA)

2051

201

320

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February 10, 2020 LW

Artist/Title (Label)

Points +/- Points

Plays

+/- Plays

30 31

LOCASH/One Big Country Song (Wheelhouse)

1827

-97

344

-16

Stations Adds

33 32

CHRIS JANSON/Done (Warner/WAR)

1424

224

34 33

MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury)

1320

123

293

35 34

AARON WATSON/Country Radio (Big)

1123

203

41 35

KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA)

1057

289

208

37 36

CHRIS YOUNG/Drowning (RCA)

966

139

38 37

BILLY CURRINGTON/Details (Mercury)

956

171

39 38

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia)

876

149

36 39

CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow)

868

-70

178

-13

40 40

GONE WEST/What Could've Been (Triple Tigers)

858

-1

187

-1

45 41

JON LANGSTON/Now You Know (32 Bridge/EMI Nashville)

798

167

43 42

HARDY f/L. ALAINA & D. DAWSON/One Beer (TVM/Big Loud)

790

42 43

ELI YOUNG BAND/Break It In (Valory)

731

-7

122

-1

47 44

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WAR)

721

100

-2

LINDSAY ELL/I Don't Love You (Stoney Creek)

657

255

109

Debut 45 44 46

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Over Drinking (Capitol)

643

-62

103

-10

52 47

TAYLA PARX f/FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Fight (Atlantic)

640

48 48

MADDIE & TAE/Bathroom Floor (Mercury)

640

-10

-1

46 49

KANE BROWN/For My Daughter (RCA)

640

-60

-6

51 50

INGRID ANDRESS/Lady Like (Warner/WEA)

620

49 51

BRETT YOUNG f/G. DEGRAW/Chapters (BMLGR)

620

-10

-1

50 52

DILLON CARMICHAEL/I Do For You (Riser House)

570

-44

115

-8

54 53

PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA)

560

53 54

JOSH WARD/One More Shot Of Whiskey (---)

522

-33

-6

Debut 55

GRANGER SMITH/That's Why I Love Dirt Roads (Wheelhouse)

517

55 56

RAYNE JOHNSON/Front Seat (Legend/Studio2Bee)

507

-23

110

-5

56 57

LAUREN ALAINA/Getting Good (Mercury)

502

-5

-1

DIPLO & MORGAN WALLEN/Heartless (Columbia)

484

Debut 59

JORDAN DAVIS f/J. MICHAELS/Cool Anymore (MCA)

480

Debut 60

MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Wide Open/Records/Arista)

477

Re-Enter 58

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