weekly April 3, 2023, Issue 852
Luke + Luke: Eight Is Enough
Country Aircheck’s semi-annual Power Gold Top 100 continues to show churn, as outside of Lee Brice repeating at No. 1 with “One Of Them Girls,” only two other songs (“Body Like A Back Road” and “Wagon Wheel”) hold in the top 10. Eight titles debut, with “Just The Way” by Parmalee feat. Blanco Brown and Thomas Rhett’s “What’s Your Country Song” both enjoying top 10 debuts. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the list is the power of one name: Luke. As in Bryan and Combs, who combine for 16 titles, leading all artists with eight titles each; Bryan led last fall’s list with seven titles. Jason Aldean and Blake Shelton each have six, while Florida Georgia Line rounds out the top five with five. Overall, the March 2023 PG100 is comprised of 34 male artists with 75 songs, six groups with 10 songs and five women with seven songs. The March 2023 Power Gold Top 100 is compiled from Mediabase 24/7 and music airplay information from the Country Aircheck/ Mediabase reporting panel for the week ending March 11, 2023. Here’s the Top 10: 1. Lee Brice/One Of Them Girls 2. Gabby Barrett/I Hope 3. Sam Hunt/Body Like A Back Road 4. Darius Rucker/Wagon Wheel 5. Zac Brown Band/Chicken Fried 6. Blake Shelton/Honey Bee 7. Parmalee feat. Blanco Brown/Just The Way* Lee Brice 8. Florida Georgia Line/Cruise 9. Maren Morris/The Bones 10. Thomas Rhett/What’s Your Country Song* * indicates a debut Country Aircheck once again broke out the PG100 along ownership lines (see chart pg. 8), and while there is much divergence between how songs rank among different groups, there is unanimity at the top as “One Of Them Girls” is the most-played gold title among two of the three largest owners and fourth with the other. Divergence increases further down the rankings, with Rhett’s “What’s Your Country Song” in the top five among two groups, but only 86th among iHeart stations. Three titles, “Eyes On You,” “Girl Like You” and “Wagon Wheel” fail to even make the top 100 at Cumulus. (continued on page 6)
Son Of A Winner: BBRMG‘s Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll (c) with the label‘s JoJamie Hahr and Jon Loba at last night‘s (4/2) CMT Music Awards.
HoF: Bring Their Flowers Now
“This isn’t just an honor given to people who have a lot of hits – if it were, I don’t think I’d be in here,” Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill tells Country Aircheck. “This is a recognition of an overall body of work and the impact that work has on the industry as a whole.” Gill hosted this morning’s (4/3) press conference announcing 2023 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Bob McDill (Songwriter), Tanya Tucker (Veterans Era Artist) and Patty Patty Loveless Loveless (Modern Era Artist). Loveless says, “Having to keep it a secret for three weeks was difficult, and just before we walked out to the podium to be announced, my manager gave me the go-ahead to send a link with the news to a few family members. This is the most special, unexpected, breathtaking honor, and now the work will begin on compiling the memories I’ve stashed away so I can give them to the Tanya Tucker Hall for an exhibit!”
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