Country Update - Billboard...help me rise on my record.” Not that the writing room is the only creative source. The opening line of “Whiskey Glasses” was inspired by a chorus

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Successful country songwriters know how to embed their songs with just the right amount of repetition.

The performing rights organizations set the top of their 2020 winners’ lists to repeat as the ASCAP, BMI and SESAC country songwriter and publisher of the year awards all went to enti-ties who have pre-viously taken top ho n o r s . A shley Gorley (“Catch,” “Living”) hooked A S C A P ’s s o n g -writer medallion for the eighth time, a nd for t he sev-enth year in a row, when victors were unveiled Nov. 9. Ross Copperman (“What She Wants Tonight,” “L ove Someone”) swiped BMI’s songwriter title for the fourth time on Nov. 9. And Matt McGinn (“Home-sick,” “Cool Again”) picked up SESAC’s songwriter award for the second time in three years on Nov. 5.

Warner Chappell cinched two country publisher titles, taking the ASCAP honor for the eighth consecutive year and the BMI honor a third straight year. SMACKWorks claimed its second SESAC publisher award.

Additionally, Wyatt Durrette III repeated as the SESAC

song of the year victor for co-writing the Luke Combs hit “Even Though I’m Leaving.” Old Dominion’s “One Man Band” took the ASCAP country song trophy for three of the group’s mem-bers — Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi and Matthew Ramsey, who previously earned the ASCAP songwriter-artist trophy in 2017

— plus songwriter J o s h O s b o rn e , who adds the title to two song of the y e a r w i n n e r s h e co-wrote with Sam Hunt: 2018 cham-pion “Body Like a B a c k R o a d ” a n d 2015 victor “Leave the Night On.”

Even Ben Bur-g e s s , w h o w o n his f irst-ever BMI award with “Whis-k e y G l a s s e s , ” cruised to the PRO’s

country song title while incorporating bold repetition into the “Whiskey” bridge: “Line ’em up, line ’em up, line ’em up, line ’em up/Knock ’em back, knock ’em back, knock ’em back, knock ’em back.”

However, the whiskey glasses are being lifted over virtual connections this year instead of at the traditional black-tie dinners, thanks to coronavirus-related precautions.

“It feels weird to celebrate things when a lot of people are

ASCAP, BMI, SESAC Country Winners Reflect On Their Jobs’ Value

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having a really, really hard deal,” says a circumspect McGinn. “It feels almost like I should feel guilty celebrating.”

The PROs still surprised the winners, though. McGinn was dragged to SESAC president/COO Kelli Turner’s house under a ruse that he needed to pick up a pie (“My girlfriend lied,” he deadpans), while others were lured into Zoom calls with cryptic warnings.

“We were told not to be in our underwear,” says Old Dominion’s Rosen with a laugh. “If they tell you you can’t be in your underwear, you probably won a major award.”

Joking aside, the victories carry some weight. Externally, fellow cre-ators recognize the achievement. In-ternally, writers often feel pressure to repeat.

“The minute I find out, I start pan-icking that I’m not doing enough for next year,” confesses Copperman.

“It’s a good reminder to celebrate things. I just find out the news and think, ‘Oh, my gosh, I have to go harder for next year.’ ”

The PROs’ country awards are historically handed out on successive nights in the run-up to the Country Music Association Awards, slated this year for Nov. 11. While there are no formal ceremonies in virus-plagued 2020, the achievements are still being celebrated with online videos and announcements. Music has been an important source of relief for many amidst the isolation of

the era, and the writers do not take that lightly.“I’ve always been such a fan of the power of music,”

notes Durrette. “I fell in love with its ability to connect people and heal people and make them feel not alone in their sadness or despair or happiness, for that mat-ter. It’s just the ultimate connector.”

Thus, even after all the repetition, Gorley continues to pursue the vocation with a passion, even respond-ing to a last-minute call to write at 10 p.m. with Lee Brice when he helped pen the recent No. 1 single “One of Them Girls.”

“It’s almost like a workout kind of energy,” says Gor-ley of his approach to the job. “It only has one gear for me. I can’t casually do it. So when we’re on it, we got a task at hand and we’re just kind of attacking it.”

Gorley’s success ratio is not the only reason he gets repeat business with many of Nashville’s songwriters and artists: He also brings an adaptability to the appointment.

“He’s really good at writing for the artist in the room and understanding what his needs are,” says Brett Young, who co-wrote his recent hit “Catch” with Gorley. “Aside from getting along really well, which helps a ton in a writer’s room, he knows me well enough now to know how to use his skill set, to really help me rise on my record.”

Not that the writing room is the only creative source. The opening line of “Whiskey Glasses” was inspired by a chorus that Burgess’ now-deceased fa-ther made up decades ago.

“He was a fireman, he was a first responder, and a singer-songwriter as well,” recalls Burgess. “He was always singing and coming up with little songs, and some of them were the most annoying things you’ve ever heard.”

The winning country songwriters, of course, aspire higher than annoyance. Burgess believes “Whiskey Glasses” succeeded because it was an honest assessment of heartbreak; Carly Pearce, whose “I Hope You’re Happy Now” was among ASCAP’s most-performed, sees her song in a similar light.

“Songs are vessels for truth, for making somebody feel comforted — no matter if it’s a good feeling or a bad feeling — to feel like you’re not alone,” she says. “To me, it’s my duty as a songwriter to write exactly what I go through in my truth because I know there’s somebody out there that needs to hear it.”

In the end, it’s the possibility of succeeding in that endeavor that leads coun-try songwriters to repeatedly hunker down in small rooms and craft 3-minute pieces of commercial art.

“It’s the one thing to me that never gets old,” says Old Dominion’s Tursi. “I wake up every day excited to do it again.”

John Berry performed the national anthem with Robin Berry (left) and Jeannie Seely before the 36th All American 400 finale on Nov. 1 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

From left: Ramsey, Tursi and Rosen

Jennifer Turner presented husband Josh Turner will plaques for his RIAA-certified double-platinum singles “Why Don’t We Just Dance” and “Would You Go With Me” during an Oct. 29 livestream from AJ’s Goodtime Bar in Nashville.

Brianna Harness (left) unveiled her new album, Welcome to my Nightmare, to her family in conjunction with the project’s Oct. 31 release. Attendees included fellow artists and family members Whey Jennings and Jessi Colter.

Songwriter Luke Dick (“Bluebird,” “Kill a Word”) re-signed with Little Louder Music. From left: Little Louder offensive coordinator Arturo Buenahora, Dick and Little Louder music supervisor of morale Jefferson Brown.

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Russell Dickerson’s “Love You Like I Used To” (Triple Tigers) hops from No. 2 to No. 1 in its 36th week on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart to become his fourth leader in as many visits. The song gained by 9% to 34.4 million audience impressions in the week ending Nov. 8, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

The track, which Dickerson wrote with Casey Brown and Parker Welling, is the first single from the artist’s sophomore studio LP, South-ern Symphony, due Dec. 4.

“I remember playing this song right after we had written it for my wife, Kailey, and some radio folks on the bus in Detroit,” Dickerson tells Bill-board. “When we saw the look on their faces, we knew this song was special. Now I can’t believe we all get to celebrate our fourth No. 1 together.”

The 33-year-old Dickerson,who hails from Union City, Tenn., follows his first three No. 1s: “Every Little Thing,” which led for a week in November 2019, in its 48th frame; “Blue Ta-coma,” which reigned for a week in October 2018 (32 weeks); and “Yours,” which reached the penthouse in January 2018 (39 weeks) for its first of two weeks on top.

Dickerson is the first artist to notch four prop-erly promoted, consecutive career-opening No. 1s on Country Airplay since Luke Combs, who is working on an active streak of nine. Combs contin-ued his run when “Lovin’ on You” (River House/Columbia Nashville) climbed 3-1 on the Sept. 5 chart for its first of four weeks on top. His latest, “Better To-gether,” rises 17-16 (13.2 million, up 17%).

Dickerson joins Combs as just the second soloist and fourth act overall to send at least four career-starting singles to No. 1 on the chart since it launched in Janu-ary 1990. Before Combs, duo Florida Georgia Line’s first four official singles ruled in 2012-14: “Cruise,” “Get Your Shine on,” “Round Here” and “Stay.”

Prior to FGL, another famous twosome, Brooks & Dunn, linked Country Airplay No. 1s with their first four singles in 1991-92: “Brand New Man,” “My Next Broken Heart,” “Neon Moon” and “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.”

The last comparable chart achievement for a soloist before Combs? Clint Black notched four Hot Country Songs leaders with his first four releases.

Having started his run in June 1989, just be-fore the Nielsen Music-based Country Airplay chart’s inception, he arrived with the chart-top-pers “Better Man,” “Killin’ Time,” “Nobody’s Home” and “Walkin’ Away,” through May 1990.

On the multimetric Hot Countr y Songs survey — which is now powered by airplay, streaming and sales data — Dickerson’s latest hits a new high of 8-6, also with 5.8 million U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads sold in the week ending Nov. 5.

‘BIG, BIG’ HIT Chris Lane notches his f ifth Country Airplay top 10 as “Big, Big, Plans” (Big Loud) leaps 11-6 in its 50th chart week. “Plans,” which he co-authored, increased by 24% to 25.2 million in audience during the tracking week.

The song follows Lane’s “I Don’t Know About You,” which became his second No. 1 on the sur-vey dated Oct. 5, 2019. He first led with “Fix” for a week in August 2016. He also boasts two

top 10s: “For Her” (No. 10, September 2017) and “Take Back Home Girl,” featuring Tori Kelly (No. 8, August 2018).

Lane’s latest is the seventh title to ascend to the Country Airplay top 10 in 50 weeks or more, with all having completed their trips since December 2017. Travis Denning’s “After a Few” set the mark by reaching the region in its 57th frame this April. In June, it hit No. 1 in its 65th week, wrapping the longest climb to the summit.

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THIS WEEK

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l1 2 36 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Russell Dickerson 34.422 +2.809 7760 602 1

l2 3 31 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Curb Lee Brice 30.228 +0.516 6453 99 3

l3 5 24 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 27.907 +1.724 6713 692 2

l4 6 16 HAPPY ANYWHERE Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani 27.214 +1.253 6350 184 4

l5 8 40 ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson 26.281 +1.594 6140 222 5

l6 11 50 BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud HH Most Increased Audience HH Chris Lane 25.150 +4.807 6087 992 6

l7 9 22 LOVIN’ ON YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 24.796 +0.289 5184 -105 10

8 4 31 GOT WHAT I GOT Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 24.214 -2.645 5628 -578 7

9 1 48 EVERYWHERE BUT ON RECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 23.538 -8.216 5376 -2189 8

l10 10 44 PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 22.672 +1.512 5230 353 9

l11 12 34 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 19.884 +1.615 4627 285 11

l12 14 15 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 18.676 +2.337 4489 361 12

l13 13 17 HAPPY DOES Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 18.081 +0.205 4217 48 13

l14 15 29 CHAMPAGNE NIGHT BMLG Lady A 17.004 +1.179 4080 267 14

l15 16 23 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Black River Kelsea Ballerini 13.689 +1.197 3721 141 15

l16 17 6 BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville HH Airpower HH Luke Combs 13.223 +1.909 3114 489 18

l17 19 14 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker 12.259 +1.449 3389 352 16

l18 18 11 STARTING OVER Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton 11.820 +0.608 3011 116 19

l19 20 30 GOOD TIME RCA Nashville Niko Moon 11.757 +1.382 3169 242 17

l20 21 21 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Big Machine HH Airpower HH Rascal Flatts 10.498 +0.650 2959 109 20

l21 22 38 MOMMA’S HOUSE Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 10.016 +0.981 2893 167 21

l22 23 9 LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line 9.512 +1.502 2722 412 22

l23 24 4 DOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville HH Most Added HH Luke Bryan 7.563 +1.324 1917 343 25

l24 26 39 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT 19th & Grand Tenille Arts 6.463 +0.785 2412 272 23

l25 25 12 7 SUMMERS Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 6.089 +0.273 1710 74 29

l26 27 23 ALMOST MAYBES MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 6.032 +0.970 2076 179 24

l27 28 29 NOBODY Curb Dylan Scott 4.926 +0.262 1880 87 26

l28 29 25 ALL NIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne 4.879 +0.369 1864 21 27

l29 32 25 JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 4.809 +0.970 1717 350 28

l30 31 22 THE GOOD ONES Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 4.694 +0.715 1588 119 30

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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.

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ERIC CHURCHHell ofa View

Co-written by Church, the song arrives as his 34th Country Airplay entry, a sum that

includes nine No. 1s. It debuts at No. 52 with 1.2 million audience impressions (up 87%).

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l31 30 28 LADY BMLG Brett Young 4.490 +0.484 1344 122 33

l32 43 3 GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 4.249 +2.303 1244 547 34

l33 33 5 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 4.240 +0.603 1182 142 36

l34 34 7 ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 4.153 +0.577 1415 258 32

l35 35 32 TO HELL & BACK Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 3.242 +0.016 1493 49 31

l36 36 15 BETTY Republic/MCA Nashville Taylor Swift 3.181 +0.097 1188 -13 35

l37 NEW MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb HH Hot Shot Debut HH Lee Brice 2.884 +2.231 597 423 49

l38 39 7 SETTLING DOWN Vanner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 2.752 +0.289 850 87 42

l39 37 21 HARD DAYS Valory Brantley Gilbert 2.692 +0.005 1122 73 37

l40 41 25 MADE FOR YOU Big Loud Jake Owen 2.584 +0.254 915 112 40

l41 40 16 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Capitol Nashville Little Big Town 2.379 +0.021 957 41 39

l42 48 7 NEXT GIRL Big Machine HH Breaker HH Carly Pearce 2.155 +0.667 697 148 44

l43 42 7 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 2.147 +0.142 605 8 47

l44 47 19 WE WERE RICH Wheelhouse Runaway June 1.953 +0.415 1019 90 38

45 44 9 DEAR RODEO CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson & Reba McEntire 1.927 -0.012 393 -3 58

l46 49 3 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory Justin Moore 1.833 +0.490 571 120 50

l47 52 2 WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 1.809 +0.762 534 190 52

l48 46 19 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 1.752 +0.195 649 31 45

l49 51 10 NEVER BE SORRY RCA Nashville HH Breaker HH Old Dominion 1.669 +0.407 601 58 48

50 45 12 WHAT DO I KNOW Arista Nashville Robert Counts 1.515 -0.060 639 -35 46

l51 50 28 THIS IS US RECORDS/Columbia/Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus 1.334 +0.018 879 32 41

l52 NEW HELL OF A VIEW BigEC/EMI Nashville Eric Church 1.200 +0.558 324 128 -

l53 55 5 MY BOY Wheelhouse Elvie Shane 1.048 +0.241 547 50 51

l54 53 8 WAITIN’ ON 5 Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 0.956 +0.029 419 6 53

l55 57 14 ALL OF THE BOYS True To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.888 +0.144 758 39 43

l56 54 8 BEERS TO CATCH UP ON Wheelhouse LOCASH 0.851 +0.014 405 12 56

l57 NEW YOU TIME Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 0.810 +0.156 347 60 -

58 38 3 WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 0.797 -1.679 282 -160 -

l59 58 4 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS BMLG Riley Green 0.785 +0.045 314 -9 -

l60 59 5 WHERE I FIND GOD Big Loud Larry Fleet 0.732 +0.013 341 -11 -

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THOMAS RHETT What’s Your Country Song Valory

TROY CARTWRIGHT Hung Up On You Warner Music Nashville/WAR

WARD DAVIS Ain’t Gonna Be Today Ward Davis/Thirty Tigers

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MOST ADDED®TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDSDOWN TO ONE Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 31MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice 26ONE TOO MANY Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 18GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 18JUST THE WAY Stoney Creek Parmalee x Blanco Brown 17WORSHIP YOU RCA Nashville Kane Brown 15LADY LIKE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 13SHALLOW Pearl Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 11WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Valory Justin Moore 10HELL OF A VIEW BigEC/EMI Nasvhille Eric Church 10

MOST INCREASED PLAYSTITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAINBIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane +992MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +692LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +602GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +547BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +489MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice +423LONG LIVE BMLG Florida Georgia Line +412I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +361PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum +353BEERS AND SUNSHINE Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker +352

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCETITLE Imprint/Label Artist

GAIN(IN MIILIONS)

BIG, BIG PLANS Big Loud Chris Lane +4.807LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson +2.809I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay +2.337GONE Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +2.303MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Curb Lee Brice +2.231BETTER TOGETHER River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.909MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen +1.724AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi +1.615ONE BEER Big Loud HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson +1.594PRETTY HEART MCA Nashville Parker McCollum +1.512

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TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORTWEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 8, 2020

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l1 2 22 I’D LOOK GOOD ON YOU (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Jesse Raub Jr. 2051 224

l2 4 24 WHEN SHE’S DRINKIN’ (Independent) George Navarro 1778 131

l3 5 10 BAD GUY (Independent) Casey Donahew 1687 175

4 3 29 LIKE A COWBOY (Independent) Parker McCollum 1608 -99

l5 6 21 LONESOME, ON’RY AND MEAN (S.O.T.) Jody Booth and Tracy Byrd 1520 59

l6 7 18 GRAVITY & YOU (Jake Bush Music) Jake Bush 1499 78

l7 9 11 WANT TO WITH YOU (Independent) Jamie Richards 1392 82

l8 11 9 HEART TO STEAL TONIGHT (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1338 173

l9 12 20 THE LUCKIEST (Independent) Josh Abbott Band 1297 152

l10 14 7 I DO THING (Independent) Kylie Frey 1263 226

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l11 21 5 DRINKING MONEY (Independent) Randy Rogers Band 1113 172

12 10 26 HERE I GO AGAIN (Independent) Clay Hollis 1107 -136

l13 17 12 ANOTHER TOWN (Independent) Jon Stork 1062 74

l14 15 10 DEAR RODEO (COJO/Warners Nashille) Cody Johnson 1039 14

l15 20 6 FOOL’S LOVE AFFAIR (117 Music) Randy Travis 1032 68

l16 16 15 TOO MANY LOVE SONGS (Independent) Kaitlyn Kohler 1024 31

l17 19 13 MISSIN’ YOU, MISSISSIPPI (Independent) Dustin Sonnier 983 16

18 13 18 HEY COWGIRL (Independent) Randall King 976 -144

l19 28 6 STILL A LITTLE COUNTRY LEFT (Independent) Curtis Grimes 969 268

20 18 33 WHAT WOULD DOLLY DO (LuckySky Music) Tori Martin 938 -36

RECURRENTSTHIS

WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label ArtistTOTAL AUD.

(IN MILLIONS)1 SOME GIRLS Combustion/River House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers 21.280

2 I HOPE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 15.749

3 CHASIN’ YOU Big Loud Morgan Wallen 14.890

4 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Mercury Nashville Maddie & Tae 13.423

5 NOBODY BUT YOU Warner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani 12.627

6 ONE MARGARITA Row Crop/Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 12.573

7 HARD TO FORGET MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 11.544

8 THE BONES Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 11.004

9 DONE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 10.421

10 AFTER A FEW Mercury Nashville Travis Denning 8.647

Country AirplayNEW AND ACTIVE

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AUDIENCETOTAL

STATIONS ADDSSHALLOW Pearl Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 0.688 17 11

LADY LIKE Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 0.672 31 13

HEAVEN ON DIRT Monument Teddy Robb 0.636 42 2

BROKEN UP Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.575 46 2

CLASSIC RCA/Triple Tigers Cam 0.543 46 0

WANT ME BACK Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell 0.484 32 1

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

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CMAs BATTLE COVID-19COVID-19 strikes again.

Just days ahead of the 54th annual Country Music Association Awards, positive coronavirus test results for two artists, Lee Brice and Florida Geor-gia Line’s Tyler Hubbard, left producers scrambling to revise the lineup for the show, set for Nov. 11 on ABC.

Brice and Hubbard appear to have mild cases, and both have indicated they are asymptomatic. Brice is isolating at home, while Hubbard is quarantining on his tour bus, parked in the driveway at his residence.

Charles Kelley will stand in for Brice as Carly Pearce’s duet partner on “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” It was not immediately clear how FGL’s scratched appearance will be filled.

Chris Stapleton was officially announced Nov. 9 as a performer, adding his name to other recently revealed performances by Jimmie Allen, Ingrid Andress, Morgan Wallen, Keith Urban and Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber.

The show is expected to pay homage to previous eras in the genre. Broth-ers Osborne, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Ashley McBryde and fiddler Jenee Fleenor will open with a tribute to the late Charlie Daniels. Little Big Town will pay homage to the deceased Kenny Rogers, and Jon Pardi tips an audio hat to the late Joe Diffie.

Additionally, Old Dominion is on board for a performance of Johnny Lee’s “Lookin’ for Love,” as the movie that spawned that signature hit, Urban Cow-boy, celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Co-hosts Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker are also said to be presenting a tribute performance, though details are not being announced.

Miranda Lambert is the leading nominee, with seven different entries on the final ballot.

RADIO & RECORDS®Radio and promotion veteran Will Robinson joins Benny Brown’s new Quartz Hill label as director of regional promotion. His most recent stop was as 19th & Grand director of promotion, Northeast/Southeast. Reach him here … Dozens of iHeartMedia employees were laid off over the last week in the chain’s third round of cuts since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the country executives affected, according to RadioInsight.com, are iHeartMedia/Milwaukee senior vp programming Kerry Wolfe; WRWD Poughkeepsie, N.Y., PD Chase Daniels; WESC Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., morning host Charlie Munson; and WCOL Columbus, Ohio, midday talent Andy Clark. Go here for a more detailed account … WKDF Nashville added Toni-Marie in afternoon drive, RadioInsight.com reported. She arrives after a run as KWJJ Portland, Ore., assistant PD/midday host … Cox Media/San Antonio hired Craig Jones as director of sales, according to RadioInk.com. The cluster includes country stations KCYY and KKYX. Jones previously worked with the group in a Nashville-based role as Center for Sales Strategy senior consultant … BBR Music Group will present a virtual Country Christmas Concert on Dec. 16 in conjunction with seven Beasley stations, including WKLB Boston and KCYE Las Vegas. Participants include Dustin Lynch, Chase Rice, Jimmie Allen, Runaway June, Elvie Shane and Lainey Wilson, with proceeds benefiting local children’s charities.

’ROUND THE ROWThe Recording Academy promoted Los Angeles-based Kelley Purcell to vp membership and industry relations from senior director of member out-reach … Songwriter Luke Dick (“Bluebird,” “Burning Man”) extended his publishing deal with Little Louder Music … Songwriter-producer-studio owner Logan Wall (“Hard Days”) renewed his publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Nashville … Production/publishing house Inside Music Nashville added producer-engineer Nick Gibbens (Thomas Rhett, Marty Stuart) to the team and signed songwriter Craig Brooks to a publishing deal … So Much Moore Media added bluegrass artist Daryl Mosley and country veteran Margie Singleton to the PR roster … The Country Music Association’s CMA Founda-tion tapped Ashley McBryde to launch a Unified Voices for Music Education program … The CMA is inviting music professionals to submit stories about the effect COVID-19 has had on their lives to better enable the industry’s public facing on the subject. Participants have the option of contributing confiden-tially. Go here to take part … Jeannie Seely received the 2020 Bill Anderson Icon Award from Love From Music City on Oct. 29 in Gallatin, Tenn., in a fundraiser for local charities.

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Kylie Frey (center) performed for Spotify head of global programming for country music John Marks in a socially distanced Frey-day driveway concert, backed by fiddler Aria Stiles.

Singer-songwriter Tenille Arts paid a virtual visit to WYCT Pensacola, Fla., as she works her current 19th & Grand single, “Somebody Like That.” Clockwise from upper left: 19th & Grand promotion coordinator Anna Bea Major and director of national promotion Dave Collins, Arts and WYCT PD/music director Brent Lane.

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Nov. 10• 2019 — Trace Adkins performs the

national anthem at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, and Billy Ray Cyrus sings “Some Gave All” during a military-themed halftime show as the NFL’s Tennessee Titans upset the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-32.

Nov. 11• 2010 — Broken Bow releases Jason Aldean’s duet with Kelly Clark-

son, “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” to radio.• 1995 — George Strait begins a four-week stay at No. 1 on the Bill-

board country singles chart with “Check Yes or No.”

Nov. 12• 1980 — Willie Nelson nabs his fifth platinum album from the RIAA,

for Honeysuckle Rose.

Nov. 13• 2015 — Kane Brown plays his first concert, selling out the 700-seat

Carolina Nightlife & Grill in Darlington, S.C.• 2000 — Faith Hill garners four American Music Awards nominations

to lead all artists in any field. Alan Jackson is the only other country artist to receive more than one nomination. (He nabs two.)

Nov. 14• 2018 — Chris Stapleton wins in three categories during the 52nd

annual Country Music Association Awards, aired by ABC from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. He takes male vocalist of the year, while “Broken Halos” snags single and song of the year.

• 1978 — United Artists releases Kenny Roger’s album The Gambler.

Nov. 15• 2005 — Glen Campbell, Alabama and DeFord Bailey are officially

inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during the Country Music Association Awards at New York’s Madison Square Garden, telecast by CBS.

Nov. 16• 1990 — Christmas movie Home Alone makes its debut in theaters,

featuring a sonic appearance by Brenda Lee’s holiday classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”

• 1960 — Patsy Cline records “I Fall To Pieces” during an afternoon session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville.

Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database

It’s beginning to look a lot like face masks. The Oak Ridge Boys are moving forward with a 29-date holiday booking at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Resort, l a u n c h i n g N o v. 2 0 . Tickets to the Christmas i n Ten nessee d i n ner show are accompanied by specific instructions about the use of facial coverings. Meanwhile, a number of acts issued new seasonal singles. Original cuts include Dan + Shay’s “Take Me Home for Christmas,” Gary LeVox’s “Christmas Will be Different This Year” (with pianist Stephan Moccio), CJ Solar’s “The Only Present I Want” and Jerrod Niemann’s “White Christmas in the Sand” and “There’s No Need for Mistletoe.” More traditional releases include Jessie James Decker’s “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” Chrissie Metz’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and Danielle Bradbery’s “O Holy Night.”

Who is Alex Trebek? That answer, in the form of a question, hit Jeopardy! fans hard when the longtime game-show host died Nov. 8 following a much-publicized battle with cancer. As a result, a couple of trivia questions related to a December 2019 soiree enter the cultural record books. “This singer-songwriter performed the former country hit ‘Crying’ at Alex Trebek’s last company Christmas party.” Answer: “Who is Don McLean?” “This Italian restaurant in Los Angeles that hosted Alex Trebek’s final company Christmas gathering was the site where actor Robert Blake’s wife was murdered.” Answer: “What is Vitello’s?”

The Bee Gees’ legacy is stayin’ alive, even in country and Americana, as Barry Gibb collaborates on a dozen tracks in Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1, due Jan. 8, 2021. Among the Bee Gees songs that will be reinterpreted are “Lonely Days” with Little Big Town, “Too Much Heaven” with Brandi Carlile and “Words” with Dolly Parton. Other albums in the works include Manny Blu’s New Ink EP, Nov. 13; The Swon Brothers’ Nashlahoma, Nov. 20; Brit Taylor’s Real Me, Nov. 20; and Brian Calihan’s self-titled debut, Nov. 27.

Chase Rice is plotting a livestream concert on Nov. 15 to raise money for Coach to Cure MD, a charitable partner of the American Football Coaches Association dedicated to raising awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The event will take place here.

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Warner Music Nashville artist Shy Carter (right) performed for KNIX Phoenix assistant PD/music director Lois Lewis during a stop on his socially distanced radio promotion tour.

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l1 2 1 80 I HOPE HH No. 1 (15 weeks) HH Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (Z.KALE,J.M.NITE,G.BARRETT) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR

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2 1 — 2 FOREVER AFTER ALL Luke Combs CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE - 1

l3 4 4 29 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN Morgan Wallen J.MOI (M.W.HARDY,E.K.SMITH,CHARLIE HANDSOME,M.WALLEN) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 3 3

4 5 3 30 ONE OF THEM GIRLS Lee Brice B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,D.DAVIDSON,L.BRICE) CURB 2 2

5 3 2 39 GOT WHAT I GOT Jason Aldean M.KNOX (M.TYLER,A.PALMER,T.ARCHER) MACON/BROKEN BOW 8 2

l6 8 7 33 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO Russell Dickerson D.HUFF,C.BROWN,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,P.WELLING) TRIPLE TIGERS 1 6

l7 7 6 45 ONE BEER HARDY Featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,H.LINDSEY,J.MITCHELL) BIG LOUD 5 6

l8 10 9 27 PRETTY HEART Parker McCollum JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.MONTANA) MCA NASHVILLE 10 8

9 6 — 22 BETTER TOGETHER Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,D.ISBELL,R.MONTANA) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 16 6

l10 12 11 15 HAPPY ANYWHERE Blake Shelton Featuring Gwen Stefani S.HENDRICKS (R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE,M.JENKINS) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN 4 9

l11 13 12 32 EVERYWHERE BUT ON HH Streaming Gainer HH Matt Stell A.BOWERS,M.STELL (M.STELL,P.SIKES,L.MILLER) RECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE

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12 9 10 26 LOVIN’ ON YOU Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.ARCHER,R.M.L.FULCHER,J.MCNAIR) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 7 3

13 14 8 15 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED Dan + Shay D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,S.M.DOUGLAS,J.G.EVIGAN) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 12 7

l14 18 16 36 BIG, BIG PLANS HH Airplay Gainer HH Chris Lane J.MOI (J.DURRETT,C.LANE,E.K.SMITH) BIG LOUD

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l15 17 14 28 AIN’T ALWAYS THE COWBOY Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (B.KINNEY,J.THOMPSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 11 13

16 16 15 11 STARTING OVER Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY NASHVILLE 18 10

17 15 13 12 7 SUMMERS Morgan Wallen J.MOI (M.WALLEN,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD 25 1

l18 21 17 23 GOOD TIME HH Digital Gainer HH Niko Moon N.MOON,J.MURTY (N.MOON,J.MINTON,A.MOON,J.MURTY,M.TRUSSELL) RCA NASHVILLE

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l19 24 22 30 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 14 19

l20 23 20 21 HOLE IN THE BOTTLE Kelsea Ballerini J.FRASURE,K.BALLERINI (K.BALLERINI,S.JONES,H.LINDSEY,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY) BLACK RIVER 15 20

l21 25 18 16 HAPPY DOES Kenny Chesney B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (B.CLAWSON,J.PAULIN,B.BERRYHILL,G.JAMES) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA 13 18

l22 28 21 8 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 34 13

l23 29 24 20 THE GOOD ONES Gabby Barrett R.COPPERMAN,Z.KALE (G.BARRETT,E.LANDIS,J.MCCORMICK,Z.KALE) WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR 30 23

l24 31 27 9 LONG LIVE Florida Georgia Line C.CROWDER,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,C.CROWDER,D.A.GARCIA,J.MILLER) BMLG 22 24

l25 32 25 25 ALMOST MAYBES Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY) MCA NASHVILLE 26 25

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6 JON NITE

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3 ROSS COPPERMAN

4 ZACH KALE

5 MICHAEL KNOX

6 DANN HUFF

7 JON RANDALL

8 SCOTT HENDRICKS

9 DAN SMYERS

10 JAY JOYCE

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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).

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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 33 28 13 BEERS AND SUNSHINE Darius Rucker R.COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,R.COPPERMAN,J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 17 25

27 26 23 14 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY Little Big Town LITTLE BIG TOWN (T.BROWN,K.FAIRCHILD,S.MCCONNELL,K.SCHLAPMAN,P.SWEET,J.WESTBROOK) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 41 23

l28 34 29 24 MOMMA’S HOUSE Dustin Lynch Z.CROWELL (D.SCHNEIDER,M.LOTTEN,R.CLAWSON,J.T.WILSON) BROKEN BOW 21 28

l29 37 32 38 JUST THE WAY Parmalee x Blanco Brown D.FANNING (M.THOMAS,K.BARD,N.W.SIPE) STONEY CREEK 29 29

30 35 31 27 LADY Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BMLG 31 22

l31 38 44 9 HOW THEY REMEMBER YOU Rascal Flatts D.HUFF (M.BEESON,J.OSBORNE,A.SHAMBLIN) BIG MACHINE 20 31

32 36 30 14 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 - 30

l33 46 — 3 DOWN TO ONE Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (K.FISHMAN,D.DAVIDSON,J.EBACH) ROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 23 33

34 20 45 7 WITHOUT YOU Luke Combs Featuring Amanda Shires L.COMBS,CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,D.ISBELL) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE - 15

l35 42 33 12 ALL NIGHT Brothers Osborne J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,A.DEROBERTS) EMI NASHVILLE 28 25

l36 48 39 6 SOMEBODY LIKE THAT Tenille Arts A.KLINE (T.ARTS,A.KLINE,A.M.CRUZ) 19TH & GRAND 24 36

37 19 — 2 THE OTHER GUY Luke Combs CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,B.KINNEY,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE - 19

38 41 37 22 TO HELL & BACK Maren Morris BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,J.J.DILLON,L.J.VELTZ) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 35 35

l39 45 — 2 SHALLOW Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood G.BROOKS (S.G.GERMANOTTA,M.D.RONSON,A.ROSSOMANDO,ANDREW WYATT) PEARL - 39

40 40 46 3 GONE Dierks Bentley D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE 32 40

l41 RE-ENTRY 3 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Sam Hunt Z.CROWELL (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,Z.CROWELL,E.K.SMITH,J.OSBORNE) MCA NASHVILLE 33 35

l42 RE-ENTRY 3 WORSHIP YOU Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,A.IZQUIERDO,M.J.MCGINN,CHARLIE HANDSOME) RCA NASHVILLE 47 24

43 47 41 5 SETTLING DOWN Miranda Lambert J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N. HEMBY) VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 38 41

44 44 34 15 BETTY Taylor Swift A.DESSNER,J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT,W.BOWERY) REPUBLIC/MCA NASHVILLE 36 6

l45 RE-ENTRY 3 DIRT ROAD Kidd G RYINI BEATS (G.HORNE,R.J.ANDERSON) KIDD G - 40

l46 RE-ENTRY 2 HELL OF A VIEW Eric Church J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD,M.CRISWELL) BIGEC/EMI NASHVILLE 52 32

l47 NEW 1 NEXT GIRL HH Hot Shot Debut HH Carly Pearce S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (C.PEARCE,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE

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l48 RE-ENTRY 5 BURN ‘EM ALL Kameron Marlowe B.HILL (KMARLOWE,B.ADDINGTON,A.ESHUIS,J.HYDE) COLUMBIA NASHVILLE - 36

l49 NEW 1 THROUGH MY RAY-BANS Eric Church J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,L.LAIRD,BARY DEAN) BIGEC/EMI NASHVILLE - 49

50 30 — 2 LIL BIT Nelly & Florida Georgia Line J.M.SCHMIDT (T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,B.REDFERRIN,C.HAYNES, JR.) RECORDS/COLUMBIA - 30

For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or [email protected]

COUNTRY MARKET WATCHA Weekly National Music Sales Report

ALBUM CONSUMPTION

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

VIDEO ON-DEMAND

This Week 1,094,000 1,236,168,000 127,360,000

Last Week 1,178,000 1,296,234,000 133,375,000

Change -7.1% -4.6% -4.5%

This Week Last Year 1,076,000 1,041,191,000 275,566,000

Change 1.7% 18.7% -53.8%

WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-OVER-YEAR

2019 2020 CHANGE

Album Consumption 46,563,000 52,023,000 11.7%

Album Sales 8,658,000 7,101,000 -18.0%

Audio On-Demand 46,408,909,000 56,541,982,000 21.8%

Video On-Demand 11,887,852,000 5,953,885,000 -49.9%

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’20

58.29 billion

46.56 million

62.40 billion

52.02 million

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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.

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2 2 3 179 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE’S FOR YOURIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN 3 1

3 3 4 127 MORGAN WALLEN IF I KNOW MEBIG LOUD 783* 1 1

l4 12 11 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD MY GIFTCAPITOL NASHVILLE 032601/UMGN 1

l5 4 5 12 KANE BROWN MIXTAPE, VOL. 1 (EP)RCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/SMN 2

6 5 6 288 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1

7 6 7 20 GABBY BARRETT GOLDMINEWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN 4

8 7 14 5 DOLLY PARTON A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMASBUTTERFLY RECORDS 23435/12TONE 1

9 9 9 9 HARDY A ROCKBIG LOUD 836* 4

l10 11 12 236 GEORGE STRAIT 50 NUMBER ONESMCA NASHVILLE 000459/UMGN (25.98) 7 1

11 8 8 50 JASON ALDEAN 9MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG 32944*/BBMG 1

12 10 13 31 SAM HUNT SOUTHSIDEMCA NASHVILLE 031776*/UMGN 1

13 13 17 69 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORYHICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 12

14 14 15 87 MAREN MORRIS GIRLCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 590186*/SMN 0 1

l15 19 22 47 BLAKE SHELTON FULLY LOADED: GOD’S COUNTRYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 607343*/WMN 0 1

16 16 19 274 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG 3

17 18 20 86 ELVIS PRESLEY THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEYRCA/SONY STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP 89048*/LEGACY (25.98) 1 12

18 15 10 3 PARKER MCCOLLUM HOLLYWOOD GOLD (EP)MCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/UMGN 10

l19 NEW 1 CAM THE OTHERSIDERCA 980331* 19

20 20 25 205 KANE BROWN KANE BROWNZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN 2 1

21 21 24 13 LUKE BRYAN BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HEREROW CROP/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN 1

22 17 23 124 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAYWARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 570796/WMN 1 1

l23 RE-ENTRY 233 TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITSCURB 79205 (13.98) 1 6

24 22 18 5 RASCAL FLATTS TWENTY YEARS OF RASCAL FLATTS: THE GREATEST HITSLYRIC STREET/BIG MACHINE RF0650A*/BMLG 9

25 24 27 23 DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER I: SNAKE OILMAD DECENT DIGITAL EX/COLUMBIA 6

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4 8 19 BETTER TOGETHER LUKE COMBS

5 9 27 ONE OF THEM GIRLS LEE BRICE

6 11 20 MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN MORGAN WALLEN

7 14 10 STARTING OVER CHRIS STAPLETON

8 2 2 LIL BIT NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE

9 6 18 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY LITTLE BIG TOWN

10 13 28 GOT WHAT I GOT JASON ALDEAN

11 15 15 HAPPY ANYWHERE BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI

l12 RE-ENTRY MR. RED WHITE AND BLUE COFFEY ANDERSON

l13 RE-ENTRY GOD BLESS THE USA LEE GREENWOOD

14 16 14 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED DAN + SHAY

15 20 8 ONE TOO MANY KEITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK

l16 25 6 GOOD TIME NIKO MOON

l17 RE-ENTRY WORSHIP YOU KANE BROWN

18 18 12 7 SUMMERS MORGAN WALLEN

19 21 15 ONE BEER HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON

20 RE-ENTRY PRETTY HEART PARKER MCCOLLUM

l21 NEW DON’T GO CHANGING KIP MOORE

22 24 5 THE GOOD ONES GABBY BARRETT

l23 RE-ENTRY WHERE I FIND GOD LARRY FLEET

24 RE-ENTRY TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

25 23 42 NOBODY BUT YOU BLAKE SHELTON DUET WITH GWEN STEFANI

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5 5 54 I HOPE GABBY BARRETT

l6 8 13 PRETTY HEART PARKER MCCOLLUM

7 6 21 ONE OF THEM GIRLS LEE BRICE

8 9 187 TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON

9 10 22 ONE BEER HARDY FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA & DEVIN DAWSON

10 7 12 7 SUMMERS MORGAN WALLEN

11 11 131 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY LUKE COMBS

l12 14 70 THE BONES MAREN MORRIS

l13 16 64 HEARTLESS DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY FEAT. MORGAN WALLEN

14 13 90 WHISKEY GLASSES MORGAN WALLEN

15 17 7 SOME GIRLS JAMESON RODGERS

l16 22 3 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO RUSSELL DICKERSON

l17 NEW EVERYWHERE BUT ON MATT STELL

18 21 14 I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED DAN + SHAY

19 19 44 CHASIN’ YOU MORGAN WALLEN

20 12 77 BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART LUKE COMBS

21 23 10 STARTING OVER CHRIS STAPLETON

l22 24 63 ONE MAN BAND OLD DOMINION

23 15 15 LOVIN’ ON YOU LUKE COMBS

l24 25 6 HAPPY ANYWHERE BLAKE SHELTON FEAT. GWEN STEFANI

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2 2 2 234 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLERMERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN 4 1

3 3 3 86 TYLER CHILDERS PURGATORYHICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS 2

4 5 4 280 HOZIER HOZIERRUBYWORKS 309996*/COLUMBIA 2 1

5 7 5 239 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRADUALTONE 1738* 1 1

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l9 NEW 1 JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES - VOLUME 1: THE EARLY YEAR (1963-1967)RHINO 604555 9

10 10 8 191 JACK JOHNSON IN BETWEEN DREAMSJACK JOHNSON/BRUSHFIRE /REPUBLIC 2 5

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5 3 4 58 BILLY STRINGS HOMEROUNDER 610063*/CONCORD 1

6 5 7 20 YO-YO MA/STUART DUNCAN/EDGAR MEYER/CHRIS THILE NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEOSOUND POSTINGS/SONY CLASSICAL 973855*/SONY MASTERWORKS 1

7 4 2 3 STEEP CANYON RANGERS ARM IN ARMYEP ROC 2698* 2

l8 9 9 56 THE DEAD SOUTH SUGAR & JOYSIX SHOOTER 129* 1

l9 NEW 1 BECKY BULLER DISTANCE AND TIMEDARK SHADOW 9

l10 13 13 55 OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW LIVE AT THE RYMANCOLUMBIA NASHVILLE 98*/OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW 1

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE NOVEMBER 9, 2020 | PAGE 14 OF 17

Misery loves company.It’s an important part of Michael Ray’s new single, “Whiskey and Rain,”

though the protagonist never encounters another person in the course of the song.“The company part is that rain and that whiskey that’s helping him get

through it,” explains Ray.Misery, loneliness and alcohol are all classic elements of old-school country

songs, and they help “Whiskey and Rain” provide a musical salve for Ray, who spent much of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic sheltering with family in Florida. He determined during those weeks that his career needed a shot of the traditional sound that had inspired his original pursuit of country, and “Whiskey” — particularly the winding guitar-and-keyboard lick in the intro — is a proper elixir.

“That makes me remember hearing Gary Allan for the first time, and Gary Stewart, and Buck Owens,” he says. “That beginning grabs you im-mediately, and the sway of that chorus, I just feel like it’s this good, two-stepping-feel song.”

“Whiskey and Rain” is the result of an old-school songwriting arrangement, too. Josh Thompson (“Drowns the Whiskey,” “One Margarita”) authored it roughly two years ago with Jesse Frasure (“Dirt On My Boots,” “Remember You Young”) at the Rhythm House publishing operation near Nashville’s fairgrounds. The room was less crowded than the typical 2020 co-write, and fewer people led to fewer doubts about the work.

“I find the smoothest writes are two-way writes,” observes Frasure. “You just go, ‘Do you like this?’ And they go, ‘Yeah.’ Then you move on. There’s not a third party going, ‘Well, what if we did this angle?’ ”

Frasure came to the appointment with a handful of musical ideas, and Thompson gravitated to a midtempo one with a curvy signature lick. The “Whiskey and Rain” phrase fit nicely with that musical hook, and they used it to launch the chorus, quickly following it with a “comin’ down, comin’ down” afterthought that became a secondary hook, though it filled up enough space that it threatened to create a breathing problem.

“Not a lot of gaps there,” concedes Frasure.The chorus carried out the liquid nature of the title, both the bourbon and

the weather helping to “wash away the past.” Pieces of the melody intertwined with the sig lick, then pulled away, then intertwined again. It represented an addictive musical dance, even if the guy in the song was forced to dance alone.

Once that stanza was completed, the writers backed up to the opening lines of the first verse, referencing a downpour on the tin roof and a Black Label brand to hint at the eventual title. And once they established the singer as the sole occupant of his honky-tonk living room, they inserted that important observation: Misery loves company.

“I just thought that was a cool line that basically summed up the whole thing — the company of the rain, the whiskey — and just kind of setting up that mood,” notes Frasure.

The second verse turned the protagonist’s pain into a hangover and ambled its way toward a repeat of the chorus. Before it was all over, they repurposed the “Misery loves company” line, bringing it out to set up a final down chorus, a subdued section that sets up the song’s conclusion.

Frasure tweaked the demo with a sibilant, ’80s-pop drum sound and light, flute-tinted piano chords, and Thompson delivered the vocal, confirming in the process that the “comin’ down, comin’ down” section was going to work.

“Some of the best writers in town can sell the hell out of a demo; you know, really get that emotion across,” says Frasure of Thompson’s performance. “As long as he can pull off a phrase, I know it’s singable.”

Frasure’s wife, Rhythm House vp Stevie Frasure, sent the demo to Morris Higham Management executive Buffy Cooper, who thought highly of it and passed it along to Ray. It was the first song he put on hold for his next album.

“It has the sad lyrics, obviously — this guy is going through heartbreak — but there’s kind of a light at the end of the tunnel,” says Ray. “We’ve all been in that position, and I think that’s kind of how this whole year has been, you know? It’s been sad, but we’re all trying to be hopeful.”

The pandemic — the most obviously painful part of 2020 — affected how “Whiskey and Rain” moved forward. Studios were closed in the early days of COVID-19 to prevent the virus’ spread, and producer Ross Copperman (Dierks Bentley, Gabby Barrett) had to remotely build the performance one or two tracks at a time. Drummer Nir Z and bassist Tony Lucido laid down the foundation together with Copperman listening in via Zoom. Copperman sewed in the keyboard parts himself and had guitarist Ilya Toshinsky add in his contributions on his own. Despite the isolation, the musicians were able to muster enough energy that the track sounds as if it were cut live.

“There’s definitely a magic that happens in the stu-dio when everyone’s together,” says Copperman. “But I feel like when you have a vision and you know how to attack a song, I think we nailed this one like that.”

Ray recorded his final vocals at the home of his tour manager, Luke Reyn-olds, who served as engineer while the artist cut five takes of “Whiskey and Rain” for Copperman to work with. Ray did extra advance preparation, ex-pecting that the alternative arrangement would present some obstacles.

“It is weird — hell, we’re singing in the damn front part of the house,” says Ray. “I didn’t see any of the band members when we recorded. So I just tried to focus and learn as much as I can on that song so when I go in, all I have to do is handle that lyric and really hear what we’re singing.”

Copperman contributed the background vocals, and as he developed mixes, Ray decided it needed a fiddle to increase its traditional country flavor. Jenee Fleenor did the honors, sneaking in after the two-minute mark and taking prominence at the down chorus.

“She was phenomenal,” says Copperman. “It sounded like perfection.”In the end, “Whiskey and Rain” blends several eras of country. Lucido’s

bass grooves like Ronnie Milsap’s 1981 crossover “(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me.” The overall sound is as melodic and easy-going as a 1990s David Lee Murphy single. And the hooky signature lick stamps it in the same way that the instrumental riff IDs Billy Currington’s 2009 hit “Don’t.”

“If I had to play one song for somebody and go, ‘Hey, here’s t he representation of my record all on one song,’ it would be ‘Whiskey and Rain’ because there’s so many different inf luences that you’re going to hear in this album,” says Ray. “I feel like ‘Whiskey and Rain’ has elements of the ’80s, has elements of the ’70s, has elements of the ’90s. It really does bring it all together.”

“Whiskey and Rain” tied Luke Combs for the second-most-added single in conjunction with the Country Airplay chart dated Nov. 10, and lives on the Nov. 17 list at No. 58, making itself at home with 59 other current country titles.

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Country Airplay Index7 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) 25

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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) 11

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) 28

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) 26

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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) 17

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) 56

BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, R.Montana) 16

BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, W.Bowery) 36

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) 6

BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 33

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DEAR RODEO Songs From The Couch, BMI/Cori’s Daddy’s Publishing, BMI (D.Couch, C.D.Johnson) 45

DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K.Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 23

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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) 30

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) 19

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) 8

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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/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 4

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) 13

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) 39

HELL OF A VIEW Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E.Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 52

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) 15

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) 20

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IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Back 40 Publishing International, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (R.Green, Erik Dylan, R.Montana) 59

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) 12

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JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Scilla’s Song Shop Publising, BMI/91 Dogs Publishing, BMI/Emily Kroll Music, ASCAP (P.Block, S.Jones, E.K.Kroll) 43

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) 29

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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) 22

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) 1

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/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 7

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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) 40

MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH Love Cannons Publishing, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Mike Curb Music, BMI/Is That The Train Music, BMI/Anthem Music Publishing I, BMI/Twangville Music, BMI (L.Brice, B.Montana, B.Davis) 37

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) 21

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) 3

MY BOY Rome Phrey Songs, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Rome Phrey Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Nick Columbia Publishing, ASCAP/Block Of Marble Music, BMI/Lee Starr Publishing, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI (E.Shane, R.Sutton, N.Columbia, L.Starr) 53

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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/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.F.Tursi, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 49

NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C.Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 42

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) 27

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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) 5

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) 34

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 10

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SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 38

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.L.Holman) 48

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) 24

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

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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) 51

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) 35

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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 DIDN’T HAVE MUCH Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Tunes From The Red White And Blue School, ASCAP/Anthem Music Publishing II, ASCAP (P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana, J.S.Stover) 46

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) 44

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) 50

WHERE I FIND GOD Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Make It Better Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Fleet, C.R.Harrington) 60

WHISKEY AND RAIN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (J.Frasure, J.Thompson) 58

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) 41

WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 47

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YOU TIME Dagum Music, BMI/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 57

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Hot Country Songs Index7 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) 17

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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) 35

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) 25

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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) 26

BETTER TOGETHER Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (L.Combs, D.Isbell, R.Montana) 9

BETTY TASRM Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/William Bowery Music Publishing.BMI (T.Swift, W.Bowery) 44

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) 14

BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Between the Pines, LLC, ASCAP/BIPOD, ASCAP/Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Miller Crow Music, ASCAP/Kyler’s Kinda Night, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Tree Vibez Music, LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne Music, ASCAP (S.L.Hunt, C.La Corte, Z.Crowell, E.K.Smith, J.Osborne) 41

BURN ‘EM ALL Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Idiot Circle Publishing LLC, BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (KMarlowe, B.Addington, A.Eshuis, J.Hyde) 48

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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) 19

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DIRT ROAD Se Lavi Productions, BMI/Gabriel Horne Publishing Designee, BMI (G.Horne, R.J.Anderson) 45

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position

DOWN TO ONE Play It Again Entertainment, BMI/Kyle Fishman Music, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Natalia’s Music Money, BMI/Memory Days, SESAC/Curb Wordspring Music, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC (K.Fishman, D.Davidson, J.Ebach) 33

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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) 11

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FOREVER AFTER ALL Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, D.Parker, R.Williford) 2

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GONE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Boy Named Ford, BMI/Ben There Wrote That Publishing, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Hits From The Tape Room, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Niko Moon Publishing, SESAC (N.Galyon, B.Johnson, N.Moon) 40

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) 23

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) 18

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) 5

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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/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J.Osborne, M.Jenkins) 10

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) 21

HELL OF A VIEW Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Seven Ring Circus Songs, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/Tunes Of Fluid, BMI/Rust And Chrome Music, BMI (E.Church, C.Beathard, M.Criswell) 46

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) 20

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) 31

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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 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) 13

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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) 29

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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) 30

LIL BIT Big Loud Mountain, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/Pile Of Schmidt Songs, ASCAP/The Money Tree Vibez, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (T.Hubbard, J.M.Schmidt, B.Redferrin, C.Haynes, Jr.) 50

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) 24

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) 6

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/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, T.Archer, R.M.L.Fulcher, J.McNair) 12

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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) 28

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) 3

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NEXT GIRL Smackborne Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments, GMR/Smackwood Music, GMR/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (C.Pearce, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 47

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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) 7

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) 4

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) 22

THE OTHER GUY Big Music Machine, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI/Works For RHA Music, BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI (L.Combs, B.Kinney, R.Williford) 37

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PRETTY HEART Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music, BMI (P.McCollum, R.Montana) 8

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SETTLING DOWN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Wrucke For You Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, L.Dick, N. Hemby) 43

SHALLOW Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Warner-Barham Music LLC, BMI/SG Songs Worldwide, BMI/Warner-Olive Music LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Concord Publishing, BMI/Zelig Publishing, BMI/Stephaniesays Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/White Bull Music Group, BMI/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI (S.G.Germanotta, M.D.Ronson, A.Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt) 39

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) 36

STARTING OVER I Wrote These Songs, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI/Wixen Music Publishing, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 16

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THROUGH MY RAY-BANS Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Pulse Nation, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI (E.Church, L.Laird, Bary Dean) 49

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) 38

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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) 32

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) 27

WITHOUT YOU Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Publishing, BMI/Island South, SESAC/Rosest Music, SESAC/Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, D.Isbell) 34

WORSHIP YOU Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/AIX Publishing, ASCAP/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/McGinntellectual Property, SESAC/True Blue Works, SESAC/Krispy Pork Gang, BMI (K.Brown, A.Izquierdo, M.J.McGinn, Charlie Handsome) 42

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On Nov. 10, 1990, Joe Diffie, then 31, topped Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with his debut single, “Home.”

The song, penned by Fred Lehner and Andy Spooner, was released as the launch track from Diffie’s freshman album, A Thousand Winding Roads, which also yielded the No. 1 single “If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)” in June 1991.

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became known for his unique blend of t rad it iona l cou nt r y mu sic a nd novelty-leaning lyrics. He scored five Hot Country Songs No. 1s among 17 top 10s in 35 appearances from 1990 to 2004.

Diffie, who died March 29 at age 61 due to complications from COVID-19, has inspired an array of country artists. In Chris Young’s 2019 hit “Raised on Countr y,” which rose to No. 10 on

Hot Country Songs, he sings, “Got my honky-tonk attitude from Joe Diffie; Daddy did, too.”

Jon Pardi will pay homage to Dif-f ie by play ing one of his hits du r-ing the 2020 Countr y Music Asso-ciation Awards on Nov. 11. Charlie Daniels and Kenny Rogers , bot h of whom also died this year, will be honored with performances as well. —JIM ASKER

30 Years AgoJoe Diffie Made Himself At ‘Home’ At No. 1 For The First TimeIn 1990, he led Hot Country Songs with his debut hit