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Underwood, Paisley Preview Awards “One of the best moments in country music history will happen on Wednesday,” Carrie Underwood said during the radio remotes opening press conference Sunday night (10/30). Wednesday, of course, is the 50th Annual CMA Awards live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on ABC-TV. “There’s some cool stuff happening that will be remembered,” she added. Admittedly secretive, she and others did let a few tidbits slip, however. More on that later. As CMA SVP/Marketing & Partnerships Damon Whiteside noted during the orientation portion of the program, the remotes are in their third year of being open to all radio groups. “We are
really excited to welcome [KKGO/Los Angeles and WKLB/Boston],” he said of two new additions this year. Still not represented: CBS Radio. Programmers and personalities gathered at highboy tables awaiting awards hosts Brad Paisley and Underwood, who were preceded by Country Aircheck’s Lon Helton. Wearing a Cubs shirt under his blazer, Helton hinted at a dilemma that is likely confounding ABC execs as well. If the World Series goes to a seventh game, it will be Wednesday night, competing head-to-head with the CMAs for viewers ... and Helton. “I’ve been to 36 CMA Awards shows and zero Cubs World Series wins,” he said. “Might be a tough choice.” The crowd laughed, Paisley not so much. “I’m actually neutral,” he said regarding which team he’s supporting. “I just don’t want it to go seven games.” Underwood admitted she didn’t
know anything about the series. Should it extend to seven games, Paisley said, “You can look forward to 1 million viewers.” Turning to the task at hand, Underwood said, “Normally we have the task of celebrating a year in country music,” she said. “This year we’re celebrating 50.” “You think back to the incredible performances over the years and we have to revisit some of those and include all of the legends we can,” Paisley added. “It’s a balancing act. However it ends up coming off, Carrie, myself and [Exec. Producer] Robert Deaton have had discussions [about] being so totally respectful.” Paisley tapped a childhood memory of watching the show. “I remember Ricky Skaggs accepting
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Note To Shelf: 2016 SESAC Nashville Music Awards celebrants include (l-r) Song of the Year “Somewhere On A Beach” writers Jaron Boyer and Michael Tyler, SESAC’s Shannan Hatch and John Josephson and Songwriter of the Year Josh Hoge.
HoF: See What They’re Playing The Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum slogan is “Come see what you’ve heard” – and during Wednesday’s (10/26) Class of 2016 induction at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium artists, industry execs and fans did just that. This year’s country class members are: Garth Brooks and the G-Men (Bruce Bouton, Mark Casstevens, the late Mike Chapman, Rob Hajacos, Chris Leuzinger, Milton Sledge and Bobby Wood), the late Jerry Reed, Ricky Skaggs, engineers Lou Bradley, Mark Miller and Ron “Snake” Reynolds, and producer Allen Reynolds. See the full list here. The opening number “TSOP” (a nod to inductees the Sigma Sound Studio Rhythm Section) was followed by “Seven Bridges Road,” sung by former Eagles member Don Felder (there to accept the Iconic Riff Award for “Hotel California”), Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Gordon Kennedy. Felder then played the Eagles’ “Victim Of Love.” Host Kenny G emerged from the crowd on his soprano saxophone playing his 1988 song “Silhouette.” “Michael Bolton was busy,” he quipped, “so here I am.” Skaggs performed “Heartbroke,” “Somebody’s Prayin’” and a bluegrass version of Bruce Hornsby’s “The Way It Is” with Hornsby himself on piano. “It’s very humbling to be here in this
Reviver's Michael Tyler discusses his most influential music:1. Jason Aldean: He played a show close to my hometown in Missouri. Ever since then, I've always watched how he performs and portrays himself.2. Cinderella & Poison: That was one of my first concerts. It was a lot to take in! The energy of the show and how they got the
crowd pumped up really influenced me.3. Kid Rock: I've always liked him. I went to one of his shows at Mud Island in Memphis. There was a part in the show where he played every instrument and showed off how talented he actually is. There were a lot of things he said in between songs that I'm thinking about stealing.4. The Script: I used to listen to them a lot. A lot of melodies and the structure of their songs and guitar licks have seeped into my writing. 5. Justin Bieber: I'm probably going to get made fun of for this, but that dude has got some seriously hook songs. I'm sure he's influencing everybody right now. I want to write a song like that.• Highly regarded music you've actually never heard: Kanye West. He's sold millions of records and he's a huge star, but I've never heard one song.• "Important" music you just don't get: Jazz.• An album you listened to incessantly: Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party. Every song on that record is great. There are a lot of similarities in the songs and where I grew up. "Church Pew Or Bar Stool" is totally my hometown.• An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: I have this weird thing with '50s Doo-wop. There's a song I have as my alarm every morning by The Capris called "There's A Moon Out Tonight." If you're into that, listen to the song!• Music you'd rather not admit to enjoying: I love almost every One Direction song there is. Growing up, my brother and I loved '80s hair metal and classic rock. If you listen to One Direction songs, you can definitely tell whoever wrote them loved metal and classic rock, too.
MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE
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Medal Heavies: Garth Brooks (standing) and his “G-Men” at the Musicians Hall of Fame inductions. Pictured l-r are Rob Hajacos, Bruce Bouton, Chris Leuzinger, Allen Reynolds, Bobby Wood, Mark Casstevens and Milton Sledge. Not pictured: the late Mike Chapman.
wonderful, hallowed hall,” said Skaggs, who thanked his parents “for a Christian home filled with love, joy and lots of music.” The former sideman for Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris also thanked his attorney, accountant, former record label head Rick Blackburn and his family, including wife and fellow Grand Ole Opry member Sharon White. “But most of all, I want to thank the Lord Jesus,” he said. “God never called me to be famous. He called me to be faithful. And that’s what I want to do.” Wariner inducted his friend Reed with true-to-the-original versions of his “Amos Moses” and “East Bound And Down.” He and Reed’s daughters spoke of Reed’s hard-scrabble childhood, ever-present sense of humor and his humility as a musician. Reed’s session work can be heard on albums by artists including Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings and Dolly Parton. Producer Reynolds, engineer Miller and the G-Men created a signature sound for an unknown artist from Oklahoma, and it’s hard to imagine “The Dance” without Wood’s piano intro, or “Friends In Low Places” without Hajacos’ fiddle licks. “From the very beginning,” said Reynolds, “this band worked so well together and with Garth. And their playing and arrangement ideas were inspiring. They never let us down once. ... I so respect their talent and their sweet musical souls and I will always cherish the memories of making music together.” Brooks and the G-Men stood onstage expressing gratitude and
SelecTone’s Steve Wariner puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to WIRE-AM/Indianapolis with Lee Shannon, Ken Speck, Bill Robinson. That station really set the bar for me. Later, as I started having hits, I got to play some of their outdoor festivals. The first time I heard myself on the radio, I pulled into the parking lot of a music store and there was a girl parked beside me
listening to Country radio – and my song was playing. She was cute and I wanted to go, “Hey, that’s me!” But I had restraint. When I was starting out on RCA, Sylvia and I were on a radio tour together with our southeast regional, Gaylon Adams. We were on the interstate outside Greenville, SC, on our way to a station. It started raining and we did about five spins and ran into a ditch. Luckily no one was hurt. Fast forward 15 minutes later, I’m on the air saying, “Yeah, my new record’s coming out ...” and still shaking, because 15 minutes ago I thought we were going to be killed. In the early days, my favorite person to travel with was Dean Dillon, who was also on RCA at the time. Dean was ornery and hilarious. He always had me in trouble! Back in the “Urban Cowboy” days, they asked us to be judges in a dance contest. We both said, “Sure, anything to get our records played.” We were supposed to put numbers on the backs of the best dancers. Well Dean said, “Let’s tag the worst dancers we can find.” We exited the club soon after that because people were booing and yelling at us. I’ve never lost so much sleep in my life, but it was so fun traveling with Dean. He was crazy – and still is. My new record is called All Over The Map because it’s every style you can imagine. It goes from a song I co-wrote with Merle Haggard that no one’s ever heard to a twangy song with Duane Eddy to a song I did with my son, Ryan. And I did all the artwork for it. My last impulse buy was a 1935 Gibson L-50 archtop guitar. I need to stay away from those guitar shows. My least favorite interview question was 15 years ago. I don’t blame the interviewer because they were just starting out. But it irritated me when the first question was, “Do you play guitar?” I said, “Yes. Yes I do.”
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wonder at how the last couple of life-changing decades have played out. Brooks bragged, “Never once have these guys ever used a click track. I am so proud to say, you are staring at the weakest link in this group. “The word I keep hearing up here is ‘family,’” Brooks added. “We worked together, lived together, stunk together. We created music. We locked ourselves in, had a great time, embarrassed ourselves – because if you don’t take chances, that magic ain’t gonna happen.” –Wendy Newcomer
Chart Chat Congrats to Kenny Chesney, Steve Hodges, Shane Allen and the Columbia promo crew on earning a second week at No. 1 with “Setting The World On Fire.” And kudos to Bobby Young and the Capitol staff on securing 22 adds for Little Big Town’s “Better Man,” topping this week’s board.
SESAC Awards Recap Sunday night’s (10/30) SESAC Nashville Music Awards honored some of the organization’s most successful songwriters. Josh Hoge, who wrote Chris Young’s “I’m Comin’ Over” and Young and Cassadee Pope’s “Think Of You,” took home the honor for Country Songwriter of the Year. “We’re in a hope business,” Hoge said. “As a songwriter, you hope. You go in and try to write the best songs you can and you hope somebody likes it.” Dierks Bentley presented the award for Song of the Year to writers Jaron Boyer and Michael Tyler for “Somewhere On A Beach,” the fastest rising single of Bentley’s career. The 2016 Publisher of the Year Award went to Sony ATV/EMI Foray Publishing and Write 2 Be Free Music. SESAC’s Shannon Hatch also took a moment to recognize late Nashville Songwriter’s Hall Of Fame member Kim Williams. Performances included Chris Young with “I’m Comin’ Over,” Runaway June with “Lipstick,” Michael Tyler’s “They Don’t See” and Margo Price’s “Desperate And Depressed.” Dustin Lynch, Billy Currington, Kelsea Ballerini, Cassadee Pope and Michael Ray served as presenters. –Grace Lenehan
ASCAP Honors Writers, Songs Ashley Gorley was named Songwriter of the Year, Ricky
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Entertainer of the Year and saying to any young musicians, ‘You can do this.’ I was a little kid in cowboy getup watching the show going, ‘Okay, Ricky!’” Later he added, “Be careful what you say in your acceptance speeches.” With a national election looming, topical humor is certainly in play. “We won’t take a side in this,” Paisley said. Underwood added, “I think we do a really good job of keeping things equal.” “It’s scary times if you look at it from a certain point of view, but if you’re trying to be comedic it’s awesome,” Paisley said. “There’s a way to do it. That’s why we take so long to get it right. You can take what’s happening on our news stations right now and work that into how you talk about the nominees. You can write a parody of an old country classic about what’s going on right now. That’s what we’ve always tried to do.” Responding to a wardrobe question submitted by WLHK/Indianapolis’ Dave O’Brien, Underwood said, “I had this idea months ago about doing decade-inspired wardrobe looks. I will start and end the night as me, but throughout the evenings it will be ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and early 2000s.” Helton asked if the hairstyles would match the outfit. “I’m not going to dump a bottle of White Rain on my hair and tease it up,” Underwood joked. “The hair and the makeup will fit. It will look good.” Paisley said, “I may be going through the decades too. She could show the best of the decade and I’ll show the low point.” The hosts offered each other props, as well. “I’m very, very proud to do this with her,” Paisley said. “She works so hard on the writing of this; there’s nothing she lets slide. She’s very picky about [keeping it classy], which is good. I’m very proud of what we’ve done as two people who aren’t comedians [yet are able to] pull this off.” “I can’t let him say that without telling you guys he’s incredibly invested and amazing,” Underwood said. “So supportive and just the best brother I never had.” And while neither wanted to reveal too much about the show, Paisley and Underwood were late to the press conference because they were working on the open. “Without giving away our secrets, it was a really magical day when you get a lot of people onstage all at once,” Underwood noted of their delay. Earlier, Helton – a board member – urged anyone in the room with tickets to “absolutely be in your seats before the show starts. You do not want to miss this open.” So. One of the best moments in country history. A lot of people onstage. Don’t miss the open. Sounds, well, epic. –Chuck Aly
Skaggs received the Founders Award, Chris Stapleton was honored with the Vanguard Award and Brothers Osborne’s “Stay A Little Longer” was named Song of the Year at the 54th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards Monday evening (10/31) in Nashville. Additionally, Premiere’s Bobby Bones received the Partners in Music Award and Warner/Chappell took the Publisher of the Year Award. The Most Performed Songs of 2015 were recognized including the top five, in no particular order: “Gonna,” “I’m Comin’ Over,” “Nothin’ Like You,” “Save It For A Rainy Day” and the aforementioned “Stay A Little Longer.” Look for a recap in Tuesday’s (11/1) Country Aircheck Today.
News & Notes iHeartRadio will be integrated into OnStar Go, an in-dash platform created by GM and IBM Watson, available in 2017. For its part, iHeartRadio will “curate personalized experiences that leverage on-air personalities and local content from radio stations across the U.S. Drivers will be invited to share information from their calendars, social graph, location, music preferences and more to create dynamic and locally relevant entertainment experiences.” More here. Scripps’ Classic Country KXBL/Tulsa has added JPR Entertainment’s Jeremy Robinson in evenings. Lafayette TV, LLC has agreed to purchase the four-station Artistic/Lafayette, IN cluster, which includes Country WYCM, for $2.3 million. The deal is pending FCC approval. WRVM, Inc. has agreed to buy Quicksilver Classic Country WJMT-AM/Wausau, WI and Classic Rock WMZK for $260,000. The deal is pending FCC approval. Warner/Chappell signed songwriter Brock Berryhill. WV2 Entertainment signed songwriter Thomas Archer. John Berry will kick off his 20th Annual O Holy Night Tour and release the holiday album Christmas Nov. 18. Dates here. Southern Halo joined the Vietti Vinyl Family and will be featured on the labels of the brand’s Chili with Beans for National Chili Month. Lari White has joined the faculty of online music school ArtistWorks to teach Online Country Vocals. Pennington Entertainment and artist Meghan Linsey have mutually decided to part ways. The 13,850+ sq. ft. former home of Kenny Rogers will be auctioned during a live and online event Dec. 6, with a starting bid of $3.9 million. Details here. Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Jason Aldean and Dierks Bentley are among the performers for the May 6-7 Off The Rails Country Music Fest. Details here. Storme Warren will host the fourth annual Nashville Universe Awards at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon Nov. 7. More info here.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Cumulus launched The Blair Garner Show in overnights. (10/31)• Ashley Laws was promoted to Mgr./Regional Promotion at Capitol. (10/31)• Alpha/Portland, OR experienced management changes. (10/28)• Denise Roberts was named Dir./National Promotion for Star
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Farm. (10/28)• Nielsen released October 2016 PPM ratings. (10/24-27)• KSNI/Santa Maria, CA morning co-host Jay Turner added PD duties again. (10/27)• UMG/Nashville expanded its marketing department. (10/26)• Beasley’s Justin Chase was promoted to SVP/Programming. (10/26)• Country Aircheck’s Jess Wright joined Slacker Radio full-time. (10/25)
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Available Jobs Here’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we’ll include you in a future update. W&B’s WLVK/Elizabethtown, KY is searching for an APD/MD/afternooner. Materials to Owner/GM Rene Bell here. Townsquare/Amarillo, TX has an opening for an OM and Top 40 PD. Materials to Market President Brice Sheets here. iHeartMedia’s WEBG/Chicago has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Apply here. The newly launched Triple Tigers is building a promotion team. Materials to GM Norbert Nix here. Scripps’ WKTI/Milwaukee is searching for a PD/afternooner. Apply here. Adams’ WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN has an opening for an APD/middayer. Materials to PD Randy Alomar here. Bristol’s WXBQ/Johnson City, TN has an opening on the morning show. Materials here. Cumulus’ WSJR/Wilkes-Barre has an opening for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. The Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s Project Music is searching for a Music Industry Lead. More here. Steel City’s KBEQ/Kansas City has an opening for a PD. Materials here. CBS Radio’s WUSN/Chicago has a part-time/weekend opening. Apply here. Zimmer’s KCLR/Columbia, MO has an opening in middays. Airchecks and resumes here. Cumulus’ WMDH/Muncie, IN is searching for a PD/afternoon personality. Apply here. Renda’s WGNE/Jacksonville has an APD/MD/midday opening. Materials to OM Chuck Beck here. Townsquare/Yakima, WA has an opening for an OM. Apply here. Cumulus/Lexington has an opening for PD of Country combo WLXX & WVLK. Apply here. Midlands’ WWNQ/Columbia, SC has on-air openings for all dayparts. Airchecks and resumes to Managing Partner/Programming & Operations Keith Clark here. RWPC, Inc. Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey has a client opening for a first-time PD. Materials here. Townsquare’s WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH has an opening for an air talent. Airchecks and resumes to OM JC Coffey here. Mornings are open at an unidentified Country station in the Southeast. The company is replacing “a CMA-award-winning morning show,” the hosts of which are retiring after more than 20 years. Airchecks, resumes and salary requirements here. AJG’s WKKW/Morgantown, WV has an opening for a morning host. Materials here. Consultant Joel Raab is looking for morning talent for future openings with new client stations in large, medium and small markets. Airchecks and resumes to him here. Cox’s KCYY/San Antonio has an opening in afternoons. Three years of experience is required. Apply here. Beasley’s WQYK/Tampa has an opening for a morning host. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Tee Gentry here. Curtis’ WQDR/Raleigh has an opening for a Dir./Promotions. Materials including a cover letter and salary history to Dir./Human Resources Nancy Ginger here. CBS Radio’s KILT/Houston is searching for an evening talent. A minimum of two years experience is required along with “the swagger to be Houston’s only local Country night show.” Apply here. Cumulus’ KATM/Modesto, CA has an opening for a PD. OM Richard Perry is accepting airchecks and resumes here. Neuhoff’s WFMB/Springfield, IL has an opening for a morning co-host (CAT 7/28). Airchecks and resumes to PD Dave Marsh here. Forever WFGS/Murray, KY is searching for a PD. “We need a
strong leader who can continue to grow the Froggy brand across all platforms,” says Dir./Programming Jared Mims. Materials to him here. Cumulus’ WFMS/Indianapolis is still searching for a live and local midday personality. Airchecks and resumes to OM/PD Stephen Giuttari here. Cumulus’ WKHX/Atlanta is searching for an experienced Executive Morning Show Producer for the station’s Cadillac & Dallas. View an in-depth job description and apply here. CBS Radio’s KNCI/Sacramento has an opening for a PD (CAT 6/27). At least five years programming experience is required and a four-year degree in a related field is preferred. Apply here.
Country radio shares were down 2.3% compared to last month and down 7.8% compared to October 2015. Of the 87 subscribing stations listed, 33 increased, 44 decreased and 10 were flat.
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The cume leader was Cumulus’ KPLX/Dallas with 1,291,000. Mt. Wilson’s KKGO/Los Angeles was second with 1,176,600. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet; a “^” designates co-owned Country stations in the metro; “t” indicates a tie; and a “*” indicates a station best in that statistic. Ranks are among subscribers.
Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 716
THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 564
BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 528
BRAD PAISLEy/Today (Arista) 490
GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 449
OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 426
JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow) 418
BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 413
KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 390
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 331
Country Aircheck Top Point GainersFLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 2385 ✔THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 1974 ✔BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 1876 ✔BRAD PAISLEy/Today (Arista) 1660 ✔OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 1385 ✔JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow) 1366
GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 1319
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Dirty Laundry (19/Arista) 1202
BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 1151
KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 1124
Activator Top Spin GainersGARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 289
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 209
THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 122
BRAD PAISLEy/Today (Arista) 121
OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 120
BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 117
JASON ALDEAN/A Little More Summertime (Broken Bow) 117
CHRIS yOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 116
KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 113
KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 109
Activator Top Point GainersGARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 1504 ✔
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We... (BMLGR) 890 ✔KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 766 ✔OLD DOMINION/Song For Another Time (RCA) 639 ✔
THOMAS RHETT/Star Of The Show (Valory) 631 ✔
CHRIS yOUNG f/V. GILL/Sober Saturday Night (RCA) 592
KEITH URBAN/Blue Ain't Your Color (Capitol) 581
BRAD PAISLEy/Today (Arista) 574
BRETT YOUNG/Sleep Without You (BMLGR) 558
TIM MCGRAW/How I'll Always Be (Big Machine) 558
Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
BILLy CURRINGTON/It Don't Hurt Like It Used To (Mercury) 17532
TUCKER BEATHARD/Rock On (BMLG/Dot) 11791
WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/I Met A... (Warner Bros./WMN) 10658
SAM HUNT/Make You Miss Me (MCA) 10625
KELSEA BALLERINI/Peter Pan (Black River) 9575
JASON ALDEAN/Lights Come On (Broken Bow) 8575
DIERKS BENTLEy/Somewhere On A Beach (Capitol) 8368
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Church Bells (19/Arista) 8264
DIERKS BENTLEy f/E. KING/Different For Girls (Capitol) 8252
THOMAS RHETT/Die A Happy Man (Valory) 7935
Country Aircheck Add leaders AddsLITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 22JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 15GARTH BROOKS/Baby, Let's Lay Down And Dance (Pearl) 14JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 12BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 10KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 10RYAN FOLLESE/Put A Label On It (BMLGR) 10HUNTER HAYES/Yesterday's Song (Atlantic/WMN) 8BRAD PAISLEy/Today (Arista) 7DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 6JAKE OWEN/If He Ain't Gonna Love You (RCA) 6JESSIE JAMES DECKER/Lights Down Low (Epic/New Revolution) 6
Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood On the Rocks Live & (Mostly) Unplugged (EMI Nashville)This Walmart exclusive features seven songs (six from Mr. Misunderstood) recorded at the Red Rocks Amphitheater is Morrison, CO. The seventh tune is a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
The Kentucky Headhunters On Safari (Plowboy/Practice House)The band's 12th studio album includes "Lowdown Memphis Town Blues," "Caught In A Dream" and "God Loves A Rolling Stone."
Todd Chrisley A Chrisley Christmas (Holy Graffiti/WMN)The reality show star welcomes guests Jana Kramer, RaeLynn, Michael Ray and Emily West on his 14-track holiday project. Songs include "The First Noel," "Go Scrooge Yourself," "Twas The Night Before The Casino" and "O Holy Night."
DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) Debuts at 45* 1,858 points, 573 spins 2 adds: KBEB, WIVK*
CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) Debuts at 46* 1,732 points, 596 pins 5 adds: KBEQ, KZSN, WBBS, WGTY, WRNS
THOMPSON SQUARE/You Make It Look So Good (Stoney Creek) Debuts at 47* 1,731 points, 584 spins; No adds
CHASE RICE/Everybody We Know Does (Columbia) Debuts at 48* 1,685 points, 472 spins; No adds
JAKE OWEN/If He Ain’t Gonna Love You (RCA) Debuts at 49* 1,633 points, 395 spins 6 adds: KNIX, WFUS, WGKX*, WKHK, WQMX, WUSy
RONNIE DUNN w/KIX BROOKS/Damn Drunk (Nash Icon/Valory) Debuts at 50* 1,590 points, 404 spins 3 adds: KIZN*, KSCS*, W1MC*
LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 1,535 points, 480 spins 22 adds including: KBEQ, KDRK, KIZN*, KKWF, KNIX, KRST*, KUZZ, WBEE, WCTK, WGGy
JOE NICHOLS/Undone (Red Bow) 1,500 points, 493 spins; No adds
DAVID NAIL f. BROTHERS OSBORNE/Good At Tonight (MCA) 1,416 points, 402 spins 1 add: WSLC
JANA KRAMER/Circles (Elektra/WAR) 1,401 points, 480 spins 1 add: KFRG
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November 7TUCKER BEATHARD/Momma And Jesus (BMLG/Dot)
November 14DIERKS BENTLEy/Black (Capitol)LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver)