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Country Update BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS ADVERTISEMENT JULY 6, 2021 | PAGE 1 OF 24
Country Update
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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Tom.Roland@billboard.com
INSIDE A Bundle Of New Country Acts Prepare
THIS Debut Projects For The Remainder Of 2021
ISSUE
As the pandemic eases, Americans are heading out into the Logan Turner are prepping for a Sept. 3 EP and an opening slot
world in large numbers. on a Keith Urban residency. It’s an appropriate booking, given
So are some of country music’s newest artists, plotting the their adventurous musicality and loose Lumineers positivity.
Chase Rice’s ‘Beer’ release of their first albums or EPs for major labels and estab- • Dusty Black (Black Label Country/AJE) — Black maintains a
Hops Into Top 10 lished independents. Tyler Farr sort of gravel, an affinity
>page 5 Where most six-month windows for Southern rock and a rhythmic
would boast 10-13 such titles, intensity. His first five-song EP
20 acts w ill br ing t heir debut arrives July 23, with a reported
projects to the marketplace during guest appearance by Gary LeVox.
FGL’s Hubbard the third and fourth quarters of • Priscilla Block (Mercury Nash-
Inaugurates 2021, including six solo women ville) — Introductory single “Just
New Venue and a female duo. Underscoring About Over You” is paving the
>page 15 Music Row’s growing sensitivity
BRYANT SHANE GUYTON
way for a firebrand whose music
toward inclusiveness, one of those captures grit and real-world dis-
females, Mickey Guyton, is Black, appointments without giving up.
while “You Ain’t Pretty” singer Nate Barnes is of mixed racial Her own persistence leads to a debut album this year.
Makin’ Tracks: descent and Frank Ray offers the genre a new Latin voice. • Laci Kaye Booth (BMLG Records) — She sang with Brett
Gilbert, HARDY, Musically, the majority has some degree of gritty, roll-up- Young and Luke Bryan as an American Idol contestant and
Keith At Their your-sleeves attitude, as the class primarily blends its brand of duets with Charles Kelley on her eponymous Aug. 6 debut EP.
‘Worst’ country with varying shades of rock. Still, her mysterious, airy tone stands on its own.
Several of the group have already landed top 20 singles, • Chase Bryant (Green Iris) — Bryant earned two top 10
>page 21 including Niko Moon, Elvie Shane, Chase Bryant, Parker singles at Red Bow, where he leaned pop. His first full-length
McCollum and Jameson Rodgers. — Upbringing, due July 16 — better matches his Randy Meisner-
Release schedules may change, but here’s a look at 20 country like tone with subtle hooks and heartland sonics.
Country Coda: artists planning their first album or EP for a label of significance • Kolby Cooper (Wheelhouse) — Lots of swampy slide and
Kitty Wells’ before Dec. 31: grinding guitars complement the struggle in the Texan singer-
• Nate Barnes (Quartz Hill) — His first single, “You Ain’t songwriter’s pain-soaked stories, including the finely crafted
Classic ‘U.S.A.’
BRYANT: JEFF RAY
Pretty,” establishes him as a singer of impressive sensitivity. “One Night Stand.” His first major-label EP, Boy From Anderson
>page 24 His initial full album, expected in the fourth quarter, widens the County, is out late summer.
brand with elements of old-school rock, soul and country twang. • Ashland Craft (Big Loud) — Her weathered, Carolina voice
• BEXAR (Warner Music Nashville) — Duo Chris Ryan and is a bridge between Lainey Wilson’s twang and Janis Joplin’s
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2021 | PAGE 3 OF 24
scratch. Craft applies it in a forthcoming album to hard times and hell raisin’,
emphasized in bold, rough-house arrangements.
• Hannah Dasher (Sony Music Nashville) — There’s a cutting edge to her
voice that recalls ’90s Lorrie Morgan records, though Dasher sounds more
Southern and uses a tougher instrumental palette. Her first EP, The Half Re-
cord, is due July 9.
• Ray Fulcher (Black River) — He has co-written four of Luke Combs’ hits
and self-issued several previous projects, though his first EP with an estab-
lished label, coming in September, further spotlights Fulcher’s visual lyrics
and straight-forward musical approach.
• Mickey Guyton (Capitol Nashville) — Guyton possesses a fiery voice — the
dynamic one she applies to dramatic material and the brave one she displays in
media. Her debut album will boast an appropriate title, Remember Her Name. Niko Moon performed June 30 during a KPLX Dallas Country Close Up
• Parker McCollum (MCA Nashville) — After self-releasing two prior indie concert. From left: KSCS Dallas assistant PD/music director Al Farb,
albums, McCollum’s first major-label project — Gold Chain Cowboy, arriving Moon, KPLX assistant PD Smokey Rivers and KSCS/KPLX PD Mike
July 30 — employs a raw commerciality: a Texas rebel attitude built on bar Preston.
stool experience and a loner’s defiance.
• Drake Milligan (Stoney Creek) — An Elvis Presley impersonator during
his youth in Fort Worth, Milligan retooled as a country singer with fellow
Texans George Strait and Cody Johnson among his Northstars. A self-titled
EP is set for July 23.
• Niko Moon (RCA Nashville) — Like a bobber on a wet line, Moon hooked lis-
teners with the country-meets-hip-hop chart-topper “Good Time,” introducing
them to his chill positivity. A full album is on the drawing board before 2022.
• Frank Ray (Stoney Creek) — The former Las Cruces, New Mexico, police
officer leans on a sizeable vocal range and strong melodic sensibility, revealing
KATIE KAUSS
his Hispanic heritage without overplaying it. An EP is likely before year’s end.
• Jameson Rodgers (River House/Columbia Nashville) — Currently chart-
ing with a Luke Combs collaboration, Rodgers snagged a No. 1 single with
“Some Girls” plus hits as a writer for Florida Georgia Line and Chris Lane. Alan Jackson (center) raised over $2 million in disaster relief with a
Expect his debut album this year. June 26 concert in Newnan, Ga., which was hit by a tornado in March.
• Elvie Shane (Wheelhouse) — Lead single “My Boy” captures the sensitive The bill included Chris Young and Caylee Hammack.
family-man version of Shane, though he has a rock-and-soul wildman side,
too, evident in his County Roads EP. His first full album emerges this fall.
• Tigirlily (Monument) — North Dakota-bred sisters Kendra and Krista
Slaubaugh blend contemporary phrasing and cutting harmonies with strong
material, ranging from confessional to snarky. Their self-titled debut EP,
produced by Shane McAnally and Luke Laird, is due July 9.
• Georgia Webster (River House/Sony Music Nashville) — The Massachu-
setts teen accrued 2 million TikTok views in just days with the poppy “Tell
Your Mom.” There’s a Taylor Swift sensibility to Webster’s sound on the First
Goodbye EP, which streets July 16.
• Sam Williams (Mercury Nashville) — Hank Williams’ grandson is moody,
dramatic, sensitive and occasionally elegant in this summer’s debut, Glass- Indie artist Bailey James gave a live in-studio performance on June 30
house Children. If Rufus Wainwright were a country artist, this is the kind at WGGC Bowling Green, Ky. She’s flanked by PD Greg Almond (left)
of forward-thinking album one might expect. and afternoon personality Kenny B.
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ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com
Chase Rice, Florida Georgia Line Hoist ‘Beer’
To Top 10; Gary Allan Returns; Luke Combs
Hits More No. 1 Milestones
Chase Rice earns his fourth top 10 on Billboard’s airplay-, sales- and for a sixth frame. The track, which arrived at the Hot Country Songs sum-
streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart as “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. mit last November and has now added nine more weeks in a row there, drew
Amen.,” featuring Florida Georgia Line (Dack Janiels/Big Machine Label 32.8 million in airplay audience and 10.4 million streams, and sold 3,600
Group [BMLG]/Broken Bow), leaps 13-8 on the July 10-dated list. in the tracking week.
The song surged by 66% to 6.5 million U.S. streams in the week end- Combs banks his second single that has ruled the list for double-digit
ing July 1, according to MRC Data, helped by more weeks, after “Beautiful Crazy” reigned for 11 in
prominent placement on Amazon Music’s Country 2019. The only other acts with such multiple No. 1s
Heat playlist beginning June 25. It also gained by since the chart launched as a multimetric genre
10% to 1,300 sold. ranking in 1958: Florida Georgia Line (three)
On Country Airplay, the track rises 8-7, up 11% to and Sam Hunt (two). Only 28 of 1,565 total No. 1s
21.6 million impressions in the week ending July 4. — or less than 2% — have dominated for at least
“God,” which Rice co-wrote, becomes his fourth 10 weeks each.
Hot Country Songs top 10. He last reached the tier On Country Airplay, “Forever” is the 22nd No. 1
with “Eyes on You,” which peaked at No. 3 in April to rule for at least six weeks, among 866 total top-
2019. “Eyes” became his f irst Country Airplay pers — or just over 2% — since the chart originated
RICE ALLAN
No. 1, leading for two weeks the following month. in 1990. It’s Combs’ second, after “Beautiful Crazy”
Florida Georgia Line, the duo of Tyler Hubbard ruled for seven frames in 2019. Kenny Chesney and
RICE: TERRY WYATT/GETTY IMAGES, ALLEN: MICHAEL HICKEY/GETTY IMAGES
and Brian Kelley, banks its 20th Hot Country Songs top 10, a sum that in- Tim McGraw have each charted three such No. 1s, while Faith Hill, Toby
cludes six leaders. Notably, Rice co-penned FGL’s debut hit, “Cruise,” which Keith, Lonestar and Keith Urban have tallied two apiece.
reigned for a then-record 25 weeks in 2012-13, aided by its remix with Nelly.
Meanwhile, FGL doubles up in that region on Hot Country Songs with its WALLEN’S AIRPLAY REBOOTS As Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double
latest Nelly team-up, “Lil Bit” (RECORDS/Columbia/BMLG), which holds Album (Big Loud/Republic) dominates Top Country Albums for a 22nd week
at its No. 3 high. It drew 11.3 million streams in the tracking week (up 9%) (47,000 units), he appears on Country Airplay for the first time since the
and ascends 2-1 on Country Streaming Songs, marking FGL’s fifth leader Feb. 6 chart, when “7 Summers” ranked at its No. 15 peak. Country radio
on the chart and Nelly’s first. essentially banned him in early February after TMZ posted a video of him
using the N-word.
GARY GETS BACK Gary Allan’s first studio set since 2013, Ruthless (EMI Now, Dangerous’ “Sand in My Boots” debuts on Country Airplay at No. 56
Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville), enters Top Country Albums with 699,000 audience impressions, up 105%. It follows an uptick in Wallen’s
at No. 8 with 11,000 equivalent album units earned (9,000 in album sales) catalog at the format in recent weeks.
in its first week. The release, which Allan produced with Tony Brown, Greg Billboard reached out to program directors playing the song, which is
Droman, Jay Joyce and Mark Wright, awards Allan his ninth top 10 on the not being actively promoted as a single, and none would comment on the
chart, with all having arrived in the tier. His last album, Set You Free, bowed record However, when asked what the future of a newly released Wallen
atop the tally in February 2013, becoming his third No. 1. single could be, a major-market programmer asking to remain anonymous
said, “I think it would be a No. 1 and that he would be welcomed back. He
PERFECT 10 Luke Combs’ “Forever After All” (River House/Columbia Nash- made a mistake, and he has apologized a number of times. He belongs back
ville) dominates Hot Country Songs for a 10th week and Country Airplay on the chart.”
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Country Airplay
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS
THIS LAST ON
WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK
1 1 25 FOREVER AFTER ALL R iver House/Columbia Nashville HH No. 1 (6 Weeks) HH Luke Combs 32.762 -1.301 7477 -373 2
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2 3 31 FAMOUS FRIENDS R CA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown 32.569 +1.564 8242 418 1
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3 4 53 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT W
arner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell 28.909 +1.693 7323 347 3
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4 5 34 BLAME IT ON YOU M
acon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 27.396 +1.049 6994 410 4
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5 6 57 ALMOST MAYBES M
CA Nashville HH Most Increased Audience HH Jordan Davis 26.361 +2.434 6812 627 5
6 2 37 GONE C apitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 25.789 -7.096 6156 -2098 6
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7 8 31 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. D ack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line 21.596 +2.142 5524 500 8
8 7 41 SETTLING DOWN V anner/RCA Nashville Miranda Lambert 20.859 -0.547 5642 -78 7
l9 9 22 GLAD YOU EXIST W
arner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 20.309 +0.928 4928 115 9
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10 10 25 MINIMUM WAGE W
arner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton 16.891 +0.418 4508 12 11
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11 11 37 WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH V alory Justin Moore 16.762 +0.890 4541 204 10
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1 12 41 ONE TOO MANY H
it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban Duet With P!nk 15.377 +0.102 4182 -34 13
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13 14 12 COUNTRY AGAIN V alory Thomas Rhett 15.192 +0.335 4143 141 14
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14 13 28 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW B roken Bow Lainey Wilson 15.082 +0.428 4205 77 12
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15 15 13 WAVES C apitol Nashville Luke Bryan 14.645 +0.794 3933 90 15
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1 16 35 YOU TIME T riple Tigers Scotty McCreery 11.329 +1.251 3394 321 18
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17 18 7 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY A
rista Nashville Old Dominion 10.911 +1.186 3069 322 20
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1 20 39 MY BOY W
heelhouse Elvie Shane 10.408 +1.255 3515 338 16
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19 17 41 NEXT GIRL B ig Machine Carly Pearce 10.289 +0.504 3457 56 17
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20 19 30 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME R iver House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs 10.246 +1.071 3109 375 19
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21 22 35 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH C urb Lee Brice 8.318 +1.385 2786 416 21
22 23 17 LIKE A LADY B MLG Lady A 6.074 -0.055 2169 -41 24
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23 24 23 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY S toney Creek Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley 6.069 +0.654 2117 115 25
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2 26 17 KNOWING YOU B lue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 6.054 +0.912 2351 215 22
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25 28 18 CHASING AFTER YOU A
rista Nashville Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 5.347 +0.626 2234 206 23
26 27 41 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 4.642 -0.393 1597 -42 28
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27 29 37 WHISKEY AND RAIN W
arner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 4.413 +0.347 1725 185 26
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2 30 24 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME C apitol Nashville HH Most Added HH Jon Pardi 3.987 +0.296 1597 172 27
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29 32 7 YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE M
ercury Nashville Chris Stapleton 3.654 +0.480 1150 125 34
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30 33 4 SAME BOAT H
ome Grown/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Zac Brown Band 3.597 +0.631 1225 244 33
IMPACTING
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Country Airplay
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS
THIS LAST ON
WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK
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31 31 15 IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM B ig Machine Callista Clark 3.497 +0.416 1371 155 30
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32 37 9 THINKING ‘BOUT YOU B roken Bow Dustin Lynch Featuring MacKenzie Porter 3.302 +0.609 1251 251 31
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3 35 24 HOME SWEET T riple Tigers Russell Dickerson 3.156 +0.258 1453 72 29
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34 38 11 HALF OF MY HOMETOWN B lack River Kelsea Ballerini Featuring Kenny Chesney 2.819 +0.539 1229 114 32
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35 34 32 LADY LIKE A
tlantic/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ingrid Andress 2.816 +0.079 988 28 37
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3 36 20 TO BE LOVED BY YOU M
CA Nashville Parker McCollum 2.813 +0.039 1106 117 35
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37 39 6 DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) R CA/Columbia Nashville Elle King & Miranda Lambert 2.690 +0.741 646 144 43
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38 41 18 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL B ig LoudHARDY 1.859 +0.091 1015 57 36
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3 42 3 THE WORST COUNTRY SONG OF ALL TIME V alory Brantley Gilbert Featuring Toby Keith & HARDY 1.806 +0.176 592 157 46
40 40 18 THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE R ECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 1.548 -0.264 850 14 38
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41 43 18 GETTING OVER HIM 1 9/Mercury Nashville Lauren Alaina Duet With Jon Pardi 1.375 +0.052 839 67 39
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4 48 11 NOT YET B MLG Brett Young 1.327 +0.204 729 63 40
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43 45 31 WHERE I FIND GOD B ig Loud Larry Fleet 1.310 +0.131 463 34 51
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4 47 33 IF IT WASN’T FOR TRUCKS B MLG Riley Green 1.169 +0.012 677 13 42
45 46 20 I CAN’T M
onument Caitlyn Smith Featuring Old Dominion 1.119 -0.055 707 -40 41
46 44 9 I’M NOT FOR EVERYONE E MI Nashville Brothers Osborne 1.063 -0.126 644 29 44
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47 49 2 LIL BIT R ECORDS/Columbia/BMLG Nelly & Florida Georgia Line 1.016 +0.019 430 24 54
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48 53 11 FILL THEM BOOTS B ig Loud Chris Lane 0.959 +0.123 438 41 53
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49 51 6 NO SAD SONGS R CA Nashville Niko Moon 0.886 -0.003 475 -13 49
50 50 5 WHILE YOU’RE GONE W
arner Music Nashville/WMN Drew Parker 0.868 -0.055 221 5 -
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51 59 4 MY MASTERPIECE C apitol Nashville Darius Rucker 0.789 +0.131 537 82 47
52 25 2 OLD SCHOOL S how Dog Nashville Toby Keith 0.775 -4.191 329 -601 58
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53 57 7 HOT BEER R iser House Dillon Carmichael 0.754 +0.066 478 7 48
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54 55 5 YOU AIN’T PRETTY Q
uartz Hill Nate Barnes 0.735 +0.052 472 24 50
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55 54 6 WOULD HAVE LOVED HER R ECORDS Chris Bandi 0.705 +0.006 595 7 45
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5 NEW SAND IN MY BOOTS R epublic/Big Loud HH Hot Shot Debut HH Morgan Wallen 0.699 +0.358 189 84 -
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57 56 5 BACK THEN, RIGHT NOW 1 9th & Grand Tenille Arts 0.680 +0.029 333 12 57
58 52 4 ABBY M
ercury Nashville Travis Denning 0.646 -0.168 443 22 52
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59 RE-ENTRY GONE TOO SOON A
ndrew Jannakos/RCA Nashville Andrew Jannakos 0.594 +0.039 290 -1 -
60 60 11 LONG HAUL W
arner Music Nashville/WEA Ian Munsick 0.562 -0.045 283 -14 -
GOING FOR ADDS
7/12 SHY CARTER FEAT. COLE
SWINDELL & DAVID LEE
DYLAN GERARD MURPHY
Please Don’t Let Me Beer With My Friends
SSM Nashville Warner/WAR
TOBY KEITH THE WESTERN COUNTRY
Old School BAND
Show Dog Nashville It’s Time To Smile
recordJet
7/19
JORDAN DAVIS FEAT. LUKE
BRYAN
Buy Dirt
MCA Nashville
PRESLEY & TAYLOR
22 Red Flags
White Mustang
SHINE
ROBBY KLEIN
Stand Up
manustixmusic
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Country Airplay
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL
TEQUILA LITTLE TIME C apitol Nashville Jon Pardi 12 TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS
OLD SCHOOL S how Dog Nashville Toby Keith 10 TILL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT R
CA/Triple Tigers Cam 0.555 28 2
CHASING AFTER YOU Arista Nashville Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 9 F-150 W
arner Music Nashville/WMN obyn Ottolini
R 0.545 18 1
WHISKEY AND RAIN W arner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 9 OLD SCHOOL’S IN V
alory Heath Sanders 0.528 39 0
SAME BOAT H ome Grown/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Zac Brown Band 9
THINKING ‘BOUT YOU Broken Bow ustin Lynch Featuring MacKenzie Porter
D 9 THAT’S WHAT COWBOYS DO P
earl Garth Brooks 0.461 8 8
DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) R CA/Columbia Nashville Elle King & Miranda Lambert 9 FANCY LIKE M
onument Walker Hayes 0.446 8 3
FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON W arner/WAR Gabby Barrett 9 WOMAN YOU GOT M
ercury Nashville Maddie & Tae 0.428 37 0
HALF OF MY HOMETOWN B lack River Kelsea Ballerini 8
THAT’S WHAT COWBOYS DO P earl Garth Brooks 8
RECURRENTS
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS
WEEK TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
TOTAL AUD.
(IN MILLIONS)
GAIN 1 MADE FOR YOU B
ig LoudJake Owen 16.488
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS)
2 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG V
alory
Thomas Rhett 15.772
ALMOST MAYBES M CA Nashville Jordan Davis +2.434
DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. D ack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line +2.142 3 BREAKING UP WAS EASY IN THE 90’S M
CA NashvilleSam Hunt 15.160
SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT W arner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell +1.693 4 JUST THE WAY Stoney CreekParmalee x Blanco Brown 14.807
FAMOUS FRIENDS R CA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown +1.564 5 LADY B
MLG
Brett Young 13.326
MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH C urb Lee Brice +1.385 6 ONE OF THEM GIRLS C
urb
Lee Brice 13.178
MY BOY W heelhouse Elvie Shane +1.255 7 BETTER TOGETHER R
iver House/Columbia NashvilleLuke Combs 11.872
YOU TIME T riple Tigers Scotty McCreery +1.251
8 DOWN TO ONE C
apitol NashvilleLuke Bryan 11.808
I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY A rista Nashville Old Dominion +1.186
9 THE GOOD ONES W
arner Music Nashville/WARGabby Barrett 10.699
COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME R iver House/Columbia Nashville J ameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs +1.071
BLAME IT ON YOU M acon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +1.049 10 LOVE YOU LIKE I USED TO T riple TigersRussell Dickerson 9.819
MOST INCREASED PLAYS
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist GAIN
ALMOST MAYBES M CA Nashville Jordan Davis +627
DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. D ack Janiels/BMLG/Broken Bow Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line +500
FAMOUS FRIENDS R CA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown +418
MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH C urb Lee Brice +416
YOUNG: SETH KUPERSMITH
BLAME IT ON YOU M acon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +410
COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME R iver House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs +375
SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT W arner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell +347
MY BOY W heelhouse Elvie Shane +338
I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY A rista Nashville Old Dominion +322
YOU TIME T riple Tigers Scotty McCreery +321 DAVIS YOUNG
TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT
WEEK ENDING JULY 4, 2021
THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS
WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST SPINS +/–
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1 2 17 CAN DOWN (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Mike Ryan 2009 185 l
11 15 13 FEELS A LOT LIKE THIS ( Independent) Corey Kent 1183 51
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2 3 22 ANYBODY LOVIN’ YOU LATELY (Independent) Clay Hollis 1900 131 l
12 16 14 WRAP YOU UP IN LOVE ( Independent) Darrin Morris Band 1173 48
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3 5 10 BOOTS ( BIG Label ) Aaron Watson 1728 77 l
13 17 9 RODEO GIRL ( Independent) Micky & The Motorcars 1158 96
4 4 19 STUCK WITH YOU ( 10X Music Group) Brodie Lane 1663 -6 14 14 19 HONKY TONK ON ( Independent) Hayden Haddock 1129 -14
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5 6 19 BREAK ANOTHER HEART ( Independent) Kaitlyn Kohler 1510 38 l
15 20 6 SHOWING OFF (Independent) Sundance Head & Ariel Hutchins 1116 101
6 1 14 HOLD MY BEER ( Lil Buddy Toons) Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1508 -573 l
16 18 13 THINGS I SHOULDN’T HAVE (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. 1052 5
7 7 19 IF YOU CAN DANCE (Independent) Jon Stork 1395 -36 l
17 21 13 ROLLIN STONE (Rouxbie Music) Kendall Shaffer 1042 62
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8 9 14 SIGNS ( Independent) David Adam Byrnes 1382 10 l
18 19 15 WHERE THE NEON LIES (Independent) Triston Marez f/ Ronnie Dunn 1034 4
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9 10 18 BOURBON WHISKEY (Independent) William Beckmann 1300 7 19 11 16 QUEEN FOR A NIGHT (Almost Country) Casey Donahew 1021 -234
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10 13 14 PLAINVIEW ( Independent) Kin Faux 1199 38 20 8 18 FRIENDS ( Independent) Curtis Grimes 1000 -382
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 2021, Texas Regional Radio ReportBILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2021 | PAGE 15 OF 24
NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND
RADIO & RECORDS®
Big Machine Records hired Jane Staszak as director of Midwest promotion
and marketing. She was most recently Black River director of Northeast
promotion. Reach her here … Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff signed a
recording contract with Melody Place, working with producer Fred Mollin
(Jimmy Webb, Johnny Mathis), who is also label president. Bonoff earned
a pop hit with the 1982 single “Personally” and co-wrote Wynonna’s “Tell
Me Why,” in addition to several key Linda Ronstadt tracks … Townsquare
promoted Jared Willig to chief content officer from senior vp digital. Con-
currently, Kurt Johnson rose to senior vp content and programming from
senior vp programming, and Jackie Corley was upped to vp local content
and programming from vp digital strategy … Caitlin Fisher joined the KWEN
Tulsa, Okla., morning team as host, segueing from WNGC Athens, Ga.,
middays … Audacy launched over 350 stations on its Audacy app. The cache
includes podcasts, premium sta-
tions and outlets affiliated with
individual on-air personalities and
artists, including Jake Owen and
Coldplay … Nic Allen started July 1
in middays at WPCV Lakeland-
LAURA MOLL
Winter Haven, Fla., RadioInsight.
TYLER HUBBARD, HAYLEY HUBBARD, com reported. Allen spent the past
TAYLIN LEWAN and TAYOR LEWAN (from left)
six years as a fill-in on multiple
Hall Communications outlets in
FEEDING NASHVILLE AT THE QUARRY Florida … WLKK Buffalo, N.Y.,
A much-anticipated new Nashville venue will get an all-star launch when To- flipped to country from alternative,
CHRIS HOLLO
gether: Feeding Nashville amasses Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, according to RadioInsight.com.
Maren Morris and others for an Aug. 3 benefit that combats Middle Tennes-
see hunger. ’ROUND THE ROW
FGL’s Tyler Hubbard and Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan Autry Museum of the American West Black River recording artist
founded Feeding Nashville with their wives, Taylin Lewan and Hayley Hub- president/CEO Rick West stepped Ray Fulcher (right) met up with
bard, in April 2020 after recognizing the increase in food-insecurity issues down from his Los Angeles-based WSM-AM Nashville personality
that accompanied the pandemic. Since its inception, the organization has pre- position on June 30. Country Music Charlie Mattos when he made his
pared and delivered over 70,000 quality meals to underfed locals, primarily Hall of Fame member Gene Autry Grand Ole Opry debut on June 25.
at-risk students, low-income patients and the homeless. and his wife, Jackie Autry, founded
The multiartist FirstBank Amphitheater show was a logical way to develop the facility to recognize the impact of the West on American history and
additional funding for Feeding Nashville. culture … Universal Music Publishing Nashville signed singer-songwriter
“So many of our friends and our friends’ husbands are in the country music Morgan Wade to a publishing deal … Songwriter-producer Alexander
world, and their hearts are also into giving back and very much aligned with Palmer (“Somewhere on a Beach,” “Got What I Got”) joined Warner Chappell
ours,” said Hayley at a press conference. “We were like, ‘I know they would Nashville … Morgan Evans signed a joint management agreement with Triple 8
be on board,’ and of course they were. Once we gave them the idea, they just and Crush Music … King Calaway tabbed Red Light Management to represent
jumped in.” the group, with Gaines Sturdivant acting as manager … Alana Springsteen
In addition to FGL, Rhett and Morris, the initial bill includes Russell Dick- joined the booking roster at UTA
erson, Lauren Alaina and Lily Rose, with additional talent expected to be Nashville. Jeffrey Hasson and
announced later. David Zedeck serve as responsible
Live Nation is promoting the concert in suburban Thompson’s Station. The agents … Vampr, an app that connects
venue was established in Graystone Quarry, a converted rock quarry that offers musicians and creatives, entered
a waterfall, natural streams and mountain lodge-inspired architecture. The a partnership with BeatConnect,
site had been a receptacle for 900 tons of waste materials, much of it cement a m o ve t h a t s m o o t h s o u t t h e
and rubber that was left over from the construction of nearby Interstate 840. collaborative platform … Leadership
Having reclaimed the property, amphitheater management is committed to Music successf u lly seeded a
plastic-free policies with zero waste. That community-minded spirit matches $1 million Joe Galante Leadership
the intent of Feeding Nashville, which modeled a portion of its food redistri- Music Preser vation Fund, built
bution program after an early pandemic-era effort by Che Fico, an Italian on a $500,000 initial endowment
restaurant in San Francisco. from Galante Entertainment CEO
“We didn’t have any prerequisites to get a meal,” said Taylin. “We wanted Joe Galante, who also matched
somebody that just needed something [to eat] for tonight. We wanted you, if the first $250,000 in donations.
you were hungry, to not be hungry.” Amy Grant and Universal Music
Taylor, who will be deep in the NFL’s training season, may not be available Group Nashville chairman/CEO
to attend the benefit, though his Bussin’ With the Boys podcast will likely pro- M ike D un g an co - cha i red t he
vide interstitial skits and interviews between acts. After performing June 27 in campaign … Country-rockabilly artist
Feeding Nashville has received assurances from amphitheater executives KBRJ Anchorage, Alaska, Scotty Sanford Clark died July 4 of COVID-
that the venue will be ready. The artists and their teams will be prepared to McCreery (right) has officially 19 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo.,
wing it, if necessary. given at least one concert in each the Associated Press reported. His
“It’s going to be a great night,” said Tyler. “Everybody’s hearts are in the of the 50 states. KBRJ production 1956 Dot recording “ The Fool”
right place. We’re all here, and we have enough manpower to hang some speak- director/personality Steve Franklin peaked at No. 14 on Hot Country
ers. I know it’s going to be a party.” joined him at the show. Songs.BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2021 | PAGE 18 OF 24
Hot Country Songs
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WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION
1 1 1 36 FOREVER AFTER ALL HH No. 1 (10 Weeks) HH Luke Combs 1 1
CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) R
IVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
FAMOUS FRIENDS
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2 2 2 21 C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER (C.YOUNG,C.R.BARLOWE,C.CROWDER)
Chris Young + Kane Brown
CA NASHVILLE
R
2 2
LIL BIT
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3 3 4 32 J.M.SCHMIDT (T.HUBBARD,J.M.SCHMIDT,B.REDFERRIN,C.HAYNES, JR.)
Nelly & Florida Georgia Line
R
ECORDS/COLUMBIA/BMLG
47 3
FANCY LIKE HH Streaming & Digital Gainer HH
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4 10 37 3 W.HAYES,J.THIBODEAU,S.MCANALLY (W.HAYES,J.JENKINS,S.STEVENS,C.BARTOLINI)
Walker Hayes
M
ONUMENT
- 4
BLAME IT ON YOU
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5 5 5 22 M.KNOX (K.M.ALLISON,J.EDWARDS,T.KENNEDY,M.TYLER,B.WHITE)
Jason Aldean
ACON/BROKEN BOW
M
4 5
6 4 3 37 GONE Dierks Bentley
6 2
D.GARCIA (N.GALYON,B.JOHNSON,N.MOON) APITOL NASHVILLE
C
ALMOST MAYBES HH Airplay Gainer HH
l
7 7 8 59 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.FRASURE,H.LINDSEY)
Jordan Davis
CA NASHVILLE
M
5 7
DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN.
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8 13 15 18 C.CROWDER,C.RICE,T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY (C.RICE,C.CROWDER,H.PHELPS,C.DODDS)
Chase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line
D
ACK JANIELS/BMLG/BROKEN BOW
7 8
9 6 6 38 SETTLING DOWN Miranda Lambert
8 6
J.JOYCE (M.LAMBERT,L.DICK,N.HEMBY) ANNER/RCA NASHVILLE
V
SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT
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10 9 11 35 M.R.CARTER (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,M.L.HOLMAN)
Cole Swindell
ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN
W
3 9
GLAD YOU EXIST
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11 8 10 21 D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,T.M.PARKS,S.MOONEY,R.L.TAYLOR)
Dan + Shay
ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR
W
9 8
12 11 16 16 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW Lainey Wilson
14 11
J.JOYCE (L.WILSON,J.D.SINGLETON,J.NIX) B
ROKEN BOW
13 12 12 42 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban Duet With P!nk
12 12
K.URBAN,PHD,CUTFATHER (D.H.DAVIDSEN,P.WALLEVIK,M.H.HANSEN,J.NORTON,C.TIGHE) H
IT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE
DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME)
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14 16 17 18 M.JOHNSON,B.PADDOCK (ELLE KING,M.JOHNSON)
Elle King & Miranda Lambert
CA/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
R
37 14
CHASING AFTER YOU
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15 18 19 20 A.ESHUIS,T.REIMER (B.ADDINGTON,J.FLOWERS)
Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris
A
RISTA NASHVILLE
25 15
MINIMUM WAGE
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16 15 14 22 S.HENDRICKS (C.CROWDER,N.GALYON,J.FRASURE)
Blake Shelton
ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN
W
10 12
17 14 13 26 MADE FOR YOU Jake Owen
RC 3
J.MOI (B.DAVIS,J.HYDE,N.A.MEDLEY) IG LOUD
B
COUNTRY AGAIN
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18 17 18 11 D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY)
Thomas Rhett
ALORY
V
13 16
WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH
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19 19 20 14 J.S.STOVER,S.BORCHETTA (P.DIGIOVANNI,R.MONTANA,J.S.STOVER)
Justin Moore
ALORY
V
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20 20 21 12 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (Z.CROWELL,R.J.HURD,R.C.MCGILL) C
Luke Bryan
APITOL NASHVILLE
15 20
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE
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21 24 28 14 D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,A.GORLEY,C.DUBOIS)
Chris Stapleton
ERCURY NASHVILLE
M
29 21
22 21 24 17 MY BOY Elvie Shane
18 21
O.CHARLES (E.SHANE,R.SUTTON,N.COLUMBIA,L.STARR) HEELHOUSE
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23 22 22 25 WASTED ON YOU Morgan Wallen
- 1
J.MOI,J.DURRETT (M.WALLEN,E.K.SMITH,J.THOMPSON,CHARLIE HANDSOME) R
EPUBLIC/BIG LOUD
COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME
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24 25 26 11 C.FARREN,J.D.MITCHELL (J.RODGERS,H.PHELPS,BRETT TYLER,A.VANDERHEYM)
Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs
R
IVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
20 24
25 23 23 27 NEXT GIRL Carly Pearce
19 23
S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (C.PEARCE,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) IG MACHINE
B
COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM
1 #1 COREY CROWDER 1 #1 JAY JOYCE
4 WKS 13 WKS
2 ASHLEY GORLEY 2 JORDAN SCHMIDT
3 NICOLLE GALYON 3 PAUL DIGIOVANNI
4 JESSE FRASURE 4 MICHAEL KNOX
TIE 5 DREW PARKER 5 DAVID GARCIA
TIE 5 LUKE COMBS 6 JOEY MOI
TIE 5 ROB WILLIFORD 7 MICHAEL CARTER
TIE 8 CARY RYAN BARLOWE 8 COREY CROWDER
TIE 8 CHRIS YOUNG 9 DANN HUFF
10 HUNTER PHELPS GARCIA 10 DAN SMYERS
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).BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2021 | PAGE 19 OF 24
Hot Country Songs
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I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY
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26 26 31 6 S.MCANALLY,OLD DOMINION (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.F.TURSI,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE)
Old Dominion
A
RISTA NASHVILLE
17 26
MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH
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27 27 32 22 B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,B.MONTANA,B.DAVIS)
Lee Brice
URB
C
21 27
KNOWING YOU
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28 28 33 12 B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (BRETT JAMES,A.JAMES,K.HIGGINS)
Kenny Chesney
LUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA
B
24 25
YOU TIME
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29 29 35 9 F.ROGERS,D.WELLS,A.ESHUIS (S.C.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,A.ESHUIS)
Scotty McCreery
T RIPLE TIGERS
16 29
RIDE THE LIGHTNING (717 TAPES) HH Hot Shot Debut HH
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Warren Zeiders
ARREN ZEIDERS
W
- 30
LIKE A LADY
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31 40 47 4 D.HUFF (H.SCOTT,D.M.BARNES,M.BUZZ,M.JOHNSON,B.PADDOCK)
Lady A
MLG
B
22 31
WHISKEY AND RAIN
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32 34 39 10 R.COPPERMAN (J.FRASURE,J.THOMPSON)
Michael Ray
ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA
W
27 32
FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY
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33 36 48 4 A.BOWERS,J.ALLEN (J.ALLEN,A.BOWERS,M.ROGERS)
Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley
S
TONEY CREEK
23 33
34 33 38 20 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU Priscilla Block
26 33
J.JOHNSON (P.BLOCK,S.JONES,E.K.KROLL) INDENT/MERCURY NASHVILLE
GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL
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35 37 40 15 J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,H.PHELPS)
HARDY
IG LOUD
B
38 29
36 32 36 11 HALF OF MY HOMETOWN Kelsea Ballerini Featuring Kenny Chesney
34 32
K.BALLERINI,R.COPPERMAN,J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) B
LACK RIVER
TEENAGE DREAM
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37 NEW 1 B.DYMOND (G.HORNE,B.DYMOND)
Kidd G
IDD G
K
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38 35 30 3 I QUIT DRINKING Kelsea Ballerini & LANY
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J.ROBBINS,N.CONRAD (K.BALLERINI,N.GALYON,P.J.KLEIN) B
LACK RIVER
BUY DIRT
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39 38 41 6 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.DAVIS,M.JENKINS,J.JENKINS)
Jordan Davis Featuring Luke Bryan
CA NASHVILLE
M
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HOME SWEET
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40 41 45 5 C.BROWN,D.HUFF,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,C.KELLEY)
Russell Dickerson
T RIPLE TIGERS
33 40
SAME BOAT
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41 47 34 3 Z.BROWN,B.SIMONETTI (B.SIMONETTI,Z.BROWN,J.D.SINGLETON)
Zac Brown Band
OME GROWN/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR
H
30 34
42 39 43 11 LADY LIKE Ingrid Andress
35 39
S.ELLIS,I.ANDRESS (I.ANDRESS,S.ELLIS,D.SOUTHERLAND) A
TLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA
43 42 46 5 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME Jon Pardi
28 42
B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (J.PARDI,R.AKINS,L.LAIRD) APITOL NASHVILLE
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TO BE LOVED BY YOU
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44 46 — 2 JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.AKINS)
Parker McCollum
CA NASHVILLE
M
36 44
45 43 44 4 NOT YET Brett Young
42 35
D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,K.ARCHER,J.EBACH) B
MLG
VILLAIN
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Lily Rose
ACK BLOCK/REPUBLIC/BIG LOUD
B
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COLT 45 (COUNTRY REMIX)
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Cooper Alan & Rvshvd
OOPED UP
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DICKED DOWN IN DALLAS
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Trey Lewis
T REY LEWIS
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49 49 — 6 THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE Matt Stell
40 47
A.BOWERS,M.STELL (S.AHNQUIST,N.DONLEY,M.W.HARDY,J.MITCHELL,H.PHELPS) R
ECORDS/ARISTA NASHVILLE
50 45 49 13 MR. PERFECTLY FINE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) (FROM THE VAULT) Taylor Swift
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J.M.ANTONOFF,T.SWIFT (T.SWIFT) EPUBLIC
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The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by MRC Data, sales data as compiled by MRC Data and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by MRC
Data. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.
COUNTRY MARKET WATCH
A Weekly National Music Sales Report
WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR
ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO
CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2020 2021 CHANGE
ALBUM CONSUMPTION
This Week 1,398,000 1,556,290,000 131,931,000 Album ’20 30.11 million
Consumption 30,113,000 34,655,000 15.1%
’21 34.66 million
Last Week 1,387,000 1,561,352,000 129,533,000
Album Sales 4,296,000 4,379,000 1.9%
Change 0.8% -0.3% 1.9% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS
Audio On-Demand 32,397,968,000 38,540,629,000 19.0% ’20 36.07 billion
This Week Last Year 1,268,000 1,387,283,000 136,234,000
’21 42.15 billion
Change 10.3% 12.2% -3.2% Video On-Demand 3,670,580,000 3,608,068,000 -1.7%
All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending July 1, 2021. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales;
track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit.
For inquiries about any MRC Data, please contact Josh Bennett at 615-807-1338 or jbennett@mrcentertainment.comBILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2021 | PAGE 20 OF 24
SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES
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1 MORGAN WALLEN DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM l 1 2 12 LIL BIT l1 1 3 FANCY LIKE
1 1 25 BIG LOUD 033180*/REPUBLIC
1 ELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
N ALKER HAYES
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LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET 2 1 36 FOREVER AFTER ALL l
2 2 32 LIL BIT
2 2 2 86 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 2 1 L UKE COMBS ELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
N
TENNESSEE WHISKEY RIDE THE LIGHTNING (717 TAPES)
3 3 3 213 LUKE COMBS
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU
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3 NEW
ARREN ZEIDERS
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FAMOUS FRIENDS COLT 45 (COUNTRY REMIX)
4 4 4 161 MORGAN WALLEN
BIG LOUD 783*
IF I KNOW ME
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OOPER ALAN & RVSHVD
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BMLG FG0500A*
LIFE ROLLS ON
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5 6
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CHASING AFTER YOU 6 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY
6 6 5 322 CHRIS STAPLETON
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7 7 6 33 CHRIS STAPLETON
MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN
STARTING OVER
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EMI NASHVILLE 022809/UMGN
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HRIS YOUNG + KANE BROWN
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9 9 8 308 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR...
3 9 5 20 THE GOOD ONES 9 3 36 THE GOOD ONES
HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG ABBY BARRETT
G ABBY BARRETT
G
DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. 10 10 275 TENNESSEE WHISKEY
10 5 9 12 TAYLOR SWIFT
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C HRIS STAPLETON
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CAPITOL NASHVILLE 031777/UMGN
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11 RE-ENTRY
Z AC BROWN BAND
GOOD TIME 12 11 51 WINE, BEER, WHISKEY
12 12 12 54 GABBY BARRETT
WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN
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N L ITTLE BIG TOWN
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ASYLUM/ELEKTRA 103*/RHINO (18.98)
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T HOMAS RHETT
18 13 32 LEE BRICE HEY WORLD 18 14 120 WHISKEY GLASSES 13 MINIMUM WAGE
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20 19 134 TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 8 ALMOST MAYBES 5 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW
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19 16 L AINEY WILSON
20 16 17 133 GEORGE STRAIT STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX
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20 17 35 ONE TOO MANY
MCA NASHVILLE 111263/UMGN (39.98/49.98) ABBY BARRETT
G EITH URBAN DUET WITH P!NK
K
21 19 18 87 MIRANDA LAMBERT
VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 597873*/SMN
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22 21 20 265 TIM MCGRAW
CURB 79205 (13.98)
NUMBER ONE HITS
1 6 22 17 2 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW
L AINEY WILSON
22 9 7 MY BOY
E LVIE SHANE
THOMAS RHETT COUNTRY AGAIN (SIDE A)
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23 RE-ENTRY
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25 HOW DO WE GO
L UKE COMBS LEXANDRA KAY
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Top Country Albums ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as compiled by MRC Data, based The week’s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales
on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming reports collected and provided by MRC Data. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/
equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved.
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1 1 1 268 CHRIS STAPLETON
MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN
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4 1 l1 1 1 52 GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
STRETCH GRASS 4050
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based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming sales. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved.
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MAKIN’ TR ACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com
Brantley Gilbert Employs HARDY,
Toby Keith For ‘Worst Country Song’ Parody
When Valory rolled out Brantley Gilbert’s latest single, a label rep said — Phelps came up with a doozy — “Stick a fork in the Constitution” — and
entirely in jest — that he was officially working the worst country song of HARDY drove it all the way into the gutter with the next line: “I support Kim
all time. Jong-Un and Putin/Yeah, this is the worst country song of all time.”
He could say that, of course, because it’s titled “The Worst Country Song “We all just started dying, laughing,” says HARDY. “That was just it. It stuck.”
of All Time.” Originally, they discussed a burning steel guitar solo to heighten the
Barely a week later, a staffer at a rival firm groused — not in jest — that the Southern rock intensity of Weatherly’s track, but a sax solo seemed more left
recording was appropriately named. Gilbert was less than impressed with of center, and thus a better choice. The Wi-Fi was bad in the room, so Weatherly
the feedback. stepped outside to the bus, located Tyler Summers — a Nashville player he
“It’s kind of hard to criticize it,” he noted. “What are you going to say? had never talked to — and sent him the section with the chords for the solo,
‘That’s the worst song I’ve not mentioning the title or
ever heard?’ Did you read giving Summers any clues
the title? If somebody hates about what they were after.
it, that doesn’t really bother They talked about
me. I mea n, you k now, s n a g g i n g Ke n n y G o r
we’re on the same page.” for mer P resident B i l l
“ The Worst Cou nt r y Clinton for the final sax
Song” is a sendup of every part (they eventually kept
other stereotypical one, Su m mers’ sk ippy solo,
s l a g g i n g t h e l i fe s t y l e f i n i shed a nd ret u r ned
linchpins in the genre (“I to Weatherly before the
hate beer and honky-tonk cowrite was even over),
women”) and celebrating and they also decided to
the stuff that countr y’s pen a bridge that would
songs t y pically tr y to work for Toby Keith. They
escape (“I love cities and envisioned him reciting the
traffic jams”). section with the same slack
The idea belonged to attitude that’s in “Red Solo
GILBERT HARDY KEITH
HARDY, who conceived Cup” — they even wrote
it on Feb. 22 du r i n g a “Solo cup” into the passage
songwriting retreat in Matagorda, Texas, 100 miles west of Galveston on — and Keith consented to do it. He did, however, request that they change the
the Gulf Coast. Away from the writers’ rooms, he was part of a large group back half, which originally slammed freedom and the military, which Keith
engaged in fishing — one of the activities he would knock in his parody — felt was over the line, even for “The Worst Country Song of All Time.”
when the title came up. “We went back and wrote two different versions of it, sent it over, and he
“It was a big group of guys,” remembers HARDY. “Somebody in the distance dug the version that he ended up using,” says Phelps. “But I think the bridge is
just said, ‘Well, that’s the worst song of all time.’ And I just, in my head, I perfect how it is right now. I love the caviar line and the ‘John Deeres are blue.’
thought, ‘What if it was the worst country song of all time?’ ” We definitely beat what we had and also got it tailored for him.”
In a session the next day with Gilbert, Will Weatherly (“Thinking ’Bout Carrying out the “Worst Country Song” theme, they identified the individual
You,” “Good As You”) and Hunter Phelps (“That Ain’t Me No More,” “Drinkin’ sections as the song progressed: “And the chorus goes …,” “Second verse goes”
Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen.”), HARDY announced he wanted to write “The and “And the bridge goes …”
Worst Country Song of All Time.” “It kind of softens the blow,” observes Weatherly. “When you’re hearing
“We’re like, ‘Well, cool. What’s it called?’ ” recalls Phelps. “He was like, the parts, that’s kind of like, ‘If you were to sing a song like that, it would go
‘Worst Country Song of All Time.’ We all just kinda looked at him. And he like this.’ ”
was like, ‘You know, I hate beer.’ And as soon as he said that, we’re all going, Assembling it during the pandemic, Weatherly used the demo as the
‘Oh, that’s freaking awesome,’ and started throwing out just the opposite of foundation with drummer Nir Z and guitarists Jess Franklin and Ilya
what people want to hear.” Toshinsky overdubbing their parts remotely. They didn’t do anything that
They grabbed some of the low-hanging fruit in the opening verse — the would distract attention from the satirical flips in the lyrics.
GILBERT: JEFF NELSON. KEITH: RICHARD McLAREN.
singer doesn’t know the words to “Family Tradition,” “Folsom Prison Blues” “I kept everything really, really simple,” says Weatherly. “I mean, it didn’t
or “I Walk the Line”; doesn’t care for sweet tea; and thinks “all dirt roads need all this crazy stuff. It just needed to be exactly what it was.”
were made for pavin’.” The record company agreed. Gilbert sent it with some trepidation to Big
“That was kind of an inside thing,” points out Gilbert. “Colt [Ford] and I Machine Label Group president/CEO Scott Borchetta, who appreciated
wrote ‘Dirt Road Anthem,’ that Jason Aldean cut. How many songs have we the joke and thought listeners would, too. Valory shipped it to country radio
written that have ‘dirt road’ in them?” digitally via PlayMPE on June 17, and “The Worst Country Song” rises from
During the write, Gilbert asked HARDY if he would sing on the recording No. 42 to No. 39 on the Country Airplay chart dated July 10.
— “You don’t want to go out on this plank by yourself,” says Gilbert — and Gilbert gets that it might not be for everyone, but coming out of a pandemic,
HARDY got the second verse, which pushes “Worst Country Song” past satire he figures a song that pokes fun at its own genre ought to give people a much-
into absurdity. needed laugh. So he’s pretty much impervious to snide sideswipes from anyone
“We were just kind of writing a really bad song,” explains Phelps. “We had who thinks “The Worst Country Song of All Time” really is the worst.
done a really good job of making it bad, but if it’s going to be called ‘The Worst “If you take it seriously enough to criticize it,” says Gilbert, “you’re missing
Country Song of All Time,’ we have to give them some ‘good’ stuff.” the whole point.”BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JULY 6, 2021 | PAGE 22 OF 24
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